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2000–01 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
Division5th Pacific
Conference15th Western
2000–01 record25–41–11–5
Goals for188
Goals against245
Team information
General managerPierre Gauthier
CoachCraig Hartsburg,
Guy Charron
CaptainPaul Kariya
ArenaArrowhead Pond of Anaheim

The 2000–01 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim season was the team's eighth season.

Offseason

After missing the 2000 Play-Offs by only four points the Mighty Ducks were hopeful to return to the post season. The Ducks were very busy during the summer trading and acquiring for a lot prospects and were active on the free agent market as well.

Trying to improve their scoring depth and not relying too much on Kariya and Selanne, the Mighty Ducks signed German Titiov and acquired Andrej Nazarov who had a career year in goals (10) and points (31).

Other free agent were Dan Bylsma, Petr Tenkrat as well as Jim Cummins and Kevin Sawyer who were signed to provide the necessary protection for their star players since they lost Stu Grimson to the Kings as a free agent. The team became much more European-based making up half the roster on Defense and Offense.

Acquired a 2000 2nd round Draft pick (Jonas Ronnqvist) for Trent Hunter from the New York Islanders on May 23, 2000

Acquired a 2001 4th Draft pick for Espen Knutsen from the Columbus Blue Jackets on May 25, 2000

Acquired a 2000 4th Draft pick for the rights to Stephen Peat from the Washington Capitals on June 1, 2000

Acquired Jean-Sebastien Giguere for a 2000 2nd round Draft pick from the Calgary Flames on June 10, 2000

Acquired Patrick Traverse for Joel Kwiatkowski from the Ottawa Senators on June 12, 2000

Acquired a 2001 7th round Draft pick for Ed Ward from the New Jersey Devils on 12, 2000

Acquired a 2000 2nd Draf pick (Ilya Bryzgalov) for a 2000 3rd (Jozef Balej), 4th (Michel Ouellet) and 5th (Ryan Glenn) round Draft pick from the Montreal Canadiens on June 24, 2000

Acquired the rights to Jonathan Hedstrom for a 2000 6th and 7th round Draft pick from the Toronto Maple Leafs on June 25, 2000

Acquired Andrej Nazarov and 2001 2nd Drat pick for the rights to Jordan Leopold from the Calgary Flames on September 26, 2000

Regular season

The season proved to be very tough as the team never found consistency. Things looked pretty good going 6-4-3-2 until November 4, when the team started having trouble coming back after being winless for five games twice in November, going 2-8-3-1. To make matters worse, Center Steve Rucchin was hit in the face by a shot on November 15, 2000 missing the rest of the season. Despite his absence the Ducks improved by mid December nearing the .500 mark with a 5-3-0-0 record until December 17, 2000 finishing the month 5-7-1-1. Anaheim fired Head Coach Craig Hartsburg on December 13, 2000 after winning against the Blue Jackets replacing him with assistant coach Guy Charron though the move did not improve their performance. Despite the roller coaster ride the Ducks experienced, they were still in the Play Off race with a 14-19-6-4 record by January 5, 2001. On January 10 the Mighty Ducks waived Dominic Roussel resulting in Giguere becoming their new backup, believing him and Hebert would carry the team into the Play Offs and pass on the torch carefully to a new number one.

But all those hopes were shattered as the Mighty Ducks lost sixteen games by March 2 going 4-16-2-1. During that stretch Hebert went 0-11-2 and losing his starting position much sooner to Giguere then expected. Though Hebert did not quite play as well as he did the last two seasons, much of this was based on the team not giving him the necessary support he needed as Selanne stated in an interview, expressing his frustrations and disappointment. Hebert faced thirty or more shots almost every game, yet was able to keep his save percentage close to the .900 mark. Their longest winning streak was five games in early March 2001 when it was clear the team was not going to make the Play Offs. During the winning streak Anaheim sent Teemu Selanne to the Sharks in exchange for Jeff Friesen and Steve Shields. Shields' acquisition ended Hebert's tenure with the Mighty Ducks getting waived and picked up by the Rangers on March 7. Shields never dressed for the Ducks that season due to an injury and the team called up Gregg Naumenko to serve behind J.-S. Giguere. Anaheim's GM Pierre Gauthier felt very confident and fans would accept the trade once the new arrivals dressed for their new team, calling both moves a huge change and necessary as the team needed to look forward and both players would improve the franchise immediately and long term as well. (SunJournal March 6, 2001)

