2022–23 Women's League season

2022–23 Women's League season
2022–23 Women's League season
League	Women's League
Sport	Ice hockey
Duration	17 September 2022 – 19 February 2023
Number of games	83
Number of teams	7
Regular Season
Season Champions	ZSC Lions Frauen
Season MVP	Maija Otamo (EV Bomo Thun)
Women's League champion
Champions	ZSC Lions Frauen
Runners-up	EV Bomo Thun
Women's League seasons
	← 2021–22 2023–24 →

The 2022–23 Women's League season was the 37th ice hockey season of the Swiss Women's League (abbreviated PFWL or SWHL A).

Teams

HC Ambrì-Piotta Girls

SC Langenthal Ladies

Ladies Team Lugano

HC Université Neuchâtel Dames

EV Bomo Thun

Hockey Team Thurgau Indien Ladies

ZSC Lions Frauen

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Women's League teams for the 2022–23 season

After winning the 2022 SWHL B championship, the HC Ambrì-Piotta Girls (HCAP Girls) were promoted to the Women's League.^[1]

Team	Coach(es)	Location	Arena	Capacity
HC Ambrì-Piotta Girls	Dmitri Zygurow, Mario Gendotti	Quinto	Nuova Valascia	6,675
SC Langenthal Ladies	Ruedi Minder, Nicola Minder	Langenthal	Schoren Halle	4,320
Ladies Team Lugano	Benjamin Rogger, Pasi Koppinen	Lugano	Cornèr Arena	7,200
HC Université Neuchâtel Dames	Yan Gigon, Mike Gosselin, Thierry Bourquin	Neuchâtel	Patinoire du Littoral	7,000
EV Bomo Thun	Thomas Zwahlen, Petra Melicheríková	Thun	Kunsteisbahn Grabengut	4,000
Hockey Team Thurgau Indien Ladies	Emanuel Karrer, Monika Leuenberger	Kreuzlingen	Bodensee-Arena	4,300
ZSC Lions Frauen	Angela Frautschi, Christoph Scherrer	Zürich	Kunsteisbahn Oerlikon	1,700

Regular season

The regular season started on 17 September 2022 and ended on 19 February 2023. The regular season was played four-cycle round-robin, that is to say that each of the seven teams played four games against each opponent for a total of 24 matches. The first four teams in the regular season ranking went on to compete in the best-of-five playoffs.

In the postseason, the three teams at the bottom of the table competed in a ranking round. Unlike previous seasons, the champion of the SWHL B was given the opportunity to be promoted directly to the Women's League for the 2023–24 season, in order to raise the number of participating teams to eight. The runner-up of the SWHL B championship played a league qualifier against the loser of the Women's League ranking round. In the event the SWHL B champion did not wish to be promoted, the runner-up would have had the option to be promoted directly and no Women's League team would be relegated. In the event both the SWHL B champion and runner-up did not wish to be promoted, there would have been no relegation from Women's League to SWHL-B.^[2]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	ZSC Lions Frauen	24	20	1	1	2	122	39	+83	63	Advance to Playoffs
2	EV Bomo Thun	24	19	1	1	3	109	30	+79	60
3	Ladies Team Lugano	23	11	1	4	7	61	48	+13	39
4	HT Thurgau Ladies	24	8	3	3	10	61	78	−17	33
5	SC Langenthal Ladies	24	7	4	1	12	47	66	−19	30	Advance to Ranking Round
6	HC Université Neuchâtel Dames	23	5	1	1	16	52	89	−37	18
7	HC Ambrì-Piotta Girls	24	1	1	1	21	44	146	−102	6

Source: Swiss Ice Hockey Federation^[3]
Rules for classification: 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.

Statistics

Scoring leaders

The following table shows the top-ten point scorers at the conclusion of the regular season.^[4] If two or more skaters are tied (i.e. same number of points, goals, and played games), all of the tied skaters are shown.

