Peterborough Product Chase Stillman Signs with Detroit Red Wings
/By Scott Arnold
From hockey rinks in Peterborough to Hockeytown, USA, Chase Stillman's professional journey has landed him a contract with one of the NHL's Original Six teams.
PEterborough’s chase stillman has a signed a one-year contract with the detroit red wings
The Detroit Red Wings have signed Chase Stillman to a one-year, two-way contract.
Although Stillman was born in St. Louis while his father, Peterborough native Cory Stillman, was playing for the St. Louis Blues, he grew up in Peterborough and played his minor hockey in the city before moving on to the Ontario Hockey League.
chase stillman played his youth hockey in the minor petes system before moving on to the OHL and then to the pros (photo via instagram @chasestillman_)
The 23-year-old spent the 2025-26 season with the AHL's Abbotsford Canucks, where he recorded three goals and six assists for nine points in 24 games, along with 48 penalty minutes.
Before that, he split the 2024-25 season between the Utica Comets and Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins, finishing with 12 points in 65 games while also appearing in two Calder Cup Playoff contests.
Stillman was originally selected 29th overall by the New Jersey Devils in the first round of the 2021 NHL Draft. Across three AHL seasons with Abbotsford, Utica and Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, he has registered 45 points in 143 career games.
after growing in peterborough chase stillman got to play for his hometown petes, helping them win an ohl title in 2023 ( (photo via instagram @chasestillman_)
Locally, Stillman is best remembered as a key member of the Peterborough Petes team that captured the OHL championship in 2023. He contributed 13 points in 21 playoff games during that championship run after spending parts of four seasons with the Petes and Sudbury Wolves.
Stillman also represented Canada internationally, helping the country win gold at the 2021 IIHF Under-18 World Championship.
riley stillman (left) and cory stillman (right) after chase stillman and the petes won the ohl championship in 2023. all three stillmans have won ohl titles, with riley winning as a member of the hamilton bulldogs in 2018 and cory as a member of the petes in 1993. (photo courtesy of the peterborough petes, via david pickering)