While Selanne enjoyed success with San Jose, the same could not be said about Anaheim as the Ducks went 2-6-3 after their five-game winning streak, which had fans and experts worried whether the deal with the Sharks was actually worth it. The Mighty Ducks went 11-22-5-1 in the second half with a lot of open questions about the team's future identity.

The Defense was the weak link as the team allowed the second most goals in the west with 245, behind Chicago with 246. Their goaltending was effected by that, too as Guy Hebert and Dominic Roussel recorded a save percentage below .900 which was the first time in team history. In hopes of more scoring depth and not relying on their first line of Paul Kariya, Teemu Selanne and Steve Rucchin, the acquisitions of Andrei Nazarov and German Titov did not pay off at all as the team was at the bottom in scoring. Marty McInnes refound his scoring touch, Tverdovsky ranked third in team scoring and rookie Mike Leclerc had a very good second season. Traverse and Nazarov were traded early as both did not live up to their expectations. The European youngsters showed some talent but could not fill the scoring void left by Rucchin who played only 16 games.

The season marked the start of a new era: in goal the team waived goaltender Guy Hebert (the last remaining original Mighty Duck from the 1993 NHL Expansion Draft) while focusing on Jean-Sebastien Giguere as their new starter. It also marked the breakup of one of the best two players at the time by trading Teemu Selanne to San Jose without improving the team in scoring.

Final standings

Pacific Division[1]
No. CR GP W L T OTL GF GA Pts
1 3 Dallas Stars 82 48 24 8 2 241 187 106
2 5 San Jose Sharks 82 40 27 12 3 217 192 95
3 7 Los Angeles Kings 82 38 28 13 3 252 228 92
4 9 Phoenix Coyotes 82 35 27 17 3 214 212 90
5 15 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim 82 25 41 11 5 188 245 66

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[2]
R Div GP W L T OTL GF GA Pts
1 p – Colorado Avalanche NW 82 52 16 10 4 270 192 118
2 y – Detroit Red Wings CEN 82 49 20 9 4 253 202 111
3 y – Dallas Stars PAC 82 48 24 8 2 241 187 106
4 St. Louis Blues CEN 82 43 22 12 5 249 195 103
5 San Jose Sharks PAC 82 40 27 12 3 217 192 95
6 Edmonton Oilers NW 82 39 28 12 3 243 222 93
7 Los Angeles Kings PAC 82 38 28 13 3 252 228 92
8 Vancouver Canucks NW 82 36 28 11 7 239 238 90
8.5
9 Phoenix Coyotes PAC 82 35 27 17 3 214 212 90
10 Nashville Predators CEN 82 34 36 9 3 186 200 80
11 Calgary Flames NW 82 27 36 15 4 197 236 73
12 Chicago Blackhawks CEN 82 29 40 8 5 210 246 71
13 Columbus Blue Jackets CEN 82 28 39 9 6 190 233 71
14 Minnesota Wild NW 82 25 39 13 5 168 210 68
15 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim PAC 82 25 41 11 5 188 245 66

