Henderson re-signs Sloan Stanick for 2026-27 AHL season
Henderson locked in Sloan Stanick, a 22-year-old who scored 52 ECHL goals for Tahoe and 4 goals in 12 AHL games.
Henderson kept one of its most productive young forwards in-house on June 24, re-signing Sloan Stanick to a one-year AHL contract for the 2026-27 season and ensuring he enters his third straight year in the Golden Knights organization. General manager Tim Speltz made the move before training camp, a clear sign that Henderson wants to preserve a winger who has already shown he can produce above his draft and league pedigree.
Stanick’s case is built on output, not projection. In 12 games with Henderson in 2025-26, the 22-year-old scored four goals and six points, a strong return in a limited AHL sample. He was even more dangerous in Tahoe, where he put up 23 goals and 52 points in 47 regular-season ECHL games and added two goals in two playoff appearances. Over 117 career ECHL games with the Tahoe Knight Monsters, Stanick has 52 goals and 131 points, and Tahoe has described him as the franchise’s all-time leading scorer.
That scoring track record is what makes the contract more than a routine depth move. The ECHL named Stanick the 2024-25 recipient of the John A. Daley Memorial Trophy as rookie of the year, and he also landed on the league’s All-Rookie Team and All-ECHL Second Team. One verification source listed his 2024-25 totals as 29 goals, 50 assists and 79 points in 70 games, production that put him among the league’s most dangerous young forwards and gave Henderson a strong reason to act early.
Stanick’s resume stretches well beyond one hot season in the ECHL. Across five Western Hockey League seasons with the Regina Pats and Prince Albert Raiders from 2019-20 through 2023-24, he totaled 86 goals and 207 points in 274 games. The WHL profile lists his debut on Sept. 20, 2019, and his first league point the next day, a reminder that he has been a scorer for years, not just during one breakout stretch.
Born Aug. 1, 2003, Stanick remains age-appropriate for a development role, but Henderson is clearly betting on more than that. With Lee’s Family Forum as the home base and Tahoe serving as the organization’s nearby scoring pipeline, Stanick now sits at the center of a familiar roster path: earn AHL minutes, drive offense when called on, and give the Silver Knights another winger who can help shape the 2026-27 scoring mix from inside the system.
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