Hershey re-signs Jalen Luypen after productive AHL and ECHL season
Hershey locked in Jalen Luypen for 2026-27 after he scored across the AHL, ECHL and playoffs, then proved he could bounce between roles and levels.
Hershey kept a useful piece in place for next season, signing Jalen Luypen to a one-year American Hockey League contract for 2026-27 after a season that showed why the Bears value players who can move up and down the ladder and still produce. The announcement on June 12 came from vice president of hockey operations Bryan Helmer, and it made Luypen the third Hershey player to re-sign this offseason, behind Dalton Smith and Jon McDonald.
Luypen’s path through the organization was anything but linear. Hershey first brought him in on a professional tryout in December 2025, and he responded with one goal in two regular-season games. Tucson then signed him to a PTO on January 26, 2026, and he played 22 games for the Roadrunners, finishing with six points on four goals and two assists. After that stretch, Luypen signed an AHL deal with Hershey on April 19, 2026 for the rest of the 2025-26 season and went on to appear in three playoff games for the Bears.
His most productive work came with South Carolina, where he gave the Stingrays a steady scoring push in the ECHL. Luypen played 35 regular-season games and finished with 37 points, including 14 goals and 23 assists, tying for fourth on the team in scoring while leading the Stingrays in points per game at 1.06. He added four points in 11 playoff games, another sign that his game translated beyond a brief tryout look.
Over the course of his pro career, the 23-year-old Kelowna, British Columbia native has now appeared in 144 AHL games with Hershey, Tucson and Rockford, collecting 41 points on 17 goals and 24 assists. In the ECHL, he has 40 points in 40 games with South Carolina and Indy, a neat snapshot of a player whose offense has traveled with him from stop to stop.
That profile fits the way strong AHL organizations are built. Luypen was a seventh-round draft pick by Chicago in 2021, spent five WHL seasons with Edmonton and Tri-City, and produced 163 points in 238 junior games while helping the Edmonton Oil Kings win the 2022 Ed Chynoweth Cup. Hershey is betting that the same speed, scoring touch and adaptability that followed him through junior, the ECHL and multiple AHL stops will keep him valuable when the roster tightens next season.
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