Pelton-Byce back with Steelheads

BOISE, Idaho – The Idaho Steelheads, ECHL affiliate of the Dallas Stars, announced that the club has re-signed forward Ty Pelton-Byce to a contract for the 2023-24 season. 

Pelton-Byce, 26, enters his third professional season, second with Idaho, after tallying 46 points (19g-27a) in 43 games last season. In 20 contests in the Kelly Cup Playoffs last season he added 17 points (9g-8a). 

The Madison, Wisconsin native has accumulated 55 points (22g-33a) in 60 career ECHL games having spent time with the Newfoundland Growlers during the 2021-22 season. He has also appeared in 25 American Hockey League contests tallying four points (2g-2a) all with the Manitoba Moose in 2021-22. 

Before professional hockey, he split his collegiate career between Harvard University from 2016-18 and the University of Wisconsin from 2019-21, tallying 88 points (32g-56a) through 122 combined games. In his senior season with Wisconsin, Pelton-Byce served as an alternate captain and earned a Big 10 Honorable Mention with a career-best 31 points (12g-19a) while helping the Badgers to the confernece regular-season championship. He was also a member of the 2016 ECAC championship team with Harvard as a freshman.