1994–95 New York Rangers season

For the third time in as many years, the Rangers started the season with a different head coach. Mike Keenan, who had led the team to the Stanley Cup one year earlier, left to become head coach and general manager of the St. Louis Blues under controversial circumstances. Colin Campbell was hired to replace him and the Blues sent Petr Nedved to the Rangers as compensation for Keenan, with Doug Lidster and Esa Tikkanen sent to St. Louis with their former coach.

The Rangers barely qualified for the playoffs in the shortened season, finishing one point ahead of the Florida Panthers for the last spot in the Eastern Conference. The team advanced to the second round of the playoffs, where they fell in a sweep to the Philadelphia Flyers.

Regular season

Final standings

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

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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.

Schedule and results

1994-95 Game Log

January: 2-4-0 (Home: 2-3-0; Road: 0-1-0)

February: 7-4-3 (Home: 1-1-3; Road: 6-3-0)

March: 4-8-0 (Home: 3-3-0; Road: 1-5-0)

April: 9-6-0 (Home: 5-2-0; Road: 4-4-0)

May: 0-1-0 (Home: 0-1-0; Road: 0-0-0)

Playoffs

Main article: 1995 Stanley Cup playoffs

The Rangers faced the first-place Quebec Nordiques in the first round of the playoffs. They narrowly lost game 1 by a score of 5-4, as the Nordiques were powered by Joe Sakic's hat trick. New York came back in game 2, winning 8-3. Sergei Nemchinov and Petr Nedved each scored twice. After edging the Nordiques 4-3 in game 3, the Rangers found themselves trailing 2-0 in game 4. They would tie it up on goals by Brian Leetch and Alexei Kovalev. Steve Larmer scored the winner at 8:09 of the first overtime period. Facing elimination, the Nordiques played a determined game 5 at home and won 4-2 to cut New York's lead in the series to 3-2. The Rangers, at home for game 6, built up a 4-0 lead and ended up winning 4-2, to eliminate the Nordiques 4 games to 2. The Nordiques moved to Colorado almost immediately, as the announcement came on May 25, 1995.

In the second round, the Rangers faced a determined Philadelphia Flyers team that was led by the "Legion of Doom" line. In game 1, the Rangers jumped out to a 2-0 lead after the first period on power-play goals by Brian Leetch and Petr Nedved. With the help of John LeClair's hat trick, the Flyers took a 4-3 lead in the third period. With only 19 seconds remaining, Pat Verbeek tied the game a 4-4. However, it was the Flyers who would ultimately win the game, as Eric Desjardins scored at 7:03 of the first overtime period. Game 2 started nearly identically to game 1, as New York led 2-0 after the first period on power-play goals. Both were scored by Brian Leetch. Philadelphia re-gained control of the game as they had in game 1, leading 3-2 midway through the third period. With under 8 minutes to go, Leetch completed his hat trick to tie the score at 3-3. This game also went into overtime, and the Flyers needed only 25 seconds to win it, as defenseman Kevin Haller scored his 3rd of the playoffs to give Philadelphia a 2-0 lead in the series. The Flyers went on to dominate games 3 and 4 at Madison Square Garden in New York, winning 5-2 and 4-1 to complete the sweep.

Key: Win Loss

1995 Stanley Cup Playoffs

Conference Quarter-finals: vs. (1) Quebec Nordiques - New York Rangers win series 4-2
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Series
1	May 6	New York Rangers	4 - 5	Quebec Nordiques		Quebec leads series 1-0
2	May 8	New York Rangers	8 - 3	Quebec Nordiques		Series tied 1-1
3	May 10	Quebec Nordiques	3 - 4	New York Rangers		New York Rangers lead series 2-1
4	May 12	Quebec Nordiques	2 - 3	New York Rangers	OT	New York Rangers lead series 3-1
5	May 14	New York Rangers	2 - 4	Quebec Nordiques		New York Rangers lead series 3-2
6	May 16	Quebec Nordiques	2 - 4	New York Rangers		New York Rangers win series 4-2

Conference Semi-finals: vs. (2) Philadelphia Flyers - Philadelphia wins series 4-0
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Series
1	May 21	New York Rangers	4 - 5	Philadelphia Flyers	OT	Philadelphia leads series 1-0
2	May 22	New York Rangers	3 - 4	Philadelphia Flyers	OT	Philadelphia leads series 2-0
3	May 24	Philadelphia Flyers	5 - 2	New York Rangers		Philadelphia leads series 3-0
4	May 26	Philadelphia Flyers	4 - 1	New York Rangers		Philadelphia wins series 4-0

