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{{NHL Team|team_name = Anaheim Ducks|bg_color = black|text_color = #F47937|logo_image = AnaheimDucksNHL.PNG|conference = Western Conference (NHL)|division = Pacific Division (NHL)|founded = 1993-94 NHL season|history = Anahiem Mighty Ducks1993-94 NHL season - 2005-06 NHL seasonAnaheim Ducks2006-07 NHL season – Present|arena = Honda Center|media_affiliates = [FSN West/Prime TicketKDOC-TVKLAA (AM)|team_colors = Black, Gold, Orange and White|owner = Henry Samueli|general_manager = Brian Burke (ice hockey)|head_coach = Randy Carlyle|minor_league_affiliates = [Portland Pirates (American Hockey League)Augusta Lynx (ECHL)]|conf_titles = 2002-03 NHL season, 2006-07 NHL season|division_titles = 2006-07 NHL season-->The Anaheim Ducks are a professional men's ice hockey team based in Anaheim, California, United States. They are members of the Pacific Division (NHL) of the Western Conference (NHL) of the National Hockey League (NHL). The Ducks are the current Stanley Cup champions, after defeating the Ottawa Senators in 5 games this past post-season. Since their inception, the Ducks have played their home games at Honda Center (formerly, Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim).

The club was founded in 1993 by The Walt Disney Company as the Anaheim Mighty Ducks (a. k. a. Mighty Ducks of Anaheim) , a name based on the film The Mighty Ducks. Disney sold the franchise in 2005 to Henry and Susan Samueli, who changed the name of the team to Anaheim Ducks prior to the 2006-07 NHL season. In their 14 year existence, the Ducks have made the playoffs five times, winning two Western Conference Championships (2003 and 2007) and one Stanley Cup (2007 Stanley Cup Playoffs).

Franchise history (1993–2006). The logo was subsequently used in the Disney movie D2: The Mighty Ducks. Disney design elements appear in this logo, such as team mascot Wildwing's goalie mask. 1993-2004: The Disney Era The Mighty Ducks of Anaheim were founded in 1993 by The Walt Disney Company. The team's original name was chosen from the Disney movie The Mighty Ducks, based on a group of misfit kids who turn their losing youth hockey team into a winning team. Disney subsequently made an animated series called Mighty Ducks, featuring a fictional Mighty Ducks of Anaheim team that consisted of anthropomorphized ducks led by the mighty duck Wildwing Flashblade. The team was the first tenant of Arrowhead Pond (now Honda Center), a brand-new arena in Anaheim located a short distance east of Disneyland and across the Orange Freeway from Angel Stadium of Anaheim. The arena was completed the same year the team was founded.

With their first-ever draft pick, the Mighty Ducks selected Paul Kariya fourth overall in the 1993 NHL Entry Draft. Kariya would quickly become a fan favorite and the cornerstone of the young Mighty Ducks franchise. As team captain, he would bring them within a game of Stanley Cup glory in 2002-03 NHL season.

On February 7, 1996, the Mighty Ducks made a blockbuster deal with the Winnipeg Jets. The Ducks sent Chad Kilger, Oleg Tverdovsky, and a third-round pick to the Jets in return for Marc Chouinard, a fourth-round draft pick, and, most notably, star right winger Teemu Selänne. Selanne's arrival helped the Ducks make the playoffs for the first time. On a line with Steve Rucchin and Kariya, his chemistry with the latter made them one of the highest-scoring tandems in the league.

After missing the playoffs in their first three seasons, the Mighty Ducks finished 1996-97 NHL season fourth in the Western Conference (NHL), earning home-ice advantage for a first-round playoff series with the Phoenix Coyotes. The Coyotes initially took a series 3-2 lead, but the Ducks won the last two including Game 7 at home to win their inaugural playoff series. However, Anaheim was swept by the eventual Stanley Cup champion Detroit Red Wings in the second round. Even though Detroit officially swept the Ducks, every game was close in the series. Three games went into overtime, including one that went into double overtime, and one that went into triple overtime. After a disappointing 1997-98 NHL season, The Ducks returned to the playoffs in 1998-99 NHL season, but once again lost in four to the Red Wings in a more convincing manner than in 1997 ending with a 3-0 loss on home ice, this time in the Western Quarterfinals.

After a three-year playoff hiatus, Anaheim qualified for the 2003 Stanley Cup Playoffs. For the third straight post-season in which they participated, the Mighty Ducks met the defending Stanley Cup champion Red Wings. This time, however, Anaheim swept Detroit in the series with Rucchin's series-clincher on Curtis Joseph coming in overtime of Game 4. The Ducks would then defeat the #1-seeded Dallas Stars in six games in the Conference Semifinals and make quick work of the upstart Minnesota Wild (only allowing one goal) in the Western Conference Final to earn their first-ever Western Conference championship and berth in the Stanley Cup Finals.

The 2003 Stanley Cup Finals against the New Jersey Devils was a battle between two elite goaltenders, Martin Brodeur for New Jersey and Jean Sebastien Giguere for Anaheim. Quite possibly the most remembered moment of the series, Game 6 saw Paul Kariya on the wrong side of a fierce body check from New Jersey captain Scott Stevens. Kariya was knocked out and sent to the dressing room. But eleven minutes later, Kariya returned from the dressing room and scored to help the Ducks tie the series at three games apiece. Anaheim could not complete their Cinderella (sports) run, though, as they lost a hard-fought Stanley Cup Final in seven games to the Devils. For his fine play during the post-season, Ducks goaltender Jean-Sébastien Giguère won the Conn Smythe Trophy as Most Valuable Player of the playoffs. He became only the fifth player, and fourth goaltender, in NHL history to have won the trophy as a member of the losing team.

After losing Paul Kariya to the Colorado Avalanche (he joined Selanne, who also signed with Colorado after two seasons with the San Jose Sharks) via free agency shortly after the season ended, the Ducks signed superstar Sergei Fedorov from Detroit and Vaclav Prospal. Still, 2003-04 NHL season was a major disappointment for the Ducks as they missed the playoffs completely, and suffered low attendance figures despite their magical playoff run of the previous year.

2004-Present: The Samueli Era During the summer of 2004, as the NHL and the NHL Players Association's labor dispute was headed towards a long 2004-05 NHL lockout, Disney tried to sell the team but received a low offer of $40-million US, less than the franchise's original price. In 2005, Broadcom co-founder Henry Samueli of Irvine, California and his wife, Susan, bought the Mighty Ducks from The Walt Disney Company for a reported $75 million (USD). The Samuelis have pledged to keep the team in Anaheim, much as Arturo Moreno did when he purchased the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim from Disney. Brian Burke (executive), former Vancouver Canucks General Manager and President, was appointed GM and Executive Vice-President of the Mighty Ducks on June 20, 2005.

