1994–95 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim season

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)

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.

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

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

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
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
			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	Bob Corkum	RW	44	10	9	19	−7	25
14	Joe Sacco	RW	41	10	8	18	−8	23
20	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
		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)

Milestones

Milestone	Player	Date	Ref
First game	Paul Kariya	January 20, 1995
	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.

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

• 1994–95 NHL season

References

• "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.