How to play the Anaheim Ducks history timeline

This short deck covers the Ducks from their founding onward, with a brief description printed under each card's title. Order the moments by the year they happened. The timeline opens with one card placed and its year in view. For each new card, choose a gap before, between or after the others. Right choice, and the year is shown; wrong choice, and the card still lands correctly while you lose one of your three lives.

Anaheim's history is compact, with a name that changed along the way and a championship roster assembled through a few big signings and hires. One star forward shows up at several points in his career, which makes those cards easy to shuffle. The later section is a run of strong regular seasons that ended in playoff disappointment, so read each description for how far the team got.

Want a longer game? On the deck tree you can tick this deck alongside any other one measured in release years and dates, and they shuffle into a single timeline together.

What's in the deck

Here are 16 of the 16 cards you might be dealt. Their values stay hidden until you place them.

Founded as the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim A Disney-owned expansion club named after the hit hockey movie; Paul Kariya was the first star drafted
Acquired Teemu Selanne A deadline trade with Winnipeg brought the 'Finnish Flash' to skate alongside Kariya
First playoff appearance In only their fourth season they upset Phoenix before falling to Detroit
Traded Teemu Selanne to San Jose The Finnish Flash was dealt up the coast to the Sharks
First trip to the Stanley Cup Final Goalie Jean-Sebastien Giguere won the Conn Smythe despite a Game 7 loss to New Jersey
Signed Scott Niedermayer and hired Brian Burke A new GM and a star free-agent defenseman arrived as the post-lockout era began
Renamed the Anaheim Ducks New owner Henry Samueli dropped 'Mighty' from the name and added Chris Pronger
Won the Stanley Cup They beat Ottawa in five to become the first California team to lift the Cup
Upset the top-seeded Sharks As an eighth seed they knocked off San Jose's Presidents' Trophy team in the first round
Corey Perry wins the Hart Trophy His 50-goal season also earned the Rocket Richard as league MVP
Began a run of five straight division titles A lockout-shortened season kicked off their Pacific dominance
Teemu Selanne's farewell season The 43-year-old retired as the team set a franchise record with 116 points
Game 7 loss in the Conference Final They fell at home to the eventual champion Blackhawks
Fourth straight Pacific title ends in collapse They were shut out at home in Games 5 and 7 of a first-round loss to Nashville
Reached the Western Conference Final Their fifth consecutive division crown ended against Nashville
Drafted Leo Carlsson second overall The Swedish center went right behind Connor Bedard