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2019–20 SWHL A season

{{Infobox sports season

| title = 2019–20 SWHL A season

| league = Swiss Women's League A

| sport = Ice hockey

| duration = September 14, 2019 – February 16, 2020

| no_of_games = 60

| no_of_teams = 6

| attendance =

| season = Regular Season

| season_champ_name = Season Champions

| season_champs = ZSC Lions Frauen

| MVP =

| MVP_link =

| top_scorer = {{flagicon|SUI}} Dominique Rüegg

| top_scorer_link =

| playoffs = Playoffs

| conf1 = Semi-Final

| conf1_champ =

| conf1_runner-up =

| conf2 = Semi-Final

| conf2_champ =

| conf2_runner-up =

| finals = Women's League champion

| finals_champ =

| finals_runner-up =

| playoffs_MVP =

| playoffs_MVP_link =

| seasonslistnames = Swiss Women's League A

| prevseason_link = 2018–19 SWHL A season

| prevseason_year = 2018–19

| nextseason_link = 2020–21 SWHL A season

| nextseason_year = 2020–21

}}

The 2019–20 Swiss League season was the 34th season of the Swiss Women's League A.

Shortly before the third playoff final match between the ZSC Lions Women and the Neuchâtel Hockey Academy, the season was cancelled on March 12, 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.{{cite web|title=Saisonende im Schweizer Eishockey! |url=http://www.hockeyfans.ch/news/datum/2020/3/12/49602 |website=hockeyfans.ch |date=12 March 2020 |language=German |accessdate=23 April 2024 }}

Teams

{{Location map+ |Switzerland |width=385 |float=right |caption=Swiss League teams for the 2019–20 season|places=

{{Location map~ |Switzerland |lat=46.02641 |long=8.96321 |label=Ladies Team Lugano |position=left}}

{{Location map~ |Switzerland |lat=46.99423 |long=6.94434 |label=HC Université Neuchâtel Dames |position=right}}

{{Location map~ |Switzerland |lat=47.25752 |long=8.17146 |label=SC Reinach Damen |position=left}}

{{Location map~ |Switzerland |lat=46.76217 |long=7.62639 |label=EV Bomo Thun |position=right}}

{{Location map~ |Switzerland |lat=47.56069 |long=9.12517 |label=SC Weinfelden Ladies |position=right}}

{{Location map~ |Switzerland |lat=47.41185 |long=8.55470 |label=ZSC Lions Frauen |position=right}}

}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align:left" width=60%
Team

! Trainer

! City

! Arena

! Capacity

Ladies Team Lugano

| Massimo Fedrizzi

| Lugano

| La Resega

| 7,200

HC Université Neuchâtel Dames

| Yan Gigon, Charly Oppliger

| Neuchâtel

| Patinoire du Littoral

| 7,000

SC Reinach Damen

| Christian Ruth, Stefanie Marty

| Reinach

| Kunsteisbahn Oberwynental

| -

EV Bomo Thun

| Jakob Kölliker

| Thun

| Kunsteisbahn Grabengut

| 4,000

SC Weinfelden Ladies

| Andrea Kröni

| Weinfelden

| Güttingersreuti

| 3,100

ZSC Lions Frauen

| Diane Michaud

| Zürich

| Kunsteisbahn Oerlikon

| 1,700

Regular season

The regular season started on 14 September 2019 and ended on 16 February 2020. 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.

{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WL OT

|update=complete

|source= [https://www.sihf.ch/fr/game-center/postfinance-womens-league/#/standing/rank/asc/page/0/2019/2813]

|OTwin_header={{Abbr|OTW|Won in overtime or shootout}} |OTloss_header={{Abbr|OTL|Lost in overtime or shootout}}

