1994–95 NHL season

1995 NHL season
League	National Hockey League
Sport	Ice hockey
Duration	January 20 – June 24, 1995
Number of games	48
Number of teams	26
Regular season
Presidents' Trophy	Detroit Red Wings
Season MVP	Eric Lindros (Philadelphia)
Top scorer	Jaromir Jagr (Pittsburgh)
Playoffs
Eastern champions	New Jersey Devils
Eastern runners-up	Philadelphia Flyers
Western champions	Detroit Red Wings
Western runners-up	Chicago Blackhawks
Playoffs MVP	Claude Lemieux (New Jersey)
Stanley Cup
Champions	New Jersey Devils
Runners-up	Detroit Red Wings

The 1994–95 NHL season was the 78th regular season of the National Hockey League. The teams played a shortened season, due to a lockout of the players by the owners. In addition, the NHL All-Star Game, which had been scheduled to take place January 20–21, 1995, in San Jose, California, was canceled. San Jose was eventually selected as the venue for the 1997 NHL All-Star Game.

League business

The Hartford Whalers were purchased by Peter Karmanos.

This was the last season in Quebec City for the Quebec Nordiques, as they announced that they would move to Denver after the season and become the Colorado Avalanche.

It was the first season with games televised by Fox, which they would do until the end of the 1998–99 season. It marked the first major American broadcast agreement for the NHL since 1975. Fox split Stanley Cup Finals games with ESPN.

The regular season was shortened because of a 103 day lockout, which ended on January 11, 1995. The season finally got underway nine days later.

New arenas

The Boston Bruins played their final season at the Boston Garden. They would then move to their current arena, the TD Garden (then named the FleetCenter).

The Vancouver Canucks played their last season at Pacific Coliseum. They would play at GM Place (now known as Rogers Arena) the following year.

The Chicago Blackhawks opened the United Center.

The St. Louis Blues opened the Kiel Center (now the Scottrade Center).

Events

• March 10, 1995 – the game between the San Jose Sharks and Detroit Red Wings was postponed due to the Guadalupe River flooding, making it impossible for the teams to travel to the San Jose Arena.^[1]

Rule changes

• Two ice resurfacers would now be required by every arena for the resurfacing between periods.
• A coach can call for a stick measurement in overtime, but the request must be made before the winning goal is scored.
• Leaving the penalty box to join an altercation on the ice will draw an automatic three-game suspension.
• Any severe check from behind will result in a major penalty and game misconduct.
• Referees and linesmen would wear numbers instead of nameplates.

Regular season

Due to the 1994–95 NHL lockout, the league shortened the season length from 84 games, the length of the previous two seasons, to 48. Furthermore, the season would last from January 20 to May 3; this was the first and only time in NHL history that the regular season extended into May. Regular-season games would be limited to intra-conference play (Eastern Conference teams did not play Western Conference teams).

Final standings

Eastern Conference

Atlantic Division No. CR GP W L T GF GA Pts 1 2 Philadelphia Flyers 48 28 16 4 150 132 60 2 5 New Jersey Devils 48 22 18 8 136 121 52 3 6 Washington Capitals 48 22 18 8 136 120 52 4 8 New York Rangers 48 22 23 3 139 134 47 5 9 Florida Panthers 48 20 22 6 115 127 46 6 12 Tampa Bay Lightning 48 17 28 3 120 144 37 7 13 New York Islanders 48 15 28 5 126 158 35

Northeast Division No. CR GP W L T GF GA Pts 1 1 Quebec Nordiques 48 30 13 5 185 134 65 2 3 Pittsburgh Penguins 48 29 16 3 181 158 61 3 4 Boston Bruins 48 27 18 3 150 127 57 4 7 Buffalo Sabres 48 22 19 7 130 119 51 5 10 Hartford Whalers 48 19 24 5 127 141 43 6 11 Montreal Canadiens 48 18 23 7 125 148 43 7 14 Ottawa Senators 48 9 34 5 117 174 23

Western Conference

Central Division No. CR GP W L T GF GA Pts 1 1 Detroit Red Wings 48 33 11 4 180 117 70 2 2 St. Louis Blues 48 28 15 5 178 135 61 3 4 Chicago Blackhawks 48 24 19 5 156 115 53 4 5 Toronto Maple Leafs 48 21 19 8 135 146 50 5 8 Dallas Stars 48 17 23 8 136 135 42 6 10 Winnipeg Jets 48 16 25 7 157 177 39

Pacific Division No. CR GP W L T GF GA Pts 1 2 Calgary Flames 48 24 17 7 163 135 55 2 6 Vancouver Canucks 48 18 18 12 153 148 48 3 7 San Jose Sharks 48 19 25 4 129 161 42 4 9 Los Angeles Kings 48 16 23 9 142 174 41 5 11 Edmonton Oilers 48 17 27 4 136 183 38 6 12 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim 48 16 27 5 125 164 37

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Note: No. = Division rank, CR = Conference rank, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points
       Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Playoffs

Final

The New Jersey Devils swept the series in the minimum four games. Detroit was making its first appearance in a Stanley Cup Finals since 1966. New Jersey won in its first appearance in a Finals.

Detroit Red Wings vs. New Jersey Devils
Date	Away	Score	Home	Score	Notes
June 17	New Jersey	2	Detroit	1
June 20	New Jersey	4	Detroit	2
June 22	Detroit	2	New Jersey	5
June 24	Detroit	2	New Jersey	5
New Jersey wins series 4–0 and Stanley Cup
Claude Lemieux (New Jersey) wins Conn Smythe Trophy

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Playoff bracket

	Conference Quarterfinals					Conference Semifinals					Conference Finals					Stanley Cup Finals
	1	Quebec	2			2	Philadelphia	4
	8	NY Rangers	4			8	NY Rangers	0
	2	Philadelphia	4							Eastern Conference
	7	Buffalo	1
											2	Philadelphia	2
										5	New Jersey	4
	3	Pittsburgh	4
	6	Washington	3
	4	Boston	1			3	Pittsburgh	1
	5	New Jersey	4			5	New Jersey	4
																E5	New Jersey	4
		(Pairings are re-seeded after the first round.)
																W1	Detroit	0
	1	Detroit	4			1	Detroit	4
	8	Dallas	1			7	San Jose	0
	2	Calgary	3
	7	San Jose	4
											1	Detroit	4
										4	Chicago	1
	3	St. Louis	3
	6	Vancouver	4								Western Conference
	4	Chicago	4			4	Chicago	4
	5	Toronto	3			6	Vancouver	0

• During the first three rounds home ice is determined by seeding number, not position on the bracket. In the Finals the team with the better regular season record has home ice.

Awards

The NHL Awards presentation took place on July 6, 1995.

Presidents' Trophy:	Detroit Red Wings
Prince of Wales Trophy:	New Jersey Devils
Clarence S. Campbell Bowl:	Detroit Red Wings
Art Ross Trophy:	Jaromir Jagr, Pittsburgh Penguins
Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy:	Pat LaFontaine, Buffalo Sabres
Calder Memorial Trophy:	Peter Forsberg, Quebec Nordiques
Conn Smythe Trophy:	Claude Lemieux, New Jersey Devils
Frank J. Selke Trophy:	Ron Francis, Pittsburgh Penguins
Hart Memorial Trophy:	Eric Lindros, Philadelphia Flyers
Jack Adams Award:	Marc Crawford, Quebec Nordiques
James Norris Memorial Trophy:	Paul Coffey, Detroit Red Wings
King Clancy Memorial Trophy:	Joe Nieuwendyk, Calgary Flames
Lady Byng Memorial Trophy:	Ron Francis, Pittsburgh Penguins
Lester B. Pearson Award:	Eric Lindros, Philadelphia Flyers
NHL Plus/Minus Award:	Ron Francis, Pittsburgh Penguins
Vezina Trophy:	Dominik Hasek, Buffalo Sabres
William M. Jennings Trophy:	Ed Belfour, Chicago Blackhawks
Lester Patrick Trophy:	Joe Mullen, Brian Mullen, Bob Fleming

All-Star teams

First team	Position	Second team
Dominik Hasek, Buffalo Sabres	G	Ed Belfour, Chicago Blackhawks
Paul Coffey, Detroit Red Wings	D	Ray Bourque, Boston Bruins
Chris Chelios, Chicago Blackhawks	D	Larry Murphy, Pittsburgh Penguins
Eric Lindros, Philadelphia Flyers	C	Alexei Zhamnov, Winnipeg Jets
Jaromir Jagr, Pittsburgh Penguins	RW	Theoren Fleury, Calgary Flames
John LeClair, Montreal/Philadelphia	LW	Keith Tkachuk, Winnipeg Jets

