Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
The Mighty Ducks of Anaheim are a National Hockey League team based in Anaheim, California.The Mighty Ducks are owned by the Walt Disney Corporation. The team's name was chosen from the Disney movie The Mighty Ducks, about a group of misfit teens who form an amateur hockey team. Disney has subsequently also made an animated television series called Mighty Ducks, featuring a fictional Mighty Ducks of Anaheim team that consists of actual (albeit anthropomorphised) ducks.
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- Founded: 1992
- Formerly Known As:
- Arena: Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim
- Arena Nickname: The Pond
- Uniform colors: Maroon and Jade green
- Logo design: A hockey mask forming a duck's beak, in front of two crossed hockey sticks
- Stanley Cups won:
Franchise history
1993 -- Mighty Ducks of Anaheim select Paul Kariya with the #4 pick in Round 1 of the 1993 NHL Entry Draft; Kariya becomes cornerstone of young Mighty Ducks franchise
1997 -- Make first ever NHL Stanley Cup Playoff appearance; defeated the Phoenix Coyotes 4-3 in the Western Conference quarterfinals but lost in the semifinals to the Detroit Red Wings
2003 -- Best playoff performance in franchise history; defeated the Minnesota Wild 3-0 in Western Conference Finals; defeated by the New Jersey Devils (4-3) in the Stanley Cup finals. Despite the team's loss, goalie Jean-Sebastien Giguere won the Conn Smythe Trophy as MVP of the Stanley Cup Playoffs.
Current stars:
Players of note
Hall of Famers:
Not to be forgotten:
Retired Numbers:
