A Mighty 25: Anaheim Ducks 25th Anniversary Commemorative Book

FOREWORD

It was February 7, 1996 that my life changed forever. When I got the phone call telling me I had been traded from the Winnipeg Jets to the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim, have to admit was disappointed. They always tell you the first trade of your career is the toughest, and this one was difficult. When you get traded, you almost feel like you’ve failed at your job. But little did I know at the time, the chance to come to Anaheim and be part of the Ducks organization would turn out to be the opportunity of a lifetime.

I still remember on the day I got traded to the Ducks, it was minus-18 degrees Fahrenheit in Winnipeg. Soon afterward on my first morning in Anaheim, was eating breakfast outside, and it was 82 degrees and the sun was shining. I looked up to the sky and said, “Thank you.”

The next six years in Anaheim were unbelievable, and there were so many great memories and friends I made over that time. I left for a few years after was traded to the Sharks in 2011 and played two full seasons in San Jose. played one season in Colorado, where I had a tough time because of problems with my knee. Over that time, Anaheim always had a special place in my heart, and I hoped that one day I would make it back there. After I had knee surgery, there were thoughts that my career would be over. There weren’t a lot of people who believed I could still play this game and play it well. But in 2005 the Ducks gave me the chance to come back to Anaheim and play for so many more years.

I’ll always be so thankful to people like Brian Burke, Bob Murray, David McNab and Randy Carlyle for the faith they had in me.

I’m also grateful to Ducks owners Henry and Susan Samueli, two of the nicest people I’ve ever met. What they have done for the Ducks franchise and the way they treat the players is incredible. I’ve never been part of any other team that does so much for the community, and much of that is because of the two of them. It has been an honor to be a part of that for so many years.

I have always called Orange County my “happy place,” not only because of the sun and the ocean and so many other things that make it so great but also because of the memories and the friends I have made here. The Ducks organization and the fans have been so amazing to me and my family over the years that it truly has become a perfect second home for me, my wife Sirpa, my sons Eemil, Eetu and Leevi, and my daughter Veera.

When I was a little boy growing up in Finland, if somebody told me I would have a life like this, it would have been really hard to believe. I played a lot of sports growing up, but my hockey goal was to play in the top league in Finland and my dream was to play for the national team. My fantasy was to play in the NHL, which felt like it was too far away. But all of those things happened for me,

By Teemu Selanne

and of course so much of it happened in Anaheim.

The pages of this book contain countless unforgettable moments and memories for the Ducks franchise, and I’m absolutely honored to be a part of so many of them. It starts with me coming to the Ducks on that February day in 1996, scoring my first goal as a Duck in my first game with Anaheim, winning the Rocket Richard Trophy in 1997, scoring the overtime goal in Game 5 in Detroit in 2007, skating around the Honda Center ice with my great teammate J.S. Giguere after my last regular season game in 2014 and having my number 8 retired in 2015. Of course, the greatest memory will always be winning the Stanley Cup on June 6, 2007. It’s a day I’ll never forget, and it always makes me emotional when I think about it. A lot of people have asked me if the Stanley Cup was the highlight of my career. I always tell them it was, but the greatest part is that we won it in front of the fans in Anaheim.

had waited such a long time for the opportunity to win a Cup, and was lucky enough to be part of what I truly believe is one of the best teams of all time. Guys like Scott Niedermayer, Chris Pronger, Andy McDonald, Chris Kunitz, Ryan Getzlaf, Corey Perry, J.S. Giguere and so many others made that such a special group. We will always have that bond that comes from realizing a dream together.

There were so many other teammates I was lucky to play with over my years in Anaheim, players you will find throughout this book. Steve Rucchin was such an underrated player to everybody but us, and he did all the dirty work to make us look good. Guy Hebert was a great player and a great guy, the original Mighty Ducks goalie. Jari Kurri was a countryman, a childhood idol and role model, and it was such an honor to play with him my first season in Anaheim. I was also fortunate to play later in my career with Saku Koivu, a longtime friend and a special teammate.

My “brother” Paul Kariya was the best player I ever played with. Even though we had very different personalities, learned so much from him and we had a great chemistry together. He has been so good to me and done so much for me over the years, and I was unbelievably proud to be inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame with him in 2017.

That moment was the crown of this amazing journey that I’ve been lucky enough to enjoy, and I’m so thankful to have experienced all of the incredible memories. I hope as you read this book you will enjoy reflecting on those moments just as much as I do.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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Editor and Publisher: Adam Brady

Associate Editors: A.J. Manderichio and Kyle Shohara

Contributors: Aaron Teats, Alex Gilchrist, Wendy Arciero, Jill Bauer, Jesse Bryson, Jesse Chatfield, Jason Cooper, Molly Schaus, Ryan Herrman, Peter Uvalle, Gabe Suarez, Rich Cooley, Steve Hoem

Designer: Russell Ogawa

Cover Design: Jeff Ipjian

Photos: Getty Images, AP Images, Debora Robinson, V.J. Lovero, John Cordes, Robert Binder, Bruce Bennett, Jeff Robbins, Doug Pizac

Special Thanks: Henry and Susan Samueli, Walt Disney Company, Pro Photo Connection, Teemu Selanne, Scott Niedermayer, Paul Kariya, Chris Pronger, Ryan Getzlaf, Corey Perry, Paul Kariya, J.S. Giguere, Todd Marchant, Andy McDonald, Sean O’Donnell, Rob Niedermayer, Travis Moen, George Parros, Brad May, Bob Murray, David McNab, Brian Burke, Tim Ryan, Randy Carlyle, Newell Brown, Brian Hayward, Pasi Jaatinen, Sam George, Ducks fans

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QR CODES

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GREAT MOMENTS IN DUCKS HISTORY

GREAT MOMENTS IN DUCKS HISTORY

The Ducks are born The NHL awards a franchise in Anaheim to the Walt Disney Co , part of an expansion that also included awarding a franchise to South Florida that will be named the Panthers, with both teams to begin play in the 1993-94 season Less than three months later, Disney chairman Michael Eisner, NHL commissioner Gary Bettman, NHL chairman Bruce McNall and Mighty Ducks chairman Jack Lindquist blow duck calls during a press conference announcing the team will be named The Mighty Ducks of Anaheim

DECEMBER 10, 1992

The Mighty Ducks of Anaheim officially unveils their team logo, colors and uniforms at a press conference in Anaheim led by Disney chairman Michael Eisner sporting a Mighty Ducks hat and jersey With design input from more than 500 ideas submitted by Disney employees, the logo was created by Disney artists Tony Cipriano and Fred Tio Since the Mighty Ducks team was inspired by the popular Disney movie, the logo was intended to appeal to youth and families, and it was subsequently used in the Disney movie D2: The Mighty Ducks (released in 1994) Disney design elements are at the foundation of the logo, notably the duck-billed goalie mask over two crossed hockey sticks The unique color scheme for the uniforms included plum, jade, silver and white Said Eisner, “We wanted something Disney-esque but not hockey mean We didn’t want it too light or silly or too violent We’re a theatrical company We hope to lighten things up, make hockey a family sport ” The logo would become an icon of 1990s and Mighty Ducks merchandise became one of the top sellers in all of professional sports

JUNE 7, 1993

JUNE 26, 1993

The Mighty Ducks make their first draft choice in franchise history at the NHL Draft in Quebec City, selecting Paul Kariya, a winger from the University of Maine who had won the Hobey Baker Award as the best collegiate player in the nation Kariya would go on to play nine prolific seasons in Anaheim and was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in November of 2017

JUNE 24, 1993

In the NHL Expansion Draft that included the Mighty Ducks and Florida Panthers, Anaheim uses its first pick on goaltender Guy Hebert, formerly of the St Louis Blues Hebert would become the club’s first No 1 goalie and go on to play eight seasons in Anaheim Other notable players among the 24 taken by Anaheim in the draft include defensemen Sean Hill, Bobby Dollas and Randy Ladouceur, and forwards Troy Loney, Stu Grimson and Joe Sacco

A Team Is Born

June 24, 1993 was a banner day for the Mighty Ducks franchise and, of course, for my career. I was playing for the St. Louis Blues when Anaheim took me with the second pick of the 1993 NHL Expansion Draft, right after the Florida Panthers picked goalie John Vanbiesbrouck with the first overall selection. The Blues were going to try and protect me from being taken in the Expansion Draft, but it turned out both the Ducks and Panthers teams were interested in me. St. Louis told me they didn’t want to lose me, but you could only protect one goaltender and they also had Curtis Joseph. They called me a few days before the draft and said both Anaheim and Florida wanted to pick me and by the end of the draft I would no longer be a member of the St. Louis Blues. I was crashing at my parents’ house in Troy, New York for the summer, and I went out fly fishing at a local stream by the house the day of the draft. kind of purposely left the house because I didn’t want to be sitting around waiting by the phone. I remember pulling back in the driveway in my jeep, and my little brother came out and said, “Where’ve you been? You just got taken by the Ducks.” I realized my life and my career was taking a different turn. I was 26 years old, I had made all-star teams in the minors, and I had gotten my feet wet in St. Louis as a backup. I was excited for the opportunity out west with Anaheim. I knew I’d get a chance to win a starting job, but for goaltenders, it’s tough to start with an expansion team because they are often not as strong in the first couple of years. That was a concern, but I also knew Ron Wilson was going to be the coach, and had played for Ron on some USA national teams. We had a good rapport, I knew his style and knew it would make for a defensive-minded team early on.

It was like a kid getting ready to move out of the house. I was ready to be a No. 1 goalie and Anaheim was that opportunity. I could only see upside from the day I got on the plane to the time I landed in Orange County. It really was a great place to come play hockey. With the weather and the atmosphere, it was exciting from the moment got there and walked into the Pond.

It ended up being the start of a great career for me in Anaheim, where I played the next eight seasons and set Mighty Ducks franchise records in nearly every goaltending category – that is, until J.S. Giguere came along and wiped them all out.

That first year in Anaheim was a unique experience. You had the allure of Disney owning the team, and they make magic. A lot of people were interested to see how that would work with a pro-

BY GUY HEBERT

fessional sports franchise. I think Michael Eisner did the right thing by hiring the right people and handing the reins over to them. He would come down to the locker room every so often and talk to us, even though he was out of his element and a little shy. remember vividly our first Mighty Ducks team event. We were on a float going down Main Street at Disneyland, and people didn’t know if we were from the Mighty Ducks movie or if we were a real team. Once we started playing, more and more people learned who we were. There were a lot of transplanted fans from the Midwest or East Coast that were big hockey fans and had to root for the Kings, even though they were in Orange County. Now they had the opportunity to root for their own team. have friends now in my life who I didn’t know until I was retired and I met them on the golf course. They will say, “I used to sit in the rafters and some nights yell for you, and some nights yell at you.” You had people who were interested in what was new and exciting, and then you had a core group of hockey fans who were season tickets holders that first year and are still season ticket holders today. But probably have hundreds of stories about those first years.

One that comes to mind is that first-ever game, October 8, 1993 against Detroit at the Pond. I remember as I drove into the parking lot that day, it looked like a Saturday college football game. It was just mobbed with tailgaters, and I had never seen that in the world of hockey. pulled up to the parking booth and tried to explain to the lady that I was actually a player and was playing in the game. But it didn’t work. I had to pay the 8 or 10 bucks to get into the parking lot. We got outplayed in that game pretty handily, and we ended up losing 7-2. joke with a buddy of mine, Steve King, that he was really the first guy to score on me in Anaheim. There was a shot from the point that he tried to knock down and he ended up deflecting it over my shoulder for that first goal. I’ve never let him live that down.

It got better for us from there, and we ended up getting our first win two games later. But that first season was an adventure. Play ing for the team when they were owned by Disney was great, but when you’re wearing teal and eggplant with that duck-bill goalie mask logo from the movie, things don’t seem like they’re going to be easy.

We had guys like Todd Ewen and Stu Grimson, two of our tough

GREAT MOMENTS IN DUCKS HISTORY

GREAT MOMENTS IN DUCKS HISTORY

With plenty of Disney-themed fanfare during the pregame and throughout the night, the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim play their inaugural game against the Detroit Red Wings at the Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim before a sellout crowd of 17,174 Sean Hill scores the first goal in Ducks franchise history, on the power play, at 4:13 of the second period The first fight comes with 5:09 left in the game between legendary tough guys Stu Grimson of Anaheim and Bob Probert of Detroit The Red Wings would win the game 7-2

OCTOBER 8, 1993

OCTOBER 13, 1993

The Mighty Ducks secure their first win in the club’s third game, a 4-3 victory over the Edmonton Oilers at the Arrowhead Pond Anaheim gets four unanswered goals from Troy Loney, Steven King, Joe Sacco and Bill Houlder, and Ron Tugnutt stops 28 of 31 Oilers shots on net

OCTOBER 19, 1993

Anaheim earns its first road victory in the club’s first-ever road contest

Terry Yake completes the first franchise hat trick en route to a 4-2 win at Madison Square Garden over the New York Rangers Guy Hebert makes 40 saves in the victory

GREAT MOMENTS IN DUCKS HISTORY

GREAT MOMENTS IN DUCKS HISTORY

The Mighty Ducks acquire Teemu Selanne from the Winnipeg Jets along with Marc Chouinard and a fourth-round pick in exchange for Oleg Tverdovsky, Chad Kilger and a third-round pick Selanne becomes the most iconic player in franchise history, owning most of the franchise records, having his No 8 retired in 2015 and getting inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2017

FEBRUARY 7, 1996

Teemu Selanne scores a goal in his first game as a Duck on February 10 at Nassau Coliseum against the New York Islanders

FEBRUARY 10, 1996

APRIL 14, 1996

Paul Kariya becomes Anaheim’s first 50-goal scorer, scoring his 49th and 50th goals in the club’s season finale vs Winnipeg, a 5-2 Ducks win at the Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim Kariya also sets a Mighty Ducks record with a 12-game home point streak (10-10=20)

The game marked the last regular season contest the Jets played before relocating to Phoenix for the 1996-97 season

APRIL 27, 1997

Paul Kariya scores in overtime as part of a two-goal game to force a Game 7 in Anaheim’s Western Conference Quarterfinal series vs Phoenix In the extra period, Teemu Selanne lofts a long, high pass that Kariya controls and fires past Nikolai Khabibulin at the 7:29 mark of OT to give Anaheim the 3-2 victory

Watch Kariya Win it in OT

APRIL 29, 1997

The Mighty Ducks win their first-ever playoff series vs Phoenix in Game 7 of the Western Conference Quarterfinals, a 3-0 shutout at the Arrowhead Pond Dave Karpa, Steve Rucchin and Joe Sacco score the goals for Anaheim, and Guy Hebert stops all 31 shots he faces in earning his first-ever playoff shutout Anaheim becomes only the seventh team in NHL history to win its first-ever playoff series

APRIL 15, 1999

Teemu Selanne scores his 47th goal in the third period of the regular season finale against the Kings at the Great Western Forum, earning the inaugural Maurice “Rocket” Richard Trophy as the NHL’s top goal scorer

APRIL 17, 1999 Teemu Selanne and Paul Kariya complete their spectacular 1998-99 seasons, becoming the first and only Anaheim teammates in club history to finish with 100+ points each

JUNE 10, 2000

The Mighty Ducks acquire goaltender J S Giguere from the Calgary Flames Giguere would make his mark soon afterward, setting a franchise record with a 2 13 goalsagainst average in 2001-02 He would become the most prolific goaltender in Ducks history, establishing franchise career records for games played (447), wins (206) and shutouts (32) He would also win the Conn Smythe Trophy in 2003 and help the Ducks capture the Stanley Cup in 2007

GREAT MOMENTS IN DUCKS HISTORY

GREAT MOMENTS IN DUCKS HISTORY

J S Giguere sets a franchise record by making 63 saves vs the Detroit Red Wings in Game 1 of the Western Conference Quarterfinals at Joe Louis Arena

APRIL 10, 2003

The Mighty Ducks win the game in triple overtime on Paul Kariya’s game-winning goal Giguere’s 63 saves were the most-ever by a goalie making his Stanley Cup Playoffs debut

APRIL 16, 2003

The Mighty Ducks become the first team to sweep a defending Stanley Cup champion in the first round by defeating Detroit in Game 4 at the Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim Steve Rucchin scores the series-clinching goal at 6:53 of the first overtime and J S Giguere has 32 saves to secure the sweep

Watch Giguere in action

GREAT MOMENTS IN DUCKS HISTORY

APRIL 24, 2003 Anaheim beats the Dallas Stars in Game

1 of the Western Conference

Semifinals at American Airlines Center in Dallas on a Petr Sykora goal 48 seconds into the game’s fifth overtime The game was the fourth-longest in NHL history (140:48) J S Giguere has 60 saves to become the first goaltender to post two 60-save performances in a single postseason

GREAT MOMENTS IN DUCKS HISTORY

Sandis Ozolinsh scores the game-winning goal at 18:54 of the third period to give the Ducks a series-clinching 4-3 victory over Dallas in Game 6 at the Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim Steve Thomas earns a goal and two assists, and Stanislav Chistov and Ruslan Salei each have goals

MAY 5, 2003

Watch Sykora’s OT goal

See Ozolinsh’s game-winner

MAY 14, 2003 J S

Giguere records his third consecutive shutout in a 4-0 win over Minnesota at the Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim to take a 3-0 series lead in the Western Conference Final He becomes the first goalie in league history to record three consecutive shutouts in a Conference Final, giving him a scoreless streak of 213 minutes and 17 seconds

MAY 16, 2003 J S

Giguere’s shutout streak is ended on a Minnesota goal 4:37 into the first period, but the Mighty Ducks give nothing up the rest of the way in a 2-1 victory in Game 4 of the Western Conference Final at the Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim Adam Oates scores twice for the Ducks as they sweep the Wild for the club’s first-ever Western Conference title, advancing to the Stanley Cup Final

GREAT MOMENTS IN DUCKS HISTORY

MAY 31, 2003 Ruslan Salei

leads the Mighty Ducks to their first Stanley Cup Final win on a goal at 6:59 of the first overtime period for a 3-2 victory in Game 3 vs New Jersey at the Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim

Watch Salei’s OT goal

One of the darker days in Ducks history came on September 7, 2011 when former defenseman Ruslan Salei was one of 44 passengers and crew to perish in a plane crash near Yaroslavl, Russia. The aircraft carrying the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl team of the Kontinental Hockey League crashed as it was taking off for the team’s season-opening game in Minsk, Belarus.

Salei was 36 years old and left behind a wife, Bethann, and three children, Ava, Alexis and Aleksandro. The Ducks released the following statement on the day of Salei’s passing: “The Anaheim Ducks organization is shocked and saddened to learn of the passing of Ruslan Salei.

‘Rusty’ was a fan favorite and dedicated member of the Orange County community since being drafted by Anaheim in 1996. Our thoughts and prayers go to his wife and three children, along with all of the other members of the hockey community affected by this horrible tragedy.”

Salei’s widow Bethann released this statement: “On behalf of the Salei family, I want to express my sincere thanks to the entire hockey community, including all of Ruslan’s friends and fans, for the overwhelming love and support. While this is an extremely difficult time for us, the outpouring of affection our family has received has been comforting. As much as Ruslan enjoyed playing hockey, he loved the camaraderie he had with his teammates, the team staffs, and the fans that much more.

Ruslan Salei 1974-2011

“Ruslan was the love of my life, and I’m extremely grateful to have our three beautiful children. He treasured his family life with us, and we miss him dearly.”

Among those who died in the crash were several former NHLers, including coach Brad McCrimmon, Pavol Demitra, Karlis Skrastins, Josef Vasicek, Karel Rachunek, Jan Marek and Alexander Vasyunov.

Salei, who was born in Minsk, was drafted by the Ducks in 1996 and played nine seasons in Anaheim before leaving as a free agent following the 2005-06 campaign. Nicknamed “Rusty” by his teammates, he ranks sixth in team history (and first among defensemen) in games played with 594 and third among franchise defenseman in shots with 872.

He scored one of the biggest goals in Ducks history on May 31, 2003, a one-timer off a faceoff 6:59 into overtime that gave the Ducks a dramatic victory in Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Final vs. New Jersey (previous page.) He was an instrumental part of that team that advanced to Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Final as well as the 2005-06 team that made the Western Conference Final with the help of his defensive prowess and three postseason goals.

After playing 917 NHL games in 14 seasons with the Ducks, Panthers, Avalanche and Red Wings, plus 62 playoff games, Salei signed with Lokomotiv in July of 2011. All the while, his family kept a house in Orange County, a place the Belarusian Salei felt at home after a near-decade in Anaheim.

Ducks fans’ appreciation of Salei was never more evident than the first time he came back to Anaheim with Colorado. After a video tribute to Salei during a timeout in that game, the crowd gave him a standing ovation as he acknowledged them from the bench. Several fans built a makeshift shrine around the Mighty Duck statue outside of Honda Center soon after his passing. Salei was inducted into the IIHF Hall of Fame in 2014, along with fellow players Nicklas Lidstrom, Steve Yzerman, Vyacheslav Bykov and Andrei Khomutov.

Ducks legend Teemu Selanne played with Salei during the 2005-06 season, as well as during Teemu’s first stint in Anaheim from 1996 through 2001. “He was a really good friend of mine and we always kept in touch,” Selanne said. “We played cards together a lot and had a lot of dinners together. He was a real team guy, always chirping, the kind of teammate you really want in your dressing room. He played hard and he was just an overall great guy. He was too young to go. They all were.”

