2008–09 Anaheim Ducks season

The 2008–09 Anaheim Ducks season will see the Ducks attempt to win the Stanley Cup for the second time in franchise history. The Ducks' regular season started on October 9 versus the San Jose Sharks.
== Preseason ==
2008 Preseason Game Log	2008 Preseason Game Log	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
September: 3–1–1 (Home: 1–0–1 ; Road: 2–1–0)
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# 	Date 	Opponent 	Score	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	PCT 	Arena 	Recap
1 	September 24 	San Jose Sharks 	6–4 	 	Giguère 	15,243 	1–0–0 	1.000	Honda Center 	
2 	September 26 	@ San Jose Sharks 	5–2 	 	Hiller 	17,271 	1–1–0 	0.500	HP Pavilion at San Jose	
3 	September 27 	@ Phoenix Coyotes 	3–1 	 	LeNeveu 	8,417 	2–1–0 	0.667	Jobing.com Arena 	
4 	September 28 	Vancouver Canucks 	5–4 	SO	LeNeveu 	16,481 	2–1–1 	0.667	Honda Center 	
5 	September 30 	@ Los Angeles Kings	2–1 	SO	Hiller 	11,904 	3–1–1 	0.750	Staples Center 	
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Legend 	Legend 	Legend
Ducks Win2 pts.	Ducks Loss0 pts.	OT Loss1 pt.
==Regular season==
===Divisional standings===
===Conference standings===
=== Game log ===
2008–09 Game Log	2008–09 Game Log	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
October: 6–5–1 (Home: 2–3–1 ; Road: 4–2–0)
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# 	Date 	Opponent 	Score	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Points	Arena 	Recap
1 	October 9 	@ San Jose Sharks 	4–1 	 	Giguère 	17,496 	0–1–0 	0 	HP Pavilion at San Jose	
2 	October 12 	Phoenix Coyotes 	4–2 	 	Giguère 	17,174 	0–2–0 	0 	Honda Center 	
3 	October 14 	@ Los Angeles Kings 	6–3 	 	Giguère 	14,451 	0–3–0 	0 	Staples Center 	
4 	October 15 	Edmonton Oilers 	3–2 	 	Hiller 	16,604 	0–4–0 	0 	Honda Center 	
5 	October 17 	San Jose Sharks 	4–0 	 	Giguère 	17,174 	1–4–0 	2 	Honda Center 	
6 	October 19 	Carolina Hurricanes 	3–1 	 	Giguère 	16,847 	1–5–0 	2 	Honda Center 	
7 	October 21 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs 	3–2 	SO	Giguère 	19,222 	2–5–0 	4 	Air Canada Centre 	
8 	October 24 	@ Ottawa Senators 	4–3 	 	Hiller 	19,762 	3–5–0 	6 	Scotiabank Place 	
9 	October 25 	@ Montreal Canadiens 	6–4 	 	Giguère 	21,273 	4–5–0 	8 	Bell Centre 	
10 	October 27 	@ Columbus Blue Jackets	3–2 	 	Giguère 	10,494 	5–5–0 	10 	Nationwide Arena 	
11 	October 29 	Detroit Red Wings 	4–5 	OT	Giguère 	17,174 	6–5–0 	12 	Honda Center 	
12 	October 31 	Vancouver Canucks 	7–6 	SO	Hiller 	16,704 	6–5–1 	13 	Honda Center 	
Legend 	Legend 	Legend
Ducks Win2 pts.	Ducks Loss0 pts.	OT Loss1 pt.
==Playoffs==
The Anaheim Ducks ended the 2008–09 regular season as the Western Conference's eighth seed.