On August 1, 2005, former Norris Trophy-winning defenseman Randy Carlyle was hired as the seventh coach in team history. Burke was familiar with Carlyle's coaching ability, as the latter had coached the Manitoba Moose from 1996–2001 (International Hockey League (1945-2001)) and 2004–05 (American Hockey League); the Moose had been the Canucks' farm club since 2001. Carlyle replaced Mike Babcock, who left the Ducks to coach the Red Wings. Also during that summer, the Mighty Ducks brought back former star and fan favorite Teemu Selanne, and made their first big free-agency splash under Burke when he signed defenseman Scott Niedermayer, the 2004 Norris Trophy winner and older brother of Ducks forward Rob Niedermayer, to a four-year contract, from New Jersey.

The 2005-06 NHL season season saw the Ducks trade away big-name players with big contracts such as Petr Sykora and Sergei Fedorov in favor of younger players such as Ryan Getzlaf, Corey Perry, Chris Kunitz, and Joffrey Lupul. The Ducks had a rough start to season, but the plan was ultimately successful; the Ducks became one of the best teams in the league down the stretch and ended up the sixth seed in the West. In an interesting playoff where the bottom 4 seeds knocked off the top 4 seeds, The Ducks beat the heavily favored Calgary Flames in seven games and Colorado Avalanche in a sweep on a run through the playoffs, only to be stopped in the conference finals by the Edmonton Oilers in five games, who had swept the Ducks in the regular season series. The team banked on its youth again, seeing Lupul, Getzlaf, Kunitz, and Ilya Bryzgalov turn in stellar performances. In fact, Bryzgalov took over the starting job from Giguere during game 5 of the Calgary series and broke Giguere's 2003 record shutout streak.

On January 26, 2006, the team announced, effective with the 2006-07 season, the Anaheim Mighty Ducks would change their name to the Anaheim Ducks. This included logo and team color changes which were unveiled at a special ceremony five months later. 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. Along with the new name, their home ice (the Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim) was renamed Honda Center as Arrowhead Water's naming rights had expired.

2006-07: The Stanley Cup arrives in Anaheim On July 3, 2006, the Ducks traded young sniper Lupul, defenseman prospect Ladislav Smid, a 2007 first-round draft pick, a second-round choice in 2008, and a conditional first-round selection in 2008 to the Edmonton Oilers in exchange for star defenseman Chris Pronger, who had publicly requested a trade from the Oilers ten days earlier citing personal reasons, with many speculating that his wife was unhappy living in Edmonton.

Picked by some publications as a favorite to win the Cup, the Ducks started the 2006-07 NHL season on fire. On November 9, 2006, the Ducks defeated the Vancouver Canucks 6-0 at General Motors Place in Vancouver, British Columbia to improve their season record to 12-0-4. The win set an National Hockey League open era record by remaining undefeated in regulation for the first 16 games of the season, eclipsing the previous mark set by the 1983-84 NHL season Edmonton Oilers. They were subsequently shut out by the Flames the following game, 3-0, ending their streak. On December 12, the Ducks defeated the Florida Panthers on the road 5-4. They broke a franchise record for their sixth road win in a row. They also improved their record that night to 24-3-6 and 54 points. No team having played 33 games had reached 54 points since the 1979 Philadelphia Flyers. The next night, the Ducks beat the Atlanta Thrashers to improve their road record to 12-1-2. The 26 points set the NHL mark for the most points on the road through 15 games. The previous record-holders, 1951–52 Detroit Red Wings had 25 points (10-0-5).

On January 16, 2007 the Ducks played in their franchise's 1000th regular season game , and on March 11, the Ducks recorded their franchise's 1000th point with a 4-2 win over the Vancouver Canucks, which improved their franchise all-time record to 423-444-155, 1001 points . On April 7, the Ducks won their first Pacific Division title in franchise history, when the Vancouver Canucks defeated the second-place San Jose Sharks at HP Pavilion (sports arena) in the Sharks' final game of the season. Anaheim also played their last game of the 2006-07 NHL season that day against the Columbus Blue Jackets. Anaheim won the game 4-3, finishing off the season with a total of 110 points—the first 100-point season in franchise history. This was good enough for the fourth-best record in the league (behind Buffalo Sabres, Detroit and Nashville Predators). Although they had three fewer wins than the Predators, the Ducks were seeded second in the Western Conference playoffs by virtue of their division title.

In the Western Conference quarter finals, the Ducks once again met the Minnesota Wild and defeated them 4 games to 1. Next up was the Vancouver Canucks, the Northwest Division champions, whom they also defeated 4 games to 1. They faced the Red Wings in the Western Conference Finals, winning 4 games to 2. A 4-3 win on May 22 at Honda Center gave the Ducks their second Western Conference title, and placed them in the Stanley Cup Finals for the second time. This time, they faced off against the Ottawa Senators, and on June 6, the Ducks defeated the Senators 6-2 at Honda Center to claim their first Stanley Cup in franchise history. The Ducks became the first California team, and the first west coast team since the 1925 Victoria Cougars to win the Stanley Cup.

The playoffs came with much controversy, though, with a Ducks player being suspended from play in three of the four rounds. Chris Pronger was suspended for one game twice; once against the Detroit Red Wings for checking Tomas Holmstrom high, and then once more for elbowing Dean McAmmond of the Ottawa Senators in the 2007 Stanley Cup Final. Brad May was suspended for two games in the series against the Minnesota Wild for punching and knocking out Kim Johnsson without reason. The Ducks were criticized by many for their rough style and for taking unnecessary penalties.

After winning the Stanley Cup, two star players, defenseman Scott Niedermayer and right winger Teemu Selanne were pondering retirement. Burke was active in the Free Agent market signing two veteran players in high scoring defenseman Mathieu Schneider and gritty forward Todd Bertuzzi to 2 year contracts to replace Niedermayer and Selanne if they were to retire. Later on, Oilers GM Kevin Lowe signed Dustin Penner to an offer sheet that would pay him 4.25 million a year over the next five. Burke called out Lowe, saying 'it was a classless move made by a desperate GM trying to save his job.' He did not match the offer. In return, the Ducks have gotten the Oiler's 1st, 2nd and 3rd round draft picks. Later this summer he signed backup defenseman Joe DiPenta to a one year contract along with re-signing the gritty team leader Brad May.

Team colors and mascot Logos The Ducks' logo features a webbed foot forming a "D" followed by the other letters in the word "Ducks" in upper-case letters. The text itself is gold (which sometimes may appear as bronze as well) with orange and black accents (forming a Three-dimensional space appearance). The entire logo is in turn outlined by white. The city of Anaheim's name appears in smaller upper-case print, above the team name. The Ducks are one of three NHL teams to feature their team name spelled out in a scripted form on the front of their jersey rather than a logo. The New York Rangers and the Washington Capitals are the other two. This does not include alternate jerseys or throwback jerseys worn by other teams.

