One of the faces of the franchise, who recently took his turn in front of the cameras for a Disney+ series, is coming off a season in which he had career highs in goals, assists and points.
ANAHEIM — Troy Terry, in one take?
Sports and entertainment collided on Wednesday night at Honda Center. There was a screening of the Disney+ series before the Ducks-Arizona Coyotes preseason game. It was the first game of this preseason for Zegras, Fowler, and Terry as well as prominent Ducks newcomers, defenseman John Klingberg and forwards Ryan Strome and Frank Vatrano, and defenseman Dmitry Kulikov.
A younger Duck, 19-year-old rookie defenseman Olen Zellweger had to explain the gap in his hockey movie viewing history when the Ducks selected him in the second round in 2021. “He’s up the ice, makes good reads, makes good passes and for an undersized guy he has played very well,” Stothers said. “He’s using his body, using his stick well. If there was something we’d like to see him control is maybe not be so busy on the ice. He likes to do everything.”“There was twice he was first man in on the forecheck,” Stothers said. “It’s not often we want our D to be F1. There were a couple of times where him and Shatty were leading the rush. I’m not sure who was back.