Capitals Assign Terik Parascak To AHL

The Washington Capitals announced today that forward Terik Parascak has been reassigned to the team’s AHL affiliate, the Hershey Bears. The team also signed prospect Aron Dahlqvist to an ATO.

Parascak’s junior team, the WHL’s Prince George Cougars, fell in the second round of the league’s playoffs on April 19. This reassignment allows him to join Hershey for its playoff run, which continues Thursday against the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins. This won’t be Parascak’s first stint in Hershey. He joined them in a similar fashion last year and got into one regular-season game.

The 19-year-old was the No. 17 pick of the 2024 draft, picked out of Prince George, where he scored 105 points in his draft campaign. He’s remained in Prince George since that point, and has totaled 266 points across 192 career WHL games. Parascak was ranked as the No. 5 prospect in the Capitals’ system by Scott Wheeler of The Athletic, who wrote that Parascak has “middle-six upside” but added that “there is some wonder about what his next step is after two years of stagnant progression.” With this reassignment, he’ll get the chance to show his progress at a different level, in the high-intensity AHL playoffs.

Dahlqvist, who is also 19, was picked in the sixth round by the Capitals at the 2025 draft. He has spent the last two seasons mostly playing in Sweden’s top junior league, while also filling in for around 15 games at the SHL level for Brynäs’ senior team.

Elite Prospects scout Lassi Alanen wrote last year that Dahlqvist has “stay-at-home potential at the next level,” and that he believes in Dahlqvist as “potential NHL depth.” Compared to Parascak, it’s less likely Dahlqvist will see any game action during Hershey’s run seeing as he doesn’t have any experience playing pro hockey in North America.