The Calgary Wranglers kept filling out their roster Tuesday, announcing three minor league signings that bring in more depth and push the club closer to a full group heading into the fall.
The additions are left shot forward Will Dineen, left shot defenceman Tyler Inamoto, and right shot defenceman Tyson Feist. All three arrive on minor league contracts, and each one gives the Wranglers another body in a system that already has a strong link to the Rapid City Rush.
Dineen, 25, is a 6-foot-2, 201-pound winger who comes in on an AHL contract after spending last season between the Laval Rocket and Trois Rivières Lions. In 35 AHL games, he put up three goals and two assists for five points, then added two goals in five ECHL appearances. He spent most of the year with Laval, including three of the four games against the Wranglers in their cross-division series, though he didn’t record a point in those matchups.
His path to the pro game runs through Yale, where he captained the team as a senior and played all four seasons. He had nine points across his first three years, then doubled that output in his final season.
Dineen also got a nine-game look in the AHL in 2024-25 and started last season in the ECHL before becoming a semi-regular option for the Rocket after the first month and a half of the year. He is the son of Kevin Dineen, a longtime NHL player and NHL and AHL head coach, who last coached in 2024-25 with the Utica Comets.
Inamoto, 27, brings a different kind of resume. The 6-foot-2, 194-pound left shot defender was drafted 133rd overall by the Florida Panthers in 2017 and signs on an AHL/ECHL contract. He split last season between the Bakersfield Condors and Fort Wayne Komets, producing 11 points in 41 ECHL games and two assists in nine AHL games.
A Wisconsin product, Inamoto spent his entire college career with the Badgers and wore an alternate captain’s letter in his final two seasons. He turned pro with the Ontario Reign late in the 2021-22 season, then spent the next two years mostly in the ECHL with the Greenville Swamp Rabbits.
Injuries have interrupted his career at times; he played only 16 games in 2023-24. The move to Calgary looks like a chance for him to fill a familiar kind of role, moving between leagues when the schedule and the injury list demand it.
Feist, 25, comes in at 6-foot-3 and 207 pounds on another AHL/ECHL deal. The right shot defenceman spent last season with the Indy Fuel, Bakersfield Condors, and Fort Wayne Komets, putting up 16 points in 40 combined ECHL games and adding one assist in 13 AHL appearances.
His junior path began in the WHL with the Spokane Chiefs and Regina Pats in 2018-19 before he settled in with the Kelowna Rockets for two and a half seasons. Feist wore the captain’s C for Kelowna in 2021-22, when he posted his best WHL numbers: 15 goals and 24 assists in 65 games.
Since then, he has bounced through the AHL and ECHL with stops that also included the Chicago Wolves, Syracuse Crunch, and Orlando Solar Bears. Last season, he started with Indy before being traded to Bakersfield for Rem Pitlick.
Feist brings a bigger frame and a reputation for not getting pushed around, and he should slot into the same kind of up-and-down depth role he has held in recent seasons.
Taken together, the three signings leave the Wranglers looking close to set for the fall, especially on the blue line. Training camp should bring real competition for AHL spots, and the group Calgary has assembled now features more experienced players in their mid-20s than last season. The result is a bigger, tougher-looking roster with more bodies ready to fight for jobs.
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