2000–01 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim season

The 2000–01 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim season was the team's eighth season. The Mighty Ducks failed to qualify for the playoffs for the second year in a row and finished last in the West.

2000–01 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
Division5th Pacific
Conference15th Western
2000–01 record25–41–11–5
Home record15–20–4–2
Road record10–21–7–3
Goals for188
Goals against245
Team information
General managerPierre Gauthier
CoachCraig Hartsburg (Oct-Dec)
Guy Charron (Dec-Apr)
CaptainPaul Kariya
Alternate captainsDan Bylsma
Steve Rucchin
Teemu Selanne
ArenaArrowhead Pond of Anaheim
Average attendance13,499
Minor league affiliate(s)Cincinnati Mighty Ducks
Team leaders
GoalsPaul Kariya (33)
AssistsOleg Tverdovsky (39)
PointsPaul Kariya (67)
Penalty minutesJim Cummins (167)
Plus/minusAntti Aalto (+1)
WinsGuy Hebert (12)
Goals against averageJean-Sebastien Giguere (2.57)

Offseason

After missing the 2000 playoffs by only four points, the Mighty Ducks were quite hopeful to return to the post season. Anaheim was very busy during the summer trading and acquiring 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 Titov and acquired Andrej Nazarov who had a career year in goals (10) and points (31).

Other free agents 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, mainly on their defense (6).

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 which lead the team to trade Traverse and Nazarov to the Boston Bruins for Samuel Pahlsson on November 18. To make matters even 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 by two games with a 5-3-0-0 record until December 17, 2000 but 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 this roller coaster ride the Mighty Ducks experienced, they were still in the playoff 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 playoffs and pass on the torch carefully to a new number one during the season.

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 by February 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 playoffs. 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 New York Rangers on March 7 to replace the injured Mike Richter. A week later, Jason Marshall was traded to Washington on March 13. 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 much 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 with longtime players Hebert, Marshall and Selanne gone.

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 heavily 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, Mike Leclerc had a very good second season despite missing 28 games. Traverse and Nazarov were traded early in mid December 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. Their defense lost a valuable cornerstone with Jason Marshall after 6 years. 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
13Dallas Stars82482482241187106
25San Jose Sharks82402712321719295
37Los Angeles Kings82382813325222892
49Phoenix Coyotes82352717321421290
515Mighty Ducks of Anaheim82254111518824566

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
1p – Colorado AvalancheNW825216104270192118
2y – Detroit Red WingsCEN82492094253202111
3y – Dallas StarsPAC82482482241187106
4St. Louis BluesCEN824322125249195103
5San Jose SharksPAC82402712321719295
6Edmonton OilersNW82392812324322293
7Los Angeles KingsPAC82382813325222892
8Vancouver CanucksNW82362811723923890
8.5
9Phoenix CoyotesPAC82352717321421290
10Nashville PredatorsCEN8234369318620080
11Calgary FlamesNW82273615419723673
12Chicago BlackhawksCEN8229408521024671
13Columbus Blue JacketsCEN8228399619023371
14Minnesota WildNW82253913516821068
15Mighty Ducks of AnaheimPAC82254111518824566

