2011–12 National League B season

2011–12 National League B season
LeagueNational League B
SportIce hockey
DurationSeptember 9, 2011 -
February 7, 2012
Number of games45
Number of teams10
Regular Season
Season ChampionsLausanne HC
Top scorerJeff Campbell
(SC Langenthal)
Playoffs
Semi-Final championsLausanne HC
  Semi-Final runners-upEHC Visp
Semi-Final championsSC Langenthal
  Semi-Final runners-upChx-de-Fds
Swiss champion NLB
ChampionsSC Langenthal
  Runners-upLausanne HC
National League B seasons

The 2011–12 National League B season was played from September 9, 2011, to February 7, 2012. The regular season was won by Lausanne HC[1] with 105 points, 15 points ahead of the second place team, SC Langenthal. The playoffs were played from February 12 to March 27, 2012, with SC Langenthal defeating Lausanee HC to become Swiss Champions of NLB.[2] Langenthal would later play HC Ambrì-Piotta in the league qualification series. Since Ambrì-Piotta would defeat Langenthal in the series, there was no changes to the NLA or NLB teams for the 2012–2013 seasons.

Regular season

The National League B regular season consists of 45 games, 2 double rounds playing each team twice, and a single round playing each team once.

Standings

Team GP W L OTW OTL GF GA Pts
1. Lausanne HC 45 31 9 4 1 186 115 102
2. SC Langenthal 45 27 13 1 4 157 110 87
3. HC La Chaux-de-Fonds 45 24 14 3 4 155 127 82
4. EHC Visp 45 22 17 4 2 170 150 76
5. EHC Basel Sharks 45 17 19 3 6 132 142 63
6. GCK Lions 45 19 22 2 2 122 134 63
7. EHC Olten 45 16 20 6 3 152 146 63
8. HC Ajoie 45 16 24 3 2 119 154 56
9. HC Thurgau 45 11 27 3 4 118 170 43
10. HC Sierre-Anniviers 45 9 27 4 5 114 177 40

Attendance

Team Games Total
Attendance
Average
Lausanne HC 23 110,354 4,798
EHC Visp 22 68,860 3,130
EHC Olten 23 69,506 3,022
Chx-de-Fds 23 57,201 2,487
SC Langenthal 23 43,539 1,893
HC Sierre 22 37,092 1,686
HC Ajoie 22 35,992 1,636
EHC Basel Sharks 23 29,003 1,261
HC Thurgau 22 20,614 937
GCK Lions 22 5,830 265
LEAGUE TOTAL 225 477,991 2,124

League Leaders

Scoring

Name Team GP G A P
Canada Jeff Campbell SC Langenthal 45 30 38 6830
Canada Brent Kelly SC Langenthal 45 27 41 6827
Canada Marco Charpentier Chx-de-Fds 45 27 33 60
Austria Oliver Setzinger Lausanne HC 45 26 32 58
Switzerland Stefan Tschannen SC Langenthal 42 23 32 55
Switzerland Luca Triulzi EHC Visp 44 20 31 51
Switzerland Alain Brunold EHC Visp 45 20 30 50
Canada Dominic Forget EHC Visp 44 20 30 50
Czech Republic Tomas Dolana EHC Visp 45 18 32 50
Canada Derek Cormier HC Sierre 41 13 37 40

Playoffs

During the first round of the playoffs, National League regulations state that the top seeded team my play any team of its choice from the bottom 4 seeds. The next seeded team may then choose their opponent from the remaining 3 of the bottom 4 seeds and so on. The same rule applies for the Semi-Finals. During the playoffs, teams alternate venues game to game, with the highest seed playing home first.

Tournament Bracket

Quarter-Finals Semi-Finals Finals
         
1 Lausanne HC 4
6 GCK Lions 1
1 Lausanne HC 4
4 EHC Visp 0
2 SC Langenthal 4
5 EHC Basel Sharks 0
5 Lausanne HC 2
(Pairings are reseeded after the first round)
7 Langenthal 4
3 Chx-de-Fds 4
8 HC Ajoie 3
2 Langenthal 4
3 Chx-de-Fds 3
4 EHC Visp 4
5 EHC Olten 1

League Qualification

The champions of the National League B has the opportunity to play the losing team of a Play-Out tournament from the National League A to take their spot in the league. SC Langenthal took on HC Ambrì-Piotta in a 7-game series, losing 4-1 and remaining in the National League B.

HC Ambrì-Piotta vs. SC Langenthal

April 3 HC Ambrì-Piotta 3-1 SC Langenthal Stadion Valascia Recap  
Paolo Duca - 07:22
Inti Pestoni - 22:22

Julian Walker - 59:55
Scoring stats 46:22 - Marc Leuenberger
Thomas Bäumle Goalie stats Marc Eichmann (Save % - 87.5)
April 5 SC Langenthal 0-3 HC Ambrì-Piotta Kunsteisbahn Schoren Recap  
No Scoring Scoring stats 10:39 - Elias Bianchi
25:48 - Vitaly Lakhmatov
59:14 - Vitaly Lakhmatov
Marc Eichmann Goalie stats Thomas Bäumle (Save % - 100.00)
April 7 HC Ambrì-Piotta 1-3 SC Langenthal Stadion Valascia Recap  
Roman Schlagenhauf - 31:02 Scoring stats
34:42 - Marco Gruber
57:56 - Tim Weber
59:52 - Stefan Tschannen
Thomas Bäumle Goalie stats Marc Eichmann (Save % - 96.67)
April 9 SC Langenthal 1-3 HC Ambrì-Piotta Kunsteisbahn Schoren Recap  

Inti Pestoni - 19:44
Alain Demuth - 45:08
Elias Bianchi - 57:38
Scoring stats 14:07 - Tim Weber
Marc Eichmann Goalie stats Thomas Bäumle
April 12 HC Ambrì-Piotta 3-0 SC Langenthal Stadion Valascia Recap  
Gregory Hofmann - 27:21
Marco Pedretti - 41:30
Inti Pestoni - 48:38
Scoring stats No Scoring
Thomas Bäumle Goalie stats Marc Eichmann (Save % - 84.21)
HC Ambrì-Piotta win series 4-1


References

  1. ^ Boschetti, André (9 February 2024). "«Le LHC est presque obligé de monter en LNA dans les trois ans»". 24 heures (in French). Retrieved 2 November 2024.
  2. ^ "Der SC Langenthal schafft den Coup". Berner Zeitung (in German). 27 March 2012. Retrieved 2 November 2024.