Mitchell Chaffee

And the Hammers essentially played their first two AHL games since relocating, and the first game was a beauty.

A win for Hamilton 5-2 on the road against the Belleville Senators, and a hat trick in this game for Mitchell Chaffee, who, uh, got the first goal in Hammers history and, of course, scored twice more in the third period.

For those of you keeping track, the first ever goal in Hamilton Hammers history, Chaffee from Liam Foudy and Marshall Warren.

That's a 5-2 win right there.

So one win, one loss for the Hamilton Hammers so far.

Liam Foudy leading the way [coughs] with five points, a goal and four assists.

We mentioned Mitchell Chaffee with the hat trick.

Pierre Engvall, two goals and a helper in those three games.

But first game in Hamilton Hammer history against the Belleville Senators.

I'm not gonna do a goal by goal breakdown, but Mitchell Chaffee hat trick, uh, first hat trick in Hammers history, first goal in Hammers history.

It's a great moment for him.

He was the AHL first star of the night.

Did get in the score- didn't get in the score sheet and, you know, a couple rough turnovers like we said.

Engvall with a goal and assist, love that.

Like I said, Mitchell Chaffee with a hat trick.

Eiserman with two assists, that was awesome to see.

So let's, let's hope that they can get as much experience as they can get.

Um, and you know, like Jake said, Mitch, guys like Mitchell Chaffee, Liam Foody, if there's an injury at the bottom of the roster, maybe that, those are the guys that get the call.

Uh, obviously they're carrying, you know, eight defensemen right now with Matthew Kessel and Mayfield, so I don't know if we're gonna see a need for a defenseman.

Hopefully not, 'cause that would also indicate that [laughs] there's been some problems health-wise on the D.

And then the question is, what does he do with that cap space? Because if he can bring in one or two really helpful pieces, and they both don't have to be 40-goal guys, but get me a couple of guys who could score 30, all of a sudden this team looks very different next year than it does now.

true and one of again thanks for spending so much time with us and taking time out for us tonight uh one of the last things we want to talk to you about is uh over the summer like we touched on it but dosh did make a few acquisitions but the most notable acquisitions they have NHL experience, but they're really not proven guys yet, like Maselli, Vitek Vanacek, Mitchell Chaffee, you know, Matthew Kessel and Matt Luff.

OK, those are the five guys, the main guys outside of our own guys that we re-signed that Darsh went out and made a play for and brought in.

Do you see, I mean, Maselli is the guy that everybody talks about right now.

Of course, it, it, who knows who's gonna be on the actual team this year.

I do think some players made, you know, noise to try and make the team, such as somebody like Mitchell Chaffee on that fourth line.

You know, Eiserman and Eklund still battling.

Acheson right there is in the battle now.

Brayden Schenn's a guy.

Mitchell Chaffee is a guy.

Please put him.

Lou would have Engvall as a guy.

It's been aggressive all camp.

With guys like Mitchell Chaffee and Quinn Finley pressing the boards, they're forcing errors in the offensive zone.

And the goaltending tandem of Sorokin and Vanasek gives them stability whether there's a back-to-back or not.

But here's the rub, and I think this is where people will disagree.

Let's look at the wingers.

We have Anthony Duclair, Victor Eklund, Emil Heineman, Alex Jeffries, Matias Maccelli, Andre Pallard on the left, and Mitchell Chaffee, Quinn Finley, Simon Holmstrom, Matt Luff on the right.

Who stands out?

On the left wing, it's clearly a three-man race for spots.