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In one of the more iconic moments in Ducks and Stanley Cup Final lore, Paul Kariya returns to the ice in Game 6 at the Arrowhead Pond after being knocked out of the game on a vicious hit by New Jersey’s Scott Stevens The Ducks captain puts an exclamation point on his return with a dramatic second period goal en route to Anaheim’s 5-2 victory, forcing a Game 7 The Mighty Ducks score a team playoff record five goals in the game, including three in the first period

JUNE 7, 2003

JUNE 2, 2003

Steve Thomas scores the game’s first goal just 39 seconds into overtime of Game 4 to help the Mighty Ducks even the Stanley Cup Final series with New Jersey at two games apiece

J S Giguere saves all 26 Devils shots for his fifth shutout of the 2003 playoffs

See Thomas’ OT goal

Watch Kariya’s momentous goal

GREAT MOMENTS IN DUCKS HISTORY

GREAT MOMENTS IN DUCKS HISTORY

JUNE 9, 2003

Anaheim’s championship hopes are vanquished in a 3-0 loss to the New Jersey Devils in Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Final at Continental Airlines Arena Goalie J S Giguere is awarded the Conn Smythe Trophy as playoff MVP after finishing with a 15-6 record, a 1 62 goals-against average and a 945 save percentage He was undefeated in seven overtime games, setting an NHL record for longest playoff overtime shutout streak at 168 minutes, 27 seconds Giguere became just the fifth player to receive the Conn Smythe while playing for the losing team and the first since Philadelphia Flyers goalie Ron Hextall in 1987

“It’s a bittersweet feeling,” Giguere would say years later “Obviously, you’re very disappointed, and I think losing the Cup was probably one of the most devastating day of my life at that point And then they come see you and tell you that you get the Conn Smythe, it’s not something that you can share with your teammates It was one of those bittersweet moments It’s something that I’m extremely proud of today, looking back I’m proud of having won that, and I’m especially proud of the run that we had and the team that we had Besides winning the Stanley Cup, obviously, this was the second-best year of my life, as far as hockey’s concerned And you’ll never forget such a run ”

JUNE 21, 2003

At the NHL Draft held at Gaylord Entertainment Center in Nashville, the Mighty Ducks select center Ryan Getzlaf in the first round, 19th overall Not long afterward, Anaheim trades its two second-round selections to Dallas to acquire the 28th overall pick, with which the Ducks select winger Corey Perry The two franchise icons are part of what is widely considered the greatest NHL Draft in league history, in which every firstround pick made it to the NHL and 22 of the 30 have played at least 500 NHL games Including Getzlaf and Perry, 28 players from the 2003 Draft were named an NHL All-Star at least once in their careers (17 from the first round alone)

GREAT MOMENTS IN DUCKS HISTORY

SUMMER 2005 Henry and Susan Samueli assume ownership of the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim on June 20, 2005 Brian Burke was named the team’s Executive Vice President and General Manager, Michael Schulman was named Chief Executive Officer, Anaheim Arena Management President/Chief Executive Officer Tim Ryan assumed the additional role of Mighty Ducks Executive Vice President and COO and Bob Murray was named Senior Vice

GREAT MOMENTS IN DUCKS HISTORY

President of Hockey Operations On August 4, Scott Niedermayer signs a four-year contract with the Ducks His brother, Rob, also signs a four-year contract with the club On August 5, Randy Carlyle is hired as Anaheim’s head coach On August 22, Teemu Selanne returns to the Mighty Ducks, signing a one-year contract

MAY 1, 2006

Down 3-2 in the Western Conference Quarterfinals vs Calgary, Francois Beauchemin helps to shift the tide by squaring off against Flames captain Jarome Iginla in the first minute of Game 6 at the Arrowhead Pond and winning the fight decidedly The Ducks go on to win by a score of 2-1, forcing a Game 7 in Calgary in which the Ducks prevailed 3-0

Watch the BeaucheminIginla battle

MAY 3, 2006 Ilya Bryzgalov records the first of three consecutive shutouts and Teemu Selanne scores the series-winning goal to help the Mighty Ducks beat the Flames 3-0 in Calgary and advance to the Western Conference Semifinals Bryzgalov would go on to extend his scoreless minutes streak to 229:42, the fourth-longest in NHL history, and he became the first rookie goaltender to record consecutive shutouts since 1945

GREAT MOMENTS IN DUCKS HISTORY

GREAT MOMENTS IN DUCKS HISTORY

MAY 9, 2006 Joffrey

Lupul sets a franchise record by scoring all of Anaheim’s four goals (including the overtime winner) in Game 3 of the Western Conference Semifinals at Colorado, a 4-3 victory over the Avalanche The OT win puts Anaheim up 3-0 in a series they would eventually sweep in four games Ilya Bryzgalov’s scoreless minute streak was snapped at 249:15, the second-longest in Stanley Cup Playoff history

JUNE 22, 2006

The Mighty Ducks of Anaheim officially become the Anaheim Ducks in an unveiling ceremony at the Arrowhead Pond The club adopts a new logo and color scheme of black and gold with orange trim (a nod to Orange County) and a “Ducks” wordmark logo The Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim officially becomes Honda Center on October 3, 2006

See Lupul’s OT goal

JULY 3, 2006 In a blockbuster deal, the Ducks acquire former Hart Trophy winner Chris Pronger from Edmonton in exchange for right wing Joffrey Lupul, defenseman Ladislav Smid and three draft picks Pronger becomes one of the Ducks captains, helping Anaheim to the Stanley Cup title less than a year later

NOVEMBER 9, 2006

The Ducks come out of the gate on fire to start the 2006-07 season, setting an NHL record by earning points in their first 16 games A 6-0 win in Vancouver in which J S Giguere saves all 20 Canucks shots gives Anaheim a 12-0-4 record to start the season, a streak that would end the next night in Calgary

GREAT MOMENTS IN DUCKS HISTORY

GREAT MOMENTS IN DUCKS HISTORY

Just before Anaheim takes the ice in the regular season finale in Columbus, the San Jose Sharks lose in overtime to Vancouver, clinching the first Pacific Division title in Ducks franchise history Anaheim would defeat Columbus 4-3 later that night, giving the Ducks a club-record 110 standings points, which tied Nashville for second in the Western Conference

APRIL 7, 2007

APRIL 19, 2007 Chris Pronger, Ryan Getzlaf, Corey Perry and Travis Moen each tally goals in a 4-1 victory over the Minnesota Wild in Game 5 of the Western Conference Quarterfinals at Honda Center, clinching the opening round series for Anaheim

MAY 13, 2007

Scott

Niedermayer again is the overtime hero, scoring the club’s OT-winning goal in Game 2 of the Western Conference Final at Detroit to down the Red Wings 4-3 and even the series at a game apiece

MAY 3, 2007

The Ducks advance to the Western Conference Final for the third time in franchise history with a dramatic 2-1 victory over Vancouver in Game 5 at Honda Center Scott Niedermayer scores the game-winning goal at 4:30 of the second overtime session for the series clincher Niedermayer fired a wrist shot past distracted Canucks goalie Roberto Luongo, who had responded to a hard hit by Rob Niedermayer on Vancouver’s Jannik Hansen The Ducks registered a club postseason-record 63 shots on goal, eclipsing their previous record set in the 2003 Stanley Cup Playoffs when they recorded 54 vs Dallas in five overtimes

Watch the Niedermayers combine on the OT goal

See Niedermayer’s OT goal

MAY 17, 2007 Playing without suspended defenseman Chris Pronger, the Ducks beat the Red Wings 5-3 to even the series 2-2 in Game 4 of the Western Conference Final at Honda Center Ryan Getzlaf scores what proves to be the game-winner at 5:24 of the third period

MAY 20, 2007

In what are widely considered the biggest goals in Ducks franchise history, Scott Niedermayer scores with just 48 seconds remaining to dramatically tie Game 5 of the Western Conference Final 1-1 at Detroit’s Joe Louis Arena Teemu Selanne scores the overtime winner at 11:57 of the extra frame, after scooping up a Detroit turnover in the Red Wings end, to give the Ducks a crucial 3-2 series lead with the series heading back to Anaheim

Watch the two iconic goals from Niedermayer and Selanne

The Ducks had to vanquish the Ottawa Senators in five games in the Stanley Cup Final to capture California’s first Cup in 2007. But to get there, Anaheim (almost fittingly) had to knock off longtime playoff rival Detroit in a heated Western Conference Final.

Game 5 of that series featured two of the biggest goals in Ducks history, as Scott Niedermayer tied the game with under a minute left in regulation, and Teemu Selanne won it 11:56 into overtime at the old Joe Louis Arena in Detroit.

We take a look back at that unforgettable series through the eyes of some of its most significant characters.

After knocking off the Minnesota Wild in five games in the opening round and Vancouver in five games in the second round, the Ducks were set to face Detroit, a frequent playoff opponent. The Red Wings swept the Ducks out of the playoffs in 1997 and 1999, but Anaheim got the upper hand with a sweep in the ’03 opening round on the way to its first Final appearance.

Teemu Selanne, Ducks winger: Detroit has always been tough for us, and we knew if we could get by them, we would have a good chance to win the Cup. It was a tough series and it went back and forth. They had a very good team, and they always raise their level in the playoffs. But we knew we had a great team too, and we knew going in we had a good chance.

game of the playoffs.

The Ducks sent Giguere (who had 36 saves in the game) to the bench for an extra attacker in the final minute, as Anaheim desperately looked to tie it.

McNab: There were a lot of ways that we could have been down 2-0 before we scored what really was a fortunate goal in the last minute. Of all of Giguere’s great games, that was as important a game as he’s ever played because he really kept us in it at a time when Detroit could have gone up 2-0 and then who knows what happens from there. It really was the entire game that sometimes gets forgotten about and Giguere’s performance at a time when it was 1-0 is totally forgotten.

Anaheim was able to control the puck in the Detroit zone

who had kept the puck in the zone and gotten it to Selanne.

Niedermayer: It was just one of those plays where got myself near the net and just got lucky. You hear it a lot: It’s never a bad play to put the puck on the net. So that’s what I did. It wasn’t pretty. It was not a Teemu Selanne shot. I just put it on net and got lucky.

Getzlaf: The reason he won the Conn Smythe was moments like these where we’re down late in the game and Scotty ends up scoring a big goal to send us to overtime. It was kind of a scramble play, and Scotty was down at the goal line for some reason and ended up putting it in the net.

Marchant: I’m actually on the ice, down by the goal line. Scott Niedermayer shoots the puck, Hall of Famer, It goes off of Nick Lidstrom’s stick, Hall of Famer, up and over Dominik Hasek, Hall of Famer. If we don’t score that goal, it would be that much more difficult to win the series. All these things that have to fall into place for a team to be able to advance like that.

that goal really well. I’ve been practicing that move for years and years, since I was a little boy. Seeing that water bottle pop up was just unbelievable.

Getzlaf: That was a typical Teemu Selanne goal, where most guys wouldn’t take that shot at a backend like he did. I think that Andy did a great job tracking the puck down and forcing that turnover, and Teemu jumped on it and capitalized like he usually did that season. That was a huge moment for us.

A packed house of 20,003 fans was collectively stunned by what had transpired.

Selanne: remember how silent that place got. It was almost scary, like you could hear people breathing.

Getzlaf: Yeah, I remember the dead sound in the Joe.

There is debate among Ducks fans on whether that goal, or Niedermayer’s game-tying score in regulation, is the biggest in Ducks history.

DUCKS VS. DETROIT An Oral History

The Ducks and Red Wings split the first four games of the series, with Anaheim winning Game 4 at Honda Center, 5-3. The series shifted back to Joe Louis Arena for Game 5, a difficult building to play in for opponents and a place where the Ducks have traditionally struggled.

Ryan Getzlaf, Ducks center: We didn’t want to go down 3-2 going back home because then we knew we had to come back for a Game 7 if we wanted to win this thing. We went into that game with the mentality that we needed to win.

Selanne: It’s not an easy building to play in, because of the history and the culture and the fans there. We haven’t had a lot of success there, but it’s a great building to play in. There is a lot of pride, so that’s why winning there is pretty special.

The only goal of the first 59 minutes of Game 5 came from defenseman Andreas Lilja, who ironically would play a major role later in the game.

Selanne: First of all, I don’t think we played a very good game. David McNab, Ducks Senior Vice President of Hockey Operations: We did not have our best game. Detroit played really well, and if you go back and watch the game, Detroit was ahead 1-0 for what seemed like forever, and they had what seemed like a million chances to make it 2-0. But Giguere was outstanding. Chris Kunitz, Ducks winger: I was like, Oh my God, one of these goals has to go in. Jiggy is standing on his head and it should be 4-0.

Selanne: He’s just a warrior. Every day he challenges you, and he just hates when someone scores on him.

J.S. Giguere, Ducks goalie: I think at that point, for me, personally, it was trying to keep giving us a chance.

Sean O’Donnell, Ducks defenseman: That was his signature

with under a minute to play, looking for any way to score the tying goal.

Scott Niedermayer, Ducks defenseman and captain: I really enjoyed those moments, where you can just throw caution to the wind and just try and score a goal. You’re not worried about the other end of the rink at that moment, and that suits my skill and talents as a player. A lot of times, I’d just get in front of the net and do crazy stuff, and the next thing you know something gets opened up for someone else because I’m causing havoc.

Todd Marchant, Ducks forward: Well it starts with, I believe, [Detroit winger] Johan Franzen not getting the puck out. That keeps our chances alive.

With 47.3 seconds left and the Ducks skating with a man advantage, a wide open Niedermayer took a pass from Selanne in the slot and fired a desperation shot toward the net. The puck glanced off the stick shaft of Wings defenseman Nicklas Lidstrom and fluttered over the shoulder of goalie Dominik Hasek. All four players who figured prominently in the sequence are in the Hockey Hall of Fame, as is Chris Pronger,

Giguere: It seems like every time we had a big play needed, or a big goal needed, Scotty would step up and do it. That’s the type of leader he was. At the end there, with a minute left, we still have a chance, and then there it is. Scotty comes up with a big goal, and once you go in overtime in playoff, anything can happen. If you don’t score that goal, you don’t know where that series can go. It can go all the way to Game 7, and then you don’t know what’s gonna happen. So it was a great moment.

Selanne: That gave us new life, and for Detroit, it was just shock for them and their fans. You almost felt that. We knew now it was our time.

The teams traded chances in overtime, but an opportunity opened up with a little more than eight minutes left in the extra session. Lilja was hounded by Ducks center Andy McDonald in his own end and coughed up the puck to Selanne, who went to the backhand before flipping a shot over a sprawled Hasek.

Selanne: was forechecking behind the net and their defenseman came around the net and Andy Mac came up right to him. He got confused and lost the puck. I got the puck and … remember

Selanne: do think it’s the biggest game in Ducks history. As far as that goal, people can have their opinion, but I will say that both goals were huge.

Niedermayer: I don’t know. They’re both big goals. One doesn’t mean anything without the other, guess. [Laughs] I’ll say that.

Selanne: Absolutely. That’s the right answer. Scotty’s a smart man.

Marchant: remember the feeling in the locker room after the game. It was a feeling of accomplishment but we knew that we weren’t finished. We knew that we had one more step to go to get to the next level, and we’d have four more steps to get to the ultimate level. But on the plane ride home, I remember we were confident. We knew that, You know what? We’re not going back to Detroit. We’re gonna finish it right now so that we can move on. We just knew that if we won Game 5, we were gonna win Game 6 and we weren’t gonna go back to Detroit. That’s what we did.

The Ducks came back to Honda Center for Game 6 and took a three-goal lead into the third period. But Detroit came roaring back, and Anaheim had to hang on in the final seconds to secure a 4-3 win and advance to the Stanley Cup Final.

Selanne: remember it was 4-1 after the second period, and we thought it was going to be over. All of a sudden in the last eight minutes it was 4-2, then 4-3 and they still had a couple of good chances at the end. We definitely didn’t want to go to a Game 7 in Detroit. I wasn’t on the ice, but those last two minutes were probably the longest two minutes of my career. I think we had two penalties in the last eight minutes, and we had to dig down deep. I was shaking, hoping nothing was going to happen.

Two weeks later, the Ducks knocked off Ottawa in five games in the Final to capture the Cup.

Getzlaf: No offense to the Ottawa Senators, but that Detroit series was our Stanley Cup, so to speak, at that time.

Selanne: Ottawa had a good team, but we knew the Final would be almost easier than beating Detroit. think the confidence we got from that Detroit series carried into the series with Ottawa, and it showed.

GREAT MOMENTS IN DUCKS HISTORY

GREAT MOMENTS IN DUCKS HISTORY

The Ducks secure their second-ever Western Conference title with a 4-3 win in Game 6 at Honda Center over Detroit Samuel Pahlsson scores the eventual game-winning goal at 5:55 of the third period, and the Ducks hang on in the closing moments to advance to the Stanley Cup Final

MAY 22, 2007

MAY 28, 2007 California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger drops the ceremonial puck before the opening game of the Stanley Cup Final between the Ducks and Ottawa Senators, one of many celebrities among the overflow crowd at Honda Center Despite giving up an Ottawa goal just 1:38 into the contest, the Ducks take Game 1 after Travis Moen scores the winner with just three minutes remaining in the third period Andy McDonald scores one of his team-leading 10 playoff goals, midway through the first period, and Ryan Getzlaf ties the game early in the third

GREAT MOMENTS IN DUCKS HISTORY

The Ducks move to within one game of clinching the Stanley Cup title with a 3-2 win over Ottawa in Game 4 at Scotiabank Place After two goals scored by Andy McDonald one minute apart in the second period, Dustin Penner scores the game-winner off a Teemu Selanne feed 4:07 into the third McDonald finished with five goals in the series (10 in that postseason), and became the only NHL player since 1992 to average at least a goal per game in the Stanley Cup Final

JUNE 4, 2007

Samuel Pahlsson breaks a scoreless tie at 14:16 of the third period to give the Ducks a 1-0 victory over Ottawa in Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Final at Honda Center and a commanding 2-0 series lead J S Giguere earns his sixth career postseason shutout, with the other five all coming in 2003 It was also Anaheim’s ninth postseason win where the gamewinning goal came in the third period or overtime

MAY 30, 2007

Watch Pahlsson’s goal

See Penner’s game-winner

GREAT MOMENTS IN DUCKS HISTORY

GREAT MOMENTS IN DUCKS HISTORY

The Ducks become the first California team to win the Stanley Cup in a 6-2 victory over the Senators in Game 5 at Honda Center Anaheim jumped out to an early 2-0 lead and never trailed, getting goals from Andy McDonald, Rob Niedermayer, Travis Moen (two, including the game-winner), Francois Beauchemin and Corey Perry The Ducks allowed the Senators just 13 shots in the game, the fewest allowed in franchise postseason history

JUNE 6, 2007

Pathway to Cup Glory

hen the Ducks became the first California team to capture the Stanley Cup on June 6, 2007, it was the culmination of a series of events that originated with Henry and Susan Samueli purchasing the then Mighty Ducks from Disney in the summer of Anaheim had already shown a propensity for success two years prior when the Mighty Ducks made an improbable run to Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Final behind the goaltending of J.S. Giguere. But a difficult ensuing season was followed by an NHL lockout that led to the cancellation of the 200405 campaign and left the Ducks franchise in a state of flux.

J.S Giguere, Ducks goalie: Disney was a good ownership, but Henry and Susan are the best. They’re always there for the players. They treat the players like their sons. The organization just got better right off the bat. I think they’re great for the community. They make sure that the guys do a lot. Anaheim probably is the place where I’ve done the most public relations stuff, and it’s because of them. They’re so involved and they’re so charitable. I couldn’t think of two better people to own a team.

Corey Perry, Ducks winger: To have the Samuelis come in and take over, and kind of start fresh, it was an exciting time for the whole organization. When you get an owner that is enthused about the team as much as you are, it’s exciting – not just for the organization but for the fans and for Orange

Brian Hayward, Ducks TV

analyst: It was exciting because, first of all, there was a moment there that we didn’t know if the Ducks were going stay in town, because there were all kinds of rumblings. Henry and Susan had the management contract on Honda Center, so it made sense for them, at the time, to hold onto their anchor tenant here in Anaheim. But I didn’t realize, to be honest with you, how passionate they were about the team, and how much they loved the sport and the team itself. So to find out they were purchasing the team was pretty darn exciting.

Soon after the Samuelis took over the franchise, the Ducks made a number of moves over that summer that would have a significant impact on the organization. They hired Brian Burke as Executive Vice President and General Manager, and he in turn hired Randy Carlyle as head coach and Bob Murray as Senior Vice President of Hockey Operations. They signed one of the game’s best defensemen in Scott Niedermayer, who had just captured his third Stanley Cup against the Mighty Ducks )and his brother Rob) two years prior. Scott and Rob were each signed to four-year contracts on the same day – August 3, 2005.

Bob Murray, then Senior Vice President of Hockey Operations and current Executive Vice President and General Manager: When [Brian Burke] and came here, it was out of the lockout, and it was hectic, but it was exciting. There were some good parts left from the team that went to the Final two years before. The biggest thing that was done, we convinced Robbie Niedermayer to stay. That gave Brian the opportunity to get Scotty. That was huge. To get Robbie to stay, we had to convince him that we were going to be a tough team. We went out and got guys like Travis Moen and Todd Fedoruk, and remember calling Robbie and telling him what we’d done and saying, “Is that enough yet?” That was critical in getting him to stay and then having a chance at Scotty.

Scott Niedermayer, Ducks defenseman and captain: It was an interesting situation, obviously, missing a whole year of hockey then being an unrestricted free agent. Teams were sort of scrambling trying to get things going again. Here in Anaheim there had been a lot of changes. The Samuelis had just bought the team, hired Brian Burke. Brian went out and hired a new coaching staff, brought in Randy Carlyle and the rest of the guys. And my brother had been here for a couple years under different owners, different coaches. Having played against each other back in 2003 kind of put things in perspective a little bit for us. It was a bit of a difficult sort of situation to stand between your brother and his dream of winning the Stanley Cup. A year later we got to play together at a World Championship for Team Canada. And think those two experiences kind of got us thinking that one day it would be neat if we could play together in the NHL. And then the opportunity did come about. It was a hard decision to make. New Jersey had been a very good place for me. We had great teams

that were winning three Stanley Cups so it was a difficult decision to make. But, it ended up working out better than I could have imagined, obviously.

Later that summer the Ducks signed franchise icon Teemu Selanne, who was recovering from knee surgery, to a one-year contract that initiated a magical second stint with the Ducks.

Teemu Selanne, Ducks legend: I had knee surgery, and I had the time to recover from that during the lockout. I just wanted to go somewhere know I’m gonna be happy for sure. When we first called Brian Burke, they didn’t have any room for salary, but then about two weeks later they called and said, “Now we have a little room,” and said I’d take it right away. knew that I wanted to come back here and I was so happy that I did it. We had a great team. We got Scott Niedermayer and Randy Carlyle just came on as coach. I used to play with Randy in Winnipeg so it was an exciting thing for me, and I was so hungry too because I had played for so many years with the bad knee, and I got that fixed so I had a lot of jump and energy and hunger to play well and prove to myself again that I can play well at this level.

Scott Niedermayer: It was pretty exciting to have Teemu come back. As a defenseman, you look pretty good when you pass a puck up to a guy like that and he does his thing, and you’ve got an assist, and really, he’s the guy who did the work. I know playing against him the little bit I did, he was always such a threat to score goals. And maybe what I didn’t know is what a great person and fun person he is to be around and a great team guy. Obviously, it worked out very well. It was great to see him back. The fans love him, and that meant a lot to our team, as well. The fans really gave us great support, and a big reason is because of guys like that.

Giguere: It was really cool that summer to hear about those moves. Obviously everybody loves Teemu, so it was fun to have him back. I think it was exciting for the fans. But the players, we were so excited because we knew what kind of guy he was in the dressing room. He could take a tense moment and make you relax, crack a joke here and there and just make sure that you’re relaxed. He’s a great role model. And Scotty’s the greatest leader I’ve ever played with. And probably one of the greatest that’s ever played hockey. Bringing a guy like that, you had a chance right off the bat to win a Cup.

The Ducks got off to a slow start in 2005-06 and within a span of a week in mid-November made a couple of deals for eventual franchise mainstays. Defenseman Francois Beauchemin was acquired from Columbus in a trade that included sending Sergei Fedorov to the Blue Jackets. A few days later, the Ducks claimed former Columbus forward Todd Marchant off waivers, and both he and Beauchemin would go on to play major roles during Anaheim’s Cup run.

Scott Niedermayer: It was quite an interesting first year. I

didn’t really know what to expect coming here. You look at the roster and you say, ‘”Yeah, there’s some good talent there. There’s some good players.” But with so many changes it’s really hard to predict how things are going to play out. So, a little bit of a rough start. But we found our identity, started playing well as the year progressed and got into the playoffs.

Todd Marchant, Ducks forward: I came from Columbus to a Ducks team that wasn’t playing very well at the time. It was November of 2005 and [Ryan] Getzlaf and [Corey] Perry were rookies who actually had been sent to the minors for a few games. By Christmastime, we were just starting to jell and turn things around. We kind of hit our mark right around the New Year and went on a tear.

Scott Niedermayer: It was interesting we made the trade and got Francois Beauchemin on the team and I ended up being his D partner. I’d never really heard of the guy in all honesty and you know, he was just a fierce competitor. Very similar to a lot of guys I’d played with before in New Jersey, guys that did all the dirty jobs, blocked shots, were physical, took hits to make plays.

They’re both pretty tough guys. And just to see a guy willing to do all those little things whether it was that or other guys laying in front of shots or taking hits or playing hurt. That’s how you win. We had guys willing to do that.

Perry: was on the bench. I think closed my eyes a few times when Beauch started throwing the lefts, and I think he caught Iginla off guard. think everybody looked at that fight as a turning point, and it definitely carried everybody over.

Hayward: As soon as they dropped their gloves and squared off, my first thought was, I wonder if Iginla knows he’s a lefty. Clearly he didn’t, because Beauch just tagged him a couple of times, and it was another pivotal moment in that series. And we say this all the time in hockey, that in any playoff series there are moments that shift the momentum one way or the other, in favor of one club, and that was a big one for us. There’s no question, because I think everyone on Calgary and on their bench was expecting that Iginla, who’s a tough, tough customer, was gonna get the better of Beauchemin, and he just got jackhammered.

The Ducks won Game 7 in Calgary 3-0 behind the first of three consecutive shutouts by quirky goalie Ilya Bryzgalov.

Scott Niedermayer: We really had belief in our room. We were playing well. We believed in each other and we ended up pulling that out in a Game 7 up there, which, was a pretty big thrill. I mean, to have success like that against a tough opponent and to come out on top is a pretty rewarding time. It was great especially from where we started at the beginning of the year where we weren’t doing so well and some changes were made and we ended up finding our way. To win a tough playoff series is a huge accomplishment, especially for a team that’s maybe just coming together with some new faces, some young guys, to really figure out how to have success in the playoffs. That was really what was glad for was this is a great learning experience for us to be able to go into a real tough playoff series, physically demanding, playing against a real good team and to come out on the road in a Game 7. That’s a great learning experience and I’m sure it paid dividends for us down the road.

that it was a very deflating feeling, watching that Stanley Cup Final. It just was setting up so well if we got past Edmonton, we would’ve faced Carolina in the Final, and I really would’ve liked our chances in that series. And it was one of those reminders, I guess, that you never know what can happen in the Stanley Cup Playoffs, because, not only should we not have lost in five games, we should not have lost that series.

Scott Niedermayer: We felt good at that point with ourselves, with everybody that was involved with the team, with what the Samuelis were trying to do, the support they showed us. Brian, the coaching staff, Randy, everybody. We had accomplished some things the year before but we knew there was still more work to be done. People were still pushing forward and giving us everything we needed to do that. So we were excited. We were just real excited to get going again, to get back out there and have some fun playing hockey and trying to win a Stanley Cup.

