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==1993–2004: The Disney Era== The Mighty Ducks of Anaheim were founded in 1993 by The Walt Disney Company. The team's original name was chosen from the Disney movie ''The Mighty Ducks'', based on a group of misfit kids who turn their losing youth hockey team into a winning team. Disney subsequently made an animated series called ''Mighty Ducks'', featuring a fictional Mighty Ducks of Anaheim team that consisted of anthropomorphized ducks led by the mighty duck Wildwing. The team was the first tenant of the Anaheim Arena (later the Arrowhead Pond and now the Honda Center), a brand-new arena in Anaheim located a short distance east of Disneyland and across the Orange Freeway from Angel Stadium. The arena was completed the same year the team was founded, with the naming rights originally being held by Arrowhead Water. With their first-ever draft pick, the Mighty Ducks selected Paul Kariya fourth overall in the 1993 NHL Entry Draft. Kariya would quickly become a fan favorite and the cornerstone of the young Mighty Ducks franchise. As team captain, he would bring them within a game of Stanley Cup glory in 2003. In their first season, they would finish 33–46–5 with 71 points and fourth in the Pacific Division. During the 1994–95 season, which was shortened due to a labor lockout, the team would finish with a 16–27–5 record for 37 points for a last-place in the Pacific. On February 7, 1996, the Mighty Ducks made a blockbuster deal with the Winnipeg Jets, sending Chad Kilger, Oleg Tverdovsky and a third-round draft pick to the Jets in exchange for Marc Chouinard, a fourth-round draft pick and, most notably, star right winger Teemu Selanne. On a line with Steve Rucchin, who the Mighty Ducks drafted second overall in the 1994 Supplemental Draft, and Kariya, Selanne's chemistry with the latter made them one of the highest-scoring tandems in the League. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「History of the Anaheim Ducks」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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