Prospecting: AHL Rookies Trending Up for Firebirds – NHL.com

The quartet of Ryker Evans, Ville Petman, Peetro Seppala, and Tye Kartye are all adjusting to the increased speed and physicality of the AHL while turning in productive seasons.

Kartye scored his seventh goal of the season to start the CVF scoring in Sunday’s 4-2 comeback home win while Petman notched an assist on the Firebirds’ important insurance goal.

By all accounts, Evans is prospering both on and off the ice in his first year as a professional.

Evans is rooming with Carsen Twarynski, the Kraken’s expansion draft choice from Philadelphia, and Luke Henman, in his second year of AHL play after becoming the first player signed by Seattle in mid-May 2021.

“I would say it to this point in the season Ville Petman is our most improved player.

Schuldt, 27, has appeared in 187 AHL games and played one game with Vegas in the spring of 2018 after a stellar four-year career with NCAA Division I St.

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