1995–96 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim season

1995–96 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
1995–96 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
Division	4th Pacific
1995–96 record	35–39–8
Home record	22-15-4
Road record	13-24-4
Goals for	234
Goals against	247
Team information
General manager	Jack Ferreira
Coach	Ron Wilson
Captain	Randy Ladouceur
Alternate captains	Bobby Dollas; Todd Ewen; Paul Kariya
Arena	Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim
Average attendance	17,154 (99.8%); Total: 703,347
Minor league affiliate(s)	Baltimore Bandits (AHL); Raleigh IceCaps (ECHL)
Team leaders
Goals	Paul Kariya (50)
Assists	Paul Kariya (58)
Points	Paul Kariya (108)
Penalty minutes	Todd Ewen (285)
Plus/minus	Shaun Van Allen (+13)
Wins	Guy Hebert (28)
Goals against average	Guy Hebert (2.83)
	← 1994–95 1996–97 →

The 1995–96 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim season was the third season in franchise history.

Regular season[]

The Mighty Ducks allowed the fewest short-handed goals during the Regular season (5).^[1]

Final standings[]

Pacific Division
No.		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1	Colorado Avalanche	82	47	25	10	326	240	104
2	Calgary Flames	82	34	37	11	241	240	79
3	Vancouver Canucks	82	32	35	15	278	278	79
4	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	82	35	39	8	234	247	78
5	Edmonton Oilers	82	30	44	8	240	304	68
6	Los Angeles Kings	82	24	40	18	256	302	66
7	San Jose Sharks	82	20	55	7	252	357	47

Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points
Bolded teams qualified for the playoffs.

Western Conference^[2]
R		Div	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1	p – Detroit Red Wings	CEN	82	62	13	7	325	181	131
2	Colorado Avalanche	PAC	82	47	25	10	326	240	104
3	Chicago Blackhawks	CEN	82	40	28	14	273	220	94
4	Toronto Maple Leafs	CEN	82	34	36	12	247	252	80
5	St. Louis Blues	CEN	82	32	34	16	219	248	80
6	Calgary Flames	PAC	82	34	37	11	241	240	79
7	Vancouver Canucks	PAC	82	32	35	15	278	278	79
8	Winnipeg Jets	CEN	82	36	40	6	275	291	78

9	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	PAC	82	35	39	8	234	247	78
10	Edmonton Oilers	PAC	82	30	44	8	240	304	68
11	Dallas Stars	CEN	82	26	42	14	227	280	66
12	Los Angeles Kings	PAC	82	24	40	18	256	302	66
13	San Jose Sharks	PAC	82	20	55	7	252	357	47

Divisions: CEN – Central, PAC – Pacific

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

Schedule and results[]

Regular season[]

1995-96 game log: 35–39–8 (Home: 22-15-4; Road: 13-24-4)

October: 3-8-0 (Home: 2-2-0 ; Road: 1-6-0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Record	Pts
1	October 9	Anaheim	3-4	Winnipeg		Hebert	0-1-0	0
2	October 11	Anaheim	2-3	Hartford		Hebert	0-2-0	0
3	October 13	Anaheim	4-1	Buffalo		Shtalenkov	1-2-0	2
4	October 14	Anaheim	2-5	Pittsburgh		Hebert	1-3-0	2
5	October 18	Vancouver	5-1	Anaheim		Shtalenkov	1-4-0	2
6	October 20	Philadelphia	4-2	Anaheim		Hebert	1-5-0	2
7	October 22	Winnipeg	2-6	Anaheim		Hebert	2-5-0	4
8	October 23	Anaheim	1-3	Colorado		Hebert	2-6-0	4
9	October 26	Anaheim	2-5	Dallas		Shtalenkov	2-7-0	4
10	October 27	Anaheim	2-4	St. Louis		Hebert	2-8-0	4
11	October 29	Calgary	2-7	Anaheim		Hebert	3-8-0	6

November: 8-5-1 (Home: 5-3-1 ; Road: 3-2-0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Record	Pts
12	November 1	St. Louis	0-3	Anaheim		Hebert	4-8-0	8
13	November 3	NY Rangers	4-7	Anaheim		Hebert	5-8-0	10
14	November 5	New Jersey	1-6	Anaheim		Hebert	6-8-0	12
15	November 7	Anaheim	3-6	Toronto		Hebert	6-9-0	12
16	November 8	Anaheim	3-2	Montreal	OT	Hebert	7-9-0	14
17	November 11	Anaheim	3-2	Ottawa		Hebert	8-9-0	16
18	November 13	Los Angeles	4-2	Anaheim		Hebert	8-10-0	16
19	November 15	Colorado	3-7	Anaheim		Shtalenkov	9-10-0	18
20	November 17	NY Islanders	1-2	Anaheim	OT	Hebert	10-10-0	20
21	November 19	Florida	4-3	Anaheim		Hebert	10-11-0	20
22	November 21	Anaheim	3-2	Calgary		Hebert	11-11-0	22
23	November 22	Anaheim	0-2	Edmonton		Shtalenkov	11-12-0	22
24	November 24	Chicago	5-4	Anaheim	OT	Hebert	11-13-0	22
25	November 29	Washington	2-2	Anaheim	OT	Shtalenkov	11-13-1	23

