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About The Anaheim Mighty Ducks:
Owned by the Disney Corporation, it was a given that the Ducks would be anything but a "traditional" hockey operation. Their name itself came from the hugely successful, hockey-themed kids movie, "The Mighty Ducks". Their Disney-esque logo, somewhat of a cross between a goalie's mask and a mad duck, was an instant success that quickly won favor with kids and adults alike across North America.
The team's first general manager was Jack Ferreira, a one-time goaltender for Boston University who had built considerable front office experience with the New England Whalers of the World Hockey Association and the Calgary Flames and the New York Rangers in the NHL.
Ferreira and his assistant, Pierre Gauthier, basically opted for experience in the Expansion Draft to stock their freshman franchise. As their first pick, they plucked workhorse goalie Guy Hebert from the St. Louis Blues.
Defensively, the Ducks took vets like Alexei Kasatonov, Randy Ladouceur, Sean Hill, Bobby Dollas and Bill Houlder. Forwards included Steven King, Tim Sweeney, Stu Grimson and Troy Loney, with Loney becoming the team's first captain. Loney, Hebert, Kasatonov, and Ladouceur were all in the starting lineup, joined by center Anatoli Semenov and right wing Terry Yake. The date was October 8, 1993 at "The Pond", which by then was named the Arrowhead Pond.
The Ducks would lose their opener, 7-2, to the Detroit Red Wings, but a sellout crowd of 17,320 fans were on hand, and NHL hockey was off and flying in Orange County, CA.
Boosted by an amazingly strong road record (19-20-3), the Ducks had a surprisingly good inaugural season. The 19 road wins were the most ever by a first-year NHL squad. They missed the playoffs, as expected, but showed considerable promise, promise that continued to grow in their first three campaigns.
The arrival of superstar-in-waiting Paul Kariya in 1994-95 was a great boost for the franchise, which was selling out the Arrowhead Pond every game. Out of the University of Maine, Kariya was the first freshman to win the Hobey Baker Award that annually goes to college hockey's best player. Kariya exploded for 50 goals in 1995-96 and added 44 more the next season as the Ducks made the playoffs for the first time.
A second superstar in the person of Teemu Selanne joined Kariya in Anaheim when Ferreira boldly traded two potential stars (Oleg Tverdovsky and Chad Kilger) to Winnipeg for Selanne, the brilliant right winger who was known as "The Finnish Flash". Tverdovsky would be re-acquired by the Ducks prior to the current season.
The Ducks first winning season, propelled by Kariya and Selanne who combined for 208 points, came in 1996-97, the team posting 36 wins against 33 defeats and 13 ties, and a second playoff berth. They beat the Phoenix Coyotes in seven games before bowing to the Detroit Red Wings in four straight games, three of which went into overtime.
Off the ice, Gauthier would eventually replace Ferreira in the general manager's chair, where he has resided since 1998-99. Wilson was succeeded by Pierre Page for a single campaign (1997-98) and then by Craig Hartsburg, who took over in 1998-99. Mike Babcock is they're most recent coach.
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