Steelheads add MacEachern, Caron

BOISE, Idaho – The Idaho Steelheads, ECHL affiliate of the Dallas Stars, announced that the club has signed forwards Connor MacEachern and Thomas Caron to contracts for the 2024-25 season.  

MacEachern enters his second professional season, first with Idaho, after spending last season on an American Hockey League contract with the San Jose Barracuda. The 25-year-old tallied one assist in five games with the Barracuda while collecting seven points (2g-5a) with the Wichita Thunder. He made his professional debut with San Jose at the end of the 2022-23 season appearing in four games joining the Barracuda after a four-year collegiate career at Penn State University. From 2019-23 the Brooklin, Ontario native registered 77 points (31g-46a) in 130 career games, helping the Nittany Lions to the 2020 Big Ten regular-season championship. During his senior season in 2022-23, he served as an alternate captain tallying 27 points (12g-15a) in 39 games while being named to the Big Ten Honorable Mention All-Star Team. 

Caron enters his fourth professional season, first with Idaho after spending the last three seasons on an AHL contract with the Manitoba Moose. Last year the 24-year-old scored two goals in eight games with the Moose while tallying 19 points (6g-13a) in 45 games with the Norfolk Admirals. In his first three pro seasons, he has appeared in 62 ECHL games accumulating 26 points (9g-17a) while skating in 55 AHL games totaling 10 points (5g-5a). The Candiac, Quebec native played four seasons in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League with the Quebec Remparts from 2018-21 amassing 72 points (31g-41a) in 146 career games. He served as team captain during the 2020-21 season and was the most penalized player in the league during the 2019-20 campaign collecting 115 penalty minutes in 60 games.