European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 8, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Stars and june 2007 sports after losing magic act quickly and hire Stan Van Gundy As Page 34 Nils climate control ducks Are third straight Sun Belt team to win Stanley cup by Ira Podell the associated press Scott Niedermayer has plenty of experience taking twirls around the ice with the Stanley handing it off to his kid is a different after three titles on the East coast with the new Jersey leading the Ana Heim ducks to the first nil championship in California history with his brother As a teammate Felt pretty there All he said after the ducks beat the Ottawa senators 62 wednesday night to end the finals in five people sometimes ask you to pick this or that or to Ive never done and in not going to Start but this one is you can Only dream passing it to your i never the ducks were born on the Silver screen and came of age by capturing the shiniest of Silver they dropped the mighty from their but not their game and skated off with the oldest prize in North american for the first the Stanley cup can enjoy an nil West coast and the ducks Victory came at the expense of can the cherished trophy was born in Otta but no team North of the Border has won it since Montreal in 1993 the same year the ducks joined the Canada loves their and from what i heard out we have quite a few fans who love their hockey out said Scott a British Colum Bia native and this years Conn smythe Tro Phy Winner As playoffs Edmonton and now Ottawa in its first trip since the senators were re born in 1992 had three straight chances Only to be done in by clubs from the Sun Tampa Carolina and Ana Heim Arent traditional hockey hotbeds but they have been the cups warm weather Homes since Wayne Gretzky made the game a Hap pening in Southern California when he came to los Angeles in 1988 the ducks recent Stanley cup champions 2007 Anaheim ducks Ottawa senators 41 2006 Carolina hurricanes Edmonton oilers 43 2005 lockout 2004 Tampa Bay lightning Calgary 43 devils def Anaheim mighty 43 2002 Detroit red wings Carolina 41 2001 Colorado Avalanche new Jersey 43 2000 new Jersey devils Dallas 42 1999 Dallas stars Buffalo 42 Chris the Anaheim ducks Ryan Getzlaff and Jea Sebastien Giguere celebrate winning the Stanley cup on wednesday night in the ducks Defeated the Ottawa Sena tors 62 in game 5 and became the first California team to win an nil Paul Anaheim Captain Scott Niedermayer won the Conn smythe trophy As the most Valu Able player in the nil made it legit two decades no longer Disney the mighty ducks movie Days Are gone and a Victory rally awaits them Niedermayer brought his brother and teammates Teemu Velanne and Chris Pronger along for the ride for their first Stanley Rob 16 months younger than his is one of three ducks left from the losing Side in 2003 when Scott and the devils captured their third title in game in Only Jea Sebastien Giguere had something to smile As the goalie earned the Conn smythe this trip to the finals was so much sweeter As he stopped 11 shots in the the biggest Roar for him came when Antoine Vermette had the puck slide wide during a third period penalty the 10th in finals Scott Niedermayer earned the map award Many thought he deserved four years after accepting he celebrated with a big reason he left new Jersey for Anaheim before last they Are the first Brothers since Brent and Duane Sutter of the islanders in 1983 to win the cup see ducks on Page 35 padres closer Hoffman opens new chapter of record Book As the first to earn 500 saves Page 39 now that he has been supplanted by Green As dolphins9 Culpepper wants to be released Page 34 teen Ivanovic will meet Henin in French open women final Page 34