2009–10 Anaheim Ducks season

With high hopes for the 2009–10 season in the Anaheim Ducks organization, the Ducks were unable to fulfill those expectations and did not make the playoffs for the first time since 2004. 
 
== Pre-season ==
2009 Preseason Game Log	2009 Preseason Game Log	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
September 5–3–0 (Home: 3–1-0 ; Road: 2–2–0)
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# 	Date 	Opponent 	Score	OT	Win 	Loss 	Attendance	Record	Arena 	Boxscore
1 	September 16 	Coyotes 	3–2 	SO	Pielmeier (1–0)	LaBarbera (0–1)	13,869 	1–0–0 	Honda Center 	
2 	September 17 	Canucks 	3–0 	 	Luongo (1–0) 	Giguère (0–1) 	14,528 	1–1–0 	Honda Center 	
3 	September 18 	@ Coyotes	4–3 	OT	Pielmeier (2–0)	Tordjman (0–1) 	6,169* 	2–1–0 	Jobing.com Arena 	
4 	September 19 	@ Kings 	4–1 	 	Bernier (2–0) 	Hiller (0–1) 	11,995 	2–2–0 	Staples Center 	
5 	September 21 	Sharks 	3–2 	 	Giguère (1–1) 	Nabokov (1–1) 	14,300* 	3–2–0 	Honda Center 	
6 	September 24 	@ Canucks	3–2 	OT	Hiller (1–1) 	Raycroft (2–1) 	18,630 	4–2–0 	General Motors Place 	
7 	September 25 	@ Sharks 	6–0 	 	Nabokov (2–2) 	Pogge (0–1) 	16,237 	4–3–0 	HP Pavilion at San Jose	
8 	September 27 	Kings 	5–4 	 	Giguère (2–1) 	Ersberg (0–3) 	15,677* 	5–3–0 	Honda Center 	
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Legend 	Legend
Ducks Win	Ducks Loss
== Regular season ==
=== Divisional standings ===
=== Conference standings ===
=== Game log ===
2009–10 Game Log	2009–10 Game Log	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
October: 4–6–2 (Home: 2–5–0 ; Road: 2–1–2)
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# 	Date 	Opponent 	Score	OT	Win 	Loss 	Attendance	Record	Arena 	Boxscore	Points
1 	October 3 	Sharks 	4–1 	 	Nabokov (1–1–0) 	Hiller (0–1–0) 	17,281 	0–1–0 	Honda Center 	 	0
2 	October 6 	@ Wild 	4–3 	OT	Bäckström (1–1–0) 	Giguère (0–0–1) 	18,256 	0–1–1 	Xcel Energy Center 	 	1
3 	October 8 	@ Bruins 	6–1 	 	Hiller (1–1–0) 	Thomas (1–2–0) 	16,158 	1–1–1 	TD Garden 	 	3
4 	October 10 	@ Flyers 	3–2 	SO	Hiller (2–1–0) 	Emery (3–1–1) 	19,603 	2–1–1 	Wachovia Center 	 	5
5 	October 11 	@ Rangers 	3–0 	 	Valiguette (1–0–0)	Giguère (0–1–1) 	18,200 	2–2–1 	Madison Square Garden	 	5
6 	October 14 	Wild 	3–2 	 	Hiller (3–1–0) 	Bäckström (1–3–0)	15,111 	3–2–1 	Honda Center 	 	7
7 	October 17 	Blues 	5–0 	 	Conklin (2–0–0) 	Hiller (3–2–0) 	14,902 	3–3–1 	Honda Center 	 	7
8 	October 21 	Stars 	4–2 	 	Turco (2–3–3) 	Hiller (3–3–0) 	14,503 	3–4–1 	Honda Center 	 	7
9 	October 24 	Blue Jackets	6–4 	 	Mason (5–2–0) 	Giguère (0–2–1) 	14,468 	3–5–1 	Honda Center 	 	7
10 	October 26 	Maple Leafs 	6–3 	 	Gustavsson (1–2–0)	Hiller (3–4–0) 	14,291 	3–6–1 	Honda Center 	 	7
11 	October 30 	Canucks 	7–2 	 	Hiller (4–4–0) 	Raycroft (1–3–0) 	14,756 	4–6–1 	Honda Center 	 	9
12 	October 31 	@ Coyotes 	3–2 	SO	Bryzgalov (8–3–1) 	Hiller (4–4–1) 	6,495 	4–6–2 	Jobing.com Arena 	 	10
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Legend 	Legend 	Legend 	Legend
Ducks Win (2 pts.)	Ducks Loss (0 pts.)	2010 Winter Olympics	OT Loss (1 pt.)
