Ducks Assign Carrick, McTavish to San Diego

The Ducks have reassigned center Sam Carrick to the San Diego Gulls, Anaheim's primary development affiliate in the American Hockey League (AHL). In addition, center Mason McTavish has been assigned to San Diego on a Conditioning Loan.

Carrick, 29 (2/4/92), made his season debut with the Ducks on Tuesday vs. Winnipeg, going scoreless in 9:51 of ice-time. In 48 career NHL games with Anaheim and Toronto, Carrick has collected 4-7=11 points and 43 PIM, including 2-4=6 points with a +4 rating and 28 penalty minutes (PIM) in 13 games with Anaheim in 2020-21. The 6-0, 200-pound forward appeared in one contest with San Diego to begin the season, while he scored 14-10=24 points with a +5 rating in 27 games with the Gulls in 2020-21.

Acquired from Chicago with Spencer Abbott in exchange for Kenton Helgesen and a seventh-round selection in the 2019 NHL Draft on Mar. 1, 2017, Carrick leads San Diego in all-time scoring (85-95=180), goals, assists and games played (217). Originally selected by Toronto in the fifth round (144th overall) of the 2010 NHL Draft, Carrick has registered 137-171=308 points with a +54 rating and 686 PIM in 466 career AHL games with San Diego, Rockford and Toronto.
McTavish, 18 (1/30/03), posted 1-1=2 points with a +1 rating in his first three NHL games before suffering a lower-body injury in Edmonton. In his NHL debut, Anaheim's season-opener on Oct. 13 vs. Winnipeg, McTavish became the youngest Duck to score a goal at 18 years, 256 days, surpassing the previous mark set by Oleg Tverdovsky (18 years, 259 days) on Feb. 1, 1995 at Dallas. McTavish is also the second youngest player to score within 15 minutes of his NHL debut (scored at 13:20 of the first period) in over 25 years (Nikita Filatov, Oct. 17, 2008 with Columbus vs. Nashville).

With a two-point (1-1=2) opening performance, McTavish also became the sixth player in Ducks history to record multiple points in his NHL debut (last: Jamie Drysdale, Mar. 18, 2020 vs. ARI; 1-1=2).
The 6-0, 213-pound forward spent the 2020-21 season with Olten of the Swiss League (Switzerland's second division), scoring 9-2=11 points with a +4 rating and six PIM in 13 regular season games to lead all players 19-and-younger in points-per game (.85) and co-lead in goals. A Canadian national born in Zurich, Switzerland, McTavish helped Canada to a gold medal at the 2021 U-18 World Championship, scoring 5-6=11 points in seven tournament games.