The old logo of the Ducks prior to the name change featured an old-style goaltender mask, shaped to form the appearance of a duck bill. Behind the mask are two intersecting hockey sticks, a black circle and a triangle (the color of the triangle is either green or gray, depending on how the logo is used).

Jerseys The Ducks have officially worn two unique regular jerseys and three unique third jerseys in their franchise history:

Original Mighty Ducks Jerseys The original jerseys of the Ducks (then the Mighty Ducks) used jade, aubergine (eggplant), white and gray as primary colors for both the home and away jerseys. The team's dark jerseys were dominantly eggplant in color with diagonal gray and white stripes; the jersey is jade below the stripes, which appear on the arms and waist. The white jerseys were similar, except that the eggplant is replaced mainly with white. On the shoulders of both jerseys are patches featuring a forward-facing version of the main logo's "duck mask," surrounded by a circle reading "Mighty Ducks of Anaheim."

Ducks Jerseys After 2006 About a year after the team was purchased from the Walt Disney Company by the Samuelis, Brian Burke (ice hockey) initiated a name change dropping the "Mighty", after consultation with the fans showed that the typical fan had a willingness to update the "Mighty Ducks" name and jersey and also a desire to keep part of the traditions of the franchise. Burke sought inspiration for the jersey from the United States Military Academy, ending up with diagonal gold, white, black and orange stripes down the arms and waist with the word "Ducks" on the front. The new jersey is similar to the team's most recent third jersey prior to the name change. The orange pays tribute to Orange County, CaliforniaAnaheim Ducks. Anaheim Ducks 2006-2007 Media Guide. Anaheim, California: Ben Franklin Press, 2006. Page 41., where Anaheim is located. With teams switching and altering uniform designs to fit the new NHL Rbk Edge Uniform System, the Ducks made no changes to their jerseys, the only difference was simply adding orange around the collars.

The Ducks are not the first team from Southern California to win a title in the same year as a major uniform change. The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim won the 2002 World Series the same year that they changed to their current red-and-white uniforms.

Third jerseys {| class="wikitable"|-! Third Jersey
1995-96! Third Jerseys
1997-2000, dark
1997-2001, white! Third Jersey
2003-2006|-||||}The third jerseys of the Mighty Ducks were created in 1995, 1997, and 2003. The 1995 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 1997 third jersey came with a rare fourth jersey partner. The third was a jade-colored 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 chest. The fourth jersey was much like it. It was white with jade, eggplant, and silver stripes at the shoulders of the jersey, but no bottom stripe. These jerseys saw action until the end of 1999-2000 NHL season, when they stopped playing with their third jerseys, and used only the fourth. At the end of 2000-01 NHL season, the fourth was also retired.

The 2003 third jersey was black with purple and gray stripes at the waist and on the sleeves. It had the alternate script logo of the present Mighty Ducks and old-style laces at the neck, as well as a shoulder patch displaying an interlocking "MD" (for "Mighty Ducks"). 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. It was dropped following the season as the team went to a modified name, new uniforms, and color scheme.

Mascot The official mascot for the Anaheim Ducks is an Anthropomorphism duck by the name of Wild Wing. He has been the team's mascot since its inaugural season, and his name was chosen through fan voting. He wears a Ducks jersey with the number 93 on the back, referring to the year the Ducks became an NHL team.

He regularly descends from the rafters of the arena when making his in-game entrances.http://www.anaheimducks.com/fanzone/wing.php In one such descent the rigging that lowered Wild Wing from the rafters malfunctioned leaving the mascot trapped fifty feet above the ice for several minutes. Another well known blunder occurred in October 1995 when Wild Wing, attempting to jump through a "wall of fire", accidentally tripped causing the mascot to land on the fire and set his costume on ablaze.http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/more/news/2003/07/10/mascot_timeline/

His physical appearance is similar to the duck mask in the original Mighty Ducks logo. A bronze statue of Wild Wing is also located outside the team's arena, Honda Center.http://www.ocregister.com/ocregister/news/atoz/article_1146482.php

The mascot's name was also used for the leader of the Ducks, Wildwing Flashblade, in Disney's Mighty Ducks cartoon series.

During the same time in which the team announced a name change as well as change in jersey designs, there was an attempt by the team's owners to change or replace the mascot, Wild Wing, but was halted after a highly successful petition by fans.

Rivalries Ducks-Kings Rivalry Although there is no real enmity between the city of Los Angeles, California and adjacent Orange County, the Los Angeles Kings and Anaheim Ducks share an on-ice rivalry due to sheer geographic proximity. The two teams are situated in the same metropolitan area, and share a television market. The rivalry started with the Ducks' inaugural season in 1993-94, and has continued since with no signs of stopping.

As of 2006-07, the Kings and Ducks have never met in the playoffs, nor made the playoffs in the same year, causing many fans to switch sides between the two fan bases, depending on which team makes the playoffs. The Ducks recent success in the playoffs, topped with the winning of the Stanley Cup in 2006-2007 has definitely bolstered the loyalty of Anaheim's fan base, but the Kings fan base still remains intact with loyal fans.

During regular season (and, to some extent, pre-season) games, Kings fans arrive at the Honda Center in numbers for away games against the Ducks, and vise-versa for Ducks fans at Staples Center, causing any goal by either team to be celebrated just as loud as if the home team scored. Chants in favor of either teams are common. Games between the Southern California crosstown-rivals are often fight-filled, and very physical. The rivalry was even showcased for the NHL Premier in London at the start of the 2007-08 NHL Season with two games between the teams (but this was also due to Kings owner Philip Anschutz also owning the O2 Arena in London).

Ducks-Red Wings Rivalry The rivalry between the Ducks and Detroit Red Wings has heated over the years, mainly because of meetings in the playoffs. The Ducks have faced Detroit more than any other team in the playoffs.

The Ducks and Red Wings became rivals during the 1997 NHL playoffs, when the two teams would meet in the Western Conference Semifinals. Detroit swept the Ducks in four very close games, three of which that went into overtime. Detroit would sweep Anaheim again in the first round of the 1999 Playoffs, this time in a more convincing manner.

The two teams would not meet in the playoffs again until the 2002-03 NHL Season Playoffs. The Red Wings were the heavy favorite as they were the defending Stanley Cup champions. This time the Ducks shocked the hockey world as they swept the Red Wings in a four-game upset. The Ducks' defeat of the Wings' in the '03 playoffs would set a tone between the two teams.

In the 2007 Western Conference Finals, the Ducks and Red Wings went toe-to-toe in what was a tough series for both teams. The Ducks would rally from a 2-1 series deficit, and overcame the absence of Chris Pronger, who was suspended for one game, due to his elbow to the head on Tomas Holmstrom of Detroit in Game 3. Many feel the turning point of this series was the Ducks' 5-3 win over Detroit in Game 4. Game 5 saw Detroit ahead 1-0 and dominate the Ducks for over 59 minutes of play, until Anaheim finally tied the game and sent it into overtime. The Ducks capitalized on the shocker and won in overtime thanks to Teemu Selanne, who stole the puck off a turnover in front of a sprawling Dominic Hasek. This would give the Ducks enough confidence to defeat the Wings in Game 6 and win the series.

