What is 2016–17 NLA season?
{{Infobox sports season | title = 2016–17 National League A season | league = [[National League A]] | sport = [[Ice hockey]] | duration = September 7, 2016 – February 25, 2017 | no_of_games = 50 | no_of_teams = 12 | attendance = | season = Regular Season | season_champ_name = Best Record | season_champs = | second_place = | MVP = | MVP_link = | top_scorer = | top_scorer_link = | playoffs = Playoffs | playoffs_link = | conf1 = Semi-Final | conf1_link = | conf1_champ = | conf1_runner-up = | conf2 = Semi-Final | conf2_link = | conf2_champ = | conf2_runner-up = | finals = Swiss champion NLA | finals_link = | finals_champ = | finals_runner-up = | playoffs_MVP = | playoffs_MVP_link = | seasonslistnames = [[National League A|NLA]] | prevseason_link = 2015–16 NLA season | prevseason_year = 2015–16 | nextseason_link = 2017–18 NLA season | nextseason_year = 2017–18 }} The '''2016–17 National League A season''' is the tenth [[ice hockey]] season of [[Switzerland]]'s top hockey league, the [[National League A]]. Overall, it is the 79th season of Swiss professional hockey.<ref>{{cite web|title=National League-Spielpläne sind bekannt|url=http://www.sihf.ch/de/national-league/news/#/article/2016-06-17/spielplaene-nla-und-nlb|language=de|publisher=SIHF|date=June 17, 2016|access-date=June 29, 2016|archive-date=April 6, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160406115218/http://www.sihf.ch/de/national-league/news/#/article/2016-06-17/spielplaene-nla-und-nlb|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Meisterschaft / Cup / CHL NLA /// Championnat / Coupe / CHL LNA - Saison 2016/17|url=http://www.sihf.ch/media/6426/nla_saison_2016_2017_nla_17_06_16_nach_ligaversammlung_28_06_16.pdf|language=de|publisher=SIHF|access-date=June 29, 2016|archive-date=August 28, 2016|archive-url=https://web.ar