|team1=ZSC |team2=LUG |team3=NEU |team4=REI |team5=THU |team6=WEI

|win_ZSC=14 |OTwin_ZSC=3 |OTloss_ZSC=0 |loss_ZSC=3 |gf_ZSC=85 |ga_ZSC=44

|win_LUG=14 |OTwin_LUG=1 |OTloss_LUG=1 |loss_LUG=4 |gf_LUG=72 |ga_LUG=41

|win_NEU=10 |OTwin_NEU=0 |OTloss_NEU=1 |loss_NEU=9 |gf_NEU=44 |ga_NEU=57

|win_REI=8 |OTwin_REI=1 |OTloss_REI=3 |loss_REI=8 |gf_REI=62 |ga_REI=53

|win_THU=6 |OTwin_THU=1 |OTloss_THU=0 |loss_THU=13 |gf_THU=61 |ga_THU=66

|win_WEI=2 |OTwin_WEI=0 |OTloss_WEI=1 |loss_WEI=17 |gf_WEI=34 |ga_WEI=97

|name_LUG=Ladies Team Lugano

|name_NEU=HC Université Neuchâtel Dames

|name_REI=SC Reinach Damen

|name_THU=EV Bomo Thun

|name_WEI=SC Weinfelden Ladies

|name_ZSC=ZSC Lions Frauen

|class_rules = 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.

|result1=A |result2=A |result3=A |result4=A

|res_col_header=Q

|col_A=green1 |text_A=Advance to Playoffs

}}

=Statistics=

==Scoring leaders==

The following shows the top ten players who led the league in points, at the conclusion of the regular season.{{cite web |url=https://www.sihf.ch/fr/game-center/postfinance-womens-league/#/players/points/desc/page/0/2020/3122 |title=Player stats |publisher=SIHF |accessdate=23 April 2024}} If two or more skaters are tied (i.e. same number of points, goals and played games), all of the tied skaters are shown.

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center"
style="width: 15em;" | Player

! style="width: 13em;" | Team

! style="width: 4em;" | {{Tooltip|GP|Games played}}

! style="width: 4em;" | {{Tooltip|G|Goals}}

! style="width: 4em;" | {{Tooltip|A|Assists}}

! style="width: 4em;" | {{Tooltip|Pts|Points}}

! style="width: 4em;" | {{Tooltip|PIM|Penalties in minutes}}

style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|SUI}} {{sortname|Dominique|Rüegg}}

|style="text-align:left;"| ZSC Lions Frauen

| 19

| 28

| 17

! 45

| 22

style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|SUI}} {{sortname|Nina|Waidacher}}

|style="text-align:left;"| ZSC Lions Frauen

| 18

| 12

| 29

! 41

| 77

style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|SUI}} {{sortname|Phoebe|Stänz}}

|style="text-align:left;"| Ladies Team Lugano

| 15

| 15

| 22

! 37

| 30

style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|SUI}} {{sortname|Romy|Eggimann}}

|style="text-align:left;"| Ladies Team Lugano

| 20

| 25

| 10

! 35

| 12

style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|SUI}} {{sortname|Rahel|Enzler}}

|style="text-align:left;"| SC Reinach Damen

| 17

| 8

| 21

! 29

| 6

style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|SVK}} {{sortname|Viktoria|Maskalova}}

|style="text-align:left;"| EV Bomo Thun

| 20

| 12

| 14

! 26

| 10

style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|CZE}} {{sortname|Simona|Grascher}}

|style="text-align:left;"| HC Université Neuchâtel Dames

| 20

| 16

| 8

! 24

| 12

style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|POL}} {{sortname|Kamila|Wieczorek}}

|style="text-align:left;"| EV Bomo Thun

| 19

| 14

| 8

! 22

| 49

style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|GER}} {{sortname|Jessica|Ujcik}}

|style="text-align:left;"| EV Bomo Thun

| 19

| 8

| 14

! 22

| 36

style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|SUI}} {{sortname|Laura|Zimmermann}}

|style="text-align:left;"| EV Bomo Thun

| 14

| 14

| 6

! 20

| 8

==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.{{cite web |url=https://www.sihf.ch/fr/game-center/postfinance-womens-league/#/goalkeepers/goalsAgainstAverage/asc/page/0/2020/3122 |title=Goalie stats |publisher= SIHF |accessdate=23 April 2024}}

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center"
style="width: 15em;" | Player

! style="width: 12em;" | Team(s)

