A Night of Firsts
Brent Solomon, the Detroit Red Wings’ 2025 draft pick, opened the scoring for the Sioux Falls Stampede in the Clark Cup championship series, converting a power‑play chance to give his team an early advantage.
Solomon’s breakthrough came on the back of a standout 2025‑26 campaign in which he recorded 53 points and 24 goals across 54 games, underscoring his role as an offensive catalyst for the Stampede.
The celebration was not limited to the Stampede’s triumph; the Everett Silvertips also made headlines in their Memorial Cup opener, where Carter Bear netted the decisive goal in sudden death, extending his own postseason surge to 23 points in 19 games.
Both goals highlighted a weekend of firsts for the prospects, with Solomon’s marker marking his inaugural goal of the series and Bear’s strike sealing a 1‑0 victory that bodes well for his draft prospects heading into the next season.