Alumn-ICE Report: October 29, 2025

Easton Armstrong

A proud third-year member of the Western Hockey League, the Wenatchee Wild are continuing a celebrated WHL legacy that dates back to Edmonton, Alberta in 1996, continuing in Cranbrook, British Columbia and Winnipeg, Manitoba. These are the ICE alumni, who are now also members of the #WildFamily, making news in American pro hockey this week:

NHL

ZACH BENSON, 2020-23 (7 GP, 0-7-7) – Posted an assist on a go-ahead goal Friday in the Buffalo Sabres’ 5-3 home win over the Toronto Maple Leafs. Also picking up an assist in that game was PEYTON KREBS (2016-21), whose helper came on a Mattias Samuelsson goal in the second period.

SAM REINHART, 2010-15 (11 GP, 5-1-6) – Is within a goal of the 300 mark for his career, and finds himself on a three-game goal-scoring streak, starting with a power play marker last Thursday in the Florida Panthers’ 5-3 home loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins. His slap shot goal with 2:41 left in the first period was the eventual winner in a 3-0 decision Saturday against the Vegas Golden Knights, and Tuesday’s goal was the tying tally in a 3-2 shootout loss to the Anaheim Ducks.

A closer look at Sam Reinhart’s 5th goal of the season.#TimeToHunt #NHL #FlaPanthers pic.twitter.com/vdtWSr63Ez

— Panthers Historian (@FlaCatsHistory) October 29, 2025

NOAH PHILP, 2015-17 (6 GP, 2-1-3) – Picked up an assist late in the first period of the Edmonton Oilers’ 6-5 win over the Montreal Canadiens last Thursday.

AHL

CONOR GEEKIE, 2019-24 (2 GP, 1-1-2) – Returned to the Syracuse Crunch this week, and jumped right in with a power play goal in last Wednesday’s 4-2 loss to the Rochester Americans, followed by an assist two nights later in a 3-0 shutout of the Utica Comets.

ZACK OSTAPCHUK, 2022-23 (5 GP, 1-1-2) – Picked up an assist in last Wednesday’s 6-3 San Jose Barracuda loss to the in-state rival Coachella Valley Firebirds.

ECHL

ISAAC JOHNSON, 2019-20 (4 GP, 1-6-7) – Played in only one Iowa Heartlanders game this past week, but cranked out three assists – including the primary assist on the eventual winner – in a 5-1 rout of the Kalamazoo Wings. NOLAN ORZECK (2017-22) also made himself a presence on the stat sheet in that game, with an assist on Iowa’s opening goal 2:04 out of the gate – that goal was the first professional goal scored by MAX PATTERSON (2015-17), who also scored another one later in the game.

CAM HAUSINGER, 2017-19 (5 GP, 3-1-4) – Added an assist to his early-season total during the Greenville Swamp Rabbits’ 4-2 loss to the Jacksonville IceMen.

EASTON ARMSTRONG, 2022-24 (5 GP, 3-1-4) – Pushed his point streak to four games over a long home weekend with the Tulsa Oilers – his first-period goal was the highlight for the offense in a 4-1 loss to the Tahoe Knight Monsters on Friday, followed by another goal Sunday in a 5-2 defeat against the Knight Monsters. His assist was the primary one Tuesday on the lone goal of the Oilers’ 5-1 home loss to the Kansas City Mavericks, and TANNER FAITH (2010-11/2012-15) had the secondary assist on that goal.

BEN ZLOTY, 2018-23 (4 GP, 2-1-3) – Racked up his first multi-point game since the first round of last season’s Kelly Cup Playoffs with a goal and an assist in the Norfolk Admirals’ 4-2 win against the Worcester Railers on Friday. Sandwiched between Zloty’s points was the eventual game-winner three-and-a-half minutes into the second period, scored by Wenatchee junior “A” alumnus MARKO REIFENBERGER (2018-19).

BRETT DAVIS, 2016-19 (4 GP, 1-1-2) – Helped get the Rapid City Rush off to a rapid start Saturday in a 5-4 overtime win against the Wichita Thunder – his assist on BRILEY WOOD’S (2022-24) goal 93 seconds in put the Rush ahead first, in a game where the lead changed hands twice and the teams tied each other on four separate occasions.

BOBBY RUSSELL, 2016-18 (3 GP, 0-2-2) – Earned his first points of the season with a pair of assists in a 6-2 Toledo Walleye win at the Bloomington Bison.

Also on Wenatchee’s alumni list are the standouts from its Junior A era (2008-2023) – these players laid the foundation for the WHL’s future success in the Wenatchee Valley. These are Wenatchee’s Junior A alumni who are making news in American pro hockey this week:

NIC DOWD, 2008-09 (10 GP, 1-2-3) – Had an assist on the Washington Capitals’ only goal Saturday, taking a 7-1 loss at home against the Ottawa Senators.

SAM MORTON, 2016-18/2019-20 (7 GP, 2-3-5) – Hammered out his first three-point game in nine months on Saturday, with two goals and an assist on just three shots, as the Calgary Wranglers held on for a 4-3 home win over the Coachella Valley Firebirds. Against the Abbotsford Canucks Tuesday, he tacked on another assist on the last goal of a 3-0 Calgary win.

BRYAN YOON, 2015-16 (6 GP, 0-1-1) – Returned to the stat sheet Friday with his first assist of the season in a 5-0 Colorado Eagles blanking of the Rockford IceHogs.

LUCAS SOWDER, 2016-19 (5 GP, 3-1-4) – Scored in the final second of a Kansas City Mavericks power play in the first period on Friday before adding the game-winner as well, in the Mavs’ 4-2 win at the Allen Americans. His only shot of the night on Tuesday came with 3:39 left in the third period, hitting the back of the net to close out a 5-1 Kansas City victory at the Tulsa Oilers.

CRISTOPHE TELLIER, 2018-19 (3 GP, 1-2-3) – Has his first multi-point game under his belt in the pros, with a goal and an assist last Thursday in the Savannah Ghost Pirates’ 9-4 win against the South Carolina Stingrays. SETH EISELE (2016-17) made his season debut with the Stingrays in that game, starting but taking a no-decision with 17 saves.