The 2013–14 National League A season is the seventh

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season of Switzerland's top hockey league, the

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. Overall, it is the 76th season of Swiss professional hockey. It was won by ZSC Lions after beating

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4-0 in the playoff final.

Regular season

Teams

After the

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season,

SCL Tigers SC Langnau Tigers are a professional ice hockey team from Langnau im Emmental, Switzerland. They play in the National League (NL). The team plays its home games in the 6,000-seat Ilfis Stadium, which is currently one of the smallest arenas in the ...

were defeated by Lausanne HC of

National League B The Swiss League is the second tier of the main professional ice hockey league in Switzerland, behind the National League. The winners of the league each season plays a best-of-seven series against the bottom team of the NL, and if they win, th ...

, switching places with them. The number of teams stands at 12.

Regular season

Playoffs

Relegation round

Six games were played as part of the relegation round. Results from the regular season carried over.

Final

The bottom two teams played in the final. *EHC Biel - Rapperswil-Jona Lakers 2:4 (3:2 OT, 1:3, 2:3, 4:3 OT, 1:4, 4:5)

Playouts

The bottom team from the relegation round, EHC Biel, played against HC Viège, the

champion, for the right to play in the 2014-15 NLA season. *

EHC Biel EHC Biel-Bienne is a professional ice hockey club based in the bilingual city of Biel/Bienne, Switzerland and plays in the National League (NL). Since the city of Biel is completely bilingual, alongside the German name EHC Biel (Abbr: EHCB) the tea ...

- EHC Visp 4:1 (5:2, 2:5, 5:1, 4:1, 3:2)

External links

Official League Website

Official League Website
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National League (ice hockey) seasons