In the only AHL division that held a postseason last year, the Pacific offered a chance for any of its seven teams to take the John D. Chick Trophy home.
Finishing second overall in the regular season, the Bakersfield Condors earned a bye past the play-in round for a 2-3 match-up against San Diego. After losing the first game of the best-of-three series, Bakersfield won two overtime games in a row to earn a trip to the Pacific Division Final. Facing off against regular season division champion Henderson, the Condors and Silver Knights traded victories in the best-of-three final, with Bakersfield taking games one and three to secure the division crown.
Follow along as players re-sign, come in from another team, or depart before the season kicks off in mid-October!
ADDITIONAL AHL PACIFIC DIVISION OFFSEASON PLAYER TRACKERS
- ABBOTSFORD CANUCKS
- COLORADO EAGLES
- HENDERSON SILVER KNIGHTS
- ONTARIO REIGN
- SAN DIEGO GULLS
- SAN JOSE BARRACUDA
- STOCKTON HEAT
- TUCSON ROADRUNNERS
(List accurate as of Sunday, September 12th at 8:45pm PDT)
UNDER CONTRACT AND RE-SIGNINGS
Forwards
- Tyler Benson – Signed a one-year, two-way NHL contract (August 11); extended qualifying offer by Edmonton (July 25)
- Devin Brosseau – Last year of AHL contract
- Adam Cracknell – Signed a one-year AHL contract (June 2)
- Vincent Desharnais – Signed a two-year AHL contract (April 19)
- Luke Esposito – Last year of AHL contract
- Seth Griffith – Last year of a standard NHL player contract
- James Hamblin – Last year of AHL contract
- Dylan Holloway – Signed a three-year, entry-level contract (April 16)
- Raphael Lavoie – Second-to-last year of entry-level contract
- Brad Malone – Last year of AHL contract
- Cooper Marody – Signed a one-year, two-way NHL contract (September 11); extended qualifying offer by Edmonton (July 25)
- Ryan McLeod – Last year of entry-level contract
- Brendan Perlini – Signed a one-year, two-way NHL contract (August 7)
- Ostap Safin – Last year of entry-level contract
Defensemen
- Yanni Kaldis – Last year of AHL contract
- Philip Kemp – Second-to-last year of entry-level contract*; played 32 games for Väsby IK of HockeyAllsvenskan and 12 games for Bakersfield in 2020-21
- Michael Kesselring – First year of entry-level contract; played 20 games with Wisconsin of the NCAA and 21 games with Bakersfield in 2020-21
- Markus Niemeläinen – Last year of entry-level contract; played 14 games with Ässät in Liiga and 21 games with Bakersfield in 2020-21
Goaltenders
- Olivier Rodrigue – Second-to-last year of entry-level contract
- Stuart Skinner – Signed a two-year, two-way NHL contract (August 8); extended qualifying offer (July 25)
NEW ADDITIONS
Forwards
- Matteo Gennaro – Signed a one-year, two-way AHL contract; played with Wichita of the ECHL in 2020-21
- Dino Kambeitz – Signed a one-year, two-way AHL contract; played with Lethbridge of the WHL in 2020-21
- Kirill Maksimov – Last year of entry-level contract; played with CSKA Moskva of the KHL and Zvezda Moskva of the VHL in 2020-21, played with Bakersfield in 2019-20
- Tim Söderlund – Acquired via trade from NHL Chicago (July 12)
Defensemen
- Filip Berglund – Last year of entry-level contract*; played with Linköping HC of the SHL in 2020-21
- Philip Broberg – First year of entry-level contract*; played with Skellefteå AIK of the SHL in 2020-21
- Dmitri Samorukov – Last year of entry-level contract; played with CSKA Moskva in 2020-21, played with Bakersfield in 2019-20
Goaltenders
- Ilya Konovalov – Signed a three-year, entry-level contract (May 3); played with Lokomotiv Yaroslavl of the KHL in 2020-21
* – Contract includes European Assignment Clause, detailed in Article 11 – 11.19 of the NHL Collective Bargaining Agreement — “The SPC of any Player may contain a clause that provides that, in the event his NHL Club Loans the Player to a club outside the NHL, during the period of such Loan, the Player shall have the option to be Loaned to a club of his choice outside North America.”
DEPARTURES
Forwards
- Blake Christensen – Signed a one-year AHL contract with Springfield (August 4)
- Liam Folkes – Traded to Rockford for future considerations (July 13)
- Joe Gambardella – Signed a two-year, two-way NHL contract with New Jersey (July 29)
- Alan Quine – Signed a one-year AHL contract with Henderson (September 1)
- Jakob Stukel – Signed with HC Pustertal of the ICEHL (August 26)
Defensemen
- Max Gildon – Second-to-last year of entry-level contract with Florida; loaned to Bakersfield in 2020-21, will play for Charlotte in 2021-22
- Kevin Gravel – Signed a one-year, two-way NHL contract with Calgary (July 29)
- Janis Jaks – Signed with HK Sochi of the KHL (July 19)
- Theodor Lennström – Signed with Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod of the KHL (August 3)
- Ryan Stanton – Signed a one-year AHL contract with Rockford (August 4)
Goaltenders
- Dylan Wells – Signing rights traded to Carolina (July 14)
FREE AGENTS
Forwards
- Graham McPhee – UFA (AHL)
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(Special thanks to CapFriendly and Elite Prospects for all the contract terms and definitions for this offseason player tracker!)
