2017–18 SWHL A season

2017–18 SWHL A season
LeagueSwiss Women's League A
SportIce hockey
DurationSeptember 17, 2017 – January 21, 2018
Number of games60
Number of teams6
Regular Season
Season ChampionsZSC Lions Frauen
Top scorerSwitzerland Alina Müller
Playoffs
Women's League champion
ChampionsZSC Lions Frauen
  Runners-upLadies Team Lugano
Swiss Women's League A seasons

The 2017–18 Swiss League season was the 32nd season of the Swiss Women's League A.

Teams

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Swiss League teams for the 2017–18 season
Team Trainer City Arena Capacity
Ladies Team Lugano Marzio Brambilla Lugano La Resega 7,200
HC Université Neuchâtel Dames Yan Gigon, Thierry Bourquin Neuchâtel Patinoire du Littoral 7,000
SC Reinach Damen Melanie Häfliger, Peter Küng Reinach Kunsteisbahn Oberwynental -
EV Bomo Thun Steve Huard Thun Kunsteisbahn Grabengut 4,000
SC Weinfelden Ladies Adrian Gischig Weinfelden Güttingersreuti 3,100
ZSC Lions Frauen Georg Taferner, Angela Frautschi Zürich Kunsteisbahn Oerlikon 1,700

Regular season

The regular season started on 17 September 2017 and ended on 21 January 2018. The SWHL A game mode provides a preliminary round (phase 1) with 10 matches per team and a Masterround with 10 additional matches per team. The top 4 teams qualify for the playoffs and the bottom two compete for a play-off against relegation. The loser must face the SWHLB champion.

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 ZSC Lions Frauen 20 19 0 1 0 150 24 +126 58 Advance to Playoffs
2 Ladies Team Lugano 20 15 0 1 4 95 37 +58 46
3 EV Bomo Thun 20 11 1 0 8 72 78 −6 35
4 SC Reinach Damen 20 6 2 0 12 59 77 −18 22
5 HC Université Neuchâtel Dames 20 5 0 1 14 35 94 −59 16
6 SC Weinfelden Ladies 20 1 0 0 19 24 125 −101 3
Source: [1]
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.[1] 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
Switzerland Alina Müller ZSC Lions Frauen 17 33 24 57 12
Switzerland Isabel Waidacher ZSC Lions Frauen 19 20 28 48 24
Switzerland Nina Waidacher ZSC Lions Frauen 20 22 25 47 45
Switzerland Christine Meier ZSC Lions Frauen 19 13 34 47 4
Switzerland Evelina Raselli Ladies Team Lugano 20 20 25 45 22
Czech Republic Simona Grascher Ladies Team Lugano 19 17 20 37 24
Switzerland Romy Eggimann Ladies Team Lugano 20 20 13 33 28
France Lara Escudero EV Bomo Thun 20 15 17 32 44
Canada Leslie Oles EV Bomo Thun 20 23 8 31 32
Switzerland Rahel Enzler SC Reinach Damen 18 17 13 30 6

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.[2]

Player Team(s) GP TOI GA GAA
France Caroline Baldin ZSC Lions Frauen 16 808 14 1,04
Italy Giulia Mazzocchi Ladies Team Lugano 20 1172 35 1,79
Switzerland Vanessa Bolinger SC Reinach Damen 14 846 51 3,38
Switzerland Nina Paiva HC Université Neuchâtel Dames 12 697 47 3,94
France Caroline Lambert SC Weinfelden Ladies 18 907 85 5,64

Playoffs

Bracket

Semi-finals
(best-of-5) 		Finals
(best-of-5)
      
1 ZSC Lions Frauen 3
4 SC Reinach Damen 0
1 ZSC Lions Frauen 3
2 Ladies Team Lugano 0
2 Ladies Team Lugano 3
3 EV Bomo Thun 0 Game for 3rd place
(best-of-1)
3 EV Bomo Thun 1
4 SC Reinach Damen 2