For the second straight summer, the Ducks would make some moves that had a tremendous impact on the organization. On June 22, 2006 the team officially changed its name from the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim to the Anaheim Ducks in a festive ceremony at the Arrowhead Pond (which would become Honda Center four months later). The franchise also unveiled a new “Ducks” wordmark logo and color scheme of black, gold and orange (a tribute to the team’s Orange County home) with new uniforms modeled by Perry and Marchant.

Perry: I think the Samuelis wanted to put their mark on the franchise, and really show that they care about this team and they’re going to establish its own identity. Moving forward I think everybody was excited about the new change. And the fans were excited. The players were excited to see what kind of jerseys we were going to have.

it was a family and you felt that soul, and as much as the Samueli family does for the communities here, it was a different feeling.

Giguere: I was glad we kept the name Ducks. I was glad that we kind of kept a tie to what we were. But at the same time, think it was time for a change. I think the new colors and the new name fit the team well, fit our personality well. The colors match well with Orange County. It was a well-needed change. I like the old logo, and the colors, and all that, but this definitely felt more modern and more fresh.

Within days of announcing a new identity, the Ducks added a major piece to its roster in a blockbuster trade with the Oilers that brought Pronger to Anaheim in exchange for right wing Joffrey Lupul, defenseman Ladislav Smid and three draft picks.

Murray: When Burkie sets his mind to things, he gets it done. And that’s what he did with the Pronger trade. We were fighting over the last [conditional] first round pick because I thought we’d given them enough. But he said, “We’re gonna do this.” Thank God he was right, because you don’t win the Cup without two No. 1s on defense, which we had with Pronger and Niedermayer. Once we made that deal, we knew we had a pretty solid team.

Niedermayer: We knew we had a real good team after what we did the year before, and really believed and were excited about being able to chase the Stanley Cup. And then when you get a little shot in the arm by acquiring a defenseman like Chris, such a great player, smart player, fierce competitor, I think our confidence just got a big boost when everybody heard that. Rightly so.

Beauchemin would have an impact on Anaheim’s Western Conference Quarterfinals series with the Calgary Flames, who were heavily favored over the Mighty Ducks. With the Ducks down 3-2 in the series, Beauchemin dropped the gloves with Flames captain Jarome Iginla early in Game 6 and won the fight emphatically (page 38). By all accounts, it shifted the series in Anaheim’s favor.

Selanne: The first round against Calgary, we were underdogs, especially in the Canadian media. They didn’t really give us much chance to win the series. But we knew that we can be good, and we can compete against those guys and they were very tight games. But still think the whole series turned around when Beauchemin fought Iginla and we all saw how great he did in winning that fight. And after that, I felt that all the Calgary players just seemed smaller think that was the momentum change for that series, and we won in seven.

Scott Niedermayer: We were all committed and he went out and took on their leader. Jarome can handle himself as well.

Anaheim would go on to sweep the Colorado Avalanche in the conference semis. The Ducks ran into a hot goalie in Edmonton’s Dwayne Roloson in the Western Conference Final – not to mention a big, hard-nosed Oilers defenseman by the name of Chris Pronger – and Anaheim fell in five games. But the roots of a perennial playoff contender had been planted in Anaheim.

Marchant: That team really felt like it had unfinished business in a sense that we felt we deserved better.

Murray: Quite frankly, we got beat by Edmonton because of Pronger and Roloson, two guys who ended up working for us [Roloson would become Anaheim’s goaltending coach after retirement]. But we felt like we should have beaten them that series.

Hayward: thought at the time we had a great team here in Anaheim. We were right on the cusp of being the dominant team in the league. What stands out for me, is that we lost to the Edmonton Oilers in a conference final series in which I think we outplayed the Oilers in every single game by a significant margin. And I just remember at the end of it, that it was like, “I can’t believe we lost the series.” Dwayne Roloson was an absolute superstar and Chris Pronger showed why, at the time, he was, if not the best, certainly one of the top two or three defensemen in the NHL. He was a dominant player in that series as well. So I just remember

Marchant: I think Henry and Susan wanted to put their own stamp on this team. They had just taken over the team the year before, and you kind of just let things ride out. The way that they wanted to do that, was first off get rid of the Mighty part, and second of all change the color of the jerseys. I know that a lot of effort, and a lot of things went in to that whole process. I was fortunate enough, Corey Perry and I, came out for the unveiling, and we had not seen the jerseys until we actually put them on. I remember him and me both looking at each other and going, “Wow.” It looked traditional. It looked crisp. They chose black because they thought black was a color that made you look tougher. think that sort of image carried over into the way that we played. We were a hard team to play against, and if you had asked anybody that season that they knew they were going up against the Anaheim Ducks, they knew they were in for a tough night. I think that all was part of the whole process of being able to turn the corner on what was a great franchise prior to them taking over, but then to carry the tradition to another level.

Ryan Getzlaf, Ducks center: It was great. The jersey change, the name change, all those things were pointing in the direction of their taking control and wanting to do something here.

Selanne: It was what we were expecting because when the Samueli family took the team over, they wanted to have their own identity in the end. We heard the rumor that the “Mighty” was going to drop off the name, and that’s fine. And I really liked the new uniforms and everything. And when Disney was the owner, even they were good owners too, but you really didn’t feel that soul in the organization because it was big company behind it. But now

Chris Pronger, Ducks defenseman: Having just played them in the conference final and knowing the roster fairly well and the style they play, I was excited to be a part of that team and that group. I certainly thought we had a chance to do what we did, which was compete for a Stanley Cup. And of course there was the weather, the lifestyle, my brother [Sean] had played there and was still living there. So it was high on my list on a number of fronts, but first and foremost the hockey team.

Getzlaf: When you go out and we lose in the conference final the year before, we knew we were missing something, obviously. To go out and make a statement like going and getting Chris Pronger at the start of the year, that just showed all of us in the locker room, think, that they’re willing to spend. They’re willing to do whatever it takes to win, and they did it.

Selanne: I knew it was going to help us next year because we had a really good team and obviously that offseason, we got Chris Pronger. When I heard that news my smile was pretty big. knew right away that he was the missing piece of what we didn’t have here before. When we got him, I really felt that this team had a chance to win the whole thing.

Pronger: I knew most of the guys from a distance, and obviously from playing against them, but didn’t know them personally. You play against players and you battle, and most recently we had battled one another pretty hard, going through the verbal jabs and whatnot. Having played Teemu fairly hard for let’s call it 13 years, I think he was excited to be able to play with me, and I was excited to play with him. thought my skillset matched up with his speed and being able to outlet the puck to him for breakaways appealed to me and I think him as well.

Marchant: When they made the trade for Chris Pronger, that turned everything around for us. I think it started in training camp, where we looked around and thought, We were close last year, but this is a team that could win it all. I can’t think of any team in

the last 15 years or so that has had two No. 1 defensemen like we did in Pronger and Scott Niedermayer. They could play against anybody and in any situation, and it was apparent that would be a difference-maker right away. What also helped is having a close group of guys. We’d go out for dinner on the road and there’d be 13 or 14 guys there. We felt like we were destined to do something great.

Anaheim was picked by many to win the Cup that year and the Ducks wasted no time showing they had become the class of the league. They set an NHL record by earning points in their first 16 regular season games (a 12-0-4 record).

Murray: Early on that year, I remember distinctly there was one game where we beat somebody walking away, like 5 or 6 to nothing. And I remember thinking, This team is as good as we think it is. That team was special.

Marchant: The biggest thing with that team was that we expected to win, every single night. There are certain buildings that are tough to play in. When you have a team that maybe isn’t as strong, or isn’t as talented, you kind of go into some of those buildings saying, Geez, hope we can squeak out a win tonight, or, I hope that we can get a point, or whatever. That wasn’t the case with that team. That team, it didn’t matter who we were playing, and when we were playing, where we were playing, we expected to get two points every night. And that was the mentality of that team, and that’s why that team was so successful. We played a pretty brash style of hockey and didn’t back down from any situation. That was our identity as a team and we stuck to it and played to it every night.

Pronger: We had guys that understood how we needed to play. We had the ability to score goals, but we had the ability to play the power game, a heavy a game, a tough game. I think we could play any way you wanted. We could play a tight defensive game or we could beat you 6-5. We could play a speed game or a punch-in -the-face game. We were a jack of all trades but at a high level. We could beat you a lot of different ways, and that was the exciting thing about it. That was the appeal of that team for me, and Randy’s system was tailor made for that group of players.

Giguere: That team was special from the get go. I don’t think there was a doubt in anyone’s mind that that’s where we were heading. I think when you can have guys like Scott Niedermayer and Chris Pronger on your team, either playing together or separately, it makes your team so much stronger. It makes you an elite team right off the bat. We had very talented forwards who could score some goals and on top of it, we were one of the toughest teams in the league. Nobody wanted to play us. Everyone else did their job and made it easy on me. But it was a good team, wellcoached and well-prepared. We never really had a doubt we were heading for something great.

Randy Carlyle, Ducks coach: I don’t know if you could say there was a defining moment. I think our group made the decision at training camp. The way our team came together right out the gate of training camp, we got together and we were a team early. And I think we had some sort of crazy record going. We were unbeaten and we hadn’t lost in like [16 games] or something and it just seemed that that was a stepping stone. And then we ran into a little bit of a hurdle at Christmas, but we found ways to regroup. And we made adjustments as we went forward, but players are the ones that put it on the line night in night out and they deserve all the credit.

Andy McDonald, Ducks forward: Whether it was on the scoresheet or a defenseman making a great play, blocking a shot, there was always some guy in the spotlight. It made it really tough to defend against us because it was like, Well, who do you stop?

Murray: You remember the old dynasty teams like Montreal and the Islanders and Edmonton, some of those Boston teams I grew up watching. Those teams could play the game any way you wanted. You want to play fast? Okay. You want to play physical? Okay. Any way you want to throw it tonight. That was the thing with our team, they could go any way you wanted it to go. I have too much respect for those old teams to make comparisons, but the only thing I’ll say there is I wish there was the opportunity to see our team play some of those great ones. I think our team could have played with them.

Marchant: That team had so many veteran guys like me who had been in the league for years and never won a Cup. So we were a hungry group, and we knew that opportunity doesn’t come around every day. You don’t know when you’ll get back here, so you want to take advantage of it now.

Pronger: We had high expectations and then to get off to that type of start, you’re clicking on all cylinders. At some point, you’re gonna hit some adversity, and I think the big thing for us was how we’re gonna deal with it. It hit when Scotty and I got hurt, and we fell into a bit of a funk. That was our little wakeup call, where we lost probably five of eight or six of ten, and it was a little slap in the face that we can’t just show up. We’ve got to come prepared to work and play our style and our system to the best of its ability. As the season goes on, the teams that succeed continue to adhere to the little details and push themselves to get better. When you face some tough challenges, you understand your team better and the dynamic of each player, and you can overcome those things.

Scott Niedermayer: I think there are moments where you recognize that it could be a special team. You’re in the dressing room and there is a feeling, there is an atmosphere in there, and you recognize that everybody is buying in. Everybody is committed to what we’re trying to do here, and we’re doing it real well. When that happens, you know your chances of having success are good. In the middle of those things, you never want to admit it and you never want to let your guard down. But obviously now as time’s passed and looking back at it, I think most guys would agree in a sense that we had the special feeling that it takes to have success. Guys were willing to put the work in, sacrifice themselves for whatever they needed to do for the team. You can sense it, but you don’t want to admit it at the time. You want it to keep going.

Selanne: We had a great combination of older guys and younger guys, Getzlaf and Perry were up and coming. Our top line with [Chris] Kunitz and [Andy] McDonald was unbelievable and really solid. Defense, we had Pronger and Niedermayer and Beauchemin and [Sean] O’Donnell and those guys, very solid. And we have the checking line of [Samuel] Pahlsson, [Travis] Moen and [Rob] Niedermayer, and that line was our best line a lot of nights. Great goalies in Jiggy and Bryz, who gave us confidence and chance to win every night. So the depth that we had was unbelievable, and that made a big difference. That’s what made this team so special. There were no egos. Everyone had a role, and we all accepted it. There was so much hard work.

Scott Niedermayer: You look at the makeup of that team, some of the older players we had who brought a lot of that experience and different experience to the team, and then the younger group of players who brought their enthusiasm and talent and

played huge roles. You have that combination of things, and obviously goaltending with Jiggy and Bryz - both of them very capable of doing the job for us. Yeah, I think that team can be put up against any other team that’s won the Stanley Cup and argue that they’re as good as any of them.

Among the more valuable members of the team, though certainly not the most heralded, were the checking line of center Samuel Pahlsson and wingers Rob Niedermayer and Travis Moen. The line stayed intact for virtually the entire season and through the playoffs, frequently assigned to shut down the opponents’ top units while contributing on the offensive end as well.

Getzlaf: Those guys were huge. They were the unsung heroes. They played so many hard minutes for us and against a lot of other top lines. Those guys a lot of nights would play 20 minutes a night, and check against the best lines and the best players in the league. On top of that, they scored some big goals for us throughout the playoffs. The three of them played so well together, and I think it started the year before when they learned each other and learned what they were gonna do. And then they went out and every night came out and did the same things, and they blocked shots and they hit. They made it tough on other lines.

Perry: They definitely were our workhorses that whole year and in the playoffs. They shut down the top line of the other team, they killed penalties for us, and they put up some big numbers, and they scored some crucial goals at crucial times. Those three guys were our best line by far in keeping guys off the scoresheet.

Giguere: You can’t say enough about those guys.

Travis Moen, Ducks winger: Me, Robbie and Sammy, we just clicked. We just went out and worked hard every night. Didn’t care who got credit for goals and our role was defensive. We tried to play well defensively every night. If we chipped in, we chipped in.

Rob Niedermayer: I think the biggest thing our line had was trust. That was the key word for us. If I’m gonna be in a certain position, they’re gonna be backing me up, and the same goes for them.

Newell Brown, assistant coach: We called Sammy Pahlsson the Viking, because nothing could stop him.

Pronger: They were so good because all three of them can skate well, all three of them are physical, and eventually all three are going to get scoring opportunities because of that.

Marchant: For a line to be successful, you have to develop a good chemistry, and that showed because they were together all year. It was the only line that was together all year long.

The Ducks made a couple of in-season moves that brought in two eventual fan favorites. George Parros was acquired from Colorado for draft picks and soon became immensely popular for his fighting ability, personality and signature mustache. The Ducks made only one significant move at the trade deadline, as veteran Brad May was also brought in via a trade with Colorado and added a veteran presence, toughness and charisma.

George Parros, Ducks enforcer: They were off to a real hot start that year at the time of the trade. I was put on waivers by LA to start the season and picked up by Colorado, then traded to Anaheim. So, in a matter of a month and a half, I’d gone from being on the waiver wire to joining the frontrunners for the Cup that

year. So, it was quite an amazing period of time, and was certainly excited to come back to California.

Brad May, Ducks winger: When was traded, was so lucky and fortunate to be traded to this team. It was amazing. No matter what team you are traded to, you try and do the best you can. But coming to such a great team – and I was the only one who was picked up that day – you just didn’t want to screw it up. You just kind of find your place. I knew a lot of the guys, and I was very comfortable with Brian Burke and that group. It just worked out perfectly.

Murray: We had known Brad and knew he was high character. We were tough enough as it was, but we wanted that little extra character guy. We had some injuries and this was some depth we needed. We didn’t do very much, but we didn’t need to do very much. The moves we made that season were tinkering with the depth of the hockey club.

Anaheim captured its first Pacific Division championship on the last day of the regular season to earn a No. 2 seed in the Stanley Cup Playoffs. They dispatched the Minnesota Wild in five games in the opening round, winning the first three straight without veteran goalie J.S. Giguere. The former Conn Smythe winner was tending to his newborn son Maxim, who was born with a condition in his right eye known as persistent fetal vasculature syndrome (he ultimately had successful surgery to repair it). Backup Ilya Bryzgalov performed admirably in the first three games of the Minnesota series, but Giguere made his first appearance midway through Game 4 and started every game the rest of the postseason.

Giguere: Throughout the whole playoff there was an issue with my son’s eye condition. And when there was a time that the doctor thought he may have cancer. Emotionally, it was very difficult. I can’t explain to you how difficult all this was.

Murray: Jiggy and his wife handled it so professionally. He’s a special guy. We wanted to give him as much time as he needed.

He’s the ultimate professional, and he didn’t want to disrupt the hockey team. It couldn’t have been easy for him. The good thing was that we he had Bryz as a backup, and he had won a bunch of playoff games the year before. He’s a different character, but he can stop the puck.

Carlyle: We had a decision to make that we thought would be in the best interest of the hockey club, because his mind wasn’t where it needed to be, and you can’t blame the individual. There are things that happen in life that are more important than the game, and this was one of those things.

Brian Burke, then Ducks General Manager: I’m not sure I’ve seen a guy focus through adversity like J.S. Giguere did here. To have a baby with a serious medical issue and refocus and play like he did, I’ve never seen anything like it.

Pronger: Especially when it’s your first child, not really knowing what’s to be expected, and you hear the various things I’m sure he heard from the doctor, it can rattle you. He’s an emotional guy and someone who needs to feel a certain way to play the game. To his credit, he went to Randy and Burkie and said it was affecting him and he couldn’t play. We as players appreciated that and certainly understood and wanted him to be comfortable. At some point he was gonna get the opportunity, and ultimately when he did, he took the bull by the horns and got back to Playoff Jiggy form. The rest is history.

Marchant: Jiggy was great for us all year long. So was Bryzgalov. We had a great tandem in the two of them. You’re not gonna advance in the playoffs if you don’t get great goaltending, and certainly Jiggy did that from the time that he got into the playoffs till the end when we won. It just goes to show you that he had been there before and he knew what he had to do.

With Giguere in net, the Ducks took a 3-1 series lead on the Vancouver Canucks and their star goalie Roberto Luongo in the Western Conference Semifinals.

Selanne: Every series is a different story, and you never know how the teams are gonna match against each other. And Vancou-

ver, we knew they had a good team and scoring power with the Sedin brothers [Daniel and Henrik] and everything. But the confidence we had that year, it was just so special.

The deciding Game 5 at Honda Center went to double overtime before Rob Niedermayer laid a jarring hit on Vancouver’s Jannik Hansen and knocked the puck loose. Scott Niedermayer picked it up and immediately fired it past a distracted Luongo, who was pleading to officials for a penalty.

Scott Niedermayer: It was a crazy play obviously. A puck coming up the boards and my brother stepping in and getting a big hit. The puck just kind of slid to me. I think people were a little bit distracted by the big hit wondering, Was it a penalty or what’s going to happen here? I just quickly whipped the puck at the net, because usually that’s just a good play. Get the puck on the net and good things can happen. I was as surprised as anybody when it went in, no doubt. I’ve been around enough to know strange things do happen. You gotta be on your toes every second you’re on the ice. It’s just one of those strange moments where we came out on the right side of it, and it was pretty exciting to see it happen.

Rob Niedermayer: I just stepped into him and the puck bounced right to Scott. We were throwing everything at Luongo and found a way to get one by him. I couldn’t have written a better script myself.

Giguere: It was like, “What just happened?” Robbie hit him pretty hard in the corner. I think it was a pretty good check, which I could see Roberto complaining to the referee, putting his hand up and yelling at the referee, and at that point the puck goes to Scotty, and there it is, he just shoots the puck. These things happen to a player like that, because he’s so good. It was just a great moment, nobody expected the goal. I’ve talked to Roberto since, and he was like, “Ah, I don’t know what I was doing.” What a great moment, what a great way to finish a game.

Getzlaf: It was one of those weird plays. felt bad for Luongo at the end of it. He was trying to make a penalty call because of the hit by Robbie, and Scotty just threw it at the net and it found a way in. That’s the way it goes when you win in the playoffs. You score in all different ways. Guys like Scotty make a name for themselves.

The Ducks had their toughest test of that postseason with a frequent playoff rival – the Detroit Red Wings – in the Western Conference Final.

Scott Niedermayer: You’re playing the Detroit Red Wings, a team that’s been in the top of the league for quite a while. Great playoff team who knew what it took to win, and we knew it was going to be a huge challenge to have to go and try to beat them in this series. It’s talented players, guys who knew how to win in the playoffs. It was going to take everything we had to try and do it, which I think proved to be the case. We had a lot of great performances from a lot of guys that played extremely well for us.

The Ducks were thrashed 5-0 in Game 3 of that series and endured another loss when Pronger was suspended for a lategame hit against the glass on Detroit’s Tomas Holmstrom. Without one of their best defensemen and leaders, the Ducks gutted out a 5-3 victory in Game 4 at home.

Giguere: We knew that to replace Prongs, not one guy could

just do it on his own. We knew we had to be better as a group to replace him.

Getzlaf: We didn’t match up that great against that team throughout the season. We had all kinds of battles, and had been on the losing side of a couple of them, and we knew we were in for one. To have that critical moment where our best defenseman, essentially, aside from Scotty, was out of the game, and we weren’t going to be able to have him in our lineup, it was an opportunity for some other guys to step in and do some things. Our team rallied around each other. Those are those moments that help win those championships.

With Anaheim trailing 3-2 in the series and down 1-0 in Game 5 in Detroit, things looked bleak again. But Scott Niedermayer managed to score the tying goal with 48 seconds remaining and the Anaheim net empty, with a shot that deflected off the stick of Red Wings defenseman Nicklas Lidstrom and fluttered over the shoulder of goalie Dominik Hasek. Its competition for biggest goal in Ducks franchise history came later in overtime when Teemu Selanne jumped on a turnover by Detroit defenseman Andreas Lilja in the Detroit zone and roofed a backhand to win it 2-1.

Scott Niedermayer: I don’t remember anything specific that was said at a moment like that, a real important moment in the playoffs. But, just having been around, knowing that one shot away can make the big difference. If that’s the case, I’ve seen it happen for us, I’ve seen it happen against us, where there’s such a fine line with winning and losing when you get to that position in the playoffs. You’re two very good hockey teams competing really hard, and you just never stop believing, never quit, never give up, because it can happen at any moment. It just takes a split second and the game is changed. We just talked probably about that, believe in each other, trying to just get that one more shot to make a difference.

Selanne: Probably the most important goal I’ve ever scored. Andy [McDonald] was forechecking the Detroit defenseman and he kind of lost the puck and got it and just made my signature move, backhand, and seeing that puck go in was just an unbelievable feeling. I always remember that Joe Louis Arena, 19,000 people, how silent it was after that. It was awesome. It’s really, really special, and that point, I thought we’re going to win and next game, when we won at home and we went to the finals, so that was an incredible moment.

Scott Niedermayer: To push a game like that into overtime and then to watch Teemu score his pretty goal in overtime, it was a pretty big moment in the whole playoffs for us. It was nice I was able to score a bit of a lucky goal to be able to tie the game. I was as excited or more excited to see Teemu score that overtime goal. Moments like that it’s euphoria. You know it’s a big game, you know it’s an important game, and to see that goal go in means a lot.

(More details of that game and that series are on page 50.)

The Game 5 victory propelled the Ducks to the series clincher in Game 6 at Honda Center, where they got out to a three-goal lead and held on down the stretch to win 4-3 and earn the second Western Conference title in franchise history.

Getzlaf: It was a weird feeling winning the Western Conference because it’s a sense of accomplishment but you really haven’t accomplished what you want to. I think that when we won it, it

was an exciting time. Don’t get me wrong, we went through a hard-fought series there and came out on top in our building. And everybody’s going crazy, the building’s going nuts. We knew we were going to the big show after that.

Giguere: We were very excited. I was very excited about it. I think we all knew we had a team to win. We had all the elements that we needed to win the Cup. We didn’t want to take the Senators lightly, but we knew that if we played our game, we would win. I don’t think we said to ourselves, “Oh we know if we do this we’ll win.” But I think we, in the back of our head, if we were gonna lose that series it would have been our fault. Every game it seems, somebody came up with a big play, or a big goal, or a big defensive play, a big save here and there. It was a well-played series by us, and I think we never looked back.

The Ducks advanced to their second Stanley Cup Final in the last five years, this one against an Ottawa Senators team that Anaheim seemingly was favored to beat. Although that wasn’t the consensus.

Hayward: For those of us who work and live in the West, we’ve always felt that there’s a little bit of an East Coast bias that applies to the NHL, and I had a lot of people from the Canadian networks calling me and saying, “Man, you guys are in for a tough, tough haul here.” I couldn’t believe it, and I would just listen to them and say, “Do you have any idea how good this team is?” It was the old story where a lot of people who live on the East Coast didn’t see a lot of the Ducks during the regular season. They saw the record, they saw the playoff victory over the Red Wings, but kept hearing going into that series, “They’re not gonna have an answer for [Ottawa forwards] Jason Spezza or Daniel Alfredsson. These guys are too good. People have tried to shut them down all year, but they can’t shut them down.” And I was totally baffled by it, and I said, “Guys, you have no idea what they’re gonna see with Niedermayer and Pronger, and the checking line of Sammy Pahlsson, Travis Moen and Rob Niedermayer. I mean you really don’t know what they’re gonna have to deal with in this series.” And they were totally shut down.

