Posch, Megna, Letestu to Represent Eagles at 2026 AHL All-Star Classic
Jan 15, 2026
LOVELAND, CO. – Colorado Eagles goaltender Isak Posch was named to the 2026 AHL All-Star Classic presented by BMO on Thursday, as the rookie netminder will join forward Jayson Megna and head coach Mark Letestu on the Pacific Division All-Star Team. This is the first time that Posch, Megna and Letestu have received AHL All-Star Honors, with Letestu set to serve as the bench boss of the Pacific Division squad and Megna named a playing captain.
Posch has jumped out to a 12-5-3 record this season, complimented by a 2.45 goals-against average and .902 save percentage. The 23-year-old goalie has also earned a pair of shutouts on the year. Posch made the jump to the pro game after spending two seasons at St. Cloud State, where he recorded a 17-16-2 record, a .915 save-percentage, a 2.60 GAA and three shutouts in 36 career NCAA games.
Megna currently leads the Eagles and is tied fourth among all AHL skaters with 19 goals, just seven tallies shy of the career-high 26 he registered with the Wilkes-Barre Scranton Penguins during the 2014-15 campaign. In addition to his 19 goals, the 35-year-old has also accumulated 11 assists and ranks second on the team with 30 points.
Letestu was named the head coach of the Pacific Division All-Star Team in his first season as a head coach, having led Colorado to a record of 22-8-1-3. He was named to the Eagles’ post on July 5, 2025, following four years as an assistant coach with the Cleveland Monsters, where he helped the club to a division title in 2023-24 and a trip to the Eastern Conference Finals that spring. Letestu’s 13-year professional playing career included 567 games in the NHL and 255 contests in the AHL with Wilkes-Barre/Scranton and Cleveland.
The American Hockey League announced today the playing rosters for the 2026 AHL All-Star Classic presented by BMO, to be held February 10-11 in Rockford, Ill.
Each of the AHL’s four divisions will be represented by 12 players. Rosters were determined by committees of AHL coaches, and all 32 AHL teams are represented by at least one All-Star.
The 2026 rosters feature 43 first-time AHL All-Stars and 13 rookies, as well as 12 former first-round NHL draft choices and seven second-round picks. In addition, 30 of the All-Stars named have also played in the National Hockey League already this season, including Wilkes-Barre/Scranton’s Sergei Murashov; Hartford’s Gabe Perreault; Lehigh Valley’s Denver Barkey; Bakersfield’s Quinn Hutson; San Diego’s Tim Washe; Laval’s Jacob Fowler and Adam Engström, Rockford’s Nick Lardis and Kevin Korchinski; and Chicago’s trio of Bradly Nadeau, Justin Robidas and Domenick Fensore.
Ryan Mougenel of the Providence Bruins, Pascal Vincent of the Laval Rocket, Dan Watson of the Grand Rapids Griffins and Mark Letestu of the Colorado Eagles will serve as coaches for the event.
The 2026 AHL All-Star Skills Competition on Tuesday, Feb. 10 (8 ET/7 CT) will pit the All-Stars from the two Eastern Conference divisions against those from the two Western Conference divisions in seven skills events. In the 2026 AHL All-Star Challenge on Wednesday, Feb. 11 (8 ET/7 CT), the four teams will participate in a 3-on-3, round-robin tournament featuring six games of eight minutes each. The two teams with the best records at the end of the round-robin will face off for the championship in a final eight-minute, 3-on-3 game. For ticket information, fans can visit icehogs.com/asc26.
The 2026 AHL All-Star Classic presented by BMO also includes the AHL Hall of Fame Induction and Awards Ceremony on Wednesday, Feb. 11 (noon ET/11 CT), highlighted by the inductions of the Class of 2026 – Chris Bourque, Alexandre Giroux, Jim Wiemer and Wendell Young – into the American Hockey League Hall of Fame.
The 2026 AHL All-Star Classic presented by BMO will feature the top young talent in the American Hockey League: since 1995, more than 94 percent of All-Star Classic participants have gone on to compete in the National Hockey League, including Yaroslav Askarov, Drake Batherson, Jordan Binnington, John Carlson, Brandt Clarke, Lukas Dostal, Dalibor Dvorsky, Ryker Evans, Ethen Frank, Thomas Harley, Connor Hellebuyck, Joel Hofer, Jordan Kyrou, Jonathan Marchessault, Jacob Markstrom, J.T. Miller, Brandon Montour, William Nylander, Kyle Palmieri, Mikko Rantanen, Dylan Strome, Devon Toews, Tyler Toffoli, Linus Ullmark, Dustin Wolf and Mats Zuccarello.
In operation since 1936, the American Hockey League serves as the top development league for the players, coaches, managers, executives, broadcasters and staff of all 32 National Hockey League teams. Nearly 90 percent of today’s NHL players are American Hockey League graduates, and more than 100 honored members of the Hockey Hall of Fame spent time in the AHL in their careers.
The Eagles will be back in action when they take on the Henderson Silver Knights on Saturday, January 17th at 6:05pm MT at Blue Arena. Single-game tickets for the 2025-26 season are on sale now. To purchase tickets or for more information, go to ColoradoEagles.com or call or text (970) 686-SHOT (7468).