December: 3-9-3 (Home: 3-5-1 ; Road: 0-4-2)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Record	Pts
26	December 1	Anaheim	2-5	Detroit		Shtalenkov	11-14-1	23
27	December 2	Anaheim	4-4	Toronto	OT	Shtalenkov	11-14-2	24
28	December 4	Anaheim	1-5	NY Rangers		Shtalenkov	11-15-2	24
29	December 6	Anaheim	1-2	Tampa Bay		Hebert	11-16-2	24
30	December 7	Anaheim	3-3	Florida	OT	Hebert	11-16-3	25
31	December 10	Edmonton	3-1	Anaheim		Shtalenkov	11-17-3	25
32	December 13	Pittsburgh	3-6	Anaheim		Shtalenkov	12-17-3	27
33	December 15	Ottawa	2-4	Anaheim		Shtalenkov	13-17-3	29
34	December 17	Toronto	3-2	Anaheim	OT	Shtalenkov	13-18-3	29
35	December 19	San Jose	7-4	Anaheim		Shtalenkov	13-19-3	29
36	December 20	Detroit	6-1	Anaheim		Hebert	13-20-3	29
37	December 22	Vancouver	6-2	Anaheim		Shtalenkov	13-21-3	29
38	December 27	Anaheim	1-7	Los Angeles		Shtalenkov	13-22-3	29
39	December 29	San Jose	2-4	Anaheim		Hebert	14-22-3	31
40	December 31	Los Angeles	2-2	Anaheim	OT	Hebert	14-22-4	32

January: 4-5-1 (Home: 1-1-0 ; Road: 3-4-1)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Record	Pts
41	January 5	Anaheim	3-1	Calgary		Hebert	15-22-4	34
42	January 7	Anaheim	1-3	Edmonton		Hebert	15-23-4	34
43	January 9	Anaheim	2-2	Philadelphia	OT	Hebert	15-23-5	35
44	January 11	Anaheim	2-7	Boston		Hebert	15-24-5	35
45	January 12	Anaheim	0-3	Chicago		Hebert	15-25-5	35
46	January 14	Anaheim	6-4	Winnipeg		Hebert	16-25-5	37
47	January 17	Calgary	4-1	Anaheim		Hebert	16-26-5	37
48	January 24	Anaheim	2-1	Vancouver	OT	Hebert	17-26-5	39
49	January 27	Anaheim	4-5	Los Angeles		Hebert	17-27-5	39
50	January 31	Colorado	1-2	Anaheim		Hebert	18-27-5	41

February: 5-8-0 (Home: 3-3-0 ; Road: 2-5-0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Record	Pts
51	February 2	Hartford	4-3	Anaheim		Hebert	18-28-5	41
52	February 4	Chicago	4-1	Anaheim		Hebert	18-29-5	41
53	February 7	Toronto	2-1	Anaheim		Shtalenkov	18-30-5	41
54	February 10	Anaheim	3-4	NY Islanders		Shtalenkov	18-31-5	41
55	February 11	Anaheim	4-2	New Jersey		Hebert	19-31-5	43
56	February 14	Anaheim	2-3	Edmonton		Hebert	19-32-5	43
57	February 15	Anaheim	3-5	Vancouver		Shtalenkov	19-33-5	43
58	February 17	Anaheim	2-1	Los Angeles	OT	Shtalenkov	20-33-5	45
59	February 21	Boston	3-4	Anaheim	OT	Shtalenkov	21-33-5	47
60	February 23	Anaheim	2-3	Calgary		Shtalenkov	21-34-5	47
61	February 25	San Jose	3-4	Anaheim		Hebert	22-34-5	49
62	February 26	Anaheim	2-3	Colorado		Shtalenkov	22-35-5	49
63	February 28	Montreal	2-5	Anaheim		Shtalenkov	23-35-5	51