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Maija Otamo	EV Bomo Thun	24	26	27	53	14
Estelle Duvin	EV Bomo Thun	23	20	27	47	37
Skylar Fontaine	ZSC Lions Frauen	23	15	24	39	9
Sinja Leemann	ZSC Lions Frauen	24	15	21	36	10
Lisa Rüedi	ZSC Lions Frauen	24	11	25	36	36
Alina Marti	ZSC Lions Frauen	24	12	19	31	12
Katie Cipra	ZSC Lions Frauen	24	16	10	26	8
Stefanie Marty	EV Bomo Thun	18	8	17	25	8
Cindy Joray	EV Bomo Thun	23	11	13	24	18
Simona Grascher	Hockey Team Thurgau Indien Ladies	22	15	8	23	14

Leading goaltenders

The following table shows the five goaltenders who led the league in goals against average while playing at least 40% of their team's minutes, at the conclusion of the regular season.^[5]

Player	Team(s)	GP	TOI	GA	GAA
Alexandra Lehmann	EV Bomo Thun	13	632	11	1.05
Jade Dübi	EV Bomo Thun	16	812	19	1.41
Sandy Heim	ZSC Lions Frauen	17	864	24	1.67
Sofia Decristophoris	Ladies Team Lugano	20	1216	37	1.83
Caroline Spies	SC Langenthal Ladies	24	1404	59	2.52

Playoffs

Bracket

Semi-finals (best-of-5)			Finals (best-of-5)

1	ZSC Lions Frauen	3

4	Hockey Team Thurgau Indien Ladies	0
			1	ZSC Lions Frauen	3

			2	EV Bomo Thun	2
2	EV Bomo Thun	3

3	Ladies Team Lugano	1	Game for 3rd place (best-of-1)


			3	Ladies Team Lugano	1

			4	Hockey Team Thurgau Indien Ladies	3

Semi-Finals

(1) ZSC Lions Frauen vs. (4) Hockey Team Thurgau Indien Ladies

25 February	ZSC Lions Frauen		3-0	Hockey Team Thurgau Indien Ladies	Kunsteisbahn Oerlikon, Zürich	Recap
Hauser (Schlegel) - 4:25		First period		No scoring
Scheurer (Schlegel, Hauser) (PP1) - 36:03		Second period		No scoring
Marti (Fontaine, Thalmann) - 49:26		Third period		No scoring
Sandy Heim		Goalie stats		Caroline Lambert

26 February	Hockey Team Thurgau Indien Ladies		0-5	ZSC Lions Frauen	Güttingersreuti, Weinfelden	Recap
No scoring		First period		Rüedi (Scheurer, Cipra) - 14:46 Marti (Fontaine, S. Bachmann) - 19:18
No scoring		Second period		Eggli (Hauser, Leemann) - 20:52
No scoring		Third period		Fontaine - 42:50 Thalmann (Marti, Eggli) - 56:44
Caroline Lambert		Goalie stats		Sandy Heim Laura De Bastiani

4 March	ZSC Lions Frauen		6-2	Hockey Team Thurgau Indien Ladies	Kunsteisbahn Oerlikon, Zürich	Recap
No scoring		First period		0:24 - T. Grascher (S. Grascher, Kutzer) 5:43 - Wetli (Sigrist, Balzer)
Herzig (Marti) - 23:29 Scheurer (Fontaine) (PP1) - 28:52 Cipra - 35:41		Second period		No scoring
Hauser (No. Harju, Rüedi) - 41:29 Fontaine (Schlegel) - 50:38 Rüedi (Cipra) - 59:23		Third period		No scoring
Sandy Heim		Goalie stats		Caroline Lambert

ZSC Lions Frauen won the series 3–0.

(2) EV Bomo Thun vs. (3) Ladies Team Lugano

25 February	EV Bomo Thun		3-2	OT	Ladies Team Lugano	Kunsteisbahn Grabengut, Thun	Recap
Rossel (Joray, Duvin) - 3:54		First period			11:42 - Desboeufs
Otamo (Duvin) - 36:05		Second period			'No scoring
'No scoring		Third period			57:42 - Eggimann (Wuthrich, Desboeufs) (PP1)
Otamo (Joray, J. Marty) (PP1) - 64:04		First overtime period			No scoring
Jade Dübi		Goalie stats			Sofia Decristophoris

26 February	Ladies Team Lugano		0-1	EV Bomo Thun	Cornèr Arena, Lugano	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		Pélissou (Rossel) (PP1) - 23:02
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
Sofia Decristophoris		Goalie stats		Alexandra Lehmann