Marchant: We knew Ottawa had had a great year, had a good team, they were deep, they were built on speed, but we knew that we had the ability of beating any team in any kind of series. We could beat you many different ways, and don’t think we ever really feared the Ottawa Senators. I think we knew that if we went out and we played our game, that we would get the job done.

The Ducks won Games 1 and 2 at Honda Center, each by a goal, with Sammy Pahlsson scoring the lone goal of Game 2. Game 3 shifted to Ottawa, where the tide of the series could have changed.

Marchant: Before Game 3, we had gone a couple days early. There’s always an extra day in between the games in the Final, and the team went out for a nice dinner in Ottawa. So we had this restaurant, we had the whole second floor to ourselves, and we ordered dinner and somehow, someway, the transformer box that provided all the electricity to the restaurant had blown. So they were scrambling to finish all of our food, so that we could have a team meal. So then, they finally did, it took forever, and we eventually got on the bus. Sean O’Donnell, who is from the Ottawa area, knew of a Dairy Queen that was not far away. So the bus actually went over to Dairy Queen, because we couldn’t get dessert at the restaurant, and we pulled the bus over right in front. The guys got

off and got Dairy Queen for dessert. So, in the Stanley Cup Final, when you’ve got police escorts and everything and you pull up to a Dairy Queen, here’s 25 guys getting off the bus to go get ice cream. So, that was a different moment in that series for sure.

Pronger: The way our team was set up, there were no cliques or guys who only hang out with each other or whatever. It’s rather unusual because even the tightest of teams have some cliques to a certain extent. That’s what was pretty special about that group. Whether you were a first-liner or a fourth-liner, a guy up and down from the minors, whatever your role was, everybody was treated as equal and everybody was part of the team. You look at the guys who had to come in and play games for us in those playoffs – guys like Joe Motzko, Mark Hartigan, Drew Miller, Ryan Carter –they didn’t play a lot of minutes for us in the regular season, but suddenly they were thrust into roles. But that group and the way everybody interacted allowed guys like that to get comfortable in the toughest of situations. It was a fun-loving, easy-going group that held each other accountable but had a lot of fun. Whether you’re Teemu Selanne or Joe Motzko, everybody was fair game. The Senators prevailed 5-3 in Game 3 to get back in the series, and Anaheim lost Pronger once again to suspension, this time for a hit to the head of Ottawa forward Dean McAmmond. The Ducks would be without him for Game 4, with veteran Joe DiPenta taking his spot in the lineup.

Getzlaf: You go into a game like that, where again you’ve lost one of your biggest defensemen that logs 30 minutes a night and plays against the other team’s top lines. And again, the comfort that we had in our group and the confidence that we had was unmatched. And I think that obviously knowing that we did it against Detroit Red Wings team, losing him again was one of those things where other guys got to play. Other guys got to step up and play the game the way that we had been. And our guys did a great job rallying around each other and getting a big win in that Game 4, going home knowing that we could win it in our building again.

Murray: People forget about guys like Kent Huskins and Joe DiPenta and Ric Jackman, who played the minutes in those games that Pronger was out. They were unassuming, good team guys, no maintenance whatsoever. They came in and did the job.

David McNab, Ducks Senior Vice President of Hockey Operations: There are such little plays that happen in that series that don’t get talked about. Game 4, when Chris Pronger is suspended, if you would have asked somebody before the game, what defenseman is going to lead the team in ice time, it would have been 100% of people would have said Scott Niedermayer. But it was Francois Beauchemin. Beauchemin’s performance in Game 4 in Ottawa was unbelievable and it was a type of a game in which you needed players to step up. Ottawa was within a game now of taking it back to Anaheim 2-2 and all of the momentum would have come with them.

In addition to the defensive effort, the Ducks got two McDonald goals within a minute of each other in the second period. The game-winner came on a beautiful feed from Selanne to Dustin Penner, who filled an open net four minutes into the third.

McNab: It was McDonald’s two goals within a minute. I sometimes say that was the biggest 60 seconds in Anaheim’s history, because we were down 1-0 in the second period and McDonald scored to tie it, and then a minute later he scores to put the team ahead. Ottawa came back to tie it and then Dustin Penner scored

the winner in the third period, but that was as much of a team effort, and that was to me the game that won the Stanley Cup, because we weren’t going to come back to Anaheim and lose Game 5.

Pronger: At the end, I kind of sat with my back to the TV and turned off the volume, and I was like, “Just get this thing over with and get the win.” The last minute or minute and a half, I just couldn’t watch it. I thought, When I hear the horn go, I’ll be much better.

There was a defining moment near the end of the second period of Game 4, when Senators captain Daniel Alfredsson ripped a slap shot directly at Scott Niedermayer and hit him in the leg with the puck. (Alfredsson admitted years later he did it intentionally out of frustration and regretted the incident.)

Marchant: It was obvious that he did it on purpose, and our team mentality was that we were gonna get retribution right away. That was the way that we had played all year, we were one of the most penalized teams all year. And we came into the locker room and you could tell, the guys were all mad and they were upset and were gonna get this guy. And Scotty came in and, he doesn’t say much, and he basically said, “Look, you know what? Don’t worry about it. There’s a greater goal involved here, okay? We wanna win the hockey game, that’s the bottom line.” And that was a moment that it was like, Okay, we’re gonna do this. You didn’t know, but you kind of had that feeling like we’re in pretty good shape if Scotty Niedermayer is coming in saying, “Don’t worry about it, we’ll take care of business on the ice.” So, that was a pretty pivotal moment, especially in that series.

Two days later the Ducks faced a Game 5 at Honda Center with a 3-1 series lead and the Cup in the building.

Selanne: Well, always remember that night before when it could be the last game. You try to sleep but your body has too much energy, and your mind is too busy about thinking if you’re going to win and you’re so pumped. It was hard to fall asleep. You couldn’t wait until the game starts. And obviously we’re up 3-1 in the series, so we knew we were gonna have a good chance at home. For myself, I had to wait like 15 years before I even had a chance to go to the Final, and now I’m one game away from winning the Stanley Cup, which has been my biggest dream since when I was a little boy.

Getzlaf: probably slept more than I can tell you. It was an exhausting time. I mean, when you got home at the end of the night, before those big games and stuff, you were exhausted. So probably slept pretty decent and got the rest that I needed as well as the excitement going into that next one. I don’t think I slept much that afternoon though.

Moen: Yeah, it was a pretty sleepless night. I think we’re all pretty nervous, a chance to win the Stanley Cup in Anaheim, at home, and not too many guys get that chance. So, didn’t sleep a whole bunch. We just got in the night before from Ottawa, so we’re all a little tired, but we knew we had a chance and we’re going to leave it all on the ice, and we came up with probably one of our best games of the playoffs.

Giguere: I was just a nervous wreck, couldn’t sleep, couldn’t eat. You just don’t want to do something that will change the way the series is going. The momentum is on our side, and you don’t want to change it to put it back in their hands, because you don’t know what’s gonna happen at that point. You don’t want to go

back to Ottawa, play another game. We knew that was the game we needed to win. Fortunately we had a huge game by everybody. Everybody played probably their best game of their lives.

McNab: I remember Chris Kunitz had broken his hand in the Detroit series, probably shouldn’t have ever come back, but then he comes back for Game 3 in Ottawa and got an extremely bad Charlie horse, and he had zero percent chance of playing Game 5. But he did, and after the game he would state that he would have never lived with himself if he had not dressed for Game 5. He had a hand that was demolished and a leg that was destroyed, but he had to play, and that was the type of a team that we had. If you went around our locker room, it was a special, special team, where think everyone wanted to be in Anaheim, wanted to play for Anaheim. I think that whole year, we had that type of team where you knew we had a chance to win it, and then as things got rolling in the playoffs, they went pretty well.

Anaheim dominated Game 5 from start to finish, holding Ottawa to just 13 shots (the fewest allowed in Ducks postseason history) and scoring six times. They got on the board just 3:41 into the game on a power play strike by Andy McDonald, who finished with five goals in the series (10 total in the postseason) and became the only NHL player since 1992 to average at least a goal per game in the Stanley Cup Final. The Ducks took a 2-0 lead into the first intermission and got a fluky goal late in the second period. Ottawa defenseman Chris Phillips took the puck from goalie Ray Emery deep in the Ottawa end and the puck inadvertently went off the back of Emery’s skate and into the net. Travis Moen was the last Ducks player to touch the puck and was credited with what would ultimately become the game-winning goal. He added another goal four minutes into the third to give the Ducks a 5-2 lead.

Moen: It was pretty cool to be able to score two goals in a Stanley Cup Final game and be credited with the game-winning goal, even though it was a pretty ugly one, but I’ll still take it.

The Ducks held a three-goal lead in the third period, but it took a couple of pivotal moments for them to truly feel comfortable. Giguere stoned Ottawa forward Antoine Vermette on a penalty shot with 12:37 left in the game to retain a 5-2 cushion. About 10 minutes later, Perry one-timed a loose puck past Emery to ignite the Honda Center crowd and give the Ducks an insurmountable 6-2 lead with three minutes left.

Perry: It was just a turnover in their zone, and came off the bench and walked into a slapshot, and I beat Emery. To score in a series-clinching game where you knew if you win this game, you’re going to win the Stanley Cup and to get that last goal and to put ourselves up by four, you know, it’s huge. You can just feel the excitement in the building. Everybody knew that you just had to get through the last three minutes, and the Cup was going to be ours.

Giguere: As a goalie, it seems like you never can relax, but if there was ever a time that I was more relaxed, that was one of them. What was fun is it gave you a few minutes to enjoy being in that setting. Because when you’re in the Final, as much as you say, “Oh yeah, I’m enjoying this” it’s so stressful, and it’s such a media frenzy. It’s fun, but it’s not that fun. This gave you a few minutes to enjoy and just take it all in, the fans screaming, and really appreciate the moment.

Burke: Watching that clock tick down and looking at it, you’re

looking at it every seven or eight seconds. The pace doesn’t change but you’re still looking at it, down at the ice, up at the clock, and just praying that this thing runs out.

Carlyle: didn’t feel comfortable with the game until we scored the sixth goal. When Corey Perry scored, I knew we would win the Stanley Cup.

Murray: Corey Perry scored the sixth one from the high slot, and when that went in, you could just look at their bench and at our bench and think, Finally.

Getzlaf: With the lead that we had at the end of the game, we were able to sit there and actually enjoy it and take it all in. We had that cushion and you got to look up and down the bench and see everybody’s face and actually enjoy the moment where you weren’t anxious about them scoring or something like that to ruin it.

Murray: We came down from our box to near the bench area because we wanted to be there when it ended. It’s something I question to this day because you couldn’t see the ice for the last three or four minutes. We were just looking at a TV monitor. I might have liked to see the very end from up high.

Scott Niedermayer: Obviously it’s pretty special to be able to win something in the last minute and for it to be a surprise moment. There’s something to be said, too, for having a lead, sitting on the bench, the game’s still going on, yet you’re pretty confident you know what’s gonna happen in about 10 minutes or whatever it is. You can see the emotion in the guys. They realize the same thing. Just to have that little bit of time to let it sink in and to understand what’s about to happen is pretty special. It was fun for me to just be aware of that and watch how some of the guys reacted.

Murray: I remember Randy saying to me later that he wanted to put Teemu on the ice at the end, but he had tears in his eyes. For as cool as he is, he does get emotional. So there was no way to put him out there.

Selanne: The last two minutes were tough, because when you have a dream and you’re getting so close, you start getting really emotional. We knew we were gonna win, and you can enjoy every second. We didn’t really have to grind in the final seconds. You can enjoy it all, and it’s just unbelievable and there’s no words for that. It’s a dream come true.

Hayward: I had a unique vantage point that night, because I was actually working what’s called the international feed, the broadcast that goes outside of North America, and you really wan-

na focus on the European-born players, because that’s your primary audience. So I had the luxury of being on the bench when the final buzzer went, and I saw the celebration. Because the Ducks were comfortably in the lead, the team decided they were gonna allow family members onto the bench at the end of the game, to be closer to the experience. So I was actually standing by Teemu’s dad, and I had the producer screaming in my ear, “Get me Teemu, get me Teemu, we gotta talk to Teemu.” But I was there for that exact moment where Teemu realized that his dad was on the bench, and their eyes met, and then he came over to the bench and they started bawling their eyes out, and they’re hugging and the producer’s screaming at me, “You gotta get Selanne, you gotta get him.” And there was no way was gonna interrupt that moment. People ask me “What’s the greatest experience you’ve had as a broadcaster?” and that was it. You could just see how important

where it’s surreal. You don’t really think that it’s true, you just kind of go and throw your gloves off like you’re supposed to and go about your stuff. You definitely don’t think about it when you’re in the moment. But it was pretty awesome, running over and grabbing Jiggy and knowing that we accomplished what we set out to do right at the start of that year. remember hugging Teemu and seeing that look on his face, and it was just priceless. He said to me at that point that the team was mine, and he ended up playing [seven more seasons], so he lied to me on the ice that day. But it was just an unbelievable moment where you’ve seen all that hard work that we’d done that season summed up in a couple seconds after.

Giguere: It was the best moment, besides having a kid. Because you’ve worked so hard to get to that point, and it’s finally there, there’s nobody who can take it away from you. It’s something that you can share with all your teammates that played with you, and you have a special bond now for the rest of your life. Just an amazing moment. It’s really hard to describe unless you get to feel it, to live it. can’t tell you how hard it is to get to that point. It’s such a relief.

Scott Niedermayer was awarded the Conn Smythe Trophy as the postseason MVP, the first time he had won the award despite winning three previous Stanley Cups with New Jersey.

Scott Niedermayer: It was nice to be recognized for what was trying to do out there, but at the same time, there were probably at least a handful of guys who could have easily had their names called out, and no one would’ve been surprised. We had a lot of guys compete hard for each other, and that’s what makes winning the Stanley Cup special. It’s the guys you’ve been slagging away with, practicing, working hard, sweating with and sacrificing your own personal goals with. We had every single guy doing that. That’s what it’s all about.

Soon after receiving the Conn Smythe, Scott Niedermayer was handed the Stanley Cup from NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman. After skating it around the Honda Center ice, he handed it to his brother, Rob.

cause you were so happy, and there’s no really words to describe that. It’s just such a relief when you get something that you have dreamed about for so many years. I’ve seen so many great players raise the Cup, and they’re so happy. You always dream you can do that one day. It’s unbelievable.

Marchant: It’s so exciting. It’s very difficult to describe in words. You keep saying the word, “Unbelievable” over and over again.

McDonald: It’s unreal. It’s a dream, just to raise the Cup and hold it above your head. It’s amazing.

Parros: Everyone kind of dreams of lifting that Cup and I know when lifted it, I rubbed my mustache all over it. That was pretty funny. But, the best part was just in the locker room after, and, you know, you work and sweat and bleed all year long. And, I went in that locker room, and it’s a place for work and business and seriousness. And after you win, you just get to trash it and have a good time and blast music, and wash all that away with this. It was a good feeling. That was the best part.

Giguere: Having my son on the ice, to be able to have him in my arms with the Stanley Cup was something special. And then the pictures that we have at home from that is pretty amazing.

Marchant: think that for a lot of us, what was special about that whole team is that there were a lot of guys who spent a lot of time in this league who had never won the Stanley Cup. Scotty was the only one on that team that had ever won a Stanley Cup prior to us getting in that position. And you had guys like Chris Pronger, Sean O’Donnell, Brad May, Rob Niedermayer, Teemu Selanne, myself, guys that had spent 15-plus years in the National Hockey League and never gotten to this point. And it’s not disrespect to the other guys on the team, but I think that’s what made it the most special thing of it all. Here was a group of guys that had put in a lot of time and a lot of effort and a lot of sweat, and have had their season cut short every year prior to that. For guys like that to finally get to that point was pretty special.

Perry: When you look at those guys, they’re 35, 36 or whatever years old, and they’re trying to get the same thing that us young kids are trying to do, that’s exciting. You want to go out and you want to win it for them, and you see the emotion on their face at the end of it. It all puts it into perspective.

issues he had with his son Max near the start of the playoffs and coming back to play so well. Todd Marchant before the playoffs started, having surgery on his ab. Sammy Pahlsson was an amazing player for us, and he was so banged up he couldn’t even practice. Chris Pronger had dislocated his shoulder. I broke my hand. We were a walking infirmary, but the doctors – Dr. [Ronald] Glousman and Dr. [Craig] Milhouse – did such a great job. With all the injuries and the sacrifices we made, that’s what I remember. The greatest thing is all the friendships, and of course the winning. When we hoisted the Stanley Cup, just sharing it all with some unbelievable guys, that was the best.

Marchant: As a player, winning a Stanley Cup brings everything to fruition. You think back to when you’re three years old putting on skates for the first time, or you’re out in the driveway playing street hockey with your friends. When you’re a hockey player, winning a Stanley Cup is always in the back of your mind, especially when you start playing competitively. I went 14 years in the NHL without even getting to a Stanley Cup Final, and then to finally have it happen in 2007, it kind of summed everything up and wrapped my playing career in a bow.

Pronger: It’s what you dream about. Just to have the opportunity to win it. Every player is superstitious and doesn’t want to get close to it or touch it before they win it. When was 8, the Cup was in Winnipeg for one of my hockey tournaments that was at. There was a group of about seven of us who took a picture around it. It’s sitting at my parents’ place and now have another one right next to it. I actually won it this time, so it makes it sweeter.

Sean O’Donnell, Ducks defenseman: At this point in your career, you assume it’s the last time you’re gonna get to do this, and you just want to leave it all on the table, give everything you have, and hopefully it’s enough.

it was, because Teemu was so emotional in the last five minutes that they couldn’t put him on the ice, because he knew that he was gonna finally win it. So it was a great moment and something that I’ll never forget.

Selanne: My dad has been the biggest influence in my career, and without him, this would never be possible. I think it was emotional for both of us. All the work and dedication he has put in, it was unbelievable to share it with him. Obviously my mom was there for me too, and we have been a good team, but my dad traveling and driving to practices and games, it was just such a special moment. Especially when he gave me the eyes and we gave a big hug and it just, you didn’t need any words. It was just unbelievable.

One of the iconic moments after the final horn was Getzlaf and Perry jumping into the arms of Giguere in front of the Anaheim net before being mobbed by the rest of the team.

Getzlaf: I’ve got goosebumps right now thinking about it. Randy put us out in the last 10-15 seconds of the game, and we were able to be on the ice at the end of that. It’s one of those moments

Scott Niedermayer: To be honest, I didn’t think a whole lot about it prior to that because again, you don’t want to get ahead of yourself. I’ve been through it, and the last thing you want to do is start making these types of plans. There is never a guarantee. So that wasn’t my main focus, but after it all happened and we were Stanley Cup champions, it really seemed like the natural thing. He was one of the captains, and I didn’t think anyone would have argued too loudly if I decided to hand it to him. There was a bunch of guys on this team I could have handed it to, but I felt there was one easy choice. I thought was gonna get emotional. I was feeling it in my stomach. It was a pretty unique opportunity and a special experience for us to share together like that. It’s absolutely a highlight of my career.

Rob Niedermayer: He wanted to win a Cup so badly for me. When he passed me that Cup, just couldn’t control myself. I remember the tears were just coming down, and it was just a great feeling. It’s the best feeling I have ever had in my career.

Selanne: It’s funny, two months playing playoff hockey and you’re so exhausted and so tired and then you’re handed this big trophy. It was heavy, but you didn’t feel how heavy it was be-

Pronger: I had lost in a Game 7 the year before, and it was a bittersweet summer with that loss and then the trade. You get a fresh start at the beginning of the year with a new team, a new goal, a new attitude and a new life. Getting another kick at it and being able to finish it off was a dream come true. Being able to hoist it once we won was something special that you’ll always remember.

McNab: I’ve been in hockey a long time and my father had won the Stanley Cup in Detroit, so it was something obviously you want to do, you want to be involved with a Stanley Cup champion and I knew that it took a lot of things to go well. We did a lot of things right over the years, and there were a lot of GMs that were a part of this. Jack Ferreira gets Selanne. Pierre Gauthier gets Giguere. Bryan Murray makes trades and drafts Getzlaf and Perry and trades for Rob Niedermayer. Brian Burke and Bob Murray came in and made great moves, so we had a lot of smart hockey people over the years involved in this. This wasn’t something that just sort of falls together, and it never does. You never thought maybe after ‘03 it would happen again and then in ‘06, we were close, but in ‘07, it’s pretty special to go over the top and win it. May: I remember Francois Beauchemin breaking his jaw and coming back against Minnesota. I remember J.S. Giguere and the

Perry: You dream as a kid to win a Stanley Cup, and you play on the streets and play road hockey as Game 7, Stanley Cup Final, do or die, the last game and the last goal wins. So to be a young guy, second year in the league, only 22 years old and going out and playing for the Cup, it’s a special moment and you just take it all in. May: It’s something that you always have. People look at you differently, because you were a member of a team like that. It would be like the guy who always had the dream of climbing Mt. Everest. It’s such a daunting challenge, and most people don’t get there. But you were able to get to the top, and became part of a team that was the best of the best. It’s going to positively affect you forever. You work so hard to get there, and even if it doesn’t happen the way you dreamt about it, it doesn’t matter. Being part of a group like that stays with you forever. I run into some of the guys on that team from time to time, and you have that instant bond. That lasts forever.

Marchant: You take the big family photo on the ice with the team – I say family photo because that’s what it was, it was our family. And then afterward I’m looking for my family, my wife and my kids and my mom and my dad. We shared a pretty special moment in the locker room. There was champagne flying everywhere and I saw my dad, and I gave him a big hug, and he said to me, “You did it!” And I said, “No, Dad. We did it.” I wouldn’t be a player if he didn’t coach me at 7 years old. wouldn’t have been there without all of those practices and games my mom and dad took me to, and all the sacrifices my brothers had to make, all of the sacrifices that each individual of that Ducks team and their families had to make for it to happen. We all share in that moment, and it really makes it all the more special.

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Countless fans pack the parking lot at Honda Center as the Ducks hold a fan rally to celebrate their Stanley Cup title Among the highlights are Scott and Rob Niedermayer flying the Cup in via helicopter, California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger congratulating the team and fireworks lighting up the sky above the arena

JUNE 9, 2007

Watch highlights from the celebration

Ducks in London September 25-30, 2007

Three-and-a-half months after capturing California’s first Cup, the Ducks head to London, England to take on the rival Kings to open the 2007-08 season with a pair of games at the recently opened O2 Arena. The Ducks take the Cup to various sites in London after seeing their names engraved on the base of the chalice for the first time. In front of enthusiastic sellout crowds at the arena, the Ducks open the season with a 4-1 defeat to the Kings in which rookie Bobby Ryan scores the first goal of his NHL career. Anaheim comes back one night later to earn a 4-1 victory of its own behind two Corey Perry goals.

