Mighty Ducks of Anaheim

Valeri Karpov passed away

Former Russian player Valeri Karpov died at 44 for the consequences of a domestic incident (a bad fall down the stairs) suffered last July. After two months in coma, Karpov suffered three operations, but was never able to recover. In September was transported from Chelyabinsk to Berezovsky, to follow specific rehabilitation in a hospital.
Drafted by Anaheim, Karpov played 76 games in NHL and 523 in Soviet/Russian League with a title in 1999 with Metallurg Magnitogorsk. He won a World Championship in 1993 and a silver in 2002 with Russia. He was inducted into the Russian and Soviet Hockey Hall of Fame in 1993. Before the accident, Karpov signed as Chelmet Chelyabinsk assistant coach

Anaheim Ducks sign affiliation with Utah Grizzlies

NHL's Anaheim Ducks announced today that the team has reached an affiliation agreement with the ECHL's Utah Grizzlies.
The Grizzlies will serve as the ECHL affiliate of the Ducks and will also work with their AHL affiliate the Norfolk Admirals.
In last four years Grizzlies were affiliated with Calgary Flames

Frederik Andersen will play Olympic Quals

Denmark a bit surprisingly get a big reinforcement for the Olympic Qualifiers in February when Anaheim Ducks has decided to let Denmark's star goalie Frederik Andersen travel home to Denmark to take part of the qualification tournament.

Norfolk signs farm agreement with Anaheim

Anaheim Ducks has signed a cooperation agreement for the next season with the current AHL champion Norfolk Admirals. The duration of the contract isn't specified. In the last two seasons Syracuse Crunch was the Ducks' farm club while Norfolk acted as Tampa Bay Lightning affiliate since 2007.

Selanne becomes the #1 Finnish scorer in NHL

By scoring a power-play goal in the third period of a 3-2 overtime loss to the Colorado Avalanche, Anaheim Ducks' Teemu Selanne collected his 1,399th career point (659 goals and 740 assists), becoming the NHL's all-time leading scorer from Finland, passing Jari Kurri.

Only two European-born players, the Czech Republic's Jaromir Jagr (1,645 points) and Slovakia's Stan Mikita (1,467), have scored more points than Selanne.