Reto Berra

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Reto Berra
Date of birth 3rd January 1987
place of birth Bülach , Switzerland
Size 194 cm
Weight 93 kg
position goalkeeper
Catch hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 2006 , 4th round, 106th position
St. Louis Blues
Career stations
2003-2007 GCK Lions
2007-2009 HC Davos
2009-2013 EHC Biel
2013-2014 Calgary Flames
2014-2016 Colorado Avalanche
2016-2017 Florida Panthers
Springfield Thunderbirds
2017-2018 Anaheim Ducks
San Diego Gulls
since 2018 Friborg-Gottéron

Reto Berra (born January 3, 1987 in Bülach ) is a Swiss ice hockey goalkeeper who has been under contract with Friborg-Gottéron in the National League since 2018 .

Career

Reto Berra began his career at EHC Bülach until he switched to the Elite A-Juniors of the ZSC Lions and the juniors of the GCK Lions after the novices . In the 2003/04 season he made his debut in National League B for the GCK Lions and also played for their junior and professional team in the following years. In the 2005/06 season he was back-up from Ari Sulander in the National League A , but also came back to appearances in the NLB. In the 2006 NHL Entry Draft , Berra was selected by the St. Louis Blues in the fourth round as 106th. In the following season Berra was initially back-up at the ZSC and completed two NLA games in 33 missions. He also played 19 games in the NLB for the GCK Lions and had three appearances in the Swiss U20 national team . In the play-offs Ari Sulander was injured, so that Reto Berra was used in four more NLA games.

Reto Berra wearing the Calgary Flames jersey , December 2013

After the ZSC Lions extended the contract with Sulander in the summer of 2007, Berra decided to move to HC Davos, where goalkeeper Jonas Hiller was about to leave for the NHL . In Davos he formed the goalkeeper duo with Leonardo Genoni , but could not prevail against Genoni. Therefore, in October 2008, he was loaned to SCL Tigers and later to EV Zug . At the beginning of 2009 he returned to the Davos squad, but only made a few appearances. Therefore, after winning the championship with the HCD , he decided to change and signed a contract with EHC Biel . At EHC Biel, he developed into one of the best Swiss goalkeepers over the next four seasons and thus came into the focus of the National Hockey League . On April 1, the Calgary Flames secured the NHL rights to Berra as part of an exchange deal and signed him a few days later for a year.

At the beginning of the 2013/14 season, Berra first played for the Flames' farm team , the Abbotsford Heat , in the American Hockey League . On November 3, 2013 Reto Berra made his debut in the NHL in the goal of the Calgary Flames against the Chicago Blackhawks , who were defeated 3-2 after overtime. Shortly before the 2014 Trade Deadline , it was given to the Colorado Avalanche in exchange for a second-round vote .

After a little more than two years in the organization of the Avalanche, Berra switched to the Florida Panthers in June 2016 in exchange for Rocco Grimaldi .

In April 2017 Berra signed a three-year contract with Friborg-Gottéron . Via an exit clause, however, the Swiss moved back to the NHL in July 2017 to the Anaheim Ducks , with whom he received a one-year contract. The remaining two contract years in Friborg remain unaffected and remain valid. In the months that followed, Berra was mainly used by the Ducks farm team, the San Diego Gulls , and therefore returned to Gottéron for the 2018/19 season.

International

Reto Berra has been used several times in the youth national teams of Switzerland. He completed his first major tournament in 2005 at the U18 World Cup . At both the 2006 World Cup and the 2007 World Cup , he was the goalkeeper of the U20 national team and played a key role in keeping Switzerland in the A group.

Berra completed his first men's world championship in 2012 . At the 2013 World Cup in Stockholm and Helsinki he was again part of the national team and won the silver medal with it. The goalkeeper repeated this success at the 2018 World Cup in Denmark . He also took part in the 2014 Winter Olympics and the 2014 , 2015 and 2016 World Championships .

