{"id":173506,"date":"2025-09-27T19:43:06","date_gmt":"2025-09-27T19:43:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/173506\/"},"modified":"2025-09-27T19:43:06","modified_gmt":"2025-09-27T19:43:06","slug":"mctavish-signs-6-year-contract-with-ducks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/173506\/","title":{"rendered":"McTavish signs 6-year contract with Ducks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhl.com\/player\/mason-mctavish-8482745\" title=\"Mason McTavish\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mason McTavish<\/a> signed a six-year contract with the Anaheim Ducks on Saturday. Financial terms were not disclosed.<\/p>\n<p>The 22-year-old forward, who was a restricted free agent, led the Ducks in goals (22) and was second on the team in points (52) in 76 games last season.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Today is an exciting day for me and my family to commit my long-term future to the Anaheim Ducks,&#8221; McTavish said. &#8220;I believe in the direction of this organization and the group we have in the locker room. We\u2019re building something special and I want to help this team take the next step toward becoming a consistent playoff contender and, ultimately, a championship team.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Selected by Anaheim with the No. 3 pick in the 2021 NHL Draft, McTavish has 140 points (60 goals, 80 assists) in 229 games.<\/p>\n<p>The Ducks open the regular season at the Seattle Kraken on Oct. 9.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Mason is a key part of our team, and we&#8217;re excited to reach a long-term agreement that reflects his importance to our future,&#8221; Ducks general manager Pat Verbeek said. &#8220;He&#8217;s a highly skilled, physical, and competitive player who plays the game the right way. Mason has already made a significant impact at a young age, and we\u2019re confident he\u2019ll continue to grow into a top player as we build toward sustained success.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mason McTavish signed a six-year contract with the Anaheim Ducks on Saturday. Financial terms were not disclosed. The&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":173507,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[556],"tags":[64,63,575,85],"class_list":["post-173506","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-nhl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173506","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=173506"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173506\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/173507"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=173506"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=173506"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=173506"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}