The Ducks have locked up Judd Caulfield on a two-year, two-way contract that runs through the 2027-28 NHL season.
Caulfield, 25, has built his pro resume with the San Diego Gulls, where he has totaled 38-51=89 points and 78 penalty minutes in 204 career American Hockey League games. The 6-3, 207-pound right wing had his best AHL season in 2025-26, posting career highs across the board with 17 goals, 21 assists, 38 points and 71 appearances. That goal total tied him for third among San Diego’s scoring leaders.
His path to Anaheim has also included a stop in Pittsburgh’s organization. The Ducks acquired Caulfield from the Penguins for Thimo Nickl on March 31, 2023.
Before turning pro, he spent three seasons at North Dakota from 2019-23, appearing in 133 NCAA games and producing 29-33=62 points with a +39 rating and 31 penalty minutes. His top college scoring season came in 2021-22, when he put up 11 goals and nine assists for 20 points, and he finished his junior year leading the Fighting Hawks with three shorthanded goals while tying for second on the team in goals.
Caulfield was originally a Pittsburgh fifth-round pick, 145th overall, in the 2019 NHL Draft. He also spent time at the U.S.
National Team Development Program from 2017-19, where he posted 26-48=74 points in 123 games and skated alongside Ducks defenseman Drew Helleson. A Grand Forks, N.D. native, Caulfield helped Team USA win bronze at the 2019 U-18 World Championship and gold at the 2017 World U-17 Hockey Challenge.
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