2011–12 National League B season

The 2011–12 National League B season was played from September 9, 2011 to February 7, 2012. The regular season was won by Lausanne HC with 105 points, 15 points ahead of the second place team, SC Langenthal. The playoffs were played from February 12 to March 27, 2012, with SC Langenthal defeating Lausanee HC to become Swiss Champions of NLB. Langenthal would later play HC Ambrì-Piotta in the league qualification series. Since Ambrì-Piotta would defeat Langenthal in the series, there was no changes to the NLA or NLB teams for the 2012-2013 seasons.

2011–12 National League B season
LeagueNational League B
SportIce hockey
DurationSeptember 9, 2011 -
February 7, 2012
Number of games45
Number of teams10
Regular Season
Season ChampionsLausanne HC
Top scorerJeff Campbell
(SC Langenthal)
Playoffs
Semi-Final championsLausanne HC
  Semi-Final runners-upEHC Visp
Semi-Final championsSC Langenthal
  Semi-Final runners-upChx-de-Fds
Swiss champion NLB
ChampionsSC Langenthal
  Runners-upLausanne HC

Regular season

The National League B regular season consists of 45 games, 2 double rounds playing each team twice, and a single round playing each team once.

Standings
Team GP W L OTW OTL GF GA Pts
1. Lausanne HC 4531941186115102
2. SC Langenthal 4527131415711087
3. HC La Chaux-de-Fonds 4524143415512782
4. EHC Visp 4522174217015076
5. EHC Basel Sharks 4517193613214263
6. GCK Lions 4519222212213463
7. EHC Olten 4516206315214663
8. HC Ajoie 4516243211915456
9. HC Thurgau 4511273411817043
10. HC Sierre-Anniviers 459274511417740

Attendance
Team Games Total
Attendance		 Average
Lausanne HC23110,3544,798
EHC Visp2268,8603,130
EHC Olten2369,5063,022
Chx-de-Fds2357,2012,487
SC Langenthal2343,5391,893
HC Sierre2237,0921,686
HC Ajoie2235,9921,636
EHC Basel Sharks2329,0031,261
HC Thurgau2220,614937
GCK Lions225,830265
LEAGUE TOTAL225477,9912,124

League Leaders

Scoring
Name Team GP G A P
Jeff CampbellSC Langenthal4530386830
Brent KellySC Langenthal4527416827
Marco CharpentierChx-de-Fds45273360
Oliver SetzingerLausanne HC45263258
Stefan TschannenSC Langenthal42233255
Luca TriulziEHC Visp44203151
Alain BrunoldEHC Visp45203050
Dominic ForgetEHC Visp44203050
Tomas DolanaEHC Visp45183250
Derek CormierHC Sierre41133740

Playoffs

During the first round of the playoffs, National League regulations state that the top seeded team my play any team of its choice from the bottom 4 seeds. The next seeded team may then choose their opponent from the remaining 3 of the bottom 4 seeds and so on. The same rule applies for the Semi-Finals. During the playoffs, teams alternate venues game to game, with the highest seed playing home first.

Tournament Bracket
  Quarter-Finals Semi-Finals Finals
                           
  1 Lausanne HC 4  
6 GCK Lions 1  
  1 Lausanne HC 4  
  4 EHC Visp 0  
2 SC Langenthal 4
  5 EHC Basel Sharks 0  
(Pairings are re-seeded after the first round)   5 Lausanne HC 2
  7 Langenthal 4
  3 Chx-de-Fds 4  
8 HC Ajoie 3  
  2 Langenthal 4
  3 Chx-de-Fds 3  
4 EHC Visp 4
  5 EHC Olten 1  

League Qualification

The champions of the National League B has the opportunity to play the losing team of a Play-Out tournament from the National League A to take their spot in the league. SC Langenthal took on HC Ambrì-Piotta in a 7-game series, losing 4-1 and remaining in the National League B.

HC Ambrì-Piotta vs. SC Langenthal
HC Ambrì-Piotta win series 4-1
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