2001–02 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim season

The 2001–02 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim season was the Ducks' ninth season in the National Hockey League. For the third straight year, the Mighty Ducks failed to qualify for the playoffs.

2001–02 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
Division	5th Pacific
Conference	13th Western
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	Dan Bylsma Steve Rucchin Oleg Tverdovsky
Arena	Arrowhead Pond
Average attendance	12,002 (69.9%) Total: 492,089
Minor league affiliate(s)	Cincinnati Mighty Ducks
Team leaders
Goals	Paul Kariya (32)
Assists	Matt Cullen (30)
Points	Paul Kariya (57)
Penalty minutes	Kevin Sawyer (221)
Plus/minus	Keith Carney (+14)
Wins	Jean-Sebastien Giguere (20)
Goals against average	Jean-Sebastien Giguere (2.13)
← 2000–01 2002–03 →

Off-season

Bryan Murray was hired as the team’s new head coach on May 25, 2001.^[1]

The Ducks only made a few moves that summer after making a lot of roster moves in early 2001 acquiring Keith Carney from Phoenix for a 2001 second round draft pick on June 19, signing defenseman Jason York and enforcer Denny Lambert rejoining the franchise on July 2 for 2002 eighth round draft pick.

Regular season

The season after trading Teemu Selanne to the Sharks did not see the Mighty Ducks improve their scoring depth as the team was second to last in the west with 175 goals. Trying to fill this void the scoring of Mike Leclerc and Matt Cullen improved and Jeff Friesen delivered the scoring expected from him, it was not enough. German Titov, while improving could still not live up to the expectations. Marty McInnis rebound season in 2000–2001 had the Mighty Ducks hoping for another 20 goal season but ended up with only 9 goals before getting traded to Boston. After missing almost all of last season, Steve Rucchin missed the first half of this season appearing in only 38 games while still recovering from the face injury he sustained. The Mighty Ducks also heavily struggled on the power play during the regular season, finishing 30th overall in power-play percentage, at 11.53% (43 for 373).^[2] Their defense and goaltending improved considerably, allowing only 198 goals (245 the season before). Giguere settled in nicely as the new number one, winning 20 games, while Steve Shields served as a solid backup.

Final 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^[3]