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

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


Schedule and results

Regular season schedule
No. R Date Score Opponent Record
1 W October 6, 2000 3–1 Minnesota Wild (2000–01) 1–0–0–0
2 L October 8, 2000 1–5 St. Louis Blues (2000–01) 1–1–0–0
3 OTL October 11, 2000 2–3 OT Boston Bruins (2000–01) 1–1–0–1
4 L October 14, 2000 2–4 @ New Jersey Devils (2000–01) 1–2–0–1
5 W October 16, 2000 4–3 @ New York Rangers (2000–01) 2–2–0–1
6 W October 17, 2000 4–3 @ New York Islanders (2000–01) 3–2–0–1
7 T October 20, 2000 2–2 OT @ Buffalo Sabres (2000–01) 3–2–1–1
8 W October 21, 2000 4–3 @ Philadelphia Flyers (2000–01) 4–2–1–1
9 OTL October 23, 2000 4–5 OT Los Angeles Kings (2000–01) 4–2–1–2
10 L October 25, 2000 2–6 @ Los Angeles Kings (2000–01) 4–3–1–2
11 W October 27, 2000 3–2 Edmonton Oilers (2000–01) 5–3–1–2
12 W October 29, 2000 6–3 @ Calgary Flames (2000–01) 6–3–1–2
13 L October 30, 2000 3–5 @ Edmonton Oilers (2000–01) 6–4–1–2
14 T November 1, 2000 1–1 OT Phoenix Coyotes (2000–01) 6–4–2–2
15 T November 4, 2000 3–3 OT @ Nashville Predators (2000–01) 6–4–3–2
16 L November 5, 2000 2–4 @ Chicago Blackhawks (2000–01) 6–5–3–2
17 L November 8, 2000 2–7 Vancouver Canucks (2000–01) 6–6–3–2
18 L November 11, 2000 1–3 @ Colorado Avalanche (2000–01) 6–7–3–2
19 L November 12, 2000 2–3 Detroit Red Wings (2000–01) 6–8–3–2
20 L November 15, 2000 0–3 Colorado Avalanche (2000–01) 6–9–3–2
21 W November 18, 2000 6–2 @ Phoenix Coyotes (2000–01) 7–9–3–2
22 W November 19, 2000 2–1 New York Islanders (2000–01) 8–9–3–2
23 L November 22, 2000 2–5 New Jersey Devils (2000–01) 8–10–3–2
24 T November 24, 2000 2–2 OT @ Calgary Flames (2000–01) 8–10–4–2
25 L November 25, 2000 2–3 @ Edmonton Oilers (2000–01) 8–11–4–2
26 L November 28, 2000 1–4 @ Vancouver Canucks (2000–01) 8–12–4–2
27 OTL November 30, 2000 2–3 OT @ San Jose Sharks (2000–01) 8–12–4–3
28 W December 3, 2000 4–0 Los Angeles Kings (2000–01) 9–12–4–3
29 L December 5, 2000 0–1 @ St. Louis Blues (2000–01) 9–13–4–3
30 L December 6, 2000 2–5 @ Columbus Blue Jackets (2000–01) 9–14–4–3
31 W December 8, 2000 1–0 OT @ Minnesota Wild (2000–01) 10–14–4–3
32 L December 10, 2000 0–1 Dallas Stars (2000–01) 10–15–4–3
33 W December 13, 2000 5–4 OT Columbus Blue Jackets (2000–01) 11–15–4–3
34 W December 15, 2000 6–4 New York Rangers (2000–01) 12–15–4–3
35 W December 17, 2000 3–1 Tampa Bay Lightning (2000–01) 13–15–4–3
36 L December 20, 2000 2–4 Atlanta Thrashers (2000–01) 13–16–4–3
37 OTL December 22, 2000 1–2 OT @ Detroit Red Wings (2000–01) 13–16–4–4
38 L December 23, 2000 2–5 @ St. Louis Blues (2000–01) 13–17–4–4
39 L December 27, 2000 1–3 @ Dallas Stars (2000–01) 13–18–4–4
40 T December 28, 2000 2–2 OT @ Nashville Predators (2000–01) 13–18–5–4
