Allen Americans Add to Roster, Ottawa Senators Prospect Challenge Roster Has Allen Connections, European Leagues Begin Play and the Importance of ECHL Road Wins

 

The Allen Americans have added three more returning players to the roster. The players are forward Chase Maxwell and defensemen Troy Murray and Trevor LaDonne. 

 

- Chase Maxwell - here is the press release issued by the Allen Americans: https://allenamericans.com/news/2026/09/maxwell-returns 

Maxwell played in 44 games for the Americans last season and tallied five points (2G, 3A).  

 

- Troy Murray - here is the press release issued by the Allen Americans: https://allenamericans.com/news/2026/09/americans-add-size-and-toughness  

Murray played 21 games for the Americans last season, had one goal and 32 penalty minutes.

 

Trevor LeDonne - Trevor played 30 games in Allen last season and totaled seven points (2G, 5A). Coach Martinson told me there is some question about whether Trevor will be at training camp. As he does with all players, he made it clear it will be a competitive training camp, especially on defense, and nothing is assured. In addition to the six defensemen that have been announced, Coach Martinson could get up to four NHL/AHL contracted defensemen assigned, plus Sam Sedley could be in Allen to start the season. The bottom line is LeDonne is looking at other options. 

 

- The Allen roster now stands at 20, which includes two veterans and five rookies.    

Goalies

• Brett Mirwald: rookie

 

Forwards 

• Divyne Apollon - rookie
• Spencer Asuchak - veteran
• Cole Bishop - rookie
• Chase Coughlin - rookie
• Hank Crone
• Mathieu De St. Phalle 
• Michael Gildon 
• Riley Kidney 
• Chase Maxwell 
• Anthony Rinaldi
• Zackary Shantz - rookie 
• Lukas Sillinger 
• Brayden Watts - veteran

 

Defense

• Andre Anania 
• Jackson Decker 
• Trevor LeDonne
• Troy Murray 
• Quinn Warmuth
• Cal Uens - rookie

 

- The NHL rookie/prospects tournament gets underway tomorrow. Here is the Ottawa Senators roster with some familiar names to Allen fans. The question remains: how many of the players on this roster will see time in Allen this season? Two Allen-signed players, Riley Kidney and Zackary Shantz, are on the roster: 

  

- Here is the schedule for the tournament. All times are EDT:

• Saturday, September 12, 1:00 pm: Winnipeg vs Montreal
• Saturday, September 12, 6:00 pm: Ottawa vs Winnipeg
• Sunday, September 13, 1:00 pm: Toronto vs Winnipeg
• Sunday, September 13, 6:00 pm: Ottawa vs Montreal
• The Ottawa games will be live-streamed on the Senators' website. Check with the other teams' websites, as they may be live-streaming as well.

 

 -  Defenseman Sam Sedley is participating in the same prospect tournament as Kidney and Shantz, but is on the Winnipeg Jets team. 

 

- The European leagues are just getting underway, with games being played in Russia, Finland, Czech Republic, and Denmark. Many of these leagues have more than one league going on at once, with a smaller set of teams. A big one is the EIHL, as 12 former Allen players are playing in that league of 10 teams. Games start tomorrow night in something called the Challenge Cup. 

 

DID YOU KNOW: The ECHL Stats post today is about the importance of playing well on the road. In 2025-26, Allen was decent on the road with a record of 19-14-3-0 (.569), but outstanding at home. The Americans' home record in 2024-25 was the worst in the league at 7-24-4-1 (.264). Last season, in one of the biggest turnarounds in league history, the Americans' home record was one of the best in the league at 24-9-3-0 (.708).

 

How important is it to play well on the road? Playing well on the road is a big key to success. Five ECHL teams had more than 20 road wins in 2025-26, including all of the Kelly Cup final four. The team’s road points percentage is in parentheses:

 

28-4-2-2: Kansas City (.833)* 

25-4-7-0: Fort Wayne (.792)*

24-8-4-2: Florida (.722)*

23-8-2-3: Toledo (.708)

22-12-1-1: Wheeling (.639)*

 

*Kelly Cup final four