2004–05 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim season

The 2004–05 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim season would have been the Mighty Ducks' 12th season of play in the NHL, however, the 2004–05 NHL lockout cancelled all of the games for the season.

2004–05 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
Division	Pacific
Conference	Western
2004–05 record	Did not play
Team information
General manager	Al Coates
Coach	Mike Babcock
Captain	Steve Rucchin
Arena	Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim
Minor league affiliate(s)	Cincinnati Mighty Ducks San Diego Gulls
← 2003–04 2005–06 →

Off-season

General manager Bryan Murray resigned on June 8, 2004, and left to become the new head coach of the Ottawa Senators.^[1] Al Coates, Anaheim’s senior vice-president of business operations, was named interim general manager.^[2]

Along with the rest of the National Hockey League, the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim entered the 2004 offseason with many questions. While most of the NHL was concerned with a possible lockout due to negotiations concerning a new Collective Bargaining Agreement, the Mighty Ducks had even more issues concerning the future ownership of the franchise and the future of the franchise in Orange County. The owners of the Ducks at the time, the Walt Disney Company was looking to sell the team and people in the community were not all too confident that the team would remain in Anaheim. On September 10, just a month before the 2004–05 season was scheduled to start, it was reported in the Los Angeles Times, Orange County Register, and the Associated Press that former Hartford Whalers and Pittsburgh Penguins owner Howard Baldwin was interested in purchasing the Mighty Ducks and moving them to Kansas City, Missouri to play in the then-under construction arena now known as Sprint Center.^[3] The lockout, however, began just six days later and extended well into what would have been the regular season and eventually causing the cancellation of the season entirely. With the Kansas City rumors circulating and the lockout already harming business at the Arrowhead Pond, Henry Samueli (the owner of Anaheim Arena Management, the operator of the Pond) got into negotiations to purchase the team so the arena would not lose its primary tenant. Samueli eventually bought the team in 2005 and took over day-to-day operations of the club in June 2005.^[4]

Regular season

See the game log below for the entire season schedule.

The season for the Mighty Ducks were scheduled to begin Wednesday, October 13 with a home game against Calgary. Their first road game was to be on Sunday, October 17 against cross-town rival Los Angeles. Their longest homestand was supposed to be from March 2-March 13 (6 home games), and their longest road trip was to be from January 29–February 10 (7 road games). Their final game of the regular season was scheduled on Sunday, April 10 against Columbus at the Arrowhead Pond. During the Lockout all their potential rookies such as Ilya Bryzgalov, Dustin Penner, Kurtis Foster, Shane O'Brien and Chris Kunitz as well as prospect Joffrey Lupul earned valuable playing time with their farm team, the Cincinnati Mighty Ducks.

Schedule

While the lockout led to the cancellation of the entire season, the Mighty Ducks had a schedule drawn up in case the season resumed at any time.^[5]