Semi-Finals

(1) ZSC Lions Frauen vs. (4) SC Reinach Damen

3 March ZSC Lions Frauen 6-4 SC Reinach Damen Kunsteisbahn Oerlikon, Zürich Recap  
N. Waidacher (Müller) - 1:19
Müller (I. Waidacher, N. Waidacher) - 4:14 		First period 17:25 - Marty
Müller (Christen) - 36:29 Second period 29:00 - R. Bräm (Thalmann, Marty) (PP1)
Meier (N. Waidacher) - 40:48
Müller (PP1) - 56:47
Müller (Vallotton) - 57:36 		Third period 50:18 - Marty (Enzler) (SH1)
57:22 - Enzler (C. Bräm) (PP1)
Caroline Baldin Goalie stats Ramona Forrer
4 March SC Reinach Damen 0-8 ZSC Lions Frauen Kunsteisbahn Oberwynental, Reinach Recap  
No scoring First period Vallotton (Müller) - 6:43
Müller (A. Rüedi) - 7:05
Müller (Vallotton) - 8:47
M. Waidacher (Rüegg, Taylor) (PP1) - 18:00
No scoring Second period Müller (Taylor) - 26:54
Meier (N. Waidacher) - 33:17
Müller (Vallotton) - 34:00
No scoring Third period M. Waidacher (Müller) (PP1) - 59:57
Ramona Forrer Goalie stats Caroline Baldin
Ladina Danuser
10 March ZSC Lions Frauen 15-2 SC Reinach Damen Kunsteisbahn Oerlikon, Zürich Recap  
Taylor (Meier) - 4:29
Taylor (Rüegg) - 9:12
N. Waidacher (I. Waidacher, Müller) - 10:50
Gass - 13:31
Gass (Hauser) - 15:16
Müller (Hauser) (PP1) - 16:49 		First period No scoring
N. Waidacher (L. Rüedi, Christen) - 21:54
Meier (M. Waidacher) (SH1) - 23:41
Müller (I. Waidacher, N. Waidacher) - 25:37
Benz (PP1) - 31:08
Müller (Meier) (PP1) - 37:19
Gass (Christen) - 38:08 		Second period No scoring
Vallotton (Gass, Taylor) - 44:08
Müller (I. Waidacher) (PP1) - 55:35
Taylor (M. Waidacher) - 57:22 		Third period 43:08 - C. Bräm (Nienaber)
59:07 - Enzler
Caroline Baldin
Ladina Danuser 		Goalie stats Luzia Krebs
ZSC Lions Frauen won the series 3–0


(2) Ladies Team Lugano vs. (3) EV Bomo Thun

3 March Ladies Team Lugano 3-1 EV Bomo Thun Recap  
Bullo (Raselli) - 12:10 First period No scoring
Gianettoni (Eggimann) - 27:35 Second period 31:49 - Pohlod (Oles, Strabley)
Eggimann (Raselli, Grascher) (PP1) - 57:43 Third period No scoring
Giulia Mazzocchi Goalie stats Saskia Maurer
4 March EV Bomo Thun 3-4 OT Ladies Team Lugano Recap  
No scoring First period Odermatt - 12:35
28:17 - Forster (Pohlod, Oles)
33:31 - Oles (Forster) 		Second period Raselli - 36:06
51:59 - Escudero (Maurer) Third period Eggimann - 40:14
No scoring First overtime period Grascher (Eggimann) - 66:25
Saskia Maurer Goalie stats Giulia Mazzocchi
10 March Ladies Team Lugano 5-1 EV Bomo Thun Recap  
Grascher (Bullo) - 17:46 First period 10:16 - Escudero
Desboeufs (Meyer, Orlandini) - 21:06 Second period No scoring
Eggimann (Bolden, Bullo) (PP2) - 48:40
Bullo (Eggimann) - 53:31
Grascher (Eggimann) (PP1) - 56:52 		Third period No scoring
Giulia Mazzocchi Goalie stats Saskia Maurer
Ladies Team Lugano won the series 3–0


Game for 3rd place

17 March EV Bomo Thun 1-2 SC Reinach Damen Kunsteisbahn Grabengut, Thun Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 36:53 - C. Bräm (Enzler, Marty) (PP1)
Schranz - 53:18 Third period 55:34 - Fischer (Ryhner) (PP1)
Saskia Maurer Goalie stats Vanessa Bolinger
SC Reinach Damen won the game and finish at the 3rd place.[3]


Finals

17 March ZSC Lions Frauen 4-2 Ladies Team Lugano Kunsteisbahn Oerlikon, Zürich Recap  
Müller (I. Waidacher, Gass) - 19:39 First period 2:29 - Raselli (Orlandini)
I. Waidacher (Müller) (PP1) - 22:27