! style="width: 3.5em;" | {{Tooltip|GP|Games played}}

! style="width: 6em;" | {{Tooltip|TOI|Time on ice}}

! style="width: 4em;" | {{Tooltip|GA|Goals allowed}}

! style="width: 4em;" | {{Tooltip|GAA|Goals against average}}

style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|ITA}} {{sortname|Giulia|Mazzocchi}}

|style="text-align:left;"| Ladies Team Lugano

| 14

| 833

| 28

! 2,02

style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|FRA}} {{sortname|Caroline|Baldin}}

|style="text-align:left;"| ZSC Lions Frauen

| 19

| 1106

| 41

! 2,23

style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|SUI}} {{sortname|Laura|De Bastiani}}

|style="text-align:left;"|

SC Reinach Damen

| 20

| 1209

| 50

! 2,48

style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|SUI}} {{sortname|Nina|Paiva}}

|style="text-align:left;"| HC Université Neuchâtel Dames

| 13

| 751

| 36

! 2,88

style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|SUI}} {{sortname|Saskia|Maurer}}

|style="text-align:left;"| EV Bomo Thun

| 18

| 933

| 46

! 2,96

Playoffs

=Bracket=

{{4TeamBracket

| team-width=150

| RD1=Semi-finals
(best-of-5)

| RD2=Finals
(best-of-5)

| RD3=Game for 3rd place
(best-of-1)

| RD1-seed1=1

| RD1-team1=ZSC Lions Frauen

| RD1-score1=3

| RD1-seed2=4

| RD1-team2=SC Reinach Damen

| RD1-score2=1

| RD1-seed3=2

| RD1-team3=Ladies Team Lugano

| RD1-score3=1

| RD1-seed4=3

| RD1-team4=HC Université Neuchâtel Dames

| RD1-score4=3

| RD2-seed1=1

| RD2-team1=ZSC Lions Frauen

| RD2-score1=2

| RD2-seed2=3

| RD2-team2=HC Université Neuchâtel Dames

| RD2-score2=0

| RD3-seed1=2

| RD3-team1=Ladies Team Lugano

| RD3-score1=2

| RD3-seed2=4

| RD3-team2=SC Reinach Damen

| RD3-score2=7

}}

=Semi-Finals=

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

{{NHLPlayoffs

|team1=ZSC Lions Frauen

|team2=SC Reinach Damen

|stadium1=Kunsteisbahn Oerlikon, Zürich

|stadium2=Kunsteisbahn Oberwynental, Reinach

|date1=22 February

|home1=1

|score1=0-3

|won1=2

|recap1=https://www.sihf.ch/fr/game-center/game/#/20201185000061

|1-1-1=No scoring

|1-1-2=No scoring

|1-2-1=No scoring

|1-2-2=25:32 - Marty (Enzler)
30:19 - Waser (Thalmann) (PP1)
36:13 - Lutz (Hofstetter, Thalmann) (PP1)

|1-3-1=No scoring

|1-3-2=No scoring

|goalie1-1=Caroline Baldin

|goalie1-2=Laura De Bastiani

|date2=23 February

|home2=2

|score2=1-3

|won2=1

|recap2=https://www.sihf.ch/fr/game-center/game/#/20201185000063

|2-1-2=No scoring

|2-1-1=No scoring

|2-2-2=No scoring

|2-2-1=No scoring

|2-3-2=46:39 - Enzler

|2-3-1=N. Waidacher - 48:26


Rüedi - 51:06


N. Waidacher - 58:56 (EN)

|goalie2-2=Laura De Bastiani

|goalie2-1=Caroline Baldin

|date3=29 February

|home3=1

|score3=2-1

|won3=1

|ot3=3

|recap3=https://www.sihf.ch/fr/game-center/game/#/20201185000065

|3-1-1=No scoring

|3-1-2=No scoring

|3-2-1=Rüedi (Zimmermann) - 24:36

|3-2-2=34:20 - Marty (Enzler) (SH1)

|3-3-1=No scoring

|3-3-2=No scoring

|3-4-1=N. Waidacher (PS)

|3-4-2=No scoring

|goalie3-1=Caroline Baldin

|goalie3-2=Laura De Bastiani

|date4=1 March

|home4=2

|score4=1-2

|won4=1

|recap4=https://www.sihf.ch/fr/game-center/game/#/20201185000067

|4-1-2=No scoring

|4-1-1=I. Waidacher (Rüegg) (SH1) - 17:02

|4-2-2=38:02 - Enzler

|4-2-1=No scoring

|4-3-2=No scoring

|4-3-1=N. Waidacher - 54:24

|goalie4-2=Laura De Bastiani

|goalie4-1=Caroline Baldin

|series=ZSC Lions Frauen won the series 3–1.

