1995–96 Hartford Whalers season

Northeast Division
No.		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
1	Pittsburgh Penguins	82	49	29	4	362	284	102
2	Boston Bruins	82	40	31	11	282	269	91
3	Montreal Canadiens	82	40	32	10	265	248	90
4	Hartford Whalers	82	34	39	9	237	259	77
5	Buffalo Sabres	82	33	42	7	247	262	72
6	Ottawa Senators	82	18	59	5	191	291	41

Eastern Conference^[3]
R		Div	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1	Philadelphia Flyers	ATL	82	45	24	13	282	208	103
2	Pittsburgh Penguins	NE	82	49	29	4	362	284	102
3	New York Rangers	ATL	82	41	27	14	272	237	96
4	Florida Panthers	ATL	82	41	31	10	254	234	92
5	Boston Bruins	NE	82	40	31	11	282	269	91
6	Montreal Canadiens	NE	82	40	32	10	265	248	90
7	Washington Capitals	ATL	82	39	32	11	234	204	89
8	Tampa Bay Lightning	ATL	82	38	32	12	238	248	88

9	New Jersey Devils	ATL	82	37	33	12	215	202	86
10	Hartford Whalers	NE	82	34	39	9	237	259	77
11	Buffalo Sabres	NE	82	33	42	7	247	262	73
12	New York Islanders	ATL	82	22	50	10	229	315	54
13	Ottawa Senators	NE	82	18	59	5	191	291	41

