Good and bad news for HC Ajoie

Gauthier should soon be able to make his comeback. Turkulainen, for his part, is still waiting to be cleared by the medical staff, but HC Ajoie hopes to have him back in time for the playouts.

While those two players might thus soon hit the ice again, two others are sidelined by injuries. Valentin Pilet is dealing with an upper-body injury and will be out of HC Ajoie's lineup at least until the beginning of March. Jannik Fischer suffered a lower-body injury in the game against SC Bern and is expected to miss six weeks.