41 L December 31, 2000 2–3 @ Minnesota Wild (2000–01) 13–19–5–4
42 W January 3, 2001 3–2 OT Florida Panthers (2000–01) 14–19–5–4
43 T January 5, 2001 4–4 OT Calgary Flames (2000–01) 14–19–6–4
44 L January 10, 2001 2–4 St. Louis Blues (2000–01) 14–20–6–4
45 L January 12, 2001 0–4 Buffalo Sabres (2000–01) 14–21–6–4
46 L January 14, 2001 0–4 @ Carolina Hurricanes (2000–01) 14–22–6–4
47 L January 15, 2001 2–3 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (2000–01) 14–23–6–4
48 W January 17, 2001 5–2 @ Atlanta Thrashers (2000–01) 15–23–6–4
49 L January 19, 2001 3–4 Phoenix Coyotes (2000–01) 15–24–6–4
50 L January 21, 2001 2–4 Colorado Avalanche (2000–01) 15–25–6–4
51 L January 24, 2001 0–5 Minnesota Wild (2000–01) 15–26–6–4
52 L January 26, 2001 2–3 @ Detroit Red Wings (2000–01) 15–27–6–4
53 L January 27, 2001 1–2 @ Columbus Blue Jackets (2000–01) 15–28–6–4
54 L January 31, 2001 0–3 Nashville Predators (2000–01) 15–29–6–4
55 W February 1, 2001 4–2 @ Phoenix Coyotes (2000–01) 16–29–6–4
56 L February 7, 2001 2–3 Chicago Blackhawks (2000–01) 16–30–6–4
57 L February 9, 2001 3–4 Washington Capitals (2000–01) 16–31–6–4
58 T February 11, 2001 2–2 OT Carolina Hurricanes (2000–01) 16–31–7–4
59 T February 14, 2001 3–3 OT Edmonton Oilers (2000–01) 16–31–8–4
60 OTL February 16, 2001 2–3 OT @ Dallas Stars (2000–01) 16–31–8–5
61 W February 19, 2001 6–2 Calgary Flames (2000–01) 17–31–8–5
62 W February 21, 2001 1–0 San Jose Sharks (2000–01) 18–31–8–5
63 L February 23, 2001 1–3 @ San Jose Sharks (2000–01) 18–32–8–5
64 L February 25, 2001 2–5 Columbus Blue Jackets (2000–01) 18–33–8–5
65 L February 28, 2001 1–3 Detroit Red Wings (2000–01) 18–34–8–5
66 L March 2, 2001 2–5 Dallas Stars (2000–01) 18–35–8–5
67 W March 4, 2001 4–0 Los Angeles Kings (2000–01) 19–35–8–5
68 W March 7, 2001 4–2 Montreal Canadiens (2000–01) 20–35–8–5
69 W March 9, 2001 3–1 Chicago Blackhawks (2000–01) 21–35–8–5
70 W March 11, 2001 1–0 OT Nashville Predators (2000–01) 22–35–8–5
71 W March 13, 2001 2–0 @ Washington Capitals (2000–01) 23–35–8–5
72 L March 14, 2001 2–3 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (2000–01) 23–36–8–5
73 L March 16, 2001 1–4 @ Ottawa Senators (2000–01) 23–37–8–5
74 W March 18, 2001 4–1 @ Chicago Blackhawks (2000–01) 24–37–8–5
75 L March 21, 2001 0–8 @ Dallas Stars (2000–01) 24–38–8–5
76 T March 24, 2001 3–3 OT @ Los Angeles Kings (2000–01) 24–38–9–5
77 L March 29, 2001 4–7 @ San Jose Sharks (2000–01) 24–39–9–5
78 T March 30, 2001 2–2 OT @ Vancouver Canucks (2000–01) 24–39–10–5
79 W April 1, 2001 2–1 Vancouver Canucks (2000–01) 25–39–10–5
80 T April 4, 2001 1–1 OT @ Colorado Avalanche (2000–01) 25–39–11–5
81 L April 6, 2001 2–5 Phoenix Coyotes (2000–01) 25–40–11–5
82 L April 8, 2001 1–4 San Jose Sharks (2000–01) 25–41–11–5

