Anaheim Ducks Sign Judd Caulfield To Two-Year Entry-Level Contract

Apr 2, 2023

The Anaheim Ducks announced today that the National Hockey League (NHL) club has signed right wing Judd Caulfield to a two-year entry-level contract beginning in the 2023-24 NHL season. Caulfield will join the San Diego Gulls, Anaheim’s primary development affiliate in the American Hockey League, on an Amateur Tryout (ATO) for the remainder of the 2022-23 AHL campaign.

Caulfield, 22 (3/19/01), completed his senior season at the University of North Dakota in 2022-23, recording 10-9=19 points with a +8 rating and 12 penalty minutes (PIM) in 39 games while serving as an assistant captain. The 6-4, 212-pound forward tied a career high in assists, while matching his personal best in appearances. Among team leaders this season, he ranked second in plus/minus, and fourth in points and goals.

Acquired by Anaheim from Pittsburgh for Thimo Nickl, March 31, 2023, Caulfield appeared in 133 career NCAA games with North Dakota from 2019-23, scoring 29-33=62 points with a +39 rating and 31 PIM. He set single-season career highs in scoring (11-9=20) and goals in 2021-22. He completed his junior season leading the club in shorthanded goals (3) while he was tied for second in goals. He also helped the Fighting Hawks to a NCHC championship in 2020-21.

Originally selected by Pittsburgh in the fifth round (145th overall) of the 2019 NHL Draft, Caulfield scored 26-48=74 points in 123 games at the U.S. National Team Development Program (USNTDP) from 2017-19. He was teammates with Trevor Zegras and defenseman Drew Helleson. A native of Grand Forks N.D., Caulfield helped Team USA to a bronze medal at the 2019 U-18 World Championship and gold at the 2017 World U-17 Hockey Challenge.