1993–94 Pittsburgh Penguins season

The Penguins moved into the newly formed Northeast Division (competing against the teams that made up the old Adams Division) and won their third division crown in four seasons. This season marked the return to the Penguins and to the bench of head coach Eddie Johnston. Under EJ's guidance the Pens racked up a 101-point season, their second straight 100 point season and second in franchise history. The Northeast Division title earned them a second seed and a first round playoff date with the Washington Capitals. The Caps won the series in six games, which to date is the only series victory that the Capitals have earned over the rival Penguins.

Of note from the season:
The Penguins were not shut out in any of their 84 regular-season games.
Injuries limited Mario Lemieux to only 22 regular season games.
Rookie Markus Naslund made his NHL debut. Other rookies debuting for the Penguins were Chris Tamer, Greg Andrusak, Ed Patterson, Pat Neaton, Rob Dopson, Justin Duberman, and Ladislav Karabin.
Each team during the 1993-1994 season played two neutral site games. The Penguins played, and won, in Sacramento vs Buffalo and in Cleveland vs. Boston on Easter Sunday.
An offseason trade landed the Penguins Marty McSorely in exchange for Shawn McEachern. On February 16, the Pens and Kings made another trade, ironically with McSorely and McEachern again involved: the Pens traded McSorely and Jim Paek to LA for Tomas Sandstrom and McEachern.
Other trades: Paul Stanton to Boston for 3rd round pick 1994; Jeff Daniels to Florida for Greg Hawgood; Mike Needham to Dallas for Jim McKenzie
RW Martin Straka had his first ever 30 goal season.
C Brian Trottier unretired for one season and acted in a player/coach role, playing 41 games for the team as officially part of their coaching staff.
G Roberto Romano made his return to the Penguins (and to the NHL) after toiling in Italy since the 1987-1988 season. Romano went 1-0-1 in his two appearances for the Penguins, his last games in the NHL.
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Season standings

Northeast Division
No.	CR		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1	2	Pittsburgh Penguins	84	44	27	13	299	285	101
2	4	Boston Bruins	84	42	29	13	289	252	97
3	5	Montreal Canadiens	84	41	29	14	283	248	96
4	6	Buffalo Sabres	84	43	32	9	282	218	95
5	11	Quebec Nordiques	84	34	42	8	277	292	76
6	13	Hartford Whalers	84	27	48	9	227	288	63
7	14	Ottawa Senators	84	14	61	9	201	397	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.

Eastern Conference

R		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1	p-New York Rangers *	84	52	24	8	299	231	112
2	x-Pittsburgh Penguins *	84	44	27	13	299	285	101
3	New Jersey Devils	84	47	25	12	306	220	106
4	Boston Bruins	84	42	29	13	289	252	97
5	Montreal Canadiens	84	41	29	14	283	248	96
6	Buffalo Sabres	84	43	32	9	282	218	95
7	Washington Capitals	84	39	35	10	277	263	88
8	New York Islanders	84	36	36	12	282	264	84

9	Florida Panthers	84	33	34	17	233	233	83
10	Philadelphia Flyers	84	35	39	10	294	314	80
11	Quebec Nordiques	84	34	42	8	277	292	76
12	Tampa Bay Lightning	84	30	43	11	224	251	71
13	Hartford Whalers	84	27	48	9	227	288	63
14	Ottawa Senators	84	14	61	9	201	397	37

Final standings

bold – Qualified for playoffs; x – Won division; p – Won Presidents' Trophy (and division); * – Division leader

