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2020–21 SWHL A season

{{Infobox sports season

| title = 2020–21 SWHL A season

| league = Swiss Women's League A

| sport = Ice hockey

| duration = September 26, 2020 – February 21, 2021

| no_of_games = 60

| no_of_teams = 6

| attendance =

| season = Regular Season

| season_champ_name = Season Champions

| season_champs = ZSC Lions Frauen

| MVP = {{flagicon|FIN}} Michelle Karvinen

| MVP_link =

| top_scorer =

| 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 = Ladies Team Lugano

| finals_runner-up = ZSC Lions Frauen

| playoffs_MVP =

| playoffs_MVP_link =

| seasonslistnames = Swiss Women's League A

| prevseason_link = 2019–20 SWHL A season

| prevseason_year = 2019–20

| nextseason_link = 2021–22 SWHL A season

| nextseason_year = 2021–22

}}

The 2020–21 Swiss League season was the 35th season of the Swiss Women's League A.

Rules

The game mode of the Women's League provides for qualification with 20 games per team. The teams in places 1 to 4 then play play-offs with semi-finals, finals (both in best-of-five mode) and a game for third place. The teams in places 5 and 6 compete in a playout round (best-of -Five) the participant in the league relegation between the Women's League and SWHL B. Due to the interruption of qualification, the relegations between the leagues of the Regio League were suspended.{{cite web|title=Keine Absteiger in sämtlichen Ligen der Regio League |url=https://www.hockeyinfo.ch/articles/keine-absteiger-in-saemtlichen-ligen-der-regio-league |website=hockeyinfo.ch |date=10 November 2020 |language=German |accessdate=23 April 2024 }}

Teams

{{Location map+ |Switzerland |width=385 |float=right |caption=Swiss League teams for the 2020–21 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=Hockey Team Thurgau Indien 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

| Pasi Koppinen, Vasco Soldini

| Lugano

| La Resega

| 7,200

HC Université Neuchâtel Dames

| Yan Gigon, Thierry Bourquin

| Neuchâtel

| Patinoire du Littoral

| 7,000

SC Reinach Damen

| Sean Huber

| Reinach

| Kunsteisbahn Oberwynental

| -

EV Bomo Thun

| Jakob Kölliker / Björn Schärer, Petra Melicherikova

| Thun

| Kunsteisbahn Grabengut

| 4,000

Hockey Team Thurgau Indien Ladies

| Matthias Rehmann, Anja Stiefel

| Kreuzlingen

| Bodensee-Arena

| 4,300

ZSC Lions Frauen

| Andrin Christen, Ramon Christen

| Zürich

| Kunsteisbahn Oerlikon

| 1,700

Regular season

The regular season started on 26 September 2020 and ended on 21 February 2021. 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/0/2021/3412]

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

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

|win_ZSC=15 |OTwin_ZSC=2 |OTloss_ZSC=1 |loss_ZSC=2 |gf_ZSC=78 |ga_ZSC=24

|win_LUG=14 |OTwin_LUG=0 |OTloss_LUG=1 |loss_LUG=5 |gf_LUG=89 |ga_LUG=51

|win_THU=11 |OTwin_THU=0 |OTloss_THU=1 |loss_THU=8 |gf_THU=70 |ga_THU=48

|win_BOM=7 |OTwin_BOM=3 |OTloss_BOM=0 |loss_BOM=10 |gf_BOM=62 |ga_BOM=77

|win_NEU=5 |OTwin_NEU=1 |OTloss_NEU=1 |loss_NEU=13 |gf_NEU=38 |ga_NEU=66

|win_REI=2 |OTwin_REI=0 |OTloss_REI=2 |loss_REI=16 |gf_REI=36 |ga_REI=107

|name_LUG=Ladies Team Lugano

|name_NEU=HC Université Neuchâtel Dames

|name_REI=SC Reinach Damen

|name_BOM=EV Bomo Thun

|name_THU=Hockey Team Thurgau Indien 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/0/2021/3412 |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|FIN}} {{sortname|Michelle|Karvinen}}

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

| 16

| 27

| 22

! 49

| 20

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

|style="text-align:left;"| Hockey Team Thurgau Indien Ladies

| 18

| 23

| 14

! 37

| 18

style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|SUI}} {{sortname|Evelina|Raselli}}

