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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

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The defencemen closest to him in points in 1997-98. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Chris Mcalpine STL · 10 P in 54 GP Igor Ulanov MTL · 10 P in 49 GP Alexander Karpovtsev NYR · 10 P in 47 GP Sheldon Souray NJD · 10 P in 60 GP Joe Reekie WSH · 10 P in 68 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

1997-98 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
52 5 5 10 -1 47 47 154 0.19 10.6 14:42

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 18, 1998 @ COL L 3-4 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 12:21
Apr 15, 1998 @ DAL L 1-3 0 0 0 0 2 1 6 10:52
Apr 11, 1998 vs NYR W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 17:31
Apr 9, 1998 vs PHX W 5-1 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 14:19
Apr 7, 1998 vs STL W 5-3 0 0 0 -1 5 0 4 10:33
Apr 4, 1998 @ CHI W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13:35
Apr 1, 1998 vs COL W 2-0 0 0 0 0 10 0 6 12:21
Mar 29, 1998 vs BUF W 4-2 0 0 0 1 2 1 3 16:07
Mar 26, 1998 vs ANA T 3-3 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 11:32
Mar 21, 1998 @ NYR W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:08
Mar 14, 1998 @ PHI L 1-6 0 0 0 -2 2 0 2 09:11
Mar 12, 1998 vs CHI W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 12:51
Mar 10, 1998 vs BOS L 3-6 0 0 0 -1 2 1 2 17:37
Mar 7, 1998 @ LAK L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 07:15
Mar 5, 1998 @ SJS L 4-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 13:55
Mar 4, 1998 @ ANA W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 14:54
Mar 2, 1998 @ PHX W 3-1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 4 16:55
Feb 7, 1998 @ STL L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 13:49
Feb 5, 1998 @ TBL W 5-4 1 0 1 -1 0 1 1 16:59
Feb 3, 1998 @ FLA T 1-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 15:37
Feb 1, 1998 @ WSH W 4-2 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 18:23
Jan 31, 1998 @ PIT L 2-4 1 0 1 1 0 2 7 14:43
Jan 28, 1998 vs PHX T 4-4 (OT) 0 0 0 1 2 2 6 17:44
Jan 24, 1998 vs PHI W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 17:30
Jan 21, 1998 vs TOR L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 14:19
Jan 20, 1998 @ NJD L 1-3 0 0 0 -2 2 0 1 14:19
Jan 14, 1998 vs VAN W 4-0 0 0 0 1 0 3 3 16:06
Dec 3, 1997 @ CGY W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 08:33
Dec 1, 1997 @ VAN T 3-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 15:43
Nov 26, 1997 vs OTT W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 06:56
Nov 22, 1997 @ MTL W 5-2 1 0 1 2 0 1 2 16:40
Nov 21, 1997 vs DAL W 4-2 0 0 0 1 2 1 7 14:52
Nov 19, 1997 vs NYI L 2-3 0 0 0 1 0 2 6 14:44
Nov 16, 1997 @ CHI T 3-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 14:44
Nov 15, 1997 @ STL L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 17:03
Nov 13, 1997 @ OTT W 4-2 0 1 1 1 0 1 6 19:28
Nov 11, 1997 vs COL L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 16:09
Nov 9, 1997 vs CGY W 6-3 0 1 1 0 0 1 4 15:52
Nov 7, 1997 vs PIT T 1-1 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 2 0 3 15:53
Nov 5, 1997 @ CAR L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 10:22
Nov 2, 1997 vs ANA W 4-3 0 0 0 -1 2 1 1 13:17
Oct 23, 1997 @ LAK W 4-1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 21:18
Oct 22, 1997 @ ANA W 4-1 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 17:08
Oct 20, 1997 vs STL T 3-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 4 14:10
Oct 18, 1997 vs CAR W 4-2 0 1 1 -1 0 2 6 19:38
Oct 15, 1997 vs TOR L 3-4 1 1 2 2 2 2 3 17:02
Oct 14, 1997 @ TOR W 3-2 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 18:19
Oct 12, 1997 vs CGY T 4-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 2 2 2 16:13
Oct 10, 1997 vs TBL W 3-0 0 0 0 1 2 1 7 16:41
Oct 8, 1997 vs DAL W 3-1 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 15:19
Oct 3, 1997 @ EDM W 8-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 18:44
Oct 1, 1997 @ CGY W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 18:05