MEDICAL REPORT - HC Ajoie's Steven Barras was not able to finish the game against HC La Chaux-de Fonds tonight.

NLB - What was reported last week by Klaus Zaugg has now been confirmed. As La Regione reports, the SCL Tigers' Lorenzo Croce will indeed retire after the end of this season.

MEDICAL REPORT - According to Le Nouvelliste, HC Red Ice might count again on their 25-year-old Swiss-Ukrainian center Evgenï Chiriaev for tonight's derby against EHC Visp.

MEDICAL REPORT - According to the Spengler Cup magazine Eissplitter, GSHC's netminder Christophe Bays has suffered nothing serious and will therefore be able to suit up against Jokerit Helsinki tomorrow.

NLA - As Leonardo Genoni's player agent Erich Wüthrich has confirmed to the Spengler Cup Magazine Eissplitter, HC Davos and the 27-year-old netminder have indeed agreed on a two-year contract extension until 2017.