Forgive me, I'm just going to copy what I wrote from my FA account of this posting rather than write out a totally new one for here.

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A sketch that is nearing a year old now. I did the original sketch (part of which can be viewed in the background) during or just after the NHL draft last year when I found out at that moment that the Ducks had new colors and were once again changing their name to purely the "Anaheim Ducks." With some quick research I found that the franchise had also changed hands; ie Disney no longer owned the company.

This picture came more to mind when I found out as I was looking through the change of owners that the Duck's mascot actually had the same name as the old animated series team captian and goalie, Wildwing. In the original sketch I also had one irritated word being uttered by Wildwing: "PHIL!" Many who may have watched the series will remember Phil as being the Duck's manager who's mind was usually only on a few things, money and how to get the team to make him lots of money. Thus, Wildwing finding the new style of jerseys and realizing Phil's changing things and making them wear new jerseys not to mention new colors as a gimic.

Fast forward the sketch, scanned and sitting on my computer to one June 6, 2007. The Anaheim Ducks play game 5 of the Stanley Cup finals already up 3 games to 1 against the Ottawa Senators. In probably one of the messy-est games of hockey I have ever watched on TV (and this is not a compliment), since I became a hockey fan back in 2001, and one of the oddest game winning goals I have ever seen the Anaheim Ducks finally won the Stanley Cup.

Because of this, and the fact that I had watched two of the men who were a part of the team back when they were in college (though both only played four games between the two of them durring the post season [only one of which was during the final series]), I decided it was time to sit down, "ink," and color this one in.

I will note now that in the long term, I'm not a fan of the Ducks fully. the last part of the season I've kept tabs on them because of the duo I'd watched play college hockey; only one is deffinatly going to get his name etched into the cup (the other is quite vag)

Either way congrats to the Ducks on winning the cup, especially to Harti and Motzy, it's great to see former players for SCSU get the cup for a second year in a row and congrats to those two for it was their first time in the Stanley Cup finals (possably the playoffs too; can't quite remember).

Also another note, both the Jersey and the headshot of Wildwing were heavily refrenced; this was the only time I've ever tried to draw either of them.

Wildwing © Disney
Jersey Design © Anaheim Ducks
Image © Quachir

Original sketch found: [link]