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

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

Schedule and results
2000–01 regular season[3]
October: 6–4–1–2 (home: 2–1–0–2; road: 4–3–1–0)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
1WOctober 6, 20003–1Minnesota Wild (2000–01)1–0–0–0Recap
2LOctober 8, 20001–5St. Louis Blues (2000–01)1–1–0–0Recap
3OTLOctober 11, 20002–3 OTBoston Bruins (2000–01)1–1–0–1Recap
4LOctober 14, 20002–4@ New Jersey Devils (2000–01)1–2–0–1Recap
5WOctober 16, 20004–3@ New York Rangers (2000–01)2–2–0–1Recap
6WOctober 17, 20004–3@ New York Islanders (2000–01)3–2–0–1Recap
7TOctober 20, 20002–2 OT@ Buffalo Sabres (2000–01)3–2–1–1Recap
8WOctober 21, 20004–3@ Philadelphia Flyers (2000–01)4–2–1–1Recap
9OTLOctober 23, 20004–5 OTLos Angeles Kings (2000–01)4–2–1–2Recap
10LOctober 25, 20002–6@ Los Angeles Kings (2000–01)4–3–1–2Recap
11WOctober 27, 20003–2Edmonton Oilers (2000–01)5–3–1–2Recap
12WOctober 29, 20006–3@ Calgary Flames (2000–01)6–3–1–2Recap
13LOctober 30, 20003–5@ Edmonton Oilers (2000–01)6–4–1–2Recap
November: 2–8–3–1 (home: 1–4–1–0; road: 1–4–2–1)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
14TNovember 1, 20001–1 OTPhoenix Coyotes (2000–01)6–4–2–2Recap
15TNovember 4, 20003–3 OT@ Nashville Predators (2000–01)6–4–3–2Recap
16LNovember 5, 20002–4@ Chicago Blackhawks (2000–01)6–5–3–2Recap
17LNovember 8, 20002–7Vancouver Canucks (2000–01)6–6–3–2Recap
18LNovember 11, 20001–3@ Colorado Avalanche (2000–01)6–7–3–2Recap
19LNovember 12, 20002–3Detroit Red Wings (2000–01)6–8–3–2Recap
20LNovember 15, 20000–3Colorado Avalanche (2000–01)6–9–3–2Recap
21WNovember 18, 20006–2@ Phoenix Coyotes (2000–01)7–9–3–2Recap
22WNovember 19, 20002–1New York Islanders (2000–01)8–9–3–2Recap
23LNovember 22, 20002–5New Jersey Devils (2000–01)8–10–3–2Recap
24TNovember 24, 20002–2 OT@ Calgary Flames (2000–01)8–10–4–2Recap
25LNovember 25, 20002–3@ Edmonton Oilers (2000–01)8–11–4–2Recap
26LNovember 28, 20001–4@ Vancouver Canucks (2000–01)8–12–4–2Recap
27OTLNovember 30, 20002–3 OT@ San Jose Sharks (2000–01)8–12–4–3Recap
December: 5–7–1–1 (home: 4–2–0–0; road: 1–5–1–1)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
28WDecember 3, 20004–0Los Angeles Kings (2000–01)9–12–4–3Recap
29LDecember 5, 20000–1@ St. Louis Blues (2000–01)9–13–4–3Recap
30LDecember 6, 20002–5@ Columbus Blue Jackets (2000–01)9–14–4–3Recap
31WDecember 8, 20001–0 OT@ Minnesota Wild (2000–01)10–14–4–3Recap
32LDecember 10, 20000–1Dallas Stars (2000–01)10–15–4–3Recap
33WDecember 13, 20005–4 OTColumbus Blue Jackets (2000–01)11–15–4–3Recap
34WDecember 15, 20006–4New York Rangers (2000–01)12–15–4–3Recap
35WDecember 17, 20003–1Tampa Bay Lightning (2000–01)13–15–4–3Recap
36LDecember 20, 20002–4Atlanta Thrashers (2000–01)13–16–4–3Recap
37OTLDecember 22, 20001–2 OT@ Detroit Red Wings (2000–01)13–16–4–4Recap
38LDecember 23, 20002–5@ St. Louis Blues (2000–01)13–17–4–4Recap
39LDecember 27, 20001–3@ Dallas Stars (2000–01)13–18–4–4Recap
40TDecember 28, 20002–2 OT@ Nashville Predators (2000–01)13–18–5–4Recap
41LDecember 31, 20002–3@ Minnesota Wild (2000–01)13–19–5–4Recap
January: 2–10–1–0 (home: 1–6–1–0; road: 1–4–0–0)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
42WJanuary 3, 20013–2 OTFlorida Panthers (2000–01)14–19–5–4Recap
43TJanuary 5, 20014–4 OTCalgary Flames (2000–01)14–19–6–4Recap
44LJanuary 10, 20012–4St. Louis Blues (2000–01)14–20–6–4Recap
45LJanuary 12, 20010–4Buffalo Sabres (2000–01)14–21–6–4Recap
46LJanuary 14, 20010–4@ Carolina Hurricanes (2000–01)14–22–6–4Recap
47LJanuary 15, 20012–3@ Pittsburgh Penguins (2000–01)14–23–6–4Recap
48WJanuary 17, 20015–2@ Atlanta Thrashers (2000–01)15–23–6–4Recap
49LJanuary 19, 20013–4Phoenix Coyotes (2000–01)15–24–6–4Recap
50LJanuary 21, 20012–4Colorado Avalanche (2000–01)15–25–6–4Recap
