2023–24 SWHL A Season

The 2022–23 Swiss League season was the 37th season of the Swiss Women's League A.

Teams

Winning the SWHL-B championship, the HC Fribourg-Gottéron Ladies is promoted to SWHL-A

The major Swiss hockey clubs are showing more and more interest in women's hockey. The EV Zug created a women's team with an impressive budget of 1.2 million CHF. The League authorizes them to take part in the SWHL-B championship. In response, SC Bern took EV Bomo Thun under its wing. SC Bern Frauen will now play at the PostFinance Arena. The HC Davos also agrees with the HC Thurgau to move its team from the Indians to the Eisstadion Davos, under the name HC Davos Ladies.

Regular season

The regular season started on 16 September 2023 and ended on 25 February 2024. The regular season is played at the national level in the form of a round of five matches, that is to say that each of the eight teams plays 28 matches. The first four in the ranking in the regular season compete in the playoffs (best of 5), the four last team compete in a ranking round. The Swiss SWHL-B champions will be promoted directly to the WL for the 2024/25 season. The SWHL-B runner-up plays a league qualifier against the loser of the WL ranking round. If the SWHL-B champion does not wish to be promoted, the runner-up will be promoted directly and no WL member will be relegated. If SWHL-B champions and runners-up do not wish to be promoted, there will be no promotion or relegation from WL to SWHL-B.

Statistics

Scoring leaders

The following shows the top ten players who led the league in points, at the conclusion of the regular season. If two or more skaters are tied (i.e. same number of points, goals and played games), all of the tied skaters are shown.

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.

Playoffs

Bracket

Semi-Finals

(1) SC Bern Frauen vs. (4) HC Université Neuchâtel Dames

(2) ZSC Lions Frauen vs. (3) HC Ambrì-Piotta Girls

Game for 3rd place

Finals

Team of Swiss champions

Goalkeepers: Laura De Bastiani, Sandy Heim

Defense: Alessia Baechler, Christine Deaudelin, Skylar Fontaine, Zoé Mächler, Jana Peter, Shannon Sigrist, Aurela Thalmann

Offense: Jil Aschwanden, Sara Bachmann, Mara Frey, Nora Harju, Kristina Kontny, Tereza Lahova, Sinja Leemann, Renee Lendi, Alina Marti, Lisa Rüedi, Vanessa Schaefer, Dominique Scheurer

Coaching: Angela Frautschi, Cyndy Kenyon

Awards

* Most Valuable Player : Estelle Duvin ( SC Bern Frauen)
* Best forward : Estelle Duvin (SC Bern Frauen) and Fanny Rask ( HC Ambrì-Piotta Girls)
* Best defender : Josefine Holmgren (HC Ambrì-Piotta Girls)
* Best goalkeeper : Saskia Maurer (SC Bern Frauen)
* Best rookie : Leoni Balzer ( HC Davos Ladies)
* Best coach : Thomas Zwahlen (SC Bern Frauen)

Ranking Round

The Ladies Team Lugano, after having recorded numerous departures at the start of this season, has experienced a lot of difficulty during this season. Finishing last in the championship with a very limited contingent, the leaders preferred to give up playing in the relegation round and accepted being relegated to the green carpet. The champion of the SWHL-B, the EV Zug Women therefore advances to the SWHL-A.

References

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{{DEFAULTSORT:2023-24 SWHL A season
2023–24 in Swiss ice hockey
2023–24 in European ice hockey leagues
Swiss Women's League seasons