Anaheim Ducks Trivia
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60 free Anaheim Ducks trivia questions with answers — sports quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
The Anaheim Ducks are the only NHL team named after a movie: Disney paid $50 million in 1993, half of it straight to the Los Angeles Kings, and called the club the Mighty Ducks. This Ducks trivia quiz covers the whole story: the eggplant-and-jade duck-mask logo, Paul Kariya's arrival, the Teemu Selanne trade with Winnipeg, the 2003 run when Jean-Sebastien Giguere won the Conn Smythe in a losing cause, the Samuelis' purchase and rename, Scott Niedermayer, Chris Pronger, and the 2007 Stanley Cup that made Anaheim the first California champion. It continues through the Getzlaf and Perry years, Bruce Boudreau's division titles, the Game 7 curse, the Stadium Series at Dodger Stadium, Trevor Zegras and Leo Carlsson, Joel Quenneville's hiring, the 2024 return of the mask logo, and Wild Wing's fire-jump mishap. There are questions on the arena, the Iceman, the 'Wild Wing' jerseys and Selanne's Finnish roots too, from easy to expert. Every answer was checked against encyclopaedic and reference sources before publishing, and each question carries a citation. For more, try our NHL trivia and hockey trivia pages.
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Q 01Which entertainment giant founded the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim in 1993?
Walt Disney
Walt Disney founded the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim as a 1993 expansion team, naming the club after its 1992 film about a struggling youth hockey team.
Q 02Half of the Ducks' $50 million expansion fee went to which team to 'share' the market?
Los Angeles Kings
The Los Angeles Kings received $25 million of the expansion fee as compensation for sharing the Southern California market with the new Anaheim club.
Q 03Whom did the Ducks select fourth overall in the 1993 entry draft, their franchise face for a decade?
Paul Kariya
Paul Kariya went fourth overall in 1993 and was the Ducks' captain and leading scorer for most of his nine seasons in Anaheim.
Q 04Who was the Ducks' first head coach?
Ron Wilson
Ron Wilson coached the expansion Ducks from their first game in 1993 and later led Washington to the 1998 Stanley Cup Final.
Q 05Who captained the Ducks in their record-setting 33-win expansion season?
Troy Loney
Troy Loney, a two-time Stanley Cup winner with Pittsburgh, was the expansion Ducks' first captain in 1993-94.
Q 06Which two players did Anaheim send to Winnipeg in the 1996 trade for Teemu Selanne?
Chad Kilger and Oleg Tverdovsky
Anaheim sent Chad Kilger and Oleg Tverdovsky to Winnipeg in February 1996 for Selanne, who scored 51 goals for the Ducks the following season.
Q 07Which Blackhawk's cross-check gave the Ducks' captain a season-ending concussion in 1998?
Gary Suter
Gary Suter's cross-check to the jaw on February 1, 1998 ended the captain's season and kept him out of the Nagano Olympics.
Q 08Which defending champion did the seventh-seeded Ducks sweep to open the 2003 playoffs?
Detroit Red Wings
The Ducks swept the defending champion Detroit Red Wings in 2003; Giguere stopped 63 shots in the triple-overtime Game 1 win.
Q 09Who scored in the fifth overtime of Game 1 against Dallas in 2003, one of the NHL's longest games?
Petr Sykora
Petr Sykora scored less than a minute into the fifth overtime, ending a game that passed 140 minutes of play, then among the four longest in NHL history.
Q 10Which Devils captain knocked the Ducks' captain unconscious in Game 6 of the 2003 Final?
Scott Stevens
Scott Stevens flattened the Ducks' captain with an open-ice hit in Game 6; he returned to score in a 5-2 win, but the Devils took Game 7 3-0.
Q 11In 2003 Jean-Sebastien Giguere became only the fifth losing-team player to win which award?
Conn Smythe Trophy
Jean-Sebastien Giguere won the Conn Smythe Trophy with a 1.62 goals-against average over 21 playoff games, even though the Ducks lost the Final in seven.
Q 12The Ducks' captain left in 2003 to reunite with Selanne on which team?
Colorado Avalanche
Both signed with the Colorado Avalanche for 2003-04, the captain taking a bargain $1.2 million; Anaheim slumped to 29-35-10-8 without him.
Q 13Which Broadcom co-founder bought the Mighty Ducks in 2005 for about $75 million?
Henry Samueli
Q 21Which Senators defenseman's own goal off Ray Emery gave Travis Moen the 2007 Cup-winning goal?
