{"id":938860,"date":"2026-10-19T13:48:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-19T13:48:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/938860\/"},"modified":"2026-10-19T13:48:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-19T13:48:09","slug":"report-maple-leafs-call-up-forward-vinni-lettieri-from-ahl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/938860\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Maple Leafs call up forward Vinni Lettieri from AHL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Veteran winger <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsnet.ca\/hockey\/nhl\/players\/vinni-lettieri\/4ad4c4db-797c-4d43-b67a-1f6d5e3a5758\" class=\"sn-player-post-link\" target=\"_self\" data-player=\"4ad4c4db-797c-4d43-b67a-1f6d5e3a5758\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Vinni Lettieri<\/a> has been recalled from the AHL, James Mirtle of The Athletic <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/mirtle\/status\/2112001019492081875\" rel=\"nofollow\">reported<\/a> on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Lettieri also appears on the Maple Leafs&#8217; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhl.com\/mapleleafs\/roster\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">official roster page<\/a>. It is not yet apparent whose roster spot he is taking.<\/p>\n<p>The 31-year-old winger last played in the NHL two seasons ago, when he skated in 26 games for the Boston Bruins, registering three goals and two assists. In 155 career NHL games, also with the New York Rangers, Anaheim Ducks and Minnesota Wild, Lettieri has 15 goals and 17 assists.<\/p>\n<p>He spent last season with the AHL&#8217;s Toronto Marlies, leading the team to the Calder Cup championship with 26 points (11 goals, 15 assists) in 23 playoff games. He started this regular season ablaze as well, with three goals and six assists in five contests.<\/p>\n<p>Lettieri could make his Maple Leafs debut as soon as Monday, when they host the San Jose Sharks on Sportsnet+ (7:30 p.m. ET \/ 4:30 p.m. PT).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Veteran winger Vinni Lettieri has been recalled from the AHL, James Mirtle of The Athletic reported on Sunday.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":938861,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[49,48,82],"class_list":["post-938860","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/938860","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=938860"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/938860\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/938861"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=938860"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=938860"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=938860"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}