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1994–95 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim season

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1994–95 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
Division6th Pacific
Conference12th Western
1994–95 record16–27–5
Home record11–9–4
Road record5–18–1
Goals for125
Goals against164
Team information
General managerJack Ferreira
CoachRon Wilson
CaptainRandy Ladouceur
Alternate captainsBob Corkum
Todd Ewen
ArenaArrowhead Pond of Anaheim
Average attendance17,174 (100%)
Total: 412,176
Minor league affiliate(s)San Diego Gulls (IHL)
Greensboro Monarchs (ECHL)
Team leaders
GoalsPaul Kariya (18)
AssistsPaul Kariya, Shaun Van Allen (21)
PointsPaul Kariya (39)
Penalty minutesStu Grimson (110)
Plus/minusSteve Rucchin (+7)
WinsGuy Hebert (12)
Goals against averageGuy Hebert (3.13)

The 1994–95 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim season was the second season in franchise history. The Ducks missed the playoffs for the second year in a row. Despite a Conference-worst 5–18–1 road record, the team played well at home with an 11–9–4 record. On April 4, the team traded enforcer Stu Grimson, Mark Ferner and the team's sixth-round choice in the 1996 NHL Entry Draft to the Detroit Red Wings in exchange for Mike Sillinger and Jason York. Twenty-year-old rookie Paul Kariya was a candidate for the Calder Memorial Trophy as the NHL's top rookie, scoring 18 goals and 39 points in 47 games (the award ultimately went to the Quebec Nordiques' Peter Forsberg).

Off-season

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Defenseman Randy Ladouceur is named team captain, following the departure of Troy Loney.

Regular season

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The Mighty Ducks finished last in power-play percentage (11.39%) and penalty-kill percentage (75.65%) in the NHL. The team was also shut out an NHL-high six times during the regular season.[1][2]

Final standings

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Pacific Division
No. CR GP W L T GF GA Pts
1 2 Calgary Flames 48 24 17 7 163 135 55
2 6 Vancouver Canucks 48 18 18 12 153 148 48
3 7 San Jose Sharks 48 19 25 4 129 161 42
4 9 Los Angeles Kings 48 16 23 9 142 174 41
5 11 Edmonton Oilers 48 17 27 4 136 183 38
6 12 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim 48 16 27 5 125 164 37

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Note: No. = Division rank, CR = Conference rank, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points
       Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Western Conference[4]
R Div GP W L T GF GA Pts
1 p – Detroit Red Wings CEN 48 33 11 4 180 117 70
2 x – Calgary Flames PAC 48 24 17 7 163 135 55
3 St. Louis Blues CEN 48 28 15 5 178 135 61
4 Chicago Blackhawks CEN 48 24 19 5 156 115 53
5 Toronto Maple Leafs CEN 48 21 19 8 135 146 50
6 Vancouver Canucks PAC 48 18 18 12 153 148 48
7 San Jose Sharks PAC 48 19 25 4 129 161 42
8 Dallas Stars CEN 48 17 23 8 136 135 42
9 Los Angeles Kings PAC 48 16 23 9 142 174 41
10 Winnipeg Jets CEN 48 16 25 7 157 177 39
11 Edmonton Oilers PAC 48 17 27 4 136 183 38
12 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim PAC 48 16 27 5 125 164 37

