Press Release

318,600 francs for up-and-coming Swiss ice hockey players

This year, PostFinance is supporting up-and-coming Swiss ice hockey players by contributing 318,600 francs. The 22 Top Scorers in the National League and the PostFinance Women’s League earned this sum for their club’s junior players during the 2025/26 regular season. The symbolic cheques will be presented to the best players today, 11 March 2026, at the Top Scorer Awards in Bern. 

The key points at a glance

  • As part of its Top Scorer commitment, PostFinance is providing 318,600 francs to support the junior divisions of the National League and PostFinance Women’s League ice hockey clubs in the 2025/26 season.
  • The top scorers in the league are Lara Stalder (EV Zug, 53 points) and Markus Granlund (Genève-Servette HC, 54 points). The 22 Top Scorers scored a total of 812 points.
  • This afternoon, the Top Scorer Awards will be held in Bern, where the best scorers from the 22 teams in the National League and the PostFinance Women’s League will be honoured with symbolic cheques.

This afternoon, the PostFinance Top Scorers of the 2025/26 regular season will receive their awards at the festival hall in Bern. The 22 best scorers of the PostFinance Women’s League and the National League scored a combined total of 812 points, resulting in a sum of 318,600 francs, which PostFinance will pay to the junior divisions of the clubs in its entirety. This sum is made up of 300 francs per point in the National League and a lump sum of 150,000 francs, which will be distributed equally among the eight teams in the PostFinance Women’s League. This will ensure the sustainable and equal promotion of women’s and girls’ ice hockey throughout Switzerland. 

Lara Stalder and Markus Granlund are the best scorers in their league

EVZ player Stalder achieved the most points scored in the PostFinance Women’s League: 53. In the National League, Markus Granlund of Genève-Servette HC earned the title of League Top Scorer with 54  points. Swiss national team forward Lara Stalder impressed with 21 goals and 32 assists in 27 matches and received a cheque for 18,750 francs. Markus Granlund collected 54 points in 49 games, earning 16,200 francs for his club’s junior division.

The symbolic cheques will be handed over by Ron Schneider, Chief Customer Experience Officer and member of the Executive Board of PostFinance.  
“”Top Scorer” is not just a title for sporting performance: every point scored means direct financial support for the junior divisions. We are proud that around 9 million francs have already flowed directly into junior Swiss ice hockey since 2002 and that we have also been systematically supporting women in the PostFinance Women’s League since the 2022/23 season. This is how PostFinance shows its commitment to equal opportunity in ice hockey and is contributing to making women’s ice hockey more professional,” says Schneider.

Online pictures

Pictures of the Top Scorer Awards will be available online after the event. Current pictures of all PostFinance Top Scorers in the National League and the PostFinance Women’s League are available in the picture database. Use of the images for editorial purposes is free of charge.

PostFinance’s commitment to ice hockey

PostFinance has been committed to ice hockey in Switzerland for over 20 years. The two league partnerships with the National League (NL) and the PostFinance Women’s League (PFWL) are the central element of this commitment. At the heart of this league commitment is the “PostFinance Top Scorer” concept: the best scorers in each team wear a yellow flame-emblazoned helmet and the Top Scorer jersey. This is a visible sign of the promotion of young talent that PostFinance is specifically supporting, because for every point scored by the Top Scorers – goal or assist – PostFinance pays 300 francs in the National League.  
PostFinance also has naming rights to the PostFinance Arena in Bern and has been specifically supporting two particular clubs since the 2025/2026 season: SC Bern and HC Ambrì-Piotta. Both clubs have a team in both the NL and the PFWL. With this focus on club sponsorship, PostFinance aims to set an example in terms of equity and, above all, to harness synergies and help strengthen the structure and communications of the women’s teams.  
PostFinance will be an official partner at the 2026 IIHF World Championship in Zurich and Fribourg – another highlight of its long-standing commitment to Swiss ice hockey. 
All information about the ice hockey commitment can be found on the PostFinance website.