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

| 20

| 14

| 19

! 33

| 32

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

|style="text-align:left;"| Hockey Team Thurgau Indien Ladies

| 20

| 18

| 14

! 32

| 8

style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|SUI}} {{sortname|Noemi|Ryhner}}

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

| 18

| 13

| 19

! 32

| 2

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

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

| 20

| 22

| 2

! 24

| 46

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

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

| 20

| 8

| 12

! 20

| 8

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

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

| 20

| 12

| 7

! 19

| 20

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

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

| 11

| 8

| 11

! 19

| 14

style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|SUI}} {{sortname|Lisa|Rüedi}}

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

| 18

| 8

| 10

! 18

| 30

==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/0/2021/3412 |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|FRA}} {{sortname|Caroline|Baldin}}

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

| 15

| 809

| 12

! 0,89

style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|SUI}} {{sortname|Janine|Alder}}

|style="text-align:left;"| Hockey Team Thurgau Indien Ladies

| 16

| 943

| 38

! 2,42

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

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

| 19

| 1111

| 60

! 3,24

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

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

| 11

| 663

| 36

! 3,26

style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|SUI}} {{sortname|Sandy|Heim}}

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

| 12

| 728

| 40

! 3,30

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=EV Bomo Thun

| RD1-score2=0

| RD1-seed3=2

| RD1-team3=Ladies Team Lugano

| RD1-score3=3

| RD1-seed4=3

| RD1-team4=Hockey Team Thurgau Indien Ladies

| RD1-score4=1

| RD2-seed1=2

| RD2-team1=Ladies Team Lugano

| RD2-score1=3

| RD2-seed2=1

| RD2-team2=ZSC Lions Frauen

| RD2-score2=1

| RD3-seed1=3

| RD3-team1=Hockey Team Thurgau Indien Ladies

| RD3-score1=3

| RD3-seed2=4

| RD3-team2=EV Bomo Thun

| RD3-score2=0

}}

=Semi-Finals=

==(1) ZSC Lions Frauen vs. (4) EV Bomo Thun==

{{NHLPlayoffs

|team1=ZSC Lions Frauen

|team2=EV Bomo Thun

|stadium1=Kunsteisbahn Oerlikon, Zürich

|stadium2=Kunsteisbahn Grabengut, Thun

|date1=27 February

|home1=1

|score1=1-0

|won1=1

|recap1=https://www.sihf.ch/fr/game-center/game/#/20211185000061

|1-1-1=No scoring

|1-1-2=No scoring

|1-2-1=Christen (Marti, Scheurer) - 34:01

|1-2-2=No scoring

|1-3-1=No scoring

|1-3-2=No scoring

|goalie1-1=Caroline Baldin

|goalie1-2=Saskia Maurer

|date2=28 February

|home2=2

|score2=1-2

|won2=1

|ot2=1

|recap2=https://www.sihf.ch/fr/game-center/game/#/20211185000063

|2-1-2=10:39 - Schranz (Minder, Zimmermann) (PP1)

|2-1-1=No scoring

|2-2-2=No scoring

|2-2-1=Shashkina (Waidacher, Lasis) (PP2) - 38:57

|2-3-2=No scoring

|2-3-1=No scoring

|2-4-2=No scoring

|2-4-1=Lasis (Rüedi, Waidacher) (PP1) - 63:05

|goalie2-2=Saskia Maurer

|goalie2-1=Caroline Baldin

|date3=6 March

|home3=1

|score3=5-0

|won3=1

|recap3=https://www.sihf.ch/fr/game-center/game/#/20211185000065

|3-1-1=Scheurer - 15:49
Grascher (Schlegel, Thalmann) (PP1) - 19:45

|3-1-2=No scoring

|3-2-1=Waidacher (Baechler, Hauser) (SH1) - 32:48

|3-2-2=No scoring

|3-3-1=Rüedi (Lasis) (PP2) - 55:20
Rüedi (Zimmermann) (PP1) - 59:59

|3-3-2=No scoring

|goalie3-1=Caroline Baldin

|goalie3-2=Saskia Maurer

|series=ZSC Lions Frauen won the series 3–0.

