1993–94 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim season

1993–94 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
Division	4th Pacific
Conference	9th Western
1993–94 record	33–46–5
Home record	14–26–2
Road record	19–20–3
Goals for	229
Goals against	251
Team information
General Manager	Jack Ferreira
Coach	Ron Wilson
Captain	Troy Loney
Alternate captains	Todd Ewen Stu Grimson Randy Ladouceur
Arena	Pond of Anaheim Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim
Average attendance	16,989 (98.9%) Total: 696,560
Team leaders
Goals	Bob Corkum (23)
Assists	Terry Yake (31)
Points	Terry Yake (52)
Penalties in minutes	Todd Ewen (272)
Plus/minus	Bobby Dollas (+20)
Wins	Guy Hebert (20)
Goals against average	Mikhail Shtalenkov (2.65)
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The Mighty Ducks of Anaheim were founded in 1993 by The Walt Disney Company. The team's original name was chosen from the Disney movie The Mighty Ducks, based on a group of misfit kids who turn their losing youth hockey team into a winning team. Disney subsequently made an animated series called Mighty Ducks, featuring a fictional Mighty Ducks of Anaheim team that consisted of anthropomorphized ducks led by the Mighty Duck Wildwing. The team was the first tenant of Arrowhead Pond, a brand-new arena in Anaheim located a short distance east of Disneyland and across the Orange Freeway from Angel Stadium. The arena was completed the same year the team was founded.

The Mighty Ducks hired Jack Ferreira as their first General Manager. Pierre Gauthier became his assistant. Gauthier had been a former goalie for Boston University and had considerable scouting experience with the New England Whalers, Calgary Flames and New York Rangers.^[1]

Offseason

Forward Troy Loney, is named the franchise's first team captain.

Regular season

Mighty Ducks primary logo (1993–2006). The logo was subsequently used in the Disney movie D2: The Mighty Ducks. Disney design elements appear in this logo, such as team mascot Wildwing's goalie mask.

On October 8, The Mighty Ducks took the ice against the Detroit Red Wings. It was the first regular season game for the Mighty Ducks in franchise history and the first regular season game played at the Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim. The Ducks finished their inaugural season with 71 points (33–46–5), and set a record, along with the Florida Panthers for the most wins for an expansion team.^[1]

The Mighty Ducks finished last in power-play goals for (54), power-play percentage (14.36%) and most times shut out (9).^[2][3]

Season standings

Pacific Division

No.	CR		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1	3	Calgary Flames	84	42	29	13	302	256	97
2	7	Vancouver Canucks	84	41	40	3	279	276	85
3	8	San Jose Sharks	84	33	35	16	252	265	82
4	9	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	84	33	46	5	229	251	71
5	10	Los Angeles Kings	84	27	45	12	294	322	66
6	11	Edmonton Oilers	84	25	45	14	261	305	64

^[4] 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^[5]

R		Div	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1	y- Detroit Red Wings *	CEN	84	46	30	8	356	275	100
2	x- Calgary Flames *	PAC	84	42	29	13	302	256	97
3	Toronto Maple Leafs	CEN	84	43	29	12	280	243	98
4	Dallas Stars	CEN	84	42	29	13	286	265	97
5	St. Louis Blues	CEN	84	40	33	11	270	283	91
6	Chicago Blackhawks	CEN	84	39	36	9	254	240	87
7	Vancouver Canucks	PAC	84	41	40	3	279	276	85
8	San Jose Sharks	PAC	84	33	35	16	252	265	82
9	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	PAC	84	33	46	5	229	251	71
10	Los Angeles Kings	PAC	84	27	45	12	294	322	66
11	Edmonton Oilers	PAC	84	25	45	14	261	305	64
12	Winnipeg Jets	CEN	84	24	51	9	245	344	57

Divisions: CEN – Central, PAC – Pacific

bold – Qualified for playoffs; x – Won division; y – Won Conference (and division); * – Division leader

Schedule and results

• Green background indicates win (2 points).
• Red background indicates regulation loss (0 points).
• White background indicates overtime/shootout loss (1 point).

