Manitoba Moose Recall Defenseman Ben Zloty from Norfolk Admirals

The Manitoba Moose recalled defenceman Ben Zloty from their ECHL affiliate, the Norfolk Admirals, on February 17, 2026 to provide immediate defensive depth after Isaak Phillips and Elias Salomonsson were both called up to the Winnipeg Jets while the NHL club manages three injured defensemen. The move comes with Zloty arriving as Norfolk’s representative at the 2026 ECHL All-Star Classic and as a player the organization has leaned on during its affiliate shuffle.

Team releases and republished pages list two different 2025–26 stat lines for Zloty while also agreeing on his All-Star selection. One version, published via OurSportsCentral and mirrored on a Moose release, credits Zloty, 23, with 27 points (6 goals, 21 assists) in 34 games for Norfolk this season. An Inside The Rink item and a separate Moose page variant list 24 points (4 goals, 20 assists) in 29 games. Both sets of figures appear on official pages and no release explains the discrepancy.

Zloty’s pro résumé also includes career ECHL totals reported inconsistently across team pages. One Moose republish lists 117 ECHL games and 84 points (19 goals, 65 assists) across three seasons between Norfolk and the Idaho Steelheads, while another listing on the Moose site gives 112 games and 81 points (17 goals, 64 assists). Multiple releases agree that Zloty has seen AHL action, with team copy noting he owns one assist in eight career AHL games split between Manitoba and the Texas Stars; one Moose page specifies that his first AHL point came with an assist on Nov. 16, 2024 at Chicago.

A native of Calgary, Alberta, Zloty was born Feb. 24, 2002, is listed at 6-foot-0 and 188 pounds, and shoots left. Inside The Rink describes him as a two-way defender who posted 189 points (26 goals, 163 assists) in 207 games with the Winnipeg Ice in the WHL, and who played the 2023-24 season with the Idaho Steelheads before signing an AHL contract with the Winnipeg Jets organization. Norfolk transaction logs also show Zloty was previously assigned to Norfolk from Manitoba on a November transaction listing.

Organizational timing matters: Manitoba’s press materials tie Zloty’s recall directly to the Jets’ defensive injuries and the two recent recalls of Phillips and Salomonsson. The Moose cited using depth for the club’s road trip and noted it was unclear whether Zloty would make his Manitoba season debut immediately. The Moose continued a road swing that included a matchup at Laval Rocket with coverage listed on cjob.com, the Winnipeg Jets App and AHLTV on FloHockey starting at 5:45 p.m. CT on the team’s game day notice.

Beyond the box score, the recall underscores a broader operational pattern for the Winnipeg Jets franchise and its AHL affiliate: rapid reshuffling between NHL, AHL and ECHL as injury and opportunity dictate. Zloty’s All-Star billing and his WHL pedigree give Manitoba a narrative-friendly option to present to fans while providing short-term roster insurance against continued injuries at the NHL level. Team outlets and transaction pages also show complementary moves inside the affiliate chain, including a Norfolk note that goaltender Isaac Poulter was reassigned to the Moose in the same transaction feed that carried Zloty’s recall.

Moose and Admirals pages provide the base facts for this transaction but differ on several stat totals. Official AHL and ECHL stat pages or team media relations would need to reconcile the 24/29 versus 27/34 season lines and the 112/81 versus 117/84 career ECHL totals to settle Zloty’s precise numbers ahead of any deeper evaluation of his immediate impact in Manitoba.