March 16, Farjestad BK of the SHL and the Anaheim Ducks announced that the Ducks recalled the defender of the prospect Stian Solberg to their organization with the intention of allocating it to the AHL with the Gulls of San Diego. Solberg was drafted in the first round (23rd in total) of the NHL 2024 recovery after the Ducks exchanged the 31st and 58th choice in total to the Maple Leafs in Toronto for the right to select it.
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Solberg (19) had played 47 games for Farjestad BK and had collected 12 points (3-9 = 12) in 2024-25. The reason mentioned in its mission to the AHL was injuries within the organization of the Ducks.
At the end of the Harvard University season in the NCAA, the Ducks announced Wednesday that they had signed the defender of the Ian Moore perspective On an amateur test (ATO) contract with the intention to send it to the AHL. Moore was drafted in the third round (67th in total) of the NHL 2020 draft. Due to COVID, the 2020-21 Harvard season was canceled and Moore played this season in the USHL for the Chicago Steel. His rights with the Ducks were extended until July 1, 2025.
Moore (23) was Harvard captain for the 2023-24 and 2024-25 seasons, two seasons where they lost against the quarter-finals of the conference and failed to qualify for the NCAA tournament. Moore ended his 2024-25 season with 14 points (3-11 = 14) in 32 games and he ended his collegial career with 56 points (9-47 = 56) in 122 games.
Thursday, the Ducks announced that they had also signed the defender of prospects Will Francis to an ato, also with the intention of sending it to the AHL. Francis (24) was written in the sixth round (163rd in total) in the NHL 2019 draft.
It was diagnosed for the first time with acute lymphoblastic leukemia in 2020 and defeated the disease three times in five years. He was forced to sit on the majority of his four-year college career at the University of Minnesota-Duluth and collected a decisive pass in 39 NCAA games.
Friday, the Gulls went to Henderson to face the Silver Knights for a consecutive series against their enemy of division and the team at the bottom of the AHL ranking. Moore and Solberg made their AHL debut on Friday evening in a 4-0 victory against Henderson. The Gulls deployed a program made up of 11 attackers and seven defenders due to an injury, which lit the responsibility of responsibility and ice time for the duo playing in their first matches at the new level. The AHL does not follow you, it is therefore difficult to know how much one or the other defender played, but it seemed that Solberg had received more changes than Moore.
Stian Solberg
Solberg did not miss a beat in its first professional north American hockey match. He posted his typical physics brand and had an impact on each quarter work that he played while totaling two shots on goal and taking a minor penalty for the high counter.
Report: the Ducks organization recalls Stian Solberg de SHL
Defensively, he did well to fill the gaps while the rings showed ice, and he maintained these gaps while the rings returned to his way. He has constantly won battles in the corners and in front of the Goélands net, punishing the attackers trying to gain in position. He was relentless when his mission had the washer in the cover of the defensive and unshakable area when his check was out of the mouth.
He was ready for recovery, lure the avant-clumsy to him before sending sliding passes or stretching to pending teammates. He swayed with confidence the top -down rings in the offensive area and cleverly walked the mud in the search for shooting angles. He instantly became one of the best defenders of the Gulls in his first match.
Ian Moore
Moore’s transition to the NCAA AHL was not as fluid as that of Solberg de la SHL. He was a little more frantic in his decision -making, but settled well as the game advanced. He finished the match with a shot in the boxscore.
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Moore’s skating was the separation factor for this game. This allowed him to recover effortlessly on the occasions when he has more than, quickly fill the gaps on the attackers, and anxious opponents in low rings on the precipitation.
We would like to see him move away from some of his plank fights with possession more often, but when he did it, he carefully zipped out of quality stretching passes for easy outings. His lateral mobility and long -term scope allowed him to disrupt attacks against entry and open tracks in the offensive zone.
While Moore adapts to the professional game, he can evolve towards a modern closure defender, using his elite mobility to eliminate time and space before making ice proper and quickly in the teammates.
The Goélands will be back in action to face the Silver Knights on Saturday at 1 p.m. PST in Henderson.
