The Ducks will turn Honda Center into a Día de Muertos celebration this Sunday, Nov. 1, when they host the Ottawa Senators at 5 p.m. PT. The night is presented by McDonald’s, and the first 5,000 fans through the doors will get a free Wild Wing sugar skull giveaway.
Music and pageantry will set the tone before the puck drops. Trumpeters from Mariachi Nuevo Jalisciense will perform the U.S. national anthem, continuing a tradition that began in 2021 for the team’s Día de Muertos observance at Honda Center. The group will wear custom orange Ducks-branded mariachi attire, while Tim Kepler will handle the Canadian anthem.
Once the game is underway, the celebration will spill across the building. Mariachi Nuevo Jalisciense and Relámpago del Cielo Ballet Folklórico are slated for additional performances, with select appearances planned in the concourse and the Modelo Club. Fans will also be able to stop by virtual ofrendas in the Modelo Puck Drop Patio and throughout the concourse, where tributes to local community members will be featured.
The experience includes face painting at the Modelo Puck Drop Patio and in the Modelo Club, though that option is limited to ticketed members there. Anaheim artist Jose Ortiz will paint a Día de Muertos-inspired mural at the Modelo Puck Drop Patio, and Tequila Herradura will be part of the night with a photo opportunity and a Living Catrina performer.
The Ducks also worked the celebration into the community. Nearly 2,000 elementary students from the Anaheim and Santa Ana School Districts created paper sugar skull art pieces for the occasion, and those works will be displayed throughout the arena.
On the fundraising side, the Anaheim Ducks Foundation will run a Día de Muertos-themed auction starting Sunday, Nov. 1 at noon PT and running until Monday, Nov. 2 at noon PT. Proceeds will go to Latino Health Access, which works with communities to bring health, equity and sustainable change through education, services, consciousness-raising and civic participation. Bidding will be available at AnaheimDucks.com/ADFAuction.
There’s also a Surprise Puck sale tied to the Foundation. The second of four sales for the 2026-27 season will take place Sunday in the Modelo Puck Drop Patio, beginning when doors open at 3:30 p.m.
Each puck costs $30, with sales first come, first served while supplies last. Every puck is autographed, individually wrapped and chosen at random.
Fans will get either a Ducks player-autographed commemorative puck or a surprise Ducks player-autographed orange winner puck, and the lucky winners will receive an autographed Anaheim Ducks away jersey from the player who signed the orange winner puck. All proceeds benefit the Anaheim Ducks Foundation.
The team store will carry limited edition apparel and other themed items for ticketed guests, with select merchandise also available online at AnaheimTeamStore.com.
The Ducks have already been active in Hispanic community events around the region during Hispanic Heritage Month, including the Concha Festival at Orange County Heritage Museum and Mission Viejo’s Día de los Muertos Festival. The organization has also pointed to its S.C.O.R.E. program, launched in 2005, as a long-running connection to the Hispanic community locally. Nearly 50%, about 25,000 students, in the program identify as Hispanic or nonwhite, and all Anaheim Ducks S.C.O.R.E. student materials have been translated into Spanish for school programming.
Ahead of Sunday’s game, the Ducks also offered a special ticket price for members and attendees of local Hispanic community programs, clubs and festivals in Anaheim. A limited number of tickets remain available for the game, with the team directing fans to AnaheimDucks.com/Vamos for access to the celebration and the evening’s special reveals.
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