BOISE, ID – 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 2026-27 season.
Pelton-Byce, 29, enters his sixth professional season, and fifth with the Steelheads, after collecting 41 points (13g-28a) in 59 regular-season games last season. He also chipped in with six points (4g-2a) in the club’s opening round playoff series against the Allen Americans.
In four seasons with the Steelheads, Pelton-Byce has amassed 208 points (73g-135a) in 218 games, placing him fifth in total points in team history, just three shy of surpassing Lance Galbraith and Jefferson Dahl for third on the all-time list. He has produced at over a point-per-game pace during the postseason, registering 39 points (18g-21a) in 35 playoff games with Idaho.
In totality, the Madison, Wisconsin native has played in 235 career ECHL games, with 217 points (76g-141a) in those contests with Idaho and the Newfoundland Growlers. He also appeared in 31 American Hockey League games from 2020-24 with the Manitoba Moose, Texas Stars and Henderson Silver Knights.
Prior to professional hockey, Pelton-Byce split his collegiate career between Harvard University from 2016-18 and the University of Wisconsin from 2019-21, recording 88 points (32g-56a) in 122 career games between the two prograrms. During his freshman season at Harvard, he was a member of the 2016 ECAC championship team. Rounding out his collegiate career, Pelton-Byce served as an alternate captain and earned a B1G Honorable Mention with a career-best 31 points (12g-19a) in his senior campaign at Wisconsin, while helping the Badgers to the B1G regular-season championship.
