So I was browsing around trying to good image of the webbed D in the Ducks logo and was pretty unsuccessful, but I found some other interesting images in the process.

How many people went to Anaheim Bullfrog games when the RHI was around? The company my dad worked for had some awesome club level seats at center ice for everything that went on at the Pond and I would watch anything hockey. So we went to most of those during the season, it was not as fast as ice hockey but I enjoyed it a lot. I think my most memorable time was in 1997 when the Bullfrogs won it all and the players were throwing sticks in to the crowd. I went with my mom this game and I remember complaining, almost crying, that I wanted a stick. Remember, club seats, how irrational I was at 15, actually, what a baby…haha. Anyways, I thought about that moment when I saw this picture, so I figured I would post something. Another stupid fact, the cheerleaders were called the pollywogs, how original.

Now, some stuff about the Ducks, because that was the whole reason I was on this adventure.

I remember when the announcement was made on January 26th that the team would change its name, colors, jersey and logo. So I was always on the lookout for what it would look like, maybe some voting by the fans or something. To my knowledge that never happened, which was surprising, but that is how they did it. In April I found the picture to the right, my initial thought was that they sucked, both of them. I was thinking that the crest would be that Duck Hunt logo and the arm patches would be the other part, how extremely non-threatening. I could see the opposing team simulating gun shots and jumbo-tron’s showing videos of the classic game when they scored on Anaheim. Kind of funny when you think about it, that would have been great to see at the Staples Center, those old NES light guns would be at all the tailgate parties.

My personal favorite is this one, because I have no idea where it came from. The filename is Draft-AnaheimDucks2.gif and I found it on one of those picture sharing sites, I want to say Flickr, but I don’t remember. I kind of like it to be honest and I did not know that ducks had talons…It almost looks like a the Philadelphia Eagles logo, but I still think it is very fresh looking. Maybe this will be the third jersey down the line or something. But if I were to pick a third jersey, it would be the one from last year, because that was a solid looking piece of fabric. I almost went to the Ducks team store and bought one when they had that huge sale on old merchandise, but I figured since that was still at markup cost, I would pass. Lets see what happens with this one, maybe it does get used in the future or maybe it is just some hardcore fan with some artistic ability and time on his hands that made this one.