"Points" Legend 	"Points" Legend 	"Points" Legend 	"Points" Legend
1st (Pacific Division)	Not in Playoff Position	In Playoff Position	
==Player stats==
===Skaters===
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalty Minutes
Regular season	 	 	 	 	 	
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Player 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	+/−	PIM
 	82	27	49	76 	0 	111
 	66	19	50	69 	4 	79
 	81	35	29	64 	9 	81
 	71	19	33	52 	14 	36
 	54	27	21	48 	3 	16
 	80	10	38	48 	-9 	38
 	69	3 	27	30 	-5 	56
 	62	4 	24	28 	-6 	48
 	78	9 	13	22 	-16	32
 	41	9 	10	19 	-3 	16
 	60	11	7 	18 	-10	35
 	63	4 	12	16 	1 	30
 	26	6 	9 	15 	-6 	10
 	23	10	4 	14 	3 	18
 	16	5 	8 	13 	-6 	4
 	55	6 	6 	12 	-2 	56
 	50	4 	7 	11 	-7 	21
 	66	0 	9 	9 	10 	114
 	38	4 	5 	9 	0 	31
 	37	4 	5 	9 	0 	41
 	44	5 	2 	7 	-8 	80
 	75	6 	1 	7 	1 	106
 	42	1 	6 	7 	1 	59
 	57	4 	0 	4 	4 	136
 	42	0 	3 	3 	1 	15
 	14	0 	2 	2 	-7 	8
 	28	0 	2 	2 	-5 	14
 	9 	1 	1 	2 	0 	6
 	17	0 	2 	2 	2 	8
 	3 	0 	0 	0 	-1 	2
 	8 	0 	0 	0 	-1 	6
 	8 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	9 	0 	0 	0 	-3 	2
 	2 	0 	0 	0 	-1 	0
===Goaltenders===
Note: GP = Games Played; GS = Games Started; 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	GS	TOI 	W 	L 	OT	GA 	GAA 	SA 	Sv% 	SO	G	A	PIM
 	59	58	3338	30	23	4 	152	2.73	1860	.918	2 	0	2	0
 	20	17	1108	4 	8 	5 	58 	3.14	580 	.900	1 	0	0	2
 	10	7 	521 	5 	1 	2 	24 	2.76	288 	.917	0 	0	0	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 ==
===Awards===
Regular Season 	Regular Season 	Regular Season 	Regular Season	Regular Season	Regular Season	Regular Season	Regular Season	Regular Season	Regular Season
Player 	Award 	Awarded 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Jonas HillerBurrows, Hiller, Garon named week's '3 Stars' 	NHL Second Star of the Week	January 11, 2010	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Teemu SelanneNashville's Pekka Rinne named NHL's first start of week with 4 wins, 2 shutouts	NHL Third Star of the Week 	March 22, 2010 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Saku KoivuHalak, Saku Koivu, Rask named 'Three Stars' 	NHL Second Star of the Week	April 5, 2010 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
=== Records ===
=== Milestones ===
Regular Season	Regular Season 	Regular Season 	Regular Season	Regular Season	Regular Season	Regular Season	Regular Season	Regular Season	Regular Season
Player 	Milestone 	Reached 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	300th NHL Game 	October 8, 2009 (vs. Boston Bruins) 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	200th NHL Point 	October 10, 2009 (vs. Philadelphia Flyers)	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	600th NHL Goal 	March 21, 2010 (vs. Colorado Avalanche) 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	602nd NHL Goal(Highest scoring Finnish player in NHL History)	March 31, 2010 (vs. Colorado Avalanche) 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
==Transactions==
The Ducks have been involved in the following transactions during the 2009–10 season.
