List Of Coachella Valley Firebirds Players
The Coachella Valley Firebirds are a professional ice hockey team based in Thousand Palms, California. They are members of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference of the American Hockey League (AHL). The team was founded as an expansion franchise for the 2022–23 season. They are affiliated with the National Hockey League (NHL)'s Seattle Kraken, meaning that the Kraken can send their prospects or other players to the team, as long as they are signed to an NHL contract with the team. Since their creation, 54 players have played for the Firebirds in at least one regular season or postseason game—8 goaltenders and 46 skaters (forwards and defenseman).
Chris Driedger has played the most games out of any Firebirds goaltender, 55, and has the most wins, 33.
Kole Lind is tied with Max McCormick for the lead in points among the Firebirds, with 127. He has also played the most games out of any Firebird, with 141.
Each AHL team may select a captain, who is "the only team member with the ability to discuss questions relating to the interpretation of the rules during the game with the referee." Captains are required to wear the letter "C" on their uniform for identification. The Firebirds' current and only captain is Max McCormick, his captaincy starting in 2022.
The Firebirds player with the most games played with the team is Kole Lind, with 141. McCormick leads the Firebirds in goals scored, with 60, Lind leads the Firebirds in assists, with 60, and Lind and McCormick are tied for the most points by a Firebirds, each of them with 127.
Key
- * Appeared in a Firebirds game during the 2023–24 season.
- † Calder Cup champion with the Firebirds.
- ‡ Played part of the 2023–24 season with both the Firebirds and the Seattle Kraken.
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Statistics reflect time with the Firebirds only. Statistics complete as of the 2024 Calder Cup playoffs.
Goaltenders
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| Name | Nat. | Seasons | Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||
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| GP | W | L | OTL | SO | GAA | SV% | GP | W | L | SO | GAA | SV% | |||
| Callum Booth |  |
2022–2023 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.84 | .950 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Joey Daccord |  |
2022–2023 | 38 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2.38 | .918 | 26 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 2.22 | .926 |
| Chris Driedger‡ | |
2022–present | 53 | 33 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 2.44 | .913 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 2.67 | .906 |
| Christopher Gibson |  |
2022–2023 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2.98 | .894 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Jack LaFontaine* | |
2022–present | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2.30 | .919 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Cale Morris* | |
2022–present | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2.63 | .919 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Shane Starrett | |
2022–2023 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 | .950 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ales Stezka* |  |
2022–present | 27 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2.48 | .914 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Skaters
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| Name | Nat. | Pos. | Seasons | Regular season | Playoffs | Notes | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | G | A | P | PIM | GP | G | A | P | PIM | |||||
| Max Andreev* |  |
C | 2023–present | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Connor Carrick* | |
D | 2023–present | 70 | 9 | 25 | 34 | 66 | 18 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 8 | |
| David Cotton | |
C | 2022–2023 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Lukas Dragicevic* | |
C | 2023–present | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Ryker Evans‡ | |
D | 2022–present | 96 | 8 | 51 | 59 | 102 | 44 | 9 | 27 | 36 | 56 | |
| Jagger Firkus | |
RW | 2022–2023 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cale Fleury‡ | |
D | 2023–present | 65 | 7 | 29 | 36 | 20 | 18 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 8 | |
| Jesper Froden |  |
RW | 2022–2023 | 44 | 25 | 22 | 47 | 24 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 8 | |
| David Goyette* | |
C | 2022–present | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
| John Hayden‡ | |
C | 2022–present | 112 | 32 | 27 | 59 | 131 | 28 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 26 | |
| Luke Henman* | |
C | 2022–present | 112 | 14 | 15 | 29 | 70 | 27 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 6 | |
| Cameron Hughes* | |
C | 2022–present | 130 | 44 | 69 | 113 | 113 | 44 | 4 | 35 | 39 | 15 | |
| Tye Kartye | |