Divisions: ATL – Atlantic, NE – Northeast

bold – Qualified for playoffs

Schedule and results

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	W	October 7, 1995	2–0	New York Rangers (1995–96)	1–0–0
2	W	October 11, 1995	3–2	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1995–96)	2–0–0
3	W	October 14, 1995	3–2	Chicago Blackhawks (1995–96)	3–0–0
4	W	October 16, 1995	7–5	@ New York Rangers (1995–96)	4–0–0
5	T	October 20, 1995	2–2 OT	Pittsburgh Penguins (1995–96)	4–0–1
6	L	October 21, 1995	0–3	@ Florida Panthers (1995–96)	4–1–1
7	L	October 25, 1995	2–4	St. Louis Blues (1995–96)	4–2–1
8	L	October 27, 1995	1–4	Montreal Canadiens (1995–96)	4–3–1
9	L	October 28, 1995	0–3	@ Boston Bruins (1995–96)	4–4–1
10	L	November 2, 1995	0–5	Ottawa Senators (1995–96)	4–5–1
11	W	November 4, 1995	5–4	@ Ottawa Senators (1995–96)	5–5–1
12	L	November 5, 1995	1–6	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1995–96)	5–6–1
13	W	November 7, 1995	7–3	San Jose Sharks (1995–96)	6–6–1
14	L	November 11, 1995	1–4	New York Rangers (1995–96)	6–7–1
15	L	November 14, 1995	0–1	@ New Jersey Devils (1995–96)	6–8–1
16	W	November 15, 1995	3–2	Ottawa Senators (1995–96)	7–8–1
17	L	November 18, 1995	2–4	Philadelphia Flyers (1995–96)	7–9–1
18	L	November 20, 1995	3–4 OT	@ Montreal Canadiens (1995–96)	7–10–1
19	W	November 22, 1995	4–2	Montreal Canadiens (1995–96)	8–10–1
20	W	November 24, 1995	4–0	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1995–96)	9–10–1
21	L	November 25, 1995	2–4	Washington Capitals (1995–96)	9–11–1
22	T	November 29, 1995	2–2 OT	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1995–96)	9–11–2
23	L	December 1, 1995	1–2	@ Buffalo Sabres (1995–96)	9–12–2
24	L	December 2, 1995	3–5	Florida Panthers (1995–96)	9–13–2
25	W	December 6, 1995	7–4	New York Islanders (1995–96)	10–13–2
26	L	December 9, 1995	0–6	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1995–96)	10–14–2
27	L	December 10, 1995	1–4	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1995–96)	10–15–2
28	L	December 13, 1995	2–3	Tampa Bay Lightning (1995–96)	10–16–2
29	W	December 15, 1995	4–2	Colorado Avalanche (1995–96)	11–16–2
30	T	December 16, 1995	3–3 OT	@ New York Islanders (1995–96)	11–16–3
31	L	December 18, 1995	2–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (1995–96)	11–17–3
32	L	December 20, 1995	2–3	Calgary Flames (1995–96)	11–18–3
33	T	December 22, 1995	3–3 OT	@ New York Rangers (1995–96)	11–18–4
34	T	December 23, 1995	3–3 OT	Philadelphia Flyers (1995–96)	11–18–5
35	L	December 28, 1995	4–9	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1995–96)	11–19–5
36	L	December 30, 1995	0–3	@ Washington Capitals (1995–96)	11–20–5
37	L	December 31, 1995	2–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1995–96)	11–21–5
38	W	January 3, 1996	2–0	Washington Capitals (1995–96)	12–21–5
39	W	January 5, 1996	4–2	Ottawa Senators (1995–96)	13–21–5
40	L	January 6, 1996	2–5	@ Boston Bruins (1995–96)	13–22–5
41	W	January 9, 1996	5–1	@ Edmonton Oilers (1995–96)	14–22–5
42	L	January 10, 1996	2–3 OT	@ Calgary Flames (1995–96)	14–23–5
43	W	January 12, 1996	3–2	@ Winnipeg Jets (1995–96)	15–23–5
44	W	January 16, 1996	3–0	Vancouver Canucks (1995–96)	16–23–5
45	W	January 17, 1996	6–3	@ New York Islanders (1995–96)	17–23–5
46	L	January 24, 1996	2–4	@ Buffalo Sabres (1995–96)	17–24–5
47	W	January 25, 1996	8–2	Los Angeles Kings (1995–96)	18–24–5
48	T	January 27, 1996	4–4 OT	New Jersey Devils (1995–96)	18–24–6
49	L	January 30, 1996	2–8	@ San Jose Sharks (1995–96)	18–25–6
50	W	January 31, 1996	6–4	@ Los Angeles Kings (1995–96)	19–25–6
51	W	February 2, 1996	4–3	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1995–96)	20–25–6
52	W	February 7, 1996	5–3	@ Vancouver Canucks (1995–96)	21–25–6
53	W	February 9, 1996	3–2 OT	@ Colorado Avalanche (1995–96)	22–25–6
54	W	February 11, 1996	5–3	@ Dallas Stars (1995–96)	23–25–6
55	L	February 14, 1996	0–3	Boston Bruins (1995–96)	23–26–6
56	W	February 17, 1996	2–1 OT	Buffalo Sabres (1995–96)	24–26–6
57	W	February 21, 1996	5–3	Montreal Canadiens (1995–96)	25–26–6
58	L	February 23, 1996	4–5	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1995–96)	25–27–6
59	L	February 25, 1996	2–6	Dallas Stars (1995–96)	25–28–6
60	T	February 28, 1996	4–4 OT	Edmonton Oilers (1995–96)	25–28–7
61	L	March 1, 1996	2–5	Winnipeg Jets (1995–96)	25–29–7
62	W	March 2, 1996	7–1	Florida Panthers (1995–96)	26–29–7
63	L	March 6, 1996	2–4	Detroit Red Wings (1995–96)	26–30–7
64	W	March 8, 1996	7–4	Toronto Maple Leafs (1995–96)	27–30–7
65	L	March 9, 1996	3–6	@ St. Louis Blues (1995–96)	27–31–7
66	W	March 13, 1996	3–2	Pittsburgh Penguins (1995–96)	28–31–7
67	W	March 16, 1996	2–1	Buffalo Sabres (1995–96)	29–31–7
68	W	March 18, 1996	6–3	Tampa Bay Lightning (1995–96)	30–31–7
69	L	March 20, 1996	2–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (1995–96)	30–32–7
70	T	March 22, 1996	1–1 OT	@ Ottawa Senators (1995–96)	30–32–8
71	T	March 23, 1996	2–2 OT	@ Washington Capitals (1995–96)	30–32–9
72	L	March 25, 1996	0–3	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1995–96)	30–33–9
73	L	March 27, 1996	5–6 OT	Boston Bruins (1995–96)	30–34–9
74	W	March 30, 1996	3–1	New York Islanders (1995–96)	31–34–9
75	L	April 1, 1996	2–3	@ Florida Panthers (1995–96)	31–35–9
76	L	April 3, 1996	2–4	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1995–96)	31–36–9
77	W	April 4, 1996	1–0	@ New Jersey Devils (1995–96)	32–36–9
78	L	April 6, 1996	3–6	New Jersey Devils (1995–96)	32–37–9
79	W	April 8, 1996	5–4	Pittsburgh Penguins (1995–96)	33–37–9
80	L	April 11, 1996	2–3	@ Boston Bruins (1995–96)	33–38–9
81	W	April 13, 1996	2–0	Boston Bruins (1995–96)	34–38–9
82	L	April 14, 1996	1–4	@ Buffalo Sabres (1995–96)	34–39–9

