The 2021–22 Swiss League season was the 36th ice hockey season of the Swiss Women's League.
Teams
Team Trainer City Arena Capacity Ladies Team Lugano Benjamin Rogger, Pasi Koppinen Lugano La Resega 7,200 HC Université Neuchâtel Dames Yan Gigon, Mike Gosselin, Thierry Bourquin Neuchâtel Patinoire du Littoral 7,000 SC Reinach Damen Sean Huber, Peter Küng, Urs Kleeb Reinach Kunsteisbahn Oberwynental - EV Bomo Thun Thomas Zwahlen, Petra Melicherikova Thun Kunsteisbahn Grabengut 4,000 Hockey Team Thurgau Indien Ladies Matthias Rehmann, Anja Stiefel Kreuzlingen Bodensee-Arena 4,300 ZSC Lions Frauen Andrin Christen, Ramon Christen Zürich Kunsteisbahn Oerlikon 1,700
Regular season The regular season started on 11 September 2021 and ended on 27 February 2022. The regular season is played at the national level in the form of a round of five matches, that is to say that each of the six teams plays 25 matches. The first four in the ranking in the regular season compete in the playoffs (best of 5), the two last team compete in the playouts (best of 5). The Swiss SWHL-B champions will be promoted directly to the WL for the 2022/23 season. The SWHL-B runner-up plays a league qualifier against the loser of the WL playouts. If the SWHL-B champion does not wish to be promoted, the runner-up will be promoted directly and no WL member will be relegated. If SWHL-B champions and runners-up do not wish to be promoted, there will be no promotion or relegation from WL to SWHL-B. The 2021/22 match schedule is characterized by two interruptions. There will generally be no matches from December 7 to 21 due to the Winter Universiade in Lucerne. The WL will take a break from January 22 to February 20, 2022 due to the Olympic Games.
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 Ladies Team Lugano 25 20 38 58 2 ZSC Lions Frauen 23 27 25 52 18 EV Bomo Thun 25 21 18 39 40 Ladies Team Lugano 25 22 16 38 20 HC Université Neuchâtel Dames 25 20 12 32 14 ZSC Lions Frauen 23 13 19 32 8 Ladies Team Lugano 22 6 24 30 30 Ladies Team Lugano 22 12 16 28 8 EV Bomo Thun 24 9 19 28 8 EV Bomo Thun 22 15 11 26 12
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) ZSC Lions Frauen 22 1220 29 1,43 Ladies Team Lugano 11 667 18 1,62 Ladies Team Lugano 14 830 23 1,66 HC Université Neuchâtel Dames 21 1151 41 2,14 EV Bomo Thun 22 1296 52 2,41
Playoffs Due to the uncertain situation linked to the COVID-19 pandemic, the national cup final is postponed until after the Olympic Games. This postponement directly affects the first round of the playoffs, canceling the first weekend. The first round is therefore played to the best of 3, rather than the best of 5 as initially planned.
Bracket
Semi-Finals (1) ZSC Lions Frauen vs. (4) EV Bomo Thun
(2) Ladies Team Lugano vs. (3) HC Université Neuchâtel Dames
Game for 3rd place
Finals
Team of Swiss champions Goalkeepers: Caroline Baldin, Alisha Berger, Laura De Bastiani, Nadia Häner
Defense: Nele Bachmann, Alessia Baechler, Lara Christen, Tamara Grascher, Nina Harju, Janine Hauser, Aurela Thalmann
Offense: Sara Bachmann, Raschelle Bräm, Chiara Eggli, Mara Frey, Nora Harju, Naemi Herzig, Sinja Leemann, Renee Lendi, Alina Marti, Lisa Rüedi, Dominique Rüegg, Dominique Scheurer, Jessica Schlegel
Coaching: Andrin Christen, Ramon Christen
Awards Most Valuable Player : Sidney Morin (Ladies Team Lugano) Best forward : Laura Zimmermann (EV Bomo Thun) Best defender : Sidney Morin and Nicole Bullo (Ladies Team Lugano) Best goalkeeper : Caroline Baldin (ZSC Lions Frauen) Best rookie : Laura Zimmermann (EV Bomo Thun) Best coach : Benjamin Rogger (Ladies Team Lugano)
Play-outs
Hockey Team Thurgau Indien Ladies saves its place in SWHL A by winning the Play-outs.
Promotion/Relegation Winning the SWHL-B championship, the HC Ambrì-Piotta Girls is promoted to SWHL-A. The finalist, SC Langenthal Ladies takes part in a qualifying round against SC Reinach Damen.
SC Reinach Damen, losing to SC Langenthal Ladies, is relegated to SWHL-B. SC Reinach had been present in SWHL-A since 1996 and were champions 3 times between 2001 and 2003. On April 12, the Reinach club announced the dissolution of its women's team due to the departure of most of their players and sponsors.
References
External links
Swiss Women League