Eliot Berthon (born April 27, 1992) is a French professional

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forward who is currently playing with

HC La Chaux-de-Fonds HC La Chaux-de-Fonds is a Swiss professional ice hockey team who currently play in the Swiss League (SL). Founded in 1919, La Chaux-de-Fonds play at the Patinoire des Mélèzes in front of a capacity 7,200. History Hockey Club La Chaux-de-Fonds ...

of the

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(SL) on loan from

Genève-Servette HC The Genève-Servette HC (also called Servette or GSHC) is a professional ice hockey club based in Geneva, Switzerland and competing in the National League (NL), the top tier of the Swiss hockey league system. The team plays their home games at the ...

of the

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(NL). He plays with a Swiss player-license and doesn't count as an import player.

Playing career

Berthon has mostly been a journeyman in the National League A, failing to establish himself on any team he played for. On January 3, 2016, he was once again shipped from EHC Biel to

HC Ambrì-Piotta Hockey Club Ambrì-Piotta is a Swiss professional ice hockey club and a member of the National League (NL). The club was founded September 19, 1937, and is also known as "Bianco-Blu" (English: white and blues). Though they have never won the leagu ...

. On May 24, 2018, Berthon returned to

on a one-year deal worth CHF 350,000 with agreements to play in either the

or the MySports League, for Geneva's affiliates. Berthon appeared in 22 games for Geneva before being suspended for one game and fined CHF 2,500 on November 25, for an illegal check from behind during a game against

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 ...

on November 24, 2018. Berthon had an option for the 2019–20 season on his contract which was activated in the summer of 2019. On November 18, 2019, Berthon was signed to an early two-year contract extension through the 2021–22 season.

International play

Berthon was named to the

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for competition at the

2014 IIHF World Championship The 2014 IIHF World Championship was hosted by Belarus in its capital, Minsk, held from 9–25 May 2014. Sixteen national teams were competing in two venues, the Minsk-Arena and Chizhovka-Arena. It was the first time Belarus hosted the tournamen ...

. Berthon was a member of the

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French team that got relegated to Division I A at the WC.

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* 1992 births HC Ambrì-Piotta players EHC Biel players French ice hockey forwards Genève-Servette HC players HC La Chaux-de-Fonds players Lausanne HC players Living people Sportspeople from Lyon HCB Ticino Rockets players {{France-icehockey-bio-stub