Anaheim Ducks
| Mighty Ducks of Anaheim | |
| Mighty Ducks of Anaheim | |
| Founded | 1992 |
| Home ice | Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim |
| Based in | Anaheim |
| Colours | Jade green and maroon |
| League | National Hockey League |
| Head coach | Mike Babcock |
| General manager | Al Coates |
The Mighty Ducks of Anaheim are a National Hockey League team based in Anaheim, California. They were founded in 1992, with their home arena at the Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim ("The Pond"). Their uniform colors are maroon and jade green, and feature a hockey mask forming a duck's beak, in front of two crossed hockey sticks.
The Mighty Ducks are owned by The Walt Disney Company. The team's name was chosen from the Disney movie The Mighty Ducks (much to the disdain of many traditionalists), 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.
Franchise history
Timeline
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; swept defending Stanley Cup champs, the Detroit Red Wings; beat the Dallas Stars in the quarterfinals; defeated the Minnesota Wild in the Conference Finals; defeated by the New Jersey Devils in the Finals. Goalie Jean-Sebastien Giguere won the Conn Smythe Trophy as MVP of the Playoffs.
Season-by-season
| Year | GP | W | L | T | OL | GF | GA | PTS | Finish | Playoffs |
| 1993-94 | 84 | 33 | 46 | 5 | - | 229 | 251 | 71 | 4th Pacific | Out of Playoffs |
| 1994-95 | 48 | 16 | 27 | 5 | - | 125 | 164 | 37 | 6th Pacific | Out of Playoffs |
| 1995-96 | 82 | 35 | 39 | 8 | - | 234 | 247 | 78 | 4th Pacific | Out of Playoffs |
| 1996-97 | 82 | 36 | 33 | 13 | - | 243 | 233 | 85 | 2nd Pacific | Lost Conference Semi-Final (DET) |
| 1997-98 | 82 | 26 | 43 | 13 | - | 205 | 261 | 65 | 6th Pacific | Out of Playoffs |
| 1998-99 | 82 | 35 | 34 | 13 | - | 215 | 206 | 83 | 3rd Pacific | Lost Conference Quarter-Final (DET) |
| 1999-00 | 82 | 34 | 33 | 12 | 3 | 217 | 227 | 83 | 5th Pacific | Out of Playoffs |
| 2000-01 | 82 | 25 | 41 | 11 | 5 | 188 | 245 | 66 | 5th Pacific | Out of Playoffs |
| 2001-02 | 82 | 29 | 42 | 8 | 3 | 175 | 198 | 69 | 5th Pacific | Out of Playoffs |
| 2002-03 | 82 | 40 | 27 | 9 | 6 | 203 | 193 | 95 | 2nd Pacific | Lost Stanley Cup Finals (NJ) |
| 2003-04 | 82 | 29 | 35 | 10 | 8 | 184 | 213 | 76 | 4th Pacific | Out of Playoffs |
Players of note
Current stars
Not to be forgotten
Retired Numbers
- 99 - Wayne Gretzky (retired league-wide by the NHL)
