NLA - The Rapperswil-Jona Lakers inform that they have yesterday handed in all the necessary documents to the league to apply for a National League B team in Herisau for the upcoming season.

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However, the application includes the right for withdrawal until May 18. As Harry Rogenmoser explains: "The implementation of this project by summer 2015 is clearly depending on whether or not the Rapperswil-Jona Lakers stay in the National League A."

Furthermore, a broader support in the Eastern part of Switzerland still needs to be achieved in the upcoming weeks. As Rogenmoser continues, the Lakers cannot carry the project of a NLB team in Herisau on their own.

"We need the support of Herisau and Eastern Switzerland, it is only like this that a healthy NLB team with regional roots can be created." (lcu)