- Rodrigo Abols signed a three-year contract with SC Bern in Switzerland’s National League
- The 30-year-old center leaves the NHL after 42 games with the Flyers in 2025-26
- Read below for Abols’ full path to the NHL and why he passed on an SHL return
Rodrigo Abols is taking his game back to Europe.
The 30-year-old center signed a three-year contract with SC Bern, the Swiss club announced Monday. It closes out his run in the NHL after two seasons in the Philadelphia Flyers organization.
Abols had a chance to go somewhere familiar. Orebro HK reportedly pushed to bring him back to the SHL, where he spent several seasons before Philadelphia. He chose Bern instead.
Bern’s front office made clear what it liked about him. Sporting director Martin Pluss called Abols “a big, strong two-way center who also brings significant leadership qualities,” per a translated team release.
In Philadelphia, the 6-foot-4 forward played 42 games in 2025-26 on a one-year, $800K deal. He scored three goals and added seven assists for 10 points.
A fractured right ankle wrecked the second half of his year. Abols last suited up for an NHL game on January 17 and stayed on injured reserve into May while the Flyers reshaped their roster this offseason.
His road to the league was a long one. Vancouver drafted him 184th overall in 2016 and never signed him. Florida handed him an entry-level deal in 2019, and he never cracked that lineup either.
Philadelphia finally gave him his shot. Abols made his NHL debut in January 2025, more than eight years after his draft day, then logged a full 42-game season the year after.
Now he heads to Bern, one of the top clubs in Switzerland’s National League, for a three-year stay.
