{"id":409633,"date":"2026-01-15T22:38:06","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T22:38:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/409633\/"},"modified":"2026-01-15T22:38:06","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T22:38:06","slug":"rosters-announced-for-2026-ahl-all-star-classic-theahl-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/409633\/","title":{"rendered":"Rosters announced for 2026 AHL All-Star Classic | TheAHL.com"},"content":{"rendered":"

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. \u2026 The American Hockey League announced today the playing rosters for the\u00a02026 AHL All-Star Classic presented by BMO<\/a>, to be held February 10-11 in Rockford, Ill.<\/p>\n

Each of the AHL\u2019s four divisions will be represented by 12 players. Rosters were determined by committees of AHL coaches, and all 32 AHL teams are represented by at least one All-Star.<\/p>\n

The 2026 rosters feature 43 first-time AHL All-Stars and 13 rookies, as well as 12 former first-round NHL draft choices and seven second-round picks. In addition, 30 of the All-Stars named have also played in the National Hockey League already this season, including Wilkes-Barre\/Scranton\u2019s Sergei Murashov<\/a>; Hartford\u2019s Gabe Perreault<\/a>; Lehigh Valley\u2019s Denver Barkey<\/a>; Bakersfield\u2019s Quinn Hutson<\/a>; San Diego\u2019s Tim Washe<\/a>; Laval\u2019s Jacob Fowler<\/a> and Adam Engstr\u00f6m<\/a>, Rockford\u2019s Nick Lardis<\/a> and Kevin Korchinski<\/a>; and Chicago\u2019s trio of Bradly Nadeau<\/a>, Justin Robidas<\/a> and Domenick Fensore<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Ryan Mougenel of the Providence Bruins, Pascal Vincent of the Laval Rocket, Dan Watson of the Grand Rapids Griffins and Mark Letestu of the Colorado Eagles will serve as coaches for the event.<\/p>\n

The 2026 AHL All-Star Skills Competition on Tuesday, Feb. 10 (8 ET\/7 CT) will pit the All-Stars from the two Eastern Conference divisions against those from the two Western Conference divisions in seven skills events. In the 2026 AHL All-Star Challenge on Wednesday, Feb. 11 (8 ET\/7 CT), the four teams will participate in a 3-on-3, round-robin tournament featuring six games of eight minutes each. The two teams with the best records at the end of the round-robin will face off for the championship in a final eight-minute, 3-on-3 game. For ticket information, fans can visit\u00a0icehogs.com\/asc26<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The 2026 AHL All-Star Classic presented by BMO<\/a> also includes the AHL Hall of Fame Induction and Awards Ceremony on Wednesday, Feb. 11 (noon ET\/11 CT), highlighted by the inductions of the Class of 2026 \u2013 Chris Bourque, Alexandre Giroux, Jim Wiemer and Wendell Young \u2013 into the American Hockey League Hall of Fame.<\/p>\n

The\u00a02026 AHL All-Star Classic presented by BMO<\/a>\u00a0will feature the top young talent in the American Hockey League: since 1995, more than 94 percent of All-Star Classic participants have gone on to compete in the National Hockey League, including\u00a0Yaroslav Askarov<\/a>,\u00a0Drake Batherson<\/a>,\u00a0Jordan Binnington<\/a>,\u00a0John Carlson<\/a>,\u00a0Brandt Clarke<\/a>, Lukas Dostal<\/a>, Dalibor Dvorsky<\/a>, Ryker Evans<\/a>, Ethen Frank<\/a>, Thomas Harley<\/a>,\u00a0Connor Hellebuyck<\/a>,\u00a0Joel Hofer<\/a>, Jordan Kyrou<\/a>,\u00a0Jonathan Marchessault<\/a>,\u00a0Jacob Markstrom<\/a>,\u00a0J.T. Miller<\/a>,\u00a0Brandon Montour<\/a>,\u00a0William Nylander<\/a>,\u00a0Kyle Palmieri<\/a>,\u00a0Mikko Rantanen<\/a>,\u00a0Dylan Strome<\/a>, Devon Toews<\/a>, Tyler Toffoli<\/a>,\u00a0Linus Ullmark<\/a>,\u00a0Dustin Wolf<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Mats Zuccarello<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In operation since 1936, the American Hockey League serves as the top development league for the players, coaches, managers, executives, broadcasters and staff of all 32 National Hockey League teams. Nearly 90 percent of today\u2019s NHL players are American Hockey League graduates, and more than 100 honored members of the Hockey Hall of Fame spent time in the AHL in their careers.<\/p>\n

