Ducky Debut : They fell short of a playoff berth, but the Mighty Ducks still had a history-making season, tying Florida for most victories by an NHL expansion team.

Franchise Firsts

* Game: 7-2 loss to Detroit, Oct. 8, 1993

* Goal: Sean Hill, second period, 4:13

* Victory: 4-3 vs. Edmonton, Oct. 13, 1993

* Road victory: 4-2 at N.Y. Rangers, Oct. 19, 1993

* Hat trick: Terry Yake, vs. N.Y. Rangers, Oct. 19, 1993

* Shutout: Guy Hebert, 1-0 at Toronto, Dec. 15, 1993

Wins and Losses

* Home Record: 14-26-2

* Road Record: 19-20-3

* One-goal record: 10-21

* Overtime record: 2-5-5

* Longest winning streak: 4, Nov. 19-24, (at Vancouver, at Edmonton, at Calgary, at Winnipeg)

* Longest losing streak: 6, Oct. 20-31, (at New Jersey, at Montreal, at Ottawa, at San Jose, * * Washington, San Jose)

Final Statistics

Penalty Pos Player GP G A PTS +/- minutes R Terry Yake 82 21 31 52 2 44 R Bob Corkum 76 23 28 51 4 18 L Garry Valk 78 18 27 45 8 100 L Tim Sweeney 78 16 27 43 3 49 D Bill Houlder 80 14 25 39 -18 40 R Joe Sacco 84 19 18 37 -11 61 L Peter Douris 74 12 22 34 -5 21 C Shaun Van Allen 80 8 25 33 0 64 C Anatoli Semenov 49 11 19 30 -4 12 D Sean Hill 68 7 20 27 -12 78 C Stephan Lebeau 56 15 11 26 -4 22 C Patrik Carnback 73 12 11 23 -8 54 D Bobby Dollas 77 9 11 20 20 55 D David Williams 56 5 15 20 8 42 L Troy Loney 62 13 6 19 -5 88 R Todd Ewen 76 9 9 18 -7 272 D Don McSween 32 3 9 12 4 39 R Steven King 36 8 3 11 -7 44 D Randy Ladouceur 81 1 9 10 7 74 D Mark Ferner 50 3 5 8 -16 30 R John Lilley 13 1 6 7 1 8 L Stu Grimson 77 1 5 6 -6 199 C Scott McKay 1 0 0 0 0 0 L Maxim Bets 3 0 0 0 -3 0 R Jim Thomson 6 0 0 0 0 5 G Mikhail Shtalenkov 10 0 0 0 0 0 G Guy Hebert 52 0 0 0 0 2

Goaltenders

GP Mins. Avg. W-L-T SO GA SV SV% Mikhail Shtalenkov 10 543 2.65 3-4-1 0 24 265 .909 Guy Hebert 52 2991 2.83 20-27-3 2 141 1513 .907 Ron Tugnutt 28 1520 3.00 10-15-1 1 76 828 .908

Season Sweeps

Rangers led NHL in regular-season points but couldn’t beat Ducks.

* New York Rangers (2-0)

* Winnipeg Jets (4-0)

* Philadelphia Flyers (2-0)

* Hartford Whalers (2-0)

How They Stacked Up

First-year performances of recent expansion teams:

* Florida (‘93-94): 33-34-17

* Mighty Ducks (‘93-94): 33-46-5

* Tampa Bay (‘92-93): 23-54-7

* San Jose (‘91-92): 17-58-5

* Ottawa (‘92-93): 10-70-4

Attendance at The Pond

Season total: 696,339

Average crowd: 16,984

Percentage of capacity: 98.9

Sellouts: 27

What the Future Holds

* No. 2 pick in June draft

* Negotiations with Paul Kariya and Valeri Karpov

* Young scorers Maxim Bets and Karpov

Best Performers

Forward Terry Yake: 52 points

Goalie Guy Hebert: 20-27-3

Defenseman Bobby Dollas: +20, best plus-minus

Quotes of the year

“The iceman cometh, and the iceman goeth.”

--Club President Tony Tavares, after deciding to can the unpopular mascot “Iceman” the day after opening night, Oct. 9

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“We can’t just rest on our laurels. We don’t have any.”

--Captain Troy Loney, after a 4-0 loss to New Jersey on Oct. 20

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“Break up the Mighty Ducks!”

--Coach Ron Wilson, after completing a 4-0 road trip against Vancouver, Edmonton, Calgary and Winnipeg, Nov. 24

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“He cries all the time. . . . He’s the greatest player in the history of the game . . . (but) he has influenced more calls than any other player probably in the history of sports.”

--Tavares on Wayne Gretzky, Feb. 10. An inspired Gretzky had two goals and three assists in a 5-3 Kings’ victory the next day.

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“I’m starting to feel like one of those bug-zappers. People just fly into me and fall down dead.”

--Left wing Stu Grimson, after accidentally injuring a teammate for the second of three occasions during the season, Dec. 15.

Sources: NHL, Mighty Ducks