The Colorado Eagles are bringing Maros Jedlicka back for another run.
The team announced that it has signed the forward to an AHL contract for the 2026-27 season, keeping him in the fold as he heads into his third year in an Eagles sweater. Jedlicka put together a steady 2025-26 campaign, finishing with five goals and six assists in 43 AHL games.
Colorado got Jedlicka in the middle of the 2024-25 season, after he began that year with HC Kometa Brno in the Czech Extraliga. In 12 games there, he recorded two assists and seven penalty minutes before moving on to the Eagles, where he added three goals and two assists in 18 AHL appearances.
The 6-foot-2, 195-pound winger was originally a seventh-round pick by Colorado in the 2023 NHL Entry Draft. Before making the jump to North America, he spent four seasons with HKM Zvolen of the Tipos Extraliga and broke out in 2023-24 with 17 goals and 18 assists in 39 games. Across 98 career games with HKM Zvolen, Jedlicka produced 35 goals and 42 assists, and he also represented Slovakia at the World Junior Championships in 2021 and 2022.
Colorado’s 2026-27 AHL regular season opens on Saturday, October 3rd, when the Eagles visit the Tucson Roadrunners. The home schedule begins on Friday, October 9th against the Abbotsford Canucks at Blue Arena. Season tickets for the 2026-27 season are on sale now, with deposits starting at $100 per seat.
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