March: 7-3-2 (Home: 4-1-1 ; Road: 3-2-1)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Record	Pts
64	March 3	Tampa Bay	2-2	Anaheim	OT	Shtalenkov	23-35-6	52
65	March 5	Dallas	3-1	Anaheim		Shtalenkov	23-36-6	52
66	March 8	Buffalo	2-3	Anaheim	OT	Hebert	24-36-6	54
67	March 10	Los Angeles	2-3	Anaheim		Hebert	25-36-6	56
68	March 13	Colorado	0-4	Anaheim		Hebert	26-36-6	58
69	March 17	St. Louis	1-5	Anaheim		Hebert	27-36-6	60
70	March 19	Anaheim	2-1	Washington		Hebert	28-36-6	62
71	March 22	Anaheim	6-1	St. Louis		Hebert	29-36-6	64
72	March 24	Anaheim	2-2	Chicago		Hebert	29-36-7	65
73	March 25	Anaheim	1-5	Detroit		Hebert	29-37-7	65
74	March 28	Anaheim	1-3	Dallas		Hebert	29-38-7	65
75	March 31	Anaheim	4-2	San Jose		Hebert	30-38-7	67

April: 5-1-1 (Home: 4-0-1 ; Road: 1-1-0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Record	Pts
76	April 3	Edmonton	0-1	Anaheim		Hebert	31-38-7	69
77	April 5	Detroit	2-2	Anaheim	OT	Hebert	31-38-8	70
78	April 7	Anaheim	5-3	San Jose		Hebert	32-38-8	72
79	April 8	Vancouver	0-2	Anaheim		Hebert	33-38-8	74
80	April 10	Anaheim	3-7	Colorado		Hebert	33-39-8	74
81	April 12	Dallas	3-5	Anaheim		Hebert	34-39-8	76
82	April 14	Winnipeg	2-5	Anaheim		Hebert	35-39-8	78

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

Playoffs[]

For the third straight year, The Mighty Ducks of Anaheim did not qualify for the playoffs.

Player statistics[]

Skaters[]

Regular season^[3]
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Paul Kariya	82	50	58	108	9	20
Steve Rucchin	64	19	25	44	3	12
Todd Krygier ‡	60	9	28	37	-9	70
Teemu Selanne †	28	16	20	36	2	4
Mike Sillinger ‡	62	13	21	34	-20	32
Bobby Dollas	82	8	22	30	9	64
Joe Sacco	76	13	14	27	1	40
Shaun Van Allen	49	8	17	25	13	41
Garry Valk	79	12	12	24	8	125
Jason York	79	3	21	24	-7	88
Oleg Tverdovsky ‡	51	7	15	22	0	35
Alex Hicks	64	10	11	21	11	37
Dave Karpa	72	3	16	19	-3	270
Patrik Carnback	34	6	12	18	3	34
Fredrik Olausson †	36	2	16	18	7	24
Valeri Karpov	37	9	8	17	-1	10
Peter Douris	31	8	7	15	-3	9
David Sacco	23	4	10	14	1	18
Jean-Francois Jomphe	31	2	12	14	7	39
Roman Oksiuta †	14	7	5	12	2	18
Bob Corkum ‡	48	5	7	12	0	26
Chad Kilger ‡	45	5	7	12	-2	22
Anatoli Semenov †	12	1	9	10	-4	10
Denny Lambert	33	0	8	8	-2	55
Todd Ewen	53	4	3	7	-5	285
Jim Campbell	16	2	3	5	0	36
Milos Holan	16	2	2	4	-12	24
Randy Ladouceur	63	1	3	4	5	47
Robert Dirk ‡	44	1	2	3	8	42
Darren Van Impe	16	1	2	3	8	14
Steven King	7	2	0	2	-1	15
Vyacheslav Butsayev	7	1	0	1	-4	0
Ken Baumgartner †	12	0	1	1	0	41
Jason Marshall	24	0	1	1	3	42
Dwayne Norris	3	0	1	1	0	2
Sean Pronger	7	0	1	1	0	6
Jeremy Stevenson	3	0	1	1	1	12
John Lilley	1	0	0	0	-1	0
Don McSween	4	0	0	0	0	4
Oleg Mikulchik	8	0	0	0	-2	4
Total		234	401	635	—	1,677

Goaltenders[]

Regular season
Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	A	PIM
Guy Hebert	59	58	3,325:55	28	23	5	157	2.83	1,820	.914	4	0	6
Mikhail Shtalenkov	30	24	1,637:12	7	16	3	85	3.12	814	.896	0	2	2
Total			4,963:07	35	39	8	242	2.93	2,634	.908	4	2	8

† Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Mighty Ducks. Stats reflect time with the Mighty Ducks only.
‡ Denotes player was traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Mighty Ducks only.

