{"id":557590,"date":"2026-04-22T01:39:32","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T01:39:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/557590\/"},"modified":"2026-04-22T01:39:32","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T01:39:32","slug":"ducks-fans-flock-to-honda-center-for-watch-party-orange-county-register","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/557590\/","title":{"rendered":"Ducks fans flock to Honda Center for watch party \u2013 Orange County Register"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Fans react during the Anaheim Ducks Watch Party at the...\" class=\"size-article_inline\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/OCR-L-DUCKS-PARTY-0422-08-LO.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Fans react during the Anaheim Ducks Watch Party at the Honda Center in Anaheim on Monday, April 20, 2026, for the first round of the 2026 Stanley Cup Playoffs between the Ducks and the Oilers in Edmonton, Alberta. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register\/SCNG)\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Fans react during the Anaheim Ducks Watch Party at the...\" class=\"lazyload size-article_inline\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/OCR-L-DUCKS-PARTY-0422-06-LO.jpg?w=620\"  bad-src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/OCR-L-DUCKS-PARTY-0422-06-LO.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Fans react during the Anaheim Ducks Watch Party at the Honda Center in Anaheim on Monday, April 20, 2026, for the first round of the 2026 Stanley Cup Playoffs between the Ducks and the Oilers in Edmonton, Alberta. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register\/SCNG)\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Ducks\u00e2\u0080\u0099 fans react when the Ducks score a goal in...\" class=\"lazyload size-article_inline\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/OCR-L-DUCKS-PARTY-0422-01-LO-1.jpg?w=620\"  bad-src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/OCR-L-DUCKS-PARTY-0422-01-LO-1.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Ducks\u2019 fans react when the Ducks score a goal in the first period that was later waved off for goaltender interference during the Anaheim Ducks Watch Party at the Honda Center in Anaheim on Monday, April 20, 2026, for the first round of the 2026 Stanley Cup Playoffs between the Ducks and the Oilers in Edmonton, Alberta. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register\/SCNG)\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Wild Wing rallies the crowd during the Anaheim Ducks Watch...\" class=\"lazyload size-article_inline\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/OCR-L-DUCKS-PARTY-0422-04-LO.jpg?w=620\"  bad-src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/OCR-L-DUCKS-PARTY-0422-04-LO.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Wild Wing rallies the crowd during the Anaheim Ducks Watch Party at the Honda Center in Anaheim on Monday, April 20, 2026, for the first round of the 2026 Stanley Cup Playoffs between the Ducks and the Oilers in Edmonton, Alberta. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register\/SCNG)\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Fans watch from the floor during the Anaheim Ducks Watch...\" class=\"lazyload size-article_inline\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/OCR-L-DUCKS-PARTY-0422-07-LO.jpg?w=620\"  bad-src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/OCR-L-DUCKS-PARTY-0422-07-LO.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Fans watch from the floor during the Anaheim Ducks Watch Party at the Honda Center in Anaheim on Monday, April 20, 2026, for the first round of the 2026 Stanley Cup Playoffs between the Ducks and the Oilers in Edmonton, Alberta. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register\/SCNG)\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"An estimated 5,000 fans gathered for the Anaheim Ducks Watch...\" class=\"lazyload size-article_inline\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/OCR-L-DUCKS-PARTY-0422-02-LO.jpg?w=620\"  bad-src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/OCR-L-DUCKS-PARTY-0422-02-LO.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>An estimated 5,000 fans gathered for the Anaheim Ducks Watch Party at the Honda Center in Anaheim on Monday, April 20, 2026, for the first round of the 2026 Stanley Cup Playoffs between the Ducks and the Oilers in Edmonton, Alberta. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register\/SCNG)\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Children cheer during the Anaheim Ducks Watch Party at the...\" class=\"lazyload size-article_inline\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/OCR-L-DUCKS-PARTY-0422-03-LO.jpg?w=620\"  bad-src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/OCR-L-DUCKS-PARTY-0422-03-LO.