IOWA WILD SIGNS FORWARDS TRISTAN ASHBROOK AND JACK O’BRIEN
Dec 16, 2024DES MOINES, Iowa – Iowa Wild General Manager Matt Hendricks today announced the American Hockey League (AHL) club has signed forwards Tristan Ashbrook and Jack O’Brien to professional try-out contracts (PTO).
Ashbrook, 26 (7/16/1998), has recorded 10 points (5-5=10), 13 penalty minutes (PIM) and a minus-7 rating in 15 games with the Cincinnati Cyclones in the ECHL this season. He has also skated in two games with the Cleveland Monsters in the AHL in 2024-25. Ashbrook posted 57 points (32-35=57), 39 PIM, and a plus-11 rating in 69 games with the Adirondack Thunder in the ECHL in 2023-24. He made his ECHL debut with the Savannah Ghost Pirates in 2022-23, where he recorded an assist and a plus-1 rating in five games.
Prior to his professional career, the 5-foot-11, 176-pound native of Manistique, Mich., spent three seasons at Michigan Tech (2020-23), where he totaled 45 points (28-17=45), 22 PIM, and a plus-11 rating across 94 games. Ashbrook also played for Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) in 2019-20 and posted 13 points (9-4=13) and 14 PIM in 34 games.
Ashbrook skated for the Lincoln Stars in the USHL for two seasons (2017-19), where he recorded 52 points (30-22=52), 60 PIM, and a minus-9 rating in 109 games played.
Ashbrook will wear sweater No. 15 for Iowa.
O’Brien, 21 (5/14/2003), has recorded eight points (3-5=8), 10 PIM, and a plus-1 rating in 15 games with the Iowa Heartlanders this season. Prior to his professional career, the 6-foot-1, 168-pound native of Denver, Colo., skated in 255 games across five seasons (2019-24) with the Portland Winterhawks (WHL), where he posted 194 points (63-131=194), 180 PIM, and a plus-74 rating. O’Brien also played for the Lincoln Stars (USHL) in 2020-21, where he recorded seven points (1-6=7), 22 PIM, and a minus-4 rating in 23 games.
O’Brien will wear sweater No. 29 for Iowa.
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