Ducks to Host Día De Muertos Celebration Sunday

The Ducks will celebrate Día de Muertos (Day of the Dead) at Honda Center on Sunday, Oct. 30 as they face off against the Toronto Maple Leafs (5 p.m. PT). In advance of this special evening, the Ducks offered a special ticket price for members and attendees of local Hispanic community programs, clubs and festivals in Orange County. The first 10,000 fans in attendance will receive a free Día de Muertos inspired beanie, courtesy of Herdez.

In honor of Día de Muertos, Ducks players will wear custom warm-up jerseys designed by Anaheim-based artist and lifelong Ducks fan Gustavo Jaimes. Select player warm-up jerseys and a framed print of the artwork among other items will be auctioned starting Tuesday, Nov. 1 at noon with the auction closing Wednesday, Nov. 2 at noon. All proceeds will benefit Latino Health Access, a Santa Ana based nonprofit organization that partners with communities to bring health, equity and sustainable change through education, services, consciousness-raising and civic participation. To bid, text DUCKS to 76278, or visit
AnaheimDucks.com/InGameAuctions
.
Additionally, a live Spanish audio broadcast of the Ducks vs. Maple Leafs game will be available on Que Buena KRQB 96.1 FM in addition to a new alternate language Ducks Stream (Español) station via TuneIn. San Francisco Giants broadcaster Erwin Higueros will return as the play-by-play voice for his third Día de Muertos broadcast with the Ducks with Jesse Beltran returning as the color analyst. Coverage will begin with a pregame show at 4:45 p.m. PT. Listen:

Starting at 3:30 p.m., Puck Drop Patio (north side of arena) will play host to numerous activities and performances prior to the game including face painting by Art Splashers, Mariachi performances by Mariachi Nuevo Jalisciense, Ballet Folklorico by Cal State Fullerton, Chinelos and Tlahualiles dancers and appearances by "living Catrinas." The area will be adorned with papel picado; select performances will also occur in the TCL entrance, concourse, and Impact Club prior to the game. Fans will have the opportunity to watch local Anaheim artist, Jose Ortiz, paint an original Día de Muertos inspired mural presented by Tequila Herradura. Panels from the mural will be available to bid on during the Tuesday, Nov. 1 auction.
Ducks partners' Tequila Herradura, MegaMex and McDonald's of Southern California will be on site with exclusive giveaway items and activities. Additionally, fans can enjoy food and beverages from local Hispanic inspired food trucks at Puck Drop Patio. Limited edition apparel and various themed items will be available for purchase at Puck Drop Patio and the Team Store including an exclusive Día de Muertos inspired poster designed by local Santa Ana artist, 5hmi (Kimberly Duran). Members of The Mighty, the Anaheim Ducks new fan loyalty program, will receive a free sticker with any Día de Muertos item purchase at the Team Store.

Prior to the game, Mariachi Nuevo Jalisciense will perform the United States and Canadian national anthems. 13-year-old, Santa Ana native Karol Anaya, a participant in the Anaheim Ducks i3 Inline Hockey League, will announce the starting line-ups in Spanish. Entertainment and announcements throughout the evening will be provided in both Spanish and English languages by Ducks in-area host, Sammy Donado. Additionally, live in-game social media posts and updates will be translated to Spanish. Special guests from the local hockey community Jesús Alcántara, founder of the Mexico Warriors hockey organization and Sam Uisprapassorn, head coach of the Colombian national hockey team, associate head coach for Chapman University club hockey team and member of the NHL Coaches Association BIPOC (Black, Indigenous and People of Color) Coaching Program during the 2022-23 season will also be in attendance.
Ducks fans will have the opportunity to view ofrenda (altar) locations distributed throughout Honda Center. The ofrendas were built with help from the Consulate of Mexico, Santa Ana and Anaheim Ducks employees and will be located at Puck Drop Patio, inside and outside the Ducks Team Store and within Impact Club. Sugar skull Wild Wing mask painting will also be available in Impact Club for members. Outside of Impact Club, Wholly Guacamole and Herdez will be giving away an exclusive Día de Muertos t-shirt with a purchase of any Wholly Guacamole item from Anaheim Chile at Section 441. Anaheim Chile orders can be placed through the
Honda Center + Ducks app
, available on iOS and Android smartphones.
The Anaheim Ducks Foundation's annual commemorative series of Surprise Pucks will feature four limited edition designs highlighting some of the Anaheim Ducks' cause marketing themes for the season. In celebration of Día de Muertos, the first Surprise Puck Sale of the 2022-23 season will feature a Día de Muertos inspired puck, available for purchase on Sunday, Oct. 30 at Section 212 starting at 3:30 p.m. Pucks are $30 each and will be sold on a first come, first served basis, while supplies last. All pucks are autographed, individually wrapped, and selected at random. Fans will receive either a Ducks player-autographed commemorative puck or a special edition surprise Ducks player-autographed orange puck. The lucky winners of the Surprise Puck Sale will receive an autographed Anaheim Ducks jersey by the player who signed their orange puck. A limited number of pucks will be sold online starting on Friday, Nov. 4. To purchase, text PUCK to 76278. All sales are final, while supplies last. All pucks sold online include shipping in the sales price. All proceeds from the Surprise Puck Sale will benefit the Anaheim Ducks Foundation and Latino Health Access.
In recognition of Hispanic Heritage Month (Sept. 15- Oct. 15) the Ducks actively engaged in community events with local organizations including the Mexican Consulate of Carrera (Santa Ana), Gente Market (Santa Ana), Fiestas Patrias (Anaheim), Irvine Global Festival in addition to tabling at Honda Center events. The Ducks have been active in the Hispanic community locally since the inception of their S.C.O.R.E. (Scholastic Curriculum of Recreation & Education) program in 2005. Nearly 50%, roughly 25,000 students, of the program participants identify as Hispanic/nonwhite. As part of the team's ongoing efforts, the organization has also translated all Anaheim Ducks S.C.O.R.E. student materials into Spanish for their school programming to help provide access and remove barriers to participation in hockey communities throughout Southern California. To complement these programs, The Rinks - Anaheim Ice hosted a bilingual Try Hockey For Free session presented by Opendoor with instruction conducted in both Spanish and English on Oct. 9, 2022.
A limited number of tickets are available for Sunday's game. Visit
AnaheimDucks.com/Celebracion
to secure a ticket to take part in the celebration and experience special reveals throughout the evening.