{"id":264912,"date":"2026-04-13T03:06:39","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T03:06:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/264912\/"},"modified":"2026-04-13T03:06:39","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T03:06:39","slug":"gm-pat-verbeek-gets-a-multiyear-contract-extension-from-playoff-contending-anaheim-ducks-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/264912\/","title":{"rendered":"GM Pat Verbeek gets a multiyear contract extension from playoff-contending Anaheim Ducks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/imageRedirect.jpeg\" class=\"object-fit-cover\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>FILE &#8211; Anaheim Ducks General Manager Pat Verbeek speaks to reporters during a press conference in Anaheim, Calif., Monday, June 5, 2023. (AP Photo\/Ashley Landis,File)<\/p>\n<p>By The Canadian Press<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\tApr 10, 2026 | 3:50 PM\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) \u2014 General manager Pat Verbeek has agreed to a multiyear contract extension with the Anaheim Ducks.<\/p>\n<p>Mike Stapleton has also received a promotion to senior vice president and associate general manager, the Ducks announced Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Verbeek took over the Ducks\u2019 front office in February 2022, three months after <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/nhl-sports-business-anaheim-ducks-hockey-eb75d2b7323c5e73da8698e073c37c91\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bob Murray resigned amid allegations of workplace misconduct<\/a>. Verbeek has presided over the bulk of Anaheim\u2019s lengthy rebuilding project while assembling much of the current team, which is finally on the brink of ending the franchise\u2019s seven-year playoff drought.<\/p>\n<p>Led by first-year coach Joel Quenneville, <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/ducks-sharks-score-0bd93637b5091b7912dc604033c13c31\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Anaheim (42-32-5) is currently in third place<\/a> in the Pacific Division, but just one point out of first place with three games left in the regular season. The Ducks could clinch a playoff spot this weekend.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FILE &#8211; Anaheim Ducks General Manager Pat Verbeek speaks to reporters during a press conference in Anaheim, Calif.,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":264913,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[163,165,164],"class_list":["post-264912","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-anaheim","tag-anaheim","tag-anaheim-headlines","tag-anaheim-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264912","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=264912"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264912\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/264913"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=264912"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=264912"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=264912"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}