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Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Shanahan, BrendanBrendan Shanahan	LW	74	44	34	78	125	2	17	2	6
Sanderson, GeoffGeoff Sanderson	LW	81	34	31	65	40	0	6	0	7
Cassels, AndrewAndrew Cassels	C	81	20	43	63	39	8	6	0	1
Emerson, NelsonNelson Emerson	RW	81	29	29	58	78	-7	12	2	5
Nikolishin, AndreiAndrei Nikolishin	C	61	14	37	51	34	-2	4	1	3
Kron, RobertRobert Kron	LW	77	22	28	50	6	-1	8	1	3
Brown, JeffJeff Brown	D	48	7	31	38	38	2	5	0	0
Ranheim, PaulPaul Ranheim	LW	73	10	20	30	14	-2	0	1	1
O'Neill, JeffJeff O'Neill	RW	65	8	19	27	40	-3	1	0	1
Wesley, GlenGlen Wesley	D	68	8	16	24	88	-9	6	0	1
Rice, StevenSteven Rice	RW	59	10	12	22	47	-4	1	0	2
Burt, AdamAdam Burt	D	78	4	9	13	121	-4	0	0	1
Featherstone, GlenGlen Featherstone	D	68	2	10	12	138	10	0	0	1
Diduck, GeraldGerald Diduck	D	79	1	9	10	88	7	0	0	0
Kapanen, SamiSami Kapanen	RW	35	5	4	9	6	0	0	0	0
McCrimmon, BradBrad McCrimmon	D	58	3	6	9	62	15	0	1	0
Dineen, KevinKevin Dineen	RW	20	2	7	9	67	7	0	0	0
Janssens, MarkMark Janssens	C	81	2	7	9	155	-13	0	0	0
Kucera, FrantisekFrantisek Kucera	D	30	2	6	8	10	-3	0	0	1
Daniels, ScottScott Daniels	LW	53	3	4	7	254	-4	0	0	0
Chase, KellyKelly Chase	RW	55	2	4	6	230	-4	0	0	1
Burke, SeanSean Burke	G	66	0	6	6	16	0	0	0	0
Martins, SteveSteve Martins	C	23	1	3	4	8	-3	0	0	0
Glynn, BrianBrian Glynn	D	54	0	4	4	44	-15	0	0	0
Smyth, KevinKevin Smyth	LW	21	2	1	3	8	-5	1	0	0
Lemieux, JocelynJocelyn Lemieux	RW	29	1	2	3	31	-11	0	0	0
Carson, JimmyJimmy Carson	C	11	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
Godynyuk, AlexanderAlexander Godynyuk	D	3	0	0	0	2	-1	0	0	0
Malik, MarekMarek Malik	D	7	0	0	0	4	-3	0	0	0
McBain, JasonJason McBain	D	3	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
Muzzatti, JasonJason Muzzatti	G	22	0	0	0	33	0	0	0	0
Reese, JeffJeff Reese	G	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Burke, SeanSean Burke	3669	66	28	28	6	190	3.11	4	2034	1844	.907
Muzzatti, JasonJason Muzzatti	1013	22	4	8	3	49	2.90	1	551	502	.911
Reese, JeffJeff Reese	275	7	2	3	0	14	3.05	1	170	156	.918
Team:	4957	82	34	39	9	253	3.06	6	2755	2502	.908

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Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus-minus PIM = Penalty minutes; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals;
MIN = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA=Shots Against; SV=Shots saved; SV% = Save Percentage;

Transactions

The Whalers were involved in the following transactions during the 1995–96 season.

Trades

July 27, 1995 - Chris Pronger traded to the St. Louis Blues for Brendan Shanahan.
October 6, 1995 - Darren Turcotte traded to the Winnipeg Jets for Nelson Emerson.
November 29, 1995 - Jeff Reese traded to the Tampa Bay Lightning for Tampa's 1996 ninth round draft pick (Ashkat Rakhmatulin).
December 16, 1995 - Jocelyn Lemieux and Hartford's 1998 second round draft pick (later traded to Dallas who selects John Erskine) traded to the New Jersey Devils for Jim Dowd and New Jersey's 1997 second round draft pick (later traded to Calgary who selects Dmitry Kokorev).
December 16, 1995 - Frantisek Kucera, Jim Dowd, and Hartford's 1997 second round draft pick (Ryan Bonni) traded to the Vancouver Canucks for Jeff Brown and Vancouver's 1998 third round draft pick (later traded to Calgary who selects Paul Manning).
December 28, 1995 - Future considerations traded to the Philadelphia Flyers for Kevin Dineen. Hartford later sends their 1997 seventh round draft pick (later traded back to Hartford - Carolina selects Andrew Merrick) to Philadelphia to complete the deal.

