Niedermayer, Giguere, Pronger on SI's all-decade team
Sports Illustrated senior hockey writer Michael Farber has chosen three standouts from the Ducks' 2007 Stanley Cup-winning squad for the magazine's all-decade team, part of a series of all-decade teams in the major sports that will hit newsstands tomorrow.
Scott Niedermayer was named a first-team defenseman, along with Detroit's Nicklas Lidstrom. Jean-Sebastien Giguere was chosen the second-team goalie (behind Martin Brodeur), and is joined by defenseman Chris Pronger.
Also, Mike Babcock was named the all-decade head coach. Babcock got his first NHL head coaching job with the Mighty Ducks in 2002, leading the team to the 2003 Stanley Cup Finals, before joining the Detroit Red Wings in 2005-06.
About J.P.
J.P. Hoornstra has been covering the Anaheim Ducks since 2007. Eight months after the University of Wisconsin won its third NCAA hockey championship, he was born in a frigid Madison winter. He betrayed his blue-blooded beginnings by graduating from UCLA in 2003, and welcomes any and all dialogue on the finer points of hockey.
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