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Xavier Bernard Loaned to Reading by Lehigh Valley

February 15, 2025 - ECHL (ECHL)
Reading Royals News Release


Reading, PA - The Reading Royals, proud ECHL affiliate of the Philadelphia Flyers and Lehigh Valley Phantoms, announced that defenseman Xavier Bernard has been loaned to Reading by Lehigh Valley.

Bernard, 24, has recorded two points (2a), 13 penalty minutes and a +2 rating in 15 games with Lehigh Valley along with an assist, two penalty minutes and a +3 rating in three games (Oct. 26th, 27th & Dec. 31st vs. Wheeling) with Reading this season. Under a one-year American Hockey League contract with the Phantoms, the Mercier, Quebec native has amassed 42 points (7g-35a), 161 penalty minutes and a +28 rating in 177 professional career games between the AHL and ECHL.

Across 110 ECHL career games, the 6'4", 209-pound, left-shot blue-liner has registered 36 points (6g-30a), 120 penalty minutes and a +43 rating in stints with the Atlanta Gladiators (2021-22) Allen Americans (2022-23), Fort Wayne Komets (2023-24) and Reading (2024-25). Bernard recorded six points (1g-5a), 41 penalty minutes and a -15 rating in 67 AHL career games between the Belleville Senators (2021-23), Bakersfield Condors (2023-24) and Phantoms (2024-25).

Bernard was selected in the fourth round, #110 overall by the New Jersey Devils in the 2018 NHL Entry Draft. Prior to beginning his professional career in 2021-22 with Atlanta in the ECHL, Bernard played five seasons in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL) where he totaled 103 points (23g-80a), 265 penalty minutes and a +80 rating in 275 QMJHL career games. He also represented Canada at the World Under-17 Hockey Challenge in 2017.

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