Bruins’ Brown, Eagles’ Megna to serve as All-Star playing captains | TheAHL.com
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. …American Hockey League President and Chief Executive Officer Scott Howson announced today that the forward of the Providence Bruins Patrick Brown and the Colorado Eagles forward Jason Megna were chosen as playing captains The 2026 AHL All-Star Classic is presented by BMOto be held February 10-11 in Rockford, Ill.
The captains of the American Hockey League All-Star teams are selected by the league president each year in recognition of their outstanding leadership and service.
A 12-year pro from Bloomfield Hills, Mich., Brown played 531 games in the AHL, recording 103 goals and 163 assists for 266 points. Now in his second year as Bruins captain, Brown also wore the “C” for three seasons with the Charlotte Checkers – captaining the club to the 2019 Calder Cup championship – and was named the first captain of the Henderson Silver Knights in 2020-21 after serving as an alternate with the Chicago Wolves in 2019-20. Currently fourth in the AHL with 34 points (12 goals, 22 assists) in 30 games for Providence, Brown has collected 10 goals and 16 assists in 164 National Hockey League games with Carolina, Vegas, Philadelphia, Ottawa and Boston. This will be his first AHL All-Star Classic appearance.
Megna is in his sixth season with the Eagles (2019-23, 2024- ) and his 14th professional campaign overall, having compiled 175 goals and 208 assists for 383 points in 579 AHL games with Colorado, Providence, Hershey, Utica, Hartford and Wilkes-Barre/Scranton. The Fort Lauderdale, Fla., native has served as the Eagles captain for four seasons, and has scored 16 goals to go along with nine assists in 30 contests so far this season. Megna also played 204 games in the NHL with Boston, Anaheim, Colorado, Vancouver, New York Rangers and Pittsburgh, registering 12 goals and 21 assists. He will be making his first AHL All-Star Classic appearance.
I The 2026 AHL All-Star Classic is presented by BMO features the AHL All-Star Skills tournament on Tuesday, February 10followed by the AHL Hall of Fame Induction and Awards Ceremony at Wednesday, February 11 and the 2026 AHL All-Star Challenge that night. For ticket information, fans can visit icehogs.com/asc26.
I The 2026 AHL All-Star Classic is presented by BMO will have some of the top talent in the American Hockey League: since 1995, more than 94 percent of All-Star Classic participants have competed in the National Hockey League, including Yaroslav Askarov, Drake Batherson, Jordan Binnington, John Carlson, Brandt Clarke, Thatcher Demko, Lukas Dostal, Ryker Evans, Thomas Harley, Connor Hellebuyck, Joel Hofer, Tristan Jarry, Jordan Kyrou, Jonathan Marchessault, Jacob Markstrom, JT Miller, Brandon Montour, William Nylander, Kyle Palmieri, Mikko Rantanen, Dylan Strome, Tyler Toffoli, Linus Ullmark, Dustin Wolf again Mats Zuccarello.
Operating since 1936, the American Hockey League serves as the premier league for the development of players, coaches, managers, administrators, broadcasters and personnel for all 32 National Hockey League teams. About 90 percent of today’s NHL players graduated from the American Hockey League, and more than 100 members of the Hockey Hall of Fame spent time in the AHL during their careers.
