# 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.

## Off-season

Bryan Murray was hired as the team’s new head coach on May 25, 2001.
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). 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 :
| 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 |
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| 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 :
October: 4–7–1–0 (home: 2–3–1–0; road: 2–4–0–0)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
1LOctober 4, 20012–4@ Boston Bruins0–1–0–0Recap
2WOctober 6, 20014–2@ Pittsburgh Penguins1–1–0–0Recap
3LOctober 8, 20011–6@ Toronto Maple Leafs1–2–0–0Recap
4LOctober 9, 20011–3@ Montreal Canadiens1–3–0–0Recap
5WOctober 12, 20012–1Washington Capitals2–3–0–0Recap
6LOctober 14, 20012–3Tampa Bay Lightning2–4–0–0Recap
7TOctober 17, 20012–2 OTBoston Bruins2–4–1–0Recap
8LOctober 18, 20011–4@ Los Angeles Kings2–5–1–0Recap
9WOctober 21, 20013–1Vancouver Canucks3–5–1–0Recap
10WOctober 24, 20013–2 OT@ Phoenix Coyotes4–5–1–0Recap
11LOctober 28, 20012–3Colorado Avalanche4–6–1–0Recap
12LOctober 31, 20012–4San Jose Sharks4–7–1–0Recap :
November: 3–9–2–0 (home: 2–4–2–0; road: 1–5–0–0)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
13WNovember 2, 20015–2Chicago Blackhawks5–7–1–0Recap
14WNovember 4, 20015–0Atlanta Thrashers6–7–1–0Recap
15TNovember 7, 20013–3 OTCalgary Flames6–7–2–0Recap
16LNovember 9, 20010–1Detroit Red Wings6–8–2–0Recap
17TNovember 11, 20012–2 OTDallas Stars6–8–3–0Recap
18LNovember 14, 20012–4San Jose Sharks6–9–3–0Recap
19LNovember 16, 20012–3@ Columbus Blue Jackets6–10–3–0Recap
20LNovember 17, 20011–4@ Washington Capitals6–11–3–0Recap
21LNovember 20, 20012–3@ Tampa Bay Lightning6–12–3–0Recap
22LNovember 21, 20010–6@ Florida Panthers6–13–3–0Recap
23LNovember 24, 20013–5@ New York Islanders6–14–3–0Recap
24WNovember 25, 20013–2@ New York Rangers7–14–3–0Recap
25LNovember 28, 20010–2Edmonton Oilers7–15–3–0Recap
26LNovember 30, 20012–5San Jose Sharks7–16–3–0Recap :
December: 6–5–2–3 (home: 2–1–0–2; road: 4–4–2–1)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
27WDecember 2, 20014–2Nashville Predators8–16–3–0Recap
28OTLDecember 5, 20012–3 OT@ Edmonton Oilers8–16–3–1Recap
29LDecember 6, 20012–3@ Vancouver Canucks8–17–3–1Recap
30WDecember 8, 20014–0@ Calgary Flames9–17–3–1Recap
31TDecember 10, 20011–1 OT@ Colorado Avalanche9–17–4–1Recap
32OTLDecember 12, 20010–1 OTVancouver Canucks9–17–4–2Recap
33LDecember 14, 20012–3Columbus Blue Jackets9–18–4–2Recap
34OTLDecember 16, 20012–3 OTLos Angeles Kings9–18–4–3Recap
35WDecember 18, 20015–1@ Minnesota Wild10–18–4–3Recap
36LDecember 19, 20011–2@ Colorado Avalanche10–19–4–3Recap
37WDecember 21, 20012–1Phoenix Coyotes11–19–4–3Recap
38WDecember 23, 20014–0@ Phoenix Coyotes12–19–4–3Recap
39WDecember 26, 20012–1@ San Jose Sharks13–19–4–3Recap
40TDecember 27, 20012–2 OT@ Los Angeles Kings13–19–5–3Recap
41LDecember 30, 20011–2@ Chicago Blackhawks13–20–5–3Recap
42LDecember 31, 20011–3@ Columbus Blue Jackets13–21–5–3Recap :
January: 6–8–1–0 (home: 3–4–0–0; road: 3–4–1–0)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
43LJanuary 2, 20023–5@ Detroit Red Wings13–22–5–3Recap
44LJanuary 4, 20021–2Florida Panthers13–23–5–3Recap
45LJanuary 9, 20022–3St. Louis Blues13–24–5–3Recap
