1994–95 San Jose Sharks season

In the 1994–95 San Jose Sharks season, the Sharks once again qualified for the playoffs and won their first-round series before losing in the second round to the Detroit Red Wings.

Offseason

The Sharks chose Jeff Friesen with their first-round pick, eleventh over-all. Friesen would play for the Sharks for nearly seven seasons.

Regular season

The Sharks got off to a good start in the lockout-shortened season, winning 5 of their first 6 games. In their first win of the season on January 21, 1995, 18-year-old rookie Jeff Friesen scored his very first NHL goal, a shorthanded game-winner against the Toronto Maple Leafs as the Sharks won 3-2. Their streak soon came to an end, and the team lost 5 straight from February 18 to 26. Although he had 4 shutouts, goaltender Arturs Irbe struggled, going 14-19-3 with a GAA of 3.26 and a SV% of .895. Friesen went on to lead the Sharks in goals with 15. During the season, the team acquired forwards Craig Janney and Kevin Miller in a trade with the St. Louis Blues for forward Todd Elik and defenseman Jeff Norton. Captain Bob Errey is traded to the Detroit Red Wings, forward Jeff Odgers is named team captain.

The Sharks finished last in shots on goal (1,152) during the regular season.^[1]

Season standings

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.

Western Conference^[3]
R		Div	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1	p – Detroit Red Wings	CEN	48	33	11	4	180	117	70
2	x – Calgary Flames	PAC	48	24	17	7	163	135	55
3	St. Louis Blues	CEN	48	28	15	5	178	135	61
4	Chicago Blackhawks	CEN	48	24	19	5	156	115	53
5	Toronto Maple Leafs	CEN	48	21	19	8	135	146	50
6	Vancouver Canucks	PAC	48	18	18	12	153	148	48
7	San Jose Sharks	PAC	48	19	25	4	129	161	42
8	Dallas Stars	CEN	48	17	23	8	136	135	42

9	Los Angeles Kings	PAC	48	16	23	9	142	174	41
10	Winnipeg Jets	CEN	48	16	25	7	157	177	39
11	Edmonton Oilers	PAC	48	17	27	4	136	183	38
12	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	PAC	48	16	27	5	125	164	37

