Disney Sports Enterprises: A History of The Mighty Ducks of Anaheim

"Professional sports is probably not the first entity that comes to mind when thinking about Walt Disney or his company. As early as 1966 Walt Disney was involved with Gene Autry and the California Angels. Though the extent to which Disney participated in professional sports is limited, the company bearing his name would later change the sports landscape forever".
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[@mattshay9393]

Their next jersey change should definitely revert back to their roots. That white duck mask jersey is iconic as hell.

[@willyjay]

100% Agree with this take.

[@TBevill1231]

Absolutely! It already looks amazing on the 3rd Orange jerseys the Ducks wear!

[@davetechme]

Agreed! You can't tell me the D web foot logo merch sold as well (which I avoid). If they can brink back the OG logo on the orange alternate (just bought one for my little one and it's pretty sweet), they can do the same for their home/away while keeping their current colors (which I'd buy in a heartbeat). Also, please bring back Kariya/Selanne jerseys with the OG logo so we don't have to pay ridiculous amounts for old and faded second hand fleabay collectibles.

[@shanenewport1988]

@@davetechme I agree , I will buy ducks merchandise with the original logo.

[@alexacdc1234]

As a life long Canucks fan I totally agree. The purple duck jerseys are one of the best to ever exist!

[@kylestrange4494]

I love my ducks and my Angels. And Anaheim for that matter

[@ZAPAT1STA49]

If Artie leaves we’d be happy on both fronts

[@KertoBrand]

Great video. We need the old Mighty Duck jersey’s back!

[@NTEDOG561]

I’m a Florida Panthers fan. But the history of the Ducks is awesome I’d like to visit Anaheim one day.

[@middlerush]

i have hella mighty ducks merch. literally grew up on those movies. they had the best uniforms in the NHL for suuure

[@yotsubafanfan]

I have an old school Mighty ducks sweat shirt that my grandpa gave my Dad who would later give to me. While I am a massive Predators fan I have a soft spot for that sweat shirt. After all it's old school and has been passed down. In an odd way it's almost like an heirloom.

[@skyden24195]

I liked the original design of the logo much more. I always wondered why it was changed, now I know. I also didn't realize that it took longer than I thought for the Ducks to win their first (and so far only) Stanley Cup, but I've always found it funny that the Ducks beat the L.A. Kings, who had been in Southern California since the 80s and even had the great Wayne Gretzky for a time, yet it was the Ducks who first brought the Stanley Cup home to Southern California. (But, of course, the Kings have since accomplished the feat more than once.) Thanks for the informative video. Now I'm going to watch the video about the Angels, which I was looking for initially, but when I saw the Angels' video was a "part II" I had to check out part 1 first.

[@patrickcarrillo714]

Probably the greatest era in Anaheim sports history even though the 2nd half of the Eisner era was bad the Sports teams benefit a tremendously, especially the Angels 2002, the entire city of Anaheim and all of Orange County just felt very united very different vibe. Very awesome time to be an Angel swear

[@rileyholden-zc9ip]

I would love to see the ducks to go back to there Roots and i am a Golden knights fan

[@Skellington77]

Man this is really well done! Keep this up your gonna get huge one day

[@thecheesecakeman]

It's sad the team won the cup AFTER Disney sold the Ducks. Imagine the Stanley Cup Parade down Mainstreet in Disneyland with Mickey Mouse lifting the cup outside Cinderella's castle....what never was........

[@ECWnWWF]

what happened to the 2003 season? where they lost in the Cup Finals? "off the floor and on the board?"

[@anaheimducksfanthundercats2020]

Mighty ducks forever

[@WilliamSchmidNetwork]

Actually the highest expansion fee for an NHL team now belongs to the Seattle Kraken who payed a $650 million expansion fee.

[@luislicas]

Greatly done video, props to you man.

[@willyjay]

Thank you!

[@2Niips]

if they bring their logo back i will be a ducks fan once again...

[@championofancestor]

I'm finnish and Teemu clearly says vittu at 8:48 it's equivalent for the f word :)

[@SebastianHernandez-uo4be]

2:23 Disneyland was too afraid of the 1992 LA Rodney king & Latasha Harlins Riots

[@ry-flix]

thanks for this, really interesting!

[@TheYeti37]

Awesome video! 🤙

[@dimdimone]

2005 worse rebranding ever!!! Disney Mighty Ducks was The Best!!! But now it's sucks....!!!

[@ZAPAT1STA49]

I’m 39 and still call them Mighty Ducks they’ll be that to my end. I only wear retro gear too.

[@pkmntrainerabel]

Old school ducks was top tie

[@tolerants23]

disney needs another team in the nhl , if they cant get ducks back

[@manzac112]

I think we already have enough teams in California.

[@tolerants23]

@@manzac112 it does not have to be in CA ..

[@funeralbell857]

LOL what franchise? Snow dogs? Wall-e? Ice princess?! Nah, a goofy movie 🎬

[@tolerants23]

@@funeralbell857 ha if Disney had a team in Alaska, i would def be down to rock a Alaska Snow dogz jersey lol

[@93gmc666]

@@tolerants23 Anchorage ice dogs would be awesome haha

[@andysanchez6781]

Please make some new vids!

[@Taurean_Black]

Why not mention they won the Stanley cup

[@willyjay]

It was more based on the time period that Disney owned the team. The Stanley Cup win came a couple seasons later.

[@curtisdavis2667]

How Far Is Anaheim From L.A. Again?

[@willyjay]

30 miles or so

[@spartacus3250]

30 miles Southeast of downtown LA

[@atribecalledjudah5436]

I miss The Pond name. I hate the Honda center name.

[@CalaTec]

As a person who never watched Hockey and lived in Europe, but remember the mighty ducks 2 movie from my infancy, I loved the original logo, and even now I buy shirts with that logo. And I'm sure I'm not the only one. I don't like the change they made :(

[@Nocturnalights]

No wonder I forgot all about them they ruined there logo and wth

[@allergicemma9866]

Emma's first hockey game! Enjoying life w/ Food Allergies. kzbin.info/www/bejne/b3W5imZ7nalqmbc