}}

==(2) Ladies Team Lugano vs. (3) HC Université Neuchâtel Dames==

{{NHLPlayoffs

|team1=Ladies Team Lugano

|team2=HC Université Neuchâtel Dames

|stadium1=La Resega, Lugano

|stadium2=Patinoire du Littoral, Neuchâtel

|date1=22 February

|home1=1

|score1=2-1

|won1=1

|recap1=https://www.sihf.ch/fr/game-center/game/#/20201185000062

|1-1-1=Eggimann (Ryser) (PP1) - 9:43

|1-1-2=No scoring

|1-2-1=Eggimann - 24:06

|1-2-2=No scoring

|1-3-1=No scoring

|1-3-2=49:20 - Pélissou (Joray)

|goalie1-1=Giulia Mazzocchi

|goalie1-2=Nina Paiva

|date2=23 February

|home2=2

|score2=1-0

|won2=2

|recap2=https://www.sihf.ch/fr/game-center/game/#/20201185000064

|2-1-2=No scoring

|2-1-1=No scoring

|2-2-2=No scoring

|2-2-1=No scoring

|2-3-2=44:26 - Desvignes (Grascher, Joray)

|2-3-1=No scoring

|goalie2-2=Nina Paiva

|goalie2-1=Giulia Mazzocchi

|date3=29 February

|home3=1

|score3=0-3

|won3=2

|recap3=https://www.sihf.ch/fr/game-center/game/#/20201185000066

|3-1-1=12:30 - Grascher (Gendarme)
14:39 - Gremaud (Desvignes, Dale) (PP1)

|3-1-2=No scoring

|3-2-1=No scoring

|3-2-2=24:15 - Huwiler (Desvignes, Dale)

|3-3-1=No scoring

|3-3-2=No scoring

|goalie3-1=Giulia Mazzocchi

|goalie3-2=Nina Paiva

|date4=1 March

|home4=2

|score4=4-3

|won4=2

|ot4=3

|recap4=https://www.sihf.ch/fr/game-center/game/#/20201185000068

|4-1-2=18:34 - Joray (Pélissou) (PP1)

|4-1-1=Muraro (Stocker, Desboeufs) - 14:39

|4-2-2=33:15 - Gendarme (E. Ingold, Joray)
38:21 - Huwiler (E. Ingold)

|4-2-1=Stocker (Bullo, Vallario) (PP1) - 27:08

|4-3-2=No scoring

|4-3-1=Ryser (Vallario) - 51:45

|4-4-2=Grascher (PS)

|4-4-1=No scoring

|goalie4-2=Nina Paiva

|goalie4-1=Giulia Mazzocchi

|series=HC Université Neuchâtel Dames won the series 3–1.

}}

=Game for 3rd place=

{{NHLPlayoffs

|team1=Ladies Team Lugano

|team2=SC Reinach Damen

|stadium1=La Resega, Lugano

|stadium2=Kunsteisbahn Oberwynental, Reinach

|date1=7 March

|home1=1

|score1=2-7

|won1=2

|recap1=https://www.sihf.ch/fr/game-center/game/#/20201185000077

|1-1-1=Bullo - 15:53

|1-1-2=3:55 - Lutz (Fischer)
10:44 - R. Bräm (Marty)

|1-2-1=Vallario - 36:59

|1-2-2=29:51 - Marty (R. Bräm)
32:42 - Marty (Fischer)

|1-3-1=No scoring

|1-3-2=46:49 - Hofstetter (Enzler) (PP1)
49:01 - Marty
56:13 - Nienaber (Marty, Fischer) (PP1)

|goalie1-1=Giulia Mazzocchi

|goalie1-2=Laura De Bastiani

|series=SC Reinach Damen won the game and finish at the 3rd place.{{cite web|title=Frauen: ZSC Lions vor Meistertitel |url=http://www.hockeyfans.ch/news/datum/2020/3/8/49567 |website=hockeyfans.ch |date=8 March 2020|language=German |accessdate=23 April 2024 }}