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Playoffs

The Mighty Ducks failed to qualify for the playoffs for the second year in a row and finished last in the West.

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring
Player GP G A Pts PIM
Paul Kariya 66 33 34 67 20
Teemu Selanne 61 26 33 59 36
Oleg Tverdovsky 82 14 39 53 32
Marty McInnis 75 20 22 42 40
Matt Cullen 82 10 30 40 38
Tony Hrkac 80 13 25 38 29
Mike Leclerc 54 15 20 35 26
German Titov 71 9 11 20 61
Petr Tenkrat 46 5 9 14 16
Niclas Havelid 47 4 10 14 34
Jeff Friesen 15 2 10 12 10
Jim Cummins 79 5 6 11 167
Mike Crowley 39 1 10 11 20
Vitaly Vishnevski 76 1 10 11 99
Pascal Trepanier 57 6 4 10 73
Dan Bylsma 82 1 9 10 22
Steve Rucchin 16 3 5 8 0
Pavel Trnka 59 1 7 8 42
Ladislav Kohn 51 4 3 7 42
Marc Chouinard 44 3 4 7 12
Jason Marshall 50 3 4 7 105
Samuel Pahlsson 59 3 4 7 14
Ruslan Salei 50 1 5 6 70
Jonas Ronnqvist 38 0 4 4 14
Antti Aalto 12 1 1 2 2
Antti-Jussi Niemi 28 1 1 2 22
Jean-Sebastien Giguere 34 0 2 2 8
Andy McDonald 16 1 0 1 6
Andrei Nazarov 16 1 0 1 29
Patrick Traverse 15 1 0 1 6
Kevin Sawyer 9 0 1 1 27
Guy Hebert 41 0 0 0 0
Gregg Naumenko 2 0 0 0 2
Dominic Roussel 13 0 0 0 0
Bob Wren 1 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SA SV SV% SO
Guy Hebert 2215 41 12 23 4 115 3.12 1112 997 .897 2
Jean-Sebastien Giguere 2031 34 11 17 5 87 2.57 976 889 .911 4
Dominic Roussel 653 13 2 5 2 31 2.85 295 264 .895 0
Gregg Naumenko 70 2 0 1 0 7 6.00 29 22 .759 0
Team: 4969 82 25 46 11 240 2.90 2412 2172 .900 6

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Awards and records

Transactions

Acquired Samuel Pahlsson from the Boston Bruins in exchange for Andrei Nazarov and Patrick Traverse on November 18, 2000

Waived Dominic Roussel, picked up by the Edmonton Oilers on January 10, 2001

Traded Ladislav Kohn to the Atlanta Thrashers for Scott Langkow and Sergej Vyshedkevich on February 9, 2001

Waived Guy Hebert, picked up the New York Rangers March 7, 2001

Traded Teemu Selanne to the San Jose Sharks for Jeff Friesen, Steve Shields and a 2nd Round Draft Pick on March 5, 2001

Traded Jason Marshall to the Washington Capitales for Alexei Tezikov and a 4th round Draft pick on March 13, 2001

Roster

Draft picks

Anaheim's draft picks at the 2000 NHL Entry Draft held at the Pengrowth Saddledome in Calgary, Alberta.

Round # Player Nationality College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1 12 Alexei Smirnov  Russia THK Tver (Russia)
2 44 Ilya Bryzgalov  Russia Lada Togliatti (Russia)
4 98 Jonas Ronnqvist  Sweden Lulea HF (Sweden)
5 134 Peter Podhradsky  Slovakia Slovan Bratislava (Slovakia)
5 153 Bill Cass  United States Boston College (ECAC)

Farm teams

Cincinnati Mighty Ducks ( shared with the Detroit Red Wings )

See also

Other Anaheim–based teams in 2000–01

References

  1. ^ "2000-2001 Division Standings". NHL.com. Retrieved July 15, 2012.
  2. ^ "2000-2001 Conference Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". NHL.
  3. ^ "2000–01 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-24.
  4. ^ "2000-01 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-27.
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