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 | |
|---|---|
| League | National League B |
| Sport | Ice hockey |
| Duration | September 9, 2011 - February 7, 2012 |
| Number of games | 45 |
| Number of teams | 10 |
| Regular Season | |
| Season Champions | Lausanne HC |
| Top scorer | Jeff Campbell (SC Langenthal) |
| Playoffs | |
| Semi-Final champions | Lausanne HC |
| Semi-Final runners-up | EHC Visp |
| Semi-Final champions | SC Langenthal |
| Semi-Final runners-up | Chx-de-Fds |
| Swiss champion NLB | |
| Champions | SC Langenthal |
| Runners-up | Lausanne 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 | 45 | 31 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 186 | 115 | 102 |
| 2. | SC Langenthal | 45 | 27 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 157 | 110 | 87 |
| 3. | HC La Chaux-de-Fonds | 45 | 24 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 155 | 127 | 82 |
| 4. | EHC Visp | 45 | 22 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 170 | 150 | 76 |
| 5. | EHC Basel Sharks | 45 | 17 | 19 | 3 | 6 | 132 | 142 | 63 |
| 6. | GCK Lions | 45 | 19 | 22 | 2 | 2 | 122 | 134 | 63 |
| 7. | EHC Olten | 45 | 16 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 152 | 146 | 63 |
| 8. | HC Ajoie | 45 | 16 | 24 | 3 | 2 | 119 | 154 | 56 |
| 9. | HC Thurgau | 45 | 11 | 27 | 3 | 4 | 118 | 170 | 43 |
| 10. | HC Sierre-Anniviers | 45 | 9 | 27 | 4 | 5 | 114 | 177 | 40 |
Attendance
| Team | Games | Total Attendance |
Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lausanne HC | 23 | 110,354 | 4,798 |
| EHC Visp | 22 | 68,860 | 3,130 |
| EHC Olten | 23 | 69,506 | 3,022 |
| Chx-de-Fds | 23 | 57,201 | 2,487 |
| SC Langenthal | 23 | 43,539 | 1,893 |
| HC Sierre | 22 | 37,092 | 1,686 |
| HC Ajoie | 22 | 35,992 | 1,636 |
| EHC Basel Sharks | 23 | 29,003 | 1,261 |
| HC Thurgau | 22 | 20,614 | 937 |
| GCK Lions | 22 | 5,830 | 265 |
| LEAGUE TOTAL | 225 | 477,991 | 2,124 |
League Leaders
Scoring
| Name | Team | GP | G | A | P |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
.svg.png){kind=small} | SC Langenthal | 45 | 30 | 38 | 68 |
| SC Langenthal | 45 | 27 | 41 | 68 |
| Chx-de-Fds | 45 | 27 | 33 | 60 |
 | Lausanne HC | 45 | 26 | 32 | 58 |
 | SC Langenthal | 42 | 23 | 32 | 55 |
| EHC Visp | 44 | 20 | 31 | 51 |
| EHC Visp | 45 | 20 | 30 | 50 |
| EHC Visp | 44 | 20 | 30 | 50 |
 | EHC Visp | 45 | 18 | 32 | 50 |
| HC Sierre | 41 | 13 | 37 | 40 |
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
| April 3 | HC Ambrì-Piotta | 3-1 | SC Langenthal | Stadion Valascia | Recap | |||
| Paolo Duca - 07:22 Inti Pestoni - 22:22 Julian Walker - 59:55 |
Scoring stats | 46:22 - Marc Leuenberger | ||||||
| Thomas Bäumle | Goalie stats | Marc Eichmann (Save % - 87.5) | ||||||
| April 5 | SC Langenthal | 0-3 | HC Ambrì-Piotta | Kunsteisbahn Schoren | Recap | |||
| No Scoring | Scoring stats | 10:39 - Elias Bianchi 25:48 - Vitaly Lakhmatov 59:14 - Vitaly Lakhmatov | ||||||
| Marc Eichmann | Goalie stats | Thomas Bäumle (Save % - 100.00) | ||||||
| April 7 | HC Ambrì-Piotta | 1-3 | SC Langenthal | Stadion Valascia | Recap | |||
| Roman Schlagenhauf - 31:02 | Scoring stats | 34:42 - Marco Gruber 57:56 - Tim Weber 59:52 - Stefan Tschannen | ||||||
| Thomas Bäumle | Goalie stats | Marc Eichmann (Save % - 96.67) | ||||||
| April 9 | SC Langenthal | 1-3 | HC Ambrì-Piotta | Kunsteisbahn Schoren | Recap | |||
Inti Pestoni - 19:44 Alain Demuth - 45:08 Elias Bianchi - 57:38 |
Scoring stats | 14:07 - Tim Weber | ||||||
| Marc Eichmann | Goalie stats | Thomas Bäumle | ||||||
| April 12 | HC Ambrì-Piotta | 3-0 | SC Langenthal | Stadion Valascia | Recap | |||
| Gregory Hofmann - 27:21 Marco Pedretti - 41:30 Inti Pestoni - 48:38 |
Scoring stats | No Scoring | ||||||
| Thomas Bäumle | Goalie stats | Marc Eichmann (Save % - 84.21) | ||||||
| HC Ambrì-Piotta win series 4-1 | |
External links
- (in German) National League B, official website
- (in French) National League B, official website