4 March	EV Bomo Thun		4-5	OT	Ladies Team Lugano	Kunsteisbahn Grabengut, Thun	Recap
Joray (Mason) - 7:32 Duvin (Otamo, Joray) - 18:18		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			25:40 - Eggimann (Bullo)
Rensch (PP1) - 49:23 J. Marty (S. Marty) - 57:51		Third period			41:03 - Wuthrich (Orlandini) 42:51 - Orlandini (Bullo) 47:34 - Lutz (Gaberell)
No scoring		First overtime period			60:41 - Wuthrich (Eggimann, Bullo) (PP2)
Alexandra Lehmann		Goalie stats			Sofia Decristophoris

5 March	Ladies Team Lugano		1-6	EV Bomo Thun	Cornèr Arena, Lugano	Recap
15:07 - Desboeufs (Bullo)		First period		J. Marty (Duvin) - 8:37 Duvin (Pélissou) - 14:42
No scoring		Second period		Pélissou (Otamo, Duvin) - 20:41
No scoring		Third period		Joray (Duvin) - 41:26 Otamo (Rossel) - 50:00 Otamo (Duvin) - 57:36
Sofia Decristophoris		Goalie stats		Jade Dübi

EV Bomo Thun won the series 3–1.

Game for 3rd place

11 March	Ladies Team Lugano		1-3	Hockey Team Thurgau Indien Ladies	Cornèr Arena, Lugano	Recap
Abatangelo (Gianettoni, Desboeufs) (PP1) - 14:22		First period		10:14 - Wetli (Sigrist, Büchi) 13:02 - S. Grascher
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		59:16 - T. Grascher (Balzer, S. Grascher) (EN)
Sofia Decristophoris		Goalie stats		Caroline Lambert

Hockey Team Thurgau Indien Ladies won the game and finish at the 3rd place.^[6]

Finals

11 March 2023	ZSC Lions Frauen		4-3	EV Bomo Thun	Kunsteisbahn Oerlikon, Zürich	Recap
Rüedi (Scheurer) - 3:36		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		21:10 - J. Marty (S. Marty) (PP1)
Scheurer (Cipra, Hauser) - 41:20 Scheurer (Hauser, Rüedi) - 49:09 Scheurer (Baechler, Cipra) (PP1) - 55:01		Third period		44:58 - S. Marty (Rossel) 55:20 - Otamo (Hänggi)
Sandy Heim		Goalie stats		Jade Dübi

12 March	EV Bomo Thun		4-2	ZSC Lions Frauen	Kunsteisbahn Grabengut, Thun	Recap
16:49 - Duvin (Hänggi, Rossel)		First period		No scoring
22:15 - Duvin (Pélissou)		Second period		No scoring
53:13 - Rossel (PP1) 59:22 - Joray (Otamo) (EN)		Third period		Rüedi (Fontaine, Thalmann) - 44:40 Baechler (Hauser, Herzig) - 59:51
Alexandra Lehmann		Goalie stats		Sandy Heim

15 March	ZSC Lions Frauen		2-4	EV Bomo Thun	Kunsteisbahn Oerlikon, Zürich	Recap
No scoring		First period		2:51 - Hänggi (Joray, Duvin)
No. Harju (Rüedi) - 31:46		Second period		34:54 - Duvin
Leemann (Marti) - 53:32		Third period		51:15 - Otamo (Rensch) 59:30 - J. Marty (EN)
Sandy Heim		Goalie stats		Alexandra Lehmann

18 March	EV Bomo Thun		0-3	ZSC Lions Frauen	Kunsteisbahn Grabengut, Thun	Recap
No scoring		First period		Marti (Hauser) - 6:06 Leemann (Herzig, Marti) - 14:53
No scoring		Second period		Marti (Thalmann, Leemann) - 22:25
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
Alexandra Lehmann		Goalie stats		Sandy Heim

19 March	ZSC Lions Frauen		3-2	EV Bomo Thun	Kunsteisbahn Oerlikon, Zürich	Recap
No scoring		First period		14:34 - Otamo (Joray, Ryser)
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
Rüedi (Scheurer, Hauser) - 48:31 Marti (Leemann, Fontaine) - 58:12		Third period		40:25 - Joray (Otamo, Ryser)
Fontaine (Leemann) (PP1) - 60:47		overtime period		No scoring
Sandy Heim		Goalie stats		Alexandra Lehmann

ZSC Lions Frauen won the series 3–2.^[7]^[8]

