Let’s just take a minute to recognize the beauty of these uniforms. (via bullfax.com)

Game 1 of this series saw just one goal in the first two periods, but then saw five in the third. Three of those came from the 6th-seeded ’96-’97 Mighty Ducks as they won 4-2. Teemu Selanne led the way to the win with a goal and two assists for the ’96-’97 Mighty Ducks and also potted two goals for the 3rd-seeded ’05-’06 Mighty Ducks in the loss. Then, Game 2 was tied 1-1 after two periods,  but the ’05-’06 Mighty Ducks scored four in the third to win 5-1. Ten different players registered a point for the ’05-’06 Mighty Ducks with Andy McDonald, Samuel Pahlsson and Todd Marchant all registering multi-point games. In Game 3, Selanne score almost six minutes into the third period to give the ’96-’97 Mighty Ducks a 2-1 lead, but Joffrey Lupul tied the game back up for the ’05-’06 Mighty Ducks six plus minutes later, which forced overtime. With less than two minutes left in the first overtime, defenseman Scott Niedermayer slammed home a Guy Hebert rebound to give the ’05-’06 Mighty Ducks a 2-1 series lead. Niedermayer then tallied three assists to lead the ’05-’06 Mighty Ducks to a 5-3 win in Game 4 with McDonald and Selanne both scoring a goal and adding an assist. The ’05-’06 Mighty Ducks wrapped up the series with a 4-3 win in Game 5 as two goals from Lupul led them to a berth in the Semifinal Round.

GAME 1:

GAME SUMMARY:  ’96-’97 MDA – 4   ’05-’06 MDA – 2   (1-0   ’96-’97 MDA)

STARS OF THE GAME:

1st Star: RW – Teemu Selanne (’96-’97 MDA) – 1 G   2 A   3 P   +1   3 S

2nd Star: RW – Teemu Selanne (’05-’06 MDA) – 2 G   0 A   2 P   +1   4 S

3rd Star: G – Guy Hebert (’96-’97 MDA) – W   2.00 GAA   .946 SV% (35 SV’s)

GAME 2:

GAME SUMMARY:  ’05-’06 MDA – 5   ’96-’97 MDA – 1   (1-1)

STARS OF THE GAME:

1st Star: C – Samuel Pahlsson (’05-’06 MDA) – 1 G   1 A   2 P   +2   3 S

2nd Star: C – Andy McDonald (’05-’06 MDA) – 1 G   1 A   2 P   +1   2 S

3rd Star: G – Jean-Sebastien Giguere (’05-’06 MDA) – W   1.00 GAA   .964 SV% (27 SV’s)

GAME 3:

GAME SUMMARY:  ’05-’06 MDA – 3   ’96-’97 MDA – 2   (OT)   (2-1   ’05-’06 MDA)

STARS OF THE GAME:

1st Star: G – Jean-Sebastien Giguere (’05-’06 MDA) – W   2.00 GAA   .956 SV% (43 SV’s)

2nd Star: G – Guy Hebert (’96-’97 MDA) – OTL   3.00 GAA   .948 SV% (55 SV’s)

3rd Star: D – Scott Niedermayer (’05-’06 MDA) – 1 G   1 A   2 P   Even   9 S

GAME 4:

GAME SUMMARY:  ’05-’06 MDA – 5   ’96-’97 MDA – 3   (3-1   ’05-’06 MDA)

STARS OF THE GAME:

1st Star: D – Scott Niedermayer (’05-’06 MDA) – 0 G   3 A   3 P   +2   5 S

2nd Star: RW – Jari Kurri (’96-’97 MDA) – 1 G   1 A   2 P   +1   3 S

3rd Star: C – Andy McDonald (’05-’06 MDA) – 1 G   1 A   2 P   Even   8 S

GAME 5:

GAME SUMMARY:  ’05-’06 MDA – 4   ’96-’97 MDA – 3   (4-1   ’05-’06 MDA)

STARS OF THE GAME:

1st Star: RW – Joffrey Lupul (’05-’06 MDA) – 2 G   0 A   2 P   +1   9 S

2nd Star: RW – Teemu Selanne (’96-’97 MDA) – 2 G   0 A   2 P   +2   2 S

3rd Star: G – Guy Hebert (’96-’97 MDA) – L   4.00 GAA   .930 SV% (53 SV’s)

That wraps up the First Round of the 2015 Anaheim Ducks Qualifying Tournament!