Here are the goalkeepers and players who are under contract for the season 2022-2023 with their clubs, with some rumours. New arrivals are reported in fat-red. Information regarding the National League season outfit will also be published in this news.
This first season with fourteen teams also implies the possibility of fielding six foreign players, as well as the abolition of the Swiss license concept. The championship mode has also changed somewhat (read here).
HC Ajoie
Defenders: Alain Birbaum, Kevin Fey, Jordane Hauert, Jérôme Gautier-Leduc, Bastien Pouilly, Anthony Rouiller, Thomas Thiry (read here)
Attackers: Guillaume Asselin, Kevin Bozon (read here), Ian Derungs, Philip-Michaël Devos, Lars Frei, Thibault Frossard, Lilian Garessus, Jonathan Hazen, Ueli Huber, Gilian Kohler, Steven Macquat, Martin Ness, Matteo Romanenghi, Reto Schmutz, Gregory sciaroni
HC Ambrì-Piotta
Guardians: Benjamin Conz, Janne Juvonen, Stefan Müller (on loan to HCB Ticino Rockets / Swiss League)
Defenders: Yanik Burren, Isacco Dotti, Zaccheo Dotti, Tobias Fohrler, Rocco Pezzullo, Kilian Zündel
Attackers: Dario Bürgler, Filip Chlapík, Daniele Grassi, William Hedlund, André Heim, Valentin Hofer, Johmmy Kneubühler, Diego Kostner, Inti Pestoni, Noele Trisconi, Dominic Zwerger
SC Bern
Guardians: Daniel Manzato, Philip Wüthrich, Andri Henauer
Defenders: Eric Gelinas, Beat Gerber, Colin Gerber, Mika Henauer, Romain Loeffel, Nick Meile (SC Bern Future / U20-Elit), Christian Pinana, Ramón Untersander, Jesse Zgraggen
Attackers: Thierry Bader, Cory Conacher, Kaspars Daugavins, Christopher DiDomenico, Ronny Dähler, Joshua Fahrni, Noah Fuss, Dominik Kahun, Marco Lehmann, Simon Moser, Santiago Näf, Fabian Ritzmann, Vincent Ryser, Tristan Scherwey, Joël Vermin, Vincent Ryser (prospect )
EHC Biel-Bienne
Guardians: Juho Olkinuora, Simon Rytz, Joren van Pottelberghe
Defenders: Luca Christen, Noah Delémont, Beat Forster, Robin Grossmann, Viktor Lööv, Yannick Rathgeb, Noah Schneeberger, Yanick Stampfli, Alexander Yakovenko
Attackers: Damien Brunner, Luca Cunti, Etienne Froidevaux, Gaëtan Haas, Luca Hischier, Fabio Hofer, Tino Kessler, Mike Künzle, Jesper Olofsson, Toni Rajala, Jere Sallinen, Elvis Schläpfer
HC Davos
Guardians: Sandro Aeschlimann, Gilles Senn
Defenders: Davyd Barandun, Klas Dahlbeck, Dominik Egli, Michael Fora, Oliver Heinen, Sven Jung, Tim Minder, Magnus Nygren, Thomas Wellinger
Attackers: Andres Ambühl, Leon Bristedt, Jannik Canova, Enzo Corvi, Chris Egli, Yannick Frehner, Gian-Marc Hammerer, Simon Knak, Valentin Nussbaumer, Raphael Prassl, Dennis Rasmussen, Nino Russo, Julian Schmutz, Axel Simic, Matej Stransky, Dino Wieder , Marc Wieser
Geneva-Servette HC
Guardians: Gauthier Descloux, Robert Mayer
Defenders: Giancarlo Chanton, Arnaud Jacquemet, Roger Karrer, Simon Le Coultre, Marco Maurer, Sandis Smons, Henrik Tömmernes, Mike Völlmin
Attackers: Benjamin Antonietti, Alessio Bertaggia, Eliot Berthon, Christophe Cavalleri, Josh Jooris, Marco Miranda, Tyler Moy, Marc-Antoine Pouliot, Vincent Praplan, Tanner Richard, Noah Rod, Deniss Smirnovs, Mathieu Vouillamoz, Daniel Winnik
Fribourg-Gotteron
Defenders: Benjamin Chavaillaz, Raphael Díaz, Mauro Dufner, Ryan Gunderson, Benoit Jecker, Joel Scheidegger, Dave Sutter, Juuso Vainio
