2001–02 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim season

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2001–02 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
Division5th Pacific
2001–02 record29-42-8-3
Home record15-19-5-2
Road record14-23-3-1
Goals for175
Goals against198
Team information
General managerPierre Gauthier
CoachBryan Murray
CaptainPaul Kariya
Alternate captainsKeith Carney
Steve Rucchin
ArenaArrowhead Pond
Average attendance12,002 (69.9%)
Total: 492,089
Team leaders
GoalsPaul Kariya (32)
AssistsMatt Cullen (30)
PointsPaul Kariya (57)
Penalty minutesKevin Sawyer (221)
WinsJean-Sebastien Giguere (20)
Goals against averageJean-Sebastien Giguere (2.13)

The 2001–02 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim season was the Ducks' ninth season in the National Hockey League.

Pre-season[]

The Ducks only made two moves that summer after making a lot of roster moves in early 2001 acquiring Keith Carney from Phoenix for a 2001 2nd round Draft pick on June 19 and enforcer Denny Lambert rejoined the franchise on July 2 for 2002 8th round draft pick.

Regular season[]

The season after trading Teemu Selanne to the Sharks did not see the Mighty Ducks improve their scoring depth as the team was second to last in the west with 175 goals. Trying to fill this void the scoring of Mike Leclerc and Matt Cullen improved and Jeff Friesen delivered the scoring expected from him, it was not enough. German Titov, while improving could still not live up to the expectations. Marty McInnes rebound season in 2000-2001 had the Mighty Ducks hoping for another 20 goal season but ended up with only 9 goals before getting traded to Boston. After missing almost all of last season, Steve Rucchin missed the first half of this season appearing in only 38 games while still recovering from the face injury he sustained. The Mighty Ducks also heavily struggled on the power play during the regular season, finishing 30th overall in power-play percentage, at 11.53% (43 for 373).[1] Their Defense and Goaltending improved a lot, allowing only 198 goals (245 the season before). Giguere settled in nicely as the new number one winning 20 games while Steve Shields served as a solid backup.

Divisional standings[]

Pacific Division
No. CR GP W L T OTL GF GA Pts
1 3 San Jose Sharks 82 44 27 8 3 248 189 99
2 6 Phoenix Coyotes 82 40 27 9 6 228 210 95
3 7 Los Angeles Kings 82 40 27 11 4 214 190 95
4 10 Dallas Stars 82 36 28 13 5 215 213 90
5 13 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim 82 29 42 8 3 175 198 69

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

Western Conference[2]
R Div GP W L T OTL GF GA Pts
1 p – Detroit Red Wings CEN 82 51 17 10 4 251 187 116
2 y – Colorado Avalanche NW 82 45 28 8 1 212 169 99
3 y – San Jose Sharks PAC 82 44 27 8 3 248 199 99
4 St. Louis Blues CEN 82 43 27 8 4 227 188 98
5 Chicago Blackhawks CEN 82 41 27 13 1 216 207 96
6 Phoenix Coyotes PAC 82 40 27 9 6 228 210 95
7 Los Angeles Kings PAC 82 40 27 11 4 214 190 95
8 Vancouver Canucks NW 82 42 30 7 3 254 211 94
8.5
9 Edmonton Oilers NW 82 38 28 12 4 205 182 92
10 Dallas Stars PAC 82 36 28 13 5 215 213 90
11 Calgary Flames NW 82 32 35 12 3 201 220 79
12 Minnesota Wild NW 82 26 35 12 9 195 238 73
13 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim PAC 82 29 42 8 3 175 198 69
14 Nashville Predators CEN 82 28 41 13 0 196 230 69
15 Columbus Blue Jackets CEN 82 22 47 8 5 164 255 57

Divisions: CEN – Central, PAC – Pacific, NW – Northwest

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


Schedule and results[]

  • Green background indicates win (2 points).
  • Red background indicates regulation loss (0 points).
  • White background indicates overtime/shootout loss (1 point).
2001–02 Regular season
November
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December
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January
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February
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March
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April
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2001–02 Schedule

Playoffs[]

For the third straight year, the Mighty Ducks failed to qualify for the playoffs.

