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According to L'Impartial-L'Express, HC La Chaux-de-Fonds is close to signing Dominic Forget to a contract extension. Furthermore, they are reportedly soon announcing the arrival of several new players.

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Among them, is a "very good defenseman". According to the same source, it might be EHC Olten's Fabian Ganz (43 points in 43 games), whose contract expires at the end of the current season. However, Ganz was not ready to comment about his status, as Marco Maffioletti (La Regione) reports.

As for Christian Weber, whose arrival as the new team manager will also be announced in the upcoming days, his new task will be to unify the first team with their development program at the sportive level. As Gérard Scheidegger tells the newspaper, they are also planning on surrounding head coach Alex Reinhard with more assistant coaches.

As for their injury situation, Daniel Carbis is back in practice, but will not be able to play before Saturday and even that is not yet certain. Raphaël Erb is skating again, but will not return before the playoffs. Loïc Burkhalter is also still out. Philipp Rytz will play for HCC tonight, while it is not yet clear if Tim Traber will be at their disposal. (mso)