The SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers and EHC Winterthur are in their first year of partnership. Nine players of the Lakers' U20 team and their first team played some games for Winterthur this season.
In turn, the Lakers also received some help from EHC Winterthur if one of their players was injured. Both teams seem to be satisfied with how the first season of their partnership turned out and have thus decided to continue to work together.