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Anaheim Ducks
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ConferenceWestern
DivisionPacific
Founded1993
HistoryMighty Ducks of Anaheim (1993 - 2006)
Anaheim Ducks (2006 - present)
Home arenaArrowhead Pond
CityAnaheim, California
Team colorsBlack, gold, orange
MediaFSN West
FSN Prime Ticket
KCAL9
KDOC
Owner(s)Henry Samueli and Susan Samueli
General managerBrian Burke
Head coachRandy Carlyle
CaptainScott Niedermayer
Minor league affiliatesPortland Pirates (AHL)
Augusta Lynx (ECHL)

The Anaheim Ducks (formerly known as the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim) are a professional ice hockey team based in Anaheim, California. They play in the National Hockey League (NHL). The club announced the name change January 26th, 2006 and formally changed its name on June 22nd of that same year. [1]


Franchise history

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Mighty Ducks of Anaheim logo (1993-2006)
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A statue of Wildwing, the mascot of the Mighty Ducks.

When founded in 1993, the Mighty Ducks were owned by The Walt Disney Company. The team's original name was chosen from the Disney movie The Mighty Ducks, about a group of misfit teens who turn their losing youth hockey team into a winner. Disney subsequently made an animated series called The Mighty Ducks, featuring a fictional Mighty Ducks of Anaheim team that consists of anthropomorphized ducks.

With their first draft pick, the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim selected Paul Kariya 4th overall in Round 1 of the 1993 NHL Entry Draft. Kariya would become the cornerstone of a young Mighty Ducks franchise. As team captain he would nearly guide them to Stanley Cup glory in 2003 before his departure as he signed as a free agent with the Colorado Avalanche.

In 1996-97 Western Conference Quarterfinals the Mighty Ducks made their first playoff appearance and they defeated the Phoenix Coyotes in seven games. However, they lost in the Semifinals to the Detroit Red Wings. They returned to the playoffs in 1998-99 only to be swept by the Detroit Red Wings in the Quarterfinals.

Their best playoff performance in franchise history was during the 2002-03 season that saw the Ducks come to within one game of the Stanley Cup. They swept the defending Stanley Cup Champion Detroit Red Wings, defeated the Dallas Stars in six games in the Semifinals, swept the Minnesota Wild in the Conference Finals but finally fell to the New Jersey Devils in the Stanley Cup Finals in seven games. For his heroics, which had kept Anaheim in the playoffs many times, goaltender Jean-Sebastien Giguere won the Conn Smythe Trophy as MVP of the playoffs.

The following season the NHL and NHLPA's collective bargaining agreement (CBA) was in its final year and as the labor dispute loomed the Mighty Ducks were plagued with low attendance figures despite their magical playoff run the year before and failed to make the playoffs. During the summer of 2004, as the NHL and the NHLPA were seemingly headed towards a lockout, Disney tried to sell the team but received a low offer of $40 million (USD) which was less than the franchise's original price. Many quotes in the press from several well-paid Mighty Ducks players stated that the Ducks were a safe franchise but they perceived as being completely out of touch with the NHL economic situation and the precarious situation of the Ducks club.

In 2005, Broadcom co-founder Henry Samueli of Irvine, California and his wife, Susan, bought the Ducks from the Walt Disney Company for a reported $75 million (USD). The Samuelis have pledged to keep the team in Anaheim. Brian Burke, former Vancouver Canucks General Manager and President, was appointed General Manager and Executive Vice President of the Mighty Ducks on June 20, 2005.

On August 1, 2005, former Norris Trophy winning defenseman Randy Carlyle, 49, was hired as the new coach of the Anaheim Mighty Ducks. He became the seventh coach for the Ducks; he earlier coached Manitoba from midseason of 1996 through 2001. Carlyle replaced Mike Babcock, who left the Ducks to become the Detroit Red Wings' coach.

The Mighty Ducks also brought back Finn Teemu Selänne, who had been a star player for them. Selänne played the previous season with the Colorado Avalanche. Another major acquisition was Canadian Scott Niedermayer, the 2003-04 Norris Trophy winner. He is the brother of the team's current centre, Rob Niedermayer.

On January 26, 2006 the owners announced, effective with the 2006-07 season, that the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim will change their name to the Anaheim Ducks. This included a logo and team color changes which were unveiled at a special ceremony on June 22nd. Many Ducks fans successfully petitioned the Samuelis to keep Wildwing as the current mascot because of the team's recent success and as a link to the past.

On July 3, 2006, the team made another major acquisition, trading Joffrey Lupul, Ladislav Smid, a 2007 first-round draft pick, a conditional first-round selection and a second-round choice in the 2008 draft to the Edmonton Oilers in exchange for star defenceman Chris Pronger, who had requested a trade from Edmonton a few weeks prior.

Along with the team's new name, its home ice will also be renamed to Honda Center effective October as Arrowhead Water's naming rights have expired.

Third Jersey

Mighty Ducks alternate logo (2004-06)

The Third Jerseys of the Mighty Ducks were created in 1996, 1998, and 2004 . The 1996 third jersey was jade with eggplant and white stripes on the collar and on the end of the sleeves. The logo was of team mascot Wildwing wearing a Mighty Ducks jersey while breaking through a sheet of ice. The jersey was short-lived; because of much criticism, it was retired at the end of the year.

