Week 2 Roster Report And Star Debuts In New Season


April 30, 2026
By Daniel Cohen

The following bullets focus on the “notable” active players in Week 2, such as players returning to the lineup, new additions making 2026 debuts, etc—basically anything that stands out when looking through this week’s active rosters. Here are the headlines, sorted alphabetically by team.

Austin Sol

  • Last season’s team leader in scores and plus/minus, Mark Henke is active after missing the team’s first game against Atlanta

Boston Glory

  • Reigning Defensive Player of the Year Tannor Johnson-Go re-signed with Boston earlier this week and is active vs. Montreal

  • Longtime UFA vet Ben Katz was also signed this week and is active. Katz played previously for Montreal and New York, as well as Boston.

  • Franky Fernandez, who played the last two seasons with Atlanta, will make his Glory debut

  • Ray Tetreault has played just one game for Boston the past two seasons, but he’s active for Saturday

Houston Havoc

  • Havoc franchise leader in scores, blocks, and plus/minus, Ben Lewis is active after missing the team’s first game against Atlanta

Montreal Royal

Minnesota Wind Chill

  • 2024 Defensive Player of the Year Lukas Ambrose and 2025 block leader Noah Coolman will make their 2026 debuts against Chicago

  • Brandon Matis returns to the lineup after missing all of last season due to injury. The Wind Chill’s longest tenured player was named to Second Team All Defense in 2024.

New York Empire

  • 2024 First Team All-UFA Selection Alex Atkins makes his Empire debut after four seasons in Colorado

  • Former Flyer and UFA champion Alex Davis and former Shred Braden Eberhard also signed with the Empire this offseason and will be suiting up against Toronto

Oakland Spiders

Salt Lake Shred

Toronto Rush

  • Team Japan member Akifumi Muraoka is back with Toronto for his third season (prev. 2019, 2024)

  • Team Canada member Gagan Chatha debuts for Toronto after last playing UFA in 2017 (three seasons with Vancouver)