As HC Red Ice announces, Patrick Kucera has handed in his resignation and will step down from his position as General Manager. As for his reasons, they are of personal nature.

As the SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers announce, they have extended the contract of their assistant coach Robin Farkas as well as the contacts of Elia Auriemma and Yves Bader.

As Alex Chatelain tells La Regione, Joel Aebi will serve as backup for newly acquired Leonardo Genoni in the upcoming season. The 19-year-old has yet to play in a single National League game.

As Lausanne HC announces, Daniel Ratushny will be Heinz Ehlers' successor and they have signed him to a two-year contract. The Canadian will thus stay with LHC until the end of the 2017-18 season.

According to Kristian Kapp (Die Südostschweiz), Nino Niederreiter, whose team fell out of the playoffs last night, will definitely take part at the World Championship in Russland this May.