1998–99 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim season

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

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)

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 last 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 Play Off 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 1 game in their last nine games where as the Ducks only won one game out of their last seven, ironically against the Phoenix Coyotes,

During that 7 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
11Dallas Stars82511912236168114
24Phoenix Coyotes8239311220519790
36Mighty Ducks of Anaheim8235341321520683
47San Jose Sharks8231331819619180
511Los Angeles Kings823245518922269

[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
1p – Dallas StarsPAC82511912236168114
2y – Colorado AvalancheNW8244281023920598
3y – Detroit Red WingsCEN824332724520293
4Phoenix CoyotesPAC8239311220519790
5St. Louis BluesCEN8237321323720987
6Mighty Ducks of AnaheimPAC8235341321520683
7San Jose SharksPAC8231331819619180
8Edmonton OilersNW8233371223022678
9Calgary FlamesNW8230401221123472
10Chicago BlackhawksCEN8229411220224870
11Los Angeles KingsPAC823245518922269
12Nashville PredatorsCEN822847719026163
13Vancouver CanucksNW8223471219225858

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 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)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
1LOctober 10, 19980–1@ Washington Capitals (1998–99)0–1–0Recap
2LOctober 11, 19981–4@ Philadelphia Flyers (1998–99)0–2–0Recap
3LOctober 13, 19980–1@ Montreal Canadiens (1998–99)0–3–0Recap
4WOctober 15, 19985–3@ Chicago Blackhawks (1998–99)1–3–0Recap
5WOctober 21, 19983–0Boston Bruins (1998–99)2–3–0Recap
6TOctober 25, 19982–2 OTPhoenix Coyotes (1998–99)2–3–1Recap
7WOctober 28, 19985–3Tampa Bay Lightning (1998–99)3–3–1Recap
8TOctober 30, 19983–3 OT@ Dallas Stars (1998–99)3–3–2Recap
9TOctober 31, 19982–2 OT@ St. Louis Blues (1998–99)3–3–3Recap
November: 5–7–1 (home: 4–3–1; road: 1–4–0)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
10LNovember 4, 19981–3St. Louis Blues (1998–99)3–4–3Recap
11TNovember 6, 19982–2 OTSan Jose Sharks (1998–99)3–4–4Recap
12LNovember 8, 19982–3Detroit Red Wings (1998–99)3–5–4Recap
13WNovember 11, 19985–4 OTCarolina Hurricanes (1998–99)4–5–4Recap
14LNovember 13, 19982–5@ Vancouver Canucks (1998–99)4–6–4Recap
15WNovember 14, 19981–0@ Calgary Flames (1998–99)5–6–4Recap
16WNovember 16, 19983–1Los Angeles Kings (1998–99)6–6–4Recap
17WNovember 18, 19983–1New York Rangers (1998–99)7–6–4Recap
18LNovember 20, 19982–3 OTEdmonton Oilers (1998–99)7–7–4Recap
19WNovember 22, 19984–1Chicago Blackhawks (1998–99)8–7–4Recap
20LNovember 25, 19982–5@ Detroit Red Wings (1998–99)8–8–4Recap
21LNovember 27, 19981–3@ Nashville Predators (1998–99)8–9–4Recap
22LNovember 29, 19981–3@ Carolina Hurricanes (1998–99)8–10–4Recap
December: 5–3–4 (home: 3–1–2; road: 2–2–2)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
23TDecember 1, 19984–4 OT@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1998–99)8–10–5Recap
24LDecember 3, 19981–4@ Chicago Blackhawks (1998–99)8–11–5Recap
25WDecember 6, 19982–1@ San Jose Sharks (1998–99)9–11–5Recap
26TDecember 9, 19984–4 OTVancouver Canucks (1998–99)9–11–6Recap
27WDecember 11, 19981–0Washington Capitals (1998–99)10–11–6Recap
28WDecember 13, 19983–0Los Angeles Kings (1998–99)11–11–6Recap
29WDecember 16, 19986–1Nashville Predators (1998–99)12–11–6Recap
30TDecember 18, 19982–2 OTNew York Islanders (1998–99)12–11–7Recap
31LDecember 21, 19982–4Colorado Avalanche (1998–99)12–12–7Recap
