1998–99 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim season

1998–99 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
Division3rd Pacific
Conference6th Western
1998–99 record35–34–13
Home record21–14–6
Road record14–20–7
Goals for215
Goals against206
Team information
General managerPierre Gauthier
CoachCraig Hartsburg
CaptainPaul Kariya
Alternate captainsKevin Haller
Teemu Selanne
ArenaArrowhead Pond of Anaheim
Average attendance15,804
Minor league affiliate(s)Cincinnati Mighty Ducks
Huntington Blizzard
Team leaders
GoalsTeemu Selanne (47)
AssistsPaul Kariya (62)
PointsTeemu Selanne (107)
Penalty minutesStu Grimson (158)
Plus/minusJamie Pushor (+20)
WinsGuy Hebert (31)
Goals against averageGuy Hebert (2.42)

The 1998–99 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim season was the sixth season in franchise history.

Off-season

The roster was shaken up a lot during the previous season and only a few changes took place in the summer. The Ducks traded Dave Karpa and a 2000 4th round pick to the Carolina Hurricanes for Kevin Haller and Stu Grimson on June 18. Two months later they acquired Jim Mckenzie for Jean-Francois Jomphe on August 11. They signed veteran Fredrik Olausson, who was with the Ducks before, to give the team scoring from the blue line, and Pascal Trepanier. Rookies Antti Aalto and Johan Davidsson made the roster while Mike Crowley who played very well last season would see more ice time with the parent team.

For the first time since the Ducks traded Ron Tugnutt to the Montreal Canadiens in 1994 the team saw just their second change in net, losing Mikhail Shtalenkov to the Nashville Predators in the 1998 NHL expansion draft. That left them with Prospects Patrick Lalime and Chris Mason for the back up position. Just before the season started the Ducks acquired Dominic Roussel from the Nashville Predators for Chris Mason and Marc Moro on October 5, 1998 which gave the team more experience in case Hebert would be sidelined like last season. Days later they sent Doug Houda to Detroit on October 9.

Regular season

The season was much more consistent than the previous season. Anaheim started off slow, losing their first three games and scoring only one goal but was unbeaten the next six games. On October 27, 1998 they added Marty McInnis, a key player who gave them more scoring depth for the team's upcoming success and dominating Powerplay. On November 8 Tomas Sandstrom suffered a broken left wrist which kept him sidelined until late December thus relying more on their star players and hoping for others to fill the void. The team managed to comeback a few times after going winless some games and even put up an unbeaten streak like in early December (4-0-2) and a winning streak in early February (4–0–0). January turned out to be the very tough going 4–9–1 and winless (0-5-1) a second time since late November. Overall the Ducks were hovering around the .500 mark fighting to go to the post season.

In February the team pushed themselves into the playoffs as the Mighty Ducks went 13–3–1 from February 3 until March 10 including a team record seven-game winning streak. Anaheim stayed consistent after their streak, going 4–4–3, but registering a record of 1–5–1 in their last seven games, thus missing out on 5th place facing rather Phoenix than the Red Wings as they finished the season 6th in the west since the team was unable to maintain their amazing run in April. The Blues only lost one of their last nine games, whereas the Ducks only won one game out of their last seven, ironically against the Phoenix Coyotes,

During that seven-game winning streak the team only allowed 1 goal in each of those games, highlighting the great goaltending of Guy Hebert, who had a career year and his best season since 1996–97. Dominic Roussel also enjoyed a stellar comeback in the NHL as the team's backup. Both goalies provided excellent goaltending for the Mighty Ducks, each posting a save percentage above .920 as well as a superb GAA. Those great numbers were supported by their Defense as the team allowed 55 goals less than last year. Offensively the Ducks only scored 10 goals more than last season and relied very heavily on their first line (Kariya - Rucchin - Selanne) combining for 109 goals. Additional scoring was only provided by Marty McInnis (17 goals), defenceman Fredrik Olausson (16 goals) and Tomas Sandstrom (15 goals), who improved over last season but missed 24 games due to injury. Matt Cullen enjoyed a good second season, tallying 11 goals which was almost double than last year while Travis Green only scored 13 goals and 30 points which was below expectation. Rookies Anti Aaalto and Johan Davidson did not make an impact in the scoring department.