Red Wings fans make their presence known when at Honda Center, often engaging in shouting matches against Ducks fans. It was reported during the 2003 playoffs that an octopus was thrown onto the ice following a Detroit goal.

Season-by-season record This is a partial list of the last five seasons completed by the Ducks. For the full season-by-season history, see Anaheim Ducks seasons.

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

Records as of October 14th, 2007.Hockeydb.com, Anaheim Ducks season statistics and records

{] || 82 || 29 || 42 || 8 || 3 || 69 || 175 || 198 || 1254 || 5th, Pacific || Did not qualify|- bgcolor="#eeeeee"| 2002-03 NHL season || 82 || 40 || 27 || 9 || 6 || 95 || 203 || 193 || 954 || 2nd, Pacific || Lost in Finals, 3–4 (New Jersey Devils)|-| 2003-04 NHL season || 82 || 29 || 35 || 10 || 8 || 76 || 184 || 213 || 1131 || 4th, Pacific || Did not qualify|- bgcolor="#eeeeee"| 2004-05 NHL season || colspan="11"| Season cancelled due to 2004-05 NHL lockout 1 || 82 || 43 || 27 || — || 12 || 98 || 254 || 229 || 1462 || 3rd, Pacific || Lost in Conference Finals, 1-4 ([Edmonton Oilers)|-| 2006-07 NHL season || 82 || 48 || 20 || — || 14 || 110 || 258 || 208 || || 1st, Pacific || 'Stanley Cup Champions, 4-1 (Ottawa Senators)|-| 2007-08 NHL season || 6 || 2 || 3 || — || 1 || 5 || 13 || 18 || || 1st, Pacific

|}

1 As of the 2005-06 NHL season, all games will have a winner; the OTL column includes SOL (Shootout losses).

Current roster As of Oct 5, 2007-08 NHL season.

{| width=90%!colspan=6 |Goaltenders|- bgcolor="#dddddd"!width=5%|#!width=5%||align=left!!width=15%|Player!width=8%|Catches!width=9%|Acquired!width=37%|Place of Birth

|- bgcolor="#eeeeee"|align=center|1|align=center||Jonas Hiller|[Felben Wellhausen, Switzerland

]|align=center|L|align=center|2000 NHL Entry Draft|Tolyatti, Soviet Union

|- bgcolor="#eeeeee"|align=center|35|align=center||Jean-Sebastien Giguere|[Montreal, Quebec|align=center|R|align=center|[2007-08 NHL season|Neepawa, Manitoba, Manitoba

] (Injured reserve)|align=center|L|align=center|2007-08 NHL season|New York City, New York

]|align=center|L|align=center|2007-08 NHL season|Tolyatti, Soviet Union

|-bgcolor="#eeeeee"|align=center|21|align=center||Sean O'Donnell|[Ottawa, Ontario

]|align=center|L|align=center|2005-06 NHL season|Sorel-Tracy, Quebec, Quebec

] – Captain (ice hockey)|align=center|L|align=center|2006-07 NHL season|Dryden, Ontario, Ontario

]
(Suspended)|align=center|L|align=center|2005-06 NHL season|Edmonton, Alberta

]|align=center|R|align=center|2005-06 NHL season|Barrie, Ontario, Ontario

]|align=center|R|align=center|2006-2007 NHL Season|Almonte, Ontario, Ontario|align=center|RW|align=center|L|align=center|[2007-08 NHL season|Greater Sudbury, Ontario

]|align=center|RW|align=center|R|align=center|2003 NHL Entry Draft|Peterborough, Ontario, Ontario

] – Captain (ice hockey)#Alternate captains|align=center|LW|align=center|L|align=center|2005-06 NHL season|Regina, Saskatchewan, Saskatchewan

]|align=center|C|align=center|R|align=center|2003 NHL Entry Draft|Regina, Saskatchewan, Saskatchewan

]|align=center|RW|align=center|R|align=center|2006-07 NHL season|Washington, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania

]|align=center|C|align=center|R|align=center|2007-08 NHL season|Decatur, Georgia (U.S. state)

|-bgcolor="#eeeeee"|align=center|19|align=center||Andy McDonald|[Strathroy, Ontario, Ontario

]|align=center|C|align=center|L|align=center|2005-06 NHL season|Buffalo, New York, New York

]|align=center|LW|align=center|L|align=center|2006-07 NHL season|Toronto, Ontario

]|align=center|C|align=center|L|align=center|2000-01 NHL season|Ånge Municipality, Sweden

]|align=center|LW|align=center|L|align=center|2005-06 NHL season|Swift Current, Saskatchewan, Saskatchewan

] – Captain (ice hockey)#Alternate captains|align=center|LW|align=center|L|align=center|2002-03 NHL season|Cassiar, British Columbia, British Columbia

]|align=center|C|align=center|L|align=center|2006-07 NHL season|White Bear Lake, Minnesota, Minnesota

]|align=center|RW|align=center|R|align=center|2005 NHL Entry Draft|Cherry Hill, New Jersey|}

Team and player honors , winner of the Conn Smythe Trophy in 2003. NHL awards and trophies Stanley Cup

Clarence S. Campbell Bowl

Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy

Conn Smythe Trophy

Lady Byng Memorial Trophy

Rocket Richard Trophy


Honored Members Hall of Famers: The Ducks have had one Hall of Famer in franchise history. Winger (ice hockey) Jari Kurri played for the Ducks during the 1996–97 season, and was inducted in 2001.

Retired Numbers: The Ducks do not have any retired numbers of any of its own players. However, Wayne Gretzky number 99 was retired league-wide on February 6, 2000.

Leaders , winner of the 2007 Conn Smythe Trophy. Team captains

Coaches

First-round draft picks

Franchise scoring leaders These are the top-ten point-scorers in franchise history. Figures are updated after each completed NHL regular season.

Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games Played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; P/G = Points per game; * = current Ducks player

Updated at completion of 2006–2007 season{| class="wikitable"|- align="center" style="font-weight:bold; background-color:#dddddd;" || align="left" | Player || Pos || GP || G || A || Pts || P/G|- align="center"| align="left" | Paul Kariya ]* || RW || 556 || 313 || 353 || 666 || 1.20|- align="center"| align="left" | Steve Rucchin ]* || C || 358 || 88 || 155 || 243 || .68|- align="center"| align="left" | Matt Cullen ] || D || 324 || 45 || 125 || 170 || .53|- align="center"| align="left" | Marty McInnis ]* || D || 161 || 28 || 104 || 132 || .82|- align="center"| align="left" | Mike Leclerc ] || RW || 197 || 64 || 67 || 131 || .67|}

Franchise individual records

References See also

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{{NHL Team|team_name = Anaheim Ducks|bg_color = black|text_color = #F47937|logo_image = AnaheimDucksNHL.PNG|conference = Western Conference (NHL)|division = Pacific Division (NHL)|founded = 1993-94 NHL season|history = Anahiem Mighty Ducks1993-94 NHL season - 2005-06 NHL seasonAnaheim Ducks2006-07 NHL season – Present|arena = Honda Center|media_affiliates = [FSN West/Prime TicketKDOC-TVKLAA (AM)|team_colors = Black, Gold, Orange and White|owner = Henry Samueli|general_manager = Brian Burke (ice hockey)|head_coach = Randy Carlyle|minor_league_affiliates = [Portland Pirates (American Hockey League)Augusta Lynx (ECHL)]|conf_titles = 2002-03 NHL season, 2006-07 NHL season|division_titles = 2006-07 NHL season-->The Anaheim Ducks are a professional men's ice hockey team based in Anaheim, California, United States. They are members of the Pacific Division (NHL) of the Western Conference (NHL) of the National Hockey League (NHL). The Ducks are the current Stanley Cup champions, after defeating the Ottawa Senators in 5 games this past post-season. Since their inception, the Ducks have played their home games at Honda Center (formerly, Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim).

The club was founded in 1993 by The Walt Disney Company as the Anaheim Mighty Ducks (a. k. a. Mighty Ducks of Anaheim) , a name based on the film The Mighty Ducks. Disney sold the franchise in 2005 to Henry and Susan Samueli, who changed the name of the team to Anaheim Ducks prior to the 2006-07 NHL season. In their 14 year existence, the Ducks have made the playoffs five times, winning two Western Conference Championships (2003 and 2007) and one Stanley Cup (2007 Stanley Cup Playoffs).

Franchise history (1993–2006). The logo was subsequently used in the Disney movie D2: The Mighty Ducks. Disney design elements appear in this logo, such as team mascot Wildwing's goalie mask. 1993-2004: The Disney Era The Mighty Ducks of Anaheim were founded in 1993 by The Walt Disney Company. The team's original name was chosen from the Disney movie The Mighty Ducks, based on a group of misfit kids who turn their losing youth hockey team into a winning team. Disney subsequently made an animated series called Mighty Ducks, featuring a fictional Mighty Ducks of Anaheim team that consisted of anthropomorphized ducks led by the mighty duck Wildwing Flashblade. The team was the first tenant of Arrowhead Pond (now Honda Center), a brand-new arena in Anaheim located a short distance east of Disneyland and across the Orange Freeway from Angel Stadium of Anaheim. The arena was completed the same year the team was founded.

With their first-ever draft pick, the Mighty Ducks selected Paul Kariya fourth overall in the 1993 NHL Entry Draft. Kariya would quickly become a fan favorite and the cornerstone of the young Mighty Ducks franchise. As team captain, he would bring them within a game of Stanley Cup glory in 2002-03 NHL season.

On February 7, 1996, the Mighty Ducks made a blockbuster deal with the Winnipeg Jets. The Ducks sent Chad Kilger, Oleg Tverdovsky, and a third-round pick to the Jets in return for Marc Chouinard, a fourth-round draft pick, and, most notably, star right winger Teemu Selänne. Selanne's arrival helped the Ducks make the playoffs for the first time. On a line with Steve Rucchin and Kariya, his chemistry with the latter made them one of the highest-scoring tandems in the league.

After missing the playoffs in their first three seasons, the Mighty Ducks finished 1996-97 NHL season fourth in the Western Conference (NHL), earning home-ice advantage for a first-round playoff series with the Phoenix Coyotes. The Coyotes initially took a series 3-2 lead, but the Ducks won the last two including Game 7 at home to win their inaugural playoff series. However, Anaheim was swept by the eventual Stanley Cup champion Detroit Red Wings in the second round. Even though Detroit officially swept the Ducks, every game was close in the series. Three games went into overtime, including one that went into double overtime, and one that went into triple overtime. After a disappointing 1997-98 NHL season, The Ducks returned to the playoffs in 1998-99 NHL season, but once again lost in four to the Red Wings in a more convincing manner than in 1997 ending with a 3-0 loss on home ice, this time in the Western Quarterfinals.

After a three-year playoff hiatus, Anaheim qualified for the 2003 Stanley Cup Playoffs. For the third straight post-season in which they participated, the Mighty Ducks met the defending Stanley Cup champion Red Wings. This time, however, Anaheim swept Detroit in the series with Rucchin's series-clincher on Curtis Joseph coming in overtime of Game 4. The Ducks would then defeat the #1-seeded Dallas Stars in six games in the Conference Semifinals and make quick work of the upstart Minnesota Wild (only allowing one goal) in the Western Conference Final to earn their first-ever Western Conference championship and berth in the Stanley Cup Finals.

The 2003 Stanley Cup Finals against the New Jersey Devils was a battle between two elite goaltenders, Martin Brodeur for New Jersey and Jean Sebastien Giguere for Anaheim. Quite possibly the most remembered moment of the series, Game 6 saw Paul Kariya on the wrong side of a fierce body check from New Jersey captain Scott Stevens. Kariya was knocked out and sent to the dressing room. But eleven minutes later, Kariya returned from the dressing room and scored to help the Ducks tie the series at three games apiece. Anaheim could not complete their Cinderella (sports) run, though, as they lost a hard-fought Stanley Cup Final in seven games to the Devils. For his fine play during the post-season, Ducks goaltender Jean-Sébastien Giguère won the Conn Smythe Trophy as Most Valuable Player of the playoffs. He became only the fifth player, and fourth goaltender, in NHL history to have won the trophy as a member of the losing team.

After losing Paul Kariya to the Colorado Avalanche (he joined Selanne, who also signed with Colorado after two seasons with the San Jose Sharks) via free agency shortly after the season ended, the Ducks signed superstar Sergei Fedorov from Detroit and Vaclav Prospal. Still, 2003-04 NHL season was a major disappointment for the Ducks as they missed the playoffs completely, and suffered low attendance figures despite their magical playoff run of the previous year.

2004-Present: The Samueli Era During the summer of 2004, as the NHL and the NHL Players Association's labor dispute was headed towards a long 2004-05 NHL lockout, Disney tried to sell the team but received a low offer of $40-million US, less than the franchise's original price. In 2005, Broadcom co-founder Henry Samueli of Irvine, California and his wife, Susan, bought the Mighty Ducks from The Walt Disney Company for a reported $75 million (USD). The Samuelis have pledged to keep the team in Anaheim, much as Arturo Moreno did when he purchased the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim from Disney. Brian Burke (executive), former Vancouver Canucks General Manager and President, was appointed GM and Executive Vice-President of the Mighty Ducks on June 20, 2005.

