Cyrill Aeschlimann has agreed to a one-year contract extension with EHC Olten. The versatile player, who can be used as defenseman and as winger, will thus stay with Olten until the end of the 2016-17 season.

Former HC Ambrì-Piotta player Maxim Noreau will return to Switzerland and join SC Bern as of the upcoming season. SC Bern announces that they have signed him to a two-year contract.

As Liiga team JYP announces, they have signed Lausanne HC's Ossi Louhivaara to a five-year contract. He will thus stay with the Finnish team until the end of the 2020-21 season.

For the fourth week of preparation, Reto Berra (Colorado Avalanche) and Julian Walker (HC Lugano) will join the Swiss national team. Raphael Diaz will also play, but he will join the team on May 2.

According to sportfakt.ru, Erik Gustafsson has apparently signed a two-year contract with his former team Avangard Omsk. The Swede would thus leave Switzerland and return to the KHL.