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

2001–02 regular season[4]
October: 4–7–1–0 (home: 2–3–1–0; road: 2–4–0–0) Game Date Score Opponent Record Recap 1 October 4, 2001 2–4 @ Boston Bruins 0–1–0–0 L 2 October 6, 2001 4–2 @ Pittsburgh Penguins 1–1–0–0 W 3 October 8, 2001 1–6 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 1–2–0–0 L 4 October 9, 2001 1–3 @ Montreal Canadiens 1–3–0–0 L 5 October 12, 2001 2–1 Washington Capitals 2–3–0–0 W 6 October 14, 2001 2–3 Tampa Bay Lightning 2–4–0–0 L 7 October 17, 2001 2–2 OT Boston Bruins 2–4–1–0 T 8 October 18, 2001 1–4 @ Los Angeles Kings 2–5–1–0 L 9 October 21, 2001 3–1 Vancouver Canucks 3–5–1–0 W 10 October 24, 2001 3–2 OT @ Phoenix Coyotes 4–5–1–0 W 11 October 28, 2001 2–3 Colorado Avalanche 4–6–1–0 L 12 October 31, 2001 2–4 San Jose Sharks 4–7–1–0 L
November: 3–9–2–0 (home: 2–4–2–0; road: 1–5–0–0) Game Date Score Opponent Record Recap 13 November 2, 2001 5–2 Chicago Blackhawks 5–7–1–0 W 14 November 4, 2001 5–0 Atlanta Thrashers 6–7–1–0 W 15 November 7, 2001 3–3 OT Calgary Flames 6–7–2–0 T 16 November 9, 2001 0–1 Detroit Red Wings 6–8–2–0 L 17 November 11, 2001 2–2 OT Dallas Stars 6–8–3–0 T 18 November 14, 2001 2–4 San Jose Sharks 6–9–3–0 L 19 November 16, 2001 2–3 @ Columbus Blue Jackets 6–10–3–0 L 20 November 17, 2001 1–4 @ Washington Capitals 6–11–3–0 L 21 November 20, 2001 2–3 @ Tampa Bay Lightning 6–12–3–0 L 22 November 21, 2001 0–6 @ Florida Panthers 6–13–3–0 L 23 November 24, 2001 3–5 @ New York Islanders 6–14–3–0 L 24 November 25, 2001 3–2 @ New York Rangers 7–14–3–0 W 25 November 28, 2001 0–2 Edmonton Oilers 7–15–3–0 L 26 November 30, 2001 2–5 San Jose Sharks 7–16–3–0 L
December: 6–5–2–3 (home: 2–1–0–2; road: 4–4–2–1) Game Date Score Opponent Record Recap 27 December 2, 2001 4–2 Nashville Predators 8–16–3–0 W 28 December 5, 2001 2–3 OT @ Edmonton Oilers 8–16–3–1 OTL 29 December 6, 2001 2–3 @ Vancouver Canucks 8–17–3–1 L 30 December 8, 2001 4–0 @ Calgary Flames 9–17–3–1 W 31 December 10, 2001 1–1 OT @ Colorado Avalanche 9–17–4–1 T 32 December 12, 2001 0–1 OT Vancouver Canucks 9–17–4–2 OTL 33 December 14, 2001 2–3 Columbus Blue Jackets 9–18–4–2 L 34 December 16, 2001 2–3 OT Los Angeles Kings 9–18–4–3 OTL 35 December 18, 2001 5–1 @ Minnesota Wild 10–18–4–3 W 36 December 19, 2001 1–2 @ Colorado Avalanche 10–19–4–3 L 37 December 21, 2001 2–1 Phoenix Coyotes 11–19–4–3 W 38 December 23, 2001 4–0 @ Phoenix Coyotes 12–19–4–3 W 39 December 26, 2001 2–1 @ San Jose Sharks 13–19–4–3 W 40 December 27, 2001 2–2 OT @ Los Angeles Kings 13–19–5–3 T 41 December 30, 2001 1–2 @ Chicago Blackhawks 13–20–5–3 L 42 December 31, 2001 1–3 @ Columbus Blue Jackets 13–21–5–3 L
January: 6–8–1–0 (home: 3–4–0–0; road: 3–4–1–0) Game Date Score Opponent Record Recap 43 January 2, 2002 3–5 @ Detroit Red Wings 13–22–5–3 L 44 January 4, 2002 1–2 Florida Panthers 13–23–5–3 L 45 January 9, 2002 2–3 St. Louis Blues 13–24–5–3 L 46 January 11, 2002 2–2 OT @ Minnesota Wild 13–24–6–3 T 47 January 12, 2002 1–2 @ Nashville Predators 13–25–6–3 L 48 January 14, 2002 5–3 Nashville Predators 14–25–6–3 W 49 January 16, 2002 1–3 Buffalo Sabres 14–26–6–3 L 50 January 18, 2002 1–3 @ Edmonton Oilers 14–27–6–3 L 51 January 19, 2002 1–2 @ Calgary Flames 14–28–6–3 L 52 January 21, 2002 2–4 Los Angeles Kings 14–29–6–3 L 53 January 23, 2002 3–2 OT Minnesota Wild 15–29–6–3 W 54 January 25, 2002 6–1 @ Dallas Stars 16–29–6–3 W 55 January 26, 2002 3–1 @ Nashville Predators 17–29–6–3 W 56 January 28, 2002 1–0 @ St. Louis Blues 18–29–6–3 W 57 January 30, 2002 3–1 Columbus Blue Jackets 19–29–6–3 W