===Trades===
Date 	Details 	Details
June 26, 2009Ducks Acquire Lupul from Philadelphia 	To Philadelphia Flyers Chris ProngerRyan Dingle 	To Anaheim Ducks Joffrey LupulLuca Sbisa1st-round pick (#21 overall) in 20091st-round pick in 2010conditional 3rd-round pick in 2010 or 2011
June 26, 2009 	To Columbus Blue Jackets 1st-round pick (#21 overall) in 2009 	To Anaheim Ducks 1st-round pick (#26 overall) in 20092nd-round pick (#37 overall) in 2009
August 10, 2009Ducks Acquire Goaltender Pogge from Toronto 	To Toronto Maple Leafs conditional pick in the 2011 NHL Entry Draft 	To Anaheim Ducks Justin Pogge
August 13, 2009Ducks Obtain Artyukhin from Lightning 	To Tampa Bay Lightning Drew Miller3rd round pick in the 2010 NHL Entry Draft	To Anaheim Ducks Evgeny Artyukhin
September 4, 2009Ducks Acquire Weller from Ottawa 	To Ottawa Senators Jason Bailey 	To Anaheim Ducks Shawn Weller
September 24, 2009Thrashers Acquire Defenseman Steve McCarthy From Anaheim	To Atlanta Thrashers Steve McCarthy 	To Anaheim Ducks Future Considerations
December 2, 2009[http://ducks.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=508315 
Ducks Acquire Chipchura]	To Montreal Canadiens 4th round pick in 2011 	To Anaheim Ducks Kyle Chipchura
January 31, 2010Ducks Acquire Toskala, Blake for Giguere 	To Toronto Maple Leafs Jean-Sebastian Giguere 	To Anaheim Ducks Jason BlakeVesa Toskala
March 1, 2010Ducks Acquire Defenseman Oystrick, Pick for Artyukhin 	To Atlanta Thrashers Evgeny Artyukhin 	To Anaheim Ducks Nathan OystrickConditional draft pick in 2011
March 2, 2010Ducks Acquire Fourth Round Pick for Kampfer 	To Boston Bruins Steven Kampfer 	To Anaheim Ducks Conditional 4th-round draft pick
March 2, 2010Ducks Trade Boynton to Chicago 	To Chicago Blackhawks Nick Boynton 	To Anaheim Ducks Future Considerations
March 3, 2010Ducks Acquire Ward from Carolina 	To Carolina Hurricanes Justin PoggeConditional 4th-round draft pick 	To Anaheim Ducks Aaron Ward
March 3, 2010Ducks Acquire McElhinney from Calgary 	To Calgary Flames Vesa Toskala 	To Anaheim Ducks Curtis McElhinney
March 3, 2010Ducks Acquire Goalie MacDonald from Toronto 	To Toronto Maple Leafs 7th-round draft pick in 2011 	To Anaheim Ducks Joey MacDonald
March 3, 2010Ducks Acquire Visnovsky from Edmonton for Whitney 	To Edmonton Oilers Ryan Whitney6th-round draft pick in 2010 	To Anaheim Ducks Lubomir Visnovsky
March 3, 2010Ducks Acquire Sixth Round Pick for Nokelainen 	To Phoenix Coyotes Petteri Nokelainen 	To Anaheim Ducks 6th-round draft pick in 2010
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=== Free agents acquired ===
Player 	Former team 	Contract terms
Dan SextonDucks Sign Dan Sexton to Entry-Level Contract	Bowling Green State University	2 year, $1.5 million, entry-level contract
Saku Koivu 	Montreal Canadiens 	1 year, $3.25 million
Nick BoyntonDucks Sign Defenseman Boynton 	Florida Panthers 	1 year, $1.5 million
Steve McCarthyDucks Sign Defenseman McCarthy 	Ufa Salavat Yulayev 	1 year
