Nationalliga A (NLA)

Postfinance continues as NLA main sponsor

PostFinance will continue to be the NLA main sponsor until 2017. Financial details of the new deal weren't disclosed
The same brand will extend its contract with Bern Arena, named PostFinance Arena, until 2018

(29 Apr 2012)

NLA starts on September 12

Champion ZSC Lions will open the 2012-13 NLA season facing Langnau Tigers at home for a 20 round advanced game. the day after HC Lugano will travel to Zug to face home team for a second round game.
Friday September 14, finally, the first round will take place with these games:

Davos - Kloten
Fribourg - Biel
Genève Servette - Bern
ZSC Lions - Rapperswil

The Fribourg game will be confirmed if the works at the arena will be completed at that date

(27 Apr 2012)

14 matches for Morant

SC Bern defender Johann Morant has been suspended for 14 matches for repeadtly hitting/punching Cyrill Bühler in the head and for shoving an oficial. On top of the suspension, Morant was fined 1,000CHF.

(13 Apr 2012)

Jakub Horak new Sport Director at EV Zug

Former defender Jakub Horak, 38, is the new EV Zug's Sport Director replacing Patrick Lengwiler, named team's GM

(29 Mar 2012)

Martin Steinegger named new Sport Director at Biel

Few days after announced his retirement as active player at 40 years, former defender Martin Steinegger was named new EHC Biel Sport Director.

(15 Mar 2012)

Fribourg gets past Lugano

Fribourg beat Lugano 5-4 (OT) in the sixth game to win the NLA quarter final series 4-2. Benny Plüss scored the winning goal at 66:52.

Fribourg will play SC Bern in the semis. In the other semi final series EV Zug will face ZSC Lions.

(14 Mar 2012)

Brunner first in 30 years

As in the previous year (Glen Metropolit) again a Zug player became NLA topscorer - the almost 26 year old Swiss international Damien Brunner. With 24 goals and 36 assists (60 points) in 45 games he kept second placed Fribourg attacker Julien Sprunger (51) on distance by a large margin. By that the attacker is the first Swiss player in 30 (!) years to get this title. The last one to reach this goal was the Arosa player Guido Lindemann during the 1981/82 season. He is the father of Brunner's EV Zug colleague Sven Lindemann and of Langnau's Kim Lindemann.

(26 Feb 2012)

Five teams interested in NLA promotion

At the 31 january deadline, five Swiss NLB clubs expressed interest to enter in NLA if playoffs champion: HCC La Chaux-de-Fonds, SC Langenthal,  Lausanne HC, EHC Olten and EHC Visp

(16 Feb 2012)

New arena in Zurich in 2017

The municipality of Zurich has approved the construction of a new arena in the Alstetten area for 2017. An architectural competition will be published in mid-February to build a 12 000-capacity hockey arena for the ZSC Lions and a 3000-capacity volley arena for team Volero Zurich. Each club will invest 44 million Swiss francs and the municipality will put in 149 million. The ZSC Lions currently play at Hallenstadion, a 10 700-capacity arena, originally built in 1939 and completely rebuilt in 2005.

(12 Feb 2012)

Kloten Flyers have new GM and majority shareholder

Swiss team Kloten Flyers is making changes on its board: starting next May, 37-year-old Adrian Fetscherin will be the new GM. He currently is the director of sport editorial office at Teleclub. In the 2013-14 season, he will buy a majority stake from current board chairman Jürg Bircher and will be the new majority shareholder.

(10 Feb 2012)