2009 Postseason Game Log	2009 Postseason Game Log	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Western Conference Quarter-Finals (4–2)
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# 	Date 	Opponent 	Score	OT	Decision-ANA	Decision-SJ	Attendance	Series	Arena 	Recap
1 	April 16 	@ San Jose Sharks	2–0 	 	Hiller 	Nabokov 	17,496 	1–0 	HP Pavilion at San Jose	
2 	April 19 	@ San Jose Sharks	3–2 	 	Hiller 	Nabokov 	17,496 	2–0 	HP Pavilion at San Jose	
3 	April 21 	San Jose Sharks 	4–3 	 	Hiller 	Nabokov 	16,277 	2–1 	Honda Center 	
4 	April 23 	San Jose Sharks 	4–0 	 	Hiller 	Nabokov 	16,830 	3–1 	Honda Center 	
5 	April 25 	@ San Jose Sharks	3–2 	OT	Hiller 	Nabokov 	17,496 	3–2 	HP Pavilion at San Jose	
6 	April 27 	San Jose Sharks 	4–1 	 	Hiller 	Nabokov 	17,174 	4–2 	Honda Center 	
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Legend 	Legend
Ducks Win	Ducks Loss
==Player stats==
===Skaters===
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalty Minutes
Regular season	 	 	 	 	 	
{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" class="wikitable sortable" width="100%"	 	 	 	 	 	
Player 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	+/−	PIM
 	81	25	66	91 	+5 	121
 	78	32	40	72 	+10	109
 	82	14	45	59 	-8 	70
 	64	31	26	57 	+13	33
 	65	27	27	54 	-3 	36
 	82	11	37	48 	0 	88
 	62	16	19	35 	+9 	55
 	48	8 	24	32 	+8 	24
 	62	10	12	22 	0 	16
 	79	14	7 	21 	-17	42
 	65	4 	16	20 	+14	125
 	72	5 	13	18 	-2 	34
 	52	5 	10	15 	-16	32
 	63	4 	7 	11 	-17	77
 	17	1 	10	11 	+3 	16
 	74	5 	5 	10 	+8 	135
 	20	0 	10	10 	+1 	12
 	27	4 	6 	10 	0 	17
 	17	2 	7 	9 	-2 	6
 	48	3 	6 	9 	+3 	52
 	51	1 	5 	6 	-7 	36
 	17	3 	3 	6 	+6 	19
 	33	2 	4 	6 	+6 	27
 	17	4 	2 	6 	+3 	6
 	20	0 	5 	5 	+5 	28
 	20	4 	1 	5 	-3 	12
 	40	0 	5 	5 	+5 	18
 	29	1 	3 	4 	+3 	51
 	28	2 	1 	3 	-2 	60
 	34	0 	2 	2 	0 	17
 	18	0 	1 	1 	+2 	36
 	2 	0 	1 	1 	+2 	0
 	3 	0 	0 	0 	0 	4
 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
Playoffs	 	 	 	 	 	
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Player 	GP	G	A 	Pts	+/−	PIM
 	13	4	14	18 	+3 	25
 	13	8	6 	14 	+2 	36
 	13	3	7 	10 	0 	11
 	13	2	8 	10 	+4 	12
 	13	5	2 	7 	0 	0
 	13	4	2 	6 	-2 	4
 	13	1	5 	6 	-1 	9
 	10	2	3 	5 	0 	0
 	13	0	3 	3 	+1 	12
 	12	1	2 	3 	0 	10
 	13	2	1 	3 	+1 	2
 	13	1	2 	3 	-1 	8
 	13	1	1 	2 	0 	16
 	8 	0	2 	2 	-1 	0
 	13	0	2 	2 	0 	25
 	13	1	0 	1 	+1 	15
 	5 	0	0 	0 	0 	0
 	13	0	0 	0 	-1 	18
 	7 	0	0 	0 	0 	9
 	9 	0	0 	0 	-1 	2
 	1 	0	0 	0 	-1 	0
===Goaltenders===
Note: GP = Games Played; TOI = Time On Ice (minutes); W = Wins; L = Losses; OT = Overtime Losses; GA = Goals Against; GAA= Goals Against Average; SA= Shots Against; SV= Saves; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO= Shutouts
Regular season	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
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Player 	GP	TOI 	W 	L 	OT	GA 	GAA 	SA 	SV 	Sv% 	SO
 	46	2458	19	18	6 	127	3.10	1274	1147	.900	2
 	46	2486	23	15	1 	99 	2.39	1217	1118	.919	4
Playoffs	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
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Player 	GP	TOI	W	L	GA	GAA 	SA 	SV 	Sv% 	SO
 	13	806	7	6	30	2.23	524	494	.943 	2
 	1 	16 	0	0	0 	0.00	6 	6 	1.000	0
†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Ducks. Stats reflect time with Ducks only.
‡Traded mid-season. 
Bold/italics denotes franchise record
==Awards and records==
===Records===
* Ryan Getzlaf- Most assists in a season (66)
* Bobby Ryan- Most rookie goals in a season (31)
* Bobby Ryan- Most rookie points in a season (57)
===Milestones===
Regular Season 	Regular Season 	Regular Season 	Regular Season	Regular Season	Regular Season	Regular Season	Regular Season	Regular Season	Regular Season
Player 	Milestone 	Reached 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Nathan McIver 	1st NHL Assist1st NHL Point	October 14, 2008 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Samuel Pahlsson 	500th NHL Game 	October 24, 2008 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Jonas Hiller 	1st NHL Shutout 	November 16, 2008	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Bret Hedican 	1,000th NHL Game 	November 21, 2008	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Brett Festerling 	1st NHL Assist1st NHL Point	December 3, 2008 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
J.S. Giguere 	200th NHL win 	December 10, 2008	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Todd Marchant 	1,000 NHL Game 	December 22, 2008	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Brendan Mikkelson	1st NHL Assist1st NHL Point	January 31, 2009 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Chris Pronger 	1,000th NHL Game 	February 20, 2009	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Brian Salcido 	1st NHL Assist1st NHL Point	February 21, 2009	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Rob Niedermayer 	1,000 NHL Game 	March 19, 2009 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Sheldon Brookbank	1st NHL Goal 	March 31, 2009 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
==Transactions==
* June 27: Todd Bertuzzi was placed on unconditional waivers as the Ducks will buy out the final year of his contract.http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Hockey/NHL/2008/06/28/6014371-sun.html
* September 16: Mathieu Schneider was placed on waivers.