2004–05 schedule
Preseason Game Date Opponent Time Arena 1 September 24 Phoenix Coyotes 7:30p PDT Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim 2 September 25 @ Los Angeles Kings 7:30p PDT MGM Grand Garden Arena 3 September 29 San Jose Sharks 7:30p PDT Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim 4 October 2 @ San Jose Sharks 7:30p PDT HP Pavilion at San Jose 5 October 3 Vancouver Canucks 5:00p PDT Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim 6 October 5 @ Phoenix Coyotes 7:00p PDT Glendale Arena 7 October 8 Los Angeles Kings 7:30p PDT Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim
Regular season[5] Game Date Opponent Time Arena 1 October 13 Calgary Flames 7:00p PDT Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim 2 October 15 San Jose Sharks 7:30p PDT Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim 3 October 17 @ Los Angeles Kings 5:00p PDT Staples Center 4 October 20 Los Angeles Kings 7:30p PDT Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim 5 October 23 @ Nashville Predators 5:00p PDT Gaylord Entertainment Center 6 October 25 @ Detroit Red Wings 4:30p PDT Joe Louis Arena 7 October 26 @ Minnesota Wild 5:00p PDT Xcel Energy Center 8 October 28 @ Chicago Blackhawks 5:30p PDT United Center 9 October 30 @ Boston Bruins 4:00p PDT FleetCenter 10 November 3 Atlanta Thrashers 7:30p PST Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim 11 November 5 Pittsburgh Penguins 7:30p PST Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim 12 November 7 @ Vancouver Canucks 7:30p PST General Motors Place 13 November 9 @ Calgary Flames 6:00p PST Pengrowth Saddledome 14 November 12 @ Chicago Blackhawks 5:30p PST United Center 15 November 13 @ St. Louis Blues 5:00p PST Savvis Center 16 November 17 Florida Panthers 7:30p PST Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim 17 November 19 Detroit Red Wings 7:30p PST Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim 18 November 20 @ Colorado Avalanche 6:00p PST Pepsi Center 19 November 23 @ Dallas Stars 5:30p PST American Airlines Center 20 November 24 @ Phoenix Coyotes 6:00p PST Glendale Arena 21 November 26 Chicago Blackhawks 1:00p PST Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim 22 November 28 Dallas Stars 5:00p PST Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim 23 December 1 Washington Capitals 7:30p PST Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim 24 December 3 @ Colorado Avalanche 6:00p PST Pepsi Center 25 December 8 Carolina Hurricanes 7:30p PST Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim 26 December 12 Edmonton Oilers 5:00p PST Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim 27 December 14 @ Los Angeles Kings 7:30p PST Staples Center 28 December 15 Nashville Predators 7:30p PST Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim 29 December 17 Colorado Avalanche 7:30p PST Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim 30 December 19 Los Angeles Kings 5:00p PST Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim 31 December 22 @ Dallas Stars 4:30p PST American Airlines Center 32 December 23 @ Nashville Predators 5:00p PST Gaylord Entertainment Center 33 December 26 Phoenix Coyotes 5:00p PST Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim 34 December 28 @ Columbus Blue Jackets 4:00p PST Nationwide Arena 35 December 30 @ New York Islanders 4:00p PST Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum 36 December 31 @ New Jersey Devils 4:30p PST Continental Airlines Arena 37 January 3 @ New York Rangers 4:00p PST Madison Square Garden 38 January 5 Tampa Bay Lightning 7:30p PST Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim 39 January 7 Philadelphia Flyers 7:30p PST Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim 40 January 9 Los Angeles Kings 5:00p PST Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim 41 January 11 @ Los Angeles Kings 7:30p PST Staples Center 42 January 12 St. Louis Blues 7:30p PST Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim 43 January 14 Vancouver Canucks 7:30p PST Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim 44 January 17 Columbus Blue Jackets 1:00p PST Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim 45 January 19 San Jose Sharks 7:30p PST Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim 46 January 23 @ Calgary Flames 1:00p PST Pengrowth Saddledome 47 January 24 @ Edmonton Oilers 6:00p PST Rexall Place 48 January 26 Nashville Predators 7:30p PST Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim 49 January 29 @ Minnesota Wild 10:30a PST Xcel Energy Center 50 January 30 @ Columbus Blue Jackets 2:00p PST Nationwide Arena 51 February 1 @ Detroit Red Wings 4:30p PST Joe Louis Arena 52 February 3 @ Philadelphia Flyers 4:00p PST Wachovia Center 53 February 5 @ Florida Panthers 4:00p PST Office Depot Center 54 February 7 @ Dallas Stars 5:30p PST American Airlines Center 55 February 10 @ St. Louis Blues 5:00p PST Savvis Center 56 February 16 Phoenix Coyotes 7:30p PST Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim 57 February 18 Colorado Avalanche 7:30p PST Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim 58 February 20 Minnesota Wild 5:00p PST Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim 59 February 23 @ Phoenix Coyotes 6:00p PST Glendale Arena 60 February 25 Dallas Stars 7:30p PST Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim 61 February 27 St. Louis Blues 5:00p PST Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim 62 March 1 @ San Jose Sharks 7:30p PST HP Pavilion at San Jose 63 March 2 Minnesota Wild 7:30p PST Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim 64 March 4 Buffalo Sabres 7:30p PST Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim 65 March 6 Vancouver Canucks 5:00p PST Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim 66 March 8 San Jose Sharks 7:30p PST Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim 67 March 11 New York Rangers 7:30p PST Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim 68 March 13 Chicago Blackhawks 5:00p PST Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim 69 March 15 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 4:30p PST Air Canada Centre 70 March 17 @ Ottawa Senators 4:30p PST Corel Centre 71 March 19 @ Montreal Canadiens 4:00p PST Bell Centre 72 March 21 Detroit Red Wings 7:30p PST Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim 73 March 23 Edmonton Oilers 7:30p PST Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim 74 March 24 @ San Jose Sharks 7:30p PST HP Pavilion at San Jose 75 March 26 Dallas Stars 7:30p PST Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim 76 March 30 Phoenix Coyotes 7:30p PST Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim 77 March 31 @ Phoenix Coyotes 6:00p PST Glendale Arena 78 April 3 @ Edmonton Oilers 1:00p PDT Rexall Place 79 April 4 @ Vancouver Canucks 7:00p PDT General Motors Place 80 April 6 Calgary Flames 7:30p PDT Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim 81 April 9 @ San Jose Sharks 2:00p PDT HP Pavilion at San Jose 82 April 10 Columbus Blue Jackets 1:00p PDT Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim

Transactions

The Mighty Ducks were involved in the following transactions during the 2004 offseason. No transactions were made during the lockout.