The Mighty Ducks finished the regular season with the most power-play goals, 83, and the best power-play percentage, 21.96% (83 for 378) in the NHL.[1]

Final standings

Pacific Division
R CR GP W L T GF GA Pts
1 1 Dallas Stars 82 51 19 12 236 168 114
2 4 Phoenix Coyotes 82 39 31 12 205 197 90
3 6 82 35 34 13 215 206 83
4 7 San Jose Sharks 82 31 33 18 196 191 80
5 11 Los Angeles Kings 82 32 45 5 189 222 69

[2]

Note: CR = Conference rank; GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points
         Bolded teams qualified for the playoffs.

Western Conference[3]
R Div GP W L T GF GA Pts
1 p – Dallas Stars PAC 82 51 19 12 236 168 114
2 y – Colorado Avalanche NW 82 44 28 10 239 205 98
3 y – Detroit Red Wings CEN 82 43 32 7 245 202 93
4 Phoenix Coyotes PAC 82 39 31 12 205 197 90
5 St. Louis Blues CEN 82 37 32 13 237 209 87
6 PAC 82 35 34 13 215 206 83
7 San Jose Sharks PAC 82 31 33 18 196 191 80
8 Edmonton Oilers NW 82 33 37 12 230 226 78
9 Calgary Flames NW 82 30 40 12 211 234 72
10 Chicago Blackhawks CEN 82 29 41 12 202 248 70
11 Los Angeles Kings PAC 82 32 45 5 189 222 69
12 Nashville Predators CEN 82 28 47 7 190 261 63
13 Vancouver Canucks NW 82 23 47 12 192 258 58

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

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


Playoffs

The Mighty Ducks met the Detroit Red Wings in the first round of the playoffs. The Wings swept the Mighty Ducks in four games.

Late in Game 3 Stu Grimson cross-checked Kris Draper in the face in front of the Red Wings bench which caused a brawl between both teams.

