2004-05 NLA season

 

The 2004-05 NLA season was the 67th regular season of the Nationalliga A, the main professional ice hockey league in Switzerland.

The season started on September 17, 2004, the last League Qualification game was played on April 14, 2005.

Regular Season

Final Standings

		Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1.		HC Lugano	44	29	8	7	148	99	65
2.		HC Davos	44	27	13	4	156	102	58
3.		ZSC Lions	44	23	17	4	146	118	50
4.		EV Zug	44	20	16	8	140	142	48
5.		Genève-Servette HC	44	20	19	5	126	131	45
6.		HC Ambri-Piotta	44	19	18	7	133	137	45
7.		SC Rapperswil-Jona	44	20	19	5	140	130	45
8.		SC Bern	44	18	18	8	143	121	44
9.		Kloten Flyers	44	19	20	5	122	128	43
10.		Fribourg-Gottéron	44	13	24	7	115	145	33
11.		SCL Tigers	44	12	26	6	96	154	30
12.		HC Lausanne	44	8	30	6	111	169	22

Scoring leaders

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

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Randy Robitaille	ZSC Lions	36	22	45	67	56
Hnat Domenichelli	HC Ambri-Piotta	41	23	36	59	30
Jean-Guy Trudel	HC Ambri-Piotta	42	24	33	57	105
Ville Peltonen	HC Lugano	44	24	32	56	16
Stacy Roest	SC Rapperswil-Jona	41	17	38	53	10
Joe Thornton	HC Davos	40	10	44	54	80
Oleg Petrov	EV Zug	44	30	23	53	85
Dale McTavish	SC Rapperswil-Jona	44	24	29	53	36
Robert Petrovicky	ZSC Lions	44	21	29	50	48
Kimmo Rintanen	Kloten Flyers	44	21	29	50	12

Playoffs

Quarterfinals

HC Lugano (1) vs. SC Bern (8) Date Away Home February 26 SC Bern 2 0 HC Lugano   March 1 HC Lugano 5 2 SC Bern   March 3 SC Bern 2 0 HC Lugano   March 5 HC Lugano 2 4 SC Bern   March 7 SC Bern 5 4 HC Lugano OT SC Bern wins series 4–1		HC Davos (2) vs. SC Rapperswil-Jona (7) Date Away Home February 26 SC Rapperswil-Jona 2 6 HC Davos   March 1 HC Davos 2 1 SC Rapperswil-Jona OT March 3 SC Rapperswil-Jona 3 6 HC Davos   March 5 HC Davos 2 1 SC Rapperswil-Jona OT HC Davos wins series 4–0
ZSC Lions (3) vs. HC-Ambri-Piotta (6) Date Away Home February 26 HC-Ambri-Piotta 3 5 ZSC Lions March 1 ZSC Lions 4 2 HC-Ambri-Piotta March 3 HC-Ambri-Piotta 2 1 ZSC Lions March 5 ZSC Lions 2 1 HC-Ambri-Piotta March 7 HC-Ambri-Piotta 2 6 ZSC Lions ZSC Lions wins series 4–1		EV Zug (4) vs. Genève-Servette HC (5) Date Away Home February 26 Genève-Servette HC 2 3 EV Zug   March 1 EV Zug 4 2 Genève-Servette HC   March 3 Genève-Servette HC 1 3 EV Zug   March 5 EV Zug 3 2 Genève-Servette HC OT EV Zug wins series 4–0

Semifinals

HC Davos vs. SC Bern Date Away Home March 12 SC Bern 1 2 HC Davos March 15 HC Davos 4 5 SC Bern March 17 SC Bern 1 2 HC Davos March 19 HC Davos 2 1 SC Bern March 22 SC Bern 2 0 HC Davos March 24 HC Davos 4 1 SC Bern HC Davos wins series 4–2

ZSC Lions vs. EV Zug Date Away Home March 12 'EV Zug 3 1 ZSC Lions   March 15 ZSC Lions 4 1 EV Zug   March 17 EV Zug 1 4 ZSC Lions   March 19 ZSC Lions 3 2 EV Zug OT March 22 EV Zug 2 4 ZSC Lions   ZSC Lions wins series 4–1

Finals

HC Davos vs. ZSC Lions Date Away Home March 31 ZSC Lions 6 4 HC Davos April 2 HC Davos 6 3 ZSC Lions April 4 ZSC Lions 2 3 HC Davos April 7 HC Davos 4 3 ZSC Lions April 9 ZSC Lions 2 3 HC Davos HC Davos wins series 4–1

Scoring leaders

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

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Joe Thornton	HC Davos	14	4	21	25	29
Jan Alston	ZSC Lions	15	11	13	24	10
Randy Robitaille	ZSC Lions	15	2	17	19	10
Niklas Hagman	HC Davos	15	10	7	17	6
Robert Petrovicky	ZSC Lions	15	6	9	15	39
Mark Streit	ZSC Lions	15	4	11	15	20
Tony Virta	ZSC Lions	14	7	6	13	14
Rick Nash	HC Davos	15	9	2	11	26
Josef Marha	HC Davos	15	2	8	10	14
Björn Christen	HC Davos	15	7	2	9	4

Playout

Semifinals

Kloten Flyers (9) vs. HC Lausanne (12) Date Away Home February 26 HC Lausanne 2 4 Kloten Flyers   March 1 Kloten Flyers 2 1 HC Lausanne   March 3 HC Lausanne 4 8 Kloten Flyers   March 5 Kloten Flyers 2 3 HC Lausanne OT March 7 HC Lausanne 1 6 Kloten Flyers   Kloten Flyers wins series 4–1

Fribourg-Gottéron (10) vs. SCL Tigers (11) Date Away Home February 26 SCL Tigers 5 7 Fribourg-Gottéron March 1 Fribourg-Gottéron 2 5 SCL Tigers March 3 SCL Tigers 2 0 Fribourg-Gottéron March 5 Fribourg-Gottéron 2 3 SCL Tigers March 7 SCL Tigers 1 8 Fribourg-Gottéron March 10 Fribourg-Gottéron 2 5 SCL Tigers SCL Tigers wins series 4–2

Finals

HC Lausanne vs. Fribourg-Gottéron Date Away Home March 15 HC Lausanne 4 5 Fribourg-Gottéron March 17 Fribourg-Gottéron 7 9 HC Lausanne March 19 HC Lausanne 3 7 Fribourg-Gottéron March 22 Fribourg-Gottéron 4 3 HC Lausanne March 24 HC Lausanne 2 5 Fribourg-Gottéron Fribourg-Gottéron wins series 4–1

League Qualification

HC Lausanne vs. EHC Basel Date Away Home March 31 EHC Basel 5 4 HC Lausanne April 2 HC Lausanne 3 1 EHC Basel April 4 EHC Basel 3 4 HC Lausanne April 7 HC Lausanne 1 5 EHC Basel April 9 EHC Basel 2 0 HC Lausanne April 11 HC Lausanne 4 2 EHC Basel April 14 EHC Basel 4 0 HC Lausanne EHC Basel wins series 4–3

Results from Puck.ch

• Regular Season 2004-2005
• Playoff 2004-2005
• Playout 2004-2005
• League Qualification 2004-2005

NLA seasons
2000-01 | 2001-02 | 2002-03 | 2003-04 | 2004-05 | 2005-06 | 2006-07 | 2007-08 | 2008-09

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