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The Mighty Ducks of Anaheim, commonly referred to as the Anaheim Mighty Ducks, are a professional ice hockey team based in Anaheim, California. They play in the National Hockey League (NHL).

On January 26, 2006, the team announced that it will shorten its name to the Anaheim Ducks prior to the start of the 2006-07 NHL season with expected changes to the official logos and team colors[1], with plans to unveil the changes on June 22, 2006.

Facts

Founded: 1993
Home Arena: Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim ("The Pond").
Uniforms: Dark - Eggplant with jade, white and silver trim. Logo is a goalie mask incorporating a duck's beak in front of two crossed hockey sticks on a silver triangle. Light - White with silver, jade and eggplant trim, same logo but with a jade triangle. Third - Black with eggplant, silver, and white trim. "Mighty Ducks of Anaheim" in script on the front, and an interlocked "MD" on the shoulders of the jersey.
Conference Championships: 1 (2002-03)
Stanley Cup Finals Appearances: 1 - 2002-03 (lost to New Jersey, 3-4)
Rivals: Los Angeles Kings, San Jose Sharks, Phoenix Coyotes, Dallas Stars.
Mascot: Wild Wing.
Local Television: FSN West, FSN Prime Ticket, KCAL9, KDOC

Franchise history

When founded in 1993, the Mighty Ducks were owned by The Walt Disney Company. The team's 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.

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A statue of Wildwing, the mascot of the Mighty 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 Quarter Finals the Mighty Ducks made their first playoff appearance and they defeated the Phoenix Coyotes in seven games. However, they lost in the Semi-Finals to the Detroit Red Wings. They returned to the playoffs in 1998-99 only to be swept by the Detroit Red Wings.

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 Quarter Finals, 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 also brought back Fin 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 left wing, Rob Niedermayer.

On January 26, 2006 the owners, Henry and Susan Samueli announced, effective with the 2006-07 season, that the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim will change their name to the Anaheim Ducks. This will include a logo change, team color changes and a new mascot. The name, logo and colors will be unveiled at a special ceremony at 10:00am PDT, on June 22nd at the Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim

Third Jersey

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 an animated hockey-playing duck 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 is black with purple and grey stripes at the waist and on the sleeves. It has the alternate script logo of the present Mighty Ducks and old school laces at the neck. It not only currently remains in use, but the popularity of this jersey amongst fans was so great it replaced the eggplant & jade jersey and served as the home jersey for the last half of the 2005/2006 season and playoffs.

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)
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 May 21, 2006 [2]

Goaltenders
Number Player Catches Acquired Place of Birth
30 Russia Ilya Bryzgalov L 2000 Togliatti, U.S.S.R.
35 Canada Jean-Sebastien Giguere L 2000 Montreal, Quebec
41 United States David McKee L 2006 Midland, Texas
Defencemen
Number Player Shoots Acquired Place of Birth
5 Ukraine Vitaly Vishnevski L 1998 Kharkiv, U.S.S.R.
6 Canada Jason Marshall R 2005 Cranbrook, British Columbia
21 Canada Sean O'Donnell L 2006 Ottawa, Ontario
23 Canada François Beauchemin L 2005 Sorel, Quebec
24 Belarus Ruslan Salei L 1996 Minsk, U.S.S.R.
27 Canada Scott Niedermayer - C L 2005 Edmonton, Alberta
33 Canada Joey DiPenta R 2005 Barrie, Ontario
48 Canada Brett Skinner L 2006 Brandon, Manitoba
Forwards
Number Player Shoots Position Acquired Place of Birth
12 Canada Jeff Friesen L LW 2006 Meadow Lake, Saskatchewan
13 Finland Teemu Selanne - A R RW 2005 Helsinki, Finland
15 Canada Joffrey Lupul R RW 2002 Edmonton, Alberta
19 Canada Andy McDonald L C/W 2000 Strathroy, Ontario
22 United States Todd Marchant L C 2005 Buffalo, New York
26 Sweden Samuel Pahlsson L C 2000 Ornskoldsvik, Sweden
29 Canada Todd Fedoruk L LW 2005 Redwater, Alberta
32 Canada Travis Moen L LW/RW 2005 Swift Current, Saskatchewan
38 Canada Chris Kunitz L LW 2005 Regina, Saskatchewan
44 Canada Rob Niedermayer - A L C/W 2003 Cassiar, British Columbia
51 Canada Ryan Getzlaf R C 2003 Regina, Saskatchewan
61 Canada Corey Perry R RW 2003 Peterborough, Ontario
76 Canada Dustin Penner L LW 2004 Winkler, Manitoba


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 Mighty Ducks. Figures are updated after each completed NHL regular season.


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

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

Anaheim Mighty Ducks Individual Records

See also
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