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New Biel Finn injured

The EHC Bill will have to start the new National League season without his new Finnish signing Alexis Heponiemi (24) get by

The striker scored on Saturday in the home game in the Champions Hockey League against Innsbruck (6:1). Internal ligament tear in the knee and needs surgery. Haponiemi will be out for about three months, the Seelanders say. (SDA)

Raffl has to undergo surgery after a knee injury

Lausanne striker Michael Raffl missed the start of the season in the National League. The 34-year-old Austrian won a friendly match last Saturday knee injury drawn. The striker needs surgery and will be absent indefinitely.

Raffl has had to serve a second time since moving to western Switzerland last summer. Due to a lower body injury sustained during the first championship game, the former NHL professional had to do so break of almost three months. (SDA)

ZSC is waiting with a seventh foreigner

With a 0:4 disgrace against Biel, the ZSC Lions were eliminated in the semifinals of the playoffs last season. In the post-season analysis, the team from Zurich came to the conclusion that it was up to the team at the crucial moments “mental toughness” was missing, as sports director Sven Leuenberger described it at the pre-season media conference. This was a big topic in the summer and in preparation. This aspect was also an important criterion in the selection of the three new foreigners (Rudolfs Balcers, Jesper Fröden, Derek Grant): “We didn’t decide based on scorer points, we wanted characters that could stabilize us.”

Leuenberger wants to wait before recruiting a seventh foreigner. Probably until exciting opportunities arise after the start of NHL training camps. By that time it should also be clear whether it concerns a national defender Tim Bernie, who is currently hoping for an NHL contract, will return to the ZSC Lions. And whether Leuenberger, as the seventh foreigner, is therefore looking for a defender or a striker. (just now)

Lakers are subject to Ostrava

The Rapperswil-Jona Lakers suffered their first defeat in the second game of the Champions Hockey League. The away game in Ostrava, Czech Republic against Vitkovice went 1:4 lost.

Defender Inaki Baragano scored the goal to make it 1-2. St. Gallen’s hopes of turning the game around against Czech champion Ocelari Trinec like on Friday were short-lived. Vitkovice showed himself in a game where all goals came in the middle period, especially efficient in the power game. They scored three of their four goals outnumbered.

The first round of the 3rd round of the Champions League preliminary round will be played on Thursday. The Lakers play Lukko Rauma from Finland, Geneva-Servette welcomes Bozen. The next day, the third Swiss representative, Biel, takes on Färjestad Karlstad in Sweden. (SDA)

Ambri starts without a dwarf

Ambri-Piotta will be without at the start of the season Dominic Zwerger have to get by. The Austrian attacker injured his left shoulder joint last Saturday during a friendly match. Zwerger, who does not need surgery, will miss the team from Ticino for about six to eight weeks. (SDA)

Canadian center for SC Bern

The SC Bern has with the Canadian Center Corban Knight signed a seventh foreigner for next season. The 32-year-old who in the NHL in four seasons to 52 appearances has brought it in the past three years before Avangard Omsk collected in the KHL.

In 2021, Knight won the “Gagarin Cup” with the Siberian club, the winner’s trophy of the KHL championship, and the following year he was voted the best foreigner in the league. His personal best with 196 scoring points in 278 KHL games is respectable.

At the beginning of August, Knight terminated his contract with Omsk for personal reasons. He committed himself to the SCB for a season. (SDA)

EHC Biel again with a six-figure profit

The sporting success knows the EHC Biel for the second time in a row financial plus in the range of six digits donates. Last season’s play-off finalist reported one during the general meeting Annual profit of 224,000 francs.

With 18.06 million francs, the turnover of the Biel-based company increased by about 1.5 million francs compared to the previous financial year. For the 2023/24 season, the club expects sales to rise again and a balanced result.

Season start in Biel without Künzle

play-off finalist EHC Bill should open at the start of the season Mike Künzle (29) does without. The Nati attacker scored a 6-2 win against La Chaux-de-Fonds on Friday Fracture of the metacarpal bone drawn. Künzle has already had a successful operation and should about six weeks excel. In addition, the Seelanders announce the extension of the contract with defender Robin Grossmann (36) until 2026. De Aargauer has been playing for Biel since 2021.

Long injury break for Klotens Smirnovs

The striker Deniss Smirnovs (24) will be absent from EHC Kloten for several months. The 24-year-old Latvian with a Swiss license played the friendly match against Lugano last Friday fracture of the ankle Unpleasant. (SDA)

New mega contract for Matthews

Austin Matthews remains with the Toronto Maple Leafs. The 25-year-old center, who was ranked No. 1 in the 2016 NHL draft, extends his contract early by four years. The new working document is valid from the following season through 2027/28 and will earn him a total of $ 53 million. He earns $13.25 million a year.

“I’m happy to continue this journey as Maple Leaf for the best ice hockey fans!”, writes Matthews on social media. “I will do everything I can to get us to the top of the mountain.”

Including the playoffs, Matthews has played 531 games in the NHL, scoring 321 goals and recording 265 assists. In 2021 and 2022 he became Top scorer of the league and in the 2021/22 season as most valuable player excellent. He also proved his goalscoring qualities during his trip to Switzerland. Matthews played in the 2015/16 season at the ZSC Lions. In 36 regular season games, he scored 24 goals and provided 22 assists.