1993–94 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim season

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 Wild Wing. 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.

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
Minor league affiliate(s)	San Diego Gulls (IHL) Greensboro Monarchs (ECHL)
Team leaders
Goals	Bob Corkum (23)
Assists	Terry Yake (31)
Points	Terry Yake (52)
Penalty minutes	Todd Ewen (272)
Plus/minus	Bobby Dollas (+20)
Wins	Guy Hebert (20)
Goals against average	Mikhail Shtalenkov (2.65)
1994–95 →

The Mighty Ducks hired Jack Ferreira as their first general manager, and 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]

While the Mighty Ducks did not qualify for the playoffs in their inaugural season, they were nevertheless reasonably competitive by the standards of the era for a first-year team. Notably, they still managed to finish ahead of their local rivals (and defending conference champions), the Los Angeles Kings.

Offseason

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

Regular season

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

1993–94 regular season[6]
October: 2–8–2 (home: 1–4–2; road: 1–4–0) Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Record Points Recap 1 October 8 Detroit 7–2 Anaheim Hebert 0–1–0 0 Recap 2 October 10 NY Islanders 4–3 Anaheim OT Tugnutt 0–2–0 0 Recap 3 October 13 Edmonton 3–4 Anaheim Tugnutt 1–2–0 2 Recap 4 October 15 Boston 1–1 Anaheim OT Tugnutt 1–2–1 3 Recap 5 October 17 Calgary 2–2 Anaheim OT Hebert 1–2–2 4 Recap 6 October 19 Anaheim 4–2 NY Rangers Hebert 2–2–2 6 Recap 7 October 20 Anaheim 0–4 New Jersey Tugnutt 2–3–2 6 Recap 8 October 23 Anaheim 1–4 Montreal Hebert 2–4–2 6 Recap 9 October 25 Anaheim 1–4 Ottawa Tugnutt 2–5–2 6 Recap 10 October 28 Anaheim 3–4 San Jose Hebert 2–6–2 6 Recap 11 October 29 Washington 5–2 Anaheim Tugnutt 2–7–2 6 Recap 12 October 31 San Jose 2–1 Anaheim OT Hebert 2–8–2 6 Recap
November: 6–7–0 (home: 2–4–0; road: 4–3–0) Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Record Points Recap 13 November 3 Dallas 4–5 Anaheim Tugnutt 3–8–2 8 Recap 14 November 5 New Jersey 6–3 Anaheim Tugnutt 3–9–2 8 Recap 15 November 7 Pittsburgh 5–4 Anaheim Hebert 3–10–2 8 Recap 16 November 9 Dallas 2–4 Anaheim (played @ Phoenix) Hebert 4–10–2 10 Recap 17 November 11 Anaheim 4–5 Calgary Hebert 4–11–2 10 Recap 18 November 14 Anaheim 2–3 Vancouver Shtalenkov 4–12–2 10 Recap 19 November 17 Toronto 4–3 Anaheim Hebert 4–13–2 10 Recap 20 November 19 Anaheim 6–3 Vancouver Tugnutt 5–13–2 12 Recap 21 November 21 Anaheim 4–2 Edmonton Tugnutt 6–13–2 14 Recap 22 November 22 Anaheim 2–1 Calgary Hebert 7–13–2 16 Recap 23 November 24 Anaheim 2–1 Winnipeg Tugnutt 8–13–2 18 Recap 24 November 26 San Jose 4–3 Anaheim Tugnutt 8–14–2 18 Recap 25 November 27 Anaheim 0–1 San Jose Hebert 8–15–2 18 Recap
December: 6–8–0 (home: 2–4–0; road: 4–4–0) Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Record Points Recap 26 December 1 Winnipeg 2–5 Anaheim Tugnutt 9–15–2 20 Recap 27 December 2 Anaheim 2–3 Los Angeles Hebert 9–16–2 20 Recap 28 December 5 Tampa Bay 4–2 Anaheim Tugnutt 9–17–2 20 Recap 29 December 7 Florida 3–2 Anaheim Hebert 9–18–2 20 Recap 30 December 12 St. Louis 1–2 Anaheim OT Hebert 10–18–2 22 Recap 31 December 14 Anaheim 2–5 Detroit Tugnutt 10–19–2 22 Recap 32 December 15 Anaheim 1–0 Toronto Hebert 11–19–2 24 Recap 33 December 17 Anaheim 3–2 Dallas Hebert 12–19–2 26 Recap 34 December 19 Anaheim 0–2 Chicago Tugnutt 12–20–2 26 Recap 35 December 20 Anaheim 7–5 Winnipeg Hebert 13–20–2 28 Recap 36 December 22 Dallas 3–2 Anaheim OT Tugnutt 13–21–2 28 Recap 37 December 26 Los Angeles 3–2 Anaheim Hebert 13–22–2 28 Recap 38 December 28 Anaheim 3–0 NY Islanders Tugnutt 14–22–2 30 Recap 39 December 30 Anaheim 0–3 Washington Tugnutt 14–23–2 30 Recap
