2017–18 Swiss League season

2017–18 Swiss League season
2017–18 Swiss League season
League	Swiss League
Sport	Ice hockey
Duration	September 9, 2017 – February 12, 2018
Number of games	46
Number of teams	11
Regular Season
Season Champions	SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers
Top scorer	Jonathan Hazen
Playoffs
Semi-Final champions	SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers
Semi-Final runners-up	HC Ajoie
Semi-Final champions	EHC Olten
Semi-Final runners-up	SC Langenthal
Swiss League champion
Champions	SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers
Runners-up	EHC Olten
Swiss League seasons
	← 2016–17 2018–19 →

The 2017–18 Swiss League season was the 71st ice hockey season of Switzerland's second tier hockey league. It was the first season completed as the rebranded Swiss League.^[1]

Teams

SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers

Swiss League teams for the 2017–18 season

Team	City	Arena	Capacity
HC Ajoie	Porrentruy	Patinoire de Porrentruy	4,300
HC La Chaux-de-Fonds	La Chaux-de-Fonds	Patinoire des Mélèzes	7,200
GCK Lions	Küsnacht	Eishalle Küsnacht	2,200
SC Langenthal	Langenthal	Schoren Halle	4,500
EHC Olten	Olten	Kleinholz Stadion	6,500
SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers	Rapperswil	Diners Club Arena	6,200
Hockey Thurgau	Weinfelden	Güttingersreuti	3,200
HCB Ticino Rockets	Biasca	Pista Ghiaccio Biasca	3,800
EHC Visp	Visp	Litternahalle	4,300
EHC Winterthur	Winterthur	Zielbau Arena	3,000
EVZ Academy	Zug	Bossard Arena	7,015

Regular season

The regular season started on 9 September 2017 and ended on 12 February 2018.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers	46	33	3	2	8	178	81	+97	107	Advance to Playoffs
2	EHC Olten	46	19	11	1	15	132	120	+12	80
3	SC Langenthal	48	25	8	4	11	161	109	+52	95
4	HC Ajoie	46	22	3	7	14	168	130	+38	79
5	EHC Visp	46	19	5	6	16	129	113	+16	73
6	Hockey Thurgau	46	23	3	3	17	139	125	+14	78
7	HC La Chaux-de-Fonds	46	22	5	4	15	169	132	+37	80
8	EVZ Academy	46	16	4	3	23	139	177	−38	59
9	GCK Lions	46	13	6	3	24	130	179	−49	54
10	EHC Winterthur	46	7	1	11	27	109	194	−85	34
11	HCB Ticino Rockets	46	6	1	4	35	68	162	−94	24

Updated to match(es) played on 12 February 2018. Source: Swiss League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) a higher number of wins in the regular time; 3) a higher number of wins in overtime and shootouts; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored; 6) drawing of lots.

Statistics

Scoring leaders

The following shows the top ten players who led the league in points, at the conclusion of the regular season.^[2] 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	GP	G	A	Pts	+/–	PIM
Jonathan Hazen	HC Ajoie	46	28	44	72	+19	40
Philip-Michael Devos	HC Ajoie	46	26	45	71	+23	12
Brent Kelly	SC Langenthal	46	29	37	66	+21	28
Stefan Tschannen	SC Langenthal	43	21	36	57	+17	28
Dominic Forget	HC La Chaux-de-Fonds	46	30	21	51	+9	22
Jaedon Descheneau	Hockey Thurgau	41	18	32	50	+12	28
Dion Knelsen	SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers	42	27	21	48	+18	24
Cameron Braes	Hockey Thurgau	45	25	22	47	+11	24
Ryan Hayes	GCK Lions	45	16	31	47	-3	81
Léonardo Fuhrer	HC Ajoie	46	21	25	46	+15	20

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.^[3]

Player	Team(s)	GP	TOI	GA	Sv%	GAA
Melvin Nyffeler	SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers	43	2552:16	70	93.58	1.65
Reto Lory	EHC Visp	33	1929:59	68	92.51	2.11
Marco Mathis	SC Langenthal	36	2062:40	79	90.81	2.30
Dominic Nyffeler	HC Ajoie	34	1962:23	80	92.10	2.45
Simon Rytz	EHC Olten	24	1380:49	57	92.31	2.48

Playoffs

Quarter-Finals			Semi-Finals			Finals

1	SCRJ Lakers	4

8	EVZ Academy	0
			1	SCRJ Lakers	4

			5	HC Ajoie	2
2	SC Langenthal	4

7	EHC Visp	2
						1	SCRJ Lakers	4
(Pairings are reseeded after the first round)
						3	EHC Olten	1
3	EHC Olten	4

6	HC Thurgau	2
			2	SC Langenthal	1

			3	EHC Olten	4
4	HC La Chaux-de-Fonds	1

5	HC Ajoie	4

League Qualification

EHC Kloten vs. SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers

12 April 2018
20:15

EHC Kloten

1–4
(0–1, 0–1, 1–2)

SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers

Game reference

14 April 2018
20:15

SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers

4–0
(1–0, 1–0, 2–0)

EHC Kloten

Game reference

17 April 2018
20:15

EHC Kloten

3–2 OT
(0–1, 1–0, 1–1, 0–0, 0–0, 1–0)

SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers

Game reference

19 April 2018
20:!5

SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers

0–4
(0–2, 0–2, 0–0)

EHC Kloten

Game reference

21 April 2018
20:15

EHC Kloten

4–3 OT
(2–0, 0–3, 1–0, 1–0)

SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers

Game reference

23 April 2018
20:15

SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers

2–1
(1–0, 1–1, 0–0)

EHC Kloten

Game reference

25 April 2018
20:15

EHC Kloten

1–2 OT
(0–1, 0–0, 1–0, 0–1)

SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers

Game reference

SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers wins Series 4–3

References

^ "Resolutions of the National League Assembly regarding the 2017–18 season" (in German). Swiss Ice Hockey Federation. June 21, 2017. Archived from the original on December 20, 2020. Retrieved June 21, 2017.
^ "Player stats". SIHF. Retrieved 7 January 2024.
^ "Goalie stats". SIHF. Retrieved 7 January 2024.

External links

Official website (in German)
Official website (in French)Swiss League
Swiss League (in French)

[1] "Resolutions of the National League Assembly regarding the 2017–18 season" (in German). Swiss Ice Hockey Federation. June 21, 2017. Archived from the original on December 20, 2020. Retrieved June 21, 2017.

[2] "Player stats". SIHF. Retrieved 7 January 2024.

[3] "Goalie stats". SIHF. Retrieved 7 January 2024.

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