1993–94 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim season explained

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.

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

Schedule and results

Regular season

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular season^[4] ! Player! ! ! ! ! data-sort-type="number"

	82	21	31	52	2	44
	76	23	28	51	4	18
	78	18	27	45	8	100
	78	16	27	43	3	49
	80	14	25	39	-18	40
	84	19	18	37	-11	61
	74	12	22	34	-5	21
	80	8	25	33	0	64
	49	11	19	30	-4	12
	68	7	20	27	-12	78
	73	12	11	23	-8	54
‡	55	4	18	22	-8	43
	77	9	11	20	20	55
	56	5	15	20	8	42
	62	13	6	19	-5	88
	76	9	9	18	-7	272
	32	3	9	12	4	39
	36	8	3	11	-7	44
†	22	6	4	10	-5	14
	81	1	9	10	7	74
	20	5	4	9	-3	10
	50	3	5	8	-16	30
	13	1	6	7	1	8
	77	1	5	6	-6	199
	12	0	1	1	-3	7
	5	0	1	1	0	6
	3	0	0	0	-3	0
	3	0	0	0	-1	0
	3	0	0	0	-2	2
	1	0	0	0	0	0
	6	0	0	0	0	5
Total		229	359	588	—	1,479

Goaltenders

Regular season! Player! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

	52	49	2,990:33	20	27	3	141	2.83	1,513	.907	2	0	0	2
‡	28	26	1,519:41	10	15	1	76	3.00	828	.908	1	0	0	2
	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
	To Montreal Canadiens 1994 3rd-round pick (#54 overall)	To Mighty Ducks of Anaheim Todd Ewen Patrik Carnback
	To Montreal Canadiens Ron Tugnutt	To Mighty Ducks of Anaheim Stephane Lebeau
	To Quebec Nordiques 1995 4th-round pick (#81 overall)	To Mighty Ducks of Anaheim John Tanner
	To St. Louis Blues Alexei Kasatonov	To Mighty Ducks of Anaheim Maxim Bets 1995 6th-round pick (#153 overall)

Waivers

Draft picks

Expansion draft

	Player	Position	Drafted from
2		G
3	Glenn Healy 1	G
6		G
8		D
9		D
11		D
14		D
16		D
17		D
19	Dennis Vial 2	D	Tampa Bay Lightning
22		D
23		RW
26		LW
28		LW
29		LW
31		C	Hartford Whalers
34		C	New Jersey Devils
36		C	Buffalo Sabres
37		C	Vancouver Canucks
39		RW	Toronto Maple Leafs
42		LW
44		RW	Los Angeles Kings
45		LW
47		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.

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team
1	4		LW		University of Maine (Hockey East)
2	30		D		Salavat Yulayev Ufa (Russia)
3	56		RW		Traktor Chelyabinsk (Russia)
4	82	Joel Gagnon	G		Oshawa Generals (OHL)
5	108		G		Milwaukee Admirals (IHL)
6	134		C		TPS Turku (Finland)
7	160	Matt Peterson	D		Osseo Orioles (High-MN)
8	186		G		Ohio State University (CCHA)
9	212	Vitaly Kozel	C		Minsk (Russia)
10	238		D		Krylia Sovetov (Russia)
11	264	David Penney	LW		Worcester Academy (High-MA)
	5		D		Brown University (ECAC)

See also

• 1993–94 NHL season

References

• Mighty Ducks on Hockey Database

Notes and References

1. Web site: Anaheim Mighty Ducks Team Biography . June 9, 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080513052111/http://couchpotatohockey.com/Teams/Team%20Biographies/Anaheim.asp . May 13, 2008 . dead .
2. Web site: 1993-94 NHL Season Summary | Hockey-Reference.com . 2013-11-19 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130929125153/http://www.hockey-reference.com/leagues/NHL_1994.html . September 29, 2013 .
3. Web site: 1993-94 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim Schedule and Results.
4. Web site: hockey-reference.com . May 27, 2009 . 1993-94 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com.