Berni, 22, has registered one goal with 18 penalty minutes, 72 hits, 35 blocked shots and 30 shots, while averaging 17:56 of ice time in 28 contests with the Blue Jackets in his first NHL campaign in 2022-23. He made his League debut on December 6 at Pittsburgh and posted his first career goal on January 10 at Tampa Bay (Andrei Vasilevskiy).
A native of Mannedorf, Switzerland, Berni has collected 4-15-19 with 56 penalty minutes and 93 shots in 89 career AHL games with the Monsters since making his North American pro debut in 2021-22. He has recorded 1-3-4, 12 penalty minutes and 16 shots in 17 contests with Cleveland in 2022-23. The 6-0, 192-pound blueliner was selected by the Blue Jackets in the sixth round, 159th overall, at the 2018 NHL Draft.
