Mighty Ducks of Anaheim

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{{NHL Team Infobox |team_name = Mighty Ducks of Anaheim |bg_color = black |text_color = white |logo = Anaheim Mighty Ducks.gif |alternate_logo = Anaheim-alternate.PNG |founded = 1993 |home_arena = Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim |hometown = Anaheim, California |team_colors = Jade, eggplant |head_coach = Randy Carlyle |captain = Scott Niedermayer |general_manager = Brian Burke |owner = Henry Samueli |minor_league = Portland Pirates (AHL) }}

The Mighty Ducks of Anaheim are a National Hockey League (NHL) team based in Anaheim, California. They were founded in 1993, with their home arena at the Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim ("The Pond"). Their uniform colors are maroon and green, and feature a hockey mask forming a duck's beak, in front of two crossed hockey sticks.

1 Franchise history
2 Season-by-season record
3 Notable players
4 See also
5 External links

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Franchise history

When founded in 1993, the Mighty Ducks were owned by The Walt Disney Company. The team's name was chosen from the Disney movie The Mighty Ducks (much to the disdain of many traditionalists), about a group of misfit teens who form an amateur hockey team. Disney has subsequently also made an animated series called The Mighty Ducks, featuring a fictional Mighty Ducks of Anaheim team that consists of actual (albeit anthropomorphized) ducks. Image:AnaheimDucks.jpg With their first draft pick, the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim selected Paul Kariya 4th overall in Round 1 of the 1993 NHL Entry Draft. Kariya would become the cornerstone of young Mighty Ducks franchise, the team captain, and would nearly lead them to Stanley Cup glory in 2003 before his departure for the Colorado Avalanche.

In 1997, the Mighty Ducks made their first playoff appearance and defeated the Phoenix Coyotes in seven games in the Western Conference quarterfinals. However, they lost in the semifinals to the Detroit Red Wings.

Their best playoff performance in franchise history was during the 2002-03 season which saw the Ducks come within one game of the Stanley Cup. They swept defending Stanley Cup champs the Detroit Red Wings, beat the Dallas Stars in the quarterfinals, defeated the Minnesota Wild in the Conference Finals, and finally fell to the New Jersey Devils in the Stanley Cup Finals in 7 games. For his heroics which had kept Anaheim in the playoffs many times, goaltender Jean-Sebastien Giguere won the Conn Smythe Trophy as most-valuable-player of the playoffs.

During the following season with the NHL CBA in its final year and as the labor dispute loomed, the Mighty Ducks were plagued with low attending figures despite their magical playoff run the year before and failed to make the playoffs. During summer 2004, as the NHL and the NHLPA were seemingly headed towards a lockout, Disney tried to sell the team but received a low offer of $40 million (USD), less than the franchise's original worth. Several quotes from several well-paid Mighty Ducks players in the press that stated that the Ducks were a safe franchise were seen as completely out of touch with the NHL economic situation and the precarious situation of the Ducks club.

In 2005, Broadcom co-founder Henry Samueli of Irvine, California bought the Ducks from the Disney for a reported $75 million (USD). Samueli has pledged not to move the team from Anaheim. Brian Burke, former Vancouver Canucks General Manager and President, was appointed General Manager and Executive Vice President of the Mighty Ducks on June 20, 2005.

On August 1, 2005, former Norris Trophy-winning defenseman Randy Carlyle was hired as the new coach of the Anaheim Mighty Ducks. He became the seventh coach for the Ducks, who came into the league as an expansion team in 1993. Carlyle, 49, replaced Mike Babcock, who left the Ducks to become the Detroit Red Wings coach. He spent last season as coach of the Manitoba Moose of the AHL after serving as an assistant with the Washington Capitals. He was also on the staff of the former Winnipeg Jets. Carlyle earlier coached Manitoba from midseason of 1996 through 2001.

Anaheim brought back an ex-Duck to the team when they signed Teemu Selanne. Selanne had been a star player when he last played for the Ducks. Selanne played last season with the Avalanche. Another acquisition is Scott Niedermayer who is the brother of Rob Niedermayer.

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Season-by-season record

Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OTL = Overtime losses, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, PIM = Penalties in minutes

Logo	Season	GP	W	L	T	OTL	Pts	GF	GA	PIM	Finish	Playoffs
Image:Anaheim Mighty Ducks.gif	1993-94	84	33	46	5	-	71	229	251	1507	4th in Pacific	Out of playoffs
Image:Anaheim Mighty Ducks.gif	1994-95¹	48	16	27	5	-	37	125	164	731	6th in Pacific	Out of playoffs
Image:Anaheim Mighty Ducks.gif	1995-96	82	35	39	8	-	78	234	247	1707	4th in Pacific	Out of playoffs
Image:Anaheim Mighty Ducks.gif	1996-97	82	36	33	13	-	85	243	233	1710	2nd in Pacific	Lost Conference semi-finals (DET)
Image:Anaheim Mighty Ducks.gif	1997-98	82	26	43	13	-	65	205	261	1843	6th in Pacific	Out of playoffs
Image:Anaheim Mighty Ducks.gif	1998-99	82	35	34	13	-	83	215	206	1323	3rd in Pacific	Lost Conference quarter-finals (DET)
Image:Anaheim Mighty Ducks.gif	1999-00	82	34	33	12	3	83	217	227	926	5th in Pacific	Out of playoffs
Image:Anaheim Mighty Ducks.gif	2000-01	82	25	41	11	5	66	188	245	1136	5th in Pacific	Out of playoffs
Image:Anaheim Mighty Ducks.gif	2001-02	82	29	42	8	3	69	175	198	1254	5th in Pacific	Out of playoffs
Image:Anaheim Mighty Ducks.gif	2002-03	82	40	27	9	6	95	203	193	954	2nd in Pacific	Lost in Stanley Cup finals (NJ)
Image:Anaheim Mighty Ducks.gif	2003-04	82	29	35	10	8	76	184	213	1131	4th in Pacific	Out of playoffs
Image:Anaheim Mighty Ducks.gif	2004-05²	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
Image:Anaheim Mighty Ducks.gif	2005-06