January: 6–6–2 (home: 3–4–0; road: 3–2–2) Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Record Points Recap 40 January 1 Anaheim 2–4 Florida Hebert 14–24–2 30 Recap 41 January 2 Anaheim 4–1 Tampa Bay (played @ Orlando) Tugnutt 15–24–2 32 Recap 42 January 6 Anaheim 6–2 Chicago Tugnutt 16–24–2 34 Recap 43 January 8 Anaheim 5–3 St. Louis Hebert 17–24–2 36 Recap 44 January 10 Detroit 6–4 Anaheim Tugnutt 17–25–2 36 Recap 45 January 12 San Jose 5–2 Anaheim Hebert 17–26–2 36 Recap 46 January 14 Hartford 3–6 Anaheim Hebert 18–26–2 38 Recap 47 January 16 Vancouver 4–3 Anaheim Tugnutt 18–27–2 38 Recap 48 January 18 Anaheim 3–3 Toronto OT Hebert 18–27–3 39 Recap 49 January 19 Anaheim 4–4 Detroit OT Hebert 18–27–4 40 Recap 50 January 24 St. Louis 3–2 Anaheim OT Hebert 18–28–4 40 Recap 51 January 26 Winnipeg 1–3 Anaheim Hebert 19–28–4 42 Recap 52 January 28 NY Rangers 2–3 Anaheim Hebert 20–28–4 44 Recap 53 January 29 Anaheim 1–5 Los Angeles Hebert 20–29–4 44 Recap
February: 4–6–1 (home: 2–4–0; road: 2–2–1) Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Record Points Recap 54 February 2 Calgary 4–2 Anaheim Tugnutt 20–30–4 44 Recap 55 February 4 Vancouver 0–3 Anaheim Hebert 21–30–4 46 Recap 56 February 6 Chicago 3–2 Anaheim Hebert 21–31–4 46 Recap 57 February 11 Los Angeles 5–3 Anaheim Hebert 21–32–4 46 Recap 58 February 13 Anaheim 6–3 Edmonton Tugnutt 22–32–4 48 Recap 59 February 16 Philadelphia 3–6 Anaheim Hebert 23–32–4 50 Recap 60 February 18 Quebec 1–0 Anaheim Tugnutt 23–33–4 50 Recap 61 February 20 Anaheim 1–4 St. Louis Hebert 23–34–4 50 Recap 62 February 23 Anaheim 2–4 Buffalo Hebert 23–35–4 50 Recap 63 February 24 Anaheim 2–2 Pittsburgh OT Shtalenkov 23–35–5 51 Recap 64 February 26 Anaheim 6–3 Quebec Hebert 24–35–5 53 Recap
March: 6–8–0 (home: 3–4–0; road: 3–4–0) Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Record Points Recap 65 March 2 Montreal 5–2 Anaheim Hebert 24–36–5 53 Recap 66 March 4 Edmonton 1–4 Anaheim Hebert 25–36–5 55 Recap 67 March 6 Anaheim 0–6 San Jose Hebert 25–37–5 55 Recap 68 March 8 Anaheim 0–3 Chicago (played @ Phoenix) Shtalenkov 25–38–5 55 Recap 69 March 9 Buffalo 3–0 Anaheim Hebert 25–39–5 55 Recap 70 March 11 Chicago 3–2 Anaheim Hebert 25–40–5 55 Recap 71 March 13 Ottawa 1–5 Anaheim Shtalenkov 26–40–5 57 Recap 72 March 16 Los Angeles 2–5 Anaheim Shtalenkov 27–40–5 59 Recap 73 March 22 Anaheim 3–4 Dallas Shtalenkov 27–41–5 59 Recap 74 March 24 Anaheim 3–5 Boston Hebert 27–42–5 59 Recap 75 March 26 Anaheim 3–2 Hartford Hebert 28–42–5 61 Recap 76 March 27 Anaheim 3–2 Philadelphia OT Hebert 29–42–5 63 Recap 77 March 30 Anaheim 5–2 Los Angeles Hebert 30–42–5 65 Recap 78 March 31 Edmonton 3–2 Anaheim OT Hebert 30–43–5 65 Recap
April: 3–3–0 (home: 1–2–0; road: 2–1–0) Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Record Points Recap 79 April 2 Toronto 1–3 Anaheim Hebert 31–43–5 67 Recap 80 April 6 Anaheim 2–4 Calgary Hebert 31–44–5 67 Recap 81 April 8 Anaheim 3–1 Edmonton Hebert 32–44–5 69 Recap 82 April 9 Anaheim 3–1 Vancouver Shtalenkov 33–44–5 71 Recap 83 April 11 Calgary 3–0 Anaheim Shtalenkov 33–45–5 71 Recap 84 April 13 Vancouver 2–1 Anaheim Hebert 33–46–5 71 Recap
Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Tie (1 point)

