FISHERS- The Fuel announced on Wednesday that they have signed forward Jason Ahearn, and defensemen Kyle Aucoin and Lane Brockhoff to standard player contracts for the remainder of the 2025-26 season.
Aucoin, 23, joins the team from Miami University of Ohio, where he finished the 2025-26 season. Prior to that, the 6’0 defenseman spent four years at Harvard University. There, he became an ECAC Champion in his first year.
The Ottawa, Ontario native was drafted in the sixth round of the 2020 NHL Draft by the Detroit Red Wings, 156th overall.
Aucoin’s three younger siblings all play hockey, along with his father, Adrian, who played in the NHL for seventeen seasons.
VIEW AUCOIN’S CAREER STATS HERE
Jason ‘Jay’ Ahearn is a 5’11 forward, who joins the Fuel from UMass-Lowell, where he spent one season after three at Niagara University. He was the captain for his last three seasons.
The 24-year-old, Staten Island native averaged over a point per game during the 2024-25 season, having 19 goals and 20 assists in 36 games.
During his one NAHL season with the Johnstown Tomahawks, he brought in a slew of awards and accolades, including NAHL (East) Forward of the Year, NAHL (East) Most Valuable Player, NAHL (East) Rookie of the Year, NAHL All-Rookie First Team, and NAHL Rookie of the Year, all while scoring 31 points, the most in the league, and helping his team to the playoffs.
VIEW AHEARN’S CAREER STATS HERE
Brockhoff, 25, joins the team from Niagara University, where he played for four seasons. His best season came this year when he had 13 points in 34 games.
The 6’1 defenseman is from Edberg, Alberta, and played three seasons in the AJHL for the Camrose Kodiaks prior to his collegiate career. During the 2019-20 season for the Kodiaks, Brockhoff recorded 178 penalty minutes, a career high.
VIEW BROCKHOFF’S CAREER STATS HERE
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