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===New ownership, Selanne's return and franchise rebrand (2003–2007)===
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After the season, Kariya promised to bring the Mighty Ducks back to the Stanley Cup Finals the following year. However, Kariya left the Ducks in the summer and joined former teammate Teemu Selanne on the [[Colorado Avalanche]]. The [[2003–04 NHL season|2003–04 season]] was a season to forget, as Jean-Sebastien Giguere could not repeat his stellar goaltending from the previous year. Even with newcomers [[Sergei Fedorov]] and [[Václav Prospal|Vaclav Prospal]], the team finished in 12th place in the standings with a 29–35–10–8 record. Giguere's stats subsequently declined from the previous season, as he only won half the games he did the year before, his goals-against average increased from 2.30 to 2.62, his save percentage went down from .914 to .907 and he went from eight shutouts recorded to just three. The team also went from 203 goals to 174.

During the 2004 off-season, as the NHL and the [[National Hockey League Players' Association]] (NHLPA)'s labor dispute was headed towards a [[2004–05 NHL lockout|long lockout]], Disney tried to sell the team but received a low offer of US$40&nbsp;million, less than the franchise's original price. In 2005, [[Broadcom Corporation]] co-founder [[Henry Samueli]] of [[Irvine, California]], and his wife Susan bought the Mighty Ducks from The Walt Disney Company<ref>{{Cite web|date=March 25, 2015|title=Disney Sells Mighty Ducks Hockey Team|url=https://www.foxnews.com/story/disney-sells-mighty-ducks-hockey-team|access-date=March 15, 2021 |work=Fox News |agency=Reuters}}</ref> for a reported US$75&nbsp;million. The Samuelis family pledged to keep the team in Anaheim. [[Brian Burke (ice hockey)|Brian Burke]], former [[Vancouver Canucks]] general manager and president, was appointed general manager and executive vice-president of the Mighty Ducks on June 20, 2005.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ocregister.com/articles/ducks-41944-cup-stanley.html |title=Ducks history and fun facts |work=The Orange County Register |date=June 8, 2007 |access-date=September 27, 2016}}</ref>

[[File:Scott Hannan and Scott Niedermayer.jpg|thumb|left|[[Scott Niedermayer]] battles for the puck with [[San Jose Sharks]]' [[Scott Hannan]] in a game during the [[2005–06 NHL season|2005–06 season]]; signed in the 2005 off-season, he was later named as team captain]]
On August 1, 2005, former [[James Norris Memorial Trophy|Norris Trophy]]-winning defenseman [[Randy Carlyle]] was hired as the seventh head coach in team history. Burke was familiar with Carlyle's coaching ability, as the latter had coached the [[Manitoba Moose]] from 1996 to 2001 ([[International Hockey League (1945–2001)|International Hockey League]]) and 2004–05 ([[American Hockey League]]); the Moose had been the Canucks' farm club since 2001. Carlyle replaced Mike Babcock, who later signed on to coach Detroit. On August 4, 2005, free-agent defenseman Scott Niedermayer signed with the Mighty Ducks to play with his brother Rob; Scott Niedermayer was almost immediately named team captain. On August 22, Selanne returned to Anaheim after undergoing knee surgery. He led the team in scoring during the season with 40 goals and 50 assists for 90 points. He would also record his 1,000th NHL point on January 30, 2006.

[[File:Teemu Selanne 2006.PNG|thumb|left|150px|Teemu Selanne playing for the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim against San Jose Sharks in 2006]]
The [[2005–06 NHL season|2005–06 season]] also saw the emergence of rookies [[Ryan Getzlaf]], [[Corey Perry]] and [[Chris Kunitz]] (Kunitz also played for the Ducks in 2003–04, but immediately returned to the Mighty Ducks' AHL affiliate, the [[Cincinnati Mighty Ducks]]). On November 15, 2005, Anaheim traded Sergei Fedorov and a fifth-round draft pick to the [[Columbus Blue Jackets]] in exchange for defenseman [[François Beauchemin|Francois Beauchemin]] and forward [[Tyler Wright]].

The Ducks finished the season with a 43–27–12 record, good enough for 98 points and the sixth seed. The Ducks faced the [[Calgary Flames]] in the conference quarterfinals and forced a seventh game in Calgary, shutting out the Flames to reach the conference semifinals. In an interesting playoffs, all the bottom seeds won in the first round, so the Ducks matched-up against the seventh-seeded Colorado Avalanche. Goaltender [[Ilya Bryzgalov]] shined as the Ducks swept the Avalanche in four-straight games, Bryzgalov breaking Giguere's scoreless streak record from the 2003 Stanley Cup playoffs. In the franchise's second conference finals appearance, they faced the eighth-seeded [[Edmonton Oilers]], a series the Ducks would ultimately lose in five games.

