RUMOR - After HC Fribourg-Gottéron released Hans Kossmann from his contract Sunday evening, they are now in search for a new head coach. Apparently, they have already received several applications or have contacted people for the open position.

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As Le Matin reports, six coaches from various leagues are on the top of the list to succeed Hans Kossmann. As for how likely these names are going to be considered by the Dragons that is another question.

The list reads as follows: Gerd Zenhäusern, former NLB coach and now assistant coach of Kevin Schläpfer in Biel, Gil Montandon, former Dragon and coach of first league team Université Neuchâtel and Ivano Zanatta former assistant coach of the now folded KHL-team HC Lev Praha, seem all to be interested in the position.

Furthermore, Dino Stecher, EHC Olten's assistant coach and former head coach of the EHC Basel Sharks, Benoîte Laporte, former head coach of the Hamburg Freezers and Danny Gelinas, who will be behind the bench for the next games together with René Matte for the Dragons, also figure on the list provided by Le Matin. Sean Simpson, as reported by 20 minutes, is probably too expensive for Gottéron.

However, as HCFG's CEO Raphaël Beger tells La Liberté, they have not yet decided in which direction they will go with their new head coach: "I cannot even guarantee that we will have a new head coach by next Saturday."

One thing is for sure though, according to Berger, the Dragons will not pull the trigger on a transfer for now: "We will make no transfer without consulting the new coach first." Meaning, the case of Francis Bouillon, if not already put on hold due to monetary reasons, will surely not get done now.

UPDATE As EHC Biel's team manager Martin Steinegger tells watson.ch, HCFG is indeed interested in Gerd Zenhäusern and has asked about his availability: "We are going to talk with all parties involved and see how it will turn out." - 13 October 2014, 1:08 PM