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 2021-2022

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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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2021-2022

2021-2022 Season

EV Zug finished first in the 2021-22 NL standings with 100 points. ZSC Lions (96 points) and HC Fribourg-Gottéron (94 points) followed.

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2021-2022 NL Standings

#	Team	GP	W	T	L	OTW	OTL	GF	GA	+/-	TP	PPG	Postseason
1.	EV Zug	52	24	-	12	12	4	177	127	50	100	1.92	Champion
2.	HC Fribourg-Gottéron	50	26	-	14	6	4	159	124	35	94	1.88	Semifinal loss
3.	ZSC Lions	52	26	-	14	6	6	169	130	39	96	1.85	Final loss
4.	SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers	52	28	-	17	3	4	164	135	29	94	1.81	Quarterfinal loss
5.	HC Davos	51	27	-	20	3	1	148	125	23	88	1.73	Semifinal loss
6.	EHC Biel-Bienne	51	24	-	17	5	5	154	128	26	87	1.71	Quarterfinal loss
7.	Lausanne HC	51	27	-	19	1	4	155	143	12	87	1.71	Quarterfinal loss
8.	Genève-Servette HC	52	23	-	16	6	7	151	130	21	88	1.69	Playoffs Qualifier loss
9.	HC Lugano	52	21	-	22	4	5	160	158	2	76	1.46	Quarterfinal loss
10.	HC Ambrì-Piotta	52	19	-	27	3	3	131	145	-14	66	1.27	Playoffs Qualifier loss
11.	SC Bern	52	17	-	24	3	8	136	148	-12	65	1.25	Did not make playoffs
12.	SCL Tigers	50	9	-	35	2	4	129	205	-76	35	0.70	Did not make playoffs
13.	HC Ajoie	51	6	-	40	3	2	89	224	-135	26	0.51	Did not make playoffs

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2021-2022 NL Player Stats

#	Player	GP	G	A	TP	PIM
1.	Roman Červenka (F)	52	20	44	64	30
2.	Henrik Tömmernes (D)	51	10	48	58	40
3.	Daniel Winnik (F)	48	25	29	54	86
4.	Chris DiDomenico (F)	49	15	39	54	92
5.	Denis Malgin (F)	48	21	31	52	49

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2021-2022 NL Goalie Stats

#	Player	GP	GAA	SVP
1.	Sandro Aeschlimann (G)	34	1.78	.942
2.	Dominic Nyffeler (G)	13	1.53	.935
3.	Jakub Kovář (G)	14	2.15	.932
4.	Reto Berra (G)	43	2.14	.928
5.	Luca Hollenstein (G)	12	2.13	.924

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2021-2022 NL Demographics

NL Games

date	home	visiting	score
10/14/2026 05:45 PM UTC	Lausanne HC	HC Ajoie	-
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
10/10/2026 05:45 PM UTC	HC Ajoie	SCL Tigers	5 - 4 (OT 62:25)

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NL Transactions

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Date	Status	Player	From	To	Source
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
10/08/2026	Confirmed	Robert Mayer (G)	Genève-Servette HC	HC Lugano	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	39	7 324	5'11"	183 lbs	27.33
2.	EV Zug	33	12 911	6'0"	183 lbs	25.73
3.	Genève-Servette HC	38	6 800	6'0"	183 lbs	26.76
4.	HC Ajoie	39	3 130	6'0"	183 lbs	26.72
5.	HC Ambrì-Piotta	36	7 270	5'11"	187 lbs	28.06
6.	HC Davos	33	7 043	6'0"	190 lbs	26.15
7.	HC Fribourg-Gottéron	30	18 176	6'0"	192 lbs	29.53
8.	HC Lugano	39	14 197	6'0"	185 lbs	27.21
9.	Lausanne HC	38	13 610	6'0"	192 lbs	27.76
10.	SC Bern	35	8 504	6'0"	187 lbs	28.40
11.	SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers	33	5 043	6'0"	185 lbs	26.39
12.	SCL Tigers	48	6 939	5'11"	185 lbs	25.17
13.	ZSC Lions	33	14 210	6'0"	192 lbs	28.70

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	15	3	14	17	0
5.	Florian Schenk (F)	2026-2027	Mora IK U20	U20 Nationell	11	8	7	15	8
6.	Jonathan Hazen (F)	2026-2027	EHC Visp	SL	8	4	11	15	0
7.	Libor Hudáček (F)	2026-2027	HC Oceláři Třinec	Extraliga	10	3	12	15	6
8.	Filip Chlapík (F)	2026-2027	HC Sparta Praha	Extraliga	10	3	12	15	15
9.	Arnaud Schnegg (F)	2026-2027	HC Franches-Montagnes	MyHL	6	8	6	14	6
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