How many teams play in the NL?

The NL currently consists of 14 teams.

Which country is the NL based in?

The NL is based in Switzerland.

Who won the most recent NL championship?

HC Fribourg-Gottéron won the most recent NL championship in 2026.

National League NL 2019-2020

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League naming history:

2017 - 2027NL (National League)
1941 - 2017NLA (Nationalliga A)
1924 - 1941Serie A
1915 - 1924CN (Championnat national)

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NL Team Rosters

2019-2020

2019-2020 Season

ZSC Lions finished first in the 2019-20 NL standings with 91 points. EV Zug (90 points) and HC Davos (89 points) followed.

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2019-2020 NL Standings

#	Team	GP	W	T	L	OTW	OTL	GF	GA	+/-	TP	PPG	Postseason
1.	ZSC Lions	50	23	-	13	8	6	166	124	42	91	1.82	No playoffs held
2.	EV Zug	50	23	-	13	7	7	147	124	23	90	1.80	No playoffs held
3.	HC Davos	50	22	-	14	9	5	159	142	17	89	1.78	No playoffs held
4.	Genève-Servette HC	50	24	-	15	6	5	140	116	24	89	1.78	No playoffs held
5.	EHC Biel-Bienne	50	19	-	16	6	9	151	144	7	78	1.56	No playoffs held
6.	Lausanne HC	50	20	-	19	4	7	136	131	5	75	1.50	No playoffs held
7.	HC Fribourg-Gottéron	50	17	-	21	10	2	122	136	-14	73	1.46	No playoffs held
8.	HC Lugano	50	19	-	23	4	4	125	139	-14	69	1.38	No playoffs held
9.	SC Bern	50	15	-	19	7	9	131	142	-11	68	1.36	No playoffs held
10.	HC Ambrì-Piotta	50	15	-	22	5	8	120	136	-16	63	1.26	No playoffs held
11.	SCL Tigers	50	15	-	21	4	10	117	148	-31	63	1.26	No playoffs held
12.	SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers	50	11	-	27	7	5	129	161	-32	52	1.04	No playoffs held

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2019-2020 NL Player Stats

#	Player	GP	G	A	TP	PIM
1.	Pius Suter (F)	50	30	23	53	16
2.	Mark Arcobello (F)	50	15	33	48	22
3.	Garrett Roe (F)	44	13	35	48	20
4.	Grégory Hofmann (F)	50	24	23	47	40
5.	Toni Rajala (F)	50	23	23	46	10

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2019-2020 NL Goalie Stats

#	Player	GP	GAA	SVP
1.	Gauthier Descloux (G)	17	2.09	.934
2.	Tomi Karhunen (G)	27	2.20	.925
3.	Reto Berra (G)	44	2.36	.924
4.	Tobias Stephan (G)	40	2.15	.924
5.	Daniel Manzato (G)	27	2.41	.920

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2019-2020 NL Demographics

NL Games

date	home	visiting	score
10/16/2026 05:45 PM UTC	EHC Biel-Bienne	HC Ajoie	-
10/14/2026 05:45 PM UTC	Lausanne HC	HC Ajoie	6 - 3
10/11/2026 12:00 PM UTC	EHC Kloten	EV Zug	1 - 3
10/10/2026 05:45 PM UTC	HC Ambrì-Piotta	SC Bern	1 - 2 (OT 64:53)
10/10/2026 05:45 PM UTC	SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers	Lausanne HC	1 - 4

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NL Transactions

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Date	Status	Player	From	To	Source
10/14/2026	Confirmed	Joseph Blandisi (F)	Salavat Yulaev Ufa	HC Davos	Details
10/12/2026	Confirmed	Simon Seiler (D)	HC Fribourg-Gottéron	ZSC Lions	Details
10/12/2026	Confirmed	Ty Rattie (F)	HC Fribourg-Gottéron	EC Salzburg	Details
10/11/2026	Confirmed	Adam Boqvist (D)	No team	Genève-Servette HC	Details
10/08/2026	Confirmed	Joren van Pottelberghe (G)	HC Lugano	Genève-Servette HC	Details

