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.

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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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2026-2027 Season

ZSC Lions lead the 2026-27 NL standings with 47 points. HC Ambrì-Piotta (33 points) and Genève-Servette HC (32 points) follow.

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2026-2027 NL Standings

2026-2027 NL — Standings
#	Team	GP	W	T	L	OTW	OTL	GF	GA	+/-	TP	PPG	Postseason
1.	ZSC Lions	18	13	-	1	4	0	75	38	37	47	2.61	-
2.	HC Ambrì-Piotta	18	9	-	5	2	2	57	53	4	33	1.83	-
3.	Genève-Servette HC	19	8	-	6	3	2	49	55	-6	32	1.68	-
4.	SCL Tigers	19	8	-	7	1	3	66	56	10	29	1.53	-
5.	EV Zug	13	9	-	3	0	1	49	27	22	28	2.15	-
6.	SC Bern	17	7	-	5	2	3	46	47	-1	28	1.65	-
7.	HC Fribourg-Gottéron	18	7	-	7	2	2	57	44	13	27	1.50	-
8.	Lausanne HC	20	7	-	10	2	1	59	69	-10	26	1.30	-
9.	HC Ajoie	19	5	-	8	4	2	58	64	-6	25	1.32	-
10.	HC Davos	19	6	-	9	2	2	45	55	-10	24	1.26	-
11.	EHC Biel-Bienne	18	7	-	9	0	2	57	60	-3	23	1.28	-
12.	HC Lugano	18	6	-	9	1	2	56	62	-6	22	1.22	-
13.	SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers	19	4	-	10	2	3	50	69	-19	19	1.00	-
14.	EHC Kloten	19	5	-	12	1	1	44	69	-25	18	0.95	-

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2026-2027 NL Player Stats

2026-2027 NL — Player Stats
#	Player	GP	G	A	TP	PIM
1.	Roby Järventie (F)	18	11	15	26	8
2.	Kristian Tanus (F)	19	6	20	26	6
3.	Denis Malgin (F)	18	6	18	24	10
4.	Nate Schnarr (F)	18	7	16	23	4
5.	Marcus Sörensen (F)	17	4	18	22	4

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2026-2027 NL Goalie Stats

2026-2027 NL — Goalie Stats
#	Player	GP	GAA	SVP
1.	Ludovic Waeber (G)	13	1.98	.932
2.	Sandro Aeschlimann (G)	13	2.44	.930
3.	Christof von Burg (G)	9	1.94	.927
4.	Leonardo Genoni (G)	11	1.82	.927
5.	Philip Wüthrich (G)	12	2.06	.926

NL Stories

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2026-2027 NL Demographics

NL Games

NL — Games
date	home	visiting	score
11/11/2026 07:45 PM GMT+1	HC Lugano	SC Bern	-
10/31/2026 07:45 PM GMT+1	SC Bern	EV Zug	1 - 8
10/31/2026 07:45 PM GMT+1	SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers	HC Ajoie	2 - 4
10/31/2026 07:45 PM GMT+1	HC Ambrì-Piotta	HC Lugano	4 - 3
10/31/2026 07:45 PM GMT+1	Lausanne HC	HC Davos	3 - 2 (OT 64:12)

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NL Transactions

NL — Transactions
Date	Status	Player	From	To	Source
10/28/2026	Confirmed	Antoine Keller (G)	HC Ajoie	Genève-Servette HC	Details
10/23/2026	Confirmed	Floran Douay (F)	Lausanne HC	Genève-Servette HC	Details
10/20/2026	Confirmed	Logan Brown (F)	Los Angeles Kings	HC Ajoie	Details
10/20/2026	Confirmed	Floran Douay (F)	Lausanne HC	Unknown	Details
10/17/2026	Confirmed	Philipp Kurashev (F)	No team	Lausanne HC	Details

2026-2027 NL Free Agents

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

2027-2028 NL — Free Agents
Team	Player
HC Ajoie	Kristian Tanus (F)
HC Ajoie	Julius Nättinen (F)
SCL Tigers	Emil Pettersson (F)
HC Ajoie	Jerry Turkulainen (F)
HC Ajoie	Anttoni Honka (D)