Divisions: CEN – Central, PAC – Pacific

bold – Qualified for playoffs; x – Won division; p – Won Presidents' Trophy


Schedule and results

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1994–95 regular season[2]
January: 3–3–0 (home: 2–1–0; road: 1–2–0)
Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Record Points Recap
1 January 20 Anaheim 1–2 Edmonton Hebert 0–1–0 0 Recap
2 January 21 Anaheim 4–3 Winnipeg Shtalenkov 1–1–0 2 Recap
3 January 23 Edmonton 4–5 Anaheim OT Hebert 2–1–0 4 Recap
4 January 25 Dallas 4–1 Anaheim Shtalenkov 2–2–0 4 Recap
5 January 27 Winnipeg 2–3 Anaheim Hebert 3–2–0 6 Recap
6 January 31 Anaheim 2–7 St. Louis Hebert 3–3–0 6 Recap
February: 2–8–1 (home: 0–3–1; road: 2–5–0)
Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Record Points Recap
7 February 1 Anaheim 2–9 St. Louis Shtalenkov 3–4–0 6 Recap
8 February 3 Detroit 5–2 Anaheim Hebert 3–5–0 6 Recap
9 February 5 Anaheim 3–2 Los Angeles Shtalenkov 4–5–0 8 Recap
10 February 7 Chicago 3–0 Anaheim Shtalenkov 4–6–0 8 Recap
11 February 9 Anaheim 1–5 Calgary Hebert 4–7–0 8 Recap
12 February 12 Anaheim 0–2 Edmonton Hebert 4–8–0 8 Recap
13 February 17 Vancouver 2–2 Anaheim OT Hebert 4–8–1 9 Recap
14 February 18 Anaheim 6–3 San Jose Hebert 5–8–1 11 Recap
15 February 23 Anaheim 1–3 Toronto Hebert 5–9–1 11 Recap
16 February 24 Anaheim 2–4 Winnipeg Shtalenkov 5–10–1 11 Recap
17 February 26 Calgary 5–3 Anaheim Hebert 5–11–1 11 Recap
March: 4–8–3 (home: 2–1–3; road: 2–7–0)
Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Record Points Recap
18 March 1 Chicago 1–3 Anaheim Hebert 6–11–1 13 Recap
19 March 3 Anaheim 0–4 Dallas Hebert 6–12–1 13 Recap
20 March 5 Anaheim 0–3 Chicago Hebert 6–13–1 13 Recap
21 March 7 Anaheim 3–6 St. Louis Shtalenkov 6–14–1 13 Recap
22 March 9 Detroit 4–4 Anaheim OT Hebert 6–14–2 14 Recap
23 March 11 Anaheim 3–5 Vancouver Hebert 6–15–2 14 Recap
24 March 15 Anaheim 5–0 Calgary Hebert 7–15–2 16 Recap
25 March 17 Toronto 3–3 Anaheim OT Hebert 7–15–3 17 Recap
26 March 19 St. Louis 4–2 Anaheim Hebert 7–16–3 17 Recap
27 March 21 Los Angeles 3–3 Anaheim OT Shtalenkov 7–16–4 18 Recap
28 March 23 Anaheim 6–3 San Jose Hebert 8–16–4 20 Recap
29 March 26 Anaheim 2–5 Chicago Hebert 8–17–4 20 Recap
30 March 28 Anaheim 4–6 Detroit Hebert 8–18–4 20 Recap
31 March 30 Winnipeg 1–3 Anaheim Hebert 9–18–4 22 Recap
32 March 31 Anaheim 1–6 Vancouver Hebert 9–19–4 22 Recap
April: 6–7–1 (home: 6–3–0; road: 0–4–1)
Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Record Points Recap
33 April 2 San Jose 4–5 Anaheim Hebert 10–19–4 24 Recap
34 April 5 Edmonton 3–4 Anaheim OT Shtalenkov 11–19–4 26 Recap
35 April 7 Dallas 2–0 Anaheim Hebert 11–20–4 26 Recap
36 April 9 Los Angeles 1–5 Anaheim Hebert 12–20–4 28 Recap
37 April 11 Anaheim 0–5 Vancouver Hebert 12–21–4 28 Recap
38 April 13 Calgary 2–4 Anaheim Hebert 13–21–4 30 Recap
39 April 15 Vancouver 3–1 Anaheim Hebert 13–22–4 30 Recap
40 April 17 San Jose 0–3 Anaheim Hebert 14–22–4 32 Recap
41 April 19 Anaheim 2–3 Toronto Hebert 14–23–4 32 Recap
42 April 21 Anaheim 5–6 Detroit Shtalenkov 14–24–4 32 Recap
43 April 23 Anaheim 2–2 Los Angeles OT Hebert 14–24–5 33 Recap
44 April 24 Calgary 1–2 Anaheim Hebert 15–24–5 35 Recap
45 April 26 San Jose 5–2 Anaheim Hebert 15–25–5 35 Recap
46 April 30 Anaheim 1–2 Los Angeles Hebert 15–26–5 35 Recap
May: 1–1–0 (home: 1–1–0; road: 0–0–0)
Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Record Points Recap
47 May 1 St. Louis 5–3 Anaheim Shtalenkov 15–27–5 35 Recap
48 May 3 Toronto 1–6 Anaheim Shtalenkov 16–27–5 37 Recap
Legend:

  Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Tie (1 point)

Player statistics

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Scoring

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  • Position abbreviations: C = Center; D = Defense; G = Goaltender; LW = Left wing; RW = Right wing
  • † = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Mighty Ducks only.
  • ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Mighty Ducks only.
No. Player Pos Regular season
GP G A Pts +/- PIM
9 Paul Kariya RW 47 18 21 39 −17 4
22 Shaun Van Allen C 45 8 21 29 −4 32
47 Stephan Lebeau C 38 8 16 24 6 12
25 Todd Krygier LW 35 11 11 22 1 10
16 Peter Douris LW 46 10 11 21 4 12
21 Patrik Carnback LW 41 6 15 21 −8 32
2 Bobby Dollas D 45 7 13 20 −3 12
19[a] Bob Corkum RW 44 10 9 19 −7 25
14 Joe Sacco RW 41 10 8 18 −8 23
20[b] Steve Rucchin C 43 6 11 17 7 23
10 Oleg Tverdovsky D 36 3 9 12 −6 14
11 Valeri Karpov RW 30 4 7 11 −4 6
7 Milos Holan D 25 2 8 10 4 14
18 Garry Valk LW 36 3 6 9 −4 34
3 Jason York D 15 0 8 8 4 12
24 Tom Kurvers D 22 4 3 7 −13 6
19 Anatoli Semenov C 15 3 4 7 −10 4
26 Mike Sillinger C 15 2 5 7 1 6
29 Randy Ladouceur D 44 2 4 6 2 36
15 Dave Karpa D 26 1 5 6 0 91
27 John Lilley C 9 2 2 4 2 5
4 David Williams D 21 2 2 4 −5 26
5 Robert Dirk D 38 1 3 4 −3 56
42 Denny Lambert LW 13 1 3 4 3 4
8 Tim Sweeney LW 13 1 1 2 −3 2
12 David Sacco LW 8 0 2 2 −3 0
3 Mark Ferner D 14 0 1 1 −4 6
32 Stu Grimson LW 31 0 1 1 −7 110
48 Darren Van Impe D 1 0 1 1 0 4
36 Todd Ewen RW 24 0 0 0 −2 90
31 Guy Hebert G 39 0 0 0 2
23 Jason Marshall D 1 0 0 0 −2 0
6 Don McSween D 2 0 0 0 0 0
35 Mikhail Shtalenkov G 18 0 0 0 2

Goaltending

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No. Player Regular season
GP GS W L T SA GA GAA SV% SO TOI
31 Guy Hebert 39 35 12 20 4 1,132 109 3.13 .904 2 2,091:52
35 Mikhail Shtalenkov 18 13 4 7 1 448 49 3.63 .891 0 809:32

Awards and records

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Awards

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Type Award/honor Recipient Ref
League
(annual)
NHL All-Rookie Team Paul Kariya (Forward) [5]

Milestones

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Milestone Player Date Ref
First game Paul Kariya January 20, 1995 [6]
Valeri Karpov
Steve Rucchin
Oleg Tverdovsky January 21, 1995
Denny Lambert April 5, 1995
Darren Van Impe May 3, 1995

