According to Watson, Timo Helbling will leave SC Bern at the end of this season after all and join the Kloten Flyers, the club which he had already played for in the 2004-05 season.

According to Planète Hockey, HC La Chaux-de-Fonds' Samuel Grezet had to sit last night's game against HC Red Ice out due to a shoulder injury he sustained before the Christmas break.

As HC Lugano informs on Twitter, forward Tim Stapleton will make his return to HC Lugano's line-up for this afternoon's Spengler Cup game. Sitting out today's match-up are Stefan Ulmer, Julien Vauclair, Sebastien Reuille, Raffaele Sannitz and Diego Kostner. (lcu)

As Mark Scheig (The Hockey Writers) reports on Twitter, Lake Erie Monsters' Dean Kukan has suffered a lower body injury after being hit into the boards in the game against the Charlotte Checkers a week ago. As of now, the severity of the Swiss defenseman's injury is not yet known. (lcu)

The SCL Tigers announce that Genève-Servette HC's Roland Gerber will return to the Emmental. The forward has signed a contract with the Tigers until the end of the 2018-19 season.