Schedule and results

Regular season

1998–99 regular season[4]
October: 3–3–3 (home: 2–0–1; road: 1–3–2)
Game Date Score Opponent Record Recap
1 October 10, 1998 0–1 @ Washington Capitals (1998–99) 0–1–0 L
2 October 11, 1998 1–4 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1998–99) 0–2–0 L
3 October 13, 1998 0–1 @ Montreal Canadiens (1998–99) 0–3–0 L
4 October 15, 1998 5–3 @ Chicago Blackhawks (1998–99) 1–3–0 W
5 October 21, 1998 3–0 Boston Bruins (1998–99) 2–3–0 W
6 October 25, 1998 2–2 OT Phoenix Coyotes (1998–99) 2–3–1 T
7 October 28, 1998 5–3 Tampa Bay Lightning (1998–99) 3–3–1 W
8 October 30, 1998 3–3 OT @ Dallas Stars (1998–99) 3–3–2 T
9 October 31, 1998 2–2 OT @ St. Louis Blues (1998–99) 3–3–3 T
November: 5–7–1 (home: 4–3–1; road: 1–4–0)
Game Date Score Opponent Record Recap
10 November 4, 1998 1–3 St. Louis Blues (1998–99) 3–4–3 L
11 November 6, 1998 2–2 OT San Jose Sharks (1998–99) 3–4–4 T
12 November 8, 1998 2–3 Detroit Red Wings (1998–99) 3–5–4 L
13 November 11, 1998 5–4 OT Carolina Hurricanes (1998–99) 4–5–4 W
14 November 13, 1998 2–5 @ Vancouver Canucks (1998–99) 4–6–4 L
15 November 14, 1998 1–0 @ Calgary Flames (1998–99) 5–6–4 W
16 November 16, 1998 3–1 Los Angeles Kings (1998–99) 6–6–4 W
17 November 18, 1998 3–1 New York Rangers (1998–99) 7–6–4 W
18 November 20, 1998 2–3 OT Edmonton Oilers (1998–99) 7–7–4 L
19 November 22, 1998 4–1 Chicago Blackhawks (1998–99) 8–7–4 W
20 November 25, 1998 2–5 @ Detroit Red Wings (1998–99) 8–8–4 L
21 November 27, 1998 1–3 @ Nashville Predators (1998–99) 8–9–4 L
22 November 29, 1998 1–3 @ Carolina Hurricanes (1998–99) 8–10–4 L
December: 5–3–4 (home: 3–1–2; road: 2–2–2)
Game Date Score Opponent Record Recap
23 December 1, 1998 4–4 OT @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1998–99) 8–10–5 T
24 December 3, 1998 1–4 @ Chicago Blackhawks (1998–99) 8–11–5 L
25 December 6, 1998 2–1 @ San Jose Sharks (1998–99) 9–11–5 W
26 December 9, 1998 4–4 OT Vancouver Canucks (1998–99) 9–11–6 T
27 December 11, 1998 1–0 Washington Capitals (1998–99) 10–11–6 W
28 December 13, 1998 3–0 Los Angeles Kings (1998–99) 11–11–6 W
29 December 16, 1998 6–1 Nashville Predators (1998–99) 12–11–6 W
30 December 18, 1998 2–2 OT New York Islanders (1998–99) 12–11–7 T
31 December 21, 1998 2–4 Colorado Avalanche (1998–99) 12–12–7 L
32 December 22, 1998 1–0 @ Colorado Avalanche (1998–99) 13–12–7 W
33 December 28, 1998 2–2 OT @ Ottawa Senators (1998–99) 13–12–8 T
34 December 30, 1998 1–4 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1998–99) 13–13–8 L
January: 4–9–1 (home: 3–5–0; road: 1–4–1)
Game Date Score Opponent Record Recap
35 January 1, 1999 7–2 @ Buffalo Sabres (1998–99) 14–13–8 W
36 January 2, 1999 1–2 @ Boston Bruins (1998–99) 14–14–8 L
37 January 4, 1999 1–2 @ Nashville Predators (1998–99) 14–15–8 L
38 January 6, 1999 2–3 OT Buffalo Sabres (1998–99) 14–16–8 L
39 January 8, 1999 4–1 Phoenix Coyotes (1998–99) 15–16–8 W
40 January 10, 1999 6–4 Edmonton Oilers (1998–99) 16–16–8 W
41 January 13, 1999 1–2 Calgary Flames (1998–99) 16–17–8 L
42 January 15, 1999 1–3 Dallas Stars (1998–99) 16–18–8 L
43 January 18, 1999 5–3 Pittsburgh Penguins (1998–99) 17–18–8 W
44 January 20, 1999 3–4 New Jersey Devils (1998–99) 17–19–8 L
45 January 21, 1999 3–3 OT @ Phoenix Coyotes (1998–99) 17–19–9 T
46 January 27, 1999 3–4 Colorado Avalanche (1998–99) 17–20–9 L
47 January 28, 1999 2–6 @ Colorado Avalanche (1998–99) 17–21–9 L
48 January 30, 1999 0–1 @ Edmonton Oilers (1998–99) 17–22–9 L
February: 10–3–0 (home: 3–2–0; road: 7–1–0)
Game Date Score Opponent Record Recap
49 February 3, 1999 3–0 Chicago Blackhawks (1998–99) 18–22–9 W
50 February 5, 1999 5–3 @ Tampa Bay Lightning (1998–99) 19–22–9 W
51 February 6, 1999 4–3 @ St. Louis Blues (1998–99) 20–22–9 W
52 February 10, 1999 5–4 Philadelphia Flyers (1998–99) 21–22–9 W
53 February 12, 1999 2–3 Dallas Stars (1998–99) 21–23–9 L
54 February 14, 1999 5–1 @ Phoenix Coyotes (1998–99) 22–23–9 W
55 February 15, 1999 3–1 @ Los Angeles Kings (1998–99) 23–23–9 W
56 February 17, 1999 2–6 Edmonton Oilers (1998–99) 23–24–9 L
57 February 19, 1999 3–6 @ Calgary Flames (1998–99) 23–25–9 L
58 February 20, 1999 5–1 @ Vancouver Canucks (1998–99) 24–25–9 W
59 February 24, 1999 2–1 @ Edmonton Oilers (1998–99) 25–25–9 W
60 February 26, 1999 3–1 San Jose Sharks (1998–99) 26–25–9 W
61 February 27, 1999 4–1 @ San Jose Sharks (1998–99) 27–25–9 W
March: 6–4–2 (home: 5–1–2; road: 1–3–0)
Game Date Score Opponent Record Recap
62 March 3, 1999 2–1 Los Angeles Kings (1998–99) 28–25–9 W
63 March 5, 1999 3–2 Nashville Predators (1998–99) 29–25–9 W
64 March 7, 1999 3–1 Detroit Red Wings (1998–99) 30–25–9 W
65 March 10, 1999 4–4 OT Vancouver Canucks (1998–99) 30–25–10 T
66 March 12, 1999 0–4 @ Dallas Stars (1998–99) 30–26–10 L
67 March 13, 1999 0–1 @ Phoenix Coyotes (1998–99) 30–27–10 L
68 March 17, 1999 2–2 OT Ottawa Senators (1998–99) 30–27–11 T
69 March 18, 1999 4–2 @ Los Angeles Kings (1998–99) 31–27–11 W
70 March 21, 1999 2–5 Florida Panthers (1998–99) 31–28–11 L
71 March 26, 1999 5–1 Dallas Stars (1998–99) 32–28–11 W
72 March 28, 1999 5–1 Calgary Flames (1998–99) 33–28–11 W
73 March 31, 1999 1–7 @ New Jersey Devils (1998–99) 33–29–11 L
April: 2–5–2 (home: 1–2–0; road: 1–3–2)
Game Date Score Opponent Record Recap
74 April 2, 1999 4–1 @ New York Rangers (1998–99) 34–29–11 W
75 April 3, 1999 2–2 OT @ New York Islanders (1998–99) 34–29–12 T
76 April 5, 1999 2–3 @ Detroit Red Wings (1998–99) 34–30–12 L
77 April 7, 1999 1–5 @ Dallas Stars (1998–99) 34–31–12 L
78 April 9, 1999 1–4 San Jose Sharks (1998–99) 34–32–12 L
79 April 11, 1999 3–0 Phoenix Coyotes (1998–99) 35–32–12 W
80 April 14, 1999 1–3 St. Louis Blues (1998–99) 35–33–12 L
81 April 15, 1999 3–4 OT @ Los Angeles Kings (1998–99) 35–34–12 L
82 April 17, 1999 3–3 OT @ San Jose Sharks (1998–99) 35–34–13 T

