Cincinnati Mighty Ducks

Cincinnati Mighty Ducks
City	Cincinnati, Ohio
League	American Hockey League
Operated	1997 to 2005
Home arena	Cincinnati Gardens
Colors	Eggplant and Jade
Affiliates	Detroit Red Wings Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
Franchise history
1995 to 1997	Baltimore Bandits
1997 to 2005	Cincinnati Mighty Ducks
2007 to present	Rockford IceHogs

The Cincinnati Mighty Ducks were an ice hockey team in the American Hockey League. They played in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA at the Cincinnati Gardens.

History

The Cincinnati Mighty Ducks were granted a voluntary suspension for the 2005–06 season due to the lack of an NHL affiliate after previous affiliates Detroit Red Wings and the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim signed new agreements with the Grand Rapids Griffins and the Portland Pirates, respectively. In October 2005 the team was renamed the Cincinnati RailRaiders. They were seeking an affiliation agreement for a return in 2006–07, but failed to reach a goal of 2,000 season tickets sold to become re-active.

On October 3, 2006, it was reported that a Windsor, Ontario, based company been granted conditional approval to purchased and relocate the team [1], however that deal fell through [2]. However, on March 19, 2007, the AHL announced that the team had been purchased, and moved to Rockford, Illinois to become the Rockford IceHogs (which was the name of a United Hockey League franchise). [3]

The market was previously served by:

• Cincinnati Mohawks (1949–52 AHL, 1952–58 IHL)
• Cincinnati Swords {1971–74 AHL)
• Cincinnati Stingers (1975–79 WHA)
• Cincinnati Cyclones (1990–92, 2001–04 ECHL, 1992–2001 IHL)

The team was replaced in this market by:

• Cincinnati Cyclones of the ECHL (2006- )

Season-by-season results

Regular Season

Season	Games	Won	Lost	Tied	OTL	SOL	Points	Goals for	Goals against	Standing
1997–98	80	23	37	13	7	—	66	243	303	4th, Mid-Atlantic
1998–99	80	35	39	4	2	—	76	227	249	4th, Mid-Atlantic
1999–00	80	30	37	9	4	—	73	227	244	5th, Mid-Atlantic
2000–01	80	41	26	9	4	—	95	254	240	2nd, South
2001–02	80	33	33	11	3	—	80	216	211	3rd, Central
2002–03	80	26	35	13	6	—	71	202	242	3rd, Central
2003–04	80	29	37	13	1	—	72	188	211	5th, West
2004–05	80	44	31	—	4	1	93	206	191	3rd, West

Playoffs

Season	Prelim	1st round	2nd round	3rd round	Finals
1997–98	Out of Playoffs
1998–99	—	L, 0–3, Philadelphia	—	—	—
1999–00	Out of Playoffs
2000–01	—	L, 1–3, Norfolk	—	—	—
2001–02	L, 1–2, Chicago	—	—	—	—
2002–03	Out of Playoffs
2003–04	W, 2–0, Houston	L, 3–4, Milwaukee	—	—	—
2004–05	—	W, 4–3, Milwaukee	L, 1–4, Chicago	—	—

Notable players

Joffrey Lupul playing for the Cincinnati Mighty Ducks in 2004.

• Sean Avery
• Ilya Bryzgalov
• Marc Chouinard
• Matt Cullen
• Kurtis Foster
• Ryan Getzlaf
• Jean-Sebastian Giguere
• Joffrey Lupul
• Andy McDonald
• Shane O'Brien
• Samuel Pahlsson
• Richard Park
• Corey Perry
• Ruslan Salei
• Bob Wren

Team records

Single Season

Goals: 42 Bob Wren(1997–98)

Assists: 59 Craig Reichert (1997–98)

Points: 100 Bob Wren (1997–98)

Penalty Minutes: 319 Shane O'Brien (2004–05)

GAA: 2.07 Frederic Cassivi (2004–05)

SV%: .924 Frederic Cassivi (2004–05)

Career

Career Goals: 113 Bob Wren

Career Assists: 186 Bob Wren

Career Points: 299 Bob Wren

Career Penalty Minutes: 482 Shane O'Brien

Career Goaltending Wins: 76 Ilya Bryzgalov

Career Shutouts: 19 Ilya Bryzgalov

Career Games: 277 Bob Wren

External links

• The Internet Hockey Database - Cincinnati Mighty Ducks
• Cincinnati Mighty Ducks goal horn