Player statistics

Scoring leaders

Regular season	Playoffs
Player Team GP G A Pts Jaromir Jagr Pittsburgh 48 32 38 70 Eric Lindros Philadelphia 46 29 41 70 Alexei Zhamnov Winnipeg 48 30 35 65 Joe Sakic Quebec 47 19 43 62 Ron Francis Pittsburgh 44 11 48 59 Theoren Fleury Calgary 47 29 29 58 Paul Coffey Detroit 45 14 44 58 Mikael Renberg Philadelphia 47 26 31 57 John LeClair Montreal/ Philadelphia 46 26 28 54 Mark Messier NY Rangers 46 14 39 53 [2]	Player Team GP G A Pts Sergei Fedorov Detroit 17 7 17 24 Stephane Richer New Jersey 19 6 15 21 Neal Broten New Jersey 20 7 12 19 Ron Francis Pittsburgh 12 6 13 19 Denis Savard Chicago 16 7 11 18 Paul Coffey Detroit 18 6 12 18 John MacLean New Jersey 20 5 13 18 Claude Lemieux New Jersey 20 13 3 16 Vyacheslav Kozlov Detroit 18 9 7 16 Nicklas Lidstrom Detroit 18 4 12 16

Note: GP = Games Played, G = Goals, A = Assists, Pts = Points

Leading goaltenders

Regular season

Player	Team	GP	MIN	GA	SO	GAA
Dominik Hasek	Buffalo	41	2416	85	5	2.11
Jim Carey	Washington	28	1604	57	4	2.13
Chris Osgood	Detroit	19	1087	41	1	2.26
Ed Belfour	Chicago	42	2450	93	5	2.28
Jocelyn Thibault	Quebec	18	898	35	1	2.34
Dominic Roussel	Philadelphia	19	1075	42	1	2.34
Glenn Healy	New York Rangers	17	888	35	1	2.36
Blaine Lacher	Boston	35	1965	79	4	2.41
Andy Moog	Dallas	31	1770	72	2	2.44
Martin Brodeur	New Jersey	40	2184	89	3	2.45

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Milestones

Debuts

The following is a list of players of note who played their first NHL game in 1994–95, listed with their first team (asterisk(*) marks debut in playoffs):

• Oleg Tverdovsky, Anaheim Mighty Ducks
• Paul Kariya, Anaheim Mighty Ducks
• Cory Stillman, Calgary Flames
• Eric Daze, Chicago Blackhawks
• Jamie Langenbrunner, Dallas Stars
• Manny Fernandez, Dallas Stars
• Ryan Smyth, Edmonton Oilers
• Robert Svehla, Florida Panthers
• Marek Malik, Hartford Whalers
• Craig Conroy, Montreal Canadiens
• Valeri Bure, Montreal Canadiens
• Brian Rolston, New Jersey Devils
• Sergei Brylin, New Jersey Devils
• Tommy Salo, New York Islanders
• Radek Bonk, Ottawa Senators
• Adam Deadmarsh, Quebec Nordiques
• Peter Forsberg, Quebec Nordiques
• Jeff Friesen, San Jose Sharks
• Viktor Kozlov, San Jose Sharks
• Kenny Jonsson, Toronto Maple Leafs
• Adrian Aucoin, Vancouver Canucks
• Scott Walker, Vancouver Canucks
• Jim Carey, Washington Capitals
• Sergei Gonchar, Washington Capitals
• Nikolai Khabibulin, Winnipeg Jets

Last games

The following is a list of players of note that played their last game in the NHL in 1994–95 (listed with their last team):

• Mats Naslund, Boston Bruins
• Craig Simpson, Buffalo Sabres
• Kelly Kisio, Calgary Flames
• Jim Peplinski, Calgary Flames
• Dirk Graham, Chicago Blackhawks
• Mark Howe, Detroit Red Wings
• Mike Krushelnyski, Detroit Red Wings
• Kent Nilsson, Edmonton Oilers (The last active player to have been a member of the Atlanta Flames.)
• Gaetan Duchesne, Florida Panthers
• Mark Osborne, New York Rangers
• Steve Larmer, New York Rangers
• Sylvain Turgeon, Ottawa Senators
• Peter Stastny, St. Louis Blues
• Gerard Gallant, Tampa Bay Lightning
• Garth Butcher, Toronto Maple Leafs
• Rich Sutter, Toronto Maple Leafs
• Dave Poulin, Washington Capitals
• Thomas Steen, Winnipeg Jets

Trading deadline

Trading deadline: April 7, 1995.^[5]