Legend: W Win (2 points) L Loss (0 points) T Tie (1 point)

Playoffs

1999 Stanley Cup playoffs[4]
Western Conference Quarterfinals: vs. (3) Detroit Red Wings — Red Wings win 4–0
Game Date Score Opponent Series Recap
1 April 21, 1999 3–5 @ Detroit Red Wings Red Wings lead 1–0 L
2 April 23, 1999 1–5 @ Detroit Red Wings Red Wings lead 2–0 L
3 April 25, 1999 2–4 Detroit Red Wings Red Wings lead 3–0 L
4 April 27, 1999 0–3 Detroit Red Wings Red Wings win 4–0 L

Legend: W Win L Loss

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 Playoffs
GP G A Pts +/- PIM GP G A Pts +/- PIM
8 Teemu Selanne RW 75 47 60 107 18 30 4 2 2 4 −1 2
9 Paul Kariya LW 82 39 62 101 17 40 3 1 3 4 0 0
20 Steve Rucchin C 69 23 39 62 11 22 4 0 3 3 0 0
2 Fredrik Olausson D 74 16 40 56 17 30 4 0 2 2 −4 4
16 Marty McInnis† C 75 18 34 52 −14 36 4 2 0 2 −1 2
17 Tomas Sandstrom RW 58 15 17 32 −5 42 4 0 0 0 −2 4
39 Travis Green C 79 13 17 30 −7 81 4 0 1 1 −4 4
11 Matt Cullen C 75 11 14 25 −12 47 4 0 0 0 −2 0
24 Ruslan Salei D 74 2 14 16 1 65 3 0 0 0 −4 4
18 Ted Drury C 75 5 6 11 2 83 4 0 0 0 −6 0
33 Jim McKenzie LW 73 5 4 9 −18 99 4 0 0 0 −2 4
19 Jeff Nielsen RW 80 5 4 9 −12 34 4 0 0 0 −6 2
14 Antti Aalto C 73 3 5 8 −12 24 4 0 0 0 0 2
22 Johan Davidsson C 64 3 5 8 −9 14 1 0 0 0 0 0
23 Jason Marshall D 72 1 7 8 −5 142 4 1 0 1 −1 10
5 Kevin Haller D 82 1 6 7 −1 122 4 0 0 0 −1 2
27 Pascal Trepanier D 45 2 4 6 0 48 — — — — — —
25 Mike Crowley D 20 2 3 5 −10 16 — — — — — —
7 Pavel Trnka D 63 0 4 4 −6 60 4 0 1 1 −3 2
32 Stu Grimson LW 73 3 0 3 0 158 3 0 0 0 0 30
4 Jamie Pushor D 70 1 2 3 −20 112 4 0 0 0 −3 6
21 Scott Ferguson D 2 0 1 1 0 0 — — — — — —
31 Guy Hebert G 69 0 1 1 0 4 0 0 0 0
10 Josef Marha‡ C 10 0 1 1 −4 0 — — — — — —
12 Mike Leclerc LW 7 0 0 0 −2 4 1 0 0 0 0 0
30 Dominic Roussel G 18 0 0 0 0 — — — — — —
34 Dan Trebil D 6 0 0 0 −2 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
35 Tom Askey G — — — — — — 1 0 0 0 0

