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Derek Lee @dereklee27.bsky.social · 3h

.@PatrickCPresent and I chatted with captain Radko Gudas and alternate captain Mason McTavish this morning before the Ducks departed for Chicago.

You can watch the interviews here:

youtu.be/GoQJsIeglK4

youtu.be/dAJBliff9oA

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Derek Lee @dereklee27.bsky.social · 4h

Out later than usual, but here is today’s morning report from the Ducks’ practice.

Some quotes from head coach Joel Quenneville on a couple of players and returning to Chicago + video of his media availability.

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Quack of Dawn: Ducks Morning Report - 10/18/25

The Hockey News’ Derek Lee reports from the Ducks’ Oct. 18th practice.

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Derek Lee @dereklee27.bsky.social · 7h

This is the first time we’ve publicly seen Harkins skate since his injury, which had an approximate timeline of eight weeks. Think it’ll be a while still before he is ready to play in any games.

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Derek Lee @dereklee27.bsky.social · 8h

Ducks practice lines (10/18):

Kreider-Carlsson-Killorn
Gauthier-McTavish-Sennecke
Vatrano-Granlund-Terry
Johnston-Poehling-Colangelo/Nesterenko
*Harkins

LaCombe-Gudas
Zellweger-Trouba
Mintyukov-Helleson
Moore

Dostál-Mrázek

*injured

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Derek Lee @dereklee27.bsky.social · 7h

Expectation is that Colangelo will draw in tomorrow, per Quenneville.

“I'm sure he's excited about that chance and I think once he gets in there, just do his thing, whether he's scoring, brings tempo, consistency, energy.”

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Derek Lee @dereklee27.bsky.social · 1d

Would be pretty surprised if Sam Colangelo doesn’t draw in on Sunday against Chicago.

Ross Johnston played under 8 minutes and barely took any shifts after the middle of the second period.

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Derek Lee @dereklee27.bsky.social · 7h

Joel Quenneville said that Ryan Strome (upper-body), at one point, will be on the road trip. But the expectation is that he will not play in any of the games.

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Derek Lee @dereklee27.bsky.social · 8h

Ducks practice lines (10/18):

Kreider-Carlsson-Killorn
Gauthier-McTavish-Sennecke
Vatrano-Granlund-Terry
Johnston-Poehling-Colangelo/Nesterenko
*Harkins

LaCombe-Gudas
Zellweger-Trouba
Mintyukov-Helleson
Moore

Dostál-Mrázek

*injured

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Derek Lee @dereklee27.bsky.social · 23h

For the weekenders, the Ducks will practice tomorrow (10/18) at Great Park Ice at 9:30 a.m.

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Derek Lee @dereklee27.bsky.social · 1d

Ducks have recalled D Ian Moore from AHL San Diego for their upcoming five-game road trip.

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Derek Lee @dereklee27.bsky.social · 1d

Shoutout to the folks over at Lululemon and Fanatics for hooking me up with this sweet merch box 🦆🏒

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Derek Lee @dereklee27.bsky.social · 1d

Per NHL PR, Leo Carlsson became one of five active Swedish players to record 80 career points before age 21. The others: Rasmus Dahlin (101), Lucas Raymond (96), Elias Pettersson(87) and Gabriel Landeskog (85).

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Derek Lee @dereklee27.bsky.social · 1d

Would be pretty surprised if Sam Colangelo doesn’t draw in on Sunday against Chicago.

Ross Johnston played under 8 minutes and barely took any shifts after the middle of the second period.

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Derek Lee @dereklee27.bsky.social · 1d

Ducks postgame (10/16): Head coach Joel Quenneville speaks to the media after their 4-1 loss to the Carolina Hurricanes.

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Ducks head coach Joel Quenneville speaks to the media after their 4-1 loss to the Hurricanes

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Derek Lee @dereklee27.bsky.social · 1d

Mason McTavish on what they can change to get off to better starts after conceding the first goal in all four of their games so far:

“Yeah, I don't know. I guess, warm up better? I don't know. I'm not too sure.”

