The 2022–23 Women's League season was the 37th ice hockey season of the Swiss Women's League. The regular season was played from 16 September 2023 to 25 February 2024. SC Bern were the regular season champions.
In the playoffs, ZSC Lions claimed the twelfth Swiss Championship title in franchise history after beating SC Bern in the playoff finals.
Teams Winning the SWHL-B championship, the HC Fribourg-Gottéron Ladies is promoted to SWHL-A
The major Swiss hockey clubs are showing more and more interest in women's hockey. The EV Zug created a women's team with an impressive budget of 1.2 million CHF. The League authorizes them to take part in the SWHL-B championship. In response, SC Bern took EV Bomo Thun under its wing. SC Bern Frauen will now play at the PostFinance Arena. The HC Davos also agrees with the HC Thurgau to move its team from the Indians to the Eisstadion Davos, under the name HC Davos Ladies.
Team City Arena Head coach HC Ambrì-Piotta Girls Quinto Nuova Valascia Benjamin Rogger SC Bern Frauen Bern PostFinance Arena Thomas Zwahlen HC Davos Ladies Davos Eisstadion Davos Andrea Kröni HC Fribourg-Gottéron Ladies Fribourg BCF Arena Valentin Dufour SC Langenthal Ladies Langenthal Schoren Halle Jürg Langenegger Ladies Team Lugano Lugano Cornèr Arena Massimo Fedrizzi HC Université Neuchâtel Dames Neuchâtel Patinoire du Littoral Yan Gigon ZSC Lions Frauen Zürich Kunsteisbahn Oerlikon Angela Frautschi
Regular season The regular season started on 16 September 2023 and ended on 25 February 2024. 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 eight teams plays 28 matches. The first four in the ranking in the regular season compete in the playoffs (best of 5), the four last team compete in a ranking round. The Swiss SWHL-B champions will be promoted directly to the WL for the 2024/25 season. The SWHL-B runner-up plays a league qualifier against the loser of the WL ranking round. 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.
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 SC Bern Frauen 28 35 32 67 18 SC Bern Frauen 28 22 36 58 8 HC Ambrì-Piotta Girls 28 18 37 55 34 ZSC Lions Frauen 28 25 27 52 8 HC Ambrì-Piotta Girls 28 30 19 49 6 HC Fribourg-Gottéron Ladies 28 19 21 40 6 SC Bern Frauen 28 15 21 36 8 HC Ambrì-Piotta Girls 27 19 16 35 34 SC Bern Frauen 27 16 16 32 37 HC Ambrì-Piotta Girls 25 21 10 31 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 16 824 17 1,24 SC Bern Frauen 14 787 18 1,37 ZSC Lions Frauen 17 864 27 1,88 SC Bern Frauen 15 864 27 1,88 HC Ambrì-Piotta Girls 23 1363 46 2,03
Playoffs Bracket
Semi-Finals (1) SC Bern Frauen vs. (4) HC Université Neuchâtel Dames
(2) ZSC Lions Frauen vs. (3) HC Ambrì-Piotta Girls
Game for 3rd place
Finals
Team of Swiss champions Goalkeepers: Laura De Bastiani, Sandy Heim
Defense: Alessia Baechler, Christine Deaudelin, Skylar Fontaine, Zoé Mächler, Jana Peter, Shannon Sigrist, Aurela Thalmann
Offense: Jil Aschwanden, Sara Bachmann, Mara Frey, Nora Harju, Kristina Kontny, Tereza Lahova, Sinja Leemann, Renee Lendi, Alina Marti, Lisa Rüedi, Vanessa Schaefer, Dominique Scheurer
Coaching: Angela Frautschi, Cyndy Kenyon
Awards Most Valuable Player : Estelle Duvin (SC Bern Frauen) Best forward : Estelle Duvin (SC Bern Frauen) and Fanny Rask (HC Ambrì-Piotta Girls) Best defender : Josefine Holmgren (HC Ambrì-Piotta Girls) Best goalkeeper : Saskia Maurer (SC Bern Frauen) Best rookie : Leoni Balzer (HC Davos Ladies) Best coach : Thomas Zwahlen (SC Bern Frauen)
Ranking Round
The Ladies Team Lugano, after having recorded numerous departures at the start of this season, has experienced a lot of difficulty during this season. Finishing last in the championship with a very limited contingent, the leaders preferred to give up playing in the relegation round and accepted being relegated to the green carpet. The champion of the SWHL-B, the EV Zug Women therefore advances to the SWHL-A.
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