SPRINGFIELD, Mass. …American Hockey League President and Chief Govt Officer Scott Howson introduced immediately that Windfall Bruins ahead Patrick Brown and Colorado Eagles ahead Jayson Megna have been chosen because the taking part in captains for the 2026 AHL All-Star Traditional introduced by BMO, to be held February 10-11 in Rockford, In poor health.
Captains for the American Hockey League All-Star groups are chosen by the league president every year in recognition of their excellent management and repair.
A Twelfth-year professional from Bloomfield Hills, Mich., Brown has performed in 531 video games within the AHL, recording 103 targets and 163 assists for 266 factors. Now in his second 12 months as captain of the Bruins, Brown additionally wore the “C” for 3 seasons with the Charlotte Checkers – captaining the membership to the 2019 Calder Cup championship – and was named the primary captain of the Henderson Silver Knights in 2020-21 after serving as an alternate with the Chicago Wolves in 2019-20. Presently fourth within the AHL in scoring with 34 factors (12 targets, 22 assists) in 30 video games for Windfall, Brown has additionally collected 10 targets and 16 assists in 164 profession Nationwide Hockey League contests with Carolina, Vegas, Philadelphia, Ottawa and Boston. This will likely be his first AHL All-Star Traditional look.
Megna is in his sixth season with the Eagles (2019-23, 2024- ) and his 14th skilled marketing campaign general, having tallied 175 targets and 208 assists for 383 factors in 579 profession AHL video games with Colorado, Windfall, Hershey, Utica, Hartford and Wilkes-Barre/Scranton. The native of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., has served because the Eagles’ captain for 4 seasons, and has scored a team-high 16 targets to go together with 9 assists in 30 contests thus far this season. Megna has additionally performed 204 video games within the NHL with Boston, Anaheim, Colorado, Vancouver, the New York Rangers and Pittsburgh, registering 12 targets and 21 assists. He will likely be making his first AHL All-Star Traditional look.
The 2026 AHL All-Star Traditional introduced by BMO consists of the AHL All-Star Abilities Competitors on Tuesday, February 10, adopted by the AHL Corridor of Fame Induction and Awards Ceremony on Wednesday, February 11 and the 2026 AHL All-Star Problem that night. For ticket info, followers can go to icehogs.com/asc26.
The 2026 AHL All-Star Traditional introduced by BMO will characteristic the highest younger expertise within the American Hockey League: since 1995, greater than 94 p.c of All-Star Traditional members have gone on to compete within the Nationwide Hockey League, together with Yaroslav Askarov, Drake Batherson, Jordan Binnington, John Carlson, Brandt Clarke, Thatcher Demko, Lukas Dostal, Ryker Evans, Thomas Harley, Connor Hellebuyck, Joel Hofer, Tristan Jarry, Jordan Kyrou, Jonathan Marchessault, Jacob Markstrom, J.T. Miller, Brandon Montour, William Nylander, Kyle Palmieri, Mikko Rantanen, Dylan Strome, Tyler Toffoli, Linus Ullmark, Dustin Wolf and Mats Zuccarello.
In operation since 1936, the American Hockey League serves as the highest growth league for the gamers, coaches, managers, executives, broadcasters and employees of all 32 Nationwide Hockey League groups. Almost 90 p.c of immediately’s NHL gamers are American Hockey League graduates, and greater than 100 honored members of the Hockey Corridor of Fame hung out within the AHL of their careers.