Schedule and results

1993–94 Schedule

October: 7–4–1 (Home: 4–1–1 ; Road: 3–3–0), 15 Points

November: 2–3–5 (Home: 3–1–1 ; Road: 2–2–4), 15 Points

December: 6–4–2 (Home: 3–2–2 ; Road: 3–2–0), 14 Points

January: 6–3–3 (Home: 4–0–2 ; Road: 2–3–1), 15 Points

February: 7–6–1 (Home: 4–3–1 ; Road: 3–3–0), 15 Points

March: 9–5–1 (Home: 4–2–1 ; Road: 5–3–0), 19 Points

April: 4–2–0 (Home: 3–0–0 ; Road: 1–2–0), 8 Points

Legend: = Win = Loss = Tie

Playoffs

Lost to the Washington Capitals in 6 games

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular Season^[3]
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Jagr, JaromirJaromir Jagr	80	32	67	99	15	61
Francis, RonRon Francis	82	27	66	93	−3	62
Stevens, KevinKevin Stevens	83	41	47	88	−24	155
Murphy, LarryLarry Murphy	84	17	56	73	10	44
Mullen, JoeJoe Mullen	84	38	32	70	9	41
Straka, MartinMartin Straka	84	30	34	64	24	24
Brown, DouglasDouglas Brown	77	18	37	55	19	18
Tocchet, RickRick Tocchet	51	14	26	40	−15	134
Lemieux, MarioMario Lemieux	22	17	20	37	−2	32
Samuelsson, UlfUlf Samuelsson	80	5	24	29	23	199
McEachern, ShawnShawn McEachern	27	12	9	21	13	10
McSorley, MartyMarty McSorley	47	3	18	21	−9	139
Sandstrom, TomasTomas Sandstrom	27	6	11	17	5	24
Trottier, BryanBryan Trottier	41	4	11	15	−12	36
Taglianetti, PeterPeter Taglianetti	60	2	12	14	5	142
Samuelsson, KjellKjell Samuelsson	59	5	8	13	18	118
Stapleton, MikeMike Stapleton	58	7	4	11	−4	18
Naslund, MarkusMarkus Naslund	71	4	7	11	−3	27
Brown, GregGreg Brown	36	3	8	11	1	28
Daniels, JeffJeff Daniels	63	3	5	8	−1	20
Jennings, GrantGrant Jennings	61	2	4	6	−10	126
Patterson, EdEd Patterson	27	3	1	4	−5	10
Ramsey, MichaelMichael Ramsey	65	2	2	4	−4	22
Paek, JimJim Paek	41	0	4	4	−7	8
Hawgood, GregGreg Hawgood	12	1	2	3	−1	8
Neaton, PatrickPatrick Neaton	9	1	1	2	3	12
DePalma, LarryLarry DePalma	7	1	0	1	1	5
Needham, MichaelMichael Needham	25	1	0	1	0	2
Tamer, ChrisChris Tamer	12	0	0	0	3	9
Andrusak, GregGreg Andrusak	3	0	0	0	−1	2
Duberman, JustinJustin Duberman	4	0	0	0	0	0
Karabin, LadislavLadislav Karabin	9	0	0	0	0	2
McKenzie, JimJim McKenzie	11	0	0	0	−5	16
Total		299	516	815	43	1,554

Playoffs^[4]
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Lemieux, MarioMario Lemieux	6	4	3	7	−4	2
Jagr, JaromirJaromir Jagr	6	2	4	6	−3	16
Tocchet, RickRick Tocchet	6	2	3	5	−2	20
Murphy, LarryLarry Murphy	6	0	5	5	−6	0
Stevens, KevinKevin Stevens	6	1	1	2	−5	10
Francis, RonRon Francis	6	0	2	2	−2	6
Taglianetti, PeterPeter Taglianetti	5	0	2	2	2	16
McEachern, ShawnShawn McEachern	6	1	0	1	−2	2
Straka, MartinMartin Straka	6	1	0	1	−3	2
Mullen, JoeJoe Mullen	6	1	0	1	−1	2
Brown, GregGreg Brown	6	0	1	1	−2	4
Samuelsson, UlfUlf Samuelsson	6	0	1	1	−3	18
Ramsey, MichaelMichael Ramsey	1	0	0	0	0	0
Trottier, BryanBryan Trottier	2	0	0	0	0	0
Samuelsson, KjellKjell Samuelsson	6	0	0	0	0	26
Jennings, GrantGrant Jennings	3	0	0	0	−1	2
Tamer, ChrisChris Tamer	5	0	0	0	1	2
Brown, DouglasDouglas Brown	6	0	0	0	0	2
Sandstrom, TomasTomas Sandstrom	6	0	0	0	−4	4
McKenzie, JimJim McKenzie	3	0	0	0	0	0
DePalma, LarryLarry DePalma	1	0	0	0	0	0
Hawgood, GregGreg Hawgood	1	0	0	0	0	0
Total		12	22	34	−35	135

