Hockey Hall of Fame Class of 2017

Meet the Hockey Hall of Fame Class of 2017

Dave Andreychuk, Danielle Goyette, Paul Kariya, Mark Recchi, Teemu Selanne, Clare Drake and Jeremy Jacobs.

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The top three draft picks (L-R) Bobby Ryan of the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim, Sidney Crosby of the Pittsburgh Penguins and Jack Johnson of the Carolina Hurricanes pose for a portrait during the 2005 National Hockey League Draft on July 30, 2005 

Anaheim Retires Teemu Selanne's Jersey Night (01/11/2015)

2003 Conn Smythe Trophy Winner

J.S. Giguere of the Anaheim Mighty Ducks

2003 Conn Smythe Trophy winner as Stanley Cup Playoffs MVP.  

The Ducks lost in the Final to the New Jersey Devils, 4 games to 3.

The Ducks defeated the #1(Dallas Stars) and #2 (Detroit Red Wings) teams in the Western Conference and then defeated the Minnesota Wild to win their first Clarence Campbell Bowl as Western conference Champions

Ducks @ Stars 02/08/13

Paul Kariya Retires

Sadly a great goal scorer has had to retire due to post concussion syndrome.
Sidelined for the entire 2010-2011 season, St Louis Blues winger Paul Kariya announced his retirement today.


He currently ranks 82nd alltime with 402 career goals and 79th all time in points with 989.


Drafted 4th overall in 1993 by the Anaheim Mighty Ducks he spent 9 season with the Ducks and led them to the Stanley Cup finals in 2003 against the New Jersey Devils. The series went the full 7 games with NJ winning game 7 on home ice, 3-0.


His last good season was his first of 2 with the Nashville Predators where he had 31 goals and 54 assist.  He signed with St Louis for the 2007-2008 season.

2 Stats of the Night

The first Stat

The Most Stanley Cup playoff points by a USA-born players 
(The Top 5)

1 - Brett Hull (202 games) = 190 
2 - Mike Modano (176) = 146
3 - Chris Chelios (266) = 144
4 - Jeremy Roenick (122) = 122
5 - Craig Janney (120) = 110

2nd Stat
There have only been 2 Stanley Cup final series since 1927(when the NHL took sole possession of the Stanley Cup Trophy) that featured 2 teams/franchises that were in their first finals appearance.  


1996 - Colorado Avalanche vs Florida Panthers
2007 - Anaheim Ducks vs Ottawa Senators (expansion franchise with no connection to the original)

Milestones for 2011

April 5th Washington Capitals Alex Ovechkin scores his 300th NHL career goal against the Toronto Maple Leafs.  Ovechkin is the 7th fastest player to reach 300 goals in NHL history.

April 6th Corey Perry nets a hat trick and his 50th goal of the season and putting him in the lead over Steven Stamkos for the Richard Trophy for the goal scoring leader.   

Perry is the third Ducks player in franchise history to score 50 goals in a season, the other 2 were Teemu Selanne and Paul Kariya.

Happy Birthday to the Finnish Flash

If you can believe it Teemu Selanne is celebrating his 40th birthday today!

He joined the NHL in 1992 with the Winnipeg Jets and scored his first NHL goal October 8th against Jeff Hackett of the San Jose Sharks. He went on to break the rookie record for goals in a season with 76 and 132 points for the rookie record for points in a season.

Here is list of the records he holds or shares

• Winter Olympic Games all-time points leader with 20+18=38 points^[1][28]
• NHL single-season record for goals by a rookie (76 in 1992–93)
• NHL single-season record for points by a rookie (132 in 1992–93)
• NHL single season record for most goals by a European player (76 in 1992–93 tied with Alexander Mogilny)
• NHL calendar month record for most goals (20 in March 1993)
• Anaheim Ducks franchise record for career points (743)
• Anaheim Ducks franchise record for career goals (352)
• Anaheim Ducks franchise record for career assists (391)
• Anaheim Ducks franchise record for career power-play goals (110, established February 24, 2008)
• Anaheim Ducks franchise record for career hat-tricks (12 as of October 31, 2008)
• Anaheim Ducks franchise playoff record for points scored (30, established April 13, 2007)
• Anaheim Ducks single-season record for power-play goals (25, established in 1998–1998 and tied in 2006–2007)
• Anaheim Ducks single-season record for points (109, established in 1996–1997)
• Anaheim Ducks single-season record for goals (52, established 1997–1998)
• Winnipeg Jets/Phoenix Coyotes single-season record for goals (76, established 1992–1993) (as a rookie)
• Winnipeg Jets/Phoenix Coyotes single-season record for points (132, established 1992–1993) (as a rookie)
• First European to score a hat-trick in an NHL All-Star game (1998)
• First player in NHL history over the age of 35 to record consecutive seasons with 40-plus goals
• One of only three European-trained players, along with Jaromir Jagr (646) and fellow Finn Jari Kurri (601), to score more than 600 goals (606), a record for Finnish NHL players
• Most recent NHL player, along with Mogilny, to score 70 goals in a season

He won the 1993 Calder Trophy as NHL Rookie of the year, he won the first Maurice "Rocket" Richard Trophy in 1999 and the Bill Masterton Trophy in 2006.
And he was a member of the 2007 Stanley Cup Champion Anaheim Ducks.

2003 Stanley Cup Playoffs

Well I posed this question yesterday, when was the last time the Detroit Red Wings were down 3-0 in the playoffs? Well today I have the answer, 2003! They were swept by the 7th seeded and eventual Western Conference Champion Anaheim Mighty Ducks. Losing by scores of 2-1 (games 1-3) 3-2 (games 2-4) the Red Wings were swept out of the playoffs one year after beating Carolina for the 2002 Stanley Cup.
The Ducks would go on to beat the Dallas Stars in the Western semi-finals and then the upstart #6 seeded Minnesota Wild in the Conference finals before falling to the New Jersey Devils in 7 games in the Finals. In some consolation J.S. Giguere would win the Conn Smythe Trophy as the Finals MVP for helping push the Devils to 7 games. Suprisingly Martin Broduer did not win the MVP even though the 4 games the Devils won were all shut outs in the Finals.