51LJanuary 24, 20010–5Minnesota Wild (2000–01)15–26–6–4Recap
52LJanuary 26, 20012–3@ Detroit Red Wings (2000–01)15–27–6–4Recap
53LJanuary 27, 20011–2@ Columbus Blue Jackets (2000–01)15–28–6–4Recap
54LJanuary 31, 20010–3Nashville Predators (2000–01)15–29–6–4Recap
February: 3–5–2–1 (home: 2–4–2–0; road: 1–1–0–1)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
55WFebruary 1, 20014–2@ Phoenix Coyotes (2000–01)16–29–6–4Recap
56LFebruary 7, 20012–3Chicago Blackhawks (2000–01)16–30–6–4Recap
57LFebruary 9, 20013–4Washington Capitals (2000–01)16–31–6–4Recap
58TFebruary 11, 20012–2 OTCarolina Hurricanes (2000–01)16–31–7–4Recap
59TFebruary 14, 20013–3 OTEdmonton Oilers (2000–01)16–31–8–4Recap
60OTLFebruary 16, 20012–3 OT@ Dallas Stars (2000–01)16–31–8–5Recap
61WFebruary 19, 20016–2Calgary Flames (2000–01)17–31–8–5Recap
62WFebruary 21, 20011–0San Jose Sharks (2000–01)18–31–8–5Recap
63LFebruary 23, 20011–3@ San Jose Sharks (2000–01)18–32–8–5Recap
64LFebruary 25, 20012–5Columbus Blue Jackets (2000–01)18–33–8–5Recap
65LFebruary 28, 20011–3Detroit Red Wings (2000–01)18–34–8–5Recap
March: 6–5–2–0 (home: 4–1–0–0; road: 2–4–2–0)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
66LMarch 2, 20012–5Dallas Stars (2000–01)18–35–8–5Recap
67WMarch 4, 20014–0Los Angeles Kings (2000–01)19–35–8–5Recap
68WMarch 7, 20014–2Montreal Canadiens (2000–01)20–35–8–5Recap
69WMarch 9, 20013–1Chicago Blackhawks (2000–01)21–35–8–5Recap
70WMarch 11, 20011–0 OTNashville Predators (2000–01)22–35–8–5Recap
71WMarch 13, 20012–0@ Washington Capitals (2000–01)23–35–8–5Recap
72LMarch 14, 20012–3@ Toronto Maple Leafs (2000–01)23–36–8–5Recap
73LMarch 16, 20011–4@ Ottawa Senators (2000–01)23–37–8–5Recap
74WMarch 18, 20014–1@ Chicago Blackhawks (2000–01)24–37–8–5Recap
75LMarch 21, 20010–8@ Dallas Stars (2000–01)24–38–8–5Recap
76TMarch 24, 20013–3 OT@ Los Angeles Kings (2000–01)24–38–9–5Recap
77LMarch 29, 20014–7@ San Jose Sharks (2000–01)24–39–9–5Recap
78TMarch 30, 20012–2 OT@ Vancouver Canucks (2000–01)24–39–10–5Recap
April: 1–2–1–0 (home: 1–2–0–0; road: 0–0–1–0)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
79WApril 1, 20012–1Vancouver Canucks (2000–01)25–39–10–5Recap
80TApril 4, 20011–1 OT@ Colorado Avalanche (2000–01)25–39–11–5Recap
81LApril 6, 20012–5Phoenix Coyotes (2000–01)25–40–11–5Recap
82LApril 8, 20011–4San Jose Sharks (2000–01)25–41–11–5Recap
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
  • dagger = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Mighty Ducks only.
  • double-dagger = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Mighty Ducks only.
Regular season
No. Player Pos GP G A Pts +/- PIM
9Paul KariyaLW66333467−920
8Teemu Selannedouble-daggerRW61263359−836
10Oleg TverdovskyD82143953−1132
16Marty McInnisRW75202242−2140
17Matt CullenC82103040−2338
15Tony HrkacC80132538029
12Mike LeclercLW54152035−126
13German TitovLW7191120−2161
18Petr TenkratRW465914−1116
28Niclas HavelidD4741014−634
11Jeff FriesendaggerLW1521012−210
19Jim CumminsRW795611−11167
25Mike CrowleydaggerD3911011−1620
5[lower-alpha 1]Vitaly VishnevskiD7611011−199
27Pascal TrepanierD576410−1273
21Dan BylsmaLW821910−1222
20Steve RucchinC16358−50
7Pavel TrnkaD59178−1242
29Ladislav Kohndouble-daggerRW51437−1542
32Marc ChouinardC44347−512
23Jason Marshalldouble-daggerD50347−12105
26Samuel PahlssondaggerC59347−914
24Ruslan SaleiD50156−1470
22Jonas RonnqvistRW38044−714
14Antti AaltoC1211212
40[lower-alpha 2]Antti-Jussi NiemiD28112−622
35Jean-Sebastien GiguereG340228
11[lower-alpha 3]Andy McDonaldC1610106
26Andrei Nazarovdouble-daggerRW16101−929
3Patrick Traversedouble-daggerD15101−66
46Kevin SawyerLW9011−127
31Guy Hebertdouble-daggerG410000
1Gregg NaumenkoG20002
30Dominic Rousseldouble-daggerG130000
37Bob WrenC1000−10

