Léo Chuard is a

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former professional

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who briefly played in the

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(SL). He also appeared in one game with

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) during the 2015-16 season.

Playing career

Chuard made his

(NL) debut with

during the 2015-16 season, playing only 4 minutes in a single game. He never played for the team again before being loaned to

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

(SL) during the 2017-18 season. Chuard moved overseas to play the 2018/19 season with the

Shreveport Mudbugs The Shreveport Mudbugs are a Tier II junior ice hockey team based in Shreveport, Louisiana, as a member of the North American Hockey League. The new Mudbugs replaced a former professional team that played in the area from 1997 to 2011 known as th ...

of the

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(NAHL). He posted a .930 SVS% with a 2.38 GAA through 37 regular season games and a .936 SVS% in 10 playoffs games. Chuard started the 2019-20 season as a free agent before returning to Genève-Servette HC on December 16, 2019, agreeing to a one-year deal. On November 27, 2020, Chuard was loaned to the

HCB Ticino Rockets The Bellinzona Rockets are a Swiss professional ice hockey team who play in Bellinzona in the canton of Ticino. They have played since the 2016–17 season in the Swiss League (SL), the second tier of the main professional ice hockey league in Sw ...

of the

(SL) until the end of the year.

Personal life

Chuard was born and raised in

Geneva Geneva ( ; french: Genève ) frp, Genèva ; german: link=no, Genf ; it, Ginevra ; rm, Genevra is the List of cities in Switzerland, second-most populous city in Switzerland (after Zürich) and the most populous city of Romandy, the French-speaki ...

Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...

and played all of his junior hockey with Genève-Servette HC's various junior teams.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Chuard, Léo 1998 births Living people Genève-Servette HC players Swiss ice hockey goaltenders Ice hockey people from Geneva