Ducks Name Etem Audio Color Analyst and Content Contributor

The Ducks today named Emerson Etem Audio Color Analyst and Content Contributor for the club's 24/7 audio network Ducks Stream, the most comprehensive team-focused network in the National Hockey League (NHL). Etem will join Steve Carroll in the Anaheim Ducks audio broadcast booth for all pre-, regular and postseason games hosted on Ducks Stream. In addition to his role as color analyst, Etem will join Alexis Downie and Kent French as a content creator and host with Ducks Stream.

"There are so many pieces to this puzzle on how I got here, so many people within the Ducks organization to thank, so I want to thank the Anaheim Ducks as a whole for this opportunity," said Etem. "I'm going to come in with a bang, connect with the fans on a daily basis and help the Anaheim Ducks reach new heights."

Selected by Anaheim in the first round (29th overall) of the 2010 NHL Entry Draft (held in Los Angeles), Etem made his NHL debut with Anaheim in 2012-13. The Long Beach, Calif. native is the highest-drafted Southern California born-and-trained player in Ducks history and was the third-highest player born in Southern California to be drafted.

Etem has spent the last two years (2021-23) as the owner, general manager and head coach of the Long Beach Shredders of the USPHL Premier, a tier III junior league. Following his eight-year professional playing career, Etem served as the general manager and head coach of the Missoula Junior Bruins of the NA3HL (North American 3 Hockey League).

As a member of the Ducks in two separate stints (2012-15 & 2016-17), Etem scored 15-16=31 points in 115 regular season games, adding 6-2=8 points in 23 Stanley Cup Playoff contests. He recorded 22-24=46 points in 173 career NHL games with Anaheim, the New York Rangers and Vancouver across six seasons from 2012-17. He also appeared in 145 career American Hockey League (AHL) games, earning 57-42=99 points. He led the Norfolk Admirals, Anaheim's primary development affiliate in the AHL, with 24-30=54 points in 2013-14.

Etem spent three seasons with the Medicine Hat Tigers of the Western Hockey League (WHL) from 2009-12, scoring 143-109=252 points in 202 career games. In 2011-12, he led the WHL with 61 goals and was named to the WHL East First All-Star Team. As a WHL rookie in 2009-10, he scored the most goals by a league rookie (37) and was named Medicine Hat's Rookie of the Year. Etem represented Team USA at back-to-back World Junior Championships (2011 & 2012), helping his country to bronze in 2011. He also spent the 2008-09 season at the U.S. National Team Development Program (USNTDP), combining for 27-21=48 points with the U-17 and U-18 teams.