Player Review: Ryan Getzlaf

As part of the AnaheimDucks.com annual Player Reviews, we will be featuring a different Ducks player throughout the coming weeks, in numerical uniform number order. Each review will include key stats, a highlight from last season and an outlook for 2016-17.

By Kyle Shohara AnaheimDucks.com

Ryan Getzlaf once again staked his claim as one of the top players in the National Hockey League, something Ducks fans have grown accustomed to from their captain. It was the 11th NHL season for the 31-year-old center, who finished among the league’s top leaders in several statistical categories when the 2015-16 campaign came to a close.

Despite missing four games from Oct. 26-Nov. 4 following an appendectomy, Getzlaf still led Anaheim in scoring (63 points), assists (50) and plus/minus (+14), ranked second in power-play goals (6) and power-play points (22), and third in game-winning goals (5). And among league leaders, he ranked tied for seventh in the NHL in assists and eighth overall in assists per game (0.65). It is par for the course for the 6-4, 221-pound Regina, Saskatchewan native, who reached the 50-assist plateau for the sixth time, tops among franchise leaders and tied for fourth among active NHL players.

After early-season struggles, the Ducks went on a well-documented second-half surge that spiked in February when the club went 12-1-1 during that month. At the forefront was Getzlaf, who posted 20 points (6g/14a) with a +13 rating, which earned him the NHL’s First Star of the Month for February.

Within that month, Getzlaf established several milestones. He extended his own franchise record with his eighth career overtime goal to lead …

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