Chris Phillips
Chris Phillips' clearing attempt banked in off his own goalie in Game 5; the goal made Anaheim the first California team to win the Stanley Cup.
Q 22Where did the Ducks open the 2007-08 season with two games against the Kings?
London
The Ducks and Kings split two games at London's O2 Arena on September 29-30, 2007, the NHL's first regular-season games played in Europe.
Q 23Which goalie did the Ducks lose on waivers to Phoenix during 2007-08, making Jonas Hiller the backup?
Ilya Bryzgalov
The Ducks waived Ilya Bryzgalov in November 2007 and Phoenix claimed him; he became the Coyotes' starting goalie for the next four seasons.
Henry Samueli and his wife Susan bought the club from its founding owner in 2005; their firm already managed the arena, renamed Honda Center in 2006.
Q 14Which general manager, hired in 2005, oversaw the rename to Anaheim Ducks?
Brian Burke
Brian Burke, hired as general manager in June 2005, dropped 'Mighty' from the name in 2006 and built the 2007 Cup winner before leaving for Toronto in 2008.
Q 15Whom did the Ducks take second overall in 2005 after beating 4.16% lottery odds?
Bobby Ryan
Bobby Ryan went second to Anaheim, one pick after Pittsburgh took Sidney Crosby; he scored 31 goals as a rookie in 2008-09.
Q 16Which free-agent defenseman signed in August 2005 to play alongside his brother Rob and was soon named captain?
Scott Niedermayer
Scott Niedermayer left New Jersey as a free agent to join his brother Rob in Anaheim, and captained the Ducks to the 2007 Stanley Cup.
Q 17Which Norris Trophy-winning defenseman became Ducks head coach in August 2005?
Randy Carlyle
Randy Carlyle, the 1981 Norris Trophy winner, coached the Ducks to the 2007 Stanley Cup and returned for a second stint from 2016 to 2019.
Q 18Which defenseman came from Edmonton in 2006 for Joffrey Lupul, Ladislav Smid and a first-round pick?
Chris Pronger
Chris Pronger arrived in July 2006 after requesting a trade; he was suspended twice in the 2007 playoffs and Anaheim won both games without him.
Q 19The 2006-07 Ducks set an NHL record by opening unbeaten in regulation for how many games?
16
The Ducks went 12-0-4 through their first 16 games of 2006-07, a season-opening unbeaten streak that broke a record standing since 1983-84.
Q 20Whom did the Ducks beat in the 2007 Stanley Cup Final?
Ottawa Senators
The Ducks beat the Ottawa Senators in five games, clinching the franchise's first Stanley Cup at home on June 6, 2007.
Q 24Which former Canadiens captain signed with Anaheim on a one-year deal in 2009?
Saku Koivu
Saku Koivu, Montreal's captain for a decade, signed a one-year deal in July 2009 and ended up playing five seasons in Anaheim.
Q 25Who became the first Duck to win the Hart Trophy, in 2010-11?
Corey Perry
Corey Perry scored 50 goals in 2010-11 to win the Hart and the Rocket Richard, the latter the club's first since Selanne in 1999.
Q 26Which former Duck died in the 2011 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash and was honoured with a No. 24 patch?
Ruslan Salei
Ruslan Salei spent nine seasons on Anaheim's blue line before dying in the September 7, 2011 crash; the Ducks wore a No. 24 patch in his memory.
Q 27Which two forwards did Anaheim get from Ottawa in 2013 for its 2005 No. 2 overall pick?
Jakob Silfverberg and Stefan Noesen
Anaheim got Jakob Silfverberg and Stefan Noesen, plus a first-round pick, from Ottawa in July 2013; Silfverberg went on to spend eleven seasons with the Ducks.
Q 28Where did the Ducks beat the Kings 3-0 in their first outdoor game in January 2014?
Dodger Stadium
The Ducks shut out the Kings 3-0 at Dodger Stadium on January 25, 2014, the first NHL outdoor game played in California.
Q 29How many points did the 2013-14 Ducks record, a franchise best that fell one short of the Presidents' Trophy?
116
The Ducks finished 54-20-8 for 116 points in 2013-14, one behind Boston's 117; the Kings then beat Anaheim in seven and won the Cup.
Q 30Which center did the Ducks acquire from Vancouver in June 2014?
Ryan Kesler
Ryan Kesler came from Vancouver on June 27, 2014 for Nick Bonino, Luca Sbisa and a first-round pick; he scored 20 goals in his first Ducks season.