As EHC Biel's import-forward Pär Arlbrandt confirms to Blick journalist Christoph Schär, he will definitely leave EHC Biel and the Swiss league and hit the ice again in his native country Sweden as of the upcoming season.

EHC Winterthur has extended the contracts with their 20-year-old defenseman Joel Steinauer (photo) and 21-year-old forward Thomas Studer for an additional year, until the end of the 2016-17 season.

As Radio Fribourg reports, based on a statement of HC Fribourg-Gottéron's team manager Christian Dubé, Andreï Bykov is indeed suffering from a concussion and - as a consequence - will be out indefinitely.

As HC Red Ice announces, Adrien Plavsic, who took over the head coach position ad interim in December, will remain in his position at least until the end of the season. The same applies to his assistant Alain Darbellay.

SC Langenthal's head coach Jason O'Leary will likely stay with the NLB team for another season. According to leroyryser.ch, team manager Noël Guyaz is confident that they will work out a contract extension.