Firebirds' Jani Nyman named AHL Player of the Week
The Coachella Valley forward opened 2026-27 with five goals and six points in a home-and-home set with Ontario, including a first AHL hat trick.
Jani Nyman has been named the Howies Hockey Tape/AHL Player of the Week for the period ending October 4, the American Hockey League announced Monday.
The Coachella Valley Firebirds forward began the 2026-27 season with five goals and six points in a home-and-home series with Ontario.
In Friday's opener, Nyman scored twice and added an assist as the Firebirds took a standings point from a 6-5 overtime loss to the Reign. On Saturday in Ontario, he recorded the first hat trick of his AHL career in a 6-2 Coachella Valley win.
Nyman, a 22-year-old from Valkeakoski, Finland, was selected by Seattle in the second round of the 2022 NHL Draft. He is beginning his third season in North America. Since debuting in April 2024, he has 56 goals and 29 assists for 85 points in 104 AHL games with the Firebirds, and he was an AHL All-Star as a rookie in 2025.
Nyman also played 28 NHL games with the Kraken in 2025-26. He has seven goals and six assists in 40 career appearances with the parent club.
