Ville Koistinen, who missed Tuesday's game against EV Zug due to an upper-body injury, is ready to return to the SCL Tigers' lineup.

While Finnish defender Mikko Kousa has to undergo hip surgery and is out for the season, SC Bern can count again on the services of Canadian forward Trevor Smith, who has fully recovered from his elbow surgery, reports the Berner Zeitung.

As it can be read in the Journal du Jura, EHC Biel has confirmed that import forward Robbie Earl has fully recovered from his concussion and is able to return to the line-up for the weekend's games.

As La Liberté reports, HC Fribourg-Gottéron's defender Alexandre Picard (knee) has received the green light from the doctors to return to game action tomorrow against Lausanne HC.

Dominic Forget (photo) and Samuel Grezet will both stay with HC La Chaux-de-Fonds. Grezet has signed a new two-year deal whereas his Canadian teammate will stay for one more season.