1998–99 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim season
Huntington Blizzard | |
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Team leaders | |
Goals | Teemu Selanne (47) |
Assists | Paul Kariya (62) |
Points | Teemu Selanne (107) |
Penalty minutes | Stu Grimson (158) |
Plus/minus | Jamie Pushor (+20) |
Wins | Guy Hebert (31) |
Goals against average | Guy Hebert (2.42) |
The 1998–99 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim season was the sixth season in franchise history.
Off-season
The roster was shaken up a lot during the previous season and only a few changes took place in the summer. The Ducks traded
For the first time since the Ducks traded
Regular season
The season was much more consistent than last season. Anaheim started off slow, losing their first three games and scoring only one goal but was unbeaten the next six games. On October 27, 1998 they added Marty McInnis, a key player who gave them more scoring depth for the team's upcoming success and dominating Powerplay. On November 8 Tomas Sandstrom suffered a broken left wrist which kept him sidelined until late December thus relying more on their star players and hoping for others to fill the void. The team managed to comeback a few times after going winless some games and even put up an unbeaten streak like in early December (4-0-2) and a winning streak in early February (4-0-0). January turned out to be the very tough going 4-9-1 and winless (0-5-1) a second time since late November. Overall the Ducks were hovering around the .500 mark fighting to go to the post season.
In February the team pushed themselves into the Play Off as the Mighty Ducks went 13-3-1 from February 3 until March 10 including a team record seven game winning streak. Anaheim stayed consistent after their, streak going 4-4-3, but registering a record of 1-5-1 in their last seven games, thus missing out on 5th place facing rather Phoenix than the Red Wings as they finished the season 6th in the west since the team was unable to maintain their amazing run in April. The Blues only lost 1 game in their last nine games where as the Ducks only won one game out of their last seven, ironically against the Phoenix Coyotes,
During that 7 game-winning-streak the team only allowed 1 goal in each of those games, highlighting the great goaltending of Guy Hebert, who had a career year and his best season since 1996–97. Dominic Roussel also enjoyed a stellar comeback in the NHL as the team's backup. Both goalies provided excellent goaltending for the Mighty Ducks, each posting a save percentage above .920 as well as a superb GAA. Those great numbers were supported by their Defense as the team allowed 55 goals less than last year. Offensively the Ducks only scored 10 goals more than last season and relied very heavily on their first line ( Kariya - Rucchin - Selanne ) combining for 109 goals. Additional scoring was only provided by Marty McInnis (17 goals), defenceman Fredrik Olausson (16 goals) and Tomas Sandstrom (15 goals), who improved over last season but missed 24 games due to injury. Matt Cullen enjoyed a good second season, tallying 11 goals which was almost double than last year while Travis Green only scored 13 goals and 30 points which was below expectation. Rookies Anti Aaalto and Johan Davidson did not make an impact in the scoring department.
The Mighty Ducks finished the regular season with the most power-play goals, 83, and the best power-play percentage, 21.96% (83 for 378) in the NHL.[1]
Final standings
R | CR | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts | |
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1 | 1 | Dallas Stars | 82 | 51 | 19 | 12 | 236 | 168 | 114 |
2 | 4 | Phoenix Coyotes | 82 | 39 | 31 | 12 | 205 | 197 | 90 |
3 | 6 | Mighty Ducks of Anaheim | 82 | 35 | 34 | 13 | 215 | 206 | 83 |
4 | 7 | San Jose Sharks | 82 | 31 | 33 | 18 | 196 | 191 | 80 |
5 | 11 | Los Angeles Kings | 82 | 32 | 45 | 5 | 189 | 222 | 69 |
Note: CR = Conference rank; GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points
Bolded teams qualified for the playoffs.