NL League Injury List

NL — Injury List
Team	Player	Information
EHC Biel-Bienne	Niklas Blessing (D)	Torn ACL, sidelined indefinitely - will miss start of 26/27 season
EHC Biel-Bienne	Robin Grossmann (D)	Shoulder surgery, sidelined indefinitely- will miss start of 26/27 season
EHC Biel-Bienne	Gaëtan Haas (F)	Concussion, sidelined indefinitely
EHC Kloten	Brandon Gignac (F)	Elbow injury, expected back January 2027
EHC Kloten	Leandro Hausheer (D)	Shoulder surgery, expected back April 2027
EHC Kloten	Michael Hügli (F)	Lower body injury, expected back early November
EHC Kloten	Raphael Prassl (F)	Knee injury, sidelined indefinitely - could miss rest of 26/27 season
EHC Kloten	Nicholas Steiner (D)	Torn achilles-tendon, sidelined indefinitely - could miss entire 26/27 season
EV Zug	Lukas Bengtsson (D)	Broken fibula, sidelined indefinitely
EV Zug	Chris Egli (F)	Upper body injury, expected back early November
EV Zug	Lino Martschini (F)	Knee surgery, sidelined indefinitely - will miss start of 26/27 season
EV Zug	Eric Schneller (D)	Concussion symptoms, sidelined indefinitely
Genève-Servette HC	Jérémie Bucheler (D)	Infection, sidelined indefinitely
Genève-Servette HC	Markus Granlund (F)	Upper body injury, expected back end of October
Genève-Servette HC	Luca Hischier (F)	Upper body injury, expected back end of October
Genève-Servette HC	Sakari Manninen (F)	Lower body injury, expected back end of November
Genève-Servette HC	Vincent Praplan (F)	Knee injury, expected back mid January 2027
Genève-Servette HC	Tanner Richard (F)	Concussion, sidelined indefinitely
Genève-Servette HC	Noah Rod (F)	Upper body injury, expected back end of October
Genève-Servette HC	Vili Saarijärvi (D)	Upper body injury, expected back end of November
Genève-Servette HC	Ramon Untersander (D)	Lower body injury, expected back early November
HC Ambrì-Piotta	Luc Bachmann (D)	Undisclosed injury, expected back mid October
HC Ambrì-Piotta	Jesse Virtanen (D)	Lower-body injury, expected back September 2026 - could miss start of 26/27 season
HC Davos	Nico Gross (D)	Knee injury, expected back early November
HC Davos	Joakim Nordström (F)	Concussion, sidelined indefinitely
HC Davos	Simon Ryfors (F)	Torn cruciate ligament, sidelined indefinitely - will miss entire 26/27 season
HC Fribourg-Gottéron	Andrea Glauser (D)	Knee injury, sidelined indefinitely - will miss start of 26/27 season
HC Lugano	Alessio Bertaggia (F)	Lower-body injury, comeback unknown
HC Lugano	Jesper Peltonen (D)	Upper-body injury, comeback unknown
HC Lugano	Dario Simion (F)	Lower body injury, sidelined indefinitely - could miss start of 26/27 season
HC Lugano	Calvin Thürkauf (F)	Lower-body injury, comeback unknown
Lausanne HC	Erik Brännström (D)	Shoulder injury, expected back early December
Lausanne HC	Austin Czarnik (F)	Hand injury, expected back end of November
Lausanne HC	Aurélien Marti (D)	Undisclosed minor injury, return unknown
Lausanne HC	Colin Miller (D)	Undisclosed minor injury, expected back end of September
SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers	Sandro Zangger (F)	Shoulder injury, expected back mid October
SCL Tigers	Samuel Erni (D)	Lower body injury, expected back end of October
SCL Tigers	Oskars Lapinskis (F)	Elbow surgery, sidelined indefinitely - could miss rest of 26/27 season
SCL Tigers	Joel Salzgeber (F)	Lower body injury, expected back mid November

NL Team Comparison (Averages)

2026-2027 NL — Team Comparison
#	Team	Players	Experience	Height	Weight	Age
1.	EHC Biel-Bienne	31	6 762	5'11"	185 lbs	27.16
2.	EHC Kloten	36	6 257	6'0"	183 lbs	25.94
3.	EV Zug	29	8 242	6'0"	185 lbs	27.93
4.	Genève-Servette HC	37	15 088	6'0"	190 lbs	28.16
5.	HC Ajoie	27	5 043	6'0"	185 lbs	27.78
6.	HC Ambrì-Piotta	28	4 588	6'0"	185 lbs	25.96
7.	HC Davos	28	11 523	6'1"	190 lbs	27.36
8.	HC Fribourg-Gottéron	31	11 207	6'0"	185 lbs	25.90
9.	HC Lugano	32	7 104	6'0"	187 lbs	27.47
10.	Lausanne HC	29	5 855	6'0"	190 lbs	28.28
11.	SC Bern	28	5 535	6'0"	190 lbs	27.36
12.	SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers	27	6 654	6'0"	192 lbs	28.30
13.	SCL Tigers	31	5 444	6'0"	181 lbs	26.23
14.	ZSC Lions	25	6 218	6'0"	190 lbs	29.28

Team Comparison History

NL Interesting Facts

NL — Oldest
Oldest
Rank	Player	Age
1.	Raphael Díaz	40 yrs
2.	Reto Berra	39 yrs
3.	Robin Grossmann	39 yrs
4.	Leonardo Genoni	39 yrs
5.	Marco Maurer	38 yrs

NL — Tallest
Tallest
Rank	Player	Height
1.	Nick Golubev	6'7"
2.	Logan Brown	6'6"
3.	Santo Simmchen	6'6"
4.	William Worge Kreü	6'6"
5.	Igor Jelovac	6'5"

