WOMEN'S LEAGUE

In a poll conducted by swisshockeynews.ch, coaches and captains elected the 27-year-old forward as the most valuable player of the regular season.

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Estelle Duvin finished the regular season as the leading scorer of the Women's League, having recorded 35 goals and 32 assists in 28 games for the SC Bern Frauen. Last year, she was elected as Best Forward of the Women's League. This year, she has to share that title with Fanny Rask of the HCAP Girls. Both received six votes.

The HCAP Girls can also congratulate their defender Josefine Holmgren: with seven votes, she was elected as Best Defender of the Women's League. It is the Swede's first season in Switzerland and she recorded twelve goals and 17 assists in 24 games for HCAP.

The SC Bern Frauen, who ended the regular season in first place, also have the Best Goaltender and the Best Coach in their midst: Saskia Maurer and Thomas Zwahlen. While Maurer, who also helped SCB to secure the National Cup win against SWHL-B dominator EVZ this season, clearly won her category (nine votes), Zwahlen only had one vote more than Benjamin Rogger, the coach of the HCAP Girls.

This season, the coaches and the captains of the Women's League teams were not able to find a consensus regarding the breakout performance of the season. Twelve players were mentioned by the voters: Leoni Balzer, 18, of the Davos Ladies had the most votes with 3, followed by SCB's Alena Rossel (2), who won the category last season, and Fribourg's Eleri MacKay (2).

( 01 March 2024 | mso/est)