2001–02 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim season

2001–02 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
Division	5th Pacific
2001–02 record	29-42-8-3
Home record	15-19-5-2
Road record	14-23-3-1
Goals for	175
Goals against	198
Team information
General Manager	Pierre Gauthier
Coach	Bryan Murray
Captain	Paul Kariya
Alternate captains	Keith Carney Steve Rucchin
Arena	Arrowhead Pond
Average attendance	12,002 (69.9%) Total: 492,089
Team leaders
Goals	Paul Kariya (32)
Assists	Matt Cullen (30)
Points	Paul Kariya (57)
Penalties in minutes	Kevin Sawyer (221)
Wins	Jean-Sebastien Giguere (20)
Goals against average	Jean-Sebastien Giguere (2.13)
<2000–01 2002–03>

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

Regular season

The Mighty Ducks struggled on the power play during the regular season, finishing 30th overall in power-play percentage, at 11.53% (43 for 373).^[1]

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 Game Date Opponent Score Location/attendance Record 1
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
2001–02 Schedule

Playoffs

For the third straight year, the 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

• Paul Kariya, Olympic Gold Medal, ice hockey

Milestones

Regular Season
Player	Milestone	Reached

Transactions

Trades

Free Agents

Player Former team Contract Terms

Player New team

Claimed from waivers

Player Former team Date claimed off waivers

Draft picks

The Ducks picks at the 2001 NHL Entry Draft.

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1	5	Stanislav Chistov	(LW)	Russia	Avangard Omsk (RUS)

Roster

Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
Goaltenders 30 – Ilya Bryzgalov  31 – Steve Shields  35 – Jean-Sebastien Giguere		Defensemen 3 – Keith Carney  - A 4 – Antti-Jussi Niemi  5 – Vitaly Vishnevsky  7 – Pavel Trnka  10 – Oleg Tverdovsky  16 – Marty McInnis  24 – Ruslan Salei  28 – Niclas Havelid  33 – Jason York  36 – Drew Bannister  37 – Aris Brimanis		Wingers 9 – Paul Kariya  - C 11 – Jeff Friesen  12 – Mike LeClerc  15 – Jim Cummins  18 – Patrick Kjellberg  18 – Petr Tenkrat  21 – Dan Bylsma  23 – Sergei Krivokrasov  25 – Kevin Sawyer  27 – Denny Lambert  29 – Timo Parssinen		Centers 13 – German Titov  17 – Matt Cullen  19 – Andy McDonald  20 – Steve Rucchin  - A 26 – Samuel Pahlsson  32 – Marc Chouinard  GM: Pierre Gauthier Coach: Bryan Murray

See also

• Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
• Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim
• 2001–02 NHL season

Other Anaheim–based teams in 2001–02

• Anaheim Angels (Edison International Field of Anaheim)
  • 2001 Anaheim Angels season
  • 2002 Anaheim Angels season

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. http://www.hockey-reference.com/leagues/NHL_2002.html
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

• Mighty Ducks on Hockey Database
• Ducks on Database Hockey