Tony Androckitis*
@TonyAndrock
Talking to players & coaches around the AHL for @InsideAHLHockey, telling untold stories in pro hockey AHL/ECHL 📝 @thephpa too Support original journalism!
Through the opening week of #AHLFreeAgency25: 🔹178 players signed (107 NHL contracts + 71 AHL contracts) 📝 League-wide signings page (insideahlhockey.com/article/2025-a…) 🔹66 of @InsideAHLHockey's top-100 ranked AHL free agents signed 📝Updated 'Big Board' (insideahlhockey.com/article/2025-a…)
🎯 Farjestad BK (SHL) made this signing official today. I believe Luke Philp makes it 99 players from #AHLFreeAgency this summer who have signed overseas for the 2025-26 season. @InsideAHLHockey
I can confirm that former Hershey Bears forward Luke Philp is signing overseas with Farjestad BK (SHL). Philp, 29, reached AHL veteran status after recording 30 points (10G-20A) in 58GP with Hershey in 2024-25. Another AHL ➡️ 🌎 @InsideAHLHockey #AHLFreeAgency25
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🚨 Source 🗣️ @InsideAHLHockey 🚨 Washington Capitals UFA C Riley Sutter signed with Kunlun Red Star (KHL) ➡️ 2025-26. Sutter turned 25 before July 1, so he reached AHL veteran status after recording 4G-5A in 55GP with AHL-Hershey in 2024-25. Another AHL ➡️ 🌎 #AHLFreeAgency25
🎯 Abbotsford confirms the AHL deal for Nikolai Knyzhov as well as three more AHL deals - D's Derek Dasche & Jayden Lee and F Nolan Walker Believe we had all four in our signings page for @InsideAHLHockey subscribers, so this should still be up to date. insideahlhockey.com/article/2025-a…
I'm able to confirm former #WBSPens/Grand Rapids LHD Nikolai Knyzhov is signing a one-year AHL contract with the defending Calder Cup champion Abbotsford Canucks. Believe @BenLypka 1st reported ~10 days ago things were leaning this way. #AHLFreeAgency25 @InsideAHLHockey
Last summer, Mason Geertsen was undergoing treatments for B-cell non Hodgkins Lymphoma. This summer, he's hosting a hockey camp in his hometown - signing up 165 kids for free through his Geertsen Opportunity Foundation. @AmerksHockey getting a good one. phpa.com/news/3192
Now that #AHLFreeAgency is settling down for the summer, the CBA negotiations for both ECHL and AHL will come to the forefront as we head into the dog days of summer. My latest update on those negotiations from the eve of free agency: insideahlhockey.com/article/update…
Anything going on with the ECHL and AHL CBAs?
I'm able to confirm former #WBSPens/Grand Rapids LHD Nikolai Knyzhov is signing a one-year AHL contract with the defending Calder Cup champion Abbotsford Canucks. Believe @BenLypka 1st reported ~10 days ago things were leaning this way. #AHLFreeAgency25 @InsideAHLHockey
Our #AHLFreeAgency signings page @InsideAHLHockey provides an easy-to-navigate, team-by-team scrolling list for our subscribers to have all the latest AHL signings in the palm of their hand. Updated today with some not-yet-announced AHL signings, too! insideahlhockey.com/article/2025-a…
25 days into #AHLFreeAgency, and we're already closing in on 100 free agents (98 so far) who played in or were under contract in the AHL in 2024-25 that have signed overseas for 2025-26. Keep track @InsideAHLHockey - THE off-season HUB for AHL fans! insideahlhockey.com/article/2025-a…
Former #WBSPens defenseman Mats Lindgren is signing an AHL contract with Bakersfield (EDM) for 2025-26, source tells @InsideAHLHockey. Lindrgren, who turns 21 in August, had 7G-14A in 56GP with ECHL-Wheeling and 0 pts in 7 AHL GP with WBS in 2024-25. #AHLFreeAgency25
The defending Calder Cup champion Abbotsford Canucks announced AHL deals for 2025-26: Goalie Jonathan Lemieux and forwards Ben Berard and Zachary Okabe. #AHLFreeAgency25 @InsideAHLHockey
🎯 Hershey announced the AHL deal for goalie Seth Eisele. The Bears also signed forward Kyler Kupka to an AHL contract for 2025-26. #AHLFreeAgency25 @InsideAHLHockey
Hearing Hershey Bears are bringing back goalie Seth Eisele on an AHL contract for 2025-26. Eisele, 26, put up good numbers in ECHL-South Carolina (31GP, 19-10-1, 2.30 GAA, .914 SV%, 3 SO) & looked formidable in AHL preseason action in 2024-25 #AHLFreeAgency25 @InsideAHLHockey
AHL ➡️ 🌎 AHL-Cleveland UFA C Jake Gaudet signed with Belfast (EIHL) for 2025-26 Gaudet, 29, spent all four years of his pro career (2021-25) with @monstershockey before being loaned to AHL-Providence in March (in exchange for D Drew Bavaro) #AHLFreeAgency25 @InsideAHLHockey
I'd expect one, or both, to be playing overseas in 2025-26. #StayTuned on those two players. Incredibly unusual what has happened this offseason for Hershey. I still can't believe they didn't bring back Mike Vecchione (Traktor - KHL), the man responsible for 'The Roar'.
Hearing anything on Massie or Limoges?
Hearing Hershey Bears are bringing back goalie Seth Eisele on an AHL contract for 2025-26. Eisele, 26, put up good numbers in ECHL-South Carolina (31GP, 19-10-1, 2.30 GAA, .914 SV%, 3 SO) & looked formidable in AHL preseason action in 2024-25 #AHLFreeAgency25 @InsideAHLHockey
I swear the Jets are a cursed franchise. Can't our annual disappointment begin in the regular season, or even the preseason?
Jets QB Justin Fields was carted to the locker room with an apparent lower leg injury.
More AHL ➡️ 🌎 LA Kings UFA RHD Joseph Cecconi signed a one-year deal with Avangard Omsk (KHL) for 2025-26. Cecconi, 28, had 3G-23A in 74GP in 2024-25 split between AHL-Iowa & AHL-Ontario. #AHLFreeAgency25 @InsideAHLHockey
Another AHL ➡️ 🌎 UFA forward Daniel Sprong has signed a one-year deal with CSKA (KHL). Sprong had 25 points (11G-14A) in 19GP with AHL-Coachella Valley. Also appeared in 30 NHL games in 2024-25 split between Seattle, Vancouver & New Jersey. #AHLFreeAgency25 @InsideAHLHockey