Goaltending

No. Player Regular season Playoffs
GP W L T SA GA GAA SV% SO TOI GP W L SA GA GAA SV% SO TOI
31 Guy Hebert 69 31 29 9 2114 165 2.46 .922 6 4083 4 0 3 124 15 4.33 .879 0 208
30 Dominic Roussel 18 4 5 4 478 37 2.51 .923 1 884 — — — — — — — — —
35 Tom Askey — — — — — — — — — — 1 0 1 11 2 3.99 .818 0 30

Awards and records

Awards

Type Award/honor Recipient Ref
League
(annual) 		Maurice "Rocket" Richard Trophy Teemu Selanne [5]
NHL First All-Star Team Paul Kariya (Left wing) [6]
NHL Second All-Star Team Teemu Selanne (Right wing) [6]
League
(in-season) 		NHL All-Star Game selection Paul Kariya[a] [8]
Teemu Selanne[a]
NHL Player of the Month Teemu Selanne (February) [9]
NHL Player of the Week Paul Kariya (November 23) [10]
Teemu Selanne (March 1) [9]

Milestones

Milestone Player Date Ref
First game Johan Davidsson October 10, 1998 [11]

Transactions

Acquired Marty McInnis from the Chicago Blackhawks ( previously acquired from the Calgary Flames ) for a 4th round draft pick on October 27, 1998

Traded Drew Bannister to the Tampa Bay Lightning for a 2000 5th round pick on December 10, 1998

Traded Josef Marha to the Chicago Blackhawks for future considerations (became a 1999 4th round draft) on January 28, 1999

Draft picks

Anaheim's draft picks at the 1998 NHL entry draft held at the Marine Midland Arena in Buffalo, New York.[12]

Round # Player Nationality College/Junior/Club team (League)
1 5 Vitaly Vishnevskiy  Russia Torpedo Yaroslavl (Russia)
2 32 Stephen Peat  Canada Red Deer Rebels (WHL)
4 112 Viktor Wallin  Sweden HV71 (Sweden)
6 150 Trent Hunter  Canada Prince George Cougars (WHL)
7 178 Jesse Fibiger  Canada University of Minnesota Duluth (WCHA)
8 205 David Bernier  Canada Quebec Remparts (QMJHL)
9 233 Pelle Prestberg  Sweden Farjestad BK (Sweden)
9 245 Andreas Andersson  Sweden HV71 (Sweden)

Farm teams

Cincinnati Mighty Ducks

See also

Notes

  1. ^ a b Kariya and Selanne were voted to the starting lineup.[7]

References

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  • "1998-99 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim Roster, Stats, Injuries, Scores, Results, Shootouts". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved June 23, 2023.
  • Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Toronto: Dan Diamond & Associates. ISBN 978-1-894801-22-5.
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  2. ^ Dinger 2011, p. 155.
  3. ^ "1998-1999 Conference Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". NHL.
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  5. ^ "Maurice "Rocket" Richard Trophy". records.nhl.com. Retrieved June 28, 2023.
  6. ^ a b "Postseason All-Star Teams". records.nhl.com. Retrieved June 27, 2023.
  7. ^ "NHL All-Star Game Starting Lineups by Year (since 1986)". NHL.com. Archived from the original on March 22, 2023. Retrieved August 29, 2024.
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  9. ^ a b "Selanne Named as Player of the Week and Month". NHL.com. March 1, 1999. Archived from the original on October 10, 1999. Retrieved July 26, 2024.
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