Anaheim Ducks | |
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2024–25 Anaheim Ducks season | |
Conference | Western |
Division | Pacific |
Founded | 1993 |
History | Mighty Ducks of Anaheim 1993–2006 Anaheim Ducks 2006–present |
Home arena | Honda Center |
City | Anaheim, California |
Team colors | Orange, metallic gold, black, white[1][2] |
Media | Victory+ Sports Network KCOP (Fox 11 Plus) KTTV (Fox 11) Ducks Stream on TuneIn |
Owner(s) | Henry & Susan Samueli |
General manager | Pat Verbeek |
Head coach | Greg Cronin |
Captain | Radko Gudas |
Minor league affiliates | San Diego Gulls (AHL) Tulsa Oilers (ECHL) |
Stanley Cups | 1 (2006–07) |
Conference championships | 2 (2002–03, 2006–07) |
Presidents' Trophy | 0 |
Division championships | 6 (2006–07, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17) |
Official website | www |
The Anaheim Ducks are a professional ice hockey team based in Anaheim, California. The Ducks compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Pacific Division in the Western Conference. The team plays its home games at Honda Center, and is owned by Henry and Susan Samueli. The Ducks are affiliated with the San Diego Gulls of the American Hockey League (AHL) and the Tulsa Oilers of the ECHL. The Ducks are one of two teams based in the Greater Los Angeles metropolitan area, along with the Los Angeles Kings.
The Ducks were founded as an expansion team for the 1993–94 season by the Walt Disney Company, and were known as the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim, a name based on the 1992 film The Mighty Ducks. In 2005, Disney sold the franchise to the Samuelis, who, along with then-general manager Brian Burke, changed the name of the team to the Anaheim Ducks before the 2006–07 season. The Ducks have won six Pacific Division championships, and have advanced to the Stanley Cup Finals twice, losing to the New Jersey Devils in 2003, and winning the Stanley Cup in 2007 over the Ottawa Senators, becoming the first of the three California-based teams to win the Stanley Cup. Despite losing in 2003, the Ducks have produced two Conn Smythe Trophy winners as the most valuable player of the playoffs; Jean-Sébastien Giguère in 2003, and Scott Niedermayer in 2007.
A modernized number typography includes shading elements of orange, black, gold and white.
On June 22, 2006, the Samuelis renamed the franchise the Anaheim Ducks and unveiled a new duck-foot logo and a color scheme of black, orange and metallic gold designed to "create an overall image that expressed excitement, speed and a competitive edge," according to the Ducks website.