The Anaheim Ducks will never have a player don #15 again. Yesterday afternoon, the Ducks announced they would retire Ryan Getzlaf’s number on January 30th of the upcoming season.
The Anaheim Ducks will honor former forward Ryan Getzlaf when the franchise retires his No. 15 in a Jan. 30 ceremony. Getzlaf played all 17 of his NHL seasons in a Ducks uniform, scoring 282 goals with 737 assists over 1,157 regular-season games.
The NHL has had an interesting new millennium. It was a league sans a salary cap when the 2000s started… and then the owners locked the players out for an entire season.
The Anaheim Ducks will soon be honoring one of their all-time greats. According to a video posted by the team to social media featuring owners Henry and Susan Samueli calling Ducks legend Ryan Getzlaf, Getzlaf’s number 15 will get retired by the franchise this upcoming season.
It’s hard to believe that Getzy will be entering his fifth season of retirement after so many amazing years in Orange County. The former Ducks captain, an honor he held for 12 of his 17 seasons, is the franchise leader in games played, assists, and points, also ranking 4th all-time in Ducks goal scoring.
What makes an Olympic hockey career special? When tasked with creating Daily Faceoff’s top-25 list of the greatest Olympians of the NHL era, an endless sea of questions immediately flooded the canvas… What’s the right balance of individual play versus team results in international action?
There’s “into the great unknown,” and there’s…whatever Ryan Getzlaf was feeling on April 24, 2022. That’s when he played the final game of his illustrious NHL career, which spanned 17 seasons and 1,157 games, all with the Anaheim Ducks.
The Anaheim Ducks have gone without a captain since Ryan Getzlaf retired following the 2021-22 season. After two years without a C stitched on a leader’s jersey, the Ducks have announced their ninth captain in franchise history.
Terry Koshan: Toronto Maple Leafs GM Brad Treliving yesterday on the status of defenseman Jani Hakanpaa, whose contract with the team has been made official: “Working through that.
People will talk about the “Mount Rushmore” for a franchise, which is to say the four people, usually four players, that most define the franchise. Not always the four-best players, but the four that evoke the essence of the franchise.
From teammates in Anaheim to teammates at the Department of Player Safety, Ryan Getzlaf will be seeing George Parros once again. The league announced Wednesday that Getzlaf, 39, has been hired by the league’s Department of Player Safety.
NHL Senior Vice President of Player Safety George Parros announced today that former Anaheim Ducks captain Ryan Getzlaf has joined the Department of Player Safety.
It was announced today that legendary Anaheim Ducks forward Ryan Getzlaf has joined the NHL department of player safety. This marks Ryan Getzlaf's first full time return to hockey since his retirement in 2022.
When your organization gets blessed with on of the best captains you can ask for, it makes it filling that captaincy role when the player leaves, a very intricate process.
Hockey Canada has announced that St. Louis Blues general manager (GM) Doug Armstrong has been named as Team Canada’s GM for the 2026 Winter Olympics in Italy.
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