}}

==(2) Ladies Team Lugano vs. (3) Hockey Team Thurgau Indien Ladies==

{{NHLPlayoffs

|team1=Ladies Team Lugano

|team2=Hockey Team Thurgau Indien Ladies

|stadium1=La Resega, Lugano

|stadium2=Güttingersreuti, Weinfelden

|date1=27 February

|home1=1

|score1=4-3

|won1=1

|ot1=1

|recap1=https://www.sihf.ch/fr/game-center/game/#/20211185000062

|1-1-1=Karvinen - 12:38

|1-1-2=14:29 - Stänz

|1-2-1=No scoring

|1-2-2=No scoring

|1-3-1=Moy (Karvinen, Raselli) - 40:40
Moy (Karvinen, Raselli) - 42:27

|1-3-2=45:09 - Grascher (Vallario, Stänz)
48:38 - Grascher

|1-4-1=Karvinen (Moy, Raselli) (PP1) - 65:50

|1-4-2=No scoring

|goalie1-1=Alexandra Lehmann

|goalie1-2=Roxanne Kis

|date2=28 February

|home2=2

|score2=2-3

|won2=1

|recap2=https://www.sihf.ch/fr/game-center/game/#/20211185000064

|2-1-2=No scoring

|2-1-1=No scoring

|2-2-2=33:46 - Stänz (Grascher) (SH1)

|2-2-1=Eggimann (Ryhner, Orlandini) - 25:45

|2-3-2=40:41 - Grascher (Stänz, Kutzer)

|2-3-1=Desboeufs (Moy) - 44:50
Karvinen (Poletti, Ryhner) - 45:30

|goalie2-2=Janine Alder

|goalie2-1=Alexandra Lehmann

|date3=6 March

|home3=1

|score3=1-2

|won3=2

|recap3=https://www.sihf.ch/fr/game-center/game/#/20211185000066

|3-1-1=Stocker (Raselli) - 4:39

|3-1-2=No scoring

|3-2-1=No scoring

|3-2-2=No scoring

|3-3-1=No scoring

|3-3-2=42:35 - Grascher (Wetli, Stänz)
57:42 - Michielin (Stiefel)

|goalie3-1=Alexandra Lehmann

|goalie3-2=Janine Alder

|date4=7 March

|home4=2

|score4=3-5

|won4=1

|recap4=https://www.sihf.ch/fr/game-center/game/#/20211185000068

|4-1-2=10:57 - Vallario

|4-1-1=Eggimann (Abatangelo) - 10:29

|4-2-2=No scoring

|4-2-1=Ryhner (Raselli, Karvinen) - 39:37

|4-3-2=43:12 - Stänz
48:07 - Merz (Michielin)

|4-3-1=Poletti (Ryhner, Raselli) - 52:56
Moy (Raselli, Ryhner) (PP1) - 56:27
Niccolai (PP1) - 59:09

|goalie4-2=Janine Alder

|goalie4-1=Alexandra Lehmann

|series=Ladies Team Lugano won the series 3–1.

}}

=Game for 3rd place=

{{NHLPlayoffs

|team1=Hockey Team Thurgau Indien Ladies

|team2=EV Bomo Thun

|stadium1=Güttingersreuti, Weinfelden

|stadium2=Kunsteisbahn Grabengut, Thun

|date1=13 March

|home1=1

|score1=3-1

|won1=1

|recap1=https://www.sihf.ch/fr/game-center/game/#/20211185000067

|1-1-1=Stiefel (Staub, Michielin) - 11:18

|1-1-2=No scoring

|1-2-1=Wetli (Stänz, Grascher) - 36:42

|1-2-2=No scoring

|1-3-1=Vallario (Kutzer) - 59:28

|1-3-2=No scoring

|goalie1-1=Janine Alder

|goalie1-2=Saskia Maurer

|series=Hockey Team Thurgau Indien Ladies won the game and finish at the 3rd place.

}}

=Finals=

{{NHLPlayoffs

|team1=ZSC Lions Frauen

|team2=Ladies Team Lugano

|stadium1=Kunsteisbahn Oerlikon, Zürich

|stadium2=La Resega, Lugano

|date1=20 March

|home1=1

|score1=2-3

|won1=2

|recap1=https://www.sihf.ch/fr/game-center/game/#/20211185000069

|1-1-1=Scheurer (Marti, Waidacher) - 10:58

|1-1-2=5:04 - Moy (Karvinen, Ryhner) (PP1)
19:42 - Raselli (Ryhner) (PP1)

