2003–04 Nationalliga A season

The 2003–04 NLA season was the 66th regular season of the Nationalliga A, the main professional ice hockey league in Switzerland.

Regular season

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Final standings

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Team GP W L T GF GA Pts
1. HC Lugano 48 35 9 4 196 127 74
2. SC Bern 48 31 12 5 176 113 67
3. Genève-Servette HC 48 26 16 6 148 123 58
4. HC Davos 48 24 17 7 166 132 55
5. ZSC Lions 48 25 19 4 140 121 54
6. HC Ambri-Piotta 48 22 20 6 153 141 50
7. EV Zug 48 21 22 5 117 147 47
8. HC Fribourg-Gottéron 48 22 23 3 152 135 47
9. Kloten Flyers 48 22 23 3 151 131 47
10. SC Rapperswil-Jona 48 16 27 5 136 163 37
11. HC Lausanne 48 15 30 3 116 171 33
12. SCL Tigers 48 13 29 6 119 175 32
13. EHC Basel 48 9 34 5 116 207 23

Scoring leaders

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Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty Minutes

Player Team GP G A Pts PIM
Ville Peltonen HC Lugano 48 28 44 72 16
Mike Maneluk HC Lugano 48 30 41 71 85
Jean-Guy Trudel HC Ambri-Piotta 47 30 38 68 66
Mikael Karlberg HC Fribourg-Gottéron 48 18 48 66 30
Hnat Domenichelli HC Ambri-Piotta 42 27 32 59 84
Petteri Nummelin HC Lugano 48 20 39 59 59
Oleg Petrov Genève-Servette HC 48 24 32 56 97
Andre Bashkirov HC Lausanne 48 24 31 55 10
Jukka Hentunen HC Fribourg-Gottéron 47 25 28 53 22
Jan Alston ZSC Lions 45 22 31 53 36

Playoffs

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Quarterfinals

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HC Lugano (1) vs. Fribourg-Gottéron (8)
Away Home
Fribourg-Gottéron 2 7 HC Lugano
HC Lugano 4 2 Fribourg-Gottéron
Fribourg-Gottéron 1 2 HC Lugano
HC Lugano 6 3 Fribourg-Gottéron
HC Lugano wins series 4–0
  
SC Bern (2) vs. EV Zug (7)
Away Home
EV Zug 1 4 SC Bern
SC Bern 2 5 EV Zug
EV Zug 2 5 SC Bern
SC Bern 2 1 EV Zug
EV Zug 2 5 SC Bern
SC Bern wins series 4–1
Genève-Servette HC (3) vs. HC Ambri-Piotta (6)
Away Home
HC Ambri-Piotta 2 4 Genève-Servette HC
Genève-Servette HC 2 1 HC Ambri-Piotta
HC Ambri-Piotta 3 1 Genève-Servette HC
Genève-Servette HC 2 4 HC Ambri-Piotta
HC Ambri-Piotta 1 4 Genève-Servette HC
Genève-Servette HC 2 3 HC Ambri-Piotta
HC Ambri-Piotta 0 2 Genève-Servette HC
Genève-Servette HC wins series 4–3
  
HC Davos (4) vs. ZSC Lions (5)
Away Home
ZSC Lions 3 1 HC Davos
HC Davos 1 0 ZSC Lions
ZSC Lions 2 3 HC Davos
HC Davos 3 4 ZSC Lions
ZSC Lions 2 0 HC Davos
HC Davos 1 2 ZSC Lions
ZSC Lions wins series 4–2

Semifinals

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HC Lugano vs. ZSC Lions
Away Home
ZSC Lions 1 5 HC Lugano
HC Lugano 2 5 ZSC Lions
ZSC Lions 3 2 HC Lugano
HC Lugano 1 2 ZSC Lions
ZSC Lions 0 4 HC Lugano
HC Lugano 4 3 ZSC Lions
ZSC Lions 2 4 HC Lugano
HC Lugano wins series 4–3
  
SC Bern vs. Genève-Servette HC
Away Home
Genève-Servette HC 2 4 SC Bern
SC Bern 4 1 Genève-Servette HC
Genève-Servette HC 3 5 SC Bern
SC Bern 1 3 Genève-Servette HC
Genève-Servette HC 1 2 SC Bern
SC Bern wins series 4–1

Finals

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HC Lugano vs. SC Bern
Away Home
SC Bern 3 1 HC Lugano  
HC Lugano 1 2 SC Bern  
SC Bern 1 5 HC Lugano  
HC Lugano 4 3 SC Bern  
SC Bern 4 3 HC Lugano OT
SC Bern wins series 3–2

Scoring leaders

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Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty Minutes

Player Team GP G A Pts PIM
Petteri Nummelin HC Lugano 16 7 20 27 4
Christian Dubé SC Bern 15 3 16 19 8
Mike Maneluk HC Lugano 13 10 6 16 70
Ivo Rüthemann SC Bern 15 5 10 15 4
Sébastien Bordeleau SC Bern 14 10 4 14 14
Ville Peltonen HC Lugano 16 4 10 14 8
Yves Sarault SC Bern 15 6 7 13 36
Adrian Wichser HC Lugano 16 6 7 13 2
Flavien Conne HC Lugano 16 8 4 12 12
Ryan Gardner HC Lugano 16 5 7 12 12

Playout round

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Teams ranked from 9 - 13 after regular season, played 2 games against each other.

Final standings

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Team GP W L T GF GA Pts
9. Kloten Flyers 56 25 28 3 187 164 53
10. SC Rapperswil-Jona 56 20 31 5 158 182 45
11. SCL Tigers 56 19 31 6 153 204 44
12. HC Lausanne 56 17 36 3 132 195 37
13. EHC Basel 56 14 37 5 138 232 33

EHC Basel is relegated to Nationalliga B.

League qualification

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EHC Biel vs. HC Lausanne
Away Home
HC Lausanne 3 2 EHC Biel OT
EHC Biel 1 5 HC Lausanne  
HC Lausanne 4 3 EHC Biel  
EHC Biel 1 5 HC Lausanne  
HC Lausanne wins series 4–0

HC Lausanne stays in Nationalliga A.

References

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Results from Puck.ch

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