2026-2027 NL Free Agents

Team	Player
HC Lugano	Brendan Perlini (F)
Genève-Servette HC	Marc-Antoine Pouliot (F)
SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers	Philippe Maillet (F)
ZSC Lions	Denis Hollenstein (F)
HC Ajoie	Frédérik Gauthier (F)

2027-2028 NL Free Agents

Team	Player
HC Ajoie	Kristian Tanus (F)
HC Ajoie	Anttoni Honka (D)
HC Ajoie	Julius Nättinen (F)
Genève-Servette HC	Jesse Puljujärvi (F)
EHC Biel-Bienne	Marcus Sylvegård (F)

Player Nationalities Throughout History

NL Team Comparison (Averages)

#	Team	Players	Experience	Height	Weight	Age
1.	EHC Biel-Bienne	37	19 955	5'11"	183 lbs	26.30
2.	EV Zug	34	19 132	6'0"	190 lbs	25.88
3.	Genève-Servette HC	40	10 980	6'0"	185 lbs	25.78
4.	HC Ambrì-Piotta	41	20 347	6'0"	187 lbs	26.17
5.	HC Davos	34	20 381	6'0"	185 lbs	26.09
6.	HC Fribourg-Gottéron	30	15 367	6'0"	190 lbs	29.20
7.	HC Lugano	32	17 787	6'0"	192 lbs	29.03
8.	Lausanne HC	28	20 651	6'1"	194 lbs	28.75
9.	SC Bern	32	23 342	5'11"	187 lbs	28.53
10.	SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers	37	11 835	6'0"	187 lbs	27.11
11.	SCL Tigers	28	13 168	6'0"	192 lbs	28.89
12.	ZSC Lions	34	13 832	6'0"	190 lbs	27.29

Team Comparison History

Where Are They Now?

Played in the league during season

#	player	season	team	league	GP	G	A	PTS	PIM
1.	Roman Červenka (F)	2026-2027	HC Dynamo Pardubice	Extraliga	11	5	14	19	4
2.	Dario Kummer (F)	2026-2027	EHC Basel	SL	10	9	9	18	0
3.	Sol Fueter (F)	2026-2027	EV Zug U21	Swiss U21-Elit	15	3	15	18	12
4.	Christopher Tierney (F)	2026-2027	Dinamo Minsk	KHL	16	3	14	17	0
5.	Arnaud Schnegg (F)	2026-2027	HC Franches-Montagnes	MyHL	7	8	8	16	6
6.	Florian Schenk (F)	2026-2027	Mora IK U20	U20 Nationell	11	8	7	15	8
7.	Jonathan Hazen (F)	2026-2027	EHC Visp	SL	8	4	11	15	0
8.	Libor Hudáček (F)	2026-2027	HC Oceláři Třinec	Extraliga	10	3	12	15	6
9.	Filip Chlapík (F)	2026-2027	HC Sparta Praha	Extraliga	10	3	12	15	15
10.	Guillaume Asselin (F)	2026-2027	EHC Olten	SL	8	8	6	14	8

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Regular Season

NL All-Time Points

NL All-Time Points
#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Peter Jaks (F)	674	435	348	783
2.	Gil Montandon (F)	921	369	382	751
3.	Julien Sprunger (F)	1004	355	364	719
4.	Christian Dubé (F)	630	210	464	674
5.	Reto von Arx (F)	813	214	457	671

NL All-Time Goals

NL All-Time Goals
#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Peter Jaks (F)	674	435	348	783
2.	Gil Montandon (F)	921	369	382	751
3.	Julien Sprunger (F)	1004	355	364	719
4.	Roman Wäger (F)	489	340	260	600
5.	Jörg Eberle (F)	622	337	200	537

NL All-Time Assists

NL All-Time Assists
#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Christian Dubé (F)	630	210	464	674
2.	Reto von Arx (F)	813	214	457	671
3.	Andres Ambühl (F)	1091	240	393	633
4.	Gil Montandon (F)	921	369	382	751
5.	Julien Sprunger (F)	1004	355	364	719

NL All-Time Penalty Min.