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular season^[7]

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Terry Yake	82	21	31	52	2	44
Bob Corkum	76	23	28	51	4	18
Garry Valk	78	18	27	45	8	100
Tim Sweeney	78	16	27	43	3	49
Bill Houlder	80	14	25	39	-18	40
Joe Sacco	84	19	18	37	-11	61
Peter Douris	74	12	22	34	-5	21
Shaun Van Allen	80	8	25	33	0	64
Anatoli Semenov	49	11	19	30	-4	12
Sean Hill	68	7	20	27	-12	78
Patrik Carnback	73	12	11	23	-8	54
Alexei Kasatonov ‡	55	4	18	22	-8	43
Bobby Dollas	77	9	11	20	20	55
David Williams	56	5	15	20	8	42
Troy Loney	62	13	6	19	-5	88
Todd Ewen	76	9	9	18	-7	272
Don McSween	32	3	9	12	4	39
Steven King	36	8	3	11	-7	44
Stephan Lebeau †	22	6	4	10	-5	14
Randy Ladouceur	81	1	9	10	7	74
Jarrod Skalde	20	5	4	9	-3	10
Mark Ferner	50	3	5	8	-16	30
John Lilley	13	1	6	7	1	8
Stu Grimson	77	1	5	6	-6	199
Robin Bawa	12	0	1	1	-3	7
Myles O'Connor	5	0	1	1	0	6
Maxim Bets	3	0	0	0	-3	0
Anatoli Fedotov	3	0	0	0	-1	0
Lonnie Loach	3	0	0	0	-2	2
Scott McKay	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jim Thomson	6	0	0	0	0	5
Total		229	359	588	—	1,479

Goaltenders

Regular season

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Guy Hebert	52	49	2,990:33	20	27	3	141	2.83	1,513	.907	2	0	0	2
Ron Tugnutt ‡	28	26	1,519:41	10	15	1	76	3.00	828	.908	1	0	0	2
Mikhail Shtalenkov	10	9	542:30	3	4	1	24	2.65	265	.909	0	0	0	0
Total			5,052:44	33	46	5	241	2.86	2,606	.908	3	0	0	4

† Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Mighty Ducks. Stats reflect time with the Mighty Ducks only.
‡ Denotes player was traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Mighty Ducks only.