Awards and records[]

Awards[]

Paul Kariya – Lady Byng Memorial Trophy

Records[]

Todd Ewen – Most PIM in a season (285)

Transactions[]

Trades[]

Date	Details
July 8, 1995 (1995-07-08)	To St. Louis Blues 1995 STL 6th-round pick (#153 overall)	To Mighty Ducks of Anaheim 1996 6th-round pick (#149 overall)
October 30, 1995 (1995-10-30)	To Calgary Flames Jarrod Skalde	To Mighty Ducks of Anaheim Bobby Marshall
January 21, 1996 (1996-01-21)	To Montreal Canadiens Robert Dirk	To Mighty Ducks of Anaheim Jim Campbell
February 6, 1996 (1996-02-06)	To Philadelphia Flyers Bob Corkum	To Mighty Ducks of Anaheim Chris Herperger 1997 PHX 7th-round pick (#178 overall)
February 7, 1996 (1996-02-07)	To Winnipeg Jets Chad Kilger Oleg Tverdovsky 1996 3rd-round pick (#64 overall)	To Mighty Ducks of Anaheim Teemu Selanne Marc Chouinard 1996 4th-round pick (#92 overall)
March 8, 1996 (1996-03-08)	To Washington Capitals Todd Krygier	To Mighty Ducks of Anaheim Mike Torchia
March 15, 1996 (1996-03-15)	To Vancouver Canucks Mike Sillinger	To Mighty Ducks of Anaheim Roman Oksiuta
March 19, 1996 (1996-03-19)	To Philadelphia Flyers Brian Wesenberg	To Mighty Ducks of Anaheim Anatoli Semenov Rights to Mike Crowley
March 20, 1996 (1996-03-20)	To Toronto Maple Leafs 1996 PHX 4th-round pick (#92 overall)	To Mighty Ducks of Anaheim Ken Baumgartner

Free agents[]

Date	Player	Team
July 10, 1995 (1995-07-10)	Allan Bester	to Orlando Solar Bears (IHL)
July 14, 1995 (1995-07-14)	Mike O'Neill
August 8, 1995 (1995-08-08)	Oleg Mikulchik	from Winnipeg Jets
August 9, 1995 (1995-08-09)	Tim Sweeney	to Boston Bruins
August 17, 1995 (1995-08-17)	Alex Hicks
August 25, 1995 (1995-08-25)	David Williams	to Hartford Whalers
August 30, 1995 (1995-08-30)	Myles O'Connor	to Houston Aeros (IHL)
October 19, 1995 (1995-10-19)	Vyacheslav Butsayev
November 3, 1995 (1995-11-03)	Dwayne Norris
January 22, 1996 (1996-01-22)	Frank Banham
May 30, 1996 (1996-05-30)	Dan Trebil

Signings[]

Date	Player	Contract term
September 7, 1995 (1995-09-07)	Todd Ewen	1-year
September 20, 1995 (1995-09-20)	Peter Leboutillier	Multi-year

Waivers[]

Date	Player	Team
January 16, 1996 (1996-01-16)	Fredrik Olausson	from Edmonton Oilers

Draft picks[]

Anaheim's draft picks at the 1995 NHL Entry Draft held at the Northlands Coliseum in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College/junior/club team
1	4	Chad Kilger	LW	Canada	Kingston Frontenacs (OHL)
2	29	Brian Wesenberg	RW	Canada	Guelph Storm (OHL)
3	55	Mike Leclerc	LW	Canada	Brandon Wheat Kings (WHL)
5	107	Igor Nikulin	RW	Russia	Severstal Cherepovets (Russia)
6	133	Peter Leboutillier	RW	Canada	Red Deer Rebels (WHL)
7	159	Mike LaPlante	D	Canada	Calgary Royals (AJHL)
8	185	Igor Karpenko	G	Ukraine	Sokil Kiev (Ukraine)

Notes

The Mighty Ducks fourth-round pick went to the Colorado Avalanche (formerly the Quebec Nordiques) as the result of a trade on February 20, 1994 that sent John Tanner to Anaheim in exchange for this pick (81st overall).
The Mighty Ducks ninth-round pick went to the New York Islanders as the result of a trade on August 31, 1994 that sent Darren Van Impe to Anaheim in exchange for this pick (211th overall).

References[]

^ "1995-96 NHL Summary".
^ "1995-1996 Conference Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". NHL.
^ "1995-96 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-27.

[1] "1995-96 NHL Summary".

[2] "1995-1996 Conference Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". NHL.

[3] "1995-96 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-27.

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Contents

Regular season[]

Final standings[]

Schedule and results[]

Regular season[]

Playoffs[]

Player statistics[]

Skaters[]

Goaltenders[]

Awards and records[]

Awards[]

Records[]

Transactions[]

Trades[]

Free agents[]

Signings[]

Waivers[]

Draft picks[]

See also[]

Other Anaheim–based teams in 1995–96[]

References[]