32WDecember 22, 19981–0@ Colorado Avalanche (1998–99)13–12–7Recap
33TDecember 28, 19982–2 OT@ Ottawa Senators (1998–99)13–12–8Recap
34LDecember 30, 19981–4@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1998–99)13–13–8Recap
January: 4–9–1 (home: 3–5–0; road: 1–4–1)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
35WJanuary 1, 19997–2@ Buffalo Sabres (1998–99)14–13–8Recap
36LJanuary 2, 19991–2@ Boston Bruins (1998–99)14–14–8Recap
37LJanuary 4, 19991–2@ Nashville Predators (1998–99)14–15–8Recap
38LJanuary 6, 19992–3 OTBuffalo Sabres (1998–99)14–16–8Recap
39WJanuary 8, 19994–1Phoenix Coyotes (1998–99)15–16–8Recap
40WJanuary 10, 19996–4Edmonton Oilers (1998–99)16–16–8Recap
41LJanuary 13, 19991–2Calgary Flames (1998–99)16–17–8Recap
42LJanuary 15, 19991–3Dallas Stars (1998–99)16–18–8Recap
43WJanuary 18, 19995–3Pittsburgh Penguins (1998–99)17–18–8Recap
44LJanuary 20, 19993–4New Jersey Devils (1998–99)17–19–8Recap
45TJanuary 21, 19993–3 OT@ Phoenix Coyotes (1998–99)17–19–9Recap
46LJanuary 27, 19993–4Colorado Avalanche (1998–99)17–20–9Recap
47LJanuary 28, 19992–6@ Colorado Avalanche (1998–99)17–21–9Recap
48LJanuary 30, 19990–1@ Edmonton Oilers (1998–99)17–22–9Recap
February: 10–3–0 (home: 3–2–0; road: 7–1–0)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
49WFebruary 3, 19993–0Chicago Blackhawks (1998–99)18–22–9Recap
50WFebruary 5, 19995–3@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1998–99)19–22–9Recap
51WFebruary 6, 19994–3@ St. Louis Blues (1998–99)20–22–9Recap
52WFebruary 10, 19995–4Philadelphia Flyers (1998–99)21–22–9Recap
53LFebruary 12, 19992–3Dallas Stars (1998–99)21–23–9Recap
54WFebruary 14, 19995–1@ Phoenix Coyotes (1998–99)22–23–9Recap
55WFebruary 15, 19993–1@ Los Angeles Kings (1998–99)23–23–9Recap
56LFebruary 17, 19992–6Edmonton Oilers (1998–99)23–24–9Recap
57LFebruary 19, 19993–6@ Calgary Flames (1998–99)23–25–9Recap
58WFebruary 20, 19995–1@ Vancouver Canucks (1998–99)24–25–9Recap
59WFebruary 24, 19992–1@ Edmonton Oilers (1998–99)25–25–9Recap
60WFebruary 26, 19993–1San Jose Sharks (1998–99)26–25–9Recap
61WFebruary 27, 19994–1@ San Jose Sharks (1998–99)27–25–9Recap
March: 6–4–2 (home: 5–1–2; road: 1–3–0)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
62WMarch 3, 19992–1Los Angeles Kings (1998–99)28–25–9Recap
63WMarch 5, 19993–2Nashville Predators (1998–99)29–25–9Recap
64WMarch 7, 19993–1Detroit Red Wings (1998–99)30–25–9Recap
65TMarch 10, 19994–4 OTVancouver Canucks (1998–99)30–25–10Recap
66LMarch 12, 19990–4@ Dallas Stars (1998–99)30–26–10Recap
67LMarch 13, 19990–1@ Phoenix Coyotes (1998–99)30–27–10Recap
68TMarch 17, 19992–2 OTOttawa Senators (1998–99)30–27–11Recap
69WMarch 18, 19994–2@ Los Angeles Kings (1998–99)31–27–11Recap
70LMarch 21, 19992–5Florida Panthers (1998–99)31–28–11Recap
71WMarch 26, 19995–1Dallas Stars (1998–99)32–28–11Recap
72WMarch 28, 19995–1Calgary Flames (1998–99)33–28–11Recap
73LMarch 31, 19991–7@ New Jersey Devils (1998–99)33–29–11Recap
April: 2–5–2 (home: 1–2–0; road: 1–3–2)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
74WApril 2, 19994–1@ New York Rangers (1998–99)34–29–11Recap
75TApril 3, 19992–2 OT@ New York Islanders (1998–99)34–29–12Recap
76LApril 5, 19992–3@ Detroit Red Wings (1998–99)34–30–12Recap
77LApril 7, 19991–5@ Dallas Stars (1998–99)34–31–12Recap
78LApril 9, 19991–4San Jose Sharks (1998–99)34–32–12Recap
79WApril 11, 19993–0Phoenix Coyotes (1998–99)35–32–12Recap
80LApril 14, 19991–3St. Louis Blues (1998–99)35–33–12Recap
81LApril 15, 19993–4 OT@ Los Angeles Kings (1998–99)35–34–12Recap
82TApril 17, 19993–3 OT@ San Jose Sharks (1998–99)35–34–13Recap
Legend:

  Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Tie (1 point)

Playoffs
1999 Stanley Cup playoffs[4]
Western Conference Quarterfinals: vs. (3) Detroit Red Wings — Red Wings win 4–0
GameResultDateScoreOpponentSeriesRecap
1LApril 21, 19993–5@ Detroit Red WingsRed Wings lead 1–0Recap
2LApril 23, 19991–5@ Detroit Red WingsRed Wings lead 2–0Recap
3LApril 25, 19992–4Detroit Red WingsRed Wings lead 3–0Recap
4LApril 27, 19990–3Detroit Red WingsRed Wings win 4–0Recap
Legend:

  Win   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.
Regular season Playoffs
No. Player Pos GP G A Pts +/- PIM GP G A Pts +/- PIM
8Teemu SelanneRW75476010718304224−12
9Paul KariyaLW8239621011740313400
20Steve RucchinC692339621122403300
2Fredrik OlaussonD7416405617304022−44
16Marty McInnis†C75183452−14364202−12
17Tomas SandstromRW58151732−5424000−24
39Travis GreenC79131730−7814011−44
11Matt CullenC75111425−12474000−20
24Ruslan SaleiD74214161653000−44
18Ted DruryC7556112834000−60
33Jim McKenzieLW73549−18994000−24
19Jeff NielsenRW80549−12344000−62
14Antti AaltoC73358−1224400002
22Johan DavidssonC64358−914100000
23Jason MarshallD72178−51424101−110
5Kevin HallerD82167−11224000−12
27Pascal TrepanierD45246048——————
25Mike CrowleyD20235−1016——————
7Pavel TrnkaD63044−6604011−32
32Stu GrimsonLW7330301583000030
4Jamie PushorD70123−201124000−36
21Scott FergusonD201100——————
31Guy HebertG69011040000
10Josef Marha‡C10011−40——————
12Mike LeclercLW7000−24100000
30Dominic RousselG180000——————
34Dan TrebilD6000−20100002
35Tom AskeyG——————10000

Goaltending
Regular season Playoffs
No. Player GP W L T SA GA GAA SV% SO TOI GP W L SA GA GAA SV% SO TOI
31Guy Hebert693129921141652.46.92264083403124154.33.8790208
30Dominic Roussel18454478372.51.9231884—————————
35Tom Askey——————————1011123.99.818030

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[lower-alpha 1] [8]
Teemu Selanne[lower-alpha 1]

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.[9]

Round # Player Nationality College/Junior/Club team (League)
15Vitaly Vishnevskiy RussiaTorpedo Yaroslavl (Russia)
232Stephen Peat CanadaRed Deer Rebels (WHL)
4112Viktor Wallin SwedenHV71 (Sweden)
6150Trent Hunter CanadaPrince George Cougars (WHL)
7178Jesse Fibiger CanadaUniversity of Minnesota Duluth (WCHA)
8205David Bernier CanadaQuebec Remparts (QMJHL)
9233Pelle Prestberg SwedenFarjestad BK (Sweden)
9245Andreas Andersson SwedenHV71 (Sweden)

Farm teams

Cincinnati Mighty Ducks

See also

Notes
  1. 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.
  1. "1998-99 NHL Summary".
  2. Dinger 2011, p. 155.
  3. "1998-1999 Conference Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". NHL.
  4. "1998-99 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim Schedule". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved June 23, 2023.
  5. "Maurice "Rocket" Richard Trophy". records.nhl.com. Retrieved June 28, 2023.
  6. "Postseason All-Star Teams". records.nhl.com. Retrieved June 27, 2023.
  7. "NHL All-Star Game Starting Lineups by Year (since 1986)". NHL.com. Retrieved June 27, 2023.
  8. "NHL All-Star Game Historical Summaries - 1999". NHL.com. Retrieved June 27, 2023.
  9. "1998 NHL Entry Draft Picks at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved June 28, 2023.
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