The Anaheim Ducks are going to commemorate the 10th anniversary of their 2007 Stanley Cup Championship team on Sunday, and Jean-Sebastien Giguere spoke with NHL.com's Lisa Dillman regarding his memories of the time and the team:
Giguere is scheduled to be part of the ceremony to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Ducks' Stanley Cup championship before their game against the Washington Capitals on Sunday (9:30 p.m. ET; NHLN, PRIME, CSN-DC, NHL.TV). They were the first team from California to win the Cup, and the gathering is the first time the players have reunited as a group, according to the Ducks.
"When you win something like that with a bunch of guys, everybody says when you see them again it's like you've never left each other," Giguere said.
The Ducks were coming off a 98-point season in 2005-06, so expectations were high for 2006-07. They went 48-20-14 (110 points) during the regular season, and defensemen Scott Niedermayer and Chris Pronger were Norris Trophy finalists. Giguere was 36-10-8, and his 2.26 goals-against average, fifth-best in the League, was his lowest since the 2001-02 season.
He remembers they had a feeling in training camp that it might be a special season.
"You can feel that and still not win," Giguere said. "It can still be a special year and you don't go all the way. You can have a really good season. We had one goal and it was the Stanley Cup. From the beginning, that's all we talked about."
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