On August 1, 2005, former Norris Trophy-winning defenseman Randy Carlyle was hired as the seventh coach in team history. Burke was familiar with Carlyle's coaching ability, as the latter had coached the Manitoba Moose from 1996–2001 (International Hockey League (1945-2001)) and 2004–05 (American Hockey League); the Moose had been the Canucks' farm club since 2001. Carlyle replaced Mike Babcock, who left the Ducks to coach the Red Wings. Also during that summer, the Mighty Ducks brought back former star and fan favorite Teemu Selanne, and made their first big free-agency splash under Burke when he signed defenseman Scott Niedermayer, the 2004 Norris Trophy winner and older brother of Ducks forward Rob Niedermayer, to a four-year contract, from New Jersey.

The 2005-06 NHL season season saw the Ducks trade away big-name players with big contracts such as Petr Sykora and Sergei Fedorov in favor of younger players such as Ryan Getzlaf, Corey Perry, Chris Kunitz, and Joffrey Lupul. The Ducks had a rough start to season, but the plan was ultimately successful; the Ducks became one of the best teams in the league down the stretch and ended up the sixth seed in the West. In an interesting playoff where the bottom 4 seeds knocked off the top 4 seeds, The Ducks beat the heavily favored Calgary Flames in seven games and Colorado Avalanche in a sweep on a run through the playoffs, only to be stopped in the conference finals by the Edmonton Oilers in five games, who had swept the Ducks in the regular season series. The team banked on its youth again, seeing Lupul, Getzlaf, Kunitz, and Ilya Bryzgalov turn in stellar performances. In fact, Bryzgalov took over the starting job from Giguere during game 5 of the Calgary series and broke Giguere's 2003 record shutout streak.

On January 26, 2006, the team announced, effective with the 2006-07 season, the Anaheim Mighty Ducks would change their name to the Anaheim Ducks. This included logo and team color changes which were unveiled at a special ceremony five months later. 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. Along with the new name, their home ice (the Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim) was renamed Honda Center as Arrowhead Water's naming rights had expired.

2006-07: The Stanley Cup arrives in Anaheim On July 3, 2006, the Ducks traded young sniper Lupul, defenseman prospect Ladislav Smid, a 2007 first-round draft pick, a second-round choice in 2008, and a conditional first-round selection in 2008 to the Edmonton Oilers in exchange for star defenseman Chris Pronger, who had publicly requested a trade from the Oilers ten days earlier citing personal reasons, with many speculating that his wife was unhappy living in Edmonton.

Picked by some publications as a favorite to win the Cup, the Ducks started the 2006-07 NHL season on fire. On November 9, 2006, the Ducks defeated the Vancouver Canucks 6-0 at General Motors Place in Vancouver, British Columbia to improve their season record to 12-0-4. The win set an National Hockey League open era record by remaining undefeated in regulation for the first 16 games of the season, eclipsing the previous mark set by the 1983-84 NHL season Edmonton Oilers. They were subsequently shut out by the Flames the following game, 3-0, ending their streak. On December 12, the Ducks defeated the Florida Panthers on the road 5-4. They broke a franchise record for their sixth road win in a row. They also improved their record that night to 24-3-6 and 54 points. No team having played 33 games had reached 54 points since the 1979 Philadelphia Flyers. The next night, the Ducks beat the Atlanta Thrashers to improve their road record to 12-1-2. The 26 points set the NHL mark for the most points on the road through 15 games. The previous record-holders, 1951–52 Detroit Red Wings had 25 points (10-0-5).

On January 16, 2007 the Ducks played in their franchise's 1000th regular season game , and on March 11, the Ducks recorded their franchise's 1000th point with a 4-2 win over the Vancouver Canucks, which improved their franchise all-time record to 423-444-155, 1001 points . On April 7, the Ducks won their first Pacific Division title in franchise history, when the Vancouver Canucks defeated the second-place San Jose Sharks at HP Pavilion (sports arena) in the Sharks' final game of the season. Anaheim also played their last game of the 2006-07 NHL season that day against the Columbus Blue Jackets. Anaheim won the game 4-3, finishing off the season with a total of 110 points—the first 100-point season in franchise history. This was good enough for the fourth-best record in the league (behind Buffalo Sabres, Detroit and Nashville Predators). Although they had three fewer wins than the Predators, the Ducks were seeded second in the Western Conference playoffs by virtue of their division title.

In the Western Conference quarter finals, the Ducks once again met the Minnesota Wild and defeated them 4 games to 1. Next up was the Vancouver Canucks, the Northwest Division champions, whom they also defeated 4 games to 1. They faced the Red Wings in the Western Conference Finals, winning 4 games to 2. A 4-3 win on May 22 at Honda Center gave the Ducks their second Western Conference title, and placed them in the Stanley Cup Finals for the second time. This time, they faced off against the Ottawa Senators, and on June 6, the Ducks defeated the Senators 6-2 at Honda Center to claim their first Stanley Cup in franchise history. The Ducks became the first California team, and the first west coast team since the 1925 Victoria Cougars to win the Stanley Cup.

The playoffs came with much controversy, though, with a Ducks player being suspended from play in three of the four rounds. Chris Pronger was suspended for one game twice; once against the Detroit Red Wings for checking Tomas Holmstrom high, and then once more for elbowing Dean McAmmond of the Ottawa Senators in the 2007 Stanley Cup Final. Brad May was suspended for two games in the series against the Minnesota Wild for punching and knocking out Kim Johnsson without reason. The Ducks were criticized by many for their rough style and for taking unnecessary penalties.

After winning the Stanley Cup, two star players, defenseman Scott Niedermayer and right winger Teemu Selanne were pondering retirement. Burke was active in the Free Agent market signing two veteran players in high scoring defenseman Mathieu Schneider and gritty forward Todd Bertuzzi to 2 year contracts to replace Niedermayer and Selanne if they were to retire. Later on, Oilers GM Kevin Lowe signed Dustin Penner to an offer sheet that would pay him 4.25 million a year over the next five. Burke called out Lowe, saying 'it was a classless move made by a desperate GM trying to save his job.' He did not match the offer. In return, the Ducks have gotten the Oiler's 1st, 2nd and 3rd round draft picks. Later this summer he signed backup defenseman Joe DiPenta to a one year contract along with re-signing the gritty team leader Brad May.

Team colors and mascot Logos The Ducks' logo features a webbed foot forming a "D" followed by the other letters in the word "Ducks" in upper-case letters. The text itself is gold (which sometimes may appear as bronze as well) with orange and black accents (forming a Three-dimensional space appearance). The entire logo is in turn outlined by white. The city of Anaheim's name appears in smaller upper-case print, above the team name. The Ducks are one of three NHL teams to feature their team name spelled out in a scripted form on the front of their jersey rather than a logo. The New York Rangers and the Washington Capitals are the other two. This does not include alternate jerseys or throwback jerseys worn by other teams.

