The 2006–07 NLA season was the 69th regular season of the Nationalliga A (NLA), the main professional ice hockey league in Switzerland.
New Rules There are a few changes of rules for the new season.
3-Point System For the first time an NLA season is run with a 3-point system. A team gets now 3 points for a win after 60 minutes, instead of 2.
Overtime A tied game after 60 minutes results in an overtime of 5 minutes, which is played 4 vs. 4 (this is not a rule change). But now, if a team scores a goal it gets two points while the other team also gets a point.
Penalty Shootout If the game still remains tied after the overtime, there will be a penalty shootout with 3 shots per team. The winner team will get two points and the other team one point.
Regular season
Final standings Team GP W L OTW OTL GF GA Pts 1. HC Davos 44 26 13 2 3 154 120 85 2. SC Bern 44 24 13 5 2 163 115 84 3. EV Zug 44 22 13 6 3 153 117 81 4. HC Lugano 44 25 15 1 3 143 123 80 5. Kloten Flyers 44 22 14 6 2 173 128 80 6. Rapperswil-Jona Lakers 44 19 17 5 3 149 141 70 7. Genève-Servette HC 44 19 19 2 4 147 140 65 8. ZSC Lions 44 13 19 9 3 111 127 60 9. HC Ambri-Piotta 44 14 21 1 8 128 165 52 10. HC Fribourg-Gottéron 44 12 19 1 12 134 167 50 11. SCL Tigers 44 12 26 5 1 115 160 47 12. EHC Basel 44 9 28 4 3 103 170 38
Scoring leaders
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty Minutes Player Team GP G A Pts PIM Simon Gamache SC Bern 44 20 46 66 40 Alexandre Daigle HC Davos 44 22 39 61 44 Kimmo Rintanen Kloten Flyers 41 24 34 58 16 Christian Dubé SC Bern 40 16 38 54 36 Jean-Guy Trudel HC Ambri-Piotta 44 27 26 53 38 Hnat Domenichelli HC Ambri-Piotta 44 21 31 52 50 Oleg Petrov EV Zug 42 12 40 52 95 Michel Riesen HC Davos 44 37 14 51 70 Domenico Pittis Kloten Flyers 40 17 34 51 75 Serge Aubin Genève-Servette HC 40 21 29 50 50
Playoffs
Quarterfinals HC Davos (1) vs. ZSC Lions (8) Date Away Score Home February 24 Lions 3 2 Davos OT February 27 Davos 1 3 Lions March 1 Lions 1 3 Davos March 3 Davos 2 5 Lions March 6 Lions 2 4 Davos March 8 Davos 3 1 Lions March 10 Lions 0 3 Davos HC Davos wins series 4–3 SC Bern (2) vs. Genève-Servette HC (7) Date Away Score Home February 24 Genève 1 2 Bern February 27 Bern 3 2 Genève March 1 Genève 2 4 Bern March 3 Bern 1 2 Genève March 6 Genève 3 7 Bern SC Bern wins series 4–1 EV Zug (3) vs. Rapperswil-Jona Lakers (6) Date Away Score Home February 24 Lakers 3 2 Zug February 27 Zug 3 4 Lakers OT March 1 Lakers 4 1 Zug March 3 Zug 6 5 Lakers OT March 6 Lakers 3 6 Zug March 8 Zug 5 1 Lakers March 10 Lakers 2 6 Zug EV Zug wins series 4–3 HC Lugano (4) vs. Kloten Flyers (5) Date Away Score Home February 24 Flyers 6 3 Lugano February 27 Lugano 2 3 Flyers OT March 1 Flyers 1 8 Lugano March 3 Lugano 1 3 Flyers March 6 Flyers 3 5 Lugano March 8 Lugano 1 3 Flyers Kloten Flyers wins series 4–2
Semifinals HC Davos (1) vs. Kloten Flyers (5) Date Away Score Home March 13 Kloten 0 5 Davos March 15 Davos 3 4 Kloten March 17 Kloten 3 4 Davos March 20 Davos 6 3 Kloten March 22 Kloten 1 3 Davos HC Davos wins series 4–1 SC Bern (2) vs. EV Zug (3) Date Away Score Home March 13 Zug 0 4 Bern March 15 Bern 1 0 Zug March 17 Zug 0 4 Bern March 20 Bern 1 3 Zug March 22 Zug 0 4 Bern SC Bern wins series 4–1
Finals HC Davos (1) vs. SC Bern (2) Date Away Score Home March 27 Bern 2 3 Davos March 29 Davos 0 4 Bern March 31 Bern 1 3 Davos April 3 Davos 2 3 Bern April 5 Bern 1 3 Davos April 7 Davos 1 2 Bern April 9 Bern 0 1 Davos HC Davos wins series 4–3
Scoring leaders
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty Minutes Player Team GP G A Pts PIM Simon Gamache SC Bern 15 7 9 16 10 Christian Dubé SC Bern 16 0 16 16 24 Josef Marha HC Davos 18 8 6 14 24 Kimmo Rintanen Kloten Flyers 11 6 7 13 2 Alexandre Daigle HC Davos 17 4 9 13 4 Zbynek Irgl HC Davos 15 8 4 12 20 Mariusz Czerkawski Rapperswil-Jona Lakers 7 6 6 12 16 Peter Guggisberg HC Davos 18 6 5 11 4 Radek Hamr Kloten Flyers 11 2 9 11 22 Marc Reichert SC Bern 16 6 4 10 4
Relegation (Playout)
After the conclusion of the regular season, the bottom 4 teams will compete in a 4-team elimination playoff, with the losing team advancing to determine which team will face the champions of the National League B. The winner of the best-of-7 series will play in the National League A next season, while the losing team will play in the National League B.
Semifinals HC Ambri-Piotta (9) vs. EHC Basel (12) Date Away Score Home February 24 Basel 2 3 Ambrì-Piotta February 27 Ambrì-Piotta 5 4 Basel OT March 1 Basel 2 4 Ambrì-Piotta March 3 Ambrì-Piotta 2 3 Basel March 6 Basel 5 4 Ambri-Piotta OT March 8 Ambrì-Piotta 2 3 Basel March 10 Basel 1 5 Ambrì-Piotta HC Ambri-Piotta wins series 4–3 Fribourg-Gottéron HC (10) vs. SCL Tigers (11) Date Away Score Home February 24 Tigers 3 6 Fribourg February 27 Fribourg 3 2 Tigers March 1 Tigers 3 4 Fribourg OT March 3 Fribourg 4 3 Tigers OT Fribourg-Gottéron HC wins series 4–0
Finals SCL Tigers vs. EHC Basel Date Away Score Home March 13 Basel 0 2 Tigers March 15 Tigers 3 4 Basel March 17 Basel 2 9 Tigers March 20 Tigers 0 4 Basel March 22 Basel 4 0 Tigers March 24 Tigers 2 3 Basel OT EHC Basel wins series 4–2
League Qualification SCL Tigers vs. EHC Biel Date Away Score Home March 29 EHC Biel 1 4 Tigers March 31 Tigers 5 2 Biel April 3 Biel 5 2 Tigers April 5 Tigers 6 1 Biel April 7 Biel 3 5 Tigers SCL Tigers wins series 4–1
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