1988–89 Nationalliga A season
# 1988–89 Nationalliga A season

The 1988–89 NLA season was the 51st regular season of the Nationalliga A, the main professional ice hockey league in Switzerland.

## Regular season

### Final standings

| | Team | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1. | HC Lugano | 36 | 29 | 4 | 3 | 200 | 97 | 61 |
| 2. | EHC Kloten | 36 | 26 | 6 | 4 | 218 | 128 | 56 |
| 3. | SC Bern | 36 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 190 | 106 | 52 |
| 4. | HC Ambri-Piotta | 36 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 178 | 122 | 47 |
| 5. | EV Zug | 36 | 17 | 16 | 3 | 184 | 171 | 37 |
| 6. | EHC Biel | 36 | 16 | 17 | 3 | 161 | 165 | 35 |
| 7. | EHC Olten | 36 | 9 | 23 | 4 | 125 | 169 | 22 |
| 8. | HC Fribourg-Gottéron | 36 | 9 | 26 | 1 | 120 | 246 | 19 |
| 9. | HC Davos | 36 | 6 | 25 | 5 | 120 | 187 | 17 |
| 10. | HC Ajoie | 36 | 5 | 27 | 4 | 97 | 202 | 14 |

### Scoring leaders

Note: G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points

| Player | Team | G | A | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Don Laurence | EV Zug | 46 | 27 | 73 |
| Normand Dupont | EHC Biel | 37 | 35 | 72 |
| Dale McCourt | HC Ambri-Piotta | 43 | 25 | 68 |
| Ross Yates | EHC Kloten | 34 | 32 | 66 |
| Felix Hollenstein | EHC Kloten | 28 | 36 | 64 |
| Corey Millen | HC Ambri-Piotta | 32 | 29 | 61 |
| Kent Johansson | HC Lugano | 25 | 33 | 58 |
| Peter Schlagenhauf | EHC Kloten | 29 | 28 | 57 |
| Jean-François Sauvé | HC Fribourg-Gottéron | 23 | 33 | 56 |
| Chris Kontos | EHC Kloten | 33 | 22 | 55 |

## Playoffs

### Quarterfinals

HC Lugano (1) vs. Fribourg-Gottéron (8) :

| Away | Home |
| - | - |
| Fribourg-Gottéron 2 | 10 HC Lugano |
| HC Lugano 5 | 1 Fribourg-Gottéron |
| HC Lugano wins series 2–0 ||||

EHC Kloten (2) vs. EHC Olten (7) :

| Away | Home |
| - | - |
| EHC Olten 5 | 9 EHC Kloten | |
| EHC Kloten 6 | 5 EHC Olten | OT |
| EHC Kloten wins series 2–0 ||||

SC Bern (3) vs. EHC Biel (6) :

| Away | Home |
| - | - |
| EHC Biel 1 | 4 SC Bern |
| SC Bern 5 | 2 EHC Biel |
| SC Bern wins series 2–0 ||||

HC Ambri-Piotta (4) vs. EV Zug (5) :

| Away | Home |
| - | - |
| EV Zug 1 | 4 HC Ambri-Piotta |
| HC Ambri-Piotta 5 | 6 EV Zug |
| EV Zug 2 | 4 HC Ambri-Piotta |
| HC Ambri-Piotta wins series 2–1 ||||

### Semifinals

HC Lugano vs. HC Ambri-Piotta :

| Away | Home |
| - | - |
| HC Ambri-Piotta 1 | 6 HC Lugano |
| HC Lugano 5 | 2 HC Ambri-Piotta |
| HC Ambri-Piotta 2 | 6 HC Lugano |
| HC Lugano wins series 3–0 ||||

EHC Kloten vs. SC Bern :

| Away | Home |
| - | - |
| SC Bern 2 | 5 EHC Kloten |
| EHC Kloten 2 | 6 SC Bern |
| SC Bern 6 | 3 EHC Kloten |
| EHC Kloten 1 | 4 SC Bern |
| SC Bern wins series 3–1 ||||

### Finals

HC Lugano vs. SC Bern :

| Away | Home |
| - | - |
| SC Bern 2 | 6 HC Lugano |
| HC Lugano 1 | 5 SC Bern |
| SC Bern 4 | 3 HC Lugano |
| HC Lugano 5 | 1 SC Bern |
| SC Bern 4 | 2 HC Lugano |
| SC Bern wins series 3–2 ||||

### Scoring leaders

Note: G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points

| Player | Team | G | A | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Kent Johansson | HC Lugano | 7 | 10 | 17 |
| Andy Ton | HC Lugano | 9 | 7 | 16 |
| Jörg Eberle | HC Lugano | 5 | 7 | 12 |
| Reijo Ruotsalainen | SC Bern | 4 | 8 | 12 |
| Thomas Vrabec | HC Lugano | 8 | 3 | 11 |
