The 1988–89 NLA season was the 51st regular season of the Nationalliga A, the main professional ice hockey league in Switzerland.

Regular season

Final standings Team GP W L T GF GA Pts 1. HC Lugano 36 29 4 3 200 97 61 2. EHC Kloten 36 26 6 4 218 128 56 3. SC Bern 36 24 8 4 190 106 52 4. HC Ambri-Piotta 36 21 10 5 178 122 47 5. EV Zug 36 17 16 3 184 171 37 6. EHC Biel 36 16 17 3 161 165 35 7. EHC Olten 36 9 23 4 125 169 22 8. HC Fribourg-Gottéron 36 9 26 1 120 246 19 9. HC Davos 36 6 25 5 120 187 17 10. HC Ajoie 36 5 27 4 97 202 14

Scoring leaders

Note: G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points Player Team G A Pts Don Laurence EV Zug 46 27 73 Normand Dupont EHC Biel 37 35 72 Dale McCourt HC Ambri-Piotta 43 25 68 Ross Yates EHC Kloten 34 32 66 Felix Hollenstein EHC Kloten 28 36 64 Corey Millen HC Ambri-Piotta 32 29 61 Kent Johansson HC Lugano 25 33 58 Peter Schlagenhauf EHC Kloten 29 28 57 Jean-François Sauvé HC Fribourg-Gottéron 23 33 56 Chris Kontos EHC Kloten 33 22 55

Playoffs

Quarterfinals

HC Lugano (1) vs. Fribourg-Gottéron (8) Away Home Fribourg-Gottéron 2 10 HC Lugano HC Lugano 5 1 Fribourg-Gottéron HC Lugano wins series 2–0    EHC Kloten (2) vs. EHC Olten (7) Away Home EHC Olten 5 9 EHC Kloten   EHC Kloten 6 5 EHC Olten OT EHC Kloten wins series 2–0 SC Bern (3) vs. EHC Biel (6) Away Home EHC Biel 1 4 SC Bern SC Bern 5 2 EHC Biel SC Bern wins series 2–0    HC Ambri-Piotta (4) vs. EV Zug (5) Away Home EV Zug 1 4 HC Ambri-Piotta HC Ambri-Piotta 5 6 EV Zug EV Zug 2 4 HC Ambri-Piotta HC Ambri-Piotta wins series 2–1

Semifinals

HC Lugano vs. HC Ambri-Piotta Away Home HC Ambri-Piotta 1 6 HC Lugano HC Lugano 5 2 HC Ambri-Piotta HC Ambri-Piotta 2 6 HC Lugano HC Lugano wins series 3–0    EHC Kloten vs. SC Bern Away Home SC Bern 2 5 EHC Kloten EHC Kloten 2 6 SC Bern SC Bern 6 3 EHC Kloten EHC Kloten 1 4 SC Bern SC Bern wins series 3–1

Finals

HC Lugano vs. SC Bern Away Home SC Bern 2 6 HC Lugano HC Lugano 1 5 SC Bern SC Bern 4 3 HC Lugano HC Lugano 5 1 SC Bern SC Bern 4 2 HC Lugano SC Bern wins series 3–2

Scoring leaders

Note: G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points Player Team G A Pts Kent Johansson HC Lugano 7 10 17 Andy Ton HC Lugano 9 7 16 Jörg Eberle HC Lugano 5 7 12 Reijo Ruotsalainen SC Bern 4 8 12 Thomas Vrabec HC Lugano 8 3 11

References sehv.ch hockeyarchives.info

External links hockeyfans.ch eishockeyforum.ch spoor.ch