{"id":614603,"date":"2026-04-30T04:51:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T04:51:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/614603\/"},"modified":"2026-04-30T04:51:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T04:51:11","slug":"sonny-milano-officially-signs-one-year-contract-with-sc-bern-in-switzerlands-national-league","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/614603\/","title":{"rendered":"Sonny Milano officially signs one-year contract with SC Bern in Switzerland\u2019s National League"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/file-sonny-milano-warmups-aland-4601.jpg\" class=\"above-the-fold wp-post-image\" alt=\"Sonny Milano\"  decoding=\"async\"  fetchpriority=\"high\" loading=\"eager\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\ud83d\udcf8: Alan Dobbins\/RMNB\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"player\" title=\"View Sonny Milano&#039;s stats, bio, and status\" href=\"https:\/\/russianmachineneverbreaks.com\/player\/sonny-milano\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sonny Milano<\/a> has officially signed with SC Bern of Switzerland\u2019s National League for the 2026-27 season.<\/p>\n<p>The 29-year-old winger is currently with the AHL\u2019s Hershey Bears and was set to become an unrestricted free agent in July. He spent most of the 2025-26 regular season with the <a class=\"team\" title=\"View Washington Capitals news and roster\" href=\"https:\/\/russianmachineneverbreaks.com\/team\/washington-capitals\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Washington Capitals<\/a>, recording eight points (4g, 4a) in 31 games.<\/p>\n<p>Milano\u2019s deal with SC Bern <a href=\"https:\/\/russianmachineneverbreaks.com\/2026\/04\/20\/sonny-milano-contract-sc-bern-switzerland-national-league-capitals\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">was originally reported by Swiss outlet Watson earlier this month<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have signed Sonny Milano until the end of the season 2026\/27,\u201d the club\u2019s announcement <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DXtvxofFq0V\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">reads<\/a>, as translated by Google Translate. \u201cThe 29-year-old American is moving from the Washington Capitals organization to Bern.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Milano originally signed a one-year contract at the league minimum salary ($750k) with the Capitals in 2022. After posting 33 points (11g, 22a) in 64 games that season, he earned himself a three-year, $5.7 million extension, which has had him at a $1.9 million cap hit the past three seasons.<\/p>\n<p>The former first-round pick has spent his entire professional career in North America, playing 344 NHL games with the Capitals, <a class=\"team\" title=\"View Anaheim Ducks news and roster\" href=\"https:\/\/russianmachineneverbreaks.com\/team\/anaheim-ducks\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Anaheim Ducks<\/a>, and\u00a0<a class=\"team\" title=\"View Columbus Blue Jackets news and roster\" href=\"https:\/\/russianmachineneverbreaks.com\/team\/columbus-blue-jackets\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Columbus Blue Jackets<\/a>. SC Bern already has a few of Milano\u2019s past teammates on their roster, including former Blue Jackets forward Emil Bemstrom and former Capitals Hardy H\u00e4man Aktell and Michael Sgarbossa.<\/p>\n<p>Milano and the Bears are set to begin their second-round playoff series against the Wilkes-Barre\/Scranton Penguins on Thursday night. Through two postseason games this year, Milano has scored one goal.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\ud83d\udcf8: Alan Dobbins\/RMNB Sonny Milano has officially signed with SC Bern of Switzerland\u2019s National League for the 2026-27&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":490329,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[66],"tags":[385,99],"class_list":["post-614603","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-nhl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/614603","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=614603"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/614603\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/490329"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=614603"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=614603"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=614603"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}