Divisions: CEN – Central, PAC – Pacific

bold – Qualified for playoffs; x – Won division; p – Won Presidents' Trophy

Schedule and results

Regular season schedule
No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	L	January 20, 1995	2–5	St. Louis Blues (1994–95)	0–1–0
2	W	January 21, 1995	3–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1994–95)	1–1–0
3	W	January 25, 1995	4–0	Winnipeg Jets (1994–95)	2–1–0
4	W	January 28, 1995	3–2	Dallas Stars (1994–95)	3–1–0
5	W	January 30, 1995	2–1	Chicago Blackhawks (1994–95)	4–1–0
6	W	February 2, 1995	2–1	@ Dallas Stars (1994–95)	5–1–0
7	T	February 4, 1995	3–3 OT	@ Winnipeg Jets (1994–95)	5–1–1
8	L	February 6, 1995	3–7	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1994–95)	5–2–1
9	L	February 7, 1995	0–6	@ Detroit Red Wings (1994–95)	5–3–1
10	L	February 10, 1995	1–5	@ Edmonton Oilers (1994–95)	5–4–1
11	T	February 11, 1995	1–1 OT	@ Vancouver Canucks (1994–95)	5–4–2
12	W	February 15, 1995	3–1	Vancouver Canucks (1994–95)	6–4–2
13	W	February 17, 1995	2–0	@ Los Angeles Kings (1994–95)	7–4–2
14	L	February 18, 1995	3–6	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1994–95)	7–5–2
15	L	February 20, 1995	2–3	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1994–95)	7–6–2
16	L	February 22, 1995	3–4	@ St. Louis Blues (1994–95)	7–7–2
17	L	February 24, 1995	0–3	Calgary Flames (1994–95)	7–8–2
18	L	February 26, 1995	1–5	Vancouver Canucks (1994–95)	7–9–2
19	W	February 28, 1995	4–3	@ Vancouver Canucks (1994–95)	8–9–2
20	W	March 2, 1995	4–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1994–95)	9–9–2
21	L	March 4, 1995	2–4	@ Winnipeg Jets (1994–95)	9–10–2
22	L	March 8, 1995	2–5	Edmonton Oilers (1994–95)	9–11–2
23	L	March 15, 1995	1–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1994–95)	9–12–2
24	L	March 17, 1995	3–5	@ Edmonton Oilers (1994–95)	9–13–2
25	W	March 19, 1995	5–3	@ Calgary Flames (1994–95)	10–13–2
26	L	March 21, 1995	3–7	Chicago Blackhawks (1994–95)	10–14–2
27	L	March 23, 1995	3–6	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1994–95)	10–15–2
28	W	March 25, 1995	3–1	@ Los Angeles Kings (1994–95)	11–15–2
29	L	March 26, 1995	3–7	Los Angeles Kings (1994–95)	11–16–2
30	W	March 28, 1995	6–5 OT	Winnipeg Jets (1994–95)	12–16–2
31	L	March 31, 1995	1–4	@ St. Louis Blues (1994–95)	12–17–2
32	L	April 2, 1995	4–5	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1994–95)	12–18–2
33	L	April 5, 1995	3–5	Detroit Red Wings (1994–95)	12–19–2
34	W	April 7, 1995	5–0	Edmonton Oilers (1994–95)	13–19–2
35	W	April 9, 1995	5–2	@ Edmonton Oilers (1994–95)	14–19–2
36	L	April 10, 1995	3–8	@ Calgary Flames (1994–95)	14–20–2
37	W	April 12, 1995	3–2	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1994–95)	15–20–2
38	L	April 13, 1995	0–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1994–95)	15–21–2
39	W	April 16, 1995	2–0	Los Angeles Kings (1994–95)	16–21–2
40	L	April 17, 1995	0–3	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1994–95)	16–22–2
41	T	April 19, 1995	5–5 OT	@ Dallas Stars (1994–95)	16–22–3
42	L	April 23, 1995	1–5	Detroit Red Wings (1994–95)	16–23–3
43	L	April 25, 1995	2–3	Calgary Flames (1994–95)	16–24–3
44	W	April 26, 1995	5–2	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1994–95)	17–24–3
45	W	April 28, 1995	4–0	Los Angeles Kings (1994–95)	18–24–3
46	L	April 30, 1995	3–4	St. Louis Blues (1994–95)	18–25–3
47	W	May 1, 1995	3–1	Dallas Stars (1994–95)	19–25–3
48	T	May 3, 1995	3–3 OT	Vancouver Canucks (1994–95)	19–25–4

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Playoffs

In the first round of playoffs, the Sharks once again upset the team with the better record, as they edged the Calgary Flames 4 games to 3. The Sharks allowed 5 shorthanded goals and gave up 35 total goals in the series. In the second round, the Sharks faced the Detroit Red Wings, whom they had defeated in 7 games in the first round of the 1994 Stanley Cup Playoffs. This time around, it was no contest, as Detroit blanked San Jose 6-0 in game 1, and won games 2, 3 and 4 by identical scores of 6-2. Detroit forward Vyacheslav Kozlov scored 4 goals and had 5 assists for 9 points in the 4 games. The Red Wings' special teams dominated the Sharks, scoring 7 power-play goals and adding two shorthanded goals. The Sharks were outscored 24-6 in the series, and were outshot 147-61.

Calgary vs. San Jose
Date	Away	Home
May 7	San Jose 5	4 Calgary
May 9	San Jose 5	4 Calgary	OT
May 11	Calgary 9	2 San Jose
May 13	Calgary 6	4 San Jose
May 15	San Jose 0	5 Calgary
May 17	Calgary 3	5 San Jose
May 19	San Jose 5	4 Calgary	2OT
San Jose wins series 4–3

Detroit vs. San Jose
Date	Away	Home
May 21	San Jose 0	6 Detroit
May 23	San Jose 2	6 Detroit
May 25	Detroit 6	2 San Jose
May 27	Detroit 6	2 San Jose
Detroit wins series 4–0

