1994–95 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim season

1994–95 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
1994–95 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
Division	6th Pacific
Conference	12th Western
1994–95 record	16–27–5
Home record	11–9–4
Road record	5–18–1
Goals for	125
Goals against	164
Team information
General manager	Jack Ferreira
Coach	Ron Wilson
Captain	Randy Ladouceur
Alternate captains	Bob Corkum; Todd Ewen
Arena	Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim
Average attendance	17,174 (100%); Total: 412,176
Minor league affiliate(s)	San Diego Gulls (IHL); Greensboro Monarchs (ECHL)
Team leaders
Goals	Paul Kariya (18)
Assists	Paul Kariya, Shaun Van Allen (21)
Points	Paul Kariya (39)
Penalty minutes	Stu Grimson (110)
Plus/minus	Steve Rucchin (+7)
Wins	Guy Hebert (12)
Goals against average	Guy Hebert (3.13)
	← 1993–94 1995–96 →

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

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

Regular season

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

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

^[3]

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

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

Scoring

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
No.	Player	Pos	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

No.	Player	Regular season
No.	Player	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

Awards

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

Milestones

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

Trades

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

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

Free agents

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

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

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).

Notes

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

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