Springfield, Massachusetts. …As the National Hockey League 2025-26 season, the American Hockey League is proud 596 graduates The NHL's 32 open-day active roster, accounting for more than 82% of the NHL's initial player pool, began its campaign.
As the new season begins, many famous AHL players jumped to the NHL last year, including the 2025 AHL All-Star Yaroslav Askarov (San Jose), Sam Colangelo (Anaheim), Devin Cooley (Calgary), Jeremy Davies (Las Vegas), Joakim Kemell (Nashville), Olle Lycksell (Ottawa), Logan Mailloux (St. Louis), Simon Nemec (New Jersey), Jani Nyman (Seattle) and Matt Savoie (Edmonton).
Six members of the 2025 Calder Cup champion Abbotsford Canucks will start in the NHL, including Arshdeep Bains,,,,, Linus Karlsson,,,,, Jonathan Lekkerimaki and aatu raty with parents Vancouver Canucks; Sammy Blais With Toronto Maple Leaf; and Jack Butterfield Trophy Winner Arturs Silovs With Pittsburgh penguins.
21 of the 32 NHL coaches are bosses on the AHL bench. Marco Sturm Take over the Boston Bruins bench after three seasons in the AHL’s Ontario domination, Jeff Blashill Becoming the sixth active NHL head coach, winning the Calder Cup, he started under the helm of the Chicago Blackhawks.
Among the NHL stars who develop skills in the American Hockey League, dominating Vezina Trophy and Hart Trophy Winner Connor Hellebuyck Winnipeg Jets; Art Rose Trophy Champion Nikita Kucherov Tampa Bay Lightning; three-time Stanley Cup champion Carter Verhaeghe Florida Black Panthers; and the top ten scorers in 2024-25 Leon Draisaitl,,,,, David Pastrnak and Kyle Connor. Last season, There are 891 AHL alumni in total Participated in the National Hockey League – 87.0% of all NHL players – including 330 Last year, he skated in two leagues.
Since 1936, the AHL has been a top development league for players, coaches, managers, executives, broadcasters and National Hockey League officials and their 32 teams. AHL’s Season 90 will begin Friday, October 10, with every game broadcast live AHLTV on FloHockey.