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Children cheer during the Anaheim Ducks Watch Party at the Honda Center in Anaheim on Monday, April 20, 2026, for the first round of the 2026 Stanley Cup Playoffs between the Ducks and the Oilers in Edmonton, Alberta. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register\/SCNG)\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A fan takes a selfie as a giant banner is...\" class=\"lazyload size-article_inline\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/OCR-L-DUCKS-PARTY-0422-05-LO.jpg?w=620\"  bad-src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/OCR-L-DUCKS-PARTY-0422-05-LO.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>A fan takes a selfie as a giant banner is stretched over fans during the Anaheim Ducks Watch Party at the Honda Center in Anaheim on Monday, April 20, 2026, for the first round of the 2026 Stanley Cup Playoffs between the Ducks and the Oilers in Edmonton, Alberta. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register\/SCNG)\n<\/p>\n<p>Show Caption<\/p>\n<p>1 of 8<\/p>\n<p>Fans react during the Anaheim Ducks Watch Party at the Honda Center in Anaheim on Monday, April 20, 2026, for the first round of the 2026 Stanley Cup Playoffs between the Ducks and the Oilers in Edmonton, Alberta. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register\/SCNG)\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#\" class=\"icon-enlarge mng-gallery-fullscreen-expand\" aria-label=\"Expand fullscreen slideshow\">Expand<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A sea of fans in their Orange jerseys, foam fingers, the mascot Wild Wing leading the crowd in cheers \u2014 the only thing missing at the Honda Center on Monday night were the Anaheim Ducks.<\/p>\n<p>The players <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ocregister.com\/2026\/04\/20\/ducks-fall-to-oilers-on-late-goal-in-1st-playoff-game-since-2018\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">were in Canada for the first of the Ducks\u2019 playoff games<\/a> against the Edmonton Oilers, but plenty of their fans filled the arena here to cheer them on during a giant watch party.<\/p>\n<p>A second watch party will be hosted Wednesday night, April 22, for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ocregister.com\/2026\/04\/21\/ducks-go-into-game-2-at-edmonton-with-more-to-prove\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the series\u2019 second game<\/a>, before the Ducks fly home for Friday\u2019s Game 3.<\/p>\n<p>Admission is free, but fans need to reserve tickets at <a href=\"https:\/\/am.ticketmaster.com\/ducks\/buy\/2026watchparty?camefrom=VANITY\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">AnaheimDucks.com\/WatchParties<\/a>. Monday night\u2019s party reached capacity with about 5,000 in attendance, either standing on the arena floor or sitting in the lower bowl seats.<\/p>\n<p>Find other Duck Dives \u2014 promoted watch parties presented by Michelob Ultra \u2014 at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhl.com\/ducks\/fans\/duck-dives\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">nhl.com\/ducks\/fans\/duck-dives<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The team has also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ocregister.com\/2026\/04\/16\/ducks-playoff-house-opens-to-fans-for-teams-postseason-run\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">opened a Ducks Playoff House<\/a> in Orange for the rest of the postseason run. Open daily, it is free and features photo backdrops, team merch and spaces to hang out, among other specially scheduled activities. Information: <a href=\"http:\/\/AnaheimDucks.com\/House\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">AnaheimDucks.com\/House<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fans react during the Anaheim Ducks Watch Party at the Honda Center in Anaheim on Monday, April 20,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":557591,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5123],"tags":[2210,233,5292,2617,2940,1739,5,997,4,2651,1953],"class_list":{"0":"post-557590","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-anaheim-ducks","8":"tag-anaheim","9":"tag-anaheim-ducks","10":"tag-anaheimducks","11":"tag-california","12":"tag-community","13":"tag-ducks","14":"tag-hockey","15":"tag-local-news","16":"tag-nhl","17":"tag-orange-county","18":"tag-top-stories"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116445811665384928","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/557590","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=557590"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/557590\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/557591"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=557590"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=557590"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=557590"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}