Transactions

Trades

Date	Details
August 10, 1993 (1993-08-10)	To Montreal Canadiens 1994 3rd-round pick (#54 overall)	To Mighty Ducks of Anaheim Todd Ewen Patrik Carnback
February 20, 1994 (1994-02-20)	To Montreal Canadiens Ron Tugnutt	To Mighty Ducks of Anaheim Stephane Lebeau
February 20, 1994 (1994-02-20)	To Quebec Nordiques 1995 4th-round pick (#81 overall)	To Mighty Ducks of Anaheim John Tanner
March 21, 1994 (1994-03-21)	To St. Louis Blues Alexei Kasatonov	To Mighty Ducks of Anaheim Maxim Bets 1995 6th-round pick (#153 overall)

Free agents

Date	Player	Team	Contract Term
July 22, 1993 (1993-07-22)	Myles O'Connor
July 22, 1993 (1993-07-22)	Peter Douris	from Boston Bruins
July 22, 1993 (1993-07-22)	Shaun Van Allen	from Edmonton Oilers
August 2, 1993 (1993-08-02)	Scott McKay
August 16, 1993 (1993-08-16)	Denny Lambert
September 7, 1993 (1993-09-07)	Jean-Francois Jomphe
September 7, 1993 (1993-09-07)	Allan Bester	from Detroit Red Wings
September 19, 1993 (1993-09-19)	Joel Savage
January 12, 1994 (1994-01-12)	Don McSween
January 28, 1994 (1994-01-28)	Mike Maneluk	from Hartford Whalers	multi-year contract (effective at start of 1994-95 season)
March 9, 1994 (1994-03-09)	John Lilley

Waivers

Date	Player	Team
October 3, 1993 (1993-10-03)	Garry Valk	from Vancouver Canucks

Draft picks

Expansion draft

#	Player	Position	Drafted from
2	Guy Hebert	G	St. Louis Blues
3	Glenn Healy 1	G	New York Islanders
6	Ron Tugnutt	G	Edmonton Oilers
8	Alexei Kasatonov	D	New Jersey Devils
9	Sean Hill	D	Montreal Canadiens
11	Bill Houlder	D	Buffalo Sabres
14	Bobby Dollas	D	Detroit Red Wings
16	Randy Ladouceur	D	Hartford Whalers
17	David Williams	D	San Jose Sharks
19	Dennis Vial 2	D	Tampa Bay Lightning
22	Mark Ferner	D	Ottawa Senators
23	Steven King	RW	New York Rangers
26	Troy Loney	LW	Pittsburgh Penguins
28	Stu Grimson	LW	Chicago Blackhawks
29	Tim Sweeney	LW	Boston Bruins
31	Terry Yake	C	Hartford Whalers
34	Jarrod Skalde	C	New Jersey Devils
36	Bob Corkum	C	Buffalo Sabres
37	Anatoli Semenov	C	Vancouver Canucks
39	Joe Sacco	RW	Toronto Maple Leafs
42	Lonnie Loach	LW	Los Angeles Kings
44	Jim Thomson	RW	Los Angeles Kings
45	Trevor Halverson	LW	Washington Capitals
47	Robin Bawa	RW	San Jose Sharks

Notes

1. Lost in expansion draft phase two to the Tampa Bay Lightning and then traded to the New York Rangers for a third-round pick in the 1993 NHL entry draft.
2. Lost in expansion draft phase two to the Ottawa Senators.

NHL draft

Anaheim's draft picks at the 1993 NHL entry draft held at Colisée de Québec in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada.^[8]

Round	Pick	Player	Position	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)
S	5	Pat Thompson	D	Canada	Brown University (ECAC)

See also

• 1993–94 NHL season