Photo Courtesy of the Fort Wayne Komets The Fort Wayne Komets [https://thehockeynews.com/echl/latest-news/familiar-faces-returning-to-komets-next-season]announced on Tuesday that forwards Austin Magera, Dillon Hamaliuk and Kirill Tyutyayev have signed for the upcoming season. The 26-year-old Magera was named ECHL [https://thehockeynews.com/echl/]Rookie of the Year after the 2023-24 season, compiling 29 goals, 45 assists for 74 total points in 70 games for South Carolina [https://thehockeynews.com/echl/latest-news/stingrays-nightingale-heads-to-the-ahl]. Last season, the Suwanee, Georgia, native netted 11 goals and 40 assists, helping the Stingrays to the best regular season record in the league. In 155 ECHL games, the 6-foot-1 lefty has scored 48 goals and 91 assists for 139 points. Hamaliuk, 24, was drafted by the San Jose Sharks [https://thehockeynews.com/nhl/san-jose-sharks]in the second round, 55th overall, in the 2019 NHL draft. Last season, the 6-foot-4 forward skated in Slovakia and appeared in 27 games with the Florida Everblades [https://thehockeynews.com/echl/latest-news/everblades-celebrate-partnership-with-sports-memorabilia-platform], scoring six goals and seven assists. Hamaliuk suited up for 36 games with the Wheeling Nailers [https://thehockeynews.com/echl/latest-news/nailers-sign-penn-state-forward]during the 2023-24 season, collecting 39 points (15-24-39). The Leduc, Alberta, native has also appeared in 52 games in the AHL [https://thehockeynews.com/ahl/]with San Jose and Wilkes-Barre/Scranton. Before turning pro, the left-hander played 192 games with Seattle, scoring 48 goals and 62 assists for 110 points and helping the Thunderbirds to a WHL [https://thehockeynews.com/whl/]championship in 2017. "With the additions today, we have added a lot of firepower,” Komets head coach Jesse Kallechy stated. “Magera and Hamaliuk both come with incredible resumes, and they will bring energy and skill that will make the guys around them even better. We are very excited also to bring Kirill back into the mix. He got a late start with us last season, so we are looking forward to seeing what he can do with a full season." Tyutyayev, 24, played in 33 games, scoring eight goals and 15 assists for 23 points with the Komets last season. The speedy winger appeared in 55 games with the rival Toledo Walleye [https://thehockeynews.com/echl/latest-news/the-mayor-is-returning-to-toledo], scoring nine goals and 51 assists throughout two seasons. As of Tuesday, the Komets have a total of eight forwards and three defensemen signed to their 2025-26 roster.
