The 2019–20 Women's League season was the 34th ice hockey season of the Swiss Women's League. It was the first season to be played after the league was rebranded from Swiss Women's Hockey League A (SWHL A), the name that had been in use since 2014.
Shortly before the third playoff final match between the ZSC Lions Women and the Neuchâtel Hockey Academy, the season was cancelled on 12 March 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Teams
Team Trainer City Arena Capacity Ladies Team Lugano Massimo Fedrizzi Lugano La Resega 7,200 HC Université Neuchâtel Dames Yan Gigon, Charly Oppliger Neuchâtel Patinoire du Littoral 7,000 SC Reinach Damen Christian Ruth, Stefanie Marty Reinach Kunsteisbahn Oberwynental - EV Bomo Thun Jakob Kölliker Thun Kunsteisbahn Grabengut 4,000 SC Weinfelden Ladies Andrea Kröni Weinfelden Güttingersreuti 3,100 ZSC Lions Frauen Diane Michaud Zürich Kunsteisbahn Oerlikon 1,700
Regular season The regular season started on 14 September 2019 and ended on 16 February 2020. The SWHL A game mode provides a preliminary round (phase 1) with 10 matches per team and a Masterround with 10 additional matches per team. The top 4 teams qualify for the playoffs and the bottom two compete for a play-off against relegation. The loser must face the SWHLB champion.
Statistics Scoring leaders
The following shows the top ten players who 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 Frauen 19 28 17 45 22 ZSC Lions Frauen 18 12 29 41 77 Ladies Team Lugano 15 15 22 37 30 Ladies Team Lugano 20 25 10 35 12 SC Reinach Damen 17 8 21 29 6 EV Bomo Thun 20 12 14 26 10 HC Université Neuchâtel Dames 20 16 8 24 12 EV Bomo Thun 19 14 8 22 49 EV Bomo Thun 19 8 14 22 36 EV Bomo Thun 14 14 6 20 8
Leading goaltenders The following shows the top five goaltenders who 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(s) Ladies Team Lugano 14 833 28 2,02 ZSC Lions Frauen 19 1106 41 2,23 SC Reinach Damen 20 1209 50 2,48 HC Université Neuchâtel Dames 13 751 36 2,88 EV Bomo Thun 18 933 46 2,96
Playoffs Bracket
Semi-Finals (1) ZSC Lions Frauen vs. (4) SC Reinach Damen
(2) Ladies Team Lugano vs. (3) HC Université Neuchâtel Dames
Game for 3rd place
Finals
Play-outs
EV Bomo Thun saves its place in SWHL A by winning the Play-outs.
Promotion/Relegation The planned series between SC Weinfelden Ladies and SC Langenthal Ladies is cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
References
External links
Swiss Women League