Anaheim Ducks 25th Anniversary: Best player to wear #s 66-98

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2004 Season: Vancouver Canucks at Anaheim Mighty Ducks, March 31, 2004, player Sergei Fedorov. (Photo by Bruce Bennett Studios/Getty Images) /

About One and Done

This next group had Hall of Fame careers but only spent roughly a season in Anaheim.

91 – Sergei Fedorov (2003-2004)

He was a Hall of Famer before he ever came to SoCal, Sergei Fedorov sported his signature number 91 during his brief stay. After an improbable run to the Stanley Cup Finals, team captain and leader Paul Kariya left the club as a free agent.

Federov was brought to the Mighty Ducks as a replacement for the departed Kariya. Management gave him a five year, $40M contract in the summer of 2003 in an effort to re-stabilize the franchise. He didn’t have a bad year in 2003-04 scoring 65 points (31g, 34a) with 26 coming on the man advantage.

The marriage between Federov and Anaheim didn’t last long. Five games into the 2004 season, the Russian all-star was traded to Columbus for Francois Beauchemin.

The Ducks Adam Oates battles on the boards with Minnesota’s Andrei Zyuzin during the third period of game three of the Western Conference finals Wednesday, May 14, 2003. (Photo by Robert Lachman/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images) /

77 – Adam Oates (2003)

Four players have worn jersey number 77 in Anaheim, including Devante Smith-Pelley. None of the four did it better than Adam Oates. By the time Oates made it to Southern California, he was on the final legs of a Hall of Fame career. He was still a master passer and key member of the 2003 Western Conference championship team.

Oates scored 45 points in his only Anaheim season. He played one more season in Edmonton before calling it a career. When he finally hung up his skates for good, Oates retired fourth all-time in NHL assists.

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