During separate interviews on Monday, April 22, Anaheim Ducks head coach Greg Cronin and general manager Pat Verbeek addressed questions about the team's leadership with a unified answer — they need a new captain. The Ducks are one of five teams in the NHL playing without a captain, with the position held vacant since Ryan Getzlaf's retirement at the end of the 2021-22 season. After their early expansion years, the list of Ducks captains reads like the who's who of team history. The players who have worn the 'C' since the 1996-97 season include Paul Kariya, Steve Rucchin, Teemu Selanne, Scott ..read more

Danny Murphy/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The 2024 NFL Draft Lottery will take place on Tuesday, May 7. The time of the event will be announced next week, the NHL announced Friday. The lottery will take place at the NHL Network studio in Secaucus, New Jersey. It will be broadcast on ESPN, Sportsnet and TVA Sports. The San Jose Sharks have an 18.5 percent chance of receiving the No. 1 pick in the NHL draft. The Chicago Blackhawks (13.5 percent) and Anaheim Ducks (11.5 percent) also have high odds heading into the lottery. The 2024 NHL Draft will begin June 28 in Las Vegas. Teams will first ..read more

The Ducks  will host 20 local schools as part of the 15th annual S.C.O.R.E. Street Hockey Shootout presented by Chick-fil-A SoCal on Saturday, May 4 from 7:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Honda Center. The award-winning Ducks S.C.O.R.E. (Scholastic Curriculum Of Recreation & Education) program was developed by the Anaheim Ducks Hockey Club in 2005 with the goal of making a positive impact with youth in local schools and hockey communities throughout Southern California. The S.C.O.R.E. Street Hockey Shootout is the culminating event of the S.C.O.R.E. Street Hockey program, a free, in-school, physical ..read more

Trevor Zegras is fresh off the worst season of his professional career in 2023-24. The former No. 9 overall pick in the 2019 NHL Draft was excellent in his rookie and sophomore seasons, amassing 126 points in 156 games and looking like the future of the Anaheim Ducks. One team that continues to be linked to the American is the Montreal Canadiens, and Zegras admitted he isn't thrilled about the constant rumors. “You see it,” Zegras told The Athletic's Eric Stephens recently ..read more

Corey Perry finds himself in the unique and privileged position of getting to compete for his elusive second career championship in this season's Stanley Cup Playoffs. Few could have predicted that, let alone that he would sign another NHL contract midway through the season, after an abrupt dismissal and contract termination by the Chicago Blackhawks in November. After an early and mid-career run of success with the Anaheim Ducks, which included a championship in 2007 and several additional appearances in the Western Conference Final, Perry has returned to the NHL's final round a surprising th ..read more

Ducks general manager Pat Verbeek may not have the commanding presence or steely stare of his former teammate and front-office mentor Steve Yzerman, but the feisty, fiery forward turned first-time GM will certainly be the center of attention this summer, when the Ducks figure to be a major player in the offseason. “We want to win now, we don't want to go through this again,” said Frank Vatrano, who is coming off a career season with 37 goals at age 31. The Ducks entered the year a bit thin and became downright emaciated by injuries and departures via trade, most notably the versatility, value ..read more

In today's NHL rumors rundown, the Anaheim Ducks have an offseason plan and their GM isn't afraid to share that plan. Meanwhile, William Nylander is practicing again for the Toronto Maple Leafs. The St. Louis Blues intend to extend Pavel Buchnevich, and will the Montreal Canadiens take a big swing at forward? According to the official X.com account for the Anaheim Ducks, “Ducks GM Pat Verbeek in a season-ending media session says the team is pursuing both a top-six right shot forward and a top-four right shot defenseman this offseason ..read more

For the Ducks, it was another season of pain, both literal and figurative, as an injury-marred campaign crashed short of the postseason landing strip yet again. Fortunately, no players, at this time, will require offseason surgery, and defenseman Tristan Luneau has been cleared to play after being off the ice for a calendar year due an infection ..read more

For the Ducks, it was another season of pain, both literal and figurative, as an injury-marred campaign crashed short of the postseason landing strip yet again. Fortunately, no players, at this time, will require offseason surgery, and defenseman Tristan Luneau has been cleared to play after being off the ice for a calendar year due an infection ..read more

In January 2024, it was revealed that the Anaheim Ducks' Jamie Drysdale and a 2024 second-round NHL draft pick would be traded to the Philadelphia Flyers for 2022 fifth overall pick Cutter Gauthier. This was something that the NHL world had never seen before – a prospect who has never played a game in the NHL being sent to a different team. After the 2022 Draft in Montreal, Gauthier insisted that he did not want to play in the NHL in a Flyers' jersey ..read more