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Reto Berra will get first career NHL start tonight.
Flames win 2-0.</p>
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Berra began his career at the
ZSC Lions and played for the elite A-juniors and juniors for the
GCK Lions. In the
2003–04 season, he made his debut in the
National League B for the GCK Lions and played well in the following years for their juniors and Professional team. In the
2005/06 season he was
back up goalie by
Ari Sulander in the
National League A, but came back to operations in the NLB. For the
2006 NHL Entry Draft Berra was picked by the
St. Louis Blues in the fourth round as the 106th selected. In the
next season was initially Berra once again back-up when ZSC<sup>
%5B1%5D</sup> and graduated into the NLA after two games. In addition, he played 19 games in the NLB for the GCK Lions and had three players in the
Swiss U20 national team. In the
play offs the injured Ari Sulander, was replaced by Berra in four other games in the NLA. After the ZSC Lions contract with Sulander extended in the summer of 2007, Berra decided to switch to
HC Davos,<sup>
%5B2%5D</sup> where first choice goalkeeper
Jonas Hiller played before his departure to the
NHL. He left after two years HC Davos and signed on April 15, 2009 an contract with
EHC Biel, he signed an contract between 2010.<sup>
%5B3%5D</sup> On April 1, 2013, Berra's NHL rights were traded to the
Calgary Flames as part of a package for defenceman
Jay Bouwmeester, and on April 17, 2013, the Flames announced that they had signed Berra to an entry-level contract.<sup>
%5B4%5D</sup> He is currently assigned to the Calgary Flames' AHL affiliate, the
Abbotsford Heat<sup>.</sup>
Berra has played several times in junior national teams of Switzerland. His first big tournament in 2005 was at the
U18 World Championship. Both in the
2006 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, as well as those of
2007 he was the regular U20 national team goalkeeper and contributed significantly to the fate of Switzerland in the A-group.</p>
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