R | Div | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts | |
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1 | p – Dallas Stars | PAC | 82 | 51 | 19 | 12 | 236 | 168 | 114 |
2 | y – Colorado Avalanche | NW | 82 | 44 | 28 | 10 | 239 | 205 | 98 |
3 | y – Detroit Red Wings | CEN | 82 | 43 | 32 | 7 | 245 | 202 | 93 |
4 | Phoenix Coyotes | PAC | 82 | 39 | 31 | 12 | 205 | 197 | 90 |
5 | St. Louis Blues | CEN | 82 | 37 | 32 | 13 | 237 | 209 | 87 |
6 | Mighty Ducks of Anaheim | PAC | 82 | 35 | 34 | 13 | 215 | 206 | 83 |
7 | San Jose Sharks | PAC | 82 | 31 | 33 | 18 | 196 | 191 | 80 |
8 | Edmonton Oilers | NW | 82 | 33 | 37 | 12 | 230 | 226 | 78 |
9 | Calgary Flames | NW | 82 | 30 | 40 | 12 | 211 | 234 | 72 |
10 | Chicago Blackhawks | CEN | 82 | 29 | 41 | 12 | 202 | 248 | 70 |
11 | Los Angeles Kings | PAC | 82 | 32 | 45 | 5 | 189 | 222 | 69 |
12 | Nashville Predators | CEN | 82 | 28 | 47 | 7 | 190 | 261 | 63 |
13 | Vancouver Canucks | NW | 82 | 23 | 47 | 12 | 192 | 258 | 58 |
Divisions: CEN – Central, PAC – Pacific, NW – Northwest
bold – Qualified for playoffs; p – Won Presidents' Trophy; y – Won division
Playoffs
The Mighty Ducks met the Detroit Red Wings in the first round of the playoffs. The Wings swept the Mighty Ducks in four games.
Late in Game 3 Stu Grimson cross-checked Kris Draper in the face in front of the Red Wings bench which caused a brawl between both teams.
Schedule and results
Regular season
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October: 3–3–3 (home: 2–0–1; road: 1–3–2)
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November: 5–7–1 (home: 4–3–1; road: 1–4–0)
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December: 5–3–4 (home: 3–1–2; road: 2–2–2)
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January: 4–9–1 (home: 3–5–0; road: 1–4–1)
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February: 10–3–0 (home: 3–2–0; road: 7–1–0)
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March: 6–4–2 (home: 5–1–2; road: 1–3–0)
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April: 2–5–2 (home: 1–2–0; road: 1–3–2)
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Legend:
Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Tie (1 point) |
Playoffs
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Western Conference Quarterfinals: vs. (3) Detroit Red Wings — Red Wings win 4–0
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Legend:
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Player statistics
Scoring
- Position abbreviations: C = 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.
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No. | Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM |
8 | Teemu Selanne | RW | 75 | 47 | 60 | 107 | 18 | 30 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −1 | 2 |
9 | Paul Kariya | LW | 82 | 39 | 62 | 101 | 17 | 40 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
20 | Steve Rucchin | C | 69 | 23 | 39 | 62 | 11 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
2 | Fredrik Olausson | D | 74 | 16 | 40 | 56 | 17 | 30 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −4 | 4 |
16 | Marty McInnis† | C | 75 | 18 | 34 | 52 | −14 | 36 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | −1 | 2 |
17 | Tomas Sandstrom | RW | 58 | 15 | 17 | 32 | −5 | 42 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 |
39 | Travis Green | C | 79 | 13 | 17 | 30 | −7 | 81 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −4 | 4 |
11 | Matt Cullen | C | 75 | 11 | 14 | 25 | −12 | 47 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 |
24 | Ruslan Salei | D | 74 | 2 | 14 | 16 | 1 | 65 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 4 |
18 | Ted Drury | C | 75 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 83 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −6 | 0 |
33 | Jim McKenzie |
LW | 73 | 5 | 4 | 9 | −18 | 99 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 |
19 | Jeff Nielsen | RW | 80 | 5 | 4 | 9 | −12 | 34 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −6 | 2 |
14 | Antti Aalto | C | 73 | 3 | 5 | 8 | −12 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
22 | Johan Davidsson | C | 64 | 3 | 5 | 8 | −9 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
23 | Jason Marshall | D | 72 | 1 | 7 | 8 | −5 | 142 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 10 |
5 | Kevin Haller | D | 82 | 1 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 122 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 |
