It’s been 488 regular season games.<\/p>\n
135 goals.<\/p>\n
207 assists.<\/p>\n
2,900+ days.<\/p>\n
The wait for Troy Terry has been lengthy enough, and now it\u2019s his time to finally about to embark on his first Stanley Cup Playoff appearance. \u00a0<\/p>\n
The 2015 fifth-round selection of the Ducks has come a long way from learning how to be a pro from former teammates like longtime Anaheim captain Ryan Getzlaf. Now eight seasons since the club last made the postseason, No. 19 is finally getting his shot.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s been a bit of a process since I\u2019ve been here,\u201d Terry said. \u201cJust the amount of change that\u2019s gone on and the retooling or rebuilding. I know for everyone in here, and selfishly for me, it means a lot.\u201d<\/p>\n
While Terry was briefly part of the 2017-18 Ducks team that last earned a playoff berth, he played just two games that season and didn\u2019t appear in the postseason.<\/p>\n
Since then, he\u2019s endured his share of losing seasons and coaching changes. He\u2019s said goodbye to multiple veterans either by retirement or transaction. Said hello, hej, ahoj, or hei to numerous new teammates. And oh yeah, stayed the course when a global pandemic impacted the league in multiple ways.<\/p>\n
So spare Terry when he uses the term \u201cselfish.\u201d It\u2019s been a journey, but one the right winger doesn\u2019t take for granted.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s been challenging at times but it\u2019s exciting to be where we are,\u201d he said. \u201cEverything\u2019s coming together. We\u2019re not just happy to make the playoffs, but I\u2019m just excited.\u201d<\/p>\n
That anticipation is felt all throughout Orange Country. The team finished third in the Pacific Division with a 43-33-6 record, the team\u2019s first winning season since 2018. The Ducks\u2019 92 points gave them their best season since the last time they made the playoffs, ending their eight-year drought. Anaheim\u2019s 265 goals during the season also eclipsed a franchise record.<\/p>\n
Though he only played 61 games while battling through a combination of upper and lower-body injuries, Terry\u2019s 57 points (19-38=57) were his best total since the 2022-23 season (23-38=61). He was one of six Ducks players who reached at least 50 points this year, tied for the most in a single season in franchise history since 2006-07, and he led the team in plus\/minus at +11.<\/p>\n
The Ducks play south of Hollywood, but their season has had a flair for the dramatic. The \u201cCardiac Quacks\u201d had an NHL record 26 comeback wins, and Terry himself has six goals and 12 points in the final 5:00 of regulation this season. He also scored 2-4=6 points on game-tying or game-winning goals in the final 2:00 of regulation and OT.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It’s been 488 regular season games. 135 goals. 207 assists. 2,900+ days. The wait for Troy Terry has…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":556881,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5123],"tags":[2210,233,5292,1739,5,4],"class_list":{"0":"post-556880","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-anaheim-ducks","8":"tag-anaheim","9":"tag-anaheim-ducks","10":"tag-anaheimducks","11":"tag-ducks","12":"tag-hockey","13":"tag-nhl"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116438865580129954","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/556880","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=556880"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/556880\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/556881"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=556880"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=556880"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=556880"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}