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GREAT MOMENTS IN DUCKS HISTORY

With a 4-1 victory in Game 6 at Honda Center, the Ducks knock off the Presidents’ Trophywinning San Jose Sharks in the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs Anaheim becomes the fifth No 8 seed since the Expansion Era to upset the NHL’s best regular season team The game gets off to a roaring start with a heavyweight fight between captains Ryan Getzlaf and Joe Thornton right off the opening faceoff, and Anaheim gets four unanswered goals from Corey Perry, Teemu Selanne, Francois Beauchemin and Getzlaf to run away with it

APRIL 27, 2009

Teemu Selanne becomes the Ducks’ all-time leading scorer while J S Giguere becomes the all-time leader in wins in the same contest, a 4-2 win over Calgary at Honda Center With his assist on center Ryan Carter’s second-period goal, Selanne records his 670th career point with the Ducks, surpassing former teammate Paul Kariya for the all-time franchise lead In addition, Giguere breaks the club’s all-time wins record with this 174th victory as a Duck, surpassing Guy Hebert’s 173

FEBRUARY 17, 2008

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MARCH 21, 2010 Teemu

Selanne scores his 600th career NHL goal in a 5-2 win vs Colorado Just two weeks later, Selanne passes Jari Kurri for sole possession of 17th in all-time NHL goals with his 602nd career tally in a 5-4 OT loss vs Vancouver at Honda Center

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APRIL 6, 2011 Corey Perry reaches 50 goals with a hat trick in a 6-2 win vs San Jose at Honda Center He becomes just the third Ducks player to score 50 goals in an Anaheim uniform (joining Teemu Selanne and Paul Kariya) Perry goes on to become the first Duck to win the Hart Memorial Trophy and also takes home the Maurice “Rocket” Richard Trophy as the NHL’s top goal scorer for the 2010-11 season

See Selanne’s 600th

Watch Perry reach 50

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GREAT MOMENTS IN DUCKS HISTORY

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

Scott Niedermayer, who led the Ducks to the 2007 Stanley Cup title (winning the Conn Smythe Trophy in the process) and won three others in New Jersey, is inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame Niedermayer becomes the third Ducks player to be inducted and the first to play more than one season with the club (Adam Oates and Jari Kurri each played one season with Anaheim) At the time of his induction, Niedermayer was the only player in hockey history to have won a Stanley Cup, Olympic Gold Medal, World Championship, World Cup, Memorial Cup and World Junior Title He was also the all-time leading scorer among defensemen for both the Ducks and Devils

JANUARY 25, 2014

In the premiere of the inaugural NHL Stadium Series, the Ducks take on the rival Kings at Dodger Stadium in the first-ever outdoor NHL game in California With plenty of fanfare and a pregame ceremony that includes renowned Dodgers announcer Vin Scully and NHL legend Wayne Gretzky, more than 54,000 fans watch the Ducks shut out the Kings 3-0 behind 36 saves from Jonas Hiller

Photo: Matthew Manor/Hockey Hall of Fame

Photo: Dave Sandford/Hockey Hall of Fame

Photo: Matthew Manor/Hockey Hall of Fame

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GREAT MOMENTS IN DUCKS HISTORY

On an emotional night at Honda Center, Teemu Selanne – who had previously announced the 2013-14 season would be his last –plays the final regular season game of his illustrious career, a 3-2 overtime victory over Colorado Soon after being named all Three Stars of the game, Selanne grabs former teammate J S Giguere of the Avalanche and raises his hand as they skate around the Honda Center ice to a rousing ovation

APRIL 13, 2014

APRIL 27, 2014

Trailing the Dallas Stars

4-2 late in Game 6 of the First Round at American Airlines Center, the Ducks score twice in the final 2:10 of regulation to send the game to overtime The tying goal comes from Devante Smith-Pelly with 24 seconds remaining and the Anaheim net empty, following a scramble in the Dallas crease Nick Bonino scores 2:47 into overtime to give Anaheim a series-clinching 5-4 victory over Dallas

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Watch the Smith-Pelly and Bonino goals

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JANUARY 11, 2015

Ducks legend Teemu Selanne becomes the first player in franchise history to have his number retired during a heartfelt ceremony in front of close to 17,500 at Honda Center After the Finnish Flash appropriately arrived to the event by walking through the crowd and touching hands with several fans along the way, his No 8 was raised to the rafters as he watched along with his wife Sirpa, his daughter, Veera, and his sons Eemil, Eetu and Leevi “First number goes up and a lot of history there,” Selanne said afterwards “It was so special for my family, and a lot of other people too It was a proud moment The toughest part to keep the emotions was when I was walking down the stairs I think the whole thing just hit so hard I never stop wondering the impact with the people It’s all around me It’s very special ”

Among the guests at the ceremony were the entire Ducks team along with former teammates that included J S Giguere, Saku Koivu, Chris Pronger, Scott Niedermayer, Steve Rucchin and Guy Hebert Ducks TV color commentator Brian Hayward, the host of the ceremony, said to Selanne, “We have over 17,000 of your friends here, and I get the feeling that at some point you may have met every single one of them ”

MAY 10, 2015 Corey Perry scores 2:26 into overtime (his seventh goal of the postseason) to give the Ducks a 3-2 victory over the Calgary Flames in Game 5 of the Second Round at Honda Center The Ducks advance to the fourth Western Conference Final in franchise history

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GREAT MOMENTS IN DUCKS HISTORY

In what would later be dubbed the Comeback on Katella, the Ducks trail the Edmonton Oilers 3-0 with a little more than three minutes left in Game 5 of the Second Round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs, only to score three goals in a span of 3:01 to miraculously send the game to overtime The tying goal comes when Rickard Rakell shoots the puck through a scrambling crowd around the Edmonton net with 15 0 seconds remaining The Ducks ultimately win it in the second OT when Ryan Getzlaf makes a beautiful cross-ice pass to Corey Perry, who fakes out goalie Cam Talbot before slipping the puck past his left leg pad, igniting a jubilant Honda Center crowd

MAY 5, 2017

Shea Theodore scores just 53 seconds into overtime to give the Ducks a 4-3 victory over the rival Kings in the regular season finale at Honda Center, clinching the Pacific Division title for the fifth straight season The Ducks become the seventh different team in NHL history to win five consecutive division titles, joining the Colorado/Quebec franchise (nine straight from 1995-03), Montreal (eight from 1975-82), Detroit (eight from 2001-09), Edmonton (six from 1982-87), Dallas (five from 1997-01) and Vancouver (five from 2009-13) Anaheim also becomes the only team to win the Pacific Division five consecutive years since its creation in 1993-94

APRIL 9, 2017

Watch the dramatic Rakell and Perry goals

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

The Ducks exorcise the demons of four straight Game 7 defeats at home by downing the Edmonton Oilers in a thrilling Game 7 of the Second Round at Honda Center The victory gives the Ducks a berth into the Western Conference Final for the second time in three seasons and fifth time in franchise history

MAY 10, 2017

Ducks legends Paul Kariya and Teemu Selanne are among the seven people inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto, becoming the first HHOF members to have played the majority of their careers with Anaheim Six days later the two are honored during Hall of Fame Night at Honda Center prior to the Ducks taking on the Florida Panthers The pregame ceremony marked the first time Kariya and Selanne appeared on the Honda Center ice together as Ducks teammates since March 4, 2001, when Anaheim defeated Los Angeles 4-0 (Kariya scored two goals and Selanne had one)

DUCKS HALL OF FAMERS

TEEMU SELANNE

Inducted: 2017

Years with Ducks: 1996–2001, 2005–2014

• Played 1,451 NHL games in 22 seasons from 1992 through 2014 with the Ducks, Winnipeg Jets, San Jose Sharks and Colorado Avalanche

• Scored 684 career goals (10th on the NHL all-time list) and 1,457 points (15th)

• Is the Ducks all-time leader in goals (457), points (988), power play goals (182) and games played (966)

• His 110 game-winning goals and 255 power play goals are both 3rd all-time in NHL history

• Captured his first Stanley Cup title with the Ducks in 2007

• Won the inaugural Maurice “Rocket” Richard Trophy in 1998-99 and the Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy in 2005-06, all as a member of the Ducks.

• Was named one of the 100 Greatest NHL Players in 2017

• Represented his home country of Finland in six Olympics, tying the record for the most appearances by a men’s hockey player, while winning silver in 2006 and bronze in 1998, 2010 and 2014

DUCKS HALL OF FAMERS

PAUL KARIYA

Inducted: 2017 Years with Ducks: 1995–2003

• Played 989 NHL games in 16 seasons from 1994 to 2010 with the Ducks, Colorado Avalanche, Nashville Predators and St. Louis Blues

• Scored 402 goals and 587 assists for 989 career points

• Is first among Ducks franchise leaders in points-per-game (1.10) while ranking second in power play goals (107) and third in points (669), goals (300) and assists (369).

• Was the first draft pick in Ducks history after winning the 1993 Hobey Baker Award his freshman year at the University of Maine, where he led the Black Bears to the NCAA title

• Led the Mighty Ducks to the 2003 Stanley Cup Final

• Won the Lady Byng Memorial Trophy in 1996 and 1997 while a member of the Ducks

DUCKS HALL OF FAMERS SCOTT NIEDERMAYER

Inducted: 2013 Years with Ducks: 2005-2010

• Played 1,263 NHL games in 17 seasons from 1992 to 2010 with the Ducks and New Jersey Devils

• Scored 172 goals and added 568 assists for 740 points in his NHL career

• Was the first player in hockey history to win the Stanley Cup, Olympic gold medal, World Championship, World Junior Championship, Memorial Cup and World Cup

• Led the Ducks to the first Stanley Cup title in franchise history, winning the Conn Smythe Trophy as the MVP of the postseason

• In all, won four Stanley Cups, including 1995, 2000 and 2003 with the New Jersey Devils

• Won the Norris Trophy in 2004 as the NHL’s top defenseman

• Won two Olympic gold medals with Team Canada, in 2002 and 2010

• Was named one of the 100 Greatest NHL Players in 2017

CHRIS PRONGER

Inducted: 2015 Years with Ducks: 2006-2009

• Played 1,167 NHL games in 18 seasons from 1993 to 2012 with the Ducks, Hartford Whalers, St. Louis Blues, Edmonton Oilers and Philadelphia Flyers

• Scored 157 goals and added 541 assists for 698 points in his career

• Won the Hart Trophy (league MVP) and Norris Trophy (best defenseman) in 2000 as a member of the Blues, leading the NHL with a plus-52 rating

• Was a captain on the Ducks 2007 Stanley Cup championship team

• Appeared in the Stanley Cup Final with two other teams –Edmonton in 2006 and Philadelphia in 2010

• Won gold medals for Team Canada in the 1993 World Junior Championships, 1997 World Championships, and the 2002 and 2010 Olympics

• At the time of his induction, held the Team Canada record for most Olympic games played with 25

• Was named one of the 100 Greatest NHL Players in 2017

DUCKS HALL OF FAMERS

SERGEI FEDOROV

Inducted: 2015 Years with Ducks: 2003-2005

• Played 1,248 NHL games in 18 seasons from 1990 to 2009 for the Ducks, Detroit Red Wings, Columbus Blue Jackets and Washington Capitals

• Scored 483 goals and added 696 assists for 1,179 points in his career

• Retired with the most goals, assists and points among Russian-born players in NHL history

• Won three Stanley Cup titles with the Red Wings in 1997, 1998 and 2002

• Won the Hart Trophy (league MVP) in 1995 and the Selke Trophy (best defensive forward) in 1995 and 1997 with the Red Wings

• Captured a gold (1989) and silver (1988) with the Soviet team at the World Junior Championship, a gold at the World Championship in 1989, 1990 and 2008, and won silver in 2010 and bronze in 2002 at the Olympics

• Was named one of the 100 Greatest NHL Players in 2017

JARI KURRI

Inducted: 2001 Years with Ducks: 1996-1997

• Played 1,251 NHL games in 17 seasons from 1980 to 1998 with the Ducks, Edmonton Oilers, Los Angeles Kings, New York Rangers and Colorado Avalanche

• Scored 601 goals and added 797 assists for 1,398 points in his career

• Is second all-time among Finnish-born players in career goals, behind only countryman Teemu Selanne

• At the time of his retirement, led all European players in goals, assists and points

• Won five Stanley Cups with the Oilers, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1988 and 1990

• Ranks third all-time in the NHL in playoff goals (106) and points (233), trailing former teammates Wayne Gretzky and Mark Messier (109, 295) in both categories

• Was named one of the 100 Greatest NHL Players in 2017

ADAM OATES

Inducted: 2012 Years with Ducks: 2002-2003

• Played 1,337 NHL games in 19 seasons from 1985 to 2004 with the Ducks, Detroit Red Wings, St. Louis Blues, Boston Bruins, Washington Capitals, Philadelphia Flyers and Edmonton Oilers

• Scored 341 goals and added 1,079 assists for 1,420 points in his career

• Is one of just 13 players in NHL history to amass 1,000 career assists, ranking seventh on the all-time list and third among centers

• Is one of the few Hockey Hall-of-Famers to have gone undrafted, and only Wayne Gretzky has more career points among players not drafted

• In his only season with the Ducks, helped Anaheim to the Stanley Cup Final while scoring a team-high 13 playoff points

• Was named one of the 100 Greatest NHL Players in 2017

THE DUCKS LOOK

1993-94 SEASON – HOW IT BEGAN

The original official team colors and logo were unveiled on June 7, 1993, and Mighty Ducks merchandise was immediately propelled into one of the top sellers in all of professional sports. Plum, jade, silver and white were chosen as the team’s colors while a distinctive crest featuring a duck headshaped hockey mask was chosen to give the franchise a unique identity. As a testament to the logo’s popularity, the Ducks original jersey was named the “most fashionable” in all of sports at the inaugural ESPY awards in 1997. The jersey was not only the No. 1 seller in the NHL that year, but it outsold all other NHL jerseys combined.

THE DUCKS LOOK

1997-98 SEASON –TWO NEW THIRD JERSEYS

Nike introduced home and road third jerseys featuring striping across the chest and sleeves as well as a switch from plum to black pants. Both looks lasted into the 1999-2000 season, after which the franchise dropped the third jersey and returned to plum pants.

1995-96 SEASON –A UNIQUE THIRD JERSEY

The Mighty Ducks’ first-ever third jersey – featuring a cartoon Wild Wing breaking through ice – became part of franchise lore, despite the fact it was worn in only three games. (Ironically, the Ducks won two of those games, 4-2 over the Dallas Stars and 5-1 over the St. Louis Blues but lost 5-4 to the Kings in LA.) It was the same season three other franchises – the LA Kings, New York Islanders and Boston Bruins – debuted jerseys that have been ranked on many lists among the worst of all time.

2003-04 SEASON – REEBOK AND A NEW THIRD

The NHL signed a contract with Reebok to produce all team jerseys, a deal that lasted through the 2016-17 campaign. The Mighty Ducks introduced a new black and plum third jersey with an “old-time hockey” look that featured horizontal stripes, a lace up neck, the absence of the signature teal and “Anaheim” spelled out in script font across the chest.

2006-07 SEASON – A NEW NAME AND A NEW LOOK

1996-97 SEASON – NIKE JERSEYS

The NHL switched from CCM to Nike for all league jerseys, not contributing to a noticeable change on the primary Mighty Ducks sweaters other than the addition of shoulder patches depicting an alternate duck headshaped goalie mask illustration and the patented Nike swoosh on the back bottom edge of the jersey.

In the spring of 2005, Henry and Susan Samueli entered into an agreement with the Walt Disney Company to purchase the Ducks franchise, keeping the Mighty Ducks name and look for the first season of ownership. On June 22, 2006, a new era began for the franchise as the team became officially known as the Anaheim Ducks. In addition, a new logo and color scheme was unveiled, a collaborative effort that took into account opinions of fans as well as Ducks players, ownership and management. All parties involved unanimously decided to go beyond simply altering the original concept of an aggressive duck character. In shaping the new design, the focus was sharpened to create an overall image that expressed excitement, speed and a competitive edge. In addition, a classic color palette of black and metallic gold was developed, with an accent of orange as a metaphorical link to the team’s Orange County home. The result was a strong, typographic mark anchored by a stylized “D” that echoed the image of a duck’s foot or footprint. The lettering for the player names and numbers were a team-created font used on every Ducks jersey thereafter. The new uniforms were an evolution of the earlier sweater design but with gold, white and orange sweeping stripes influenced by the curves of the “D” in the Ducks logo. Set with a new look for the 2006-07 season, the Ducks made history and won California’s first Stanley Cup.

THE DUCKS LOOK THE DUCKS LOOK

2007-08 SEASON – A TWIST ON THE NEW

The NHL and Reebok teamed to create the Rbk EDGE Uniform System featuring technologically advanced materials and fabrics that were more breathable, more water-resistant, more comfortable and more compatible with equipment. The most noticeable difference on the Ducks jerseys were around the neck, where orange v-shaped striping and an NHL shield was added at the peak, while the wordmark logo was made slightly smaller.

2010-11 SEASON – A NEW THIRD JERSEY

The Ducks introduced the fourth third jersey in its franchise history, a black sweater that significantly featured a “D” webbed foot logo crest rather than the “Ducks” wordmark. Orange was featured more prominently as a color accent and a modified Mighty Ducks oval mark patch was added on both shoulders as a nod to the franchise’s historical roots.

JANUARY 2014

STADIUM SERIES GAME

An orange jersey was worn for the first time in franchise history, and for only one game – the 2014 Coors Light NHL Stadium Series battle against the Los Angeles Kings at Dodger Stadium on January 25, 2014. The color was a tribute to the team’s Orange County home, as was the “OC” patch featured prominently on the left shoulder. A chrome overlay was added to the “D” logo, the same touch that was added to the crests of every team playing in the Stadium Series. The Ducks shutout the rival Kings 3-0 in the game.

2015-16 SEASON – ORANGE THIRD JERSEY

Spurred by fan appreciation of the Stadium Series jersey, the Ducks debuted an orange third jersey featuring a reconditioned Mighty Ducks crest in a new colorway, the Ducks “D” as a shoulder patch and a horizontal striping pattern. It was the first jersey to principally feature the Mighty Ducks logo and quickly became a fan favorite.

2014-15 SEASON –THE DUCKS “D” BECOMES PRIMARY

The popularity of the Ducks “D” on the third jersey prompted the team to switch to that as the primary logo, and it was displayed on both the home and road jerseys thereafter. The Mighty Ducks shoulder patches from the third jersey were also added, while horizontal striping was changed to the vertical style incorporated into the third and lace-up details were added to the collar.

2017-18 SEASON – ADIDAS UNVEILS NEW JERSEYS

The NHL and adidas formed a new partnership and unveiled the ADIZERO Authentic NHL jerseys and uniforms for all 31 NHL teams that made their on-ice debut with the 2017-18 season. At the forefront of innovation, design and craftsmanship, the new ADIZERO Authentic NHL jersey took the hockey uniform system and hockey jersey silhouette to the next level by redefining fit, feel and lightweight construction. Featuring new cresting materials and construction technology, the ADIZERO Authentic NHL jersey was significantly stronger, lighter, cooler and more breathable than the previous NHL jersey. As part of the partnership, each NHL team discontinued its third jerseys for the first season.

2018-19 SEASON – THIRD JERSEY FOR 25TH ANNIVERSARY

To be worn only during the Ducks’ 25th Anniversary season, the team unveiled a new third jersey in July 2018 that once again pays tribute to the franchise’s storied history. The primarily black jersey incorporates diagonal striping with the traditional colors of teal, plum and silver and features a Mighty Ducks quilted logo that replicates the original 1993 version. A nod to the present look comes in the form of the Ducks “D” logo on the shoulders, while the lettering for the player name and number is the current font (introduced in 2006) in teal, black and white. Additional touches include black plants with teal striping, a lace-up yoke and silver 25th Anniversary labeling inside the neck.

DUCKS IN THE COMMUNITY

Commitment to community is one of the fundamental values of the Anaheim Ducks organization that began under the ownership of the Walt Disney Company and continued to flourish under the guidance and example set forth by owners Henry and Susan Samueli, who purchased the franchise in 2005. Philanthropic support and giving is not only a responsibility as a member of the Southern California community, but something ingrained in the Ducks’ identity as a team, staff and fan base. The team’s community impact includes the contributions of the Anaheim Ducks Foundation, outreach and fundraising events, in-kind donations, charity tickets and the dedicated involvement of our players, coaches, broadcasters, staff, season ticket holders, corporate partners and fans.

DUCKS COMMUNITY IMPACT

DUCKS CHARITABLE

GIVING

Anaheim Ducks Foundation

The Anaheim Ducks Foundation serves as the team’s main charitable beneficiary. Introduced at the opening of the 200809 season, the mission of the Anaheim Ducks Foundation is to facilitate and support programs that produce positive change for children and families throughout Southern California by providing educational opportunities, broadening access to the sport of hockey and addressing the health and wellness needs of our community.

Mighty Ducks Care Grants

From 1997 to 2009, the Mighty Ducks and the McCormick Tribune Foundation joined forces and created Mighty Ducks Care as a fund of the McCormick Tribune Foundation. The McCormick Tribune Foundation matched 100% of the funds raised for Mighty Ducks Care, which resulted in over $13 million dollars granted over the course of the partnership.

ACT Anaheim

Ducks owners Henry and Susan Samueli have championed for the Anaheim community through the Ducks involvement in the formation and support of the Accelerate Change Together (ACT) Anaheim initiative. ACT Anaheim was launched in 2013 as a collaborative response by the Ducks, Disneyland Resort and Angels Baseball to the 2012 Anaheim Youth Services Assessment. ACT Anaheim aims to address the needs of Anaheim youth facing poverty, academic challenges, and limited opportunities in Orange County’s hidden urban core. In the first three years, ACT Anaheim produced positive results:

• 12,722 youth enhanced their college and career readiness, positive community engagement and healthy lifestyles

• 3,911 parents and 1,282 other adults established positive relationships with youth

• 22 collaborative funders (Ducks, Disneyland and Angels founding partners)

• $5 million granted to 15 nonprofit organizations

ANNUAL FUNDRAISING EVENTS

Golf Classic

The annual Anaheim Ducks Golf Classic presented by

Honda features Ducks players as the celebrity fifth player for a round of golf alongside Ducks fans and supporters. The Golf Classic has raised more $1 million to benefit the Anaheim Ducks Foundation.

Casino Night/Center Ice Party

Anaheim Ducks Center Ice Party (previously Casino Night) stands as the team’s annual themed cocktail party which gives Ducks fans and Orangewood Foundation supporters the chance to mix and mingle, dance and dine alongside Ducks players, coaches and personnel. Guests also have the opportunity to bid on an assortment of silent auction items, as well as enter to win a variety of unique prizes in the evening’s opportunity drawings.

Since 2005, $1.2 million in proceeds from the Anaheim Ducks annual Center Ice Party have gone to assist 44 Women for Orangewood, an auxiliary of Orangewood Foundation, to support college scholarships and Peer Mentor programs for former foster care youth.

Dux in Tux

Dux in Tux presented by Honda is an Anaheim Ducks signature event where players take on the role as celebrity sous chefs, joining Orange County’s finest chefs to provide guests an evening of fabulous food and fun – all to benefit a great cause. Proceeds from Dux in Tux presented by Honda benefit the Anaheim Ducks Foundation. The evening includes a silent auction, opportunity drawing and live auction filled with Ducks memorabilia and unique player experiences. In the 18-year history, this fan-favorite event has raised over $4 million to support the community.

Fashion Show Luncheon

In the spring, the Anaheim Lady Ducks – wives and significant others of players, coaches and executive management – graciously host the Anaheim Lady Ducks Fashion Show Luncheon benefiting Children’s Hospital of Orange County (CHOC Children’s).

The event gives attendees the chance to spend the afternoon enjoying lunch with Ducks players and a fashion show featuring members of the team, their wives/significant others and CHOC Children’s ambassadors walking the runway as they show off the latest spring fashion trends from Bloomingdale’s, South Coast Plaza. The Lady Ducks have fundraised more $1.5 million to support CHOC Children’s.

GAME NIGHT ACTIVITIES

Ducks games are a great opportunity to feature local nonprofit organizations, highlight the needs in the community and engage Ducks fans. Each season, the Ducks host a variety of activities at home games, including awareness initiatives such as Hockey Fights Cancer Night, Military Appreciation Night, S.C.O.R.E. Night and CHOC Night. In addition, the Ducks hold toy drives throughout the month of December and a pet adoption event for OC Animal Care.

Introduced in 2016, the 50/50 Raffle is an exciting chance for fans to win a cash prize while also helping the Anaheim Ducks Foundation continue to expand the reach of the its community programs

throughout Southern California. One lucky fan receives half of the jackpot total from the game’s raffle ticket sales that game and the other half benefits the Anaheim Ducks Foundation. The 50/50 Raffle has raised over $1 million since 2016. Each season, the Anaheim Ducks Foundation sells a commemorative series Surprise Puck Set, featuring four limited edition pucks with proceeds benefiting the Anaheim Ducks Foundation. Fans pick an individually wrapped puck at random and receive either a Ducks player-autographed commemorative puck or one of 23 surprise orange pucks. The lucky winners of the commemorative Surprise Puck Fundraiser win a variety of great Ducks prizes.

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT Power PLAY!

Each season, the staff, Season Ticket Holders and corporate partners of the Ducks and Honda Center team up to volunteer for a day of beautification projects at local S.C.O.R.E. elementary schools. From installing a street hockey rink, painting murals and planting trees, the Power PLAY! is a great day for the volunteers to give back to the community. Five rinks and counting have been gifted to local schools to help their S.C.O.R.E. programs continue to grow.

CHOC Holiday Visit

A team-favorite event of the year, Ducks players visit CHOC Children’s during the holidays to make room-to-room visits and participate in playroom activities in an effort to brighten the season for patients receiving care during the holidays at CHOC. In addition, Ducks players personally deliver Wild Wingers Kids Club kits to CHOC patients during their visit that are generously donated by Ducks fans.

