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2023–24 Anaheim Ducks Season
The 2023–24 Anaheim Ducks season is the 31st season of operation (30th season of play) for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established on June 15, 1993. On June 5, the Ducks hired Greg Cronin, who is the team's 11th head coach in team history. Cronin most recently served as the head coach of the Colorado Avalanche's American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate, the Colorado Eagles before becoming the head coach of the Ducks. The Ducks will attempt to improve on a disappointing 2022–23 season (23–47–12; 58 points). They will attempt to return to the playoffs for the first time since 2018, when they were swept in the first round by the San Jose Sharks. This will be the second season the Ducks have entered without a captain. Off-season April On April 14, one day after the end of the 2022–23 season, the Ducks announced that head coach Dallas Eakins's contract would not be renewed. In his four seasons with the team, he totaled a record of 100†... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pacific Division (NHL)
The National Hockey League's Pacific Division was formed in 1993 as part of the Western Conference in a league realignment. It is also one of the two successors of the Smythe Division (the other one was the Northwest Division), though of the current teams, only the Anaheim Ducks, Seattle Kraken and Vegas Golden Knights did not play in the Smythe Division. Due to subsequent realignments, three of the Pacific Division's original teams (the Calgary Flames, Edmonton Oilers, and Vancouver Canucks) left the division in 1998 but returned in 2013. The division is the only one in the NHL without any Original Six teams. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting closure of the Canada-United States border, all eight teams were transferred into two different divisions for the 2020–21 NHL season. The American-based teams were moved to the West Division, while the Canadian-based teams were placed into the North Division. With the addition of the expansion Seattle Kraken to the divisio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |