2019–20 National League (ice hockey) season
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The 2019–20 National League season was the 82nd season of Swiss professional ice hockey and the third season as the National League (NL).
2019–20 National League season | |
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League | National League |
Sport | Ice hockey |
Duration | September 13, 2019 – February 29, 2020 |
Number of games | 50 |
Number of teams | 12 |
Regular season | |
Best record | ZSC Lions |
Runners-up | EV Zug |
Season MVP | Pius Suter (ZSC Lions) |
Top scorer | Pius Suter (ZSC Lions) |
Playoffs | |
Swiss champion NL | |
National League seasons | |
ZSC Lions won the regular season, defeating EV Zug in the final round of matches.
SC Bern were the defending champions and three-time defending regular season winners, however for the second consecutive year the defending champion failed to make the playoffs.
Due to the 2018–19 league qualification series not being contested, the participating teams remained the same as the previous season.
The season was affected by the 2020 coronavirus outbreak in Switzerland, with the final two rounds of regular season games taking place without crowds, and the start of the playoffs postponed.[1] On March 12, the National League committee announced that the playoffs would be cancelled, due to the ban on sporting events in the canton of Ticino.[2]