[2] Nicknamed "Mr. Magoo" by his teammates due to being legally blind, Ferreira's breakout year came as a junior in 1965, when the Terriers achieved a 25–6 record and won the ECAC regular season title.
[3][4] Though BU would fall to Brown in the conference semifinals,[5] preventing the Terriers from making the 1965 tournament,[6] Ferreira set a record for eight shutouts that still stands.
[7][8] Ferreira worked as the New York Rangers' director of player development before signing a multiyear contract as the Minnesota North Stars' general manager and vice president in 1988.
[9] As part of the deal for George Gund III to sell the North Stars to a group led by Norman Green, the NHL awarded Gund a franchise in Northern California, to which he brought Ferreira along to become the general manager.
After a season in which the Mighty Ducks failed to return to the playoffs, in 1998 Ferreira was demoted to vice president of hockey operations as Pierre Gauthier took over as GM.