Swiss League

NLB - EHC Winterhur's roster for their first NLB season seems to be almost complete now. In a media release, the club has informed about several new arrivals and departures, including the contract extension of their coaching duo.

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In view of the upcoming season, EHC Winterthur has signed defensemen Thomas Büsser (24, Hockey Thurgau), Thomas Mettler (24, HC Ajoie) as well as forwards Samuel Keller (24, EHC Visp) and Gian-Andrea Thöny (23, EHC Wetzikon).

On the other hand, Steven Schmid (retires), Roman Wuffli, Michel Tonndorf (EC Wil), Pascal Rieser (professional reasons), Spencer Rezek, Patrick Brunner and Fabian Ziegler (future unknown) will all leave Winterthur.

Furthermore, as the club announces, they have extended the contracts of head coach Markus Studer and his assistant Martin Büsser. (rlu)

EHC Winterthur's expected roster for the 2015-16 season:

Goaltenders (2): Remo Oehninger, Fabio Haller.

Defensemen (8): Claude Moser, Timon Zuber, Michel Grolimund, Jorden Gähler, Fabian Hurter, Nigel Wollgast, Thomas Büsser, Thomas Mettler.

Forwards (11): Philipp Loser, Eric Geiser, Luca Homberger, Philipp Aerni, Yannik Celio, Timon Vesely, Anthony Staiger, Joshua Theodoridis, Philip Beeler, Gian-Andrea Thöny, Samuel Keller.