Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Kafin kakar wasa ta 2009/10 a ranar 24 ga Yuli, 2009, Carolina ta sake sayen Ward a musayar dan wasan gaba Patrick Eaves da zagaye na hudu a cikin
Shekarar 2010. Ward ya yi gwagwarmaya a dawowarsa tare da Hurricanes, duk da haka, kuma a ranar 3 ga Maris, 2010, an yi ciniki da shi zuwa Anaheim Ducks a musayar mai tsaron gida Justin Pogge da zagaye na huɗu na zagaye. A lokacin kakar wasa ta gaba, a ranar 24 ga watan Agusta, Ward ya sanar da yin ritaya daga wasan hockey bayan shekaru 13 na NHL.