AHL: Milwaukee Admirals Ryan Ufko Named All-Star

Originally posted on Inside The Rink | By JC Giff | Last updated Jan 15, 2026 7:30 PM ET

The 2026 AHL All-Star Classic will take place on February 11th at the BMO Center in Rockford, IL. The skills competition will be on February 10th. Ryan Ufko will represent the Milwaukee Admirals at the All-Star game this year on the Central Division roster this year. Ufko has played in 33 games for the Admirals this year, scoring nine goals and 26 assists this season for the Admirals. Ufko leads Milwaukee in points and assists this season. The defenseman is tied for third in goals. Ufko has two goals and nine assists in his last ten games. Ufko has yet to play a game for the Nashville Predators this year, but did get one game with them last season without recording a point.

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Ryan Ufko

This is his second full season with the Admirals; last season, in his first full year with Milwaukee, Ufko had 30 points, eight goals, and 22 assists in 72 games played. In the 2023-2024 season, he recorded six points in nine games. He had one goal and five assists during that time. Ufko attended UMASS, where he played his college hockey before moving on to the AHL with the Admirals. He led Hockey East Freshman defensemen in assists during his Freshman season. In 2022, he was named to the Hockey East All-Rookie Team and Hockey East First Team in 2024. Ufko was a finalist for the Hockey East Player of the Year and ended up winning the Len Ceglarski Sportsmanship award in the 2024 season. In three seasons with UMASS, he played in 106 games with 23 goals, 58 assists for 81 total points.