SC Bern has found a replacement for Andrew Ebbett, who will be out for a longer time, in Finnish forward Sean Bergenheim. The 31-year-old most recently played for Nino Niederreiter's Minnesota Wild.

As journalist Christian Maillard (Tribune de Genève) reports, Genève-Servette HC's newly signed forward Jim Slater is going to make his debut for the Grenats on Friday against the Kloten Flyers.

HC La Chaux-de-Fonds' Florian Blatter, who had not been able to suit up for Tuesday's game against EHC Visp, should make his return on Saturday.

David Erard will play several games with first league team HC Franches-Montagnes throughout the season, reports Radio RFJ. According to head coach Martin Bergeron, he will play his first game with them tonight.

Originally, SC Bern's team manager Sven Leuenbeger wanted to present a new player to the public this weekend. However, as he tells the Berner Zeitung, the search for a new player is more difficult than anticipated.