2011–12 National League B season
LeagueNational League B
SportIce hockey
DurationSeptember 9, 2011 -
February 7, 2012
Number of games45
Number of teams10
Regular Season
Season ChampionsLausanne HC
Top scorerJeff Campbell
(SC Langenthal)
Playoffs
Semi-Final championsLausanne HC
  Semi-Final runners-upEHC Visp
Semi-Final championsSC Langenthal
  Semi-Final runners-upChx-de-Fds
Swiss champion NLB
ChampionsSC Langenthal
  Runners-upLausanne HC

The 201112 National League B season was played from September 9, 2011, to February 7, 2012. The regular season was won by Lausanne HC with 105 points, 15 points ahead of the second place team, SC Langenthal. The playoffs were played from February 12 to March 27, 2012, with SC Langenthal defeating Lausanee HC to become Swiss Champions of NLB. Langenthal would later play HC Ambrì-Piotta in the league qualification series. Since Ambrì-Piotta would defeat Langenthal in the series, there was no changes to the NLA or NLB teams for the 2012–2013 seasons.

Regular season

The National League B regular season consists of 45 games, 2 double rounds playing each team twice, and a single round playing each team once.

Standings

Team GP W L OTW OTL GF GA Pts
1. Lausanne HC 4531941186115102
2. SC Langenthal 4527131415711087
3. HC La Chaux-de-Fonds 4524143415512782
4. EHC Visp 4522174217015076
5. EHC Basel Sharks 4517193613214263
6. GCK Lions 4519222212213463
7. EHC Olten 4516206315214663
8. HC Ajoie 4516243211915456
9. HC Thurgau 4511273411817043
10. HC Sierre-Anniviers 459274511417740

Attendance

Team Games Total
Attendance
Average
Lausanne HC23110,3544,798
EHC Visp2268,8603,130
EHC Olten2369,5063,022
Chx-de-Fds2357,2012,487
SC Langenthal2343,5391,893
HC Sierre2237,0921,686
HC Ajoie2235,9921,636
EHC Basel Sharks2329,0031,261
HC Thurgau2220,614937
GCK Lions225,830265
LEAGUE TOTAL225477,9912,124

League Leaders

Scoring

Name Team GP G A P
Canada Jeff CampbellSC Langenthal45303868
Canada Brent KellySC Langenthal45274168
Canada Marco CharpentierChx-de-Fds45273360
Austria Oliver SetzingerLausanne HC45263258
Switzerland Stefan TschannenSC Langenthal42233255
Switzerland Luca TriulziEHC Visp44203151
Switzerland Alain BrunoldEHC Visp45203050
Canada Dominic ForgetEHC Visp44203050
Czech Republic Tomas DolanaEHC Visp45183250
Canada Derek CormierHC Sierre41133740

Playoffs

During the first round of the playoffs, National League regulations state that the top seeded team my play any team of its choice from the bottom 4 seeds. The next seeded team may then choose their opponent from the remaining 3 of the bottom 4 seeds and so on. The same rule applies for the Semi-Finals. During the playoffs, teams alternate venues game to game, with the highest seed playing home first.

Tournament Bracket

Quarter-Finals Semi-Finals Finals
         
1 Lausanne HC 4
6 GCK Lions 1
1 Lausanne HC 4
4 EHC Visp 0
2 SC Langenthal 4
5 EHC Basel Sharks 0
5 Lausanne HC 2
(Pairings are reseeded after the first round)
7 Langenthal 4
3 Chx-de-Fds 4
8 HC Ajoie 3
2 Langenthal 4
3 Chx-de-Fds 3
4 EHC Visp 4
5 EHC Olten 1

League Qualification

The champions of the National League B has the opportunity to play the losing team of a Play-Out tournament from the National League A to take their spot in the league. SC Langenthal took on HC Ambrì-Piotta in a 7-game series, losing 4-1 and remaining in the National League B.

HC Ambrì-Piotta vs. SC Langenthal

April 3 HC Ambrì-Piotta 3-1 SC Langenthal Stadion Valascia Recap  
Paolo Duca - 07:22
Inti Pestoni - 22:22

Julian Walker - 59:55
Scoring stats 46:22 - Marc Leuenberger
Thomas Bäumle Goalie stats Marc Eichmann (Save % - 87.5)
April 5 SC Langenthal 0-3 HC Ambrì-Piotta Kunsteisbahn Schoren Recap  
No Scoring Scoring stats 10:39 - Elias Bianchi
25:48 - Vitaly Lakhmatov
59:14 - Vitaly Lakhmatov
Marc Eichmann Goalie stats Thomas Bäumle (Save % - 100.00)
April 7 HC Ambrì-Piotta 1-3 SC Langenthal Stadion Valascia Recap  
Roman Schlagenhauf - 31:02 Scoring stats
34:42 - Marco Gruber
57:56 - Tim Weber
59:52 - Stefan Tschannen
Thomas Bäumle Goalie stats Marc Eichmann (Save % - 96.67)
April 9 SC Langenthal 1-3 HC Ambrì-Piotta Kunsteisbahn Schoren Recap  

Inti Pestoni - 19:44
Alain Demuth - 45:08
Elias Bianchi - 57:38
Scoring stats 14:07 - Tim Weber
Marc Eichmann Goalie stats Thomas Bäumle
April 12 HC Ambrì-Piotta 3-0 SC Langenthal Stadion Valascia Recap  
Gregory Hofmann - 27:21
Marco Pedretti - 41:30
Inti Pestoni - 48:38
Scoring stats No Scoring
Thomas Bäumle Goalie stats Marc Eichmann (Save % - 84.21)
HC Ambrì-Piotta win series 4-1
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