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Late season comeback

Jones played nearly a full season with the Mavericks in 2023-2024 while under contract with Coachella Valley. Jones had been a UFA since the end of 2024-2025 where he registed 7 assists in 41 regular season games with Coachella, adding one in three playoff games.

PTO Tracker
Coachella Valley
: D - Drake Burgin
Hartford : D - Travis Dermott, F - Daniel Walcott, D - Phip Waugh
Hershey : D - Romain Rodzinski
Iowa : D - Braidan Simmons-Fisher
Milwaukee : F - Shawn Element
Providence : F - Christopher Brown
Rockford : D - Brayden Hislop
San Jose : D - Jake Boltmann, F - Brendan Hoffman
Tucson : F - Jalen Luypen

Added : D - Drake Burgin (Coachella Valley), D - Jake Boltmann (San Jose)

Released : D - Sam Sedley (Belleville/2GP 0-0-0), G - Jeremy Smith (Bridgeport/5GP 1-3-1/2.20, .907), D - Braden Doyle (Chicago/Did not play), D - Aiden Hansen-Bukata (Colorado/4GP 0-1-1)
 



ATO Tracker
UFAs

Abbotsford : F - Braden Birnie (Alaska-Fairbanks, NCAA)
Calgary : G - Aaron Trotter (St. Thomas, NCAA), D - Kyle Walker (Mount Royal, USports)
Coachella Valley : D - Valtteri Piironen (Ferris State, NCAA)
Iowa : F - Ryan Bottrill (Clarkson, NCAA)
Manitoba : D - Sean Larochelle (Manitoba, USports)
Rochester : F - Chris Douglas (British Columbia, USports)
San Diego : D - Matt Basgall (Michigan State, NCAA)
San Jose : F - Erik Bargholtz (Clarkson, NCAA), D - Tristan Sarsland (Clarkson, NCAA)
Springfield : D - Lachlan Getz (Holy Cross, NCAA)
Syracuse : F - Max Grondin (Ottawa, USports)

Drafted prospects
Chicago : F - Charlie Cerrato (Penn State, NCAA)
Cleveland : F - Owen Griffin (Oshawa, OHL)
Milwaukee : F - Aidan Fink (Penn State, NCAA)
Providence : F - James Hagens (Boston College, NCAA)
San Diego : F - Roger McQueen (Providence, NCAA)

Released
D - Chris Hedden (Air Force, NCAA - Colorado, AHL / 1GP 0-0-0)
F - Mason McCormick (Air Force, NCAA - Milwaukee, AHL / 2GP 0-0-0)
D - Mason Oliphant (Holy Cross, NCAA - San Jose, AHL / 1GP 0-0-0)
 





PTO Tracker
Chicago
: D - Braden Doyle, F - Ethan Leyh
Coachella Valley : D - Drake Burgin, G - Logan Terness
Hartford : D - Travis Dermott, F - Daniel Walcott, D - Phip Waugh
Hershey : D - Romain Rodzinski
Iowa : D - Braidan Simmons-Fisher
Milwaukee : D - Andre Anania, F - Shawn Element
Providence : F - Christopher Brown. F - Jacob Hudson
Rockford : D - Brayden Hislop
San Jose : D - Jake Boltmann, F - Brendan Hoffman
Tucson : F - Jalen Luypen
Utica : G - Henry Welsch

Added : D - Braden Doyle (Chicago), F - Ethan Leyh (Chicago), G - Logan Terness (Coachella Valley), D - Andre Anania (Milwaukee), F - Jacob Hudson (Providence), G - Henry Welsch (Utica)

Released : G - Alex Kotai (Abbotsford/Dressed as backup), G - Ian Shane (Hartford/Did not play)

ATO Tracker
UFAs
Abbotsford
: F - Braden Birnie (Alaska-Fairbanks, NCAA)
Calgary : G - Aaron Trotter (St. Thomas, NCAA), D - Kyle Walker (Mount Royal, USports)
Coachella Valley : D - Valtteri Piironen (Ferris State, NCAA)
Iowa : F - Ryan Bottrill (Clarkson, NCAA)
Manitoba : D - Sean Larochelle (Manitoba, USports)
Providence : D - Will Gilson (Quinnipiac, NCAA)+
Rochester : F - Chris Douglas (British Columbia, USports)
San Diego : D - Matt Basgall (Michigan State, NCAA)
San Jose : F - Erik Bargholtz (Clarkson, NCAA), D - Tristan Sarsland (Clarkson, NCAA)
Syracuse : F - Max Grondin (Ottawa, USports)
+ Added to the tracker

Drafted prospects
Bakersfield
: F - Tommy Lafreniere (Kamloops, WHL)+
Chicago : F - Charlie Cerrato (Penn State, NCAA)
Cleveland : F - Owen Griffin (Oshawa, OHL)
Milwaukee : F - Aidan Fink (Penn State, NCAA)
Ontario : F - Jan Chovan (Sudbury, OHL)+
San Diego : F - Roger McQueen (Providence, NCAA)
Syracuse : D - Everett Baldwin (Saint John, QMJHL)+, Grant Spada (Guelph, OHL)+
Toronto : F - Tyler Hopkins (Guelph, OHL)+, F - Harry Nansi (Owen Sound, OHL)+
Utica : G - Veeti Louhivaara (Chicago, USHL)+
WBS : D - Quinn Beauchesne (Guelph OHL)+, F - Ryan Miller (Portland, WHL)+
+ Added to the tracker

