SYRACUSE, N.Y. – The Tampa Bay Lightning have reassigned defenseman Dyllan Gill and goaltender Harrison Meneghin to the Syracuse Crunch from the Orlando Solar Bears of the ECHL, Crunch General Manager and Head Coach Joel Bouchard announced today. Additionally, the Crunch have loaned defenseman Zach Uens to the Solar Bears.
 
Gill, 22, played in two preseason games for the Solar Bears this season recording one goal. He skated in three games with the Crunch last season. He also appeared in 64 games with Orlando, earning three goals and 15 assists. The Riverview, New Brunswick native skated in 24 games with the Crunch during the 2024-25 season tallying two goals and two assists.
 
Prior to his professional career, the 6-foot-2, 202-pound blueliner played in 212 career QMJHL games from 2020 to 2025 with the Moncton Wildcats and Rouyn-Noranda Huskies earning 113 points (21g, 92a). He claimed the Gilles-Courteau Trophy as QMJHL Champions with the Wildcats in 2025. Gill was selected by the Lightning in the seventh round, 223rd overall, at the 2022 NHL Draft.
 
Meneghin, 22, appeared in one game with the Crunch last season making his AHL debut in a relief effort against the Belleville Senators on April 17. He also played in 14 games with the Orlando Solar Bears last season, registering a 4-9-0 record with an .889 save percentage and a 3.26 goals-against average.
 
Prior to his professional career, the Surrey, British Columbia native led the Medicine Hat Tigers to a WHL Championship in 2024-25 and was named the 2025 WHL Playoffs MVP. Meneghin was originally drafted by the Lightning in the seventh round, 206th overall, of the 2024 NHL Draft.
 
Uens, 25, has played in one game with the Crunch this season. He skated in 21 games with the Coachella Valley Firebirds last season tallying five points (1g, 4a). He also played in 32 games with the Kansas City Mavericks recording 14 points (3g, 11a) and a plus-28 rating. The 6-foot-2, 195-pound blueliner has appeared in 49 career AHL games since 2021 with the Crunch, Firebirds and Charlotte Checkers earning nine points (2g, 7a). He has also skated in 190 career ECHL games with the Mavericks, Savannah Ghost Pirates and Florida Everblades compiling 55 points (14g, 41a) to go along with a plus-20 rating.
 
Prior to his professional career, the Belleville, Ontario native spent three seasons at Merrimack College earning 44 points (7g, 37a) in 82 career games from 2019 to 2022. Uens was originally selected by the Florida Panthers in the fourth round, 105th overall, at the 2020 NHL Draft.
 
Single game tickets and ticket packages for the 2026-27 season are on sale now and can be purchased in person at the Crunch office located inside the Upstate Medical University Arena at Onondaga County War Memorial at 800 S. State St. in Syracuse, by calling the office at 315-473-4444 or online through Ticketmaster. For the latest Crunch news, visit www.syracusecrunch.com or follow the club on Facebook (www.facebook.com/syracusecrunch), X (@SyracuseCrunch) and Instagram (@syracusecrunch).