Transactions

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Trades

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Date Details
June 28, 1994 (1994-06-28) To Ottawa Senators
Sean Hill
1994 9th-round pick (#210 overall)
To Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
1994 3rd-round pick (#55 overall)
June 29, 1994 (1994-06-29) To New York Islanders
Troy Loney
To Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
Tom Kurvers
June 29, 1994 (1994-06-29) To Tampa Bay Lightning
1994 OTT 3rd-round pick (#55 overall)
To Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
1994 WSH 3rd-round pick (#67 overall)
1995 4th-round pick (#82 overall)
July 12, 1994 (1994-07-12) To Chicago Blackhawks
1995 TB 4th-round pick (#82 overall)
To Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
Robert Dirk
August 29, 1994 (1994-08-29) To St. Louis Blues
Bill Houlder
To Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
Jason Marshall
August 31, 1994 (1994-08-31) To New York Islanders
1995 9th-round pick (#211 overall)
To Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
Darren Van Impe
September 28, 1994 (1994-09-28) To Toronto Maple Leafs
Terry Yake
To Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
David Sacco
February 2, 1995 (1995-02-02) To Washington Capitals
1996 4th-round pick (#90 overall)
To Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
Todd Krygier
March 8, 1995 (1995-03-08) To Philadelphia Flyers
Anatoli Semenov
To Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
Milos Holan
March 9, 1995 (1995-03-09) To Quebec Nordiques
1997 4th-round pick (#98 overall)
To Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
Dave Karpa
April 4, 1995 (1995-04-04) To Detroit Red Wings
Stu Grimson
Mark Ferner
1996 6th-round pick (#144 overall)
To Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
Mike Sillinger
Jason York

Signings

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Date Player Contract term
September 1, 1994 (1994-09-01) Paul Kariya

Free agents

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Date Player Team
July 22, 1994 (1994-07-22) Robin Bawa to Dallas Stars
August 1, 1994 (1994-08-01) Brian Sullivan
February 14, 1995 (1995-02-14) Sean Pronger
May 31, 1995 (1995-05-31) Jarrod Skalde

Draft picks

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Anaheim's draft picks at the 1994 NHL Entry Draft held at the Hartford Civic Center in Hartford, Connecticut.[7]

Round Pick Player Position Nationality College/junior/club team
1 2 Oleg Tverdovsky D  Russia Krylia Sovetov (Russia)
2 28 Johan Davidsson LW  Sweden HV71 (Sweden)
31 67 Craig Reichert RW  Canada Red Deer Rebels (WHL)
4 80 Byron Briske D  Canada Red Deer Rebels (WHL)
5 106 Pavel Trnka D  Czech Republic HC Plzen (Czech Republic)
6 132 Bates Battaglia LW  United States Caledon Canadians (OHA-B)
7 158 Rocky Welsing D  United States Wisconsin Capitols (USHL)
8 184 Brad Englehart LW  Canada Kimball Union High School (USHS–NY)
10 236 Tommi Miettinen C  Finland KalPa (Finland)
11 262 Jeremy Stevenson LW  United States Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL)
S 2 Steve Rucchin C  Canada University of Western Ontario (OUAA)
Notes
  1. The Mighty Ducks acquired this pick as the result of a trade on June 29, 1994, that sent Ottawa's third-round pick in 1994 (55th overall) to Tampa Bay in exchange for a fourth-round pick in 1995 and this pick.
    Tampa Bay previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on March 21, 1994, that sent Joe Reekie to Washington in exchange for Enrico Ciccone, Tampa Bay's conditional fifth-round pick in 1995 and this pick.
  • The Mighty Ducks third-round pick went to the Montreal Canadiens as the result of a trade on August 10, 1993, that sent Todd Ewen and Patrik Carnback to Anaheim in exchange for this pick (54th overall).
  • The Mighty Ducks ninth-round pick went to the Ottawa Senators as the result of a trade on June 28, 1994, that sent a third-round pick in 1994 (55th overall) to Anaheim in exchange for Sean Hill and this pick (210th overall).

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Corkum wore number 20 through March 7.
  2. ^ Rucchin wore number 15 through March 5.

References

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  • "Anaheim Mighty Ducks 1994-95 roster and scoring statistics at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved September 10, 2023.
  • "1994-95 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim Roster, Stats, Injuries, Scores, Results, Shootouts". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved September 10, 2023.
  1. ^ "1994-95 NHL Summary".
  2. ^ a b "1994-95 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim Schedule". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved September 10, 2023.
  3. ^ Standings: NHL Public Relations Department (2008). Dave McCarthy; et al. (eds.). THE NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE Official Guide & Record Book/2009. National Hockey League. p. 154. ISBN 978-1-894801-14-0.
  4. ^ "1994-1995 Conference Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". NHL.
  5. ^ "Postseason All-Star Teams". records.nhl.com. Retrieved September 12, 2023.
  6. ^ "1994-95 NHL Debuts". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved October 5, 2024.
  7. ^ "1994 NHL Entry Draft Picks at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved September 10, 2023.