Holiday Shopping Spree

The annual Holiday Shopping Spree provides students from The Wooden Floor – a nonprofit organization serving lowincome Santa Ana youth – the unique and fun opportunity to load up their shopping carts with necessities and gifts for their families in celebration of the holiday season. Ducks players, joined by the Lady Ducks, assist The Wooden Floor students as they shop for new clothes, toys and other essentials as a special holiday treat, all underwritten by the Ducks organization and the players.

We Give Thanks

Honda Center and the Ducks are proud to host We Give Thanks each Thanksgiving Day with local nonprofit partner We Give Thanks, Inc., and La Casa Garcia restaurant. This annual event at Honda Center provides a complimentary Thanksgiving dinner for local residents who might go without a meal during the holiday. For more than 31 years, We Give Thanks has been serving meals to people in need, with more than 215,000 free meals being donated to the community. More than 15,000 local residents fill the Honda Center parking lot to enjoy a traditional Thanksgiving meal and entertainment throughout the day. Ducks players, coaches and front office staff participate with their families to serve meals and give thanks.

Samueli Academy T-Shirt Design Contest

The Anaheim Ducks introduced the Samueli Academy T-Shirt Design Contest during the 2014-15 season and since then, have continued tasking design students from the Samueli Academy with a project to create an Anaheim Ducks branded t-shirt design. The Samueli Academy is a project-based learning curriculum, therefore the project was created for the students to hone their design skills, work in a group environment as well as make a formal presentation to pitch their designs.

Winners of the Samueli Academy T-Shirt Design Contest are recognized during a pre-game ceremony where their winning designs are revealed to the Ducks fans and then made available in the Ducks Team Store for purchase with proceeds from the sales of the shirts benefiting the Samueli Academy.

Make-A-Wish

The Ducks and the Make-A-Wish Foundation have shared a long partnership of making wishes come true for children with life-threatening medical conditions. The Anaheim Ducks have granted wishes for children from Australia, Buffalo, Kansas City, and all throughout Southern California. It is an honor for the Anaheim Ducks and our players to be selected as a child’s wish and to be able to fulfill such a special moment in a Make-A-Wish child’s life.

21st Duck

The Ducks introduced the 21st Duck during the 2016-

17 season, a program that designates a spot on their opening night roster to highlight a fan who exhibits great perseverance, character, courage and inspiration. As part of the experience, the 21st Duck joins the team for practice at Honda Center, accompanies their favorite player on the Opening Night pre-game Orange Carpet and is introduced as part of the player introductions in front of the crowd.

Donations & Support

The Ducks are dedicated to assisting charitable organizations throughout Southern California with financial support through special event sponsorships, along with inkind donations. To help nonprofit organizations raise funds for their causes, the Ducks donate tickets and autographed memorabilia to hundreds of nonprofits annually and, since 2005, have contributed nearly $2.7 million to local nonprofit fundraisers.

Charity Ticket Program

Through the donations of Ducks players, management and fans, the Ducks are able to provide tickets to 501(c)(3) charitable organizations in Orange County and surrounding areas. In 2017-18, the Ducks began the Antis Roofing Community Corner thanks to the generous support of corporate partner, Antis Roofing as well as additional corporate partner donations. The Antis Roofing Community Corner is a section of Honda Center that gives families and children from local nonprofit organizations the opportunity to experience all of the fun of Ducks hockey.

Staff Volunteering

The Ducks, Honda Center and The Rinks employees share the Anaheim Ducks commitment to the community and throughout the year and are actively engaged in assisting the community through volunteer service. Staff members have participated in activities such as ice

skating parties with Boys & Girls Clubs of Anaheim, assisting The Friendly Center and their local food pantry, blood drives for the American Red Cross, clothing drives for Goodwill of Orange County, back to school backpack assembling with Share Our Selves and many more. In addition, Honda Center hosts and provides a walk team for the Orange County Ronald McDonald House Walk for Kids, a fun, family-friendly 5K walk designed to raise funds and awareness for the services and programs provided by Ronald McDonald House Charities of Southern California.

Anaheim Ducks Alumni Association

The Anaheim Ducks Alumni Association is composed of a group of former Ducks players who are actively involved in the Anaheim Ducks community initiatives. Ducks Alumni

THE RINKS

ANAHEIM DUCKS LEARN TO PLAY PROGRAM

Launched in 2010, the Anaheim Ducks Learn to Play program has introduced more than 11,500 youth participants to the sport of hockey. This free four-week program is designed for participants (4 to 12 years old) with little to no skating experience. They are outfitted with equipment and receive instruction on the basics of skating and hockey. This program is run at 14 local ice and inline rinks.

LITTLE DUCKS NHL LEARN TO PLAY PROGRAM

The Little Ducks Learn to Play Program is run year round, serving as the next step from the Anaheim Ducks LTP program as a first step for new participants with skating experience. In 2018, more than 1,000 participants took part in 30 sessions at 10 locations.

ANAHEIM DUCKS ADULT LEARN TO PLAY PROGRAM

Launched in 2013, and modeled after the youth LTP program, the Adult Learn to Play program has introduced nearly 3,000 adult participants to the sport of hockey. This free three-week program takes place exclusively at The Rinks facilities, and all equipment is provided. More than 1,000 participants have gone on to play in Adult Rec. Hockey League within The Rinks after completing the program.

members have participated in charitable events such as the San Manuel Rivalry Hold’em Poker Challenge, Ducks Alumni charity hockey games, Dux in Tux and The Rinks Holiday Skate. The alumni are an enthusiastic group, looking to contribute to the community goals of the organization and provide a great way for fans to interact with some of their favorite Ducks of the past.

TOP FLIGHT SPECIAL HOCKEY PROGRAMS

The Anaheim Ducks Top Flight Programs are for participants with special needs and has served more than 100 athletes with a variety of physical and developmental disabilities. The Street Hockey league was launched in 2013 and has expanded to the ice with Ice Hockey and Learn to Skate programs.

DUCKS SLED HOCKEY PROGRAM

The San Diego Ducks Sled Hockey program was established in 2014 and consists of a youth and adult team, with over 30 participants. They are part of the Pacific Sled Hockey League, and represent the Ducks at Sled Hockey Classic and the Disabled Hockey Festival. There are plans to expand to Orange County.

ANAHEIM DUCKS HIGH SCHOOL HOCKEY LEAGUE

The Anaheim Ducks High School Hockey League launched in 2008 with one team (JSerra) and has grown to 48 teams and nearly 1,000 players who play across five divisions. Teams are primarily from Southern California but the league also includes teams from Northern California, Nevada, Colorado and Canada. In 2013, the Santa Margarita Eagles became the first California team to win the USA Hockey National High School Varsity Championship, which they won for a second time in 2018.

SCHOOL PROGRAMS

FIRST FLIGHT FIELD TRIP

The First Flight Field Trip helps over 16,000 students in grades 3-6 explore the STEM of hockey inside of Southern California’s largest classroom – Honda Center. Students receive a 24page, standardsbased workbook one month prior to the event in order to preview and interact with the concepts they will explore at Honda Center. Upon arrival, students can interact with over 70 activities hosted by corporate and community partners before they head into the arena for an interactive Ducks practice and skills competition exploring the same concepts they previewed in the workbook. Ducks players conduct demonstrations of each lesson, applying the science presented in an informal and authentic learning environment.

IN-CLASS KIT AND SCHOOL SUPPLIES

Each year, roughly 550-575 classroom teachers receive an In-Class School Supplies Kit from the Ducks. Through this program, more than 18,000 4th grade students are provided valuable educational resources including: 3-ring binder, pencil pouch, branded Ducks dividers, pencils and a ruler. More than 200,000 sets have been distributed since 2005 reaching one of every two fourth graders in Orange County.

READING IS THE GOAL

Reading is the Goal is a 30-day program designed to promote literacy among 4th grade students. It is free to participating classrooms and includes Ducks incentives that motivate students to read and engage in learning. More than 300 classrooms and 10,000 students participate annually, with more than 100,000 total participants since 2005. Additionally, each year, one school is selected to host Reading Is the Goal Day, where Ducks staff members read to each classroom followed by an assembly promoting literacy, featuring Ducks players.

STREET HOCKEY PROGRAM

The Ducks S.C.O.R.E. Street Hockey Program is an in-school

physical education module taught by PE teachers from 75 participating schools or instructed by the Fan Development CREW (street team). This street hockey unit was developed by the Anaheim Ducks, USA Hockey and the Orange County Department of Education. The curriculum and equipment provided to the 60 schools within the program meets the educational standards set by the state of California and is designed to reach students in grades K-6. More than 15,000 students participate in the program annually and 125,000 have been introduced to the sport via street hockey since 2005.

S.C.O.R.E. SHOOTOUT

The Anaheim Ducks S.C.O.R.E. Shootout is an annual street hockey tournament featuring schools from the Street Hockey program in a one-day event at Honda Center. Thirty-two schools, representing over 500 students, competed in 2018 for the S.C.O.R.E. Shootout Cup.

THE CAPTAIN’S CHALLENGE

The Captain’s Challenge is a health and fitness program created to help 5th grade students prepare for their state fitness exams while learning about the sport of hockey. Using the captaincy as a theme to prepare them for their actual assessments, students learn about the benefits of positive character and leadership. Through lessons on perseverance, integrity, courage and accountability, students learn how to lead themselves and others to better health and fitness. Since the program’s inception in 2011, more than 20,000 students have taken part, earning various participation incentives with more than 90% improving their scores on their state assessments.

I3 TRAINING CAMP

The purpose of I3 Training Camp is to introduce students who participated in the Street Hockey program to the game of inline/roller hockey. Each year, four schools are selected and the entire fifth grade cohort is transported to an affiliated Ducks inline facility where they are outfitted in full roller hockey gear. They return for four more sessions to complete

their participation in the initiative. Graduates of the I3 Training Camp are then encouraged to participate in in-house leagues or join a school based roller hockey team as part of the Anaheim Ducks I3 Roller Hockey League.

SCHOOL ASSEMBLY PROGRAM

The school assembly program is available for schools participating in our Street Hockey initiative. The purpose of these assemblies is to provide additional resources using the lens of

sport to discuss topical issues relevant to teamwork, positive character, anti-bullying, and diversity.

RINK CONSTRUCTION PROJECT

The rink construction project aims to build 12 community street/roller hockey rinks on the campuses of partner schools by 2020. Schools are selected based on their participation in S.C.O.R.E. initiatives as well as varying other factors including available resources, community involvement, hockey activation, and intended use. To date, we have built eight rinks in the greater Orange County area.

FAN DEVELOPMENT AND YOUTH HOCKEY DEVELOPMENT

I3 ROLLER HOCKEY LEAGUE

The I3 Roller Hockey League features players from S.C.O.R.E. partner schools in grades 5 through 8. The Ducks purchase a team set of equipment and heavily subsidize league costs to ensure access for all schools willing to participate. A variety of divisions are offered to accommodate various skill levels as most participants have little or no previous experience with the sport. The league currently features 32 teams representing over 300 student participants.

THROWBACK CLASSIC

The Throwback Classic is an annual adult ice hockey tournament hosted over President’s Day weekend at The Rinks locations. The tournament features more than 85 teams competing in multiple divisions in a pool play format. Each player entry includes access to a mid-tournament party at Honda Center, team jerseys, and commemorative apparel items.

MINI 1-ON-1

In partnership with local rink affiliates, the Anaheim Ducks host more than 300 youth ice hockey players, representing four divisions, to test their skills in a shootout format competition. The Ducks host regional qualifiers with semifinal and final

events taking place on the Honda Center ice. Winning teams – one shooter and one goalie – are awarded various grand prizes with the Squirt Division winners receiving the opportunity to test their skills against their peers from other teams around the league at the annual NHL All-Star Game.

BOOSTER CLUBS Wild Wingers Kids Club

The Wild Winger Kids Club is a kit based membership program open to all fans. More than 7,000 memberships are sold annually with each member receiving a kit. Kits include Ducks-branded items and the opportunity to attend multiple events throughout the season for free or at reduced cost.

Anaheim Ducks Die Hards

The counterpart to the Wild Wingers Kids Club is the Anaheim Ducks Die Hards booster club. Each membership includes a kit featuring Ducks branded items as well as access to special events and offers including team-sponsored road trips, watch parties and volunteer activities. More than 4,000 memberships were sold in the 2017-18 season.

DUCKS TEAM PHOTOS DUCKS TEAM PHOTOS

1993-94

Front Row: Mikhail Shtalenkov, Alternate Captain Randy Ladouceur, Head Coach Ron Wilson, Assistant General Manager Pierre Gauthier, President Tony Tavares, Governor Michael Eisner, Vice President/General Manager Jack Ferreira, Director of Hockey Operations Kevin Gilmore, Captain Troy Loney, Guy Hebert

Second Row: Trainer Blynn DeNiro, Equipment Manager Mark O’Neill, Assistant Coach Al Sims, Terry Yake, Bobby Dollas, Alternate Captain Stu Grimson, Alternate Captain Todd Ewen, Stephan Lebeau, Assistant Coach Tim Army, Goaltending Coach Brian Hayward, Assistant Equipment Manager John Allaway

Third Row: Bob Corkum, Peter Douris, Joe Sacco, David Williams, Bill Houlder, Anatoli Semenov, Jim Thomson, Shaun Van Allen, Tim Sweeney, Don McSween

Back Row: Scott McKay, Sean Hill, Scott Chartier, Maxim Bets, Steven King, Garry Valk, Mark Ferner, Patrik Carnback, John Lilley

1994-95

Front Row: Mikhail Shtalenkov, Head Coach Ron Wilson, Assistant General Manager Pierre Gauthier, President Tony Tavares, Governor Michael Eisner, Vice President/General Manager Jack Ferreira, Vice President of Hockey Operations Kevin Gilmore, Captain Randy Ladouceur, Guy Hebert

Second Row: Trainer Blynn DeNiro, Equipment Manager Mark O’Neill, Assistant Coach Al Sims, Tom Kurvers, Bobby Dollas, Alternate Captain Todd Ewen, Alternate Captain Bob Corkum, Jim Thomson, Assistant Coach Tim Army, Goaltending Coach Brian Hayward, Assistant Equipment Manager John Allaway

Third Row: Mike Sillinger, David Karpa, Todd Krygier, Garry Valk, Robert Dirk, Steve Rucchin, Peter Douris, Shaun Van Allen, Joe Sacco, Stephan Lebeau

Back Row: Don McSween, Milos Holan, Patrik Carnback, Steven King, Jason York, Oleg Tverdovsky, Paul Kariya, Denny Lambert, Valeri Karpov

1995-96

Front Row: Mikhail Shtalenkov, Head Coach Ron Wilson, Assistant General Manager David McNab, President Tony Tavares, Governor Michael Eisner, Vice President/General Manager Jack Ferreira, Vice President of Hockey Operations Kevin Gilmore, Captain Randy Ladouceur, Guy Hebert

Second Row: Equipment Manager Mark O’Neill, Assistant Equipment Manager John Allaway, Alternate Captain Paul Kariya, Alternate Captain Bobby Dollas, Alternate Captain Todd Ewen, Assistant Coach Al Sims, Assistant Coach Tim Army, Head Athletic Trainer/Physical Therapist Paddy Jarit

Third Row: Anatoli Semenov, David Karpa, Peter Douris, Teemu Selanne, Shaun Van Allen, Fredrik Olausson, Ken Baumgartner, Garry Valk, Joe Sacco

Back Row: Valeri Karpov, J.F. Jomphe, Jason York, Roman Oksiuta, Steve Rucchin, Jason Marshall, Alex Hicks, Darren Van Impe

1996-97

Front Row: Mikhail Shtalenkov, Head Coach Ron Wilson, Assistant General Manager David McNab, President Tony Tavares, Alternate Captain Bobby Dollas, Captain Paul Kariya, Alternate Captain Teemu Selanne, Vice President/General Manager Jack Ferreira, Vice President of Business Affairs Kevin Gilmore, Milos Holan, Guy Hebert

Second Row: Head Athletic Trainer/Physical Therapist Paddy Jarit, Equipment Manager Mark O’Neill, Assistant Coach Walt Kyle, J.J. Daigneault, Ken Baumgartner, Jari Kurri, Brian Bellows, Joe Sacco, Assistant Coach Tim Army, Goaltending Consultant Francois Allaire, Assistant Equipment Manager John Allaway

Third Row: Massage Therapist Dan Garcia, Warren Rychel, Dmitri Mironov, Steve Rucchin, Mark Janssens, Ted Drury, David Karpa, Kevin Todd, Strength & Conditioning Coach Dana White

Back Row: Richard Park, Darren Van Impe, Sean Pronger, Shawn Antoski, Jason Marshall, Dan Trebil, J.F. Jomphe, Peter LeBoutillier

1997-98

Front Row: Mikhail Shtalenkov, Assistant Coach Don Hay, Assistant General Manager David McNab, President Tony Tavares, Alternate Captain Teemu Selanne, Captain Paul Kariya, Alternate Captain David Karpa, Vice President/General Manager Jack Ferreira, Head Coach Pierre Pagé, Assistant Coach Walt Kyle, Guy Hebert

Second Row: Head Athletic Trainer Greg Smith, Goaltending Consultant François Alliare, Scott Young, Tomas Sandstrom, Steve Rucchin, Brent Severyn, Doug Houda, Tom Askey, Equipment Manager Mark O’Neill, Assistant Equipment Manager John Allaway

Third Row: Massage Therapist John Worth, Strength & Conditioning Coach Todd Norman, Ted Drury, Drew Bannister, Shawn Antoski, Jamie Pushor, Jason Marshall, Travis Green, Assistant Trainer Greg Thayer

Back Row: Josef Marha, Mike Leclerc, Matt Cullen, Pavel Trnka, Ruslan Salei, Jeremy Stevenson, J.F. Jomphe, Jeff Nielsen

1998-99

Front Row: Dominic Roussel, Assistant Coach George Burnett, Assistant General Manager David McNab, President and General Manager Pierre Gauthier, Alternate Captain Teemu Selanne, Captain Paul Kariya, Alternate Captain Kevin Haller, Chairman and Governor Tony Tavares, Head Coach Craig Hartsburg, Assistant Coach Newell Brown, Guy Hebert

Second Row: Assistant Trainer Greg Thayer, Head Trainer Greg Smith, Ted Drury, Matt Cullen, Steve Rucchin, Jason Marshall, Ruslan Salei, Goaltending Coach Francois Allaire, Head Equipment Manager Mark O’Neill, Assistant Equipment Manager John Allaway

Third Row: Jeff Nielsen, Fredrik Olausson, Tomas Sandstrom, Travis Green, Johan Davidsson, Pascal Trepanier, Marty McInnis

Back Row: Antti Aalto, Dan Trebil, Stu Grimson, Jim McKenzie, Jamie Pushor, Pavel Trnka

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1999-2000

Front Row: Dominic Roussel, Assistant General Manager David McNab, President and General Manager Pierre Gauthier, Alternate Captain Teemu Selanne, Captain Paul Kariya, Alternate Captain Kevin Haller, Chairman and Governor Tony Tavares, Head Coach Craig Hartsburg, Guy Hebert

Second Row: Assistant Equipment Manager John Allaway, Equipment Manager Mark O’Neill, Assistant Coach George Burnett, Jeff Nielsen, Matt Cullen, Marty McInnis, Ted Donato, Assistant Coach Newell Brown, Head Athletic Trainer Chris Phillips, Assistant Athletic Trainer Greg Thayer

Third Row: Kip Miller, Tony Hrkac, Pascal Trepanier, Ruslan Salei, Oleg Tverdovsky, Fredrik Olausson, Niclas Havelid, Jorgen Jonsson, Ladislav Kohn

Back Row: Mike Leclerc, Antti Aalto, Pavel Trnka, Stu Grimson, Steve Rucchin, Ed Ward, Jason Marshall, Vitaly Vishnevski

2000-01

Front Row: Jean-Sebastien Giguere, Assistant Coach Kelly Miller, Assistant General Manager David McNab, President & General Manager Pierre Gauthier, Alternate Captain Steve Rucchin, Captain Paul Kariya, Alternate Captain Dan Bylsma, Chairman & Governor Tony Tavares, Head Coach Guy Charron, Associate Coach Terry Simpson, Gregg Naumenko

Second Row: Assistant Equipment Manager John Allaway, Equipment Manager Mark O’Neill, German Titov, Ruslan Salei, Oleg Tverdovsky, Matt Cullen, Jeff Friesen, Head Athletic Trainer Chris Phillips, Assistant Athletic Trainer Greg Thayer

Third Row: Mike Crowley, Pascal Trepanier, Marty McInnis, Tony Hrkac, Samuel Pahlsson, Petr Tenkrat, Niclas Havelid

Back Row: Antti-Jussi Niemi, Jim Cummins, Pavel Trnka, Marc Chouinard, Mike Leclerc, Vitaly Vishnevski, Jonas Ronnqvist

2001-02

Front Row: J.S. Giguere, Goaltending Consultant Francois Allaire, Assistant General Manager David McNab, President & General Manager Pierre Gauthier, Alternate Captain Steve Rucchin, Captain Paul Kariya, Alternate Captain Oleg Tverdovsky, Head Coach Bryan Murray, Assistant Coach Guy Charron, Assistant Coach Tom Watt, Steve Shields

Second Row: Assistant Equipment Manager John Allaway, Equipment Manager Mark O’Neill, Dan Bylsma, Ruslan Salei, Matt Cullen, Jeff Friesen, German Titov, Head Athletic Trainer Chris Phillips, Assistant Athletic Trainer Greg Thayer

Third Row: Timo Parssinen, Samuel Pahlsson, Kevin Sawyer, Niclas Havelid, Mike Leclerc, Keith Carney, Denny Lambert, Andy McDonald

Back Row: Jason York, Patric Kjellberg, Marc Chouinard, Pavel Trnka, Vitaly Vishnevski

2002-03

Front Row: Jean Sebastien Giguere, Director of Hockey Operations Chuck Fletcher, Assistant General Manager David McNab, Sr Vice President & General Manager Bryan Murray, Alternate Captain Steve Rucchin, Captain Paul Kariya, Alternate Captain Keith Carney, Head Coach Mike Babcock, Assistant Coach Lorne Henning, Assistant Coach Paul MacLean, Martin Gerber

Second Row: Massage Therapist Vincent Bennett, Goaltending Consultant Francois Allaire, Fredrik Olausson, Steve Thomas, Petr Sykora, Sandis Ozolinsh, Rob Niedermayer, Ruslan Salei, Adam Oates, Scouting and Video Coordinator Greg Carvel, Equipment Manager Mark O’Neill, Assistant Equipment Manager John Allaway

Third Row: Visiting Team Equipment Attendant Chris Kincaid, Andy McDonald, Dan Bylsma, Samuel Pahlsson, Mike Leclerc, Miclas Havelid, Stanislav Chistov, Strength and Conditioning Coach Sean Skahan, Athletic Training Assistant Guido Sendowsky

Back Row: Jason Krog, Vitaly Vishnevski, Kurt Sauer, Marc Chouinard, Lance Ward, Alexei Smirnov, Kevin Sawyer, Head Athletic Trainer Chris Phillips

2003-04

Front Row: J.S. Giguere, Director of Hockey Operations Chuck Fletcher, Assistant General Manager David McNab,Senior Vice President/ General Manager Bryan Murray, Alternate Captain Keith Carney, Captain Steve Rucchin, Alternate Captain Sergei Fedorov,Head Coach Mike Babcock, Assistant Coach Lorne Henning, Senior Vice President Business Operations Al Coates, Martin Gerber

Second Row: Head Athletic Trainer Chris Phillips, Goaltending Consultant Francois Allaire, Assistant Coach Paul MacLean, Ruslan Salei, Vaclav Prospal, Rob Niedermayer, Petr Sykora, Assistant Coach Greg Carvel, Equipment Manager Mark O’Neill, Assistant Equipment Manager John Allaway

Third Row: Training Room Assistant Guido Sendowsky, Andy McDonald, Samuel Pahlsson, Mike Leclerc, Sandis Ozolinsh, Martin Skoula, Vitaly Vishnevski, Niclas Havelid, Massage Therapist Vincent Bennett

Back Row: Visiting Team Equipment Attendant Chris Kincaid, Joffrey Lupul, Cam Severson, Lance Ward, Garrett Burnett, Petr Schastlivy, Jason Krog, Strength and Conditioning Coach Sean Skahan

2005-06

Front Row: J.S. Giguere, Executive Vice President/COO Tim Ryan, Senior Vice President of Hockey Operations Bob Murray, Executive Vice President/General Manager Brian Burke, Owner Henry Samueli, Alternate Captain Teemu Selanne, Captain Scott Niedermayer, Alternate Captain Rob Niedermayer, Owner Susan Samueli, CEO Michael Schulman, Head Coach Randy Carlyle, Senior Vice President/CMO Bob Wagner, Ilya Bryzgalov