LW | 2022–2023 | 72 | 28 | 29 | 57 | 74 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 8 | Dudley "Red" Garrett Memorial Award 2023 |
| Michal Kempny | |
D | 2022–2023 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Kole Lind‡ | |
RW | 2022–present | 141 | 47 | 80 | 127 | 156 | 44 | 14 | 28 | 42 | 28 | |
| Max McCormick‡ | |
LW | 2022–present | 139 | 60 | 67 | 127 | 76 | 44 | 22 | 16 | 38 | 44 | Captain 2022–present |
| Jeremy McKenna* | |
RW | 2022–present | 38 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 8 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 8 | |
| Ian McKinnon* | |
C | 2022–present | 56 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 140 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jake McLaughlin | |
D | 2022–2023 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Jaycob Megna* | |
D | 2023–2024 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Jacob Melanson | |
RW | 2022–present | 62 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 87 | 19 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 18 | |
| Logan Morrison‡ | |
C | 2023–present | 64 | 16 | 25 | 64 | 4 | 18 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 2 | |
| Tristan Mullin | |
C/LW | 2022–2023 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Jani Nyman* | |
RW | 2023–present | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| Gustav Olofsson‡ | |
D | 2022–present | 71 | 2 | 16 | 18 | 26 | 44 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 18 | |
| Ville Ottavainen* | |
D | 2022–present | 72 | 8 | 26 | 34 | 30 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 24 | |
| Nick Pastujov | |
LW | 2022–2023 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Ville Petman* | |
C | 2022–present | 127 | 14 | 26 | 40 | 41 | 26 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 8 | |
| Austin Poganski | |
RW | 2022–2023 | 70 | 8 | 20 | 28 | 30 | 24 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | |
| Andrew Poturalski‡ | |
C | 2022–present | 98 | 26 | 67 | 93 | 44 | 29 | 5 | 17 | 22 | 20 | |
| Brogan Rafferty | |
D | 2022–2023 | 72 | 9 | 42 | 51 | 42 | 26 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 4 | |
| Mitch Reinke* | |
D | 2023–present | 25 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Tucker Robertson* | |
C | 2023–present | 39 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lleyton Roed* | |
LW | 2023–present | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Jimmy Schuldt* | |
D | 2022–present | 139 | 13 | 43 | 56 | 73 | 44 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 10 | |
| Peetro Seppala* | |
D | 2022–present | 119 | 2 | 21 | 23 | 65 | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Devin Shore‡ | |
C | 2023–present | 39 | 7 | 18 | 25 | 4 | 18 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 4 | |
| Luke Stevens | |
LW | 2022–2023 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Marian Studenic‡ |  |
RW | 2023–present | 64 | 15 | 29 | 44 | 14 | 18 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 8 | |
| Matt Tennyson | |
D | 2022–2023 | 71 | 0 | 18 | 18 | 66 | 26 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 28 | |
| Alexander True | 
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C | 2022–2023 | 72 | 11 | 21 | 32 | 48 | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Carsen Twarynski | |
LW | 2022–2023 | 71 | 17 | 9 | 26 | 69 | 26 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 14 | |
| Ryan Winterton‡ | |
C | 2023–present | 58 | 22 | 13 | 35 | 23 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 12 | |
| Eddie Wittchow | |
D | 2022–2023 | 56 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 93 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 14 | |
| Shane Wright‡ | |
C | 2022–present | 67 | 26 | 27 | 53 | 20 | 36 | 6 | 16 | 22 | 6 | |
Notes
- The "Seasons" column lists the first year of the season of the player's first game and the last year of the season of the player's last game. For example, a player who played one game in the 2022–23 season would be listed as playing with the team from 2022–2023, regardless of what calendar year the game occurred within.
References
- ^ "Coachella Valley Firebirds hockey team statistics and history at HockeyDB.com". HockeyDB. Retrieved July 25, 2024.
- ^ Clinton, Jared (September 30, 2019). "Seattle gets its AHL affiliate as Palm Springs announced as league's 32nd team". The Hockey News. Retrieved March 21, 2024.
- ^ "Frequently Asked Questions". American Hockey League. Retrieved September 2, 2024.
- ^ "What Do Team Captains Do in Hockey?". Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins. April 20, 2024. Retrieved June 26, 2024.
- ^ Arredondo, Bailey (August 16, 2022). "Firebirds win first ever game over Calgary, assign team captains and roster spots". KESQ. Retrieved April 4, 2024.
- ^ "Coachella Valley Firebirds all-time player list at HockeyDB.com". HockeyDB. Retrieved July 25, 2024.