Team of Swiss champions

Goalkeepers: Laura De Bastiani, Sandy Heim

Defense: Nele Bachmann, Alessia Baechler, Skylar Fontaine, Nina Harju, Janine Hauser, Jana Peter, Dominique Scheurer, Aurela Thalmann

Offense: Sara Bachmann, Katie Cipra, Chiara Eggli, Nora Harju, Naemi Herzig, Kristina Kontny, Sinja Leemann, Renee Lendi, Alina Marti, Lisa Rüedi, Jessica Schlegel

Coaching: Angela Frautschi, Christoph Scherrer

Ranking round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	SC Langenthal Ladies	4	4	0	0	0	25	9	+16	12	Saison Ended
2	HC Université Neuchâtel Dames	4	1	1	0	2	14	22	−8	5	Saison Ended
3	HC Ambrì-Piotta Girls	4	0	0	1	3	12	20	−8	1	Advance to Relegation round

Source: [1]
Rules for classification: 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.

HC Fribourg-Gottéron Ladies were crowned champions of SWHL B and, therefore, were promoted to the Women's League. The runner-up of the SWHL B finals, HC Tramelan Ladies, declined the opportunity to compete for promotion to the Women's League and, as a result, HC Ambrì-Piotta Girls kept their place in Women's League.^[9]

Awards

Most Valuable Player : Sinja Leemann (ZSC Lions Frauen)^[10]
Best forward : Estelle Duvin (EV Bomo Thun)
Best defender : Skylar Fontaine (ZSC Lions Frauen)
Best goalkeeper : Sandy Heim (ZSC Lions Frauen)
Best rookie : Alena Lynn Rossel (EV Bomo Thun)
Best coach : Thomas Zwahlen (EV Bomo Thun)

References

^ "SWHL-B : Les HCAP Girls sont championnes suisses". Swiss Ice Hockey Federation (in French). 21 March 2022. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
^ "Coup d'envoi de la saison de MyHockey League et de Women's League". sihf.ch (in French). 16 September 2022. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
^ "PostFinance Women's League, 2022/23 Regular Season: Tabelle" (in German). 19 February 2023. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
^ "Player stats". Swiss Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
^ "Goalie stats". SIHF. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
^ "Frauen: Bronze für Thurgau". hockeyfans.ch (in German). 12 March 2023. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
^ "PostFinance Women's League : Les ZSC Lions remportent le titre". sihf.ch (in French). 19 March 2023. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
^ "The ZSC Lions win the 2022-23 edition of the Women's League". swisshockeynews.ch. 19 March 2023. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
^ "Les Thurgau Indien Ladies remportent le bronze en PostFinance Women's League". sihf.ch (in French). 13 March 2023. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
^ "ZSC's Sinja Leemann elected as MVP of the Women's League". swisshockeynews.ch. 25 February 2023. Retrieved 23 April 2024.

External links

Official website (in German)
Official website (in French)
Official website (in Italian)
Swiss Women's League at HockeyArchives.info (in French)

[1] "SWHL-B : Les HCAP Girls sont championnes suisses". Swiss Ice Hockey Federation (in French). 21 March 2022. Retrieved 23 April 2024.

[2] "Coup d'envoi de la saison de MyHockey League et de Women's League". sihf.ch (in French). 16 September 2022. Retrieved 23 April 2024.

[3] "PostFinance Women's League, 2022/23 Regular Season: Tabelle" (in German). 19 February 2023. Retrieved 6 October 2024.

[4] "Player stats". Swiss Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 23 April 2024.

[5] "Goalie stats". SIHF. Retrieved 23 April 2024.

[6] "Frauen: Bronze für Thurgau". hockeyfans.ch (in German). 12 March 2023. Retrieved 23 April 2024.

[7] "PostFinance Women's League : Les ZSC Lions remportent le titre". sihf.ch (in French). 19 March 2023. Retrieved 23 April 2024.

[8] "The ZSC Lions win the 2022-23 edition of the Women's League". swisshockeynews.ch. 19 March 2023. Retrieved 23 April 2024.

[9] "Les Thurgau Indien Ladies remportent le bronze en PostFinance Women's League". sihf.ch (in French). 13 March 2023. Retrieved 23 April 2024.

[10] "ZSC's Sinja Leemann elected as MVP of the Women's League". swisshockeynews.ch. 25 February 2023. Retrieved 23 April 2024.

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