2001–02 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim season

NHL team 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.

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 2nd round Draft pick on June 19, signing defenseman Jason York and enforcer Denny Lambert rejoining the franchise on July 2 for 2002 8th 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

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.

Divisions: CEN – Central, PAC – Pacific, NW – Northwest

bold – Qualified for playoffs; p – Won Presidents' Trophy; y – Won division

Schedule and results

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.

Goaltending

Awards and records

Awards

Milestones

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.^[7]

Trades

Players acquired

Players lost

Signings

Draft picks

Anaheim's draft picks at the 2001 NHL Entry Draft held at the National Car Rental Center in Sunrise, Florida.^[45]

Farm teams

• The Mighty Ducks farm team was the Cincinnati Mighty Ducks of the American Hockey League.^[46] 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.^[22]
3. Malkoc was inactive during the 2001–02, 2002–03, and 2003–04 seasons.^[24]
4. Mohagen, who last played during the 1998–99 season, retired.^[25]
5. Anaheim retained Parssinen’s NHL rights through the 2005–06 season.^[33]

References

• "Anaheim Mighty Ducks 2001-02 roster and scoring statistics at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved March 18, 2023.
• "2001-02 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim Roster, Stats, Injuries, Scores, Results, Shootouts". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved March 18, 2023.

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