Released
D - Lachlan Getz (Holy Cross, NCAA - Springfield, AHL / 1GP 0-0-0)

Signed to NHL contracts
Iowa : D - Viking Gustafsson Nyberg (Connecticut, NCAA)| Signed by Minnesota (2 years) | AHL Stats : 2GP 0-1-1
Providence : F - James Hagens (Boston College, NCAA) | Signed by Boston (3 years) | AHL Stats : 6GP 1-3-4
 


According to theahl website, the Barracuda has signed Brendan Hoffman to a SPC. It's likely the last SPC signed for 2025-2026.

Among the players released this week, Daniel Walcott (Hartford), Travis Dermott (Hartford) and Jalen Luypen (Tucson).

PTO Tracker
Belleville : D - Riley McCourt
Chicago : F - Ethan Leyh
Coachella Valley : G - Logan Terness
Hartford : D - Phip Waugh
Iowa : D - Braidan Simmons-Fisher
Milwaukee : F - Shawn Element
Providence : F - Max Andreev, F - Christopher Brown, F - Jacob Hudson
Rockford : D - Brayden Hislop
San Jose : D - Jake Boltmann

Added : D - Riley McCourt (Belleville), F - Max Andreev (Providence)

Released : D - Braden Doyle (Chicago/1GP 0-0-0), D - Drake Burgin (Coachella Valley/1GP 0-0-0), G - Jake Sibell (Coachella Valley/Dressed as backup), G - Vincent Stalletti (Coachella Valley/Dressed as backup), D - Travis Dermott (Hartford/5GP 0-3-3), F - Daniel Walcott (39GP 4-4-8), D - Romain Rodzinski (Hershey/4GP 0-0-0), D - Andre Anania (Milwaukee/1GP 0-0-0), F - Jalen Luypen (Tucson/22GP 4-2-6), G - Henry Welsch (Utica/Dressed as backup)

Signed to SPC : F - Brendan Hoffman (San Jose/19GP 4-6-10)




ATO Tracker
UFAs
Abbotsford
: F - Braden Birnie (Alaska-Fairbanks, NCAA)
Bakersfield : F - Simon Tassy (Wisconsin, NCAA)+
Belleville : F - Nathan Brown (Portland, WHL)+, G - Kaiden Mbereko (Colorado, NCAA)
Calgary : D - Kent Anderson (Denver, NCAA)+ G - Aaron Trotter (St. Thomas, NCAA), D - Kyle Walker (Mount Royal, USports)
Coachella Valley : D - Valtteri Piironen (Ferris State, NCAA)
Iowa : F - Ryan Bottrill (Clarkson, NCAA)
Laval : D - Aiden Dubinsky (Wisconsin, NCAA)+
Manitoba : D - Sean Larochelle (Manitoba, USports)
Providence : D - Will Gilson (Quinnipiac, NCAA)
Rochester : F - Chris Douglas (British Columbia, USports)
San Diego : D - Matt Basgall (Michigan State, NCAA)
San Jose : F - Erik Bargholtz (Clarkson, NCAA), D - Jarod Crespo (Penn State, NCAA)+, D - Thomas Messineo (Connecticut, NCAA), D - Tristan Sarsland (Clarkson, NCAA)
Syracuse : F - Max Grondin (Ottawa, USports)
+ Added to the tracker

Drafted prospects
Bakersfield
: F - Tommy Lafreniere (Kamloops, WHL)
Chicago : F - Charlie Cerrato (Penn State, NCAA)
Cleveland : F - Owen Griffin (Oshawa, OHL)
San Diego : F - Roger McQueen (Providence, NCAA)
Syracuse : D - Everett Baldwin (Saint John, QMJHL)+, Grant Spada (Guelph, OHL)
Toronto : F - Tyler Hopkins (Guelph, OHL), F - Harry Nansi (Owen Sound, OHL)
Tucson : D - Max Psenicka (Portland, WHL)+
Utica : G - Veeti Louhivaara (Chicago, USHL)
WBS : D - Quinn Beauchesne (Guelph OHL), F - Ryan Miller (Portland, WHL), D - Brady Peddle (Charlottetown, QMJHL)+
+ Added to the tracker

Released
F - Jan Chovan (Sudbury, OHL - Ontario, AHL / Did not play)

Signed to a NHL contract
Milwaukee : F - Aidan Fink (Penn State, NCAA) | Signed by Nashville (3 years) | AHL stats : 6GP 3-7-10
 
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Last updates for 25-26 :

- Moved three players (Joe Carroll, Erik Middendorf and Ryan Siedem) to the did not play/did not report list.

- Labelled 2025 UFAs Anders Bjork as retired. Bjork was named head coach of a high school hockey program in Wisconsin in April
 

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