The Winnipeg Jets Hockey Club announced a set of roster moves today, sending goaltender Isaac Poulter from the Manitoba Moose to the organization’s ECHL affiliate, the Bloomington Bison, while the Moose also assigned forward Mikey Milne and defenceman Evan Nause to Bloomington.
Poulter, 25, has already seen a mix of time at both levels this season. He appeared in three games for the Moose in 2025-26 and went 2-0-0 with a 2.83 goals-against average and a .885 save percentage.
The Winnipeg, Man. native also logged 43 games with the ECHL’s Norfolk Admirals, where he finished 25-17-1 with two shutouts, a 2.76 GAA and a .905 SV%. Across his AHL career, Poulter has played 80 games and put together a 42-24-10 record with five shutouts, a 2.88 GAA and a .899 SV%.
Milne, a 24-year-old forward from Abbotsford, B.C., split his 2025-26 season between three AHL clubs - the Grand Rapids Griffins, Iowa Wild and Syracuse Crunch - and produced six points, with two goals and four assists, in 39 games. He also picked up two assists in five games with the ECHL’s Toledo Walleye, then finished with nine points, including four goals, in 12 Kelly Cup Playoff games.
Over 196 career AHL games, Milne has totaled 66 points and 126 penalty minutes. He also made his NHL debut with the Minnesota Wild on Nov. 16, 2024 against the Dallas Stars, and was a third-round pick, 89th overall, in the 2022 NHL Draft.
Nause, 23, spent his 2025-26 campaign with the ECHL’s Savannah Ghost Pirates and posted 22 points, including four goals and 18 assists, in 65 games. The Riverview, N.B. defender has 56 career ECHL points in 156 games with Savannah and the Florida Everblades, and he has one assist in nine AHL games with the Charlotte Checkers. A second-round pick, 56th overall, by the Florida Panthers in the 2021 NHL Draft, Nause now joins Poulter and Milne in Bloomington.
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