Second Row: Video Coordinator Joe Trotta, Assistant Coach Dave Farrish, Senior Advisor to the General Manager Al Coates, Vice President of Amateur Scouting Chuck Fletcher, Samuel Pahlsson, Ruslan Salei, Andy McDonald, Joffrey Lupul, Assistant General Manager David McNab, Vice President of Sales & Marketing Steve Obert, Assistant Coach Newell Brown, Goaltending Consultant Francois Allaire

Third Row: Assistant Equipment Manager John Allaway, Equipment Manager Mark O’Neill, Strength & Conditioning Coach Sean Skahan, Chris Kunitz, Jeff Friesen, Vitaly Vishnevski, Jason Marshall, Todd Marchant, Visiting Team Equipment Attendant Chris Kincaid, Head Trainer Tim Clark, Massage Therapist James Partida

Back Row: Francois Beauchemin, Travis Moen, Todd Fedoruk, Sean O’Donnell, Ryan Getzlaf, Corey Perry, Joe DiPenta, Jonathan Hedstrom

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2006-07

Front Row: J.S. Giguere, Assistant General Manager David McNab, Vice President/COO Tim Ryan, Senior Vice President of Hockey Operations Bob Murray, Executive Vice President & General Manager Brian Burke, Owner Henry Samueli, Chris Pronger, Scott Niedermayer, Rob Niedermayer, Owner Susan Samueli, CEO Michael Schulman, Head Coach Randy Carlyle, Senior Vice President/CMO Bob Wagner, Ilya Bryzgalov and Sebastien Caron

Second Row: Trainer Rick Burrill, Assistant Coach Dave Farrish, Vice President of Finance Doug Heller, Vice President of Human Resources

Kim Kutcher, Senior Vice President/General Manager of Honda Center

Mike O’Donnell, Chris Kunitz, Andy McDonald, Teemu Selanne, Samuel Pahlsson, Todd Marchant, Ryan Shannon, Senior Advisor to the General Manager Al Coates, Vice President of Sales & Marketing Steve Obert, Assistant Coach Newell Brown and Video Coordinator Joe Trotta

Third Row: Assistant Equipment Manager John Allaway, Equipment Manager Mark O’Neill, Mark Hartigan, Francois Beauchemin, Travis Moen, Corey Perry, Sean O’Donnell, Ryan Getzlaf, Brad May, Goaltending Consultant Francois Allaire, Director of Professional Scouting Rick Paterson, Strength & Conditioning Coach Sean Skahan and Head Trainer Tim Clark

Back Row: Visiting Team Equipment Attendant Chris Kincaid, Aaron Rome, Shawn Thornton, Kent Huskins, Joe DiPenta, Dustin Penner, George Parros, Ric Jackman, Drew Miller, Ryan Carter, Joe Motzko and Massage Therapist James Partida

2007-08

Front Row: J.S. Giguere, Executive Vice President/COO Tim Ryan, Senior Vice President of Hockey Operations Bob Murray, Executive Vice President & General Manager Brian Burke, Owner Henry Samueli, Rob Niedermayer, Chris Pronger, Chris Kunitz, Owner Susan Samueli, CEO Michael Schulman, Head Coach Randy Carlyle, Assistant General Manager David McNab, Jonas Hiller

Second Row: Assistant Coach Newell Brown, Assistant Coach Dave Farrish, Vice President of Human Resources Kim Kutcher, Vice President of Operations Kevin Starkey, Senior Vice President/CMO

Bob Wagner, Teemu Selanne, Scott Niedermayer, Samuel Pahlsson, Todd Marchant, Senior Advisor to the General Manager Al Coates, Vice President of Sales & Marketing Steve Obert, Vice President of Finance Doug Heller, Anaheim Arena Management Vice President of Finance Angela Wergechik, Video Coordinator Joe Trotta

Third Row: Assistant Equipment Manager John Allaway, Equipment Manager Doug Shearer, Doug Weight, Mathieu Schneider, Bobby Ryan, Sean O’Donnell, Ryan Getzlaf, Corey Perry, Francois Beauchemin, MarcAndre Bergeron, Goaltending Consultant Francois Allaire, Strength & Conditioning Coach Sean Skahan, Head Trainer Tim Clark

Back Row: Visiting Team Equipment Attendant Chris Kincaid, Brad May, Travis Moen, Brian Sutherby, George Parros, Todd Bertuzzi, Kent Huskins, Joe DiPenta, Ryan Carter, Massage Therapist James Partida

2008-09

Front Row: J.S. Giguere, Executive Vice President/COO Tim Ryan, Senior Vice President of Hockey Operations David McNab, Executive Vice President & General Manager Bob Murray, Chris Pronger, Scott Niedermayer, Ryan Getzlaf, CEO Michael Schulman, Head Coach Randy Carlyle, Senior Vice President/ CMO Bob Wagner, Jonas Hiller

Second Row: Assistant Coach Newell Brown, Assistant Coach Dave Farrish, Vice President of Human Resources Kim Kutcher, Vice President of Operations Kevin Starkey, Teemu Selanne, Rob Niedermayer, Bret Hedican, Todd Marchant, Vice President of Finance Doug Heller, Anaheim Arena Management Vice President of Finance Angela Wergechik, Goaltending Consultant Francois Allaire, Video Coordinator Joe Trotta

Third Row: Assistant Equipment Manager John Allaway, Equipment Manager Doug Shearer, Andrew Ebbett, James Wisniewski, Francois Beauchemin, Bobby Ryan, Ryan Carter, Mike Brown, Strength & Conditioning Coach Sean Skahan, Head Athletic Trainer Tim Clark, Assistant Athletic Trainer Meaghan Beaudoin

Back Row: Equipment Assistant Chris Kincaid, Petteri Nokelainen, Sheldon Brookbank, Ryan Whitney, George Parros, Corey Perry, Brendan Mikkelson, Erik Christensen, Brad Larsen, Massage Therapist James Partida

2009-10

Front Row: Jonas Hiller, Executive Vice President/COO Tim Ryan, Senior Vice President of Hockey Operations David McNab, Executive Vice President/ General Manager

Bob Murray, Owner Henry Samueli, Saku Koivu, Scott Niedermayer, Ryan Getzlaf, Owner Susan Samueli, CEO Michael Schulman, Head Coach Randy Carlyle, Senior Vice President/CMO Bob Wagner, Curtis McElhinney

Second Row: Assistant Coach Newell Brown, Assistant Coach

Dave Farrish, Vice President of Human Resources Jay Scott, Vice President of Operations Kevin Starkey, Lubomir Visnovsky, Teemu Selanne, Todd Marchant, Jason Blake, Vice President of Finance Doug Heller, Anaheim Arena Management Vice President of Finance Angela Wergechik, Goaltending Consultant Pete Peeters, Video Coordinator Joe Trotta

Third Row: Assistant Equipment Manager Chris Aldrich, Equipment Manager Doug Shearer, James Wisniewski, Sheldon Brookbank, Aaron Ward, Bobby Ryan, Matt Beleskey, Mike Brown, Dan Sexton, Strength & Conditioning Coach

Sean Skahan, Head Athletic Trainer Tim Clark, Assistant Athletic Trainer Meaghan Beaudoin

Back Row: Equipment Assistant Chris Kincaid, Steve Eminger, Ryan Carter, Troy Bodie, George Parros, Corey Perry, Kyle Chipchura, Joffrey Lupul, Brett Festerling, Massage Therapist James Partida

2010-11

Front Row: Jonas Hiller, Executive Vice President/COO Tim Ryan, Senior Vice President of Hockey Operations David McNab, Executive Vice President/General Manager Bob Murray, Owner Henry Samueli, Teemu Selanne, Ryan Getzlaf, Saku Koivu, Owner Susan Samueli, CEO Michael Schulman, Head Coach Randy Carlyle, Dan Ellis, Ray Emery

Second Row: Vice President The Rinks Art Trottier, Vice President of Human Resources Jay Scott, AAM Vice President of Operations Kevin Starkey, Video Coordinator Joe Trotta, Goaltending Consultant Pete Peeters, Francois Beauchemin, Jason Blake, Todd Marchant, Lubomir Visnovsky, Assistant Coach Mike Foligno, Assistant Coach Dave Farrish, Vice President of Multi-Media and Community Development Aaron Teats, General Counsel Bernard Schneider, Vice President of Finance/CFO Doug Heller, AAM Vice President of Finance Angela Wergechik

Third Row: Assistant Equipment Manager Chris Aldrich, Equipment Manager Doug Shearer, Brandon McMillan, Bobby Ryan, Andreas Lilja, Corey Perry, Toni Lydman, Dan Sexton, Strength & Conditioning Coach Sean Skahan, Head Athletic Trainer Tim Clark, Assistant Athletic Trainer Rick Burrill

Back Row: Equipment Assistant Chris Kincaid, Cam Fowler, Kyle Chipchura, Brad Winchester, George Parros, Andy Sutton, Luca Sbisa, Jarkko Ruutu, Sheldon Brookbank, Massage Therapist James Partida

2011-12

Front Row: Jonas Hiller, Executive Vice President/COO Tim Ryan, Senior Vice President of Hockey Operations David McNab, Executive Vice President/General Manager Bob Murray, Owner Henry Samueli, Teemu Selanne, Ryan Getzlaf, Saku Koivu, Owner Susan Samueli, CEO Michael Schulman, Head Coach Bruce Boudreau, Dan Ellis, Jeff Deslauriers

Second Row: Vice President The Rinks Art Trottier, Vice President of Human Resources Jay Scott, AAM Vice President of Operations Kevin Starkey, Director of Player Personnel Rick Paterson, Video Coordinator Joe Piscotty, Francois Beauchemin, Jason Blake, Lubomir Visnovsky, Andrew Cogliano, Assistant Coach Bob Woods, Assistant Coach Brad Lauer, Vice President of Multi-Media and Community Development Aaron Teats, Vice President of Finance/ CFO Doug Heller, AAM Vice President of Finance Angela Wergechik

Third Row: Assistant Equipment Manager Chris Aldrich, Equipment Manager Doug Shearer, Goaltending Consultant Pete Peeters, Niklas Hagman, Bobby Ryan, Corey Perry, Toni Lydman, Sheldon Brookbank, Cam Fowler, Strength & Conditioning Coach Sean Skahan, Head Athletic Trainer Tim Clark, Assistant Athletic Trainer Rick Burrill

Back Row: Equipment Assistant Chris Kincaid, Kyle Palmieri, Devante Smith-Pelly, Nate Guenin, George Parros, Luca Sbisa, Nick Bonino, Matt Beleskey, Rod Pelley, Massage Therapist James Partida

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2012-13

Front Row: Jonas Hiller, Executive Vice President /COO Tim Ryan, Senior Vice President of Hockey Operations David McNab, Executive Vice President/General Manager Bob Murray, Owner Henry Samueli, Teemu Selanne, Ryan Getzlaf, Saku Koivu, Owner Susan Samueli, CEO Michael Schulman, Director of Player Personnel Rick Paterson, Head Coach Bruce Boudreau, Viktor Fasth

Second Row: Vice President The Rinks Art Trottier, Vice President of Human Resources Jay Scott, Vice President/COO Anaheim Arena Management Kevin Starkey, Video Coordinator Joe Piscotty, Assistant Coach Scott Niedermayer, Andrew Cogliano, Cam Fowler, Francois Beauchemin, Bobby Ryan, Daniel Winnik, Assistant Coach Bob Woods, Assistant Coach Brad Lauer, Vice President/CMO Aaron Teats, Vice President of Finance/CFO Doug Heller, AAM Vice President of Finance Angela Wergechik

Third Row: Assistant Equipment Manager Chris Aldrich, Equipment Manager Doug Shearer, Goaltending Consultant Pete Peeters, Kyle Palmieri, Matt Beleskey, Sheldon Souray, Corey Perry, Toni Lydman, Emerson Etem, Matthew Lombardi, Strength & Conditioning Coach Sean Skahan, Head Athletic Trainer Tim Clark, Assistant Athletic Trainer Mike Hannegan

Back Row: Equipment Assistant Chris Kincaid, Brad Staubitz, Radek Dvorak, Luca Sbisa, David Steckel, Bryan Allen, Ben Lovejoy, Peter Holland, Nick Bonino, Massage Therapist James Partida

2013-14

Front Row: Jonas Hiller, Executive Vice President/COO Tim Ryan, Senior Vice President of Hockey Operations David McNab, Executive Vice President/General Manager Bob Murray, Owner Henry Samueli, Teemu Selanne, Ryan Getzlaf, Saku Koivu, Owner Susan Samueli, CEO Michael Schulman, Director of Player Personnel Rick Paterson, Head Coach Bruce Boudreau, Frederik Andersen

Second Row: Vice President – The Rinks Art Trottier, Vice President of Sales/CRO John Viola, Vice President of Human Resources Jay Scott, Vice President/COO Anaheim Arena Management Kevin Starkey, Assistant Coach Scott Niedermayer, Nick Bonino, Francois Beauchemin, Cam Fowler, Andrew Cogliano, Assistant Coach Bob Woods, Assistant Coach Brad Lauer, Vice President/CMO Aaron Teats, Vice President of Finance/ CFO Doug Heller, AAM Vice President of Finance Angela Wergechik

Third Row: Assistant Equipment Manager Chris Aldrich, Equipment Manager Doug Shearer, Goaltending Consultant Dwayne Roloson, Video Coordinator Joe Piscotty, Matt Beleskey, Stephane Robidas, Jakob Silfverberg, Mathieu Perreault, Kyle Palmieri, Sami Vatanen, Strength & Conditioning Coach Sean Skahan, Head Athletic Trainer Joe Huff, Assistant Athletic Trainer Mike Hannegan

Back Row: Equipment Assistant Chris Kincaid, Mark Fistric, Tim Jackman, Ben Lovejoy, Patrick Maroon, Corey Perry, Bryan Allen, Hampus Lindholm, Daniel Winnik, Luca Sbisa, Rickard Rakell, Massage Therapist James Partida

2014-15

Front Row: John Gibson, Executive Vice President/COO Tim Ryan, Senior Vice President of Hockey Operations David McNab, Executive Vice President/General Manager Bob Murray, Owner Henry Samueli, Francois Beauchemin, Ryan Getzlaf, Corey Perry, Owner Susan Samueli, CEO Michael Schulman, Director of Player Personnel Rick Paterson, Head Coach Bruce Boudreau, Frederik Andersen

Second Row: Vice President – The Rinks Art Trottier, Vice President of Human Resources Jay Scott, Vice President/Coo Anaheim Arena Management Kevin Starkey, Goaltending Consultant Dwayne Roloson, Assistant Coach Scott Niedermayer, Sami Vatanen, Matt Beleskey, Cam Fowler, Andrew Cogliano, Assistant Coach Brad Lauer, Assistant Coach Trent Yawney, Assistant to the General Manager Dave Baseggio, Vice President/CMO Aaron Teats, Vice President of Finance/CF0 Doug Heller, Vice President of Sales/CRO John Viola

Third Row: Assistant Equipment Manager Chris Aldrich, Equipment Manager Doug Shearer, Video Coordinator Joe Piscotty, James Wisniewski, Rickard Rakell, Jakob Silfverberg, Ryan Kesler, Emerson Etem, Nate Thompson, Kyle Palmieri, Strength and Conditioning Coach Sean Skahan, Head Athletic Trainer Joe Huff, Assistant Athletic Trainer Mike Hannegan

Back Row: Equipment Assistant Chris Kincaid, Chris Wagner, Tomas Fleischmann, Jiri Sekac, Korbinian Holzer, Clayton Stoner, Simon Despres, Hampus Lindholm, Josh Manson, Patrick Maroon, Tim Jackman, Massage Therapist James Partida

2015-16

Front Row: John Gibson, Executive Vice President/COO Tim Ryan, Senior Vice President of Hockey Operations David McNab, Executive Vice President/General Manager Bob Murray, Owner Henry Samueli, Ryan Kesler, Ryan Getzlaf, Corey Perry, Owner Susan Samueli, CEO Michael Schulman, Director of Player Personnel Rick Paterson, Head Coach Bruce Boudreau and Frederik Andersen

Second Row: Vice President of Human Resources Jay Scott, CFO Bill Foltz, Vice President/COO Anaheim Arena Management Kevin Starkey, Assistant Coach Rich Preston, Goaltending Consultant Dwayne Roloson, Sami Vatanen, Kevin Bieksa, Cam Fowler, Andrew Cogliano, Assistant Coach Trent Yawney, Assistant Coach Paul MacLean, Assistant to the General Manager Dave Baseggio, Vice President/CMO

Aaron Teats and Vice President – The Rinks Art Trottier

Third Row: Assistant Equipment Manager Chris Aldrich, Equipment Manager Doug Shearer, Video Coordinator Joe Piscotty, David Perron, Jakob Silfverberg, Hampus Lindholm, Josh Manson, Rickard Rakell, Nate Thompson, Brandon Pirri, Strength and Conditioning Coach Mark Fitzgerald, Head Athletic Trainer Joe Huff and Assistant Athletic Trainer Mike Hannegan

Back Row: Equipment Assistant Jeff Tyni, Ryan Garbutt, Jamie McGinn, Nick Ritchie, Korbinian Holzer, Clayton Stoner, Simon Despres, Chris Stewart, Shawn Horcoff, Mike Santorelli, Physical Therapist Kevin Taylor and Massage Therapist James Partida

2016-17

Front Row: John Gibson, Executive Vice President/COO Tim Ryan, Director of Player Personnel Rick Paterson, Senior Vice President of Hockey Operations David McNab, Executive Vice President/General Manager Bob Murray, Owner Henry Samueli, Ryan Kesler, Ryan Getzlaf, Corey Perry, Owner Susan Samueli, CEO Michael Schulman, Head Coach Randy Carlyle, Assistant to the General Manager Dave Baseggio, Jonathan Bernier and Jhonas Enroth

Second Row: Chief Human Resources Officer Jay Scott, Chief Financial Officer Bill Foltz, Vice President/COO Anaheim Arena Management Kevin Starkey, Goaltending Coach Sudarshan Maharaj, Assistant Coach Rich Preston, Assistant Coach Todd Marchant, Sami Vatanen, Kevin Bieksa, Cam Fowler, Andrew Cogliano, Assistant Coach Trent Yawney, Assistant Coach Paul MacLean, Vice President/CMO Aaron Teats, Vice President of Information Technology Chris Johnston, Vice President/Chief Commercial Officer Bill Pedigo, Vice President The Rinks Art Trottier and Vice President of Human Resources Gina Galasso

Third Row: Assistant Equipment Manager Chris Aldrich, Equipment Manager Doug Shearer, Video Coordinator Joe Piscotty, Antoine Vermette, Jakob Silfverberg, Josh Manson, Hampus Lindholm, Rickard Rakell, Nate Thompson, Patrick Eaves, Strength and Conditioning Coach Mark Fitzgerald, Head Athletic Trainer Joe Huff, Assistant Athletic Trainer Mike Hannegan and Skating Consultant Larry Barron

Back Row: Equipment Assistant Jeff Tyni, Physical Therapist Kevin Taylor, Brandon Montour, Chris Wagner, Nick Ritchie, Korbinian Holzer, Clayton Stoner, Jared Boll, Logan Shaw, Ondrej Kase, Massage Therapist James Partida and Massage Therapist Raul Dorantes

2017-18

Front Row: John Gibson, Director of Player Personnel Rick Paterson, Senior Vice President of Hockey Operations David McNab, Executive Vice President/General Manager Bob Murray, Owner Henry Samueli, Ryan Kesler, Ryan Getzlaf, Corey Perry, Owner Susan Samueli, Chief Executive Officer Michael Schulman, Executive Vice President/Chief Operating Officer Tim Ryan, Head Coach Randy Carlyle, Ryan Miller

Second Row: Chief Human Resources Officer Jay Scott, Chief Financial Officer Bill Foltz, Vice President/COO, Anaheim Arena Management Kevin Starkey, Goaltending Coach Sudarshan Maharaj, Assistant Coach Mark Morrison, Assistant Coach Rich Preston, Francois Beauchemin, Kevin Bieksa, Cam Fowler, Andrew Cogliano, Assistant Coach Trent Yawney, Assistant Coach Steve Konowalchuk, Vice President/Chief Marketing Officer Aaron Teats, Vice President/Chief Commercial Officer Bill Pedigo, Vice President, The Rinks Art Trottier, Vice President of Human Resources Gina Galasso

Third Row: Hockey Operations Manager Chase Flanigan, Assistant Equipment Manager Chris Aldrich, Equipment Manager Doug Shearer, Video Coach Joe Piscotty, Antoine Vermette, Jakob Silfverberg, Josh Manson, Hampus Lindholm, Rickard Rakell, Adam Henrique, Patrick Eaves, Strength & Conditioning Coach Mark Fitzgerald, Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach Chris Martin, Head Athletic Trainer Joe Huff, Assistant Athletic Trainer Mike Hannegan Back Row: Assistant Equipment Manager Matt Brayfield, Assistant Equipment Manager Jeff Tyni, Physical Therapist Kevin Taylor, J.T. Brown, Brandon Montour, Nick Ritchie, Derek Grant, Marcus Pettersson, Jason Chimera, Chris Kelly, Ondrej Kase, Massage Therapist Mike Griebel, Skating Consultant Larry Barron

DUCKS RECORD BOOK (October 1993 through April 2018)

CAPTAINS

Season Captain Alternate Captains

1993-94 Troy Loney Randy Ladouceur, Stu Grimson, Todd Ewen

1994-95 Randy Ladouceur Bob Corkum, Todd Ewen

1995-96 Randy Ladouceur Paul Kariya, Bobby Dollas, Todd Ewen

1996-97 Paul Kariya Bobby Dollas, Teemu Selanne

1997-98 Paul Kariya Teemu Selanne, David Karpa

1997-98 Teemu Selanne J.J. Daigneault, Mark Janssens

1998-99 Paul Kariya Teemu Selanne, Kevin Haller

1999-00 Paul Kariya Teemu Selanne, Kevin Haller

2000-01 Paul Kariya Teemu Selanne, Dan Bylsma, Steve Rucchin

2001-02 Paul Kariya Oleg Tverdovsky, Steve Rucchin, Dan Bylsma

2002-03 Paul Kariya Keith Carney, Steve Rucchin

2003-04 Steve Rucchin Keith Carney, Sergei Fedorov

2005-06 Scott Niedermayer Rob Niedermayer, Teemu Selanne, Keith Carney, Sergei Fedorov

2006-07 Scott Niedermayer Rob Niedermayer, Chris Pronger

2007-08 Chris Pronger Rob Niedermayer, Chris Kunitz

2008-09 Scott Niedermayer Chris Pronger, Ryan Getzlaf

2009-10 Scott Niedermayer Ryan Getzlaf, Saku Koivu

2010-11 Ryan Getzlaf Teemu Selanne, Saku Koivu

2011-12 Ryan Getzlaf Teemu Selanne, Saku Koivu

2012-13 Ryan Getzlaf Teemu Selanne, Saku Koivu

2013-14 Ryan Getzlaf Teemu Selanne, Saku Koivu

2014-15 Ryan Getzlaf Corey Perry, Francois Beauchemin

2015-16 Ryan Getzlaf Ryan Kesler, Corey Perry

2016-17 Ryan Getzlaf Ryan Kesler, Corey Perry

2017-18 Ryan Getzlaf Ryan Kesler, Corey Perry

COACHES

Season Head Coach Assistant Coaches

1993-94 Ron Wilson Al Sims, Tim Army, Brian Hayward

1994-95 Ron Wilson Al Sims, Tim Army, Brian Hayward

1995-96 Ron Wilson Al Sims, Tim Army

1996-97 Ron Wilson Walt Kyle, Tim Army

1997-98 Pierre Page Walt Kyle, Don Hay

1998-99 Craig Hartsburg George Burnett, Newell Brown

1999-00 Craig Hartsburg George Burnett, Newell Brown

2000-01 Craig Hartsburg Guy Charron, Terry Simpson

2000-01 Guy Charron Terry Simpson, Kelly Miller

2001-02 Bryan Murray Guy Charron, Tom Watt

2002-03 Mike Babcock Lorne Henning, Paul MacLean

2003-04 Mike Babcock Lorne Henning, Paul MacLean, Greg Carvel

2005-06 Randy Carlyle Dave Farrish, Newell Brown

2006-07 Randy Carlyle Dave Farrish, Newell Brown

2007-08 Randy Carlyle Dave Farrish, Newell Brown

2008-09 Randy Carlyle Dave Farrish, Newell Brown

2009-10 Randy Carlyle Dave Farrish, Newell Brown

2010-11 Randy Carlyle Dave Farrish, Mike Foligno

2011-12 Randy Carlyle Dave Farrish, Mike Foligno

2011-12 Bruce Boudreau Bob Woods, Brad Lauer

2012-13 Bruce Boudreau Bob Woods, Brad Lauer

2013-14 Bruce Boudreau Bob Woods, Brad Lauer

2014-15 Bruce Boudreau Brad Lauer, Trent Yawney

2015-16 Bruce Boudreau Paul MacLean, Trent Yawney

2016-17 Randy Carlyle Paul MacLean, Trent Yawney

2017-18 Randy Carlyle Steve Konowalchuk, Trent Yawney

DUCKS HONOR ROLL

DUCKS RECORD BOOK (October 1993 through April 2018)