Goaltenders

Regular Season^[5]
Player	GP	TOI	W	L	T	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	A	PIM
Barrasso, TomTom Barrasso	44	2,481:59	22	15	5	2	139	3.36	1,304	0.893	2	1	42
Wregget, KenKen Wregget	42	2,455:53	21	12	7	0	138	3.37	1,291	0.893	1	1	8
Romano, RobertoRoberto Romano	2	125:00	1	0	1	0	3	1.44	56	0.946	0	0	0
Dopson, RobRob Dopson	2	45:25	0	0	0	0	3	3.96	23	0.870	0	0	0
Total		5,108:17	44	27	13	2	283	3.32	2,674	0.894	3	2	50

Playoffs^[6]
Player	GP	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Barrasso, TomTom Barrasso	6	356:22	2	4	0	17	2.86	162	0.895	0	0	0	4
Total		356:22	2	4	0	17	2.86	162	0.895	0	0	0	4

^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Penguins. Stats reflect time with the Penguins only.
^‡Denotes player was traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Team only.
Bold/italics denotes franchise record.

Awards and records

Awards

Player	Award
Tom Barrasso	Edward J. DeBartolo Community Service Award
Ron Francis	Most Valuable Player Award Player's Player Award Booster Club Award Bob Johnson Memorial Award NHL Second team All-Star
Jaromir Jagr	Bowser Pontiac Leading Point Scorer Award
Joe Mullen	Molson Breweries USA Baz Bastien Memorial "Good Guy" Award Bob Johnson Memorial Award Unsung Hero Award
Kevin Stevens	Pittsburgh Penguins Masterton Nominee
Ken Wregget	Edward J. DeBartolo Community Service Award

Transactions

The Penguins were involved in the following transactions during the 1993–94 season:^[7]

Trades

August 27, 1993	To Los Angeles Kings: Shawn McEachern	To Pittsburgh Penguins: Marty McSorley
October 8, 1993	To Boston Bruins: Paul Stanton	To Pittsburgh Penguins: 1994 third round pick (#73–Greg Crozier)
February 15, 1994	To Los Angeles Kings: Marty McSorley Jim Paek	To Pittsburgh Penguins: Shawn McEachern Tomas Sandstrom
March 19, 1994	To Florida Panthers: Jeff Daniels	To Pittsburgh Penguins: Greg Hawgood
March 21, 1994	To Dallas Stars: Mike Needham	To Pittsburgh Penguins: Jim McKenzie

Free agents

Player	Acquired from	Lost to	Date
Steve Bancroft	Florida Panthers		August 2, 1993
Todd Hawkins	Toronto Maple Leafs		August 20, 1993
Dave Tippett		Philadelphia Flyers	August 30, 1993
Doug Brown	New Jersey Devils		September 28, 1993
Roberto Romano	Boston Bruins		October 7, 1993

Waivers

Player	Claimed from	Lost to	Date
Mike Stapleton		Edmonton Oilers	February 19, 1994
Larry DePalma	New York Islanders		March 9, 1994

Signings

Player	Date
Greg Brown	September 29, 1993
Ladislav Karabin	October 10, 1993

Draft picks

The Penguins' selected eleven players at the 1993 NHL Entry Draft.^[8]