In January 2006, Samueli announced the team would be renamed as simply the "Anaheim Ducks" as of the following season.<ref name=newlogo>{{cite web|title=Name change set for Mighty Ducks|url=http://www.ocregister.com/articles/name-103201-ducks-team.html|access-date=September 27, 2016|work=The Orange County Register |date=January 27, 2006}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=January 27, 2006|title=Ducks won't be so 'Mighty' starting next season|url=https://www.espn.com/nhl/news/story?id=2308588|access-date=March 15, 2021|website=ESPN |agency=Associated Press}}</ref>

====Stanley Cup champions (2006–2007)====
Prior to the [[2006–07 NHL season|2006–07 season]], the Ducks adopted a completely new look to go along with their new name; their team colors became black, gold and orange, and the logo of a duck-shaped goalie mask was dropped in favor of the word "Ducks", with a webbed foot in place of the "D".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ocregister.com/articles/ducks-40729-orange-team.html |title=O.C. colors Ducks' new look |work=The Orange County Register |date=June 24, 2006 |access-date=September 27, 2016}}</ref>

[[File:Pronger-shooting.jpg|thumb|[[Chris Pronger]] during the [[2006–07 NHL season|2006–07 season]]. The Ducks acquired Pronger during the 2006 off-season, in a trade with the [[Edmonton Oilers]]]]
The Ducks traded [[Joffrey Lupul]], [[Ladislav Šmíd|Ladislav Smid]] and a first-round draft pick to the Edmonton Oilers in exchange for star defenseman [[Chris Pronger]]. With this trade, solid scoring lines, a shut-down line featuring Rob Niedermayer, [[Samuel Påhlsson|Samuel Pahlsson]] and [[Travis Moen]] and an enviable defense, the Ducks were considered by many to be a Stanley Cup favorite. On November 9, 2006, the Ducks defeated the Vancouver Canucks 6–0 at [[General Motors Place]] in Vancouver to improve their season record to 12–0–4. The win set an NHL open era record by remaining undefeated in regulation for the first 16 games of the season, eclipsing the previous mark set by the 1983–84 Edmonton Oilers (the record has since been broken by the Chicago Blackhawks' 21–0–3 start during the [[2012–13 NHL season|2012–13 season]]). Anaheim were subsequently shut out by the Flames the following game, 3–0, ending their streak. On January 16, 2007, the Ducks played in franchise's 1,000th regular season game, and on March 11, the Ducks recorded franchise's 1,000th point with a 4–2 win over the Canucks, which improved their franchise all-time record to 423–444–155, with 1,001 points. On April 7, the Ducks won their first division title in franchise history when the Canucks defeated the second-place San Jose Sharks in the final game of the season. The Ducks ended the regular season with a 48–20–14 record and 110 points. It was the franchise's first 100-point season. Although they had three fewer wins than the [[Nashville Predators]], the Ducks won the second seed in the West by virtue of winning the Pacific Division title; the Predators finished second in the [[Central Division (NHL)|Central Division]] behind the Detroit Red Wings (the top seed in the West).

The Ducks defeated the Minnesota Wild in the conference quarterfinals in five games and the Canucks in the semifinals, also in five games. Once again, the Ducks faced the Detroit Red Wings in the franchise's third trip to the conference finals. In Game 3, Pronger elbowed [[Tomas Holmstrom]] and subsequently received a one-game suspension for the illegal check. However, the Ducks won Game 4 without Pronger and Game 5 in Detroit, with Selanne scoring the latter game's overtime winner. The Ducks then finished off the Red Wings in Game 6 for their second-ever Stanley Cup Finals appearance.

[[File:Stanley Cup Ducks and Bush.jpg|thumb|U.S. President [[George W. Bush]] is presented with a Ducks jersey during a White House ceremony in honor of the team's championship season]]
In the [[2007 Stanley Cup Finals|Finals]], the Ducks won the first two games at home against the [[Ottawa Senators]]. However, the Ducks lost Game 3 and Pronger received his second one-game suspension, this time for elbowing [[Dean McAmmond]]. The Ducks were again able to win without Pronger, defeating the Senators in Game 4 for an opportunity to win the Stanley Cup on home ice in Game 5. On June 6, the Ducks defeated the Senators 6–2 at Honda Center to claim their first Stanley Cup in franchise history. Moen was credited with the Cup game-winning goal. Scott Niedermayer, the only player on the team who had previously won a Stanley Cup, was awarded the second [[Conn Smythe Trophy]] in Ducks history. The Ducks became the first California team, and the fourth [[West Coast of the United States|West Coast]] team since the [[1914–15 Vancouver Millionaires season|1914–15 Vancouver Millionaires]], [[1916–17 Seattle Metropolitans season|1916–17 Seattle Metropolitans]] and [[Victoria Cougars]] in [[1925 Stanley Cup Finals|1925]], to win the Stanley Cup.