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).^[1] 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,^[2] 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.^[3] 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).

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.^[4] The Firebirds' current and only captain is Max McCormick, his captaincy starting in 2022.^[5]

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.^[6]

•  *  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.

Abbreviations GP Games played Nat. Nationality

Nationality Canada Czech Republic Denmark Finland Russia Slovakia Sweden United States

Goaltenders W Wins L Losses OTL Overtime losses SO Shutouts GAA Goals against average SV% Save percentage

Skaters Pos. Position RW Right wing A Assists D Defenseman C Center P Points LW Left wing G Goals PIM Penalty minutes

Statistics reflect time with the Firebirds only. Statistics complete as of the 2024 Calder Cup playoffs.

List of Coachella Valley Firebirds goaltenders^[6]

Name	Nat.	Seasons[a]	Regular season							Playoffs
			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	—	—	—	—	—	—

List of Coachella Valley Firebirds skaters^[6]

Name	Nat.	Pos.	Seasons[a]	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		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

• ^a 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 to 2023, regardless of what calendar year the game occurred within.