• April 7, 1995: D Petr Svoboda traded from Buffalo to Philadelphia for D Garry Galley.
• April 7, 1995: C Troy Murray and D Norm Maciver traded from Ottawa to Pittsburgh for RW Martin Straka.
• April 7, 1995: D Gord Kruppke traded from Toronto to Detroit for other considerations.
• April 7, 1995: RW Russ Courtnall traded from Dallas to Vancouver for LW Greg Adams and RW Dan Kesa and Vancouver's fifth round pick in 1995 Entry Draft.
• April 7, 1995: G Corey Hirsch traded from New York Rangers to Vancouver for C Nathan LaFayette.
• April 7, 1995: D Gerald Diduck traded from Vancouver to Chicago for RW Bogdan Savenko and Hartford's third round pick in 1995 Entry Draft (previously acquired).
• April 7, 1995: G Rick Tabaracci traded from Washington to Calgary for a conditional fifth round draft pick.
• April 7, 1995: LW Gaetan Duchesne traded from San Jose to Florida for Florida's sixth round pick in 1995 Entry Draft.
• April 7, 1995: G Craig Billington traded from Ottawa to Boston for other considerations.
• April 7, 1995: LW Bill Huard traded from Ottawa to Quebec for D Mika Stromberg and Quebec's fourth round pick in 1995 Entry Draft.
• April 7, 1995: D Daniel Laperriere and St. Louis' ninth round pick in 1995 Entry Draft traded from St. Louis to Ottawa for Ottawa's ninth round pick in 1995 Entry Draft.
• April 7, 1995: RW Roman Oksiuta traded from Edmonton to Vancouver for D Jiri Slegr.
• April 7, 1995: LW Alan May traded from Dallas to Calgary for Calgary's eighth round pick in 1995 Entry Draft.
• April 7, 1995: C Mike Eastwood and Toronto's third round pick in 1995 Entry Draft traded from Toronto to Winnipeg for RW Tie Domi.
• April 7, 1995: D Grant Jennings traded from Pittsburgh to Toronto for D Drake Berehowsky.
• April 7, 1995: D Igor Ulanov and C Mike Eagles traded from Winnipeg to Washington for Washington's third and fifth round draft picks in 1995 Entry Draft.
• April 7, 1995: Edmonton Oilers trade Scott Pearson to the Buffalo Sabres for Ken Sutton.
• April 7, 1995: Pittsburgh Penguins trade Greg Brown to the Winnipeg Jets for a conditional eighth round draft pick in 1996 Entry Draft.
• April 7, 1995: New York Rangers trade Ed Olczyk to the Winnipeg Jets for Winnipeg's fifth round pick in 1995 Entry Draft.
• April 5, 1995: Montreal Canadiens obtain Pierre Turgeon and Vladimir Malakhov from the New York Islanders for Kirk Muller, Mathieu Schneider and Craig Darby.

Coaches

Head coaches of the Eastern Conference

Team	Coach	Comments
Boston Bruins	Brian Sutter
Buffalo Sabres	John Muckler
Florida Panthers	Roger Neilson
Hartford Whalers	Paul Holmgren
Montreal Canadiens	Jacques Demers
New Jersey Devils	Jacques Lemaire
New York Islanders	Lorne Henning
New York Rangers	Colin Campbell
Ottawa Senators	Rick Bowness
Philadelphia Flyers	Terry Murray
Pittsburgh Penguins	Eddie Johnston
Quebec Nordiques	Marc Crawford
Tampa Bay Lightning	Terry Crisp
Washington Capitals	Jim Schoenfeld

Head coaches of the Western Conference

Team	Coach	Comments
Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	Ron Wilson
Calgary Flames	Dave King
Chicago Blackhawks	Darryl Sutter
Dallas Stars	Bob Gainey
Detroit Red Wings	Scotty Bowman
Edmonton Oilers	George Burnett	Replaced midseason by Ron Low
Los Angeles Kings	Barry Melrose	Replaced midseason by Rogie Vachon
St. Louis Blues	Mike Keenan
San Jose Sharks	Kevin Constantine
Toronto Maple Leafs	Pat Burns
Vancouver Canucks	Rick Ley
Winnipeg Jets	John Paddock	Replaced midseason by Terry Simpson

See also

• List of Stanley Cup champions
• 1994 NHL Entry Draft
• 1994–95 NHL lockout
• NHL All-Rookie Team
• 1994 in sports
• 1995 in sports

References

• Diamond, Dan, ed. (2000). Total Hockey. Kingston, NY: Total Sports. ISBN 1-892129-85-X. 
• Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Toronto, ON: Dan Diamond & Associates. ISBN 978-1-894801-22-5. 
• Dryden, Steve, ed. (2000). Century of hockey. Toronto, ON: McClelland & Stewart Ltd. ISBN 0-7710-4179-9. 
• Fischler, Stan; Fischler, Shirley; Hughes, Morgan; Romain, Joseph; Duplacey, James (2003). The Hockey Chronicle: Year-by-Year History of the National Hockey League. Lincolnwood, IL: Publications International Inc. ISBN 0-7853-9624-1. 

Notes

External links

• Hockey Database

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