Goaltending
  • double-dagger = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Mighty Ducks only.
Regular season
No. Player GP W L T SA GA GAA SV% SO TOI
31Guy Hebertdouble-dagger411223411121153.12.89722215
35Jean-Sebastien Giguere3411175976872.57.91142031
30Dominic Rousseldouble-dagger13252295312.85.8950653
1Gregg Naumenko20102976.00.759070

Awards and records

Awards
Type Award/honor Recipient Ref
League
(in-season)		 NHL All-Star Game selection Paul Kariya[lower-alpha 4] [5]

Transactions

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 June 12, 2000

Acquired a 2000 2nd round Draft 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 a 2001 2nd round draft pick for the rights to Jordan Leopold from the Calgary Flames on September 26, 2000

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

Draft picks

Anaheim's draft picks at the 2000 NHL Entry Draft held at the Pengrowth Saddledome in Calgary, Alberta.[6]

Round # Player Nationality College/Junior/Club team (League)
112Alexei Smirnov RussiaTHK Tver (Russia)
244Ilya Bryzgalov RussiaLada Togliatti (Russia)
498Jonas Ronnqvist SwedenLulea HF (Sweden)
5134Peter Podhradsky SlovakiaSlovan Bratislava (Slovakia)
5153Bill Cass United StatesBoston College (ECAC)

Farm teams

Cincinnati Mighty Ducks ( shared with the Detroit Red Wings )

See also

Notes
  1. Vishnevski wore number 6 through January 5.
  2. After wearing number 40 in his first game, Niemi wore number 25 in his next four games before switching back.
  3. McDonald wore number 48 in his first game.
  4. Kariya was voted to the starting lineup.[4]

References
  • "Anaheim Mighty Ducks 2000-01 roster and scoring statistics at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved April 15, 2023.
  • "2000-01 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim Roster, Stats, Injuries, Scores, Results, Shootouts". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved April 15, 2023.
  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 Schedule". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved April 15, 2023.
  4. "NHL All-Star Game Starting Lineups by Year (since 1986)". NHL.com. Retrieved April 18, 2023.
  5. "NHL All-Star Game Historical Summaries - 2001". NHL.com. Retrieved April 18, 2023.
  6. "2000 NHL Entry Draft Picks at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved April 19, 2023.
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