1995–96 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim season

NHL team 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)
← 1994–95 1996–97 →

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	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
No.	Player	Pos	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
No.	Player	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
League (annual)	Lady Byng Memorial Trophy	Paul Kariya
League (annual)	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
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	February 4, 1996
	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).

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