All-Star Game

Alexei Kasatonov ............................... 1994 (New York)

Paul Kariya 1996 (Boston)

Guy Hebert 1997 (San Jose)

Paul Kariya 1997 (San Jose)*

Teemu Selanne 1997 (San Jose)

Dmitri Mironov 1998 (Vancouver)

Teemu Selanne 1998 (Vancouver)*

Paul Kariya 1999 (Tampa Bay)*

Teemu Selanne ................................. 1999 (Tampa Bay)*

Paul Kariya .................................... 2000 (Toronto)*

Teemu Selanne 2000 (Toronto)*

Paul Kariya 2001 (Colorado)*

Paul Kariya 2002 (Los Angeles)

Paul Kariya 2003 (Florida)

Andy McDonald 2007 (Dallas)

Scott Niedermayer (did not play) 2007 (Dallas)*

Teemu Selanne 2007 (Dallas)

Ryan Getzlaf ................................... 2008 (Atlanta)

Scott Niedermayer 2008 (Atlanta)

Corey Perry 2008 (Atlanta)

Chris Pronger 2008 (Atlanta)

Ryan Getzlaf 2009 (Montreal)*

J.S. Giguere 2009 (Montreal)*

Scott Niedermayer 2009 (Montreal)*

Corey Perry 2011 (Carolina)

YEAR-BY-YEAR LEADERS

*Voted in as starter

All-Star

Andersen and Gibson

Kariya Murray Niedermayer

Selanne

DUCKS RECORD BOOK (October 1993 through April 2018)

Defensive

2011-12 Corey Perry

2010-11 George Parros

2009-10 George Parros

2008-09 George Parros

2007-08 George Parros

2006-07 Shane O’Brien

2005-06 Todd Fedoruk

2003-04 Garrett Burnett

2002-03 Kevin Sawyer

2001-02 Kevin Sawyer

Jim Cummins

1999-00 Stu Grimson

1998-99 Stu Grimson

1997-98 David Karpa

1996-97 Warren Rychel

1995-96 Todd Ewen

1994-95 Stu Grimson

Todd Ewen

Power-Play Goals

DUCKS RECORD BOOK (October 1993 through April 2018)

2003-04 Sergei Fedorov 2

2002-03 Eight players 1

2001-02 Matt Cullen, Jeff Friesen, Samuel Pahlsson, Dan Bylsma 1

2000-01 Paul Kariya 3

1999-00 Paul Kariya 3

1998-99 Paul Kariya ......................... 2

1997-98 Joe Sacco, Scott Young ............... 2

1996-97 Paul Kariya 3

1995-96 Paul Kariya 3

1994-95 Bobby Dollas, Paul Kariya, Oleg Tverdovsky, Shaun Van Allen 1

1993-94 Bob Corkum 3

Game-Winning Goals

2017-18 Adam Henrique ..................... 8

2016-17 Rickard Rakell 10

2015-16 Rickard Rakell 7

2014-15 Matt Beleskey 8

2013-14 Corey Perry 9

1998-99 Dominic Roussel .................... .923%

1997-98 Guy Hebert .903%

1996-97 Guy Hebert .919%

1995-96 Guy Hebert .914%

1994-95 Guy Hebert .904%

1993-94 Ron Tugnutt .908%

Goals-Against Average (min. 15 games)

2017-18 Ryan Miller .........................

1997-98 Dmitri Mironov 6-30=36

1996-97 Dmitri Mironov 12-34=46

1995-96 Bobby Dollas 8-22=30

1994-95 Bobby Dollas .................. 7-13=20

1993-94 Bill Houlder ................... 14-25=39 *Led the league

Plus/Minus

2017-18 Josh Manson +34

2016-17 Josh Manson +14

2015-16 Ryan Getzlaf +14

2014-15 Hampus Lindholm +25

2013-14 Corey Perry ........................ +32

2012-13 Francois Beauchemin, Sheldon Souray .. +19

2011-12 Sheldon Brookbank +11

2010-11 Toni Lydman +32

2009-10 Saku Koivu

2008-09 Steve Montador

2007-08 Ryan Getzlaf +32

2006-07 Chris Pronger +27

2005-06 Teemu Selanne +28

2003-04 Martin Skoula ...................... +3

2002-03 Samuel Pahlsson, Sandis Ozolinsh ...... +10

2001-02 Keith Carney +14

2000-01 Tony Hrkac 0

1999-00 Paul Kariya +22

1998-99 Teemu Selanne

1997-98 Paul Kariya, Teemu Selanne

1996-97 Paul Kariya

1995-96 Shaun Van Allen

Penalty

2017-18 Rickard Rakell 8

2016-17 Ryan Kesler 8

2015-16 Corey Perry

2014-15 Sami Vatanen 7

2013-14 Corey Perry 8

2012-13 Corey Perry 5

2011-12 Corey Perry 14

2010-11 Teemu Selanne ..................... 16

2009-10 Teemu Selanne 14

2008-09 Teemu Selanne 16

2007-08 Corey Perry 11

2006-07 Teemu Selanne 25*

2005-06 Teemu Selanne 18

2003-04 Steve Rucchin, Sergei Fedorov 9

2002-03 Petr Sykora 15

2001-02 Paul Kariya 11

2000-01 Paul Kariya ......................... 18

1999-00 Paul Kariya 11

1998-99 Teemu Selanne 25*

1997-98 Teemu Selanne 10

1996-97 Paul Kariya 15

1995-96 Paul Kariya 20

1994-95 Paul Kariya 7

1993-94 Troy Loney, Tim Sweeney 6

*Led the league

Shorthanded Goals

2017-18 Andrew Cogliano 3

2016-17 Andrew Cogliano 3

2015-16 Andrew Cogliano 2

2014-15 Andrew Cogliano 3

2013-14 Andrew Cogliano 3

2012-13 Ryan Getzlaf 3

2011-12 Bobby Ryan ........................ 2

2010-11 Corey Perry ........................ 4

2009-10 Todd Marchant 3

2008-09 Todd Marchant, Travis Moen 2

2007-08 Samuel Pahlsson 3

2006-07 Todd Marchant 3

2005-06 Samuel Pahlsson 3

2012-13 Corey Perry, Kyle Palmieri 5

2011-12 Corey Perry 6

2010-11 Corey Perry 11*

2009-10 Saku Koivu 6

2008-09 Corey Perry 8

2007-08 Chris Kunitz 6

2006-07 Teemu Selanne 10

2005-06 Andy McDonald ..................... 7

2003-04 Sergei Fedorov. . . . . . . . . . . . 6

2002-03 Niclas Havelid, Petr Sykora 5

2001-02 Paul Kariya 8

2000-01 Teemu Selanne 5

1999-00 Teemu Selanne 6

1998-99 Teemu Selanne 7

1997-98 Teemu Selanne 10

1996-97 Paul Kariya 10*

1995-96 Paul Kariya ......................... 9

1994-95 Peter Douris ........................ 4

1993-94 Garry Valk 5 *Led the league

Save Percentage (min. 15 games)

2017-18 Ryan Miller .928%

2016-17 John Gibson .924%

2015-16 John Gibson .920%

2014-15 Frederik Andersen, John Gibson ....... .914%

2013-14 Frederik Andersen .923%

2012-13 Viktor Fasth .921%

2011-12 Jonas Hiller .910%

2010-11 Jonas Hiller .924%

2009-10 Jonas Hiller .918%

2008-09 Jonas Hiller .919%

2007-08 Jonas Hiller .927%

2006-07 Jean-Sebastien Giguere. . . . . .918%

2005-06 Jean-Sebastien Giguere. . . . . .911%

2003-04 Martin Gerber .918%

2002-03 Martin Gerber .929%

2001-02 Jean-Sebastien Giguere .920%

2000-01 Jean-Sebastien Giguere .911%

1999-00 Guy Hebert .908%

Cogliano

Tverdovsky

Perry Rakell

Gibson Giguere Hebert

Kariya

Selanne

1

6

Ron Tugnutt, 93-94

Mike O’Neill, 96-97

Gregg Naumenko, 00-01

Jonas Hiller, 07-14

Jonathan Bernier, 16-17

Reto Berra, 17-18

2

Bobby Dollas, 93-98

Fredrik Olausson, 98-00, 02-03

Todd Simpson, 03-04

Ken Klee, 08-09

Eric Brewer, 14-15

Kevin Bieksa, 15-17

3

Mark Ferner, 93-94

Jason York, 95-96

Patrick Traverse, 00-01

Keith Carney, 01-06

Bret Hedican, 08-09

Andreas Lilja, 10-11

Clayton Stoner, 14-17

Kevin Bieksa, 17-18

4

David Williams, 93-95

Fredrik Olausson, 95-96

Jamie Pushor, 97-99

Antti-Jussi Niemi, 01-02

Lance Ward, 02-04

Todd Bertuzzi, 07-08

Nick Boynton, 09-10

Aaron Ward, 09-10

Cam Fowler, 10-18

5

Robert Dirk, 94-96

Ruslan Salei, 96-97

Drew Bannister, 97-98

Kevin Haller, 98-00

Vitaly Vishnevski, 00-06

Ric Jackman, 06-07

Steve Montador, 08-09

Luca Sbisa, 09-14

Bryan Allen, 14-15

Korbinian Holzer, 15-18

Sean Hill, 93-94

Don McSween, 94-96

Doug Houda, 97-98

Vitaly Vishnevski, 99-01

Jason Marshall, 05-06

Nathan McIver, 08-09

Kurtis Foster, 11-12

Ben Lovejoy, 12-15

Simon Despres, 16-17

7

Alexei Kasatonov, 93-94

Milos Holan, 95-96

Pavel Trnka, 97-03

Bruno St. Jacques, 05-06

Shane Hnidy, 07-08

Marc-Andre Bergeron, 07-08

Brendan Morrison, 08-09

Steve Eminger, 09-10

Andrew Cogliano, 11-18

8

Tim Sweeney, 93-95

Chad Kilger, 95-96

Teemu Selanne, 96-01, 06-14

Sandis Ozolinsh, 02-06

9

Paul Kariya, 94-03

Bobby Ryan, 08-13 10

Jarrod Skalde, 93-94

Oleg Tverdovsky, 94-96, 99-02

Roman Oksiuta, 96-97

Sean Pronger, 97-98

Josef Marha, 97-99

Jason Krog, 02-04

Corey Perry, 06-18 11

Valeri Karpov, 94-97

Shawn Antoski, 97-98

Matt Cullen, 98-99

Kip Miller, 99-00

Andy McDonald, 00-01

Jeff Friesen, 00-02

Marc Chouinard, 02-03

Mathieu Schneider, 07-08

Saku Koivu, 09-14

Brandon Pirri, 15-16

12

David Sacco, 95-96

Kevin Todd, 96-98

Mike Leclerc, 98-04

Jeff Friesen, 05-06

Brandon Bochenski, 07-08

Josh Green, 08-09, 10-11

Niklas Hagman, 11-12

Devante Smith-Pelly, 14-15

13

Ted Drury, 96-98

German Titov, 00-02

Teemu Selanne, 05-06

Mark Hartigan, 06-07

Mike Brown, 08-10

Nick Bonino, 12-14

14

Joe Sacco, 93-98

Antti Aalto, 98-01

Cam Severson, 02-04

Martin Skoula, 03-04

Chris Kunitz, 06-09

Joffrey Lupul, 09-10

Maxim Lapierre, 10-11

Ben Maxwell, 11-12

Rod Pelley, 11-12

Rene Bourque, 14-15

Tomas Fleischmann, 14-15

Adam Henrique, 17-18

15

Steve Rucchin, 94-95

David Karpa, 94-95

Viacheslav Butsayev, 95-96

Dmitri Mironov, 96-98

Tony Hrkac, 99-01

Jim Cummins, 01-02

Joffrey Lupul, 03-06

Ryan Getzlaf, 06-18

16

Peter Douris, 93-96

Warren Rychel, 96-98

Marty McInnis, 98-02

George Parros, 06-12

Emerson Etem, 14-15

Ryan Garbutt, 15-17

17

Steven King, 93-94

David Karpa, 95-96

Jari Kurri, 96-97

Tomas Sandstrom, 97-99

Matt Cullen, 99-03

Cam Severson, 03-04

Jonathan Hedstrom, 05-06

Dustin Penner, 06-07, 13-14

Brian Sutherby, 07-09

Petteri Nokelainen, 08-10

Lubomir Visnovsky, 09-12

Ryan Kesler, 14-18

18

Garry Valk, 93-97

Mark Janssens, 97-98

Ted Drury, 98-00

Maxim Balmochnykh, 99-00

Petr Tenkrat, 00-02

Patric Kjellberg, 01-03

Mikael Holmqvist, 03-04

Ian Moran, 06-07

Drew Miller, 06-09

Mark Bell, 11-12

Radek Dvorak, 12-13

Tim Jackman, 13-16

Patrick Eaves, 16-18

19

Anatoli Semenov, 93-95

Bob Corkum, 95-96

Shawn Antoski, 96-97

Jeff Nielsen, 97-00

Jim Cummins, 00-01

Andy McDonald, 01-08

Ryan Whitney, 08-10

Joffrey Lupul, 10-11

Brad Winchester, 10-11

Jean-Francois Jacques, 11-12

Matthew Lombardi, 12-13

Stephane Robidas, 13-14

Patrick Maroon, 14-16 20

Bob Corkum, 93-95

Steve Rucchin, 94-04

Maxim Kondratiev, 07-08

Geoff Platt, 07-08

Ryan Carter, 08-11

David Steckel, 12-14

James Wisniewski, 14-15

Jason Chimera, 17-18

21

Patrik Carnback, 93-95

Jim Campbell, 95-96

Igor Nikulin, 96-97

Espen Knutsen, 97-98

Scott Ferguson, 98-99

Ted Donato, 99-00

Dan Bylsma, 00-04

Sean O’Donnell, 05-08

Sheldon Brookbank, 08-12

Kyle Palmieri, 13-15

Chris Wagner, 16-18

22

Shaun Van Allen, 93-96

Ken Baumgartner, 96-97

Brent Severyn, 97-98

Johan Davidsson, 98-00

Jorgen Jonsson, 99-00

Jonas Ronnqvist, 00-01

Alexei Smirnov, 02-04

Todd Marchant, 05-11

Mathieu Perreault, 13-14

Shawn Horcoff, 15-16

Dennis Rasmussen, 17-18

Chris Kelly, 17-18

23

Bill Houlder, 93-94

Jason Marshall, 94-96, 97-01

Brian Bellows, 96-97

Sergei Krivokrasov, 01-02

Stanislav Chistov, 02-04

Paul Mara, 10-11

Francois Beauchemin, 05-09, 10-15, 17-18

24

Troy Loney, 93-94

Tom Kurvers, 94-95

Steven King, 95-96

Ken Baumgartner, 95-96

Mark Janssens, 96-97

Ruslan Salei, 97-06

Stanislav Chistov, 06-07

Brad May, 06-09

Evgeny Artyukhin, 09-10

Francois Beauchemin, 10-11

Simon Despres, 14-17

25

Terry Yake, 93-94

Todd Krygier, 95-96

Adrian Plavsic, 96-97

Mike Crowley, 98-99, 00-01

Frank Banham, 99-00

Kevin Sawyer, 01-03

Zenon Konopka, 05-06

Chris Pronger, 06-09

Andy Sutton, 10-11

Brad Staubitz, 12-13

Mike Santorelli, 15-16

Ondrej Kase, 17-18

26

Robin Bawa, 93-94

Mike Sillinger, 95-96

Nikolai Tsulygin, 96-97

Jeremy Stevenson, 99-00

Andrei Nazarov, 00-01

Samuel Pahlsson, 00-09

Erik Christensen, 08-10

Jason Blake, 09-10

Danny Syvret, 10-11

Carl Hagelin, 15-16

Emerson Etem, 16-17

Brandon Montour, 17-18

27

Lonnie Loach, 93-94

John Lilley, 94-95

Mike Leclerc, 96-98

Pascal Trepanier, 98-01

Denny Lambert, 01-02

Craig Johnson, 03-04

Peter Schastlivy, 03-04

Scott Niedermayer, 05-10

28

Dwayne Norris, 94-95

Roman Oksiuta, 95-96

Jason Marshall, 96-97

Niclas Havelid, 99-04

Tyler Wright, 05-06

Mark Mowers, 07-08

Kyle Chipchura, 09-11

Mark Fistric, 13-15

Ryan Garbutt, 15-16

29

Randy Ladouceur, 93-96

Darren Van Impe, 96-98

Frank Banham, 97-98

Ladislav Kohn, 99-01

Timo Parssinen, 01-02

Martin Gerber, 02-04

Todd Fedoruk, 05-07

Sebastien Caron, 06-07

Ray Emery, 10-11

Chris Stewart, 15-16

30

Dominic Roussel, 98-01

Ilya Bryzgalov, 01-02, 03-08

Timo Pielmeier, 10-11

Viktor Fasth, 12-14

Jason LaBarbera, 14-15

Anton Khudobin, 15-16

Dustin Tokarski, 16-17

Ryan Miller, 17-18

31

Guy Hebert, 93-01

Steve Shields, 01-02

Michael Wall, 06-07

Curtis McElhinney, 09-11

Iiro Tarkki, 11-12

Frederik Andersen, 13-16

32

Stu Grimson, 93-95, 98-00

Alex Hicks, 95-96

Richard Park, 96-98

Marc Chouinard, 00-03

Steve Thomas, 02-03

Travis Moen, 05-09

Kyle Calder, 09-10

Toni Lydman, 10-13

33

Jim Thomson, 93-95

David Karpa, 96-98

Jim McKenzie, 98-00

Ed Ward, 99-00

Jason York, 01-02

Mark Popovich, 03-04

Joe DiPenta, 05-08

Jason Blake, 09-12

Jakob Silfverberg, 13-18

34

Anatoli Fedotov, 93-94

Dan Trebil, 96-99

Kurt Sauer, 02-04

Aaron Rome, 06-07

James Wisniewski, 08-10

Aaron Voros, 10-11

Nate Guenin, 11-12

Daniel Winnik, 12-14

35

Mikhail Shtalenkov, 93-98

Tom Askey, 98-99

Jean-Sebastien Giguere, 00-10 36

Todd Ewen, 93-96

J.J. Daigneault, 96-98

Tony Tuzzolino, 97-98

Drew Bannister, 01-02

John Gibson, 13-18

37

Marc Moro, 97-98

Bob Wren, 00-01

Aris Brimanis, 01-02

Chris O’Sullivan, 02-03

Kip Brennan, 05-06

Shane O’Brien, 06-07

Jarkko Ruutu, 10-11

Mat Clark, 14-15

Nick Ritchie, 15-18

38

Mike Crowley, 97-98

Rob Valicevic, 02-03

Chris Kunitz, 03-06

Ryan Shannon, 06-07

Dan Ellis, 10-12

William Karlsson, 14-15

Derek Grant, 17-18

39

Don McSween, 93-94

Frank Banham, 96-97

Travis Green, 97-99, 06-07

Petr Sykora, 02-06

Doug Weight, 07-08

Matt Beleskey, 09-15

Mason Raymond, 16-17

Joseph Blandisi, 17-18

40

Jeremy Stevenson, 95-98

Antti-Jussi, Niemi, 00-01

Vaclav Prospal, 03-04

Aaron Gavey, 05-06

Kent Huskins, 06-09

Jordan Hendry, 12-13

Nolan Yonkman, 13-14

Jared Boll, 16-18

41

Chris Armstrong, 03-04

David McKee, 06-07

Nathan Oystrick, 09-10

Andrew Gordon, 11-12

Harry Zolnierczyk, 15-16

Corey Tropp, 16-17

42

Denny Lambert, 94-96

Barry Nieckar, 96-98

Trevor Gillies, 05-06

Jason King, 07-08

Dan Sexton, 09-11

Josh Manson, 14-18

43

Maxim Bets, 93-94

Bjorn Melin, 06-07

Jeff Deslauriers, 11-12

Max Friberg, 14-16

44

Myles O’Connor, 93-94

Oleg Mikulchik, 95-96

Antti Aalto, 97-98

Mike Brown, 02-03

Rob Niedermayer, 02-09

Sheldon Souray, 12-13

Nate Thompson, 14-17

45

Scott McKay, 93-94

Matt Cullen, 97-98

Shawn Thornton, 06-07

Sami Vatanen, 12-17

46

J.F. Jomphe, 95-98

Kevin Sawyer, 00-01

Tony Martensson, 03-04

Curtis Glencross, 06-07

Joe Motzko, 06-07

Jiri Sekac, 14-16

47

Stephan Lebeau, 94-95

Espen Knutsen, 97-98

Tim Brent, 06-07

Hampus Lindholm, 13-18

48

John Lilley, 93-94

Darren Van Impe, 94-96

Scott Young, 97-98

Andy McDonald, 00-01

Casey Hankinson, 03-04

Mark Mowers, 07-08

Andrew Ebbett, 07-10

Colby Robak, 14-15

Michael Sgarbossa, 16-17

Logan Shaw, 16-18

49

Maxime Macenauer, 11-12

50

Bob Wren, 97-98

Troy Bodie, 08-11

Antoine Vermette, 16-18

51

Craig Reichert, 96-97

Jonathan Hedstrom, 02-03

Ryan Getzlaf, 05-06

Kyle Palmieri, 10-13

Alex Grant, 13-14

Dany Heatley, 14-15

Jacob Larsson, 16-17

Mike Liambas, 17-18

52

Peter LeBoutillier, 96-98

Ryan Carter, 06-08

53

Brett Festerling, 08-11

Shea Theodore, 15-17

54

Sean Pronger, 95-97

Bobby Ryan, 07-09

Cam Fowler, 10-11

55

Garrett Burnett, 03-04

Brian Salcido, 08-09

Bryan Allen, 12-14

56

Petteri Wirtanen, 07-08

57

David Perron, 15-16

58

Ryan O’Marra, 11-12

Nicolas Kerdiles, 16-18

59

Nick Sorensen, 16-17

60

Brendan Mikkelson, 08-11

61

Corey Perry, 05-06

Troy Terry, 17-18

62

Patrick Maroon, 11-14

Chris Wagner, 14-16

63

Nick Bonino, 09-12

Kevin Roy, 17-18

64

Matt Beleskey, 08-09

Brandon McMillan, 10-13

Stefan Noesen, 14-17

65

Emerson Etem, 12-14

Marcus Pettersson, 17-18

67

Tom Askey, 97-98

MacGregor Sharp, 09-10

Rickard Rakell, 12-18

71

Brandon Montour, 16-17

J.T. Brown, 17-18

73

Mat Clark, 11-12

Andy Welinski, 17-18

74

Peter Holland, 11-14

Joseph Cramarossa, 16-17

75

Jaycob Megna, 16-18

76

Dustin Penner, 05-06

77

Adam Oates, 02-03

Devante Smith-Pelly, 11-14

Jesse Blacker, 14-15

Michael Sgarbossa, 15-16

80

Ilya Bryzgalov, 14-15

83

Kalle Kossila, 16-18

86

Ondrej Kase, 16-17

88

Jamie McGinn, 15-16

90

Giovanni Fiore, 17-18

91

Sergei Fedorov, 03-06

93

Anatoli Semenov, 95-96

HONDA CENTER

CELEBRATING ITS 25TH ANNIVERSARY in 2018, the building that has been known as Anaheim Arena, the Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim and (since 2006) Honda Center has been home to the Anaheim Ducks for the entirety of the franchise’s history.

Since its grand opening event in June 1993 – a soldout concert performance by music icon Barry Manilow – the arena has hosted more than 4,000 events and in excess of 39 million guests in its 25 years of existence. The Ducks have made it a difficult arena for opponents, with a regular season record of 516-312-123 and a playoff record of 51-32 in those first 25 years while clinching the 2007 Stanley Cup and the 2007 and 2003 Western Conference championships on the Honda Center ice.

Maintaining its tradition of creating a great experience for every visiting guest, Honda Center has proven itself as the top venue in Orange County for fans to experience the best in sports, music and family entertainment.