{"id":880069,"date":"2026-09-02T00:12:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-02T00:12:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/880069\/"},"modified":"2026-09-02T00:12:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T00:12:09","slug":"ducks-announce-2026-rookie-faceoff-roster-and-rookie-camp-details","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/880069\/","title":{"rendered":"Ducks Announce 2026 Rookie Faceoff Roster and Rookie Camp Details"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Ducks announced today the\u00a0club\u2019s 2026 Rookie Faceoff roster<\/a>, hosted by the San Jose Sharks at Tech CU Arena and Sharks Ice at San Jose from Sept. 12-15. Anaheim will hold its lone 2026 Rookie Camp practice on Friday, Sept. 11 at Great Park Ice in Irvine, Calif. beginning at 10:30 a.m. and will be open to the public free of charge.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Anaheim\u2019s 2026 Rookie Camp roster features 22 players, including 13 forwards, seven defensemen and two goaltenders. The roster also features 17 Anaheim draft selections, including three first-round picks:\u00a0Roger McQueen\u00a0(10th overall in 2025),\u00a0Nikita Klepov\u00a0(15th overall in 2026) and\u00a0Marcus Nordmark\u00a0(28th overall in 2026). Eight of Anaheim\u2019s nine 2026 NHL Draft selections make up the roster, which also includes two trade acquisitions, one free agent signing and two players signed to contracts with the San Diego Gulls, Anaheim\u2019s primary development affiliate in the American Hockey League (AHL).<\/p>\n

Six players on Anaheim\u2019s Rookie Faceoff roster were featured in the 2025 Golden State Rookie\u00a0Faceoff hosted by Anaheim at Great Park Ice in Irvine, Calif. Eight roster players represented the San Diego Gulls in 2025-26.<\/p>\n

Rookie Camp and the Rookie Faceoff will be led by San Diego\u2019s coaching staff, including Head Coach\u00a0Dave Manson, Assistant Coaches\u00a0Kelly Buchberger\u00a0and\u00a0Steve McCarthy, Goaltending Coach\u00a0Jeff\u00a0Glass\u00a0and Video Coordinator Lucas Hurrt.<\/p>\n

The seven-game rookie tournament will feature a six-team field of rookies from the Ducks, Colorado Avalanche, Los Angeles Kings, San Jose, Utah Mammoth and Vegas Golden Knights will participate in the annual rookie tournament. The Ducks begin their two-game tournament schedule on Saturday, Sept. 12 vs. Colorado (TCU, 1 p.m. PT) and will conclude tournament play on Sunday, Sept. 13 vs. Los Angeles (Orange Rink, 3 p.m. PT).<\/p>\n

Each game of the tournament will be streamed live online for fans in each market, with Ducks games available at\u00a0AnaheimDucks.com and the Honda Center + Ducks app.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Below is a schedule for Anaheim\u2019s 2026 Rookie Camp and Rookie Faceoff:<\/p>\n

Friday, Sept. 11<\/p>\n

Practice (Great Park Ice) – 10 a.m.<\/p>\n

Saturday, Sept. 12\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Ducks vs. Colorado Avalanche – 1 p.m. (Tech CU Arena)<\/p>\n

Sunday, Sept. 13\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Ducks vs. Los Angeles Kings – 3 p.m. (Orange Rink)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Ducks announced today the\u00a0club\u2019s 2026 Rookie Faceoff roster, hosted by the San Jose Sharks at Tech CU…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":880070,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[433],"tags":[49,48,448,82],"class_list":["post-880069","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-nhl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/880069","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=880069"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/880069\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/880070"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=880069"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=880069"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=880069"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}