Ducks pick up a veteran goalie to support their rookie tandem.
The Ducks goalie tandem of Frederik Andersen and John Gibson are going have a combined 42 regular season and playoff games between them. The next goalie in the chain is Igor Bobkov, who has never started a game in the NHL. So, the Ducks went out and got a veteran goalie in the form of Jason LaBarbera.
LaBarbera is a bit of a journeyman. He's stopped pucks for the Rangers, Kings, Coyotes and Oilers before coming to ply his trade in Anaheim. Last year in Edmonton, he played in 7 games posting a 3.28 GAA AND .870 SV%. The majority of his games came for the Rockford Icehogs in the AHL where he recorded a 2.94 GAA and .901 SV%. NHL.com didn't have his AHL numbers after 06-07; the AHL numbers in this article are from hockeydb.com
Per Bob Murray's comments from just over a week ago at the Ducks' open house, we should expect to see Gibson and Andersen in the NHL unless someone has a serious step back or an injury. And so it would appear that the Norfolk Admirals will be working with a tandem of Bobkov and LaBarbera or vice versa.
| SEASON | TEAM | GP | W | L | T | OT | SO | GA | SA | SV% | GAA | MIN |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995-1996 | PRINCE GEORGE KINGS-MINOR-BC | 31 | 0 | 83 | 2.68 | 1,860 | ||||||
| 1996-1997 | TRI-CITY AMERICANS-WHL | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3.81 | 63 | |||
| 1996-1997 | PORTLAND WINTER HAWKS-WHL | 9 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 2.44 | 443 | |||
| 1997-1998 | PORTLAND WINTER HAWKS-WHL | 23 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 72 | 3.31 | 1,305 | |||
| 1997-1998 | PORTLAND WINTER HAWKS-M-CUP | |||||||||||
| 1998-1999 | PORTLAND WINTER HAWKS-WHL | 51 | 18 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 170 | 1,772 | .904 | 3.41 | 2,991 | |
| 1999-2000 | PORTLAND WINTER HAWKS-WHL | 34 | 8 | 24 | 2 | 1 | 123 | 1,271 | .903 | 3.68 | 2,005 | |
| 1999-2000 | SPOKANE CHIEFS-WHL | 21 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 50 | 500 | .900 | 2.62 | 1,146 | |
| 2000-2001 | RANGERS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 0.00 | 10 |
| 2000-2001 | HARTFORD WOLF PACK-AHL | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 93 | .871 | 4.61 | 156 | |
| 2000-2001 | CHARLOTTE CHECKERS-ECHL | 35 | 18 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 112 | 1,245 | .910 | 3.20 | 2,100 | |
| 2001-2002 | RANGERS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0.00 | 0 |
| 2001-2002 | CHARLOTTE CHECKERS-ECHL | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 382 | .924 | 2.34 | 744 | |
| 2001-2002 | HARTFORD WOLF PACK-AHL | 20 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 55 | 628 | .912 | 3.12 | 1,058 | |
| 2002-2003 | HARTFORD WOLF PACK-AHL | 46 | 18 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 105 | 1,239 | .915 | 2.57 | 2,452 | |
| 2002-2003 | RANGERS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0.00 | 0 |
| 2003-2004 | RANGERS | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | - | 0 | 16 | 91 | .824 | 4.85 | 198 |
| 2003-2004 | HARTFORD WOLF PACK-AHL | 59 | 34 | 9 | 9 | 13 | 90 | 1,414 | .936 | 1.59 | 3,393 | |
| 2004-2005 | HARTFORD WOLF PACK-AHL | 53 | 31 | 16 | 2 | 6 | 90 | 1,374 | .934 | 1.84 | 2,937 | |
| 2005-2006 | KINGS | 29 | 11 | 9 | - | 2 | 1 | 69 | 688 | .900 | 2.89 | 1,433 |
| 2005-2006 | MANCHESTER MONARCHS-AHL | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 108 | .907 | 3.25 | 185 | |
| 2006-2007 | MANCHESTER MONARCHS-AHL | 62 | 39 | 20 | 1 | 7 | 133 | 1,995 | .933 | 2.21 | 3,619 | |
| 2007-2008 | KINGS | 45 | 17 | 23 | - | 2 | 1 | 121 | 1,341 | .910 | 3.00 | 2,421 |
| 2008-2009 | KINGS | 19 | 5 | 8 | - | 4 | 2 | 47 | 439 | .893 | 2.83 | 995 |
| 2008-2009 | CANUCKS | 9 | 3 | 2 | - | 2 | 0 | 20 | 235 | .915 | 2.66 | 451 |
| 2009-2010 | COYOTES | 17 | 8 | 5 | - | 1 | 0 | 33 | 459 | .928 | 2.13 | 928 |
| 2010-2011 | COYOTES | 17 | 7 | 6 | - | 3 | 2 | 48 | 529 | .909 | 3.26 | 883 |
| 2011-2012 | COYOTES | 19 | 3 | 9 | - | 3 | 0 | 43 | 486 | .912 | 2.54 | 1,015 |
| 2012-2013 | COYOTES | 15 | 4 | 6 | - | 2 | 0 | 32 | 418 | .923 | 2.64 | 726 |
| 2013-2014 | OILERS | 7 | 1 | 3 | - | 0 | 0 | 19 | 146 | .870 | 3.28 | 348 |
| NHL TOTALS | 182 | 60 | 73 | 0 | 19 | 6 | 448 | 4,834 | .907 | 2.86 | 9,407 |