The old logo of the Ducks prior to the name change featured an old-style goaltender mask, shaped to form the appearance of a duck bill. Behind the mask are two intersecting hockey sticks, a black circle and a triangle (the color of the triangle is either green or gray, depending on how the logo is used).

Jerseys The Ducks have officially worn two unique regular jerseys and three unique third jerseys in their franchise history:

Original Mighty Ducks Jerseys The original jerseys of the Ducks (then the Mighty Ducks) used jade, aubergine (eggplant), white and gray as primary colors for both the home and away jerseys. The team's dark jerseys were dominantly eggplant in color with diagonal gray and white stripes; the jersey is jade below the stripes, which appear on the arms and waist. The white jerseys were similar, except that the eggplant is replaced mainly with white. On the shoulders of both jerseys are patches featuring a forward-facing version of the main logo's "duck mask," surrounded by a circle reading "Mighty Ducks of Anaheim."

Ducks Jerseys After 2006 About a year after the team was purchased from the Walt Disney Company by the Samuelis, Brian Burke (ice hockey) initiated a name change dropping the "Mighty", after consultation with the fans showed that the typical fan had a willingness to update the "Mighty Ducks" name and jersey and also a desire to keep part of the traditions of the franchise. Burke sought inspiration for the jersey from the United States Military Academy, ending up with diagonal gold, white, black and orange stripes down the arms and waist with the word "Ducks" on the front. The new jersey is similar to the team's most recent third jersey prior to the name change. The orange pays tribute to Orange County, CaliforniaAnaheim Ducks. Anaheim Ducks 2006-2007 Media Guide. Anaheim, California: Ben Franklin Press, 2006. Page 41., where Anaheim is located. With teams switching and altering uniform designs to fit the new NHL Rbk Edge Uniform System, the Ducks made no changes to their jerseys, the only difference was simply adding orange around the collars.

The Ducks are not the first team from Southern California to win a title in the same year as a major uniform change. The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim won the 2002 World Series the same year that they changed to their current red-and-white uniforms.

Third jerseys {| class="wikitable"|-! Third Jersey
1995-96! Third Jerseys
1997-2000, dark
1997-2001, white! Third Jersey
2003-2006|-||||}The third jerseys of the Mighty Ducks were created in 1995, 1997, and 2003. The 1995 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 1997 third jersey came with a rare fourth jersey partner. The third was a jade-colored 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 chest. The fourth jersey was much like it. It was white with jade, eggplant, and silver stripes at the shoulders of the jersey, but no bottom stripe. These jerseys saw action until the end of 1999-2000 NHL season, when they stopped playing with their third jerseys, and used only the fourth. At the end of 2000-01 NHL season, the fourth was also retired.

The 2003 third jersey was black with purple and gray stripes at the waist and on the sleeves. It had the alternate script logo of the present Mighty Ducks and old-style laces at the neck, as well as a shoulder patch displaying an interlocking "MD" (for "Mighty Ducks"). 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. It was dropped following the season as the team went to a modified name, new uniforms, and color scheme.

Mascot The official mascot for the Anaheim Ducks is an Anthropomorphism duck by the name of Wild Wing. He has been the team's mascot since its inaugural season, and his name was chosen through fan voting. He wears a Ducks jersey with the number 93 on the back, referring to the year the Ducks became an NHL team.

He regularly descends from the rafters of the arena when making his in-game entrances.http://www.anaheimducks.com/fanzone/wing.php In one such descent the rigging that lowered Wild Wing from the rafters malfunctioned leaving the mascot trapped fifty feet above the ice for several minutes. Another well known blunder occurred in October 1995 when Wild Wing, attempting to jump through a "wall of fire", accidentally tripped causing the mascot to land on the fire and set his costume on ablaze.http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/more/news/2003/07/10/mascot_timeline/

His physical appearance is similar to the duck mask in the original Mighty Ducks logo. A bronze statue of Wild Wing is also located outside the team's arena, Honda Center.http://www.ocregister.com/ocregister/news/atoz/article_1146482.php

The mascot's name was also used for the leader of the Ducks, Wildwing Flashblade, in Disney's Mighty Ducks cartoon series.

During the same time in which the team announced a name change as well as change in jersey designs, there was an attempt by the team's owners to change or replace the mascot, Wild Wing, but was halted after a highly successful petition by fans.

Rivalries Ducks-Kings Rivalry Although there is no real enmity between the city of Los Angeles, California and adjacent Orange County, the Los Angeles Kings and Anaheim Ducks share an on-ice rivalry due to sheer geographic proximity. The two teams are situated in the same metropolitan area, and share a television market. The rivalry started with the Ducks' inaugural season in 1993-94, and has continued since with no signs of stopping.

As of 2006-07, the Kings and Ducks have never met in the playoffs, nor made the playoffs in the same year, causing many fans to switch sides between the two fan bases, depending on which team makes the playoffs. The Ducks recent success in the playoffs, topped with the winning of the Stanley Cup in 2006-2007 has definitely bolstered the loyalty of Anaheim's fan base, but the Kings fan base still remains intact with loyal fans.

During regular season (and, to some extent, pre-season) games, Kings fans arrive at the Honda Center in numbers for away games against the Ducks, and vise-versa for Ducks fans at Staples Center, causing any goal by either team to be celebrated just as loud as if the home team scored. Chants in favor of either teams are common. Games between the Southern California crosstown-rivals are often fight-filled, and very physical. The rivalry was even showcased for the NHL Premier in London at the start of the 2007-08 NHL Season with two games between the teams (but this was also due to Kings owner Philip Anschutz also owning the O2 Arena in London).

Ducks-Red Wings Rivalry The rivalry between the Ducks and Detroit Red Wings has heated over the years, mainly because of meetings in the playoffs. The Ducks have faced Detroit more than any other team in the playoffs.

The Ducks and Red Wings became rivals during the 1997 NHL playoffs, when the two teams would meet in the Western Conference Semifinals. Detroit swept the Ducks in four very close games, three of which that went into overtime. Detroit would sweep Anaheim again in the first round of the 1999 Playoffs, this time in a more convincing manner.

The two teams would not meet in the playoffs again until the 2002-03 NHL Season Playoffs. The Red Wings were the heavy favorite as they were the defending Stanley Cup champions. This time the Ducks shocked the hockey world as they swept the Red Wings in a four-game upset. The Ducks' defeat of the Wings' in the '03 playoffs would set a tone between the two teams.

In the 2007 Western Conference Finals, the Ducks and Red Wings went toe-to-toe in what was a tough series for both teams. The Ducks would rally from a 2-1 series deficit, and overcame the absence of Chris Pronger, who was suspended for one game, due to his elbow to the head on Tomas Holmstrom of Detroit in Game 3. Many feel the turning point of this series was the Ducks' 5-3 win over Detroit in Game 4. Game 5 saw Detroit ahead 1-0 and dominate the Ducks for over 59 minutes of play, until Anaheim finally tied the game and sent it into overtime. The Ducks capitalized on the shocker and won in overtime thanks to Teemu Selanne, who stole the puck off a turnover in front of a sprawling Dominic Hasek. This would give the Ducks enough confidence to defeat the Wings in Game 6 and win the series.