Player statistics[]

Skaters[]

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes

Player GP G A Pts +/- PIM
Paul Kariya 82 32 25 57 28
Matt Cullen 79 18 30 48 24
Mike Leclerc 82 20 24 44 107
Jeff Friesen 81 17 26 43 44
Oleg Tverdovsky 73 6 26 32 31
Andy McDonald 53 7 21 28 31
German Titov 66 13 14 27 36
Jason York 74 5 20 25 60
Marty McInnis 60 9 14 23 25
Steve Rucchin 38 7 16 23 6
Samuel Pahlsson 80 6 14 20 26
Dan Bylsma 77 8 9 17 28
Patric Kjellberg 65 7 8 15 10
Keith Carney 60 5 9 14 30
Pavel Trnka 71 2 11 13 66
Ruslan Salei 82 4 7 11 97
Marc Chouinard 45 4 5 9 10
Denny Lambert 73 2 5 7 213
Sergei Krivokrasov 17 1 2 3 19
Niclas Havelid 52 1 2 3 40
Timo Parssinen 17 0 3 3 2
Vitaly Vishnevsky 74 0 3 3 60
Kevin Sawyer 57 1 1 2 221
Drew Bannister 1 0 0 0 0
Antti-Jussi Niemi 1 0 0 0 0
Jim Cummins 2 0 0 0 0
Aris Brimanis 5 0 0 0 0
Petr Tenkrat 9 0 0 0 6

Goaltenders[]

Note: GP = Games Played; Min = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; SV% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average

Player GP Min W L T GA SO SV% GAA
Jean-Sebastien Giguere 53 3127 20 25 6 111 4 .920 2.13
Steve Shields 33 1777 9 20 2 79 0 .907 2.67
Ilya Bryzgalov 1 32 0 0 0 1 0 .917 1.88

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Awards and records[]

Records[]

Milestones[]

Regular Season
Player Milestone Reached

Transactions[]

Trades[]

Acquired Sergei Krivokrasov form the Minnesota Wild for a 2002 7th round draft pick on November 1, 2001

Acquired Patrick Kjellberg from the Nashville Predators for Petr Tenkrat on November 1, 2001

Acquired Bert Robertsson from the Nashville Predators for Jay Legault on December 4, 2001

Acquired Dave Roche from the New York Islanders for Jim Cummins on January 14, 2002

Traded Marty McInnes to the Boston Bruins for a 2002 3rd Round Draft Pick on March 6, 2002

Acquired Mark Moore from the Pittsburgh Penguins for Bert Robertsson on March 8, 2002

Acquired Ben Guite from the New York Islanders for Dave Roche on March 19, 2002

Free Agents[]

Player Former team Contract Terms
Player New team

Claimed from waivers[]

Player Former team Date claimed off waivers

Draft picks[]

Anaheim's draft picks at the 2001 NHL Entry Draft held at the National Car Rental Center in Sunrise, Florida.

Round Pick Player Position Nationality College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1 5 Stanislav Chistov Left Wing  Russia Avangard Omsk (RUS)
2 35 Mark Popovic Defense  Canada Toronto St. Michael's Majors (OHL)
3 69 Joel Stepp Left Wing  Canada Red Deer Rebels (WHL)
4 102 Timo Parssinen Center  Finland HPK (Finland)
4 105 Vladimir Korsunov Defense  Russia Spartak Moscow (Russia)
4 118 Brandon Rogers Defense  United States Hotchkiss School (USHS-CT)
5 137 Joel Perrault Center  Canada Baie-Comeau Drakkar (QMJHL)
6 170 Jan Tabacek Defense  Slovakia Martimex ZTS Martin HC (Slovakia)
7 224 Tony Martensson Center  Sweden Brynas IF (Sweden)
8 232 Martin Gerber Goaltender   Switzerland Langnau-Sui (Switzerland)
9 264 P. A. Parenteau Left Wing  Canada Chicoutimi Sagueneens (QMJHL)

See also[]

Other Anaheim–based teams in 2001–02[]

Farm teams[]

  • The Mighty Ducks farm team was the Cincinnati Mighty Ducks of the American Hockey League.[4] The team finished third in the Central Division with a record of 32-33-11-3. The club had 216 goals scored for and 211 goals scored against. The team lost 2 games to 1 to the Chicago Wolves in the postseason.

References[]

  1. ^ "2001-02 NHL Summary".
  2. ^ "2001-2002 Conference Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". NHL.
  3. ^ 2001-02 Anaheim Mighty Ducks [NHL] player statistics at hockeydb.com
  4. ^ Cincinnati Mighty Ducks - Ohio History Central - A product of the Ohio Historical Society
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