Duluth, Ga. – The Atlanta Gladiators announced that the club has signed forward Louis Boudon for the 2025-26 season.
Boudon returns to North America after spending the 2024-25 campaign in Sweden playing for the Nybro Vikings of the HockeyAllsvenskan league, where he scored 21 points (9g-12a) in 47 games. The native of Grenoble, France has frequently represented his home country internationally since his youth, appearing in two World Junior Championships and four IIHF World Hockey Championships. In the 2025 World Hockey Championship, Boudon scored one goal in seven games for France.
The 26-year-old is entering his third full season of professional hockey and along with his pro experience in Sweden with Nybro, has played professionally in the American Hockey League and the ECHL. Boudon has played in 14 career AHL games between the Laval Rocket and the Iowa Wild, posting two points (1g-1a), and during the 2023-24 season with the Iowa Heartlanders, he tallied 46 points (18g-28a) in 54 games, leading the Heartlanders in goals and points that season.
Boudon played college hockey at Lake Superior State University prior to turning pro. In 2020, Boudon was named to the Western Collegiate Hockey Association All-Rookie team, and in 2021, he and the Lakers won the WCHA championship. Boudon was named the Lakers captain for his final two seasons and finished his collegiate career with 114 points (39g-75a) in 139 games.
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