* September 17: Mathieu Schneider cleared waivers.
* September 28: Re-signed Teemu Selanne to a 2-year contract.
===Trades===
June 20, 2008 	To Anaheim Ducks First-round (17th overall) pick in 2008 draftFirst-round (28th overall) pick in 2008 draft	To Los Angeles Kings First-round (12th overall) pick in 2008 draft
June 20, 2008 	To Anaheim Ducks Two second-round picks in 2008 draft 	To Phoenix Coyotes First-round pick (28th overall) pick in 2008 draft
September 26, 2008	To Anaheim Ducks Ken KleeBrad LarsenChad Painchaud 	To Atlanta Thrashers Mathieu Schneider
September 30, 2008	To Anaheim Ducks Conditional draft pick in 2009 draft 	To Los Angeles Kings Sean O'Donnell
December 3, 2008 	To Anaheim Ducks Logan Stephenson 	To Phoenix Coyotes Joakim Lindstrom
January 7, 2009 	To Anaheim Ducks Conditional sixth-round draft pick in 2010 draft 	To Toronto Maple Leafs Brad Mayhttp://slambios.canoe.ca/sportsplus/hockey/tradelog-viewtrade.cgi?trade&x_id=1318
February 4, 2009 	To Anaheim Ducks Mike Brown 	To Vancouver Canucks Nathan McIver
February 4, 2009 	To Anaheim Ducks Sheldon Brookbank 	To New Jersey Devils David McIntyre
February 26, 2009 	To Anaheim Ducks Ryan Whitney 	To Pittsburgh Penguins Chris KunitzEric Tangradi
March 4, 2009 	To Anaheim Ducks Petteri Nokelainen 	To Boston Bruins Steve Montador
March 4, 2009 	To Anaheim Ducks Erik Christensen 	To Atlanta Thrashers Eric O'Dell
March 4, 2009 	To Anaheim Ducks James Wisniewski 	To Chicago Blackhawks Samuel Pahlsson
March 4, 2009 	To Anaheim Ducks Nick BoninoTimo PielmeierConditional draft pick 	To San Jose Sharks Travis MoenKent Huskins
===Free Agents===
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Player 	Former team 	Contract Terms
Brendan Morrisonhttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2008%E2%80%9309_Anaheim_Ducks_season&action=edit§ion=15	Vancouver Canucks	US$2.75-million, one-year contract
===Claimed from Waivers===
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Player	Former team	Date claimed off waivers
==Draft picks==
The Ducks picks at the 2008 NHL Entry Draft in Ottawa • Ontario. 
Round	# 	Player 	Position	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1 	17 (from Calgary via Los Angeles)	Jake Gardiner 	(D) 	 	Minnetonka High School (USHS-Minnesota)
2 	35 (from Phoenix (compensatory)) 	Nicolas Deschamps	(C) 	 	Chicoutimi Saguenéens (QMJHL)
2 	39 (from Phoenix) 	Eric O'Dell 	(C) 	 	Sudbury Wolves (OHL)
2 	43 (from Edmonton) 	Justin Schultz 	(D) 	 	Westside Warriors (BCHL)
3 	71 (from Vancouver) 	Josh Brittain 	(LW) 	 	Kingston Frontenacs (OHL)
3 	83 	Marco Cousineau 	(G) 	 	Baie-Comeau Drakkar (QMJHL)
3 	85 (from Minnesota) 	Brandon McMillan 	(C) 	 	Kelowna Rockets (WHL)
4 	113 	Ryan Hegarty 	(D) 	 	US National Team Development Program U-18
5 	143 	Stefan Warg 	(D) 	 	VIK Västerås HK (Sweden Jr.)
7 	208 (from Philadelphia) 	Nick Pryor 	(D) 	 	US National Team Development Program U-18
==See also==
*2008–09 NHL season
==References==
Category:Anaheim Ducks seasons
Category:2008 in hockey
Category:2009 in hockey