Round	Pick #	Player	Position	Nationality	College/junior/club team (league)
1	26	Stefan Bergqvist	Defense	Sweden	Leksands IF (SEL)
2	52	Domenic Pittis	Center	Canada	Lethbridge Hurricanes (WHL)
3	62^[a]	Dave Roche	Left Wing	Canada	Peterborough Petes (OHL)
4	104	Jonas Andersson-Junkka	Defense	Sweden	Kiruna (Sweden)
5	130	Chris Kelleher	Defense	United States	Saint Sebastian's (Mass. H.S.)
6	156	Patrick Lalime	Goaltender	Canada	Shawinigan Cataractes (QMJHL)
7	182	Sean Selmser	Left Wing	Canada	Red Deer Rebels (WHL)
8	208	Larry Mcmorran	Center	Canada	Seattle Thunderbirds (WHL)
9	234	Timothy Harberts	Center	United States	Wayzata H.S. (Minn)
10	260	Leonid Toropchenko	Center	Russia	Springfield Indians (AHL)
11	286	Hans Jonsson	Defense	Sweden	Modo Hockey Ornskoldsvik (SEL)

Draft notes^[9]

^a The Philadelphia Flyers' third-round pick (from the Winnipeg Jets) went to the Pittsburgh Penguins as a result of a February 19, 1992 trade that sent Mark Recchi, Brian Benning and a 1992 first-round pick to the Flyers in exchange for Kjell Samuelsson, Rick Tocchet, Ken Wregget and this pick.
The Pittsburgh Penguins' third-round pick went to the Tampa Bay Lightning as the result of a March 22, 1993 trade that sent Peter Taglianetti to the Penguins in exchange for this pick.

Farm teams

The IHL's Cleveland Lumberjacks finished last in the Atlantic Division with a 31-36-14 record.

The Louisville Icehawks of the East Coast Hockey League finished fifth in the West Division with a 16-44-8 record, qualifying for the playoffs. They upset the Brabham Cup champion Knoxville Cherokees in the first round before being swept by the Birmingham Bulls in the second round.

References

Penguins on Hockey Database

↑ http://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/PIT/1994_games.html
↑ Standings: NHL Public Relations Department (2008). Dave McCarthy; et al., eds. THE NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE Official Guide & Record Book/2009. National Hockey League. p. 154. ISBN 978-1-894801-14-0.
↑ "1993–1994 – Regular Season – Pittsburgh Penguins – All Skaters – Summary – Points – NHL.com – Stats". NHL.
↑ "1993–1994 – Playoffs – Pittsburgh Penguins – All Skaters – Summary – Points – NHL.com – Stats". NHL.
↑ "1993–1994 – Regular Season – Pittsburgh Penguins – Goalie – Summary – Wins – NHL.com – Stats". NHL.
↑ "1993–1994 – Playoffs – Pittsburgh Penguins – Goalie – Summary – Wins – NHL.com – Stats". NHL.
↑ "Hockey Transactions Search Results". ProSportsTransactions.
↑ "NHL Entry Draft Year by Year Results". NHL.com. Retrieved July 14, 2012.
↑ "1993 NHL Entry Draft Pending Transactions". Pro Sports Transactions. Retrieved July 14, 2012.

Pittsburgh Penguins

Founded in 1967
Based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Franchise

History

Personnel

Owners: Ronald Burkle; Mario Lemieux
General manager: Jim Rutherford
Head coach: Mike Sullivan
Team captain: Sidney Crosby
Current roster

Arenas

Main facilities: Civic Arena; Consol Energy Center

Training facilities: Brantford Civic Centre; Rostraver Ice Garden; Island Sports Center; IceoPlex at Southpointe

Rivalries

Philadelphia Flyers

Affiliates

AHL: Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins

ECHL: Wheeling Nailers

General managers

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Media

Networks

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Radio	Mike Lange Phil Bourque

Culture and lore

Pittsburgh Penguins seasons

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1970s	1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80

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 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00

2000s	2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10

2010s	2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

Highlighted seasons indicate Stanley Cup championship

1993–94 NHL season

Northeast	Boston Buffalo Hartford Montreal Ottawa Pittsburgh Quebec

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

Central	Chicago Dallas Detroit St. Louis Toronto Winnipeg

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See also	Entry Draft Expansion Draft Supplemental Draft All-Star Game Stanley Cup playoffs Stanley Cup finals Stanley Cup riot

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