The Anaheim Ducks' season ended just over a week ago, but for some of their prospects, games will become more intense as they go to the semi-finals of their respective CHL leagues’ playoffs.
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Eight of the Ducks' CHL prospects qualified for their league’s playoffs, and six advanced to the second round. Three of those six, one from each league, will represent their teams in the third round.
Who’s Out
Carey Terrance (59th overall in 2023)
Terrance (19) had a roller-coaster 2024-25 season. Before the start of the season, he was named captain of the Erie Otters of the OHL, a team with elite 2025 draft prospects like Malcolm Spence and Matthew Schaefer, and looking to make a deep push for the OHL Championship.
He represented the United States at the 2025 World Junior Championship, assuming a checking role and scoring two goals in seven games en route to his second consecutive gold medal.
On Feb. 14, he crashed into the end boards and was stretchered off the ice, sustaining an upper-body injury that would end his campaign. He finished with 39 points (20-19=39) in 45 regular season games.
His year ended on a high note, however, as on April 9, he inked his entry-level contract with the Ducks that will begin in 2025-26, where he’ll likely begin his professional career in the AHL playing for the San Diego Gulls.
Maxim Masse (66th in ’24)
Masse (19) got off to a scorching start in 2024-25, scoring nine points in his first six games before suffering a lower-body injury, sidelining him for six weeks.
Masse is a north/south finisher with an NHL frame. He finished the season with 59 points (33-26=59) in 47 games, but underwhelmed in the playoffs, scoring eight points (2-6=8) in 11 games as his Chicoutimi Sagueneens were ousted in the QMJHL second round.
He will likely return to the QMJHL next season and could be invited to Canada’s selection camp for the 2026 World Junior Championship.
Tarin Smith (79th in ’24)
For one of the younger teams in the WHL and without their top scorer (Carter Bear), Smith’s Everett Silvertips put forth a valiant effort, losing in seven games to the Portland Winterhawks during their second-round matchup.
Smith (19) averaged well over 20 minutes per night in every situation for Everett. He finished the regular season with 60 points (16-44=60) in 65 games. He stepped up his production in the playoffs and was second on his team in scoring with 16 points (4-12=16) in 13 games.
Like Masse, Smith will likely return to the CHL next season and could compete for a spot on Canada’s WJC roster.
Who’s In
Beckett Sennecke (3rd in ’24)
Sennecke (19) continues to elevate his game when games become more meaningful. He was suspended multiple times in the regular season and finished with 86 points (36-50=86) in 56 games.
Through two rounds of the OHL playoffs and despite missing three games due to an injury, he’s tallied 15 points (8-7=15) in just nine games.
His Oshawa Generals dismissed both the Brampton Steelheads and Brantford Bulldogs in six games. Next, they will face the Barrie Colts.
Alexandre Blais (100th in ’24)
Blais (19) and his Rimouski Oceanic are off to the semi-finals of the QMJHL playoffs. After sweeping the Charlottetown Islanders, they defeated Masse and his Chicoutimi Sagueneens in six games in the second round.
Blais scored 73 points (20-53=73) in 60 regular season games, leading his team in scoring, and has added nine points (2-7=9) in ten playoff games.
In the semi-finals, Rimouski will face Calgary Flames prospect Matvei Gridin and the Shawinigan Cataractes.
Vojtech Port (161st in ’23)
Port (19) is eating some significant defensive minutes for the Lethbridge Hurricanes in the WHL playoffs. They’ve dispatched the Brandon Wheat Kings in five games and the Calgary Hitmen in seven en route to their appearance in the semi-finals, where they’ll face uber prospect Gavin McKenna and the Medicine Hat Tigers.
Port had 11 points (2-9=11 ) in 40 regular season games for the Hurricanes after he was traded from the Moose Jaw Warriors, where he had three points (0-3=3) in 19 games.
So far in the playoffs, he has five points (1-4=5) in 12 games, but they all came in the first round.
As the CHL playoffs progress, the matchups will continue to be monitored as the respective squads hope to earn a spot in the Memorial Cup. Semi-final matchups will begin Thursday.
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