Forward Wojciech Stachowiak skated in his first season with the Griffins after he was acquired on March 12 by the Detroit Red Wings along with forward Michael Milne in a trade with the Tampa Bay Lightning in exchange for defenseman Ian Mitchell. In his first AHL season, Stachowiak showed 15 points (4-11—15), four penalty minutes and a plus-15 rating in 10 regular-season games with the Griffins. In addition, the 26-year-old logged 17 points (9-8—17), 28 penalty minutes and a minus-six rating in 38 outings with the Syracuse Crunch. He made his Calder Cup Playoff debut with Grand Rapids on May 2 at the Manitoba Moose and finished the postseason with three assists in eight appearances.

Stachowiak also competed for Team Germany at the 2026 Winter Olympics and totaled one assist in two outings before suffering an injury that kept him sidelined for the remainder of the tournament. 

Regular Season Stat Line

10 GP, 4 goals, 11 assists, 15 points, +15 rating, 4 PIM with GRG
38 GP, 9 goals, 8 assists, 17 points, -6 rating, 28 PIM with SYR

Postseason Stat Line

8 GP, 0 goals, 3 assists, 3 points, +0 rating, 8 PIM with GRG

Contract Status 

Restricted free agent

By the Numbers 

2 – Made Calder Cup Playoffs debut on May 2 at Manitoba and totaled two assists on May 8 against the Moose

11 – Made AHL debut with Syracuse on Oct. 11 at the Hershey Bears

18 – Collected first AHL point with a goal on Oct. 18 against the Rochester Americans

19 – Secured first AHL assist during a two-point night (0-2—2) on Oct. 19 at the Belleville Senators

24 – Made Griffins debut on March 24 against the Milwaukee Admirals  

5 – Season-high two goals on Nov. 5 at Rochester

9 – Notched nine multi-point outings, including four games with three points

300 – Totaled three assists in 300th professional game on April 17 at Milwaukee

3 – Recorded three points on Nov. 5 at Rochester (2-1—3), March 26 at the Cleveland Monsters (1-2—3), April 1 at the Rockford IceHogs (1-2—3) and April 17 at Milwaukee (0-3—3)

3 – Season-high three-game goal streak from Nov. 26-29 with Syracuse

7 – Collected seven points (2-5—7) in a three-game span with Grand Rapids from April 1-4

5 – Season-best five-game point streak with the Griffins from March 26-April 4 (3-8—11)

6 – Season-high six penalty minutes with Syracuse on Oct. 31 against the Utica Comets 

2 – Scored two power-play goals throughout the season on Nov. 5 at Rochester and April 15 at the Iowa Wild

1 – Only game-winner on the campaign came on Nov. 26 at Utica

27 – Scored one only shootout attempt of the season on Dec. 27 at the Laval Rocket

12 – Made Olympic debut with Team Germany on Feb. 12 against Denmark, securing an assist in a 3-1 victory

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