There haven\u2019t been many affiliation changes between NHL clubs and their minor-league feeders from last season to the upcoming campaign. There are no affiliate swaps to report, but the ECHL\u2019s continued expansion has shifted the picture slightly as the Double-A league looks to eventually match its NHL and AHL parents in size at 32 teams apiece. Incoming are the Greensboro Gargoyles for 2025-26, who will give the ECHL 30 member clubs and will become the Hurricanes\u2019 full-time second-tier affiliate after they split the Bloomington Bison with the Rangers last season.<\/p>\n
That leaves just the Blue Jackets and Senators without a dedicated ECHL team for their AHL club to work with. Here\u2019s the full list of every club\u2019s minor-league affiliates for the 2025-26 season:<\/p>\n
Anaheim Ducks<\/p>\n
AHL: San Diego Gulls
ECHL: Tulsa Oilers<\/p>\n
Boston Bruins<\/p>\n
AHL: Providence Bruins
ECHL: Maine Mariners<\/p>\n
Buffalo Sabres<\/p>\n
AHL: Rochester Americans
ECHL: Jacksonville Icemen<\/p>\n
Calgary Flames<\/p>\n
AHL: Calgary Wranglers
ECHL: Rapid City Rush<\/p>\n
Carolina Hurricanes<\/p>\n
AHL: Chicago Wolves
ECHL: Greensboro Gargoyles<\/p>\n
Chicago Blackhawks<\/p>\n
AHL: Rockford IceHogs
ECHL: Indy Fuel<\/p>\n
Colorado Avalanche<\/p>\n
AHL: Colorado Eagles
ECHL: Utah Grizzlies<\/p>\n
Columbus Blue Jackets<\/p>\n
AHL: Cleveland Monsters
ECHL: n\/a<\/p>\n
Dallas Stars<\/p>\n
AHL: Texas Stars
ECHL: Idaho Steelheads<\/p>\n
Detroit Red Wings<\/p>\n
AHL: Grand Rapids Griffins
ECHL: Toledo Walleye<\/p>\n
Edmonton Oilers<\/p>\n
AHL: Bakersfield Condors
ECHL: Fort Wayne Komets<\/p>\n
Florida Panthers<\/p>\n
AHL: Charlotte Checkers
ECHL: Savannah Ghost Pirates<\/p>\n
Los Angeles Kings<\/p>\n
AHL: Ontario Reign
ECHL: Greenville Swamp Rabbits<\/p>\n
Minnesota Wild<\/p>\n
AHL: Iowa Wild
ECHL: Iowa Heartlanders<\/p>\n
Montreal Canadiens<\/p>\n
AHL: Laval Rocket
ECHL: Trois-Rivieres Lions<\/p>\n
Nashville Predators<\/p>\n
AHL: Milwaukee Admirals
ECHL: Atlanta Gladiators<\/p>\n
New Jersey Devils<\/p>\n
AHL: Utica Comets
ECHL: Adirondack Thunder<\/p>\n
New York Islanders<\/p>\n
AHL: Bridgeport Islanders
ECHL: Worcester Railers<\/p>\n
New York Rangers<\/p>\n
AHL: Hartford Wolf Pack
ECHL: Bloomington Bison<\/p>\n
Ottawa Senators<\/p>\n
AHL: Belleville Senators
ECHL: n\/a<\/p>\n
Philadelphia Flyers<\/p>\n
AHL: Lehigh Valley Phantoms
ECHL: Reading Royals<\/p>\n
Pittsburgh Penguins<\/p>\n
AHL: Wilkes-Barre\/Scranton Penguins
ECHL: Wheeling Nailers<\/p>\n
San Jose Sharks<\/p>\n
AHL: San Jose Barracuda
ECHL: Wichita Thunder<\/p>\n
Seattle Kraken<\/p>\n
AHL: Coachella Valley Firebirds
ECHL: Kansas City Mavericks<\/p>\n
St. Louis Blues<\/p>\n
AHL: Springfield Thunderbirds
ECHL: Florida Everblades<\/p>\n
Tampa Bay Lightning<\/p>\n
AHL: Syracuse Crunch
ECHL: Orlando Solar Bears<\/p>\n
Toronto Maple Leafs<\/p>\n
AHL: Toronto Marlies
ECHL: Cincinnati Cyclones<\/p>\n
Utah Mammoth<\/p>\n
AHL: Tucson Roadrunners
ECHL: Allen Americans<\/p>\n
Vancouver Canucks<\/p>\n
AHL: Abbotsford Canucks
ECHL: Kalamazoo Wings<\/p>\n
Vegas Golden Knights<\/p>\n
AHL: Henderson Silver Knights
ECHL: Tahoe Knight Monsters<\/p>\n
Washington Capitals<\/p>\n
AHL: Hershey Bears
ECHL: South Carolina Stingrays<\/p>\n
Winnipeg Jets<\/p>\n
AHL: Manitoba Moose
ECHL: Norfolk Admirals<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"There haven\u2019t been many affiliation changes between NHL clubs and their minor-league feeders from last season to the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":29947,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[66],"tags":[391,25323,385,5627,99],"class_list":["post-29946","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-ahl","tag-echl","tag-nhl","tag-pro-hockey-rumors-originals","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29946","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29946"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29946\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29947"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29946"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29946"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29946"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}