The 2019–20 National League season was the 82nd season of Swiss professional ice hockey and the third season as the National League (NL).
ZSC Lions won the regular season, defeating EV Zug in the final round of matches.
SC Bern were the defending champions and three-time defending regular season winners, however for the second consecutive year the defending champion failed to make the playoffs.
Due to the 2018–19 league qualification series not being contested, the participating teams remained the same as the previous season.
The season was affected by the 2020 coronavirus outbreak in Switzerland, with the final two rounds of regular season games taking place without crowds, and the start of the playoffs postponed. On March 12, the National League committee announced that the playoffs would be cancelled, due to the ban on sporting events in the canton of Ticino.
Teams
Team City Arena Capacity HC Ambrì-Piotta Ambrì Valascia 6,500 SC Bern Bern PostFinance-Arena 17,031 EHC Biel Biel/Bienne Tissot Arena 6,521 HC Davos Davos Vaillant Arena 6,800 Fribourg-Gottéron Fribourg BCF Arena 6,500 Genève-Servette HC Geneva Patinoire des Vernets 7,135 Lausanne HC Lausanne Vaudoise Aréna 10,000 HC Lugano Lugano Pista La Resega 7,800 SCL Tigers Langnau im Emmental Ilfis Stadium 6,000 SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers Rapperswil Diners Club Arena 6,200 ZSC Lions Zürich Hallenstadion 11,200 EV Zug Zug Bossard Arena 7,200
Regular season
Player statistics
Scoring leaders
The following players led the league in points, at the conclusion of the regular season. If two or more skaters are tied (i.e. same number of points, goals and played games), all of the tied skaters are shown.
Player Team ZSC Lions 50 30 23 53 +23 16 SC Bern 50 15 33 48 0 22 ZSC Lions 44 13 35 48 +15 20 EV Zug 50 24 23 47 +14 40 EHC Biel 50 23 23 46 +7 10 EV Zug 50 14 31 45 +19 48 SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers 48 23 21 44 -8 34 Genève-Servette HC 49 22 22 44 +19 48 HC Ambrì-Piotta 46 20 22 42 -4 26 SCL Tigers 48 18 24 42 +13 44
Leading goaltenders The following goaltenders led the league in goals against average, provided that they have played at least 40% of their team's minutes, at the conclusion of the regular season.
Player Team Lausanne HC 40 2284 17 2 4 10 82 4 .924 2.15 SC Bern 27 1634 10 4 2 8 60 2 .926 2.20 EV Zug 39 2306 17 3 3 10 87 5 .917 2.26 Fribourg-Gottéron 44 2616 15 5 2 19 103 2 .924 2.36 Genève-Servette HC 32 1875 12 3 4 10 74 1 .914 2.37
Playoffs
Relegation playoffs – Playouts
Ranking round
Venues This is Lausanne HC's first season in the Vaudoise Aréna, replacing Patinoire de Malley where they played from 1984 to 2017 and two seasons from 2017 to 2019 in the temporary 6,700-seat Malley 2.0. The team played its first regular-season game in the new venue on September 24, 2019, against Genève-Servette HC.
This is HC Fribourg-Gottéron's final season in the under-renovation BCF Arena. Starting with the 2020–21 season, the arena will have been completely renovated and the seating capacity will have shifted from 6,500 to 8,500.
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