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Aaron Ward

#4 · Defence · Anaheim Ducks

Born Jan 17, 1973 in Windsor, Ontario, CAN · 6'2", 209 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 5th overall in 1991 by WIN (round 1)

Trophy case

×3 Stanley Cup NHL Champion 2005-06, 1997-98, 1996-97

Compare with a similar player

The defencemen closest to him in points in 1996-97. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Doug Lidster NYR · 7 P in 48 GP Alexander Godynyuk HFD · 7 P in 55 GP Cale Hulse CGY · 7 P in 63 GP Kjell Samuelsson PHI · 7 P in 34 GP Bob Beers BOS · 7 P in 27 GP

Career

Regular season games only. Pick a season to see its game log below.

05101520251993-94: 1 points193-941994-95: 1 points11996-97: 7 points796-971997-98: 10 points101998-99: 11 points1198-991999-00: 4 points42000-01: 9 points900-012001-02: 14 points142002-03: 9 points902-032003-04: 8 points82005-06: 25 points2505-062006-07: 16 points162007-08: 13 points1307-082008-09: 10 points102009-10: 13 points1309-10

Points by season. The darker bar is the season shown below.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
1993-94 DET 5 1 0 1 2 4 3 0 0.20
1994-95 DET 1 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 1.00
1996-97 DET 49 2 5 7 -9 52 40 0 0.14
1997-98 DET 52 5 5 10 -1 47 47 154 0.19
1998-99 DET 61 3 8 11 -5 52 46 133 0.18
1999-00 DET 36 1 3 4 -4 24 25 87 0.11
2000-01 DET 73 4 5 9 -4 57 48 191 0.12
2001-02 CAR 79 3 11 14 0 74 69 162 0.18
2002-03 CAR 77 3 6 9 -23 90 66 73 0.12
2003-04 CAR 49 3 5 8 1 37 51 72 0.16
2005-06 CAR 71 6 19 25 2 62 60 133 0.35
2006-07 NYR 60 3 10 13 -3 57 45 148 0.22
2006-07 BOS 20 1 2 3 -8 18 17 52 0.15
2007-08 BOS 65 5 8 13 9 54 68 143 0.20
2008-09 BOS 65 3 7 10 16 44 53 151 0.15
2009-10 CAR 60 1 10 11 -17 54 32 138 0.18
2009-10 ANA 17 0 2 2 2 8 9 39 0.12
15 seasons Career 840 44 107 151 -41 736 679 1676 0.18

Playoffs

Playoff games only. Pick a season to see that year's bracket.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
1996-97 DET 19 0 0 0 1 17 9 0 0.00
1998-99 DET 8 0 1 1 2 8 6 14 0.13
1999-00 DET 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 0.00
2001-02 CAR 23 1 1 2 0 22 23 73 0.09
2005-06 CAR 25 2 3 5 0 18 18 47 0.20
2007-08 BOS 6 0 1 1 -2 6 8 12 0.17
2008-09 BOS 11 1 0 1 4 2 6 18 0.09
7 seasons Playoffs 95 4 6 10 5 73 71 171 0.11

1996-97 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
49 2 5 7 -9 52 40 0 0.14 5.0 0:00

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 11, 1997 vs OTT L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Apr 9, 1997 @ EDM T 3-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 4 2 0 00:00
Apr 5, 1997 @ TOR W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Apr 3, 1997 vs TOR T 2-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 00:00
Mar 28, 1997 vs BUF W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 26, 1997 vs COL W 6-5 (OT) 0 0 0 0 15 0 0 00:00
Mar 23, 1997 @ CHI L 3-5 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 00:00
Mar 19, 1997 vs BOS W 4-1 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 16, 1997 @ COL L 2-4 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 00:00
Mar 12, 1997 @ ANA L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 8, 1997 @ VAN W 5-3 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 00:00
Mar 5, 1997 @ TOR T 4-4 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 00:00
Mar 2, 1997 vs ANA T 1-1 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 1, 1997 vs NYR W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 27, 1997 vs PIT W 4-1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 00:00
Feb 24, 1997 @ PHX W 5-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Feb 17, 1997 @ TBL T 3-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 16, 1997 @ FLA W 4-2 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 00:00
Feb 14, 1997 @ DAL L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 00:00
Feb 12, 1997 vs SJS W 7-1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 8, 1997 @ PIT W 6-5 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 14, 1997 vs LAK T 3-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 8, 1997 @ DAL L 3-6 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 5, 1997 @ CHI T 5-5 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 3, 1997 vs DAL L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 30, 1996 vs PHX L 3-5 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 00:00
Dec 20, 1996 @ VAN L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 18, 1996 @ CGY T 3-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 17, 1996 @ COL L 3-4 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 12, 1996 vs CHI W 6-2 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 00:00
Dec 10, 1996 vs EDM T 0-0 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 4, 1996 @ WSH W 2-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 3, 1996 vs VAN T 2-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 24, 1996 @ ANA L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 23, 1996 @ LAK W 6-0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 21, 1996 @ SJS W 6-1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 18, 1996 @ PHX T 2-2 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 15, 1996 vs SJS W 5-1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 10, 1996 vs TBL W 4-2 0 0 0 -1 6 0 0 00:00
Nov 8, 1996 @ HFD W 4-1 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 6, 1996 vs NJD L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 4, 1996 vs HFD W 5-1 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 00:00
Nov 2, 1996 @ TOR L 2-6 0 0 0 -3 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 1, 1996 @ OTT T 2-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Oct 26, 1996 @ BOS W 2-1 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 00:00
Oct 15, 1996 @ DAL L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Oct 12, 1996 @ BUF W 6-1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 00:00
Oct 9, 1996 vs EDM W 2-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 00:00
Oct 5, 1996 @ NJD L 1-3 0 0 0 0 9 1 0 00:00