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Dahlen, UlfUlf Dahlen	LW	46	11	23	34	11	-2	4	1	4
Friesen, JeffJeff Friesen	LW	48	15	10	25	14	-8	5	1	2
Whitney, RayRay Whitney	LW	39	13	12	25	14	-7	4	0	1
Ozolinsh, SandisSandis Ozolinsh	D	48	9	16	25	30	-6	3	1	2
Makarov, SergeiSergei Makarov	RW	43	10	14	24	40	-4	1	0	1
Larionov, IgorIgor Larionov	C	33	4	20	24	14	-3	0	0	1
Janney, CraigCraig Janney	C	27	5	15	20	10	-4	2	0	1
Falloon, PatPat Falloon	RW	46	12	7	19	25	-4	0	0	3
Elik, ToddTodd Elik	C	22	7	10	17	18	3	4	0	0
Pederson, TomTom Pederson	D	47	5	11	16	31	-14	0	0	0
Tancill, ChrisChris Tancill	C	26	3	11	14	10	1	0	1	0
Miller, KevinKevin Miller	C	21	6	7	13	13	0	1	1	2
Baker, JamieJamie Baker	C	43	7	4	11	22	-7	0	1	0
Norton, JeffJeff Norton	D	20	1	9	10	39	1	0	0	0
Duchesne, GaetanGaetan Duchesne	LW	33	2	7	9	16	-6	0	0	0
Rathje, MikeMike Rathje	D	42	2	7	9	29	-1	0	0	0
Nazarov, AndreiAndrei Nazarov	LW	26	3	5	8	94	-1	0	0	0
Odgers, JeffJeff Odgers	RW	48	4	3	7	117	-8	0	0	1
Kyte, JimJim Kyte	D	18	2	5	7	33	-7	0	0	1
More, JayJay More	D	45	0	6	6	71	7	0	0	0
Byakin, IljaIlja Byakin	D	13	0	5	5	14	-9	0	0	0
Errey, BobBob Errey	LW	13	2	2	4	27	4	0	0	0
Sykora, MichalMichal Sykora	D	16	0	4	4	10	6	0	0	0
Butsayev, ViacheslavViacheslav Butsayev	C	6	2	0	2	0	-2	0	0	0
Kozlov, ViktorViktor Kozlov	C	16	2	0	2	2	-5	0	0	0
Garpenlov, JohanJohan Garpenlov	LW	13	1	1	2	2	-3	0	0	0
Wood, DodyDody Wood	C	9	1	1	2	29	0	0	0	0
Cronin, ShawnShawn Cronin	D	29	0	2	2	61	0	0	0	0
Kroupa, VlastimilVlastimil Kroupa	D	14	0	2	2	16	-7	0	0	0
Flaherty, WadeWade Flaherty	G	18	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Donovan, SheanShean Donovan	RW	14	0	0	0	6	-6	0	0	0
Irbe, ArtursArturs Irbe	G	38	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Irbe, ArtursArturs Irbe	2043	38	14	19	3	111	3.26	4	1056	945	.895
Flaherty, WadeWade Flaherty	852	18	5	6	1	44	3.10	1	455	411	.903
Team:	2895	48	19	25	4	155	3.21	5	1511	1356	.897

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	GWG
Dahlen, UlfUlf Dahlen	LW	11	5	4	9	0	-13	3	1
Larionov, IgorIgor Larionov	C	11	1	8	9	2	-4	0	0
Whitney, RayRay Whitney	LW	11	4	4	8	2	-3	0	1
Rathje, MikeMike Rathje	D	11	5	2	7	4	-15	5	0
Janney, CraigCraig Janney	C	11	3	4	7	4	-13	0	1
Makarov, SergeiSergei Makarov	RW	11	3	3	6	4	-3	0	0
Friesen, JeffJeff Friesen	LW	11	1	5	6	4	-9	0	0
Ozolinsh, SandisSandis Ozolinsh	D	11	3	2	5	6	-13	1	0
Pederson, TomTom Pederson	D	10	0	5	5	8	-14	0	0
Falloon, PatPat Falloon	RW	11	3	1	4	0	-6	0	0
Baker, JamieJamie Baker	C	11	2	2	4	12	-7	0	1
More, JayJay More	D	11	0	4	4	6	0	0	0
Odgers, JeffJeff Odgers	RW	11	1	1	2	23	0	0	0
Tancill, ChrisChris Tancill	C	11	1	1	2	8	-7	0	0
Kyte, JimJim Kyte	D	11	0	2	2	14	-1	0	0
Donovan, SheanShean Donovan	RW	7	0	1	1	6	-3	0	0
Cronin, ShawnShawn Cronin	D	9	0	0	0	5	2	0	0
Flaherty, WadeWade Flaherty	G	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Irbe, ArtursArturs Irbe	G	6	0	0	0	10	0	0	0
Kroupa, VlastimilVlastimil Kroupa	D	6	0	0	0	4	-3	0	0
Miller, KevinKevin Miller	C	6	0	0	0	2	-3	0	0
Nazarov, AndreiAndrei Nazarov	LW	6	0	0	0	9	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SA	SV	SV%
Flaherty, WadeWade Flaherty	377	7	2	3	31	4.93	221	190	.860
Irbe, ArtursArturs Irbe	316	6	2	4	27	5.13	184	157	.853
Team:	693	11	4	7	58	5.02	405	347	.857