Atlantic Division All-Stars
F Denver Barkey<\/a>, Lehigh Valley Phantoms (1st appearance)
D Tobias Bjornfot<\/a>, Charlotte Checkers (1st)
F Patrick Brown<\/a> (capt.), Providence Bruins (1st)
F Tristan Broz<\/a>, Wilkes-Barre\/Scranton Penguins (1st)
D Frederic Brunet<\/a>, Providence Bruins (1st)
F Jack Devine<\/a>, Charlotte Checkers (1st)
G Michael DiPietro<\/a>, Providence Bruins (2nd)
F Matt Luff<\/a>, Springfield Thunderbirds (1st)
D Cole McWard<\/a>, Bridgeport Islanders (1st)
G Sergei Murashov<\/a>, Wilkes-Barre\/Scranton Penguins (1st)
F Gabe Perreault<\/a>, Hartford Wolf Pack (1st)
F Ilya Protas<\/a>, Hershey Bears (1st)
Coach Ryan Mougenel, Providence Bruins (1st)<\/p>\n

North Division All-Stars
G Artur Akhtyamov<\/a>, Toronto Marlies (1st appearance)
D Seamus Casey<\/a>, Utica Comets (1st)
F Laurent Dauphin<\/a>, Laval Rocket (1st)
F Luca Del Bel Belluz<\/a>, Cleveland Monsters (1st)
D Adam Engstr\u00f6m<\/a>, Laval Rocket (1st)
G Jacob Fowler<\/a>, Laval Rocket (1st)
F Conor Geekie<\/a>, Syracuse Crunch (1st)
F Konsta Helenius<\/a>, Rochester Americans (1st)
D Zac Jones<\/a>, Rochester Americans (1st)
F Arthur Kaliyev<\/a>, Belleville Senators (1st)
F Jakob Pelletier<\/a>, Syracuse Crunch (1st)
F Isak Ros\u00e9n<\/a>, Rochester Americans (2nd)
Coach Pascal Vincent, Laval Rocket (2nd)<\/p>\n

Central Division All-Stars
G Sebastian Cossa<\/a>, Grand Rapids Griffins (2nd appearance)
D Domenick Fensore<\/a>, Chicago Wolves (1st)
F Hunter Haight<\/a>, Iowa Wild (1st)
F Cameron Hughes<\/a>, Texas Stars (1st)
D Kevin Korchinski<\/a>, Rockford IceHogs (2nd)
F Nick Lardis<\/a>, Rockford IceHogs (1st)
F John Leonard<\/a>, Grand Rapids Griffins (2nd)
G Thomas Milic<\/a>, Manitoba Moose (1st)
F Bradly Nadeau<\/a>, Chicago Wolves (1st)
F Justin Robidas<\/a>, Chicago Wolves (1st)
F Dominik Shine<\/a>, Grand Rapids Griffins (1st)
D Ryan Ufko<\/a>, Milwaukee Admirals (1st)
Coach Dan Watson, Grand Rapids Griffins (2nd)<\/p>\n

Pacific Division All-Stars
F Filip Bystedt<\/a>, San Jose Barracuda (1st)
F Jagger Firkus<\/a>, Coachella Valley Firebirds (1st)
F Matvei Gridin<\/a>, Calgary Wranglers (1st)
F Quinn Hutson<\/a>, Bakersfield Condors (1st)
D Tyson Jugnauth<\/a>, Coachella Valley Firebirds (1st)
D Kirill Kudryavtsev<\/a>, Abbotsford Canucks (1st)
F Andre Lee<\/a>, Ontario Reign (1st)
G Carl Lindbom<\/a>, Henderson Silver Knights (1st)
F Jayson Megna<\/a> (capt.), Colorado Eagles (1st)
G Isak Posch<\/a>, Colorado Eagles (1st)
D Dmitri Simashev<\/a>, Tucson Roadrunners (1st)
F Tim Washe<\/a>, San Diego Gulls (1st)
Coach Mark Letestu, Colorado Eagles (1st)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SPRINGFIELD, Mass. \u2026 The American Hockey League announced today the playing rosters for the\u00a02026 AHL All-Star Classic presented…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":409634,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[66],"tags":[385,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-409633","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nhl","8":"tag-nhl","9":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/409633","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=409633"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/409633\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/409634"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=409633"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=409633"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=409633"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}