February: 2–3–0–0 (home: 2–3–0–0; road: 0–0–0–0) Game Date Score Opponent Record Recap 58 February 6, 2002 5–4 Philadelphia Flyers 20–29–6–3 W 59 February 8, 2002 1–4 Carolina Hurricanes 20–30–6–3 L 60 February 10, 2002 1–5 Dallas Stars 20–31–6–3 L 61 February 13, 2002 3–2 Calgary Flames 21–31–6–3 W 62 February 27, 2002 3–5 Minnesota Wild 21–32–6–3 L
March: 6–7–1–0 (home: 2–3–1–0; road: 4–4–0–0) Game Date Score Opponent Record Recap 63 March 3, 2002 1–2 @ Chicago Blackhawks 21–33–6–3 L 64 March 6, 2002 4–1 @ Atlanta Thrashers 22–33–6–3 W 65 March 8, 2002 2–1 New Jersey Devils 23–33–6–3 W 66 March 10, 2002 2–4 Ottawa Senators 23–34–6–3 L 67 March 13, 2002 4–2 Pittsburgh Penguins 24–34–6–3 W 68 March 15, 2002 1–1 OT Chicago Blackhawks 24–34–7–3 T 69 March 17, 2002 2–3 St. Louis Blues 24–35–7–3 L 70 March 19, 2002 2–1 @ Detroit Red Wings 25–35–7–3 W 71 March 21, 2002 1–2 @ Philadelphia Flyers 25–36–7–3 L 72 March 22, 2002 2–3 @ St. Louis Blues 25–37–7–3 L 73 March 24, 2002 2–1 @ Dallas Stars 26–37–7–3 W 74 March 27, 2002 2–4 Phoenix Coyotes 26–38–7–3 L 75 March 28, 2002 2–1 OT @ Phoenix Coyotes 27–38–7–3 W 76 March 30, 2002 1–4 @ Vancouver Canucks 27–39–7–3 L
April: 2–3–1–0 (home: 2–1–1–0; road: 0–2–0–0) Game Date Score Opponent Record Recap 77 April 2, 2002 1–3 @ San Jose Sharks 27–40–7–3 L 78 April 3, 2002 1–1 OT Detroit Red Wings 27–40–8–3 T 79 April 5, 2002 2–0 Edmonton Oilers 28–40–8–3 W 80 April 7, 2002 4–1 Dallas Stars 29–40–8–3 W 81 April 12, 2002 1–3 Colorado Avalanche 29–41–8–3 L 82 April 14, 2002 0–1 @ Los Angeles Kings 29–42–8–3 L
Legend: W Win (2 points) L Loss (0 points) T Tie (1 point) OTL Overtime loss (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
			GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
9	Paul Kariya	RW	82	32	25	57	−15	28
17	Matt Cullen	C	79	18	30	48	−1	24
12	Mike Leclerc	LW	82	20	24	44	−12	107
11	Jeff Friesen	RW	81	17	26	43	−1	44
10	Oleg Tverdovsky	D	73	6	26	32	0	31
19	Andy McDonald	C	53	7	21	28	2	31
13	German Titov	LW	66	13	14	27	4	36
33	Jason York	D	74	5	20	25	−11	60
16	Marty McInnis‡	RW	60	9	14	23	−14	25
20	Steve Rucchin	C	38	7	16	23	−3	6
26	Samuel Pahlsson	C	80	6	14	20	−16	26
21	Dan Bylsma	RW	77	8	9	17	5	28
18	Patric Kjellberg†	LW	65	7	8	15	−9	10
3	Keith Carney	D	60	5	9	14	14	30
7	Pavel Trnka	D	71	2	11	13	−5	66
24	Ruslan Salei	D	82	4	7	11	−10	97
32	Marc Chouinard	C	45	4	5	9	2	10
27	Denny Lambert	LW	73	2	5	7	1	213
28	Niclas Havelid	D	52	1	2	3	−13	40
23	Sergei Krivokrasov†	RW	17	1	2	3	−1	19
29	Timo Parssinen	LW	17	0	3	3	0	2
5	Vitaly Vishnevsky	D	74	0	3	3	−10	60
25	Kevin Sawyer	LW	57	1	1	2	−4	221
36	Drew Bannister	D	1	0	0	0	0	0
37	Aris Brimanis	D	5	0	0	0	−1	0
30	Ilya Bryzgalov	G	1	0	0	0		0
15	Jim Cummins‡	RW	2	0	0	0	−1	0
35	Jean-Sebastien Giguere	G	53	0	0	0		28
4	Antti-Jussi Niemi	D	1	0	0	0	−1	0
31	Steve Shields	G	33	0	0	0		4
18	Petr Tenkrat‡	RW	9	0	0	0	−6	6

