The 2022–23 Women's League season was the 37th ice hockey season of the Swiss Women's League (abbreviated PFWL or SWHL A).
Teams
After winning the 2022 SWHL B championship, the HC Ambrì-Piotta Girls (HCAP Girls) were promoted to the Women's League.
Team Coach(es) Location Arena Capacity HC Ambrì-Piotta Girls Dmitri Zygurow, Mario Gendotti Quinto Nuova Valascia 6,675 SC Langenthal Ladies Ruedi Minder, Nicola Minder Langenthal Schoren Halle 4,320 Ladies Team Lugano Benjamin Rogger, Pasi Koppinen Lugano Cornèr Arena 7,200 HC Université Neuchâtel Dames Yan Gigon, Mike Gosselin, Thierry Bourquin Neuchâtel Patinoire du Littoral 7,000 EV Bomo Thun Thomas Zwahlen, Petra Melicheríková Thun Kunsteisbahn Grabengut 4,000 Hockey Team Thurgau Indien Ladies Emanuel Karrer, Monika Leuenberger Kreuzlingen Bodensee-Arena 4,300 ZSC Lions Frauen Angela Frautschi, Christoph Scherrer Zürich Kunsteisbahn Oerlikon 1,700
Regular season The regular season started on 17 September 2022 and ended on 19 February 2023. The regular season was played four-cycle round-robin, that is to say that each of the seven teams played four games against each opponent for a total of 24 matches. The first four teams in the regular season ranking went on to compete in the best-of-five playoffs.
In the postseason, the three teams at the bottom of the table competed in a ranking round. Unlike previous seasons, the champion of the SWHL B was given the opportunity to be promoted directly to the Women's League for the 2023–24 season, in order to raise the number of participating teams to eight. The runner-up of the SWHL B championship played a league qualifier against the loser of the Women's League ranking round. In the event the SWHL B champion did not wish to be promoted, the runner-up would have had the option to be promoted directly and no Women's League team would be relegated. In the event both the SWHL B champion and runner-up did not wish to be promoted, there would have been no relegation from Women's League to SWHL-B.
Statistics Scoring leaders
The following table shows the top-ten point scorers 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 EV Bomo Thun 24 26 27 53 14 EV Bomo Thun 23 20 27 47 37 ZSC Lions Frauen 23 15 24 39 9 ZSC Lions Frauen 24 15 21 36 10 ZSC Lions Frauen 24 11 25 36 36 ZSC Lions Frauen 24 12 19 31 12 ZSC Lions Frauen 24 16 10 26 8 EV Bomo Thun 18 8 17 25 8 EV Bomo Thun 23 11 13 24 18 Hockey Team Thurgau Indien Ladies 22 15 8 23 14
Leading goaltenders The following table shows the five goaltenders who led the league in goals against average while playing at least 40% of their team's minutes, at the conclusion of the regular season.
Player Team(s) EV Bomo Thun 13 632 11 1.05 EV Bomo Thun 16 812 19 1.41 ZSC Lions Frauen 17 864 24 1.67 Ladies Team Lugano 20 1216 37 1.83 SC Langenthal Ladies 24 1404 59 2.52
Playoffs Bracket
Semi-Finals (1) ZSC Lions Frauen vs. (4) Hockey Team Thurgau Indien Ladies
(2) EV Bomo Thun vs. (3) Ladies Team Lugano
Game for 3rd place
Finals
Team of Swiss champions Goalkeepers: Laura De Bastiani, Sandy Heim
Defense: Nele Bachmann, Alessia Baechler, Skylar Fontaine, Nina Harju, Janine Hauser, Jana Peter, Dominique Scheurer, Aurela Thalmann
Offense: Sara Bachmann, Katie Cipra, Chiara Eggli, Nora Harju, Naemi Herzig, Kristina Kontny, Sinja Leemann, Renee Lendi, Alina Marti, Lisa Rüedi, Jessica Schlegel
Coaching: Angela Frautschi, Christoph Scherrer
Ranking round
HC Fribourg-Gottéron Ladies were crowned champions of SWHL B and, therefore, were promoted to the Women's League. The runner-up of the SWHL B finals, HC Tramelan Ladies, declined the opportunity to compete for promotion to the Women's League and, as a result, HC Ambrì-Piotta Girls kept their place in Women's League.
Awards Most Valuable Player : Sinja Leemann (ZSC Lions Frauen) Best forward : Estelle Duvin (EV Bomo Thun) Best defender : Skylar Fontaine (ZSC Lions Frauen) Best goalkeeper : Sandy Heim (ZSC Lions Frauen) Best rookie : Alena Lynn Rossel (EV Bomo Thun) Best coach : Thomas Zwahlen (EV Bomo Thun)
References
External links
Swiss Women's League at HockeyArchives.info