Anaheim Ducks Recall Sam Colangelo San Diego
Jan 8, 2025The Anaheim Ducks announced today that the National Hockey League (NHL) club has recalled right wing Sam Colangelo from the San Diego Gulls, Anaheim’s primary development affiliate in the American Hockey League (AHL).
Colangelo, 23 (12/26/01), appeared in eight games with Anaheim this season. He made his NHL debut with the Ducks in 2023-24, appearing in three games and scoring his first career NHL goal in his NHL debut, April 12, 2024 vs. Calgary (Dustin Wolf) to become the 16th player in Ducks history to score a goal in his debut.
The 6-2, 211-pound forward led San Diego in points (13-9=22) and goals in 24 AHL games this season. At the time of his recall, Colangelo led AHL rookies in goals and was tied for seventh in points. Today, Colangelo was named to the 2025 AHL All-Star Classic, to be held Feb. 2-3 in Palm Desert, Calif.
Selected by Anaheim in the second round (36th overall) of the 2020 NHL Draft, Colangelo scored 45-52=97 points with a +20 rating and 55 PIM in 110 career NCAA games in four seasons between Western Michigan (2023-24) and Northeastern (2020-23). A native of Stoneham, Mass., Colangelo helped Team USA to a gold medal at the 2021 World Junior Championship, scoring one goal in seven tournament games with current Ducks Trevor Zegras, Drew Helleson and Jackson LaCombe.