Goaltending

No.	Player	Regular season
		GP	W	L	T	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI
35	Jean-Sebastien Giguere	53	20	25	6	1384	111	2.13	.920	4	3127
31	Steve Shields	33	9	20	2	850	79	2.67	.907	0	1777
30	Ilya Bryzgalov	1	0	0	0	12	1	1.87	.917	0	32

Awards and records

Awards

Type	Award/honor	Recipient	Ref
League (in-season)	NHL All-Star Game selection	Paul Kariya	[5]

Milestones

Milestone	Player	Date	Ref
First game	Timo Parssinen	October 4, 2001	[6]
	Ilya Bryzgalov	October 8, 2001
500th coaching win	Bryan Murray	January 25, 2002	[7]

Transactions

The Mighty Ducks were involved in the following transactions from June 10, 2001, the day after the deciding game of the 2001 Stanley Cup Finals, through June 13, 2002, the day of the deciding game of the 2002 Stanley Cup Finals.^[8]

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
June 19, 2001 (2001-06-19)	To Mighty Ducks of Anaheim Keith Carney	To Phoenix Coyotes 2nd-round pick in 2001	[9]
July 2, 2001 (2001-07-02)	To Mighty Ducks of Anaheim Denny Lambert	To Atlanta Thrashers Future considerations	[10]
November 1, 2001 (2001-11-01)	To Mighty Ducks of Anaheim Patric Kjellberg	To Nashville Predators Petr Tenkrat	[11]
	To Mighty Ducks of Anaheim Sergei Krivokrasov	To Minnesota Wild 7th-round pick in 2002 Future considerations	[11]
December 4, 2001 (2001-12-04)	To Mighty Ducks of Anaheim Bert Robertsson	To Nashville Predators Jay Legault	[12]
January 15, 2002 (2002-01-15)	To Mighty Ducks of Anaheim Dave Roche	To New York Islanders Jim Cummins	[13]
March 5, 2002 (2002-03-05)	To Mighty Ducks of Anaheim 3rd-round pick in 2002	To Boston Bruins Marty McInnis	[14]
March 8, 2002 (2002-03-08)	To Mighty Ducks of Anaheim Mark Moore	To Pittsburgh Penguins Bert Robertsson	[15]
March 18, 2002 (2002-03-18)	To Mighty Ducks of Anaheim Ben Guite Rights to Bjorn Melin	To New York Islanders Dave Roche	[16]

Players acquired

Date	Player	Former team	Term	Via	Ref
July 3, 2001 (2001-07-03)	Jason York	Ottawa Senators	3-year	Free agency	[17]
July 27, 2001 (2001-07-27)	Drew Bannister	New York Rangers	1-year	Free agency	[18]
August 1, 2001 (2001-08-01)	Aris Brimanis	New York Islanders	1-year	Free agency	[19]
August 14, 2001 (2001-08-14)	Brian White	Colorado Avalanche	1-year[a]	Free agency	[20]
June 6, 2002 (2002-06-06)	Kurt Sauer	Spokane Chiefs (WHL)	3-year	Free agency	[21]
June 11, 2002 (2002-06-11)	Travis Brigley	Cincinnati Mighty Ducks (AHL)	2-year	Free agency	[22]

