National League

NLA - EV Zug will give four youngsters the chance to show themselves on the National League A level: Livio Stadler, Dominik Volejnicek, Calvin Thürkauf and Noël Bader will all play with the NLA team next season.

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Defenseman Livio Stadler and winger Dominik Volejnicek are both from the first class of the newly established EVZ Hockey Academy.The 17-year-olds have played the past two seasons with EVZ's elite juniors and have also been part of Switzerland Under-18 junior national team.

Additionally, also junior players Calvin Thürkauf, 17, and Noël Bader, 19, have gotten a professional contract with the Bulls. Goaltender Noël Bader will be replacing Gianluca Hauser as Tobias Stephan's backup. (lcu)