Red Wings fans make their presence known when at Honda Center, often engaging in shouting matches against Ducks fans. It was reported during the 2003 playoffs that an octopus was thrown onto the ice following a Detroit goal.

Season-by-season record This is a partial list of the last five seasons completed by the Ducks. For the full season-by-season history, see Anaheim Ducks seasons.

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

Records as of October 14th, 2007.Hockeydb.com, Anaheim Ducks season statistics and records

{] || 82 || 29 || 42 || 8 || 3 || 69 || 175 || 198 || 1254 || 5th, Pacific || Did not qualify|- bgcolor="#eeeeee"| 2002-03 NHL season || 82 || 40 || 27 || 9 || 6 || 95 || 203 || 193 || 954 || 2nd, Pacific || Lost in Finals, 3–4 (New Jersey Devils)|-| 2003-04 NHL season || 82 || 29 || 35 || 10 || 8 || 76 || 184 || 213 || 1131 || 4th, Pacific || Did not qualify|- bgcolor="#eeeeee"| 2004-05 NHL season || colspan="11"| Season cancelled due to 2004-05 NHL lockout 1 || 82 || 43 || 27 || — || 12 || 98 || 254 || 229 || 1462 || 3rd, Pacific || Lost in Conference Finals, 1-4 ([Edmonton Oilers)|-| 2006-07 NHL season || 82 || 48 || 20 || — || 14 || 110 || 258 || 208 || || 1st, Pacific || 'Stanley Cup Champions, 4-1 (Ottawa Senators)|-| 2007-08 NHL season || 6 || 2 || 3 || — || 1 || 5 || 13 || 18 || || 1st, Pacific

|}

1 As of the 2005-06 NHL season, all games will have a winner; the OTL column includes SOL (Shootout losses).

Current roster As of Oct 5, 2007-08 NHL season.

{| width=90%!colspan=6 |Goaltenders|- bgcolor="#dddddd"!width=5%|#!width=5%||align=left!!width=15%|Player!width=8%|Catches!width=9%|Acquired!width=37%|Place of Birth

|- bgcolor="#eeeeee"|align=center|1|align=center||Jonas Hiller|[Felben Wellhausen, Switzerland

]|align=center|L|align=center|2000 NHL Entry Draft|Tolyatti, Soviet Union

|- bgcolor="#eeeeee"|align=center|35|align=center||Jean-Sebastien Giguere|[Montreal, Quebec|align=center|R|align=center|[2007-08 NHL season|Neepawa, Manitoba, Manitoba

] (Injured reserve)|align=center|L|align=center|2007-08 NHL season|New York City, New York

]|align=center|L|align=center|2007-08 NHL season|Tolyatti, Soviet Union

|-bgcolor="#eeeeee"|align=center|21|align=center||Sean O'Donnell|[Ottawa, Ontario

]|align=center|L|align=center|2005-06 NHL season|Sorel-Tracy, Quebec, Quebec

] – Captain (ice hockey)|align=center|L|align=center|2006-07 NHL season|Dryden, Ontario, Ontario

]
(Suspended)|align=center|L|align=center|2005-06 NHL season|Edmonton, Alberta

]|align=center|R|align=center|2005-06 NHL season|Barrie, Ontario, Ontario

]|align=center|R|align=center|2006-2007 NHL Season|Almonte, Ontario, Ontario|align=center|RW|align=center|L|align=center|[2007-08 NHL season|Greater Sudbury, Ontario

]|align=center|RW|align=center|R|align=center|2003 NHL Entry Draft|Peterborough, Ontario, Ontario

] – Captain (ice hockey)#Alternate captains|align=center|LW|align=center|L|align=center|2005-06 NHL season|Regina, Saskatchewan, Saskatchewan

]|align=center|C|align=center|R|align=center|2003 NHL Entry Draft|Regina, Saskatchewan, Saskatchewan

]|align=center|RW|align=center|R|align=center|2006-07 NHL season|Washington, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania

]|align=center|C|align=center|R|align=center|2007-08 NHL season|Decatur, Georgia (U.S. state)

|-bgcolor="#eeeeee"|align=center|19|align=center||Andy McDonald|[Strathroy, Ontario, Ontario

]|align=center|C|align=center|L|align=center|2005-06 NHL season|Buffalo, New York, New York

]|align=center|LW|align=center|L|align=center|2006-07 NHL season|Toronto, Ontario

]|align=center|C|align=center|L|align=center|2000-01 NHL season|Ånge Municipality, Sweden

]|align=center|LW|align=center|L|align=center|2005-06 NHL season|Swift Current, Saskatchewan, Saskatchewan

] – Captain (ice hockey)#Alternate captains|align=center|LW|align=center|L|align=center|2002-03 NHL season|Cassiar, British Columbia, British Columbia

]|align=center|C|align=center|L|align=center|2006-07 NHL season|White Bear Lake, Minnesota, Minnesota

]|align=center|RW|align=center|R|align=center|2005 NHL Entry Draft|Cherry Hill, New Jersey|}

Team and player honors , winner of the Conn Smythe Trophy in 2003. NHL awards and trophies Stanley Cup

Clarence S. Campbell Bowl

Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy

Conn Smythe Trophy

Lady Byng Memorial Trophy

Rocket Richard Trophy


Honored Members Hall of Famers: The Ducks have had one Hall of Famer in franchise history. Winger (ice hockey) Jari Kurri played for the Ducks during the 1996–97 season, and was inducted in 2001.

Retired Numbers: The Ducks do not have any retired numbers of any of its own players. However, Wayne Gretzky number 99 was retired league-wide on February 6, 2000.

Leaders , winner of the 2007 Conn Smythe Trophy. Team captains

Coaches

First-round draft picks

Franchise scoring leaders These are the top-ten point-scorers in franchise history. Figures are updated after each completed NHL regular season.

Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games Played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; P/G = Points per game; * = current Ducks player

Updated at completion of 2006–2007 season{| class="wikitable"|- align="center" style="font-weight:bold; background-color:#dddddd;" || align="left" | Player || Pos || GP || G || A || Pts || P/G|- align="center"| align="left" | Paul Kariya ]* || RW || 556 || 313 || 353 || 666 || 1.20|- align="center"| align="left" | Steve Rucchin ]* || C || 358 || 88 || 155 || 243 || .68|- align="center"| align="left" | Matt Cullen ] || D || 324 || 45 || 125 || 170 || .53|- align="center"| align="left" | Marty McInnis ]* || D || 161 || 28 || 104 || 132 || .82|- align="center"| align="left" | Mike Leclerc ] || RW || 197 || 64 || 67 || 131 || .67|}

Franchise individual records

References See also

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