1993–94 game log
October: 2-8-2 (Home: 1-4-2; Away: 1-4-0) Game Date Opponent Score Location/Attendance Record 1 October 8 Detroit Red Wings 2–7 Arrowhead Pond at Anaheim 0–1-0 2 October 10 New York Islanders 3-4 Arrowhead Pond at Anaheim 0-2-0 3 October 13 Edmonton Oilers 4-3 Arrowhead Pond at Anaheim 1-2-0 4 October 15 Boston Bruins (1993–94) 1-1 OT Arrowhead Pond at Anaheim 1-2-1
November Game Date Opponent Score Location/Attendance Record
December Game Date Opponent Score Location/Attendance Record
January Game Date Opponent Score Location/Attendance Record
February Game Date Opponent Score Location/Attendance Record
March Game Date Opponent Score Location/Attendance Record
April Game Date Opponent Score Location/Attendance Record
1993–94 Schedule

Playoffs

The Ducks did not qualify for the playoffs in their first year.

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Yake, TerryTerry Yake	82	21	31	52	44
Corkum, BobBob Corkum	76	23	28	51	18
Valk, GarryGarry Valk	78	18	27	45	100
Sweeney, TimTim Sweeney	78	16	27	43	49
Houlder, BillBill Houlder	80	14	25	39	40
Sacco, JoeJoe Sacco	84	19	18	37	61
Douris, PeterPeter Douris	74	12	22	34	21
Van Allen, ShaunShaun Van Allen	80	8	25	33	64
Semenov, AnatoliAnatoli Semenov	49	11	19	30	12
Hill, SeanSean Hill	68	7	20	27	78
Carnback, PatrikPatrik Carnback	73	12	11	23	54
Kasatonov, AlexeiAlexei Kasatonov	55	4	18	22	43
Dollas, BobbyBobby Dollas	77	9	11	20	55
Williams, DavidDavid Williams	56	5	15	20	42
Loney, TroyTroy Loney	62	13	6	19	88
Ewen, ToddTodd Ewen	76	9	9	18	272
McSween, DonDon McSween	32	3	9	12	39
King, StevenSteven King	36	8	3	11	44
Lebeau, StephanStephan Lebeau	22	6	4	10	14
Ladouceur, RandyRandy Ladouceur	81	1	9	10	74
Skalde, JarrodJarrod Skalde	20	5	4	9	10
Ferner, MarkMark Ferner	50	3	5	8	30
Lilley, JohnJohn Lilley	13	1	6	7	8
Grimson, StuStu Grimson	77	1	5	6	199
Bawa, RobinRobin Bawa	12	0	1	1	7
O'Connor, MylesMyles O'Connor	5	0	1	1	6
Bets, MaximMaxim Bets	3	0	0	0	0
Fedotov, AnatoliAnatoli Fedotov	3	0	0	0	0
Hebert, GuyGuy Hebert	52	0	0	0	2
Loach, LonnieLonnie Loach	3	0	0	0	2
McKay, ScottScott McKay	1	0	0	0	0
Shtalenkov, MikhailMikhail Shtalenkov	10	0	0	0	0
Thomson, JimJim Thomson	6	0	0	0	5
Tugnutt, RonRon Tugnutt	28	0	0	0	2

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SA	SV	SV%	SO
Hebert, GuyGuy Hebert	2991	52	20	27	3	141	2.83	1513	1372	.907	2
Tugnutt, RonRon Tugnutt	1520	28	10	15	1	76	3.00	828	752	.908	1
Shtalenkov, MikhailMikhail Shtalenkov	543	10	3	4	1	24	2.65	265	241	.909	0
Team:	5054	84	33	46	5	241	2.86	2606	2365	.908	3