27 | Pascal Trepanier |
D | 45 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 48 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
25 | Mike Crowley | D | 20 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −10 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
7 | Pavel Trnka | D | 63 | 0 | 4 | 4 | −6 | 60 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 2 |
32 | Stu Grimson | LW | 73 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 158 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 |
4 | Jamie Pushor | D | 70 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −20 | 112 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 6 |
21 | Scott Ferguson | D | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
31 | Guy Hebert | G | 69 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
10 | Josef Marha‡ | C | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −4 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
12 | Mike Leclerc | LW | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
30 | Dominic Roussel | G | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
34 | Dan Trebil | D | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
35 | Tom Askey | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Goaltending
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No. | Player | GP | W | L | T | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI | GP | W | L | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI |
31 | Guy Hebert | 69 | 31 | 29 | 9 | 2114 | 165 | 2.46 | .922 | 6 | 4083 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 124 | 15 | 4.33 | .879 | 0 | 208 |
30 | Dominic Roussel | 18 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 478 | 37 | 2.51 | .923 | 1 | 884 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
35 | Tom Askey | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 3.99 | .818 | 0 | 30 |
Awards and records
Awards
Type | Award/honor | Recipient | Ref |
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League (annual) |
Maurice "Rocket" Richard Trophy | Teemu Selanne | [5] |
NHL First All-Star Team | Paul Kariya (Left Wing) | [6] | |
NHL Second All-Star Team | Teemu Selanne (Right Wing) | [6] | |
League (in-season) |
NHL All-Star Game selection | Paul Kariya[a] | [8] |
Teemu Selanne[a] |
Transactions
Acquired Marty McInnis from the Chicago Blackhawks ( previously acquired from the Calgary Flames ) for a 4th round draft pick on October 27, 1998
Traded Drew Bannister to the Tampa Bay Lightning for a 2000 5th round pick on December 10, 1998
Traded Josef Marha to the Chicago Blackhawks for future considerations (became a 1999 4th round draft) on January 28, 1999
Draft picks
Anaheim's draft picks at the
Round | # | Player | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
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1 | 5 | Vitaly Vishnevskiy | Russia | Torpedo Yaroslavl (Russia) |
2 | 32 | Stephen Peat | Canada | Red Deer Rebels (WHL) |
4 | 112 | Viktor Wallin | Sweden | HV71 (Sweden) |
6 | 150 | Trent Hunter | Canada | Prince George Cougars (WHL) |
7 | 178 | Jesse Fibiger | Canada | University of Minnesota Duluth (WCHA )
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8 | 205 | David Bernier | Canada | QMJHL )
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9 | 233 | Pelle Prestberg | Sweden | Farjestad BK (Sweden) |
9 | 245 | Andreas Andersson | Sweden | HV71 (Sweden) |
Farm teams
See also
Notes
References
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- "1998-99 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim Roster, Stats, Injuries, Scores, Results, Shootouts". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved June 23, 2023.
- Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Toronto: Dan Diamond & Associates. ISBN 978-1-894801-22-5.
- ^ "1998-99 NHL Summary".
- ^ Dinger 2011, p. 155.
- ^ "1998-1999 Conference Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". NHL.
- ^ a b "1998-99 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim Schedule". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved June 23, 2023.
- ^ "Maurice "Rocket" Richard Trophy". records.nhl.com. Retrieved June 28, 2023.
- ^ a b "Postseason All-Star Teams". records.nhl.com. Retrieved June 27, 2023.
- ^ "NHL All-Star Game Starting Lineups by Year (since 1986)". NHL.com. Retrieved June 27, 2023.
- ^ "NHL All-Star Game Historical Summaries - 1999". NHL.com. Retrieved June 27, 2023.
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