¹ Season was shortened due to the 1994-95 NHL lockout.

² Season was cancelled due to the 2004-05 NHL lockout.

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Notable players

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Current Squad

As of December 4, 2005 [1]

Goaltenders
Number		Player	Catches	Acquired	Place of Birth
30	Image:Flag of Russia.svg}\|name={{{name\|}}}}}}}}	Ilya Bryzgalov	L	2000	Tolyatti, U.S.S.R.
35	Image:Flag of Canada.svg}\|name={{{name\|}}}}}}}}	Jean-Sebastien Giguere	L	2000	Montreal, Quebec

Defensemen
Number		Player	Shoots	Acquired	Place of Birth
3	Image:Flag of the United States.svg}\|name={{{name\|}}}}}}}}	Keith Carney - A	L	2001	Providence, Rhode Island
5	Image:Flag of Ukraine.svg}\|name={{{name\|}}}}}}}}	Vitaly Vishnevski	L	1998	Kharkiv, U.S.S.R.
6	Image:Flag of Canada.svg}\|name={{{name\|}}}}}}}}	Jason Marshall	R	2005	Cranbrook, British Columbia
8	Image:Flag of Latvia.svg}\|name={{{name\|}}}}}}}}	Sandis Ozolinsh (Injured Reserve	L	2003	Rīga, U.S.S.R.
24	Image:Flag of Canada.svg}\|name={{{name\|}}}}}}}}	François Beauchemin	L	2005	Sorel, Quebec
24	Image:Flag of Belarus.png}\|name={{{name\|}}}}}}}}	Ruslan Salei	L	1996	Minsk, U.S.S.R.
27	Image:Flag of Canada.svg}\|name={{{name\|}}}}}}}}	Scott Niedermayer - C	L	2005	Edmonton, Alberta
33	Image:Flag of Canada.svg}\|name={{{name\|}}}}}}}}	Joey DiPenta	R	2005	Barrie, Ontario

Forwards
Number		Player	Shoots	Positon	Acquired	Place of Birth
13	Image:Flag of Finland.svg}\|name={{{name\|}}}}}}}}	Teemu Selänne	R	RW	2005	Helsinki, Finland
15	Image:Flag of Canada.svg}\|name={{{name\|}}}}}}}}	Joffrey Lupul	R	RW	2002	Edmonton, Alberta
19	Image:Flag of Canada.svg}\|name={{{name\|}}}}}}}}	Andy McDonald	L	C/W	2000	Strathroy, Ontario
17	Image:Flag of Sweden.svg}\|name={{{name\|}}}}}}}}	Jonathan Hedström	L	RW/LW	2000	Skellefteå, Sweden
26	Image:Flag of Sweden.svg}\|name={{{name\|}}}}}}}}	Samuel Pahlsson	L	C	2000	Örnsköldsvik, Sweden
28	Image:Flag of Canada.svg}\|name={{{name\|}}}}}}}}	Tyler Wright	R	RW/C	2005	Kamsack, Saskatchewan
29	Image:Flag of Canada.svg}\|name={{{name\|}}}}}}}}	Todd Fedoruk	L	LW	2005	Redwater, Alberta
32	Image:Flag of Canada.svg}\|name={{{name\|}}}}}}}}	Travis Moen	L	LW/RW	2005	Swift Current, Saskatchewan
38	Image:Flag of Canada.svg}\|name={{{name\|}}}}}}}}	Chris Kunitz	L	LW	2005	Regina, Saskatchewan
39	Image:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg}\|name={{{name\|}}}}}}}}	Petr Sýkora	L	RW/LW	2002	Plzeň, Czechoslovakia
44	Image:Flag of Canada.svg}\|name={{{name\|}}}}}}}}	Rob Niedermayer - A	L	C/W	2003	Cassiar, British Columbia
22	Image:Flag of the United States.svg}\|name={{{name\|}}}}}}}}	Todd Marchant -	L	C	2005	Buffalo, New York
25	Image:Flag of Canada.svg}\|name={{{name\|}}}}}}}}	Zenon Konopka -	L	C	2004	Niagara Falls, Ontario
76	Image:Flag of Canada.svg}\|name={{{name\|}}}}}}}}	Dustin Penner -	L	RW	2004	Winkler, Manitoba