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.

Nationalliga A NL 1993-1994

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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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1993-1994

1993-1994 Season

HC Fribourg-Gottéron finished first in the 1993-94 NLA standings with 61 points. EHC Kloten (50 points) and HC Lugano (43 points) followed.

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1993-1994 NLA Standings

#	Team	GP	W	T	L	OTW	OTL	GF	GA	+/-	TP	PPG	Postseason
1.	HC Fribourg-Gottéron	36	29	3	4	-	-	193	83	110	61	1.69	Final loss
2.	EHC Kloten	36	21	8	7	-	-	137	90	47	50	1.39	Champion
3.	HC Lugano	36	19	5	12	-	-	129	102	27	43	1.19	Semifinal loss
4.	EV Zug	36	19	3	14	-	-	152	135	17	41	1.14	Semifinal loss
5.	SC Bern	36	18	4	14	-	-	140	108	32	40	1.11	Quarterfinal loss
6.	HC Ambrì-Piotta	36	17	2	17	-	-	137	142	-5	36	1.00	Quarterfinal loss
7.	HC Davos	36	12	3	21	-	-	97	136	-39	27	0.75	Quarterfinal loss
8.	Zürcher SC	36	9	6	21	-	-	125	149	-24	24	0.67	Quarterfinal loss
9.	EHC Olten	36	8	4	24	-	-	96	176	-80	20	0.56	Relegated
10.	EHC Biel-Bienne	36	8	2	26	-	-	83	170	-87	18	0.50	Saved in relegation

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1993-1994 NLA Player Stats

#	Player	GP	G	A	TP	PIM
1.	Andrei Khomutov (F)	35	39	35	74	18
2.	Vyacheslav Bykov (F)	36	30	43	73	2
3.	Igor Fedulov (F)	36	32	28	60	28
4.	Ken Yaremchuk (F)	36	17	37	54	17
5.	Pascal Schaller (F)	36	28	25	53	12

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1993-1994 NLA Goalie Stats

#	Player	GP	GAA	SVP
1.	Olivier Anken (G)	31	4.79	-
2.	Beat Aebischer (G)	30	4.54	-
3.	Daniel Riesen (G)	17	4.01	-
4.	Rolf Simmen (G)	23	3.89	-
5.	Nando Wieser (G)	24	3.79	-

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1993-1994 NLA Demographics

NL Games

date	home	visiting	score
10/23/2026 05:45 PM UTC	HC Fribourg-Gottéron	EHC Biel-Bienne	-
10/20/2026 05:45 PM UTC	HC Ambrì-Piotta	HC Fribourg-Gottéron	3 - 2
10/20/2026 05:45 PM UTC	EHC Kloten	Lausanne HC	4 - 3
10/20/2026 05:45 PM UTC	Genève-Servette HC	HC Lugano	2 - 5
10/20/2026 05:45 PM UTC	SC Bern	SCL Tigers	1 - 3

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Date	Status	Player	From	To	Source
10/20/2026	Confirmed	Logan Brown (F)	No team	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
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

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	Julius Nättinen (F)
HC Ajoie	Jerry Turkulainen (F)
Genève-Servette HC	Jimmy Vesey (F)
EHC Kloten	Petteri Puhakka (F)

NL Team Comparison (Averages)

#	Team	Players	Experience	Height	Weight	Age
1.	EHC Biel-Bienne	28	4 112	5'10"	181 lbs	25.64
2.	EHC Kloten	22	3 875	5'11"	185 lbs	25.05
3.	EHC Olten	24	2 603	5'10"	179 lbs	25.50
4.	EV Zug	27	3 401	6'0"	187 lbs	25.26
5.	HC Ambrì-Piotta	25	3 582	5'11"	190 lbs	26.52
6.	HC Davos	27	3 004	5'11"	183 lbs	24.96
7.	HC Fribourg-Gottéron	28	3 803	5'11"	183 lbs	24.71
8.	HC Lugano	24	3 653	6'0"	187 lbs	24.79
9.	SC Bern	26	3 448	5'10"	181 lbs	25.04
10.	ZSC Lions	29	3 067	5'11"	185 lbs	24.45

Team Comparison History

Where Are They Now?

Played in the league during season

#	player	season	team	league	GP	G	A	PTS	PIM
1.	Sol Fueter (F)	2026-2027	EV Zug U21	Swiss U21-Elit	17	4	19	23	14
2.	Guillaume Asselin (F)	2026-2027	EHC Olten	SL	10	11	10	21	8
3.	Florian Schenk (F)	2026-2027	Mora IK U20	U20 Nationell	13	10	10	20	10
4.	Dario Kummer (F)	2026-2027	EHC Basel	SL	11	9	10	19	0
5.	Roman Červenka (F)	2026-2027	HC Dynamo Pardubice	Extraliga	11	5	14	19	4
6.	Stanislav Horanský (F)	2026-2027	EHC Olten	SL	10	6	12	18	2
7.	Jonathan Hazen (F)	2026-2027	EHC Visp	SL	9	5	12	17	0
8.	Michael Keränen (F)	2026-2027	Tölzer Löwen	Oberliga	11	4	13	17	6
9.	Filip Chlapík (F)	2026-2027	HC Sparta Praha	Extraliga	12	3	14	17	15
10.	Christopher Tierney (F)	2026-2027	Dinamo Minsk	KHL	17	3	14	17	0

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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