Former NHL player Alexei Kovalev is EHC Visp's new team manager, as the club announces today. Furthermore, they have added several new players to their 2016-17 roster and extended contracts with others.

As EHC Olten announces, they have signed Canadian Curtis Gedig to a two-year contract. The defenseman joins the team from Norwegian team Stjernen and will stay until the end of the 2017-18 season.

As the ZSC Lions announce, they have prematurely extended the contract of Pius Suter. He will now stay with the Lions until the end of the 2017-18 season. His original contract was valid until 2017.

As both Klaus Zaugg (Watson) and the Neue Zürcher Zeitung report, HC Lugano has signed forward Ryan Gardner for the upcoming season. The 37-year-old most recently suited up for HC Fribourg-Gottéron.

As the San Jose Sharks' General Manager Doug Wilson announced last night, they have recalled Swiss defenseman Mirco Müller from their AHL-affiliate, the San Jose Barracuda.