Steve EmingerDucks Sign Eminger to Two-Year Deal 	Florida Panthers 	2 years
Jake NewtonDucks Sign Free Agent Defenseman Jake Newton	Northeastern University 	3 year entry-level contract
Rob BordsonDucks Sign Bordson to Entry-Level Deal 	University of Minnesota-Duluth	2 year entry-level contract
=== Free agents lost ===
Player 	New team 	Contract terms
Francois BeaucheminBeauchemin Signs With The Maple Leafs	Toronto Maple Leafs	3 years, $11.4 million
Rob NiedermayerDevils sign C Rob Niedermayer 	New Jersey Devils 	1 year, $1 million
===Claimed via Waivers===
Player	Former team	Date claimed off waivers
=== Lost via Waivers ===
Player 	New team 	Date claimed off waivers
Andrew EbbettBlackhawks Claim Ebbett Off Waivers 	Chicago Blackhawks	October 17, 2009
Erik ChristensenRangers claim Christensen off waivers	New York Rangers 	December 2, 2009
=== Lost via Retirement ===
Player
Bret HedicanHedican retires after 17 NHL seasons
=== Player Signings ===
Player 	Contract terms
Mike BrownDucks Sign Brown to Two-Year Extension 	2 years
Troy BodieDucks Sign Bodie to Extension 	2 years
Erik ChristensenDucks Sign Christensen to One-Year Deal 	1 year, $750,000
Scott NiedermayerDucks Agree to Terms with Niedermayer 	1 year, $6 million
Brian SalcidoDucks Sign Salcido to One-Year Deal 	1 year
Todd MarchantDucks Sign Marchant to Two-Year Deal 	2 years, $2.25 million
James WisniewskiDucks Re-Sign Wisniewski 	1 year, $2.75 million
Nicolas DeschampsDucks Ink Deschamps to Entry-Level Deal	3 year entry level contract
Petteri NokelainenNokelainen Inked to One-Year Extension	1 year contract extension
Brett FesterlingFesterling Signed to Two-Year Deal 	2 years
Jonas HillerDucks Sign Hiller to Four-Year Extension 	4 years, $18 million contract extension
Nick BoninoDucks Sign Nick Bonino 	2 year entry-level contract
Mat ClarkDucks Sign Defenseman Mat Clark 	3 year entry-level contract
Peter HollandDucks Sign Center Holland 	3 year entry-level contract
== Draft picks ==
The Ducks picks at the 2009 NHL Entry Draft in Montreal, Quebec. 
Round	# 	Player 	Position	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1 	15 	Peter Holland 	(C) 	 	Guelph Storm (Ontario Hockey League)
1 	26 ((from San Jose via Tampa Bay, Ottawa, NY Islanders, and Columbus))	Kyle Palmieri 	(C/RW) 	 	(U.S. National U18 Team) (National Team Development Program)
2 	37 ((from Toronto via NY Islanders and Columbus)) 	Matthew Clark 	(D) 	 	Brampton Battalion (OHL)
3 	76 	Igor Bobkov 	(G) 	 	Metallurg Magnitogorsk (Russian Hockey First League)
4 	106 	Sami Vatanen 	(D) 	 	Jyp (SM-liiga)
5 	136 	Radoslav Illo 	(F) 	 	Tri-City Storm (United States Hockey League)
6 	166 	Scott Valentine	(D) 	 	Oshawa Generals (OHL)
== Roster ==
Updated April 12, 2010.
 
 
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== See also ==
* 2009–10 NHL season
== Farm teams ==
== References ==
== External Links ==
*2009–10 Anaheim Ducks season at ESPN
*2009–10 Anaheim Ducks season at Hockey Reference 
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