2004–05 Nationalliga A season
The season 2004 /05 was the 67th regular season of the National League A. The HC Davos was in the play-off final against the ZSC Lions Swiss champion. In the National League B, the EHC Basel ' B- master ' was and managed in a duel with the NLA bottom club Lausanne HC at the expense of promotion to the top division.
The season was special in that as some NHL players reinforced the teams in Switzerland due to the NHL lockout:
- SC Bern: Daniel Briere, Dany Heatley, Marc Savard
- EHC Biel: Ben Clymer (Tampa Bay Lightning), Tyler Wright ( Columbus Blue Jackets )
- HC Davos: Rick Nash ( Columbus Blue Jackets ), Joe Thornton (Boston Bruins ) Niklas Hagman (Florida Panthers )
- Kloten Flyers: Olli Jokinen, David Tanabe, Patrice Brisebois, Jeff Halpern
- HC Lausanne: Martin St. Louis (Tampa Bay Lightning)
- HC Lugano: David Aebischer, Alex Tanguay (both Colorado Avalanche ), Martin Gélinas
- SCL Tigers: Tim Connolly, Martin Gerber ( Carolina Hurricanes )
- Rapperswil- SCRJ Lakers: Kristian Huselius (Calgary Flames)
- EV train: Mike Fisher ( Ottawa Senators ): Niko Kapanen ( Dallas Stars )
National League A
Mode
Were played by the 12 teams two double rounds of 22 games. After that, the best eight teams determined the Swiss champion in playoff style. Quarter-finals, semi-finals and finals were played each after the mode best -of-seven.
The other four teams determined in the play- outs that team that had to play for the league against the champions of the National League B.
Table before the start of the playoffs
Playoffs
HC Davos is thus Swiss Champion
Play -out
The Lausanne HC played thus against the champions of the National League B - EHC Basel - to the last place in the National League A.
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