Free agents acquired/lost

July 29, 1995 - Whalers claim Jeff Bes on waivers from the Dallas Stars.
August 1, 1995 - Whalers sign Gerald Diduck as an unrestricted free agent.
October 6, 1995 - Whalers lose Ted Drury to the Ottawa Senators on waivers.
October 6, 1995 - Whalers claim Jason Muzzatti on waivers from thee Calgary Flames.

Draft picks

Hartford's picks at the 1995 NHL Entry Draft

Round	#	Player	Position	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)

Roster

1995-96 Hartford Whalers

Goaltenders

1 – Sean Burke
29 – Jason Muzzatti
35 – Jeff Reese

Defensemen

4 – Gerald Diduck
4 – Frantisek Kucera
5 – Alexander Godynyuk
6 – Adam Burt
7 – Brian Glynn
10 – Brad McCrimmon
20 – Glen Wesley
23 – Marek Malik
25 – Jason McBain
27 – Jeff Brown
36 – Glen Featherstone

Wingers

8 – Geoff Sanderson
11 – Kevin Dineen
12 – Steven Rice
14 – Kevin Smyth
15 – Scott Daniels
16 – Nelson Emerson
18 – Robert Kron
24 – Sami Kapanen
26 – Jocelyn Lemieux
28 – Paul Ranheim
39 – Kelly Chase
94 – Brendan Shanahan - C

Centers

Coach: Paul Holmgren (5-6-1)
Coach: Paul Maurice (29-33-8)
GM: Jim Rutherford

References

Whalers on Hockey Database

↑ http://www.legendsofhockey.net/LegendsOfHockey/jsp/SearchPlayer.jsp?player=18352
↑ http://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/HAR/1996_games.html
↑ "1995–1996 Conference Standings". National Hockey League. Retrieved July 3, 2014.
↑ "1995–96 Hartford Whalers Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-21.
↑ "1995-96 Hartford Whalers Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-02.

Hartford Whalers seasons

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1980s	1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90

1990s	1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 Carolina

Hartford Whalers

Founded in 1972 Based in Hartford, Connecticut Relocated to the Carolina Hurricanes in 1997

Franchise	Team General Managers Coaches WHA players NHL players Captains Draft picks Seasons

History	Expansion draft NHL–WHA merger Records

Arenas	Boston Arena Boston Garden The Big E Coliseum Springfield Civic Center Hartford Civic Center

General managers	Kelley Pleau Francis Johnston Burke Holmgren Rutherford

Head coaches	Blackburn Pleau Kish Pleau Cunniff Evans Pleau Ley Roberts Holmgren McGuire Holmgren Maurice

Media	Broadcasters

Culture	Brass Bonanza

Carolina Hurricanes

Formerly the New England/Hartford Whalers Founded in 1997 Based in Raleigh, North Carolina

Franchise	Team General Managers Coaches Players Captains Draft picks Seasons Current season

History	History Records Awards

Personnel	Owners Peter Karmanos, Jr. General manager Ron Francis Head coach Bill Peters Team captain Eric Staal Current roster

Arena	Greensboro Coliseum PNC Arena

Affiliates	AHL Charlotte Checkers ECHL Florida Everblades

General Managers	Rutherford Francis

Head Coaches	Maurice Laviolette Maurice Muller Peters

Media	FS Carolinas WDNC/620 WCMC-FM/99.9

Retired numbers	2 9 10 17

1995–96 NHL season

Northeast Division	Boston Buffalo Hartford Montreal Ottawa Pittsburgh

Atlantic Division	Florida New Jersey NY Islanders NY Rangers Philadelphia Tampa Bay Washington

Central Division	Chicago Dallas Detroit St. Louis Toronto Winnipeg

Pacific Division	Anaheim Calgary Colorado Edmonton Los Angeles San Jose Vancouver

See also	Draft Rat Trick Legion of Doom Stanley Cup Playoffs Stanley Cup Finals

1995–96 Hartford Whalers season

Regular season

Final standings

Schedule and results

Player statistics

Regular season

Transactions

Trades

Free agents acquired/lost

Draft picks

Roster

See also

References