Carey Terrance
Carey Terrance is an American-Canadian ice hockey center for the Hartford Wolf Pack in the American Hockey League as a prospect to the New York Rangers of the National Hockey League. Terrance was drafted by the Anaheim Ducks in the 2nd round of the 2023 NHL entry draft with the 59th overall pick.
Playing career
Terrance started his junior hockey career with the Erie Otters of the Ontario Hockey League in the 2021–22 OHL season, where scored 10 goals and had 14 assists in 62 games. The following season saw he increase his scoring to 30 goals and 17 assists in 67 games. In the 2023–24 OHL season, he scored 29 goals with 23 assists. He was named the Otters' captain for the 2024–25 season, in which he scored 20 goals with 19 assists in 45 games. He missed the last 2 months of the season after a serious injury he suffered crashing into the boards.Terrance was drafted 59th overall by the Ducks in the 2nd round of the 2023 draft. He signed an entry-level contract with the Ducks in April 2025.
In June 2025, Terrance was traded to the New York Rangers along with a 2025 third-round pick in exchange for Chris Kreider and a 2025 fourth-round pick.
He began the 2025-26 season with the Rangers' AHL affiliate the Hartford Wolf Pack and scored his first professional goal for the Wolf Pack on October 23, 2025 against the Springfield Thunderbirds.
International play
Terrance was selected to represent the USA Hockey [National Team Development Program|United States] in the 2023 IIHF World U18 Championships, where he won a gold medal. He also represented the United States in the 2023 Hlinka Gretzky Cup, where the team finished in 3rd place.He was selected to the United States men's national [junior ice hockey team] for the 2024 World [Junior Ice Hockey Championships], where he won another gold medal although he did not play in any games. He was also selected to United States team for the 2025 World Junior [Ice Hockey Championships], where he won another gold medal and in which he scored 2 goals in 7 games. Terrance served primarily as a checking forward and penalty killer during the tournament. He felt that despite not playing the previous year, that experience helped him coming into the 2025 tournament. He said of the experience of winning a second gold medal:
Playing style
Terrance's primary assets are his speed and skating ability. He has also been praised for his willingness to compete for loose pucks and take hits to make plays. Prior to the trade with the Rangers, Ducks' director of player development Jim Johnson praised Terrance's speed and energy and noted that his "defensive game has matured" but he needs to develop more "offensive consistency and physical strength". Johnson also praised the way Terrance uses his speed to forecheck the opposition.Terrance said of his play during the 2024–25 season with Erie "I think my defensive game has developed and it's very consistent every game. But I just think I haven't really got things clicking consistently offensively. Had kind of a slow start, kind of picked it up, but just want to find that more offensive consistency in my game."
Before the 2025-26 season, Vincent Z. Mercogliano and Peter Baugh of The Athletic rated Terrance as the Rangers' 8th best prospect.