}}

=Finals=

{{NHLPlayoffs

|team1=ZSC Lions Frauen

|team2=HC Université Neuchâtel Dames

|stadium1=Kunsteisbahn Oerlikon, Zürich

|stadium2=Patinoire du Littoral, Neuchâtel

|date1=7 March

|home1=1

|score1=5-1

|won1=1

|recap1=https://www.sihf.ch/fr/game-center/game/#/20201185000069

|1-1-1=No scoring

|1-1-2=4:55 - Grascher (Joray, Desvignes) (PP1)

|1-2-1=N. Waidacher (Lasis) (PP1) - 32:43
Rüedi (Zimmermann) - 33:10
Rüegg (Scheurer) - 38:28

|1-2-2=No scoring

|1-3-1=Christen (Rüegg) - 51:50
Rüegg (I. Waidacher) - 55:38

|1-3-2=No scoring

|goalie1-1=Caroline Baldin

|goalie1-2=Nina Paiva

|date2=8 March

|home2=2

|score2=0-3

|won2=1

|recap2=https://www.sihf.ch/fr/game-center/game/#/20201185000070

|2-1-2=No scoring

|2-1-1=No scoring

|2-2-2=No scoring

|2-2-1=Rüedi (Schlegel) - 24:12
Rüegg (I. Waidacher) (SH1) - 30:04

|2-3-2=No scoring

|2-3-1=Rüegg (I. Waidacher) - 40:51

|goalie2-2=Nina Paiva

|goalie2-1=Caroline Baldin

|series=The series is interrupted after two games, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

}}

Play-outs

{{NHLPlayoffs

|team1=EV Bomo Thun

|team2=SC Weinfelden Ladies

|stadium1=Kunsteisbahn Grabengut, Thun

|stadium2=Güttingersreuti, Weinfelden

|date1=22 February

|home1=1

|score1=3-1

|won1=1

|recap1=https://www.sihf.ch/fr/game-center/game/#/20201185000071

|1-1-1=Wieczorek (S. Minder) - 1:58
Ujcik (Zimmermann) - 11:53

|1-1-2=No scoring

|1-2-1=No scoring

|1-2-2=30:43 - Leemann (Ehrbar)

|1-3-1=Saletta (Gerber) - 48:36

|1-3-2=No scoring

|goalie1-1=Saskia Maurer

|goalie1-2=Caroline Lambert

|date2=29 February

|home2=2

|score2=2-6

|won2=1

|recap2=https://www.sihf.ch/fr/game-center/game/#/20201185000072

|2-1-2=Confidenti (Michielin, Krause) - 4:25

|2-1-1=6:32 - Zimmermann (Ujcik)
16:44 - Ujcik (Schranz)

|2-2-2=Daneel (Confidenti) - 30:47

|2-2-1=25:31 - Ujcik (Maskalova) (PP1)
36:08 - Saletta

|2-3-2=No scoring

|2-3-1=47:03 - Zimmermann
56:27 - Gerber (Saletta)

|goalie2-2=Caroline Lambert

|goalie2-1=Saskia Maurer

|date3=1 March

|home3=1

|score3=8-1

|won3=1

|recap3=https://www.sihf.ch/fr/game-center/game/#/20201185000073

|3-1-1=Saletta - 1:36
Wieczorek (S. Minder) - 4:31
Wieczorek (Maskalova) - 6:43
Wieczorek - 18:58

|3-1-2=5:17 - Sigrist (Leemann)

|3-2-1=Brand (Wieczorek) - 23:01
Gerber (Wieczorek) (PP1) - 32:07

|3-2-2=No scoring

|3-3-1=Maskalova (Zimmermann, Wieczorek) (PP1) - 46:53
Zimmermann (Saletta) (SH1) - 59:53

|3-3-2=No scoring

|goalie3-1=Saskia Maurer
Nubya Aeschlimann

|goalie3-2=Caroline Lambert

|series=EV Bomo Thun won the series 3–0.

}}

EV Bomo Thun saves its place in SWHL A by winning the Play-outs.{{cite web|title=Frauen: Neuenburg erstmals im Final |url=http://www.hockeyfans.ch/news/datum/2020/3/2/49496 |website=hockeyfans.ch |date=2 March 2020 |language=German |accessdate=23 April 2024 }}

Promotion/Relegation

The planned series between SC Weinfelden Ladies and SC Langenthal Ladies is cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

References

{{Reflist}}

External links

  • {{official website|https://m.sihf.ch/de/postfinance-womens-league/}} {{in lang|de}}
  • {{official website|https://m.sihf.ch/fr/postfinance-womens-league/}} {{in lang|fr}}
  • {{official website|https://m.sihf.ch/it/postfinance-womens-league/}} {{in lang|it}}
  • [https://www.hockeyarchives.info/Suifem2020.htm Swiss Women League] {{in lang|fr}}

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