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular Season
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
Messier, MarkMark Messier	46	14	39	53	8	40
Leetch, BrianBrian Leetch	48	9	32	41	0	18
Zubov, SergeiSergei Zubov	38	10	26	36	-2	18
Graves, AdamAdam Graves	47	17	14	31	9	51
Larmer, SteveSteve Larmer	47	14	15	29	8	16
Kovalev, AlexeiAlexei Kovalev	48	13	15	28	-6	30
Noonan, BrianBrian Noonan	45	14	13	27	-3	26
Nedved, PetrPetr Nedved	46	11	12	23	-1	26
Verbeek, PatPat Verbeek^†	19	10	5	15	-2	18
Nemchinov, SergeiSergei Nemchinov	47	7	6	13	-6	16
Karpovtsev, AlexanderAlexander Karpovtsev	47	4	8	12	-4	30
Wells, JayJay Wells	43	2	7	9	0	36
Matteau, StephaneStephane Matteau	41	3	5	8	-8	25
Lowe, KevinKevin Lowe	44	1	7	8	-2	58
Osborne, MarkMark Osborne	37	1	3	4	-2	19
Kypreos, NickNick Kypreos	40	1	3	4	0	93
Beukeboom, JeffJeff Beukeboom	44	1	3	4	3	70
Olczyk, EdEd Olczyk^‡	20	2	1	3	-2	4
Kocur, JoeyJoey Kocur	48	1	2	3	-4	71
Norstrom, MattiasMattias Norstrom	9	0	3	3	2	2
Langdon, DarrenDarren Langdon	18	1	1	2	0	62
Messier, JobyJoby Messier	10	0	2	2	2	18
Roy, Jean-YvesJean-Yves Roy	3	1	0	1	-1	2
McCosh, ShawnShawn McCosh	5	1	0	1	1	2
Featherstone, GlenGlen Featherstone^‡	6	1	0	1	0	18
Hartman, MikeMike Hartman	1	0	0	0	0	4
Lacroix, DanielDaniel Lacroix^†	1	0	0	0	0	0
Loney, TroyTroy Loney^‡	4	0	0	0	-2	0
LaFayette, NathanNathan LaFayette^†	12	0	0	0	1	0

Playoffs
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Leetch, BrianBrian Leetch	10	6	8	14	8
Messier, MarkMark Messier	10	3	10	13	8
Kovalev, AlexeiAlexei Kovalev	10	4	7	11	10
Zubov, SergeiSergei Zubov	10	3	8	11	2
Verbeek, PatPat Verbeek	10	4	6	10	20
Nemchinov, SergeiSergei Nemchinov	10	4	5	9	2
Graves, AdamAdam Graves	10	4	4	8	8
Nedved, PetrPetr Nedved	10	3	2	5	6
Larmer, SteveSteve Larmer	10	2	2	4	6
Kypreos, NickNick Kypreos	10	0	2	2	6
Osborne, MarkMark Osborne	7	1	0	1	2
Lowe, KevinKevin Lowe	10	0	1	1	12
Matteau, StephaneStephane Matteau	9	0	1	1	10
Karpovtsev, AlexanderAlexander Karpovtsev	8	1	0	1	0
LaFayette, NathanNathan LaFayette	8	0	0	0	2
Loney, TroyTroy Loney	1	0	0	0	0
Norstrom, MattiasMattias Norstrom	3	0	0	0	0
Kocur, JoeyJoey Kocur	10	0	0	0	8
Beukeboom, JeffJeff Beukeboom	9	0	0	0	10
Wells, JayJay Wells	10	0	0	0	8
Noonan, BrianBrian Noonan	5	0	0	0	8

Goaltenders

Regular Season
Player	GP	TOI	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO
Richter, MikeMike Richter	35	1993	14	17	2	97	2.92	884	.890	2
Healy, GlennGlenn Healy	17	888	8	6	1	35	2.36	377	.907	1

Playoffs
Player	GP	TOI	W	L	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO
Richter, MikeMike Richter	7	384	2	5	23	3.60	189	.878	0
Healy, GlennGlenn Healy	5	230	2	1	13	3.39	93	.860	0

^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Rangers. Stats reflect time with Rangers only.
^‡Traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with Rangers only.

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Note:

Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals

Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Transactions

July 24, 1994 - Doug Lidster was traded by the New York Rangers, along with Esa Tikkanen, to the St. Louis Blues in exchange for Petr Nedvěd.
March 23, 1995 - Hartford obtained D Glen Featherstone, D Michael Stewart and a first-round pick in the 1995 Entry Draft (Jean Sebastien Giguere) and a fourth-round pick in the 1996 Entry Draft for RW Pat Verbeek.^[3]

Draft picks

New York's picks at the 1994 NHL Entry Draft in Hartford, Connecticut at the Hartford Civic Center.

Round	#	Player	Position	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1	26	Dan Cloutier	G	Canada	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL)
2	52	Rudolf Vercik	LW	Slovakia	HC Slovan Bratislava (Slovak Extraliga)
3	78	Adam Smith	D	Canada	Tacoma Rockets (WHL)
4	100	Alexander Korobolin	D	Russia	Chelyabinsk Mechel (Rus-1)
4	104	Sylvain Blouin	LW	Canada	Laval Titan (QMJHL)
5	130	Martin Ethier	D	Canada	Beauport Harfangs (QMJHL)
6	135	Yuri Litvinov	C	Russia	PHC Krylya Sovetov (Russia)
6	156	David Brosseau	RW	Canada	Shawinigan Cataractes (QMJHL)
7	182	Alexei Lazarenko	RW	Ukraine	HC CSKA Moscow (Russia)
8	208	Craig Anderson	D	United States	Park Center H.S. (Minnesota)
9	209	Vitali Yeremeyev	G	Kazakhstan	HC Kamenogorsk (Russia)
9	234	Eric Boulton	LW	Canada	Oshawa Generals (OHL)
10	260	Radoslav Kropac	Forward	Slovakia	HC Slovan Bratislava (Russia)
11	267	Jamie Butt	LW	Canada	Tacoma Rockets (WHL)
11	286	Kim Johnsson	D	Sweden	Malmo IF (SEL)

References

Rangers on Hockey Database

