Ducks Won’t Offer Loach New Contract

The Mighty Ducks will not make a contract offer to former King forward Lonnie Loach, who had 91 points last season for the Ducks’ minor league affiliate, the San Diego Gulls, but appeared in only three games with the Ducks.

Loach was playing out the option year of his contract, and although Duck General Manager Jack Ferreira has until July to make an offer, he says he will not do so.

Only one of five Duck players who were playing out their options is expected to be offered a contract--center Jarrod Skalde, who spent most of the season in San Diego but provided a spark with the Anaheim team after an injury to Anatoli Semenov.

Ferreira said he will not offer contracts to minor league forwards Trevor Halverson, Robin Bawa or Joel Savage.