|1-2-1=Marti (Christen, Grascher) (PP1) - 23:29

|1-2-2=No scoring

|1-3-1=No scoring

|1-3-2=51:57 - Karvinen

|goalie1-1=Nadia Häner

|goalie1-2=Alexandra Lehmann

|date2=21 March

|home2=2

|score2=1-3

|won2=1

|recap2=https://www.sihf.ch/fr/game-center/game/#/20211185000070

|2-1-2=No scoring

|2-1-1=No scoring

|2-2-2=No scoring

|2-2-1=Shashkina (Christen) - 25:20

|2-3-2=53:00 - Ryhner (Karvinen, Bullo) (PP1)

|2-3-1=Shashkina (SH1) - 45:22
Shashkina (EN) - 59:28

|goalie2-2=Alexandra Lehmann

|goalie2-1=Nadia Häner

|date3=27 March

|home3=1

|score3=0-2

|won3=2

|recap3=https://www.sihf.ch/fr/game-center/game/#/20211185000071

|3-1-1=No scoring

|3-1-2=No scoring

|3-2-1=No scoring

|3-2-2=20:17 - Raselli (Ryhner, Karvinen)
37:26 - Raselli (Karvinen)

|3-3-1=No scoring

|3-3-2=No scoring

|goalie3-1=Caroline Baldin

|goalie3-2=Alexandra Lehmann

|date4=28 March

|home4=2

|score4=1-0

|won4=2

|recap4=https://www.sihf.ch/fr/game-center/game/#/20211185000072

|4-1-2=No scoring

|4-1-1=No scoring

|4-2-2=No scoring

|4-2-1=No scoring

|4-3-2=51:57 - Karvinen (Ryhner, Bullo)

|4-3-1=No scoring

|goalie4-2=Alexandra Lehmann

|goalie4-1=Caroline Baldin

|series=Ladies Team Lugano won the series 3–1.{{cite web|title=Karvinen schiesst Lugano zum Titel |url=http://www.hockeyfans.ch/news/datum/2021/3/28/51891 |website=hockeyfans.ch |date=28 March 2021 |language=German |accessdate=23 April 2024 }}{{cite web|title=Women’s League: Les HC Lugano Ladies sont Championnes Suisses |url=https://www.sihf.ch/fr/postfinance-womens-league/news/#/article/2021-03-29/womens-league-der-hc-lugano-ladies-ist-schweizermeister |website=sihf.ch |date=29 March 2021 |language=French |accessdate=23 April 2024 }}

}}

{{cite web|title=Women’s League: Les HC Lugano Ladies sont Championnes Suisses |url=https://www.sihf.ch/fr/postfinance-womens-league/news/#/article/2021-03-29/womens-league-der-hc-lugano-ladies-ist-schweizermeister |website=sihf.ch |date=29 March 2021 |language=French |accessdate=23 April 2024 }}

=Team of Swiss champions=

Goalkeepers: Alexandra Lehmann, Giulia Mazzocchi

Defense: Celine Abgottspon, Nicole Bullo, Nathalie Buser, Elena Gaberell, Federica Galtieri, Nicla Gianettoni, Anneke Orlandini, Lisa Poletti, Franziska Stocker

Offense: Aurora Abatangelo, Laura Desboeufs, Romy Eggimann, Michelle Karvinen, Lucia Luraschi, Keely Moy, Greta Niccolai, Andrea Odermatt, Evelina Raselli, Noemi Ryhner

Coaching: Vasco Soldini, Pasi Koppinen

Awards

  • Most Valuable Player : Michelle Karvinen (Ladies Team Lugano){{cite web|title=Lugano-Stürmerin Michelle Karvinen als MVP der Women’s League gewählt |url=https://shn.meyertob.myhostpoint.ch/index.php/de/shn/58-swiss-ice-hockey/swhl/22875-michelle-karvinen-als-mvp-der-women-s-league-gewaehlt |website=swisshockeynews.ch |date=27 February 2021 |language=German |accessdate=23 April 2024 }}
  • Best forward : Michelle Karvinen (Ladies Team Lugano)
  • Best defender : Nicole Vallario (Hockey Team Thurgau Indien Ladies)
  • Best goalkeeper : Janine Alder (Hockey Team Thurgau Indien Ladies)
  • Best rookie : Alina Marti (ZSC Lions Frauen)
  • Best coach : Andrin Christen (ZSC Lions Frauen)

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/Suifem2021.htm Swiss Women League] {{in lang|fr}}

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