1995–96 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim season

1995–96 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
Division	4th Pacific
Conference	9th Western
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)

The 1995–96 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim season was the third season in franchise history. For the third straight year, Anaheim did not qualify for the playoffs.

Regular season

The Mighty Ducks allowed the fewest short-handed goals during the regular season (5).

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

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

1995–96 regular season
October: 3–8–0 (home: 2–2–0; road: 1–6–0) Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Record Points Recap 1 October 9 Anaheim 3–4 Winnipeg Hebert 0–1–0 0 Recap 2 October 11 Anaheim 2–3 Hartford Hebert 0–2–0 0 Recap 3 October 13 Anaheim 4–1 Buffalo Shtalenkov 1–2–0 2 Recap 4 October 14 Anaheim 2–5 Pittsburgh Hebert 1–3–0 2 Recap 5 October 18 Vancouver 5–1 Anaheim Shtalenkov 1–4–0 2 Recap 6 October 20 Philadelphia 4–2 Anaheim Hebert 1–5–0 2 Recap 7 October 22 Winnipeg 2–6 Anaheim Hebert 2–5–0 4 Recap 8 October 23 Anaheim 1–3 Colorado Hebert 2–6–0 4 Recap 9 October 26 Anaheim 2–5 Dallas Shtalenkov 2–7–0 4 Recap 10 October 27 Anaheim 2–4 St. Louis Hebert 2–8–0 4 Recap 11 October 29 Calgary 2–7 Anaheim Hebert 3–8–0 6 Recap
November: 8–5–1 (home: 5–3–1; road: 3–2–0) Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Record Points Recap 12 November 1 St. Louis 0–3 Anaheim Hebert 4–8–0 8 Recap 13 November 3 NY Rangers 4–7 Anaheim Hebert 5–8–0 10 Recap 14 November 5 New Jersey 1–6 Anaheim Hebert 6–8–0 12 Recap 15 November 7 Anaheim 3–6 Toronto Hebert 6–9–0 12 Recap 16 November 8 Anaheim 3–2 Montreal OT Hebert 7–9–0 14 Recap 17 November 11 Anaheim 3–2 Ottawa Hebert 8–9–0 16 Recap 18 November 13 Los Angeles 4–2 Anaheim Hebert 8–10–0 16 Recap 19 November 15 Colorado 3–7 Anaheim Shtalenkov 9–10–0 18 Recap 20 November 17 NY Islanders 1–2 Anaheim OT Hebert 10–10–0 20 Recap 21 November 19 Florida 4–3 Anaheim Hebert 10–11–0 20 Recap 22 November 21 Anaheim 3–2 Calgary Hebert 11–11–0 22 Recap 23 November 22 Anaheim 0–2 Edmonton Shtalenkov 11–12–0 22 Recap 24 November 24 Chicago 5–4 Anaheim OT Hebert 11–13–0 22 Recap 25 November 29 Washington 2–2 Anaheim OT Shtalenkov 11–13–1 23 Recap
December: 3–9–3 (home: 3–5–1; road: 0–4–2) Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Record Points Recap 26 December 1 Anaheim 2–5 Detroit Shtalenkov 11–14–1 23 Recap 27 December 2 Anaheim 4–4 Toronto OT Shtalenkov 11–14–2 24 Recap 28 December 4 Anaheim 1–5 NY Rangers Shtalenkov 11–15–2 24 Recap 29 December 6 Anaheim 1–2 Tampa Bay Hebert 11–16–2 24 Recap 30 December 7 Anaheim 3–3 Florida OT Hebert 11–16–3 25 Recap 31 December 10 Edmonton 3–1 Anaheim Shtalenkov 11–17–3 25 Recap 32 December 13 Pittsburgh 3–6 Anaheim Shtalenkov 12–17–3 27 Recap 33 December 15 Ottawa 2–4 Anaheim Shtalenkov 13–17–3 29 Recap 34 December 17 Toronto 3–2 Anaheim OT Shtalenkov 13–18–3 29 Recap 35 December 19 San Jose 7–4 Anaheim Shtalenkov 13–19–3 29 Recap 36 December 20 Detroit 6–1 Anaheim Hebert 13–20–3 29 Recap 37 December 22 Vancouver 6–2 Anaheim Shtalenkov 13–21–3 29 Recap 38 December 27 Anaheim 1–7 Los Angeles Shtalenkov 13–22–3 29 Recap 39 December 29 San Jose 2–4 Anaheim Hebert 14–22–3 31 Recap 40 December 31 Los Angeles 2–2 Anaheim OT Hebert 14–22–4 32 Recap
