The Gulls take on the Bakersfield Condors (Edmonton AHL affiliate) in a
three-game Pacific Division Playoff Semifinal series
that starts Friday, May 21 at Mechanics Bank Arena in Bakersfield.
Carrick, 29 (2/4/92), appeared in 13 games with Anaheim in 2020-21, recording career highs in points (2-4=6), goals, assists and plus/minus (+4). Carrick has scored 4-7=11 points with 43 PIM in 47 career NHL games with the Ducks and Toronto Maple Leafs. The 6-0, 207-pound forward returns to San Diego having scored 12-9=21 points with a +4 rating and 19 PIM in 25 games with the Gulls this season.
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 (83-94=177), goals and assists. Selected by Toronto in the fifth round (144th overall) of the 2010 NHL Draft, Carrick has registered 137-171=308 points with a +55 rating and 672 PIM in 465 career AHL games with San Diego, Rockford and Toronto.
Zegras, 20 (3/20/01), recorded 3-10=13 points with a team-leading +6 rating in 24 games with the Ducks this season. The 6-0, 182-pound rookie forward concluded 2020-21 with eight points his final eight games (2-6=8, +6). The Bedford, N.Y. native scored his first NHL goal Mar. 18 vs. Arizona (Adin Hill), becoming the third-youngest U.S.-born player to score for Anaheim at 19 years, 363 days.
Selected by Anaheim in the first round (ninth overall) of the 2019 NHL Draft, Zegras scored 10-11=21 points with a +7 rating and 17 PIM in 17 AHL games with San Diego. At the time of his recall Apr. 28, he ranked eighth among all AHL leaders in points-per game (1.24), while ranking third in goals-per game (.59) and points-per game among league rookies.
Drysdale, 19 (4/8/02), made his NHL debut with the Ducks in 2020-21, earning 3-5=8 points and six PIM in 24 games. He ranked second among Ducks blueliners in goals, and fifth among all NHL rookies in TOI/game (19:35) and tied for fifth in points-per game (.33). At 18 years, 344 days, the 5-11, 175-pound defenseman scored a goal and added an assist in his NHL debut, Mar. 18 vs. Arizona, becoming the third defensemen 18-or-younger in NHL history to record multiple points in his NHL debut, (Petr Svoboda, Montreal; Oct. 11, 1984 at Buffalo and Ray Bourque, Boston; Oct. 11, 1979 at Winnipeg). He also became the second-youngest player in Ducks history to score a goal in his NHL debut (Chad Kilger, Oct. 9, 1995 at Winnipeg; 18 years, 316 days).
Selected by Anaheim in the first round (sixth overall), Drysdale began the season with San Diego, scoring 4-6=10 points with a +1 rating and six PIM in 14 AHL games, co-leading AHL rookie defensemen in points-per game (.71, min. 10 games).
