TAMPA BAY– The Tampa Bay Lightning have recalled forward Mitchell Chaffee from the Syracuse Crunch of the American Hockey League, Vice President and General Manager Julien BriseBois announced today.
Chaffee, 28, has skated in 52 games with Syracuse this season, recording 24 goals and 55 points with 57 penalty minutes. The 6-foot-1, 197-pound forward has found the scoresheetin eight of his last 10 contests with the Crunch, logging six goals and 12 points during that span with four multi-point efforts. Chaffee ranks third overall among all Syracuse skaters for goals and is tied for third for both points and power-play goals (7)while ranking second on the team with two shorthanded tallies. He has appeared in 175 career AHL games between the Crunch and Iowa Wild, registering 66 goals and 144 points with a plus-40 rating.
A native of Grand Rapids, Michigan, Chaffee has played in seven contests with Tampa Bay this season, recording 19 hits and eight shots on goal while averaging 9:29 of time onice. He has skated in 105 career NHL games between the Bolts and Minnesota Wild, logging 16 goals and 25 points with four power-play tallies. Last season, Chaffee appeared in 66 contests with the Lightning and set career highs in numerous categories, includinggames played, goals (12), assists (6) and points.
Chaffee was originally undrafted and was signed by Tampa Bay as a free agent on July 1, 2023.