Players lost

Date	Player	New team	Via[b]	Ref
June 22, 2001 (2001-06-22)	Chris O'Sullivan	Kloten Flyers (NLA)	Free agency (VI)	[24]
July 1, 2001 (2001-07-01)	Dean Malkoc[c]		Contract expiration (UFA)	[23]
	Tony Mohagen[d]		Contract expiration (UFA)	[23]
July 16, 2001 (2001-07-16)	Tony Hrkac	Atlanta Thrashers	Free agency (III)	[27]
July 24, 2001 (2001-07-24)	Bob Wren	Toronto Maple Leafs	Free agency (VI)	[28]
July 25, 2001 (2001-07-25)	Mike Crowley	Minnesota Wild	Free agency (VI)	[29]
September 6, 2001 (2001-09-06)	Pascal Trepanier	Colorado Avalanche	Free agency (UFA)	[30]
October 16, 2001 (2001-10-16)	Scott Langkow	Kalamazoo Wings (UHL)	Free agency (VI)	[31]
October 30, 2001 (2001-10-30)	Alexei Tezikov	Vancouver Canucks	Waivers	[32]
April 25, 2002 (2002-04-25)	Jonas Ronnqvist	Lulea HF (SHL)	Free agency	[33]
April 26, 2002 (2002-04-26)	Timo Parssinen	HIFK (Liiga)	Free agency[e]	[35]

Signings

Date	Player	Term	Contract type	Ref
June 11, 2001 (2001-06-11)	Dan Bylsma	1-year	Option exercised	[36]
	Jim Cummins	1-year	Option exercised	[36]
June 14, 2001 (2001-06-14)	Steve Shields	1-year	Option exercised	[37]
July 12, 2001 (2001-07-12)	Timo Parssinen	1-year	Entry-level	[38]
July 15, 2001 (2001-07-15)	Ilya Bryzgalov	3-year	Entry-level	[39]
July 20, 2001 (2001-07-20)	Mike Leclerc	2-year	Re-signing	[40]
July 30, 2001 (2001-07-30)	Marc Chouinard	1-year[a]	Re-signing	[41]
July 31, 2001 (2001-07-31)	Matt Cullen	1-year	Re-signing	[42]
	Gregg Naumenko	1-year	Re-signing	[42]
August 17, 2001 (2001-08-17)	Jean-Sebastien Giguere	2-year	Re-signing	[43]
August 23, 2001 (2001-08-23)	Jeff Friesen	2-year	Re-signing	[44]
September 5, 2001 (2001-09-05)	Niclas Havelid	2-year	Re-signing	[45]
June 6, 2002 (2002-06-06)	Mark Popovic	3-year	Entry-level	[21]
June 11, 2002 (2002-06-11)	Jonathan Hedstrom	1-year	Entry-level	[22]

Draft picks

Anaheim's draft picks at the 2001 NHL entry draft held at the National Car Rental Center in Sunrise, Florida.^[46]

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	5	Stanislav Chistov	Left wing	Russia	Avangard Omsk (RUS)
2	35	Mark Popovic	Defense	Canada	Toronto St. Michael's Majors (OHL)
3	69	Joel Stepp	Left wing	Canada	Red Deer Rebels (WHL)
4	102	Timo Parssinen	Center	Finland	HPK (Finland)
4	105	Vladimir Korsunov	Defense	Russia	Spartak Moscow (Russia)
4	118	Brandon Rogers	Defense	United States	Hotchkiss School (USHS-CT)
5	137	Joel Perrault	Center	Canada	Baie-Comeau Drakkar (QMJHL)
6	170	Jan Tabacek	Defense	Slovakia	Martimex ZTS Martin HC (Slovakia)
7	224	Tony Martensson	Center	Sweden	Brynas IF (Sweden)
8	232	Martin Gerber	Goaltender	Switzerland	Langnau-Sui (Switzerland)
9	264	P. A. Parenteau	Left wing	Canada	Chicoutimi Sagueneens (QMJHL)

Farm teams

• The Mighty Ducks farm team was the Cincinnati Mighty Ducks of the American Hockey League.^[47] 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.

See also

• 2001–02 NHL season

Notes

1. Club option for a second year.
2. In parentheses is the player's free agency group on July 1 if applicable.^[23]
3. Malkoc was inactive during the 2001–02, 2002–03, and 2003–04 seasons.^[25]
4. Mohagen, who last played during the 1998–99 season, retired.^[26]
5. Anaheim retained Parssinen’s NHL rights through the 2005–06 season.^[34]