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The Ducks warm-up at the Honda Center before a playoff game in 2007. The Anaheim Ducks are a professional ice hockey team based in Anaheim, California, USA. They are members of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL). The team was founded as an expansion franchise in 1993 as the
In 1797, the first settlers built Carpenter's Run Baptist Church out of blue ash logs, giving the area its eventual name. [7] In the late 19th century, the Cincinnati, Lebanon and Northern Railway provided narrow-gauge commuter rail service to Blue Ash. Blue Ash was the site of Cincinnati–Blue Ash Airport from 1921 to 2012. Originally a ...
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 ...
Honda Center (formerly known as the Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim) is an indoor arena located in Anaheim, California. The arena is home to the Anaheim Ducks of the National Hockey League . Originally named the Anaheim Arena during construction, it was completed in 1993 at a cost of US$123 million.
Numerous Cincinnati Mighty Ducks alumni won the Stanley Cup with the Anaheim Ducks in 2007 and Detroit Red Wings in 2008. In addition, former Cincinnati coach Mike Babcock led Anaheim to a Stanley Cup Finals appearance in 2003 before coaching Detroit's championship-winning team in 2008. Joffrey Lupul playing for the Cincinnati Mighty Ducks in 2004.
The Ducks continued to play better, but went only 9–13–2 heading to the All-Star break. Three Anaheim Ducks players, Ryan Getzlaf, Jean-Sebastien Giguere and Scott Niedermayer, were all named starters for the NHL All-Star Game, held in Montreal. However, the Ducks' fortunes, did not change much after the break, as the team lost four out of ...
The Freeway Face-Off is an ice hockey rivalry between the National Hockey League (NHL)'s Anaheim Ducks and Los Angeles Kings.The series takes its name from the massive freeway system in the greater Los Angeles metropolitan area, the home of both teams; one could travel from one team's arena to the other simply by traveling along Interstate 5.
The following is a list of ice hockey arenas by capacity. Only those arenas that currently regularly host ice hockey games with paid admission (e.g. professional, major junior, or university) are included. Outdoor stadiums that have hosted occasional hockey games are not included. Buildings under construction are not included.