46TJanuary 11, 20022–2 OT@ Minnesota Wild13–24–6–3Recap
47LJanuary 12, 20021–2@ Nashville Predators13–25–6–3Recap
48WJanuary 14, 20025–3Nashville Predators14–25–6–3Recap
49LJanuary 16, 20021–3Buffalo Sabres14–26–6–3Recap
50LJanuary 18, 20021–3@ Edmonton Oilers14–27–6–3Recap
51LJanuary 19, 20021–2@ Calgary Flames14–28–6–3Recap
52LJanuary 21, 20022–4Los Angeles Kings14–29–6–3Recap
53WJanuary 23, 20023–2 OTMinnesota Wild15–29–6–3Recap
54WJanuary 25, 20026–1@ Dallas Stars16–29–6–3Recap
55WJanuary 26, 20023–1@ Nashville Predators17–29–6–3Recap
56WJanuary 28, 20021–0@ St. Louis Blues18–29–6–3Recap
57WJanuary 30, 20023–1Columbus Blue Jackets19–29–6–3Recap :
February: 2–3–0–0 (home: 2–3–0–0; road: 0–0–0–0)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
58WFebruary 6, 20025–4Philadelphia Flyers20–29–6–3Recap
59LFebruary 8, 20021–4Carolina Hurricanes20–30–6–3Recap
60LFebruary 10, 20021–5Dallas Stars20–31–6–3Recap
61WFebruary 13, 20023–2Calgary Flames21–31–6–3Recap
62LFebruary 27, 20023–5Minnesota Wild21–32–6–3Recap :
March: 6–7–1–0 (home: 2–3–1–0; road: 4–4–0–0)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
63LMarch 3, 20021–2@ Chicago Blackhawks21–33–6–3Recap
64WMarch 6, 20024–1@ Atlanta Thrashers22–33–6–3Recap
65WMarch 8, 20022–1New Jersey Devils23–33–6–3Recap
66LMarch 10, 20022–4Ottawa Senators23–34–6–3Recap
67WMarch 13, 20024–2Pittsburgh Penguins24–34–6–3Recap
68TMarch 15, 20021–1 OTChicago Blackhawks24–34–7–3Recap
69LMarch 17, 20022–3St. Louis Blues24–35–7–3Recap
70WMarch 19, 20022–1@ Detroit Red Wings25–35–7–3Recap
71LMarch 21, 20021–2@ Philadelphia Flyers25–36–7–3Recap
72LMarch 22, 20022–3@ St. Louis Blues25–37–7–3Recap
73WMarch 24, 20022–1@ Dallas Stars26–37–7–3Recap
74LMarch 27, 20022–4Phoenix Coyotes26–38–7–3Recap
75WMarch 28, 20022–1 OT@ Phoenix Coyotes27–38–7–3Recap
76LMarch 30, 20021–4@ Vancouver Canucks27–39–7–3Recap :
April: 2–3–1–0 (home: 2–1–1–0; road: 0–2–0–0)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
77LApril 2, 20021–3@ San Jose Sharks27–40–7–3Recap
78TApril 3, 20021–1 OTDetroit Red Wings27–40–8–3Recap
79WApril 5, 20022–0Edmonton Oilers28–40–8–3Recap
80WApril 7, 20024–1Dallas Stars29–40–8–3Recap
81LApril 12, 20021–3Colorado Avalanche29–41–8–3Recap
82LApril 14, 20020–1@ Los Angeles Kings29–42–8–3Recap :
Legend:
  Win (2 points)
  Loss (0 points)
  Tie (1 point)
  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 | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season |
| No. | Player | Pos | 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 | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season |
| No. | Player | 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 | |

### Milestones

| Milestone | Player | Date |
| First game | Timo Parssinen | October 4, 2001 |
| First game | Ilya Bryzgalov | October 8, 2001 |
| 500th coaching win | Bryan Murray | January 25, 2002 |

## 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.

### Trades

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

### Players acquired

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

### Players lost

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

### Signings

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

## Draft picks

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