NL All-Time Penalty Min.
#	Player	GP	G	TP	PIM
1.	Martin Steinegger (D)	843	85	284	1493
2.	Reto von Arx (F)	813	214	671	1316
3.	Beat Forster (D)	934	106	333	1282
4.	Mathias Seger (D)	937	103	403	1216
5.	Timo Helbling (D)	621	27	128	1205

NL All-Time Games Played

NL All-Time Games Played
#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Andres Ambühl (F)	1091	240	393	633
2.	Beat Gerber (D)	1041	34	99	133
3.	Julien Sprunger (F)	1004	355	364	719
4.	Dario Bürgler (F)	946	248	263	511
5.	Mathias Seger (D)	937	103	300	403

NL All-Time Points Per Game

NL All-Time Points Per Game
#	Player	GP	G	TP	PPG
1.	Steven Stockman (F)	5	9	16	3.20
2.	Jonathan Roy (F)	1	2	3	3.00
3.	Dan Daoust (F)	5	5	14	2.80
4.	Dusan Pasek (F)	10	12	24	2.40
5.	Tony Currie (F)	3	4	7	2.33

NL All-Time Points Per Season

NL All-Time Points Per Season
#	Player	Season	League	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM
1.	Oleg Petrov (F)	1997-1998	NLA	40	30	63	93	2.33	60
2.	Jean-François Sauvé (F)	1986-1987	NLA	32	32	58	90	2.81	31
3.	Normand Dupont (F)	1987-1988	NLA	34	50	39	89	2.62	68
4.	Normand Dupont (F)	1985-1986	NLA	36	44	45	89	2.47	57
5.	Richmond Gosselin (F)	1982-1983	NLA	38	52	36	88	2.32	-

NL All-Time Goals Per Season

NL All-Time Goals Per Season
#	Player	Season	League	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM
1.	Kent Johansson (F)	1984-1985	NLA	38	57	19	76	2.00	-
2.	Richmond Gosselin (F)	1982-1983	NLA	38	52	36	88	2.32	-
3.	Normand Dupont (F)	1987-1988	NLA	34	50	39	89	2.62	68
4.	Kelly Kisio (F)	1982-1983	NLA	38	49	38	87	2.29	-
5.	Merlin Malinowski (F)	1984-1985	NLA	38	49	33	82	2.16	35

NL All-Time Assists Per Season

NL All-Time Assists Per Season
#	Player	Season	League	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM
1.	Oleg Petrov (F)	1997-1998	NLA	40	30	63	93	2.33	60
2.	Jean-François Sauvé (F)	1986-1987	NLA	32	32	58	90	2.81	31
3.	Gaetano Orlando (F)	1996-1997	NLA	46	26	56	82	1.78	34
4.	Pierre-Marc Bouchard (F)	2015-2016	NLA	49	12	55	67	1.37	20
5.	Oleg Petrov (F)	1998-1999	NLA	45	35	52	87	1.93	52

NL All-Time Penalty Min. Per Season

NL All-Time Penalty Min. Per Season
#	Player	Season	League	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM
1.	Todd Elik (F)	1997-1998	NLA	39	30	36	66	1.69	222
2.	Todd Elik (F)	2002-2003	NLA	39	13	35	48	1.23	193
3.	Shawn Heins (D)	2006-2007	NLA	41	6	17	23	0.56	187
4.	Todd Elik (F)	1999-2000	NLA	41	19	35	54	1.32	176
5.	Shawn Heins (D)	2008-2009	NLA	47	11	20	31	0.66	174