Cincinnati Mighty Ducks Cincinnati Mighty Ducks The Cincinnati Mighty Ducks were an ice hockey team in the American Hockey League. They played in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States, at the Cincinnati Gardens. For their existence they were the affiliate of the National Hockey League teams, the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim and the Detroit Red Wings. The Baltimore Bandits moved to Cincinnati from minimal fiscal success. The Mighty Ducks of Anaheim signed Cincinnati a five-year affiliate agreement. The Mighty Ducks of Anaheim were their only affiliate until 1999, when the Adirondack Red Wings folded and the Detroit Red Wings were trying to find an affiliate
History of the Anaheim Ducks contract with the Colorado Avalanche. In so doing, Kariya reunited with Teemu Selanne, who had also signed with Colorado after two seasons with San Jose in an attempt to win the Stanley Cup. However, the Mighty Ducks did fill Kariya's gap by signing star free agent Sergei Fedorov from Detroit and Vaclav Prospal from the Tampa Bay Lightning. Despite the signings and high expectations from the previous year, the 2003–04 was a major disappointment for the Ducks and Conn Smythe Jean-Sebastien Giguere, as the Ducks failed to make the playoffs after amassing a record of 29–35–10–8 (76 points) for a