Achievements and Awards

International

Career statistics

Status: end of the 2017/18 season

Regular season Play-offs
season team league GP MIN GA SO ATM GP MIN GA SO ATM
2003/04 GCK Lions NLB 1 15th 0 0 0 - - - - -
2004/05 GCK Lions NLB 3 180 12 0 4th - - - - -
2005/06 ZSC Lions NLA 2 87 4th 0 2.8 - - - - -
2005/06 GCK Lions NLB 11 504 26th 1 3.1 - - - - -
2006/07 ZSC Lions NLA 2 78 4th 0 3.1 4th 188 9 0 2.9
2006/07 GCK Lions NLB 18th 359 18th 0 3.0 - - - - -
2007/08 HC Davos NLA 16 966 44 0 2.7 - - - - -
2008/09 HC Davos NLA 8th 444 20th 0 2.7 4th 216 5 0 1.4
2008/09 SCL Tigers NLA 2 120 9 0 4.5 - - - - -
2008/09 EV train NLA 6th 367 17th 0 2.8 - - - - -
2009/10 EHC Biel NLA 37 2116 114 3 3.2 10 1 582 33 0 3.4
2010/11 EHC Biel NLA 41 2452 122 3 3.0 - - - - -
2011/12 EHC Biel NLA 49 2865 117 7th 2.5 5 303 18th 0 3.6
2012/13 EHC Biel NLA 49 2975 149 3 3.0 7th 455 24 0 3.0
2013/14 Abbotsford Heat AHL 9 473 21st 0 2.66 - - - - -
2013/14 Calgary Flames NHL 29 1648 81 0 2.95 - - - - -
2013/14 Colorado Avalanche NHL 2 72 7th 0 5.83 - - - - -
2014/15 Lake Erie Monsters AHL 5 303 13 0 2.57 - - - - -
2014/15 Colorado Avalanche NHL 19th 748 33 1 2.65 - - - - -
2015/16 San Antonio Rampage AHL 16 884 50 0 3.39 - - - - -
2015/16 Colorado Avalanche NHL 14th 721 29 2 2.41 - - - - -
2016/17 Springfield Thunderbirds AHL 31 1758 74 3 2.53 - - - - -
2016/17 Florida panthers NHL 7th 314 18th 0 3.45 - - - - -
2017/18 San Diego Gulls AHL 32 1779 79 2 2.66 - - - - -
2017/18 Anaheim Ducks NHL 5 182 7th 0 2.31 - - - - -
NLB total 33 958 56 1 2.5 - - - - -
NLA total 212 12470 630 16 3.0 20th 1181 56 0 2.7
AHL total 93 5197 237 6th 2.74 - - - - -
NHL overall 76 3685 175 3 2.85 - - - - -

International

Represented Switzerland at:

year team event result GP W. L. MIN GA SO ATM
2012 Switzerland WM 11th place 4th 1 3 239 12 0 3.01
2013 Switzerland WM 2nd place, silver 4th 4th 0 240 4th 1 1.00
2014 Switzerland Olympia 9th place 1 0 1 59 1 0 1.02
2014 Switzerland WM 10th place 6th 3 3 362 16 0 2.65
2015 Switzerland WM 8th place 5 0 5 309 18th 0 3.48
2016 Switzerland WM 11th place 7th 2 3 371 21st 0 3.39
2018 Switzerland WM 2nd place, silver 3 2 1 177 6th 1 2.03
Men overall 30th 12 16 1757 78 2 2.66

( Legend for the goalkeeper statistics: GP or Sp = total games; W or S = wins; L or N = defeats; T or U or OT = draws or overtime or shootout defeats; min. = Minutes; SOG or SaT = shots on goal; GA or GT = goals conceded; SO = shutouts ; GAA or GTS = goals conceded ; Sv% or SVS% = catch quota ; EN = empty net goal ; 1  play-downs / relegation ; italics : statistics not complete)

Web links

Commons : Reto Berra  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Nationalleague.ch, Davoser Jung-Goalies: Test passed
  2. ↑ nachrichten.ch, Reto Berra: The best in class
  3. ↑ blick.ch, Berra on loan to Zug  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.blick.ch  
  4. ↑ a b Reto Berra moves to Calgary in the NHL. Neue Zürcher Zeitung , April 17, 2013, accessed on November 5, 2013 .
  5. ↑ A dream start for Reto Berra, record game for Nino Niederreiter. Aargauer Zeitung , November 4, 2013, accessed on November 5, 2013 .
  6. ↑ avalanche.nhl.com, Avalanche Acquires Berra from Flames - Colorado surrenders 2014 second-round pick
  7. ↑ CLÔTURE D'UNE SEASON 2016/2017 MOUVEMENTÉE POUR FRIBORG-GOTTÉRON. gotteron.ch, April 3, 2017, accessed on April 3, 2017 (French).
  8. ↑ Reto Berra signed for one year in the NHL. gotteron.ch, July 5, 2017, accessed on July 5, 2017 .
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Squad of Friborg-Gottéron in the 2019/20 season
personal data
SURNAME Berra, Reto
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss ice hockey goalkeeper
DATE OF BIRTH 3rd January 1987
PLACE OF BIRTH Bülach , Switzerland