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Roster

Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
Goaltenders 1 – Ron Tugnutt  31 – Guy Hebert  35 – Mikhail Shtalenkov		Defensemen 2 – Bobby Dollas  3 – Mark Ferner  4 – David Williams  6 – Sean Hill  23 – Bill Houlder  29 – Randy Ladouceur  – A 34 – Anatoli Fedotov  39 – Don McSween  44 – Myles O'Connor		Wingers 8 – Tim Sweeney  14 – Joe Sacco  16 – Peter Douris  17 – Steven King  18 – Garry Valk  21 – Patrik Carnback  24 – Troy Loney  – C 26 – Robin Bawa  27 – Lonnie Loach  32 – Stu Grimson  – A 33 – Jim Thomson  36 – Todd Ewen  – A 43 – Maxim Bets  45 – Scott McKay  48 – John Lilley		Centers 10 – Jarrod Skalde  19 – Anatoli Semenov  20 – Bob Corkum  22 – Shaun Van Allen  25 – Terry Yake  47 – Stephan Lebeau  GM: Jack Ferreira Coach: Ron Wilson

Transactions

August 10, 1993	To Anaheim Ducks Todd Ewen Patrik Carnback	To Montreal Canadiens 3rd-round pick in 1994
February 20, 1994	To Anaheim Ducks Stephane Lebeau[7]	To Montreal Canadiens Ron Tugnutt
February 21, 1994	To Anaheim Ducks John Tanner	To Quebec Nordiques 4th-round pick in 1995
March 21, 1994	To Anaheim Ducks Maxim Bets 6th-round pick in 1995	To St.Louis Blues Alexei Kasatonov

Draft picks

Expansion draft

#	Player	Drafted from	Drafted by
2.	Guy Hebert (G)	St. Louis Blues	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
3.	Glenn Healy (G)	New York Islanders	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
6.	Ron Tugnutt (G)	Edmonton Oilers	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
8.	Alexei Kasatonov (D)	New Jersey Devils	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
9.	Sean Hill (D)	Montreal Canadiens	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
11.	Bill Houlder (D)	Buffalo Sabres	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
14.	Bobby Dollas (D)	Detroit Red Wings	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
16.	Randy Ladouceur (D)	Hartford Whalers	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
17.	David Williams (D)	San Jose Sharks	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
19.	Dennis Vial (D)	Tampa Bay Lightning	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
22.	Mark Ferner (D)	Ottawa Senators	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
23.	Steven King (RW)	New York Rangers	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
26.	Troy Loney (F)	Pittsburgh Penguins	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
28.	Stu Grimson (LW)	Chicago Blackhawks	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
29.	Tim Sweeney (LW)	Boston Bruins	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
31.	Terry Yake (C)	Hartford Whalers	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
34.	Jarrod Skalde (C)	New Jersey Devils	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
36.	Bob Corkum (C)	Buffalo Sabres	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
37.	Anatoli Semenov (C)	Vancouver Canucks	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
39.	Joe Sacco (RW)	Toronto Maple Leafs	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
42.	Lonnie Loach (LW)	Los Angeles Kings	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
44.	Jim Thomson (RW)	Los Angeles Kings	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
45.	Trevor Halverson (LW)	Washington Capitals	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
47.	Robin Bawa (RW)	San Jose Sharks	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim

NHL draft

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team
1	4.	Paul Kariya (LW)	Canada	University of Maine (Hockey East)
2	30.	Nikolai Tsulygin (D)	Russia	Salavat Yulayev Ufa (Russia)
3	56.	Valeri Karpov (RW)	Russia	Traktor Chelyabinsk (Russia)
4	82.	Joel Gagnon (G)	Canada	Oshawa Generals (OHL)
5	108.	Mikhail Shtalenkov (G)	Russia	Milwaukee Admirals (IHL)
6	134.	Antti Aalto (C)	Finland	TPS Turku (Finland)
7	160.	Matt Peterson (D)	United States	Osseo Orioles (High-MN)
8	186.	Tom Askey (G)	United States	Ohio State University (CCHA)
9	212.	Vitaly Kozel (C)	Belarus	Minsk (Russia)
10	238.	Anatoli Fedotov (D)	Russia	Krylia Sovetov (Russia)
11	264.	David Penney (LW)	United States	Worcester Academy (High-MA)

See also

• Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
• Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim
• 1993–94 NHL season

Other Anaheim–based teams in 1993–94

• California Angels (Anaheim Stadium)
  • 1993 California Angels season
  • 1994 California Angels season
• Los Angeles Rams (Anaheim Stadium)
  • 1993 Los Angeles Rams season

References

• Mighty Ducks on Hockey Database

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