The success of the Swiss teams in the Champions Hockey League (CHL) is also reflected in the nominations for the MVP.
The five nominees for this year's European Cup Most Valuable Player award include ZSC forward Sven Andrighetto and Antti Raanta, the Finnish goalie from Genève-Servette.
The ZSC Lions should advance to the final after a 6:1 victory in the first leg in Geneva on Tuesday. In the other semi-final, Färjestad from Sweden won the first leg against Sparta Prague 6:2. Färjestad's Canadian goalie Maxime Lagacé, forward Oskar Steen and Sparta's forward Michael Spacek, who started the season with Servette, are the other nominees.
Last year, Finnish defenseman Sami Vatanen from then-champion Genève-Servette won the MVP award.