| The Anaheim Ducks were originally called the | | | | Brian Burke sought inspiration from the United |
| Mighty Ducks of Anaheim. They are a professional | | | | States Military Academy, and gave the jersey |
| men ice hockey team based in Anaheim, | | | | diagonal gold, white, black, and orange stripes |
| California. They are members of the Pacific | | | | down the arms and waist, with the word "Ducks" |
| Division of the Western Conference of the | | | | on the front. The orange color pays tribute to |
| National Hockey League (NHL). Within a short | | | | Orange County, where Anaheim is located. |
| span, they have shown fantastic results and are | | | | The 2007-08 jerseys, like all NHL teams, changed |
| the current Stanley Cup champions, after | | | | over to the new Reebok Edge jerseys. There is |
| defeating the Ottawa Senators in five games | | | | only a minor change with a small NHL crest below |
| post-season. The Ducks have always played their | | | | the neck. The official mascot for the Ducks is an |
| home games at Honda Center, formerly called | | | | anthropomorphized duck by the name of Wild |
| Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim. | | | | Wing. He wears a Ducks jersey with 93 on the |
| The Walt Disney Company formed the Anaheim | | | | back, the year the Ducks became the NHL team. |
| Ducks in 1991. The original name was given after | | | | In July, the Ducks traded young sniper Lupul, |
| the film, The Mighty Ducks. This movie showed a | | | | defenseman Ladislav Smid, a 2007 first round |
| group of teens winning a hockey game | | | | draft pick, and a second round pick in 2008, to |
| successfully. | | | | Edmonton in exchange for the famous |
| Disney sold the franchise to Henry and Susan | | | | defenseman Chris Pronger. The team finished the |
| Samueli in 2005, which changed the name to | | | | last season with 43 wins, 27 losses, and 12 |
| Anaheim Ducks. In their 14 years play, the Ducks | | | | overtime losses. They became third in their |
| have made the playoffs five times, won two | | | | division. In the playoffs, they won over the |
| Western Conference Championships (2003 and | | | | Flames in conference quarterfinals and over |
| 2007), and one Stanley Cup, 2007. | | | | Avalanche in the semifinals, but were defeated by |
| The logo is a webbed foot forming a "D" followed | | | | the Oilers in the finals. They had a fantastic year |
| by the other letters of the word "Ducks" in | | | | in 2006-07, beating the Ottawa Senators to take |
| capitals. The text is in gold with orange and black | | | | home the Stanley Cup. The team now has new |
| accents, giving a three dimensional appearance. | | | | faces Todd Bertuzzi, Mathieu Schneider, Jean |
| The entire logo is encircled with white. The old | | | | Sebastien Giguere and Travis Moen. |
| logo, before the name changed, was an old style | | | | Get the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim tickets now |
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| white and gray as primary colors. After the team | | | | ticket dealer. |
| was purchased from the Walt Disney Company, | | | | |