Christoph Bertschy (born 5 April 1994) is a Swiss professional

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currently playing for

HC Fribourg-Gottéron HC Fribourg-Gottéron is a professional ice hockey team based in Fribourg, Switzerland, which competes in the National League (NL). The team is the sixth most attended team in Switzerland for the 2015/16 season with 6,156 spectators. History The ...

of the

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(NL). He was drafted 158th overall by the

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in the

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Playing career

Bertschy previously played professionally with

SC Bern Schlittschuh Club Bern ('' Ice-skating Club Bern'' in English) is an ice hockey team based in Bern, Switzerland. They play in the National League (NL), the top tier of the Swiss hockey league system. For the 18th year in a row, the club is the mos ...

of Switzerland's

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. On 26 April 2015, Bertschy was signed to a three-year entry-level contract with the

. With his development stalling within the Wild organization, on 8 February 2018, he was traded alongside Mario Lucia to the New Jersey Devils in exchange for

Viktor Lööv Viktor Lööv (born 16 November 1992) is a Swedish professional ice hockey defenseman currently playing for EHC Biel of the National League (NL). Playing career He began playing professionally with Södertälje SK in the Elitserien during the ...

. He was immediately reassigned to continue with the

Binghamton Devils The Binghamton Devils were a professional ice hockey team in the American Hockey League (AHL) that played from 2017 to 2021 as the top minor league affiliate of the National Hockey League (NHL)'s New Jersey Devils. Based in Binghamton, New Y ...

of the AHL. On 27 April 2018, as a pending restricted free agent with the Devils and unable to cement a role in the NHL, Bertschy opted to return to Switzerland by signing a four-year contract with

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of the National League.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

International

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* 1994 births Living people Binghamton Devils players HC Fribourg-Gottéron players Iowa Wild players Lausanne HC players Minnesota Wild draft picks Minnesota Wild players Sportspeople from the canton of Fribourg SC Bern players Swiss ice hockey centres Ice hockey players at the 2022 Winter Olympics Olympic ice hockey players for Switzerland {{Switzerland-icehockey-bio-stub