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Contents 1 Team History 1.1 A 'Mighty' Beginning 1.2 Modern Era 1.3 Colors & Logo 1.3.1 Jersey Designs 1.3.2 Goaltender Masks 1.3.3 Music 2 Management and Coaches 3 Players 3.1 Current Roster 3.2 Player Archive 3.3 Draft History 3.4 Team Captains 4 Season Standings 5 Record Book 5.1 Team Records & Awards 5.2 Individual Records & Awards 6 Resources

Team History

A 'Mighty' Beginning

When founded in 1993, the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim were owned by The Walt Disney Company. The team's original name was chosen from the Disney movie The Mighty Ducks, based on a group of misfit teens who turn their losing youth hockey team into a winner. Disney subsequently made an animated series called Mighty Ducks, featuring a fictional Mighty Ducks of Anaheim team that consisted of anthropomorphized ducks. Disney had wanted to cross-merchandise the team even further by having every player have a "Mighty" preceding his surname on the back of the uniform (e.g. "Mighty Kariya"), but this idea was swiftly met with major negative reaction.

The team was the first tenant of Arrowhead Pond (now the Honda Center), a brand-new arena in Anaheim located a short distance east of Disneyland. The arena was completed the same year the team was founded.

With their first-ever draft pick, the Mighty Ducks selected Paul Kariya fourth overall in the 1993 NHL Entry Draft. Kariya would quickly become a fan favorite and the cornerstone of the young Mighty Ducks franchise. As team captain he would guide them to within a game of Stanley Cup glory in 2003.

On February 7, 1996, a major trade was made between the Mighty Ducks and the Winnipeg Jets. The Ducks sent Chad Kilger, Oleg Tverdovsky and a third-round pick to the Jets in return for Marc Chouinard, a fourth-round draft pick and, most notably, star right winger Teemu Selanne. Selanne's arrival helped the Ducks make the playoffs for the first time. He would soon become one of the greatest players in the NHL. On a line with Steve Rucchin and Kariya, his chemistry with the latter made them one of the deadliest duos in the league during their seasons together in Anaheim. They were one of the best to play.

After missing the playoffs in their first three seasons, the Mighty Ducks finished 1996-97 fourth in the Western Conference, earning home-ice advantage for a first-round playoff series with the Phoenix Coyotes (the new incarnation of the Jets after they had been sold to American interests). After winning the series in the full seven games, Anaheim was swept by the eventual Stanley Cup champion Detroit Red Wings. The Ducks returned to the playoffs in 1998-99, but once again lost in four to the Red Wings, this time in the Western Quarterfinals.

After a three-year playoff hiatus, Anaheim qualified for the 2003 Stanley Cup Playoffs. For their third straight postseason, the Mighty Ducks met the defending Stanley Cup champion Red Wings. This time, however, Anaheim shocked the hockey world when they swept Detroit, with Rucchin's series-clincher on Curtis Joseph coming in overtime of Game 4. The Ducks would then defeat the #1-seeded Dallas Stars in six games in the Conference Semifinals and make quick work of the upstart Minnesota Wild (only allowing one goal) in the Western Conference Final. Anaheim could not complete their Cinderella run, though, as they lost a hard-fought Stanley Cup Final in seven games to the New Jersey Devils. For his fine play during the postseason, Ducks goaltender Jean-Sebastien Giguere on the Conn Smythe Trophy as Most Valuable Player of the playoffs. He is only the fifth goaltender in NHL history to have won the trophy while playing for the team that lost.

After losing Kariya to the Colorado Avalanche (he joined Selanne, who also signed with Colorado after two seasons with the Sharks) via free agency shortly after the season ended, the Ducks signed superstar Sergei Fedorov and from Detroit and Vaclav Prospal from Tampa Bay. Still, 2004 was a major disappointment for the Ducks as they missed the playoffs completely, and suffered low attendance figures despite their magical playoff run of the previous year.

During the summer of 2004, as the NHL and the NHL Players Association's labor dispute was headed towards a long lockout, Disney tried to sell the team but received a low offer of $40-million US, less than the franchise's original price.

In 2005, Broadcom co-founder Henry Samueli of Irvine, California and his wife, Susan, bought the Mighty Ducks from The Walt Disney Company for a reported $75 million (USD). The Samuelis have pledged to keep the team in Anaheim, much as Arturo Moreno did when he purchased the Anaheim Angels from Disney. Brian Burke, former Vancouver Canucks General Manager and President, was appointed GM and Executive Vice-President of the Mighty Ducks on June 20, 2005.

On August 1, 2005, former James Norris Memorial Trophy-winning defenceman Randy Carlyle was hired as the seventh coach in team history. Burke was familiar with Carlyle's coaching ability, as he had coached the Manitoba Moose from 1996-2001 (International Hockey League) and 2004-05 (American Hockey League). The Moose had become the Canucks' farm club in 2001. Carlyle replaced Mike Babcock, who left the Ducks to coach the Red Wings.

Also in 2005, the Mighty Ducks brought back fan favorite Teemu Selanne, who had been a star player for the team from 1996-2001. SelÃÂÂÂÂÃÃÂÂÂÃ