Attackers: Christoph Bertschy, Andrei Bykov, Jacob de la Rose, David Desharnais, Mauro Jörg, Nathan Marchon, Killian Mottet, Matthias Rossi, Sandro Schmid, Julien Sprunger, Marcus Sörensen, Samuel Walser
EHC Kloten
Defenders: Luca Capaul, Lucas Ekestahl Jonsson, Fabian Ganz, Jorden Gähler, Gian Janett, Simon Kindschi, Matteo Nodari, Flurin Randegger, David Reinbacher, Nicholas Steiner (EHC Kloten / U20-Elit)
Attackers: Niki Altorfer, Jonathan Ang, Jordann Bougro (read here), Alexei Dostoinov, Jeffrey Füglister, Steve Kellenberger, Ramon Knellwolf, Kevin Lindemann, Mochael Loosli, Marc Marchon, Patrick Obrist, Harrison Schreiber, Andri Spiller
SCL Tigers
Guardians: Luca Boltshauser, Stephane Charlin, Damian Stettler
Defenders: Cédric Aeschbach, Yannick Blaser, Claudio Cadonau, Samuel Erni, Tim Grossniklaus, Bastian Guggenheim, Anthony Huguenon, Vili Saarijärvi, Sebastian Schilt, Miro Zryd
Attackers: Marc Aeschlimann, Pascal Berger, Nolan Diem, Alexandre Grenier, Livio Langenegger, Oskars Lapinskis, Jan Neuenschwander, Harri Pesonen, Patrick Petrini, Dario Rohrbach, Aleksi Saarela, Flavio Schmutz, Jules Sturny, Keijo Weibel
Lausanne HC
Guardians: Tobias Stephan, Ivars Punnenovs, Viktor Ostlund
Defenders: Mark Barberio, Lukas Frick, Joël Genazzi, Martin Gernát, Andrea Glauser, Fabian Heldner, Igor Jelovac, Aurélien Marti, Dario Sidler, Virgile Thévoz
Attackers: Cody Almond, Fabio Arnold Benjamin Baugartmer, Benjamin Bougro, Tim Bozon, Floran Douay, Cory Emmerton, Michael Frolík, Jason Fuchs, Makai Holdener, Michael Hügli, Ronalds Kenins, Robin Kovács, Guillaume Maillard, Paulin Mainot, Marco Pedretti, Nicolas Perrenoud , Damien Riat, Theo Rochette, Jiri Sekac
HC Lugano
Defenders: Santeri Alatalo, Calle Andersson, Samuel Guerra, Mirco Müller, Jari Näser, Elia Riva, Nicolò Ugazzi, Alessandro Villa, Bernd Wolf
Attackers: Mark Arcobello, Daniel Carr, Luca Fazzini, Jeremi Gerber, Raphael Herburger, Troy Josephs, Giovanni Morini, Marco Müller, Stéphane Patry, Yves Stoffel, Calvin Thürkauf, Julian Walker, Riccardo Werder
SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers
Defenders: David Aebischer, Inaki Baragano, Alain Bircher, Emil Djuse, Janis Elsener, Fabian Maier, Maxim Noreau, Leandro Profico, Rajan Sataric, Nathan Vouardoux
Attackers: Yannick-Lennart Albrecht, Mats Alge, Yannick Brüschweiler, Petr Cajka, Roman Cervenka, Nico Dünner, Nando Eggenberger, Sandro Forrer, Nicklas Jensen, Dominic Lammer, Benjamin Neukom, Andrew Rowe, Jordan Schroeder, Gian-Marco Wetter, Jeremy Wick, Sandro Zangger
SAC Lions
Guardians: Ludovic Waerber, Jeffrey Meier
Attackers: Sven Andrighetto, Justin Azevedo, Jérôme Bachofner, Chris Baltisberger, Simon Bodenmann, Dominik Diem, Denis Hollenstein, Denis Malgin, Willy Riedi, Garrett Roe, Reto Schäppi, Justin Sigrist, Kyen Sopa
EV Zug
Guardians: Leonardo Genoni, Luca Hollenstein
Defenders: Christian Djoos, Nico Gross, Niklas Hansson, Samuel Kreis, Arno Nussbaumer, Dominik Schlumpf, Livio Stadler, Rémi Vogel, Dario Wüthrich
Attackers: Dario Allenspach, Luca De Nisco, Fabrice Herzog, Grégory Hofmann, Carl Klingberg, Jan Kovar, Sven Leuenberger, Lino Martschini, Daniel Neumann, Brian O’Neill, Sven Senteler, Dario Simion, Devin Stehli, Reto Suri, Yannick Zehnder