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
June 18, 2004 (2004-06-18)	To Carolina Hurricanes Martin Gerber	To Mighty Ducks of Anaheim Tomas Malec 3rd-round pick in 2004	[6]
June 26, 2004 (2004-06-26)	To Atlanta Thrashers Niclas Havelid	To Mighty Ducks of Anaheim Kurtis Foster	[7]
August 16, 2004 (2004-08-16)	To Tampa Bay Lightning Vaclav Prospal	To Mighty Ducks of Anaheim 2nd-round pick in 2005	[8]

Players acquired

Date	Player	Former team	Term	Via	Ref
September 1, 2004 (2004-09-01)	Zenon Konopka	Utah Grizzlies (AHL)	2-year	Free agency	[9]

Players lost

Date	Player	New team	Via[lower-alpha 1]	Ref
July 22, 2004 (2004-07-22)	Cam Severson	Nashville Predators	Free agency (UFA)	[11]
August 24, 2004 (2004-08-24)	Jason Krog	EC VSV (EBEL)	Free agency (UFA)	[12]
September 2004 (2004-09)	Petr Schastlivy	Lokomotiv Yaroslavl (RSL)	Free agency (UFA)	[13]
September 8, 2004 (2004-09-08)	Brian Gornick	Syracuse Crunch (AHL)	Free agency (UFA)	[14]
September 10, 2004 (2004-09-10)	Mike Mottau	Worcester IceCats (AHL)	Free agency (VI)	[15]
September 28, 2004 (2004-09-28)	Dan Bylsma		Retirement (III)[lower-alpha 2]	[16]
September 29, 2004 (2004-09-29)	Keith Aucoin	Memphis RiverKings (CHL)	Free agency (UFA)	[17]
October 7, 2004 (2004-10-07)	Casey Hankinson	HC La Chaux-de-Fonds (NLB)	Free agency (VI)	[18]
N/A	Nick Smith	Trondheim Black Panthers (Norway)	Free agency (VI)	[19]

Signings

Date	Player	Term	Contract type	Ref
June 28, 2004 (2004-06-28)	Andy McDonald	2-year	Re-signing	[20]
June 30, 2004 (2004-06-30)	Keith Carney	2-year	Option exercised	[21]
July 8, 2004 (2004-07-08)	Ilya Bryzgalov	1-year[lower-alpha 3]	Re-signing	[22]
July 9, 2004 (2004-07-09)	Garrett Burnett	1-year[lower-alpha 3]	Re-signing	[23]
July 12, 2004 (2004-07-12)	Vitaly Vishnevski	2-year	Re-signing	[24]
July 16, 2004 (2004-07-16)	Michael Holmqvist	1-year	Re-signing	[25]
July 31, 2004 (2004-07-31)	Rob Niedermayer	1-year	Re-signing	[26]
August 2, 2004 (2004-08-02)	Kurtis Foster	1-year	Re-signing	[27]
August 9, 2004 (2004-08-09)	Ruslan Salei	1-year	Re-signing	[28]
September 8, 2004 (2004-09-08)	Tim Brent	3-year	Entry-level	[29]
September 15, 2004 (2004-09-15)	Ryan Getzlaf	3-year	Entry-level	[30]
	Corey Perry	3-year	Entry-level	[30]

Draft picks

The Ducks picks at the 2004 NHL entry draft in Raleigh, North Carolina:^[31]

Round	#	Player	Position	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	9	Ladislav Smid	Defense	Czech Republic	Bílí Tygři Liberec (Czech Republic)
2	39	Jordan Smith	Defense	Canada	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL)
3	74	Kyle Klubertanz	Defense	United States	Green Bay Gamblers (USHL)
3	75	Tim Brent	Center	Canada	Toronto St. Michael's Majors (OHL)
6	172	Matt Auffrey	Right wing	United States	US NTDP (NAHL)
7	203	Gabriel Bouthillette	Goaltender	Canada	Gatineau Olympiques (QMJHL)
8	236	Matt Christie	Center	Canada	Miami University (CCHA)
9	269	Janne Pesonen	Right wing	Finland	Oulun Kärpät (SM-liiga)

Minor league affiliates

• Cincinnati Mighty Ducks

See also

• 2004–05 NHL season
• 2004–05 NHL lockout

Notes

1. In parentheses is the player's free agency group on July 1 if applicable.^[10]
2. Bylsma was hired as an assistant coach with the Cincinnati Mighty Ducks.
3. Club option for a second year.

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