QUACK!

It had to have been the week off between the conference finals and Stanley Cup Finals that cooled off the red hot Senators. It may have been that the West was simply the better conference. Either way, the Anaheim Ducks have just won their first ever Stanley Cup Championship. They defeated the team that plays in the city that is the birth place of the Stanley Cup. Ottawa looked so impressive against Pittsburgh, New Jersey, and Buffalo that it seemed as if that they would at least make this a long series. However, Anaheim's physical play won out, and they will be the owners of the most revered trophy in all of sports.

Scott Niedermayer, won his fourth championship (three with New Jersey), and his first Conn Smythe Trophy. I'm sure this championship is the most sweet for him, as he got to win it with his brother, Rob. Remember in 2003, the Devils defeated the Ducks in the championship. Scott denied his brother his first ever cup, and won his third. So you would think this is a nice present to his brother. Also, Jean Sebastian Giguere deserves much praise. Back in 2003, he won the Conn Smythe Trophy in a losing effort, but now with another stellar postseason he has earned that championship he deserved four years ago.

So, now it is reality. The Ducks are the champions of the NHL. They will no longer just have to look to Emilio Estevez to smile. Charlie Conway, Fulton Reed, and Goldberg the Goalie are no longer the best Mighty Ducks of all-time. Wait a minute, maybe there is some hope now for another team that looks to the motion pictures as their best sports memory. Remember Henry Rowengartner? He was the 12-year-old fire baller that led the Chicago Cubs to the World Series title in Rookie of the Year. Maybe the actual Cubs can pull a Mighty Ducks and win a title. How many days til Jets season?

Pat Morgan