Rüegg (Taylor) - 28:44
Müller (Meier) (PP1) - 38:50

Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 46:50 - Raselli (Grascher)
Caroline Baldin Goalie stats Giulia Mazzocchi
18 March Ladies Team Lugano 3-4 OT ZSC Lions Frauen La Resega, Lugano Recap  
No scoring First period Taylor (L. Rüedi) - 3:44
Taylor - 9:01
30:19 - Desboeufs (Bolden)
32:16 - Eggimann (Bullo, Grascher) (PP2) 		Second period Müller (Meier) (SH1) - 33:46
40:37 - Grascher (Bolden, Raselli) (PP1) Third period No scoring
No scoring First overtime period N. Waidacher (PP1) - 73:18
Giulia Mazzocchi Goalie stats Caroline Baldin
24 March ZSC Lions Frauen 6-1 Ladies Team Lugano Kunsteisbahn Oerlikon, Zürich Recap  
No scoring First period 14:29 - Bolden
N. Waidacher - 26:42
A. Rüedi (Müller) - 39:26 		Second period No scoring
Müller (I. Waidacher) - 40:30
Müller (I. Waidacher) - 48:34
M. Waidacher (Rüegg) (PP1) - 51:56
I. Waidacher (Benz) - 54:00 		Third period No scoring
Caroline Baldin Goalie stats Giulia Mazzocchi
ZSC Lions Frauen won the series 3–0.[4][5][6]


Team of Swiss champions

Goalkeepers: Caroline Baldin, Ladina Danuser, Laura De Bastiani

Defense: Laura Benz, Lara Christen, Nicole Gass, Janine Hauser, Christine Meier, Anna Neuenschwander, Jessica Vallotton

Offense: Sara Benz, Kristina Kontny, Alina Müller, Anna Rüedi, Lisa Rüedi, Dominique Rüegg, Jessica Schlegel, Angela Taylor, Isabel Waidacher, Monika Waidacher, Nina Waidacher

Coaching: Georg Taferner, Angela Frautschi

Play-outs

3 March HC Université Neuchâtel Dames 3-2 SC Weinfelden Ladies Patinoire du Littoral, Neuchâtel Recap  
Clapham (Broad) - 6:08 First period No scoring
Broad (Clapham, Berta) - 28:47 Second period 37:08 - Confidenti (Michielin)
Clapham (Seifert) - 48:38 Third period 53:01 - Stejskal (Müller)
Nina Paiva Goalie stats Caroline Lambert
4 March SC Weinfelden Ladies 0-5 (Forfeit)[7] HC Université Neuchâtel Dames Güttingersreuti, Weinfelden Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
No scoring Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period No scoring
10 March HC Université Neuchâtel Dames 1-0 SC Weinfelden Ladies Patinoire du Littoral, Neuchâtel Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
Joray (Clapham, Brich) - 31:55 Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period No scoring
Nina Paiva Goalie stats Caroline Lambert
HC Université Neuchâtel Dames won the series 3–0


HC Université Neuchâtel Dames saves its place in SWHL A by winning the Play-outs.

Promotion/Relegation

17 March SC Brandis Ladies 1-6 SC Weinfelden Ladies Sportbetriebe Brünnli, Hasle bei Burgdorf Recap  
No scoring First period Wetli (Stejskal) - 1:31
Ruh - 14:08
33:02 - M. Hofmann (A. Hofmann) Second period Hugentobler (Ruh) - 22:38
Confidenti (Michielin) - 22:51
No scoring Third period Confidenti (Gischig) - 44:07
Michielin (Confidenti) (PP1) - 46:39
Jeannine Bürki Goalie stats Caroline Lambert
18 March SC Weinfelden Ladies 6-0 SC Brandis Ladies Güttingersreuti, Weinfelden Recap  
Confidenti (Michielin) - 0:13
Confidenti (Ruh) (PP1) - 4:43
Farkas (Müller) - 4:50 		First period No scoring
Confidenti (Hugentobler) - 23:21
Farkas (Stejskal) - 38:15 		Second period No scoring
Hugentobler (Krause) - 59:47 Third period No scoring
Caroline Lambert Goalie stats Jeannine Bürki
SC Weinfelden Ladies won the series 2–0[3]


References

  1. ^ "Player stats". SIHF. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
  2. ^ "Goalie stats". SIHF. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
  3. ^ a b "SWHL: ZSC Lions pas loin de leur prochain Titre". sihf.ch (in French). 19 March 2018. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
  4. ^ "ZSC Lions sont Champion". sihf.ch (in French). 25 March 2018. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
  5. ^ "Frauen: ZSC Lions verteidigen Titel". hockeyfans.ch (in German). 24 March 2018. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
  6. ^ "Frauen der ZSC Lions verteidigen Meistertitel". bluewin.ch (in German). 24 March 2018. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
  7. ^ "Forfait-Niederlage und Verzicht". sihf.ch (in German). 8 March 2018. Retrieved 23 April 2024.