January: 4–5–1 (home: 1–1–0; road: 3–4–1) Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Record Points Recap 41 January 5 Anaheim 3–1 Calgary Hebert 15–22–4 34 Recap 42 January 7 Anaheim 1–3 Edmonton Hebert 15–23–4 34 Recap 43 January 9 Anaheim 2–2 Philadelphia OT Hebert 15–23–5 35 Recap 44 January 11 Anaheim 2–7 Boston Hebert 15–24–5 35 Recap 45 January 12 Anaheim 0–3 Chicago Hebert 15–25–5 35 Recap 46 January 14 Anaheim 6–4 Winnipeg Hebert 16–25–5 37 Recap 47 January 17 Calgary 4–1 Anaheim Hebert 16–26–5 37 Recap 48 January 24 Anaheim 2–1 Vancouver OT Hebert 17–26–5 39 Recap 49 January 27 Anaheim 4–5 Los Angeles Hebert 17–27–5 39 Recap 50 January 31 Colorado 1–2 Anaheim Hebert 18–27–5 41 Recap
February: 5–8–0 (home: 3–3–0; road: 2–5–0) Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Record Points Recap 51 February 2 Hartford 4–3 Anaheim Hebert 18–28–5 41 Recap 52 February 4 Chicago 4–1 Anaheim Hebert 18–29–5 41 Recap 53 February 7 Toronto 2–1 Anaheim Shtalenkov 18–30–5 41 Recap 54 February 10 Anaheim 3–4 NY Islanders Shtalenkov 18–31–5 41 Recap 55 February 11 Anaheim 4–2 New Jersey Hebert 19–31–5 43 Recap 56 February 14 Anaheim 2–3 Edmonton Hebert 19–32–5 43 Recap 57 February 15 Anaheim 3–5 Vancouver Shtalenkov 19–33–5 43 Recap 58 February 17 Anaheim 2–1 Los Angeles OT Shtalenkov 20–33–5 45 Recap 59 February 21 Boston 3–4 Anaheim OT Shtalenkov 21–33–5 47 Recap 60 February 23 Anaheim 2–3 Calgary Shtalenkov 21–34–5 47 Recap 61 February 25 San Jose 3–4 Anaheim Hebert 22–34–5 49 Recap 62 February 26 Anaheim 2–3 Colorado Shtalenkov 22–35–5 49 Recap 63 February 28 Montreal 2–5 Anaheim Shtalenkov 23–35–5 51 Recap
March: 7–3–2 (home: 4–1–1; road: 3–2–1) Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Record Points Recap 64 March 3 Tampa Bay 2–2 Anaheim OT Shtalenkov 23–35–6 52 Recap 65 March 5 Dallas 3–1 Anaheim Shtalenkov 23–36–6 52 Recap 66 March 8 Buffalo 2–3 Anaheim OT Hebert 24–36–6 54 Recap 67 March 10 Los Angeles 2–3 Anaheim Hebert 25–36–6 56 Recap 68 March 13 Colorado 0–4 Anaheim Hebert 26–36–6 58 Recap 69 March 17 St. Louis 1–5 Anaheim Hebert 27–36–6 60 Recap 70 March 19 Anaheim 2–1 Washington Hebert 28–36–6 62 Recap 71 March 22 Anaheim 6–1 St. Louis Hebert 29–36–6 64 Recap 72 March 24 Anaheim 2–2 Chicago Hebert 29–36–7 65 Recap 73 March 25 Anaheim 1–5 Detroit Hebert 29–37–7 65 Recap 74 March 28 Anaheim 1–3 Dallas Hebert 29–38–7 65 Recap 75 March 31 Anaheim 4–2 San Jose Hebert 30–38–7 67 Recap
