Sonny Milano Signs One-Year Deal With SC Bern for 2026–27

The shift signals he is choosing a larger role in Europe over testing NHL free agency.

Overview

SC Bern, which announced the move Wednesday, signed the 29-year-old winger to a one-year contract for next season in Switzerland’s top league.
The deal takes Milano out of the NHL’s July 1 unrestricted free-agent class.
He remains with the AHL’s Hershey Bears in the Calder Cup Playoffs and has one goal through two postseason games.
With Washington this season he played 31 games with four goals and four assists while averaging under nine minutes per night before clearing waivers in late February.
SC Bern’s sporting director called him a creative winger who can lift their attack, and this will be his first season playing professional hockey in Europe after 344 NHL games.