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Derek Lee @dereklee27.bsky.social · 1d

Carlsson on what they want to get done on this upcoming road trip:

“Need to start the games better. We’re playing some good teams. Kind of fun being on the road, trying to win all the games.”

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Derek Lee @dereklee27.bsky.social · 1d

Carolina capitalized on a few Anaheim mistakes, which ended up being the difference in this one.

Carlsson said the goal for them is to be as dominant as that against other teams.

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Derek Lee @dereklee27.bsky.social · 1d

Leo Carlsson on tonight’s performance:

“Our breakouts were not ideal in the first period. Thought we played good for 10 minutes in the second period, but we couldn't keep it the whole game.”

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Derek Lee @dereklee27.bsky.social · 1d

More McTavish:

“I don't think we have to get too down on ourselves, that’s a really good hockey team over there. I feel like we held in there and we gave ourselves a chance to win.”

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Derek Lee @dereklee27.bsky.social · 1d

Mason McTavish on tonight’s performance:

“I think we didn't really capitalize on our chances. We had a lot of great looks. Credit to their team, they played well, goalie played well. But we had some good looks.”

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Derek Lee @dereklee27.bsky.social · 1d

Final: Ducks 1, Canes 4.
Anaheim’s lone goal came from Leo Carlsson.
Lukáš Dostál made 27 saves in net.

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Derek Lee @dereklee27.bsky.social · 1d

Ducks warmup lines vs. #CarolinaCulture:

Kreider-Carlsson-Killorn
Gauthier-McTavish-Sennecke
Vatrano-Granlund-Terry
Johnston-Poehling-Nesterenko

LaCombe-Gudas
Zellweger-Trouba
Mintyukov-Helleson

Dostál

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Derek Lee @dereklee27.bsky.social · 1d

Jackson LaCombe and Mason McTavish wore the A’s on Tuesday and are once again wearing them tonight.

Joel Quenneville said this morning that they would have a home/road rotation for the alternate captains for the first half of the season.

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Derek Lee @dereklee27.bsky.social · 4d

Though Alex Killorn and Leo Carlsson have been wearing letters in the first two games, Joel Quenneville hinted at different players wearing the ‘A’ for tonight’s home opener.

“We wanted some of our younger guys to assume some of the responsibility in that area.”

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Derek Lee @dereklee27.bsky.social · 2d

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Derek Lee @dereklee27.bsky.social · 2d

The San Diego Gulls announced their captains for the 2025-26 season today.

Ryan Carpenter and Roland McKeown retain their roles as captain and alternate captain, respectively, while newcomer Matthew Phillips has been named the other alternate captain.

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Derek Lee @dereklee27.bsky.social · 2d

The Ducks look to keep things rolling against the Carolina Hurricanes.

Projected lineups and quotes from Mikael Granlund, Olen Zellweger and head coach Joel Quenneville + full video of Zellweger’s availability ⤵️

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Game #4: Ducks vs. Hurricanes Gameday Preview (10/16/25)

The Ducks (2-1-0) look to hand the Hurricanes (3-0-0) their first loss of the season.

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Derek Lee @dereklee27.bsky.social · 2d

Quenneville said that Sennecke needed the maintenance day due to a minor lower-body ailment, likely due to the hit he took from Kris Letang at the end of Tuesday’s game.

“But he’s fine now.”

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Derek Lee @dereklee27.bsky.social · 3d

Maintenance day today for Sennecke, should be in the lineup tomorrow against Carolina.

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Derek Lee @dereklee27.bsky.social · 3d

Ducks practice lines (10/15):

Kreider-Carlsson-Killorn
Gauthier-McTavish-Colangelo
Vatrano-Granlund-Terry
Johnston-Poehling-Nesterenko

LaCombe-Gudas
Zellweger-Trouba
Mintyukov-Helleson

Dostál-Mrázek

Will look into why Beckett Sennecke isn’t out there today.

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