Spiders get ready for the 2026–27 Winter Season

Nov. 1, 2026

The AHA 2026–27 winter season, the league’s 25th silver anniversary year and the Spiders’ 23rd (22nd in the winter league), gets underway Tuesday.

The Spiders’ roster will look a bit different this season, due to far too many injuries piling up last year.

And the Spiders also planned to welcome a few familiar faces back from hiatus, but those will have to wait til next season.

The Spiders bid a fond — albeit for some, temporary while on IR — farewell to:

• Marc Berman
• George Farner
• Mike Klein
• Jim Mara
• Jack Sofie
• Nick Ungaro
• Cory Vandenberghe

And a warm welcome to:

• Shaun Curtin
• Kevin Hruby
• Mat Knutson
• Chris Newberry (though he’s subbed with us before)
• Zach Quade
• Sam Reinertson

And a warm welcome back to:

• Rich Elling (returning from retirement after skating with us this summer)

The team captaincy remains unchanged following the usual unanimous single vote (three seasons ago) by Dave Schuster: Jeremy Litton as captain, and Mike Schroeder and Steve Olk as alternates.

The rest of the Spiders’ roster remains the same (albeit another year closer to the AARP league eligibility) and is ready to hit the ice to kick off the Spiders’ 23rd season, and will look to return to the playoffs after a year off.

Check out the full 2026–27 C3 Spiders roster.