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.[1] Since their creation, they have affiliated with the National Hockey League (NHL)'s Seattle Kraken. Since their arrival in 2022, 34 players, 5 goaltenders and 29 skaters (forwards and defenseman), have worn a Firebirds jersey in at least one regular season game.
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The Firebirds' current and only captain is Max McCormick, his captaincy starting in 2022.[2]
Key edit
- Appeared in a Firebirds game during the 2022–23 season.
- Calder Cup champion with the Firebirds.
- Played part of the 2022–23 season with both the Firebirds and with the Seattle Kraken.
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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 2022–23, regardless of what calendar year the game occurred within.
Statistics complete as of the 2023 Calder Cup playoffs.
Goaltenders edit
| Name | Nat | Seasons | Regular season | Playoffs | Notes | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | W | L | OTL | SO | GAA | SV% | GP | W | L | SO | GAA | SV% | ||||
| Callum Booth |  |
2022–present | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.84 | .950 | — | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Joey Daccord |  |
2022–present | 38 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2.38 | .918 | 26 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 2.22 | .926 | |
| Chris Driedger | |
2022–present | 14 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2.61 | .908 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Christopher Gibson |  |
2022–present | 20 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2.98 | .894 | – | – | – | – | – | — | |
| Shane Starrett | |
2022–present | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 | .950 | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
Skaters edit
| Skater | Nat | Pos | Seasons | Regular season | Playoffs | Notes | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | G | A | P | PIM | GP | G | A | P | PIM | |||||
| David Cotton | |
C | 2022–present | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Ryker Evans | |
D | 2022–present | 71 | 6 | 38 | 44 | 74 | 26 | 5 | 21 | 26 | 26 | |
| Jagger Firkus | |
RW | 2023–present | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jesper Froden |  |
RW | 2022–present | 44 | 25 | 22 | 47 | 24 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 8 | |
| David Goyette | |
C | 2022–present | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
| John Hayden | |
C | 2022–present | 47 | 17 | 16 | 33 | 58 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 16 | |
| Luke Henman | |
C | 2022–present | 67 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 41 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | |
| Cameron Hughes | |
C | 2022–present | 61 | 19 | 37 | 56 | 57 | 26 | 4 | 19 | 23 | 6 | |
| Tye Kartye† | |
LW | 2022–present | 72 | 28 | 29 | 57 | 74 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 8 | |
| Kole Lind | |
RW | 2022–present | 72 | 30 | 32 | 62 | 91 | 26 | 9 | 22 | 31 | 16 | |
| Max McCormick | |
LW | 2022–present | 71 | 28 | 39 | 67 | 76 | 26 | 14 | 13 | 27 | 16 | Captain 2022–present |
| Jeremy McKenna | |
RW | 2022–present | 27 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 8 | |
| Ian McKinnon | |
C | 2022–present | 36 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 102 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jake McLaughlin | |
D | 2022–present | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Jacob Melanson | |
RW | 2023–present | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tristan Mullin | |
LW | 2022–present | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Gustav Olofsson | |
D | 2022–present | 20 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 26 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | |
| Ville Ottavainen | |
D | 2022–present | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Nick Pastujov | |
LW | 2022–present | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Ville Petman | |
C | 2022–present | 72 | 12 | 16 | 28 | 21 | 26 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 8 | |
| Austin Poganski | |
RW | 2022–present | 70 | 8 | 20 | 28 | 30 | 24 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | |
| Andrew Poturalski | |
C | 2022–present | 38 | 11 | 31 | 42 | 14 | 16 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 6 | |
| Brogan Rafferty | |
D | 2022–present | 72 | 9 | 42 | 51 | 42 | 26 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 4 | |
| Jimmy Schuldt | |
D | 2022–present | 71 | 8 | 24 | 31 | 31 | 26 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 10 | |
| Peetro Seppala | |
D | 2022–present | 70 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 51 | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Luke Stevens | |
LW | 2022–present | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Matt Tennyson | |
D | 2022–present | 71 | 0 | 18 | 18 | 66 | 26 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 28 | |
| Alexander True |  |
C | 2022–present | 72 | 11 | 21 | 32 | 48 | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Carsen Twarynski | |
LW | 2022–present | 71 | 17 | 9 | 26 | 69 | 26 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 14 | |
| Eddie Wittchow | |
D | 2022–present | 56 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 93 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 14 | |
| Shane Wright | |
C | 2022–present | 8 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 24 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 2 | |
†Denotes player only played with the Kraken during the 2023 Stanley Cup playoffs.
References edit
- General
- Specific
- ^ Clinton, Jared (September 30, 2019). "Seattle gets its AHL affiliate as Palm Springs announced as league's 32nd team". The Hockey News. Retrieved 2024-03-21.
- ^ Arredondo, Bailey (October 16, 2022). "Firebirds win first ever game over Calgary, assign team captains and roster spots". KESQ. Retrieved April 4, 2024.