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Note: Pos = Position; 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

Trade Deadline Transactions

Traded	Acquired	Acquired From
Gaetan Duchesne	1995 6th round draft pick (FLA)	Florida Panthers

Draft picks

NHL Entry Draft

Round	#	Player	Position	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team
1	11	Jeff Friesen	Left Wing	Canada	Regina Pats (WHL)
2	37	Angel Nikolov	Defense	Czechoslovakia	Litvinov CHP HC (Czech)
3	66	Alexei Yegorov	Right Wing	Russia	St. Petersburg SKA (Russia)
4	89	Václav Varaďa	Left Wing	Czechoslovakia	Vitkovice HC (Czech)
5	115	Brian Swanson	Center	United States	Omaha Lancers (USHL)
6	141	Alexander Korolyuk	Right Wing	Russia	Krylja Sovetov (Russia)
7	167	Sergei Gorbachev	Forward	Russia	HC Dynamo Moscow (Russia)
8	193	Eric Landry	Right Wing	Canada	Guelph Storm (OHL)
9	219	Evgeni Nabokov	Goalie	Kazakhstan	Kamenogorsk (Russia)
10	240	Tomas Pisa	Left Wing	Czechoslovakia	Pardubice HC (Czech)
10	245	Aniket Dhadphale	Left Wing	United States	Notre Dame (NCAA)
11	271	David Beauregard	Left Wing	Canada	St. Hyacinthe Lasers (QMJHL)

Roster

1994–1995 San Jose Sharks Roster

Goaltenders

31 – Wade Flaherty
32 – Arturs Irbe

Defensemen

2 – Jim Kyte
3 – Ilja Byakin
4 – Jay More
6 – Sandis Ozolinsh
8 – Jeff Norton
26 – Vlastimil Kroupa
38 – Michal Sykora
40 – Mike Rathje
41 – Tom Pederson
44 – Shawn Cronin

Wingers

10 – Johan Garpenlov
11 – Gaetan Duchesne
12 – Bob Errey - C
12 – Kevin Miller
14 – Ray Whitney
17 – Pat Falloon
18 – Chris Tancill
22 – Ulf Dahlen
23 – Andrei Nazarov
24 – Sergei Makarov
36 – Jeff Odgers - C
42 – Shean Donovan
47 – Viktor Kozlov

Centers

7 – Igor Larionov
9 – Viacheslav Butsayev
13 – Jamie Baker
15 – Craig Janney
16 – Dody Wood
27 – Todd Elik
39 – Jeff Friesen

GM: Chuck Grillo
Coach: Kevin Constantine

References

Sharks on Hockey Database

↑ http://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/SJS/1995.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.
↑ "1994-1995 Conference Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". NHL.
↑ "1994–95 San Jose Sharks Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-24.
↑ "1994-95 San Jose Sharks Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-07-15.

1994–95 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

Pacific	Anaheim Calgary Edmonton Los Angeles San Jose Vancouver

See also	Draft Supplemental Draft Lockout Legion of Doom Stanley Cup Playoffs Stanley Cup Finals

San Jose Sharks

Founded in 1991 Based in San Jose, California

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

History	Expansion draft Records Award winners

Personnel	Owners San Jose Sports & Entertainment Enterprises (Hasso Plattner, governor) General manager Doug Wilson Head coach Peter DeBoer Team captain Joe Pavelski Current roster

Arenas	Cow Palace SAP Center at San Jose

Affiliates	AHL San Jose Barracuda ECHL Allen Americans

General managers	Ferreira Grillo Lombardi Wilson

Head coaches	Kingston Constantine Wiley Sims Sutter Raeder Wilson McLellan DeBoer

Media	TV Comcast SportsNet California Randy Hahn Jamie Baker Radio KUFX Dan Rusanowsky Bret Hedican

Culture/Lore	S. J. Sharkie 2015 NHL Stadium Series

San Jose Sharks seasons

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

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