NL — Heaviest
Heaviest
Rank	Player	Weight
1.	Dave Sutter	231 lbs
2.	Simon Kindschi	229 lbs
3.	Logan Brown	227 lbs
4.	Igor Jelovac	227 lbs
5.	Patrik Nemeth	227 lbs

NL — Youngest
Youngest
Rank	Player	Age
1.	Laurin Rupli	17 yrs
2.	Jonah Neuenschwander	17 yrs
3.	Lou Bächler	18 yrs
4.	Elia Livio Liniger	18 yrs
5.	Niclas Rentsch	18 yrs

NL — Shortest
Shortest
Rank	Player	Height
1.	Jamie Villard	5'5"
2.	Benjamin Bougro	5'6"
3.	Petr Kodýtek	5'6"
4.	Lino Martschini	5'6"
5.	Mischa Ramel	5'6"

NL — Lightest
Lightest
Rank	Player	Weight
1.	Lino Martschini	146 lbs
2.	Martin Grangier	154 lbs
3.	Petr Kodýtek	154 lbs
4.	Louis Robin	157 lbs
5.	Patrick Petrini	159 lbs

Where Are They Now?

Played in the league during season

NL — Where Are They Now
#	player	season	team	league	GP	G	A	PTS	PIM
1.	Sol Fueter (F)	2026-2027	EV Zug U21	Swiss U21-Elit	21	7	23	30	16
2.	Florian Schenk (F)	2026-2027	Mora IK U20	U20 Nationell	16	13	16	29	12
3.	Guillaume Asselin (F)	2026-2027	EHC Olten	SL	12	13	13	26	12
4.	Auston Matthews (F)	2026-2027	Toronto Maple Leafs	NHL	16	11	13	24	4
5.	Michael Keränen (F)	2026-2027	Tölzer Löwen	Oberliga	14	5	19	24	6
6.	Robert Sabolic (F)	2026-2027	HD Jesenice	Alps Hockey League	16	10	12	22	12
7.	Dario Kummer (F)	2026-2027	EHC Basel	SL	12	9	12	21	0
8.	Stanislav Horanský (F)	2026-2027	EHC Olten	SL	11	8	13	21	2
9.	Jayce Hawryluk (F)	2026-2027	EHC Olten	SL	12	2	19	21	8
10.	Libor Hudáček (F)	2026-2027	HC Oceláři Třinec	Extraliga	15	6	14	20	6

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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

Player Nationalities Throughout History

List of NL Champions

NL — Champions
Year	Team
2026	HC Fribourg-Gottéron
2025	ZSC Lions
2024	ZSC Lions
2023	Genève-Servette HC
2022	EV Zug
2021	EV Zug
2019	SC Bern
2018	ZSC Lions
2017	SC Bern
2016	SC Bern
2015	HC Davos
2014	ZSC Lions
2013	SC Bern
2012	ZSC Lions
2011	HC Davos
2010	SC Bern
2009	HC Davos
2008	ZSC Lions
2007	HC Davos
2006	HC Lugano
2005	HC Davos
2004	SC Bern
2003	HC Lugano
2002	HC Davos
2001	ZSC Lions
2000	ZSC Lions
1999	HC Lugano
1998	EV Zug
1997	SC Bern
1996	EHC Kloten
1995	EHC Kloten
1994	EHC Kloten
1993	EHC Kloten
1992	SC Bern
1991	SC Bern
1990	HC Lugano
1989	SC Bern
1988	HC Lugano
1987	HC Lugano
1986	HC Lugano
1985	HC Davos
1984	HC Davos
1983	EHC Biel-Bienne
1983	EHC Biel-Bienne
1982	EHC Arosa
1982	EHC Arosa
1981	EHC Biel-Bienne
1981	EHC Biel-Bienne
1980	EHC Arosa
1979	SC Bern
1978	EHC Biel-Bienne
1977	SC Bern
1976	SC Langnau
1975	SC Bern
1974	SC Bern
1973	HC La Chaux-de-Fonds
1972	HC La Chaux-de-Fonds
1971	HC La Chaux-de-Fonds
1970	HC La Chaux-de-Fonds
1969	HC La Chaux-de-Fonds
1968	HC La Chaux-de-Fonds
1967	EHC Kloten
1966	Grasshopper Club Zürich
1965	SC Bern
1964	Villars HC
1963	Villars HC
1962	EHC Visp
1961	Zürcher SC
1960	HC Davos
1959	SC Bern
1958	HC Davos
1957	EHC Arosa
1956	EHC Arosa
1955	EHC Arosa
1954	EHC Arosa
1953	EHC Arosa
1952	EHC Arosa
1951	EHC Arosa
1950	HC Davos
1949	Zürcher SC
1948	HC Davos
1947	HC Davos
1946	HC Davos
1945	HC Davos
1944	HC Davos
1943	HC Davos
1942	HC Davos
1941	HC Davos
1939	HC Davos
1938	HC Davos
1937	HC Davos
1936	Zürcher SC
1935	HC Davos
1934	HC Davos
1933	HC Davos
1932	HC Davos
1931	HC Davos
1930	HC Davos
1929	HC Davos
1928	EHC St. Moritz