The 1998 third jersey came with a rare fourth jersey partner. The third was a jade-coloured jersey with silver and eggplant stripes at the shoulders outlined in thin yellow, and a silver stripe at the bottom. It had the Mighty Ducks logo in the center of the jersey. The fourth jersey was much like it. It was white with jade, eggplant and silver stripes at the shoulders of the jersey, and no bottom stripe. These jerseys saw action until in 2000 they stopped playing with their third jerseys, and used only their fourth. At the end of the 2000-2001 season, the jerseys were retired.

The 2004 third jersey was black with purple and grey stripes at the waist and on the sleeves. It had the alternate script logo of the present Mighty Ducks and old school laces at the neck. The popularity of this jersey amongst fans was so great it replaced the eggplant and jade jersey, serving as the home jersey for the last half of the 2005-06 season and playoffs. This jersey was dropped following the season as the team went to the new uniforms and color scheme. There are plans in the future for a new alternate jersey for the 2008-09 season, as the NHL mandates that a uniform change must go two full seasons before adding a third jersey.

Season-by-season record

Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OTL = Overtime losses, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, PIM = Penalties in minutes

Season GP W L T OTL Pts GF GA PIM Finish Playoffs
1993-94 84 33 46 5 - 71 229 251 1507 4th in Pacific Out of Playoffs
1994-951 48 16 27 5 - 37 125 164 731 6th in Pacific Out of Playoffs
1995-96 82 35 39 8 - 78 234 247 1707 4th in Pacific Out of Playoffs
1996-97 82 36 33 13 - 85 243 233 1710 2nd in Pacific Lost Conference Semifinal (DET)
1997-98 82 26 43 13 - 65 205 261 1843 6th in Pacific Out of Playoffs
1998-99 82 35 34 13 - 83 215 206 1323 3rd in Pacific Lost Conference Quarterfinal (DET)
1999-00 82 34 33 12 3 83 217 227 926 5th in Pacific Out of Playoffs
2000-01 82 25 41 11 5 66 188 245 1136 5th in Pacific Out of Playoffs
2001-02 82 29 42 8 3 69 175 198 1254 5th in Pacific Out of Playoffs
2002-03 82 40 27 9 6 95 203 193 954 2nd in Pacific Lost Stanley Cup Final (NJ)
2003-04 82 29 35 10 8 76 184 213 1131 4th in Pacific Out of Playoffs
2004-052 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2005-06 82 43 27 -- 12 98 254 229 1462 3rd in Pacific Lost Conference Final (EDM)
Grand Totals 952 381 427 107 37 906 2472 2667 15684
1 Season was shortened due to the 1994-95 NHL lockout.
2 Season was cancelled due to the 2004-05 NHL lockout.

Notable players

Current squad

As of July 30, 2006 [2]

Goaltenders
Number Player Catches Acquired Place of Birth
49 Canada Michael Leighton L 2006 Petrolia, Ontario
30 Russia Ilya Bryzgalov L 2000 Togliatti, U.S.S.R.
35 Canada Jean-Sebastien Giguere L 2000 Montreal, Quebec
Defencemen
Number Player Shoots Acquired Place of Birth
5 Ukraine Vitaly Vishnevski L 1998 Kharkiv, U.S.S.R.
21 Canada Sean O'Donnell L 2006 Ottawa, Ontario
23 Canada François Beauchemin L 2005 Sorel, Quebec
25 Canada Chris Pronger L 2006 Dryden, Ontario
27 Canada Scott Niedermayer - C L 2005 Edmonton, Alberta
33 Canada Joe DiPenta R 2005 Barrie, Ontario
Forwards
Number Player Shoots Position Acquired Place of Birth
8 Finland Teemu Selanne - A R RW 2005 Helsinki, Finland
10 Canada Corey Perry R RW 2003 Peterborough, Ontario
14 Canada Dustin Penner L RW 2004 Winkler, Manitoba
15 Canada Ryan Getzlaf R C 2003 Regina, Saskatchewan
19 Canada Andy McDonald L C 2000 Strathroy, Ontario
22 United States Todd Marchant L C 2005 Buffalo, New York
24 Russia Stanislav Chistov R LW 2001 Chelyabinsk, U.S.S.R.
26 Sweden Samuel Pahlsson L C 2000 Ornskoldsvik, Sweden
29 Canada Todd Fedoruk L LW 2005 Redwater, Alberta
32 Canada Travis Moen L LW 2005 Swift Current, Saskatchewan
38 Canada Chris Kunitz L LW 2005 Regina, Saskatchewan
44 Canada Rob Niedermayer - A L C 2003 Cassiar, British Columbia

Hall of Famers

None

Team captains

Retired numbers

1st round draft picks

Franchise scoring leaders

These are the top-ten point-scorers in the history of the Ducks. Figures are updated after each completed NHL regular season.


Note: GP = Games Played, G = Goals, A = Assists, Pts = Points, * = Current Duck

Player POS GP G A Pts
Paul Kariya LW 606 300 369 669
*Teemu Selanne RW 474 265 307 572
Steve Rucchin C 616 153 279 432
Matt Cullen C 427 65 135 200
Oleg Tverdovsky D 324 45 125 170
*Andy McDonald C 276 61 104 165
Marty McInnis LW 272 57 88 145
Mike Leclerc LW 291 54 78 132
Petr Sykora RW 197 64 67 131
Joe Sacco C 333 62 68 130

NHL Awards and Trophies

Clarence S. Campbell Bowl

Conn Smythe Trophy

Rocket Richard Trophy

Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy

Lady Byng Memorial Trophy



Anaheim Ducks Individual Records

See also
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