Men’s NLA quarter-finals are now over in Switzerland and the winners continue to semi-finals. The first semi-finals are played on Saturday 3rd of April.
Grasshopper Club Zürich was the first team to make it to the semi-finals. In the quarter-finals against Waldkirch-St. Gallen, GC Unihockey won the series clearly 4-1. Joël Rüegger from GC Unihockey leads the top scorer table with a total of 41 points (20 goals and 21 assists). Since securing the semi-final spot already on 21st of March, the team has had the most time to recover and prepare for the semi-finals.
UHC Alligator Malans and Floorball Köniz secured their spots in the semi-final on Saturday 27th of March. Alligator Malans won the quarter-final series 4-2 against HC Rychenberg Winterthur while Köniz decided the series in the sixth match against Tigers Langnau, winning the series 4-2 as well. SV Wiler-Ersigen was the final team to make it to the semi-finals. The deciding match was played yesterday when Wiler-Ersigen won 9-4 against Zug United. This quarter-final serie was the most even and ended finally 4-3 for Wiler-Ersigen.
Semi-final pairs
UHC Alligator Malans – Floorball Köniz
Grasshopper Club Zürich – SV Wiler-Ersigen
The first round in the semi-finals is played on Saturday 3rd of April. The semi-final series are played with best of seven. The matches will be streamed on swissunihockey.tv.
Women’s NLA
The four best teams are playing semi-finals in the Women’s NLA. Kloten-Dietlikon Jets secured the spot in the Superfinal yesterday, when they won the third match 9-2 against R.A. Rychenberg Winterthur. The Superfinal will be sixth for Kloten-Dietlikon. In the other semi-final serie, Skorpion Emmental Zollbrück are one win away from the final. The latest match between the two teams was cancelled, so the next chance for ending the series is scheduled for 3rd of April.
One of the biggest surprises in the Women’s NLA is Piranha Chur missing the Superfinal. Chur lost 1-3 against R.A. Rychenberg Winterthur in the quarter-finals and for the first time there will be no duel between Kloten-Dietlikon Jets and Piranha Chur in the Superfinal.
Source and more information: Swiss Floorball Association website