April: 5–1–1 (home: 4–0–1; road: 1–1–0) Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Record Points Recap 76 April 3 Edmonton 0–1 Anaheim Hebert 31–38–7 69 Recap 77 April 5 Detroit 2–2 Anaheim OT Hebert 31–38–8 70 Recap 78 April 7 Anaheim 5–3 San Jose Hebert 32–38–8 72 Recap 79 April 8 Vancouver 0–2 Anaheim Hebert 33–38–8 74 Recap 80 April 10 Anaheim 3–7 Colorado Hebert 33–39–8 74 Recap 81 April 12 Dallas 3–5 Anaheim Hebert 34–39–8 76 Recap 82 April 14 Winnipeg 2–5 Anaheim Hebert 35–39–8 78 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	LW	82	50	58	108	9	20
20	Steve Rucchin	C	64	19	25	44	3	12
25	Todd Krygier‡	LW	60	9	28	37	−9	70
8	Teemu Selanne†	RW	28	16	20	36	2	4
26	Mike Sillinger‡	RW	62	13	21	34	−20	32
2	Bobby Dollas	D	82	8	22	30	9	64
14	Joe Sacco	RW	76	13	14	27	1	40
22	Shaun Van Allen	C	49	8	17	25	13	41
18	Garry Valk	LW	79	12	12	24	8	125
3	Jason York	D	79	3	21	24	−7	88
10	Oleg Tverdovsky‡	D	51	7	15	22	0	35
32	Alex Hicks	C	64	10	11	21	11	37
17	Dave Karpa	D	72	3	16	19	−3	270
21	Patrik Carnback	RW	34	6	12	18	3	34
4	Fredrik Olausson†	D	36	2	16	18	7	24
11	Valeri Karpov	LW	37	9	8	17	−1	10
16	Peter Douris	RW	31	8	7	15	−3	9
12	David Sacco	LW	23	4	10	14	1	18
46	Jean-Francois Jomphe	RW	31	2	12	14	7	39
28	Roman Oksiuta†	RW	14	7	5	12	2	18
19	Bob Corkum‡	C	48	5	7	12	0	26
8	Chad Kilger‡	C	45	5	7	12	−2	22
93	Anatoli Semenov†	C	12	1	9	10	−4	10
42	Denny Lambert	LW	33	0	8	8	−2	55
36	Todd Ewen	RW	53	4	3	7	−5	285
21	Jim Campbell†	C	16	2	3	5	0	36
7	Milos Holan	D	16	2	2	4	−12	24
29	Randy Ladouceur	D	63	1	3	4	5	47
5	Robert Dirk‡	D	44	1	2	3	8	42
48	Darren Van Impe	D	16	1	2	3	8	14
24	Steven King	RW	7	2	0	2	−1	15
35	Mikhail Shtalenkov	G	30	0	2	2		2
15	Vyacheslav Butsayev†	C	7	1	0	1	−4	0
24	Ken Baumgartner†	LW	12	0	1	1	0	41
23	Jason Marshall	D	24	0	1	1	3	42
28	Dwayne Norris†	RW	3	0	1	1	0	2
54	Sean Pronger	C	7	0	1	1	0	6
40	Jeremy Stevenson	LW	3	0	1	1	1	12
31	Guy Hebert	G	59	0	0	0		6
27	John Lilley	C	1	0	0	0	−1	0
6	Don McSween	D	4	0	0	0	0	4
44	Oleg Mikulchik	D	8	0	0	0	−2	4

Goaltending

No.	Player	Regular season
		GP	GS	W	L	T	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI
31	Guy Hebert	59	58	28	23	5	1,820	157	2.83	.914	4	3,325:55
35	Mikhail Shtalenkov	30	24	7	16	3	814	85	3.12	.896	0	1,637:12

Awards and records

Awards

Type	Award/honor	Recipient	Ref
League (annual)	Lady Byng Memorial Trophy	Paul Kariya
	NHL First All-Star team	Paul Kariya (Left Wing)
League (in-season)	NHL All-Star Game selection	Paul Kariya

Records

• Todd Ewen – Most PIM in a season (285)

Milestones

Milestone	Player	Date	Ref
First game	Chad Kilger	October 9, 1995
	Alex Hicks	November 15, 1995
	Sean Pronger	November 29, 1995
	Jim Campbell	February 4, 1996
	Jean-Francois Jomphe
	Jeremy Stevenson	March 13, 1996

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 Kyiv (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).

See also

• 1995–96 NHL season

References

• "Anaheim Mighty Ducks 1995-96 roster and scoring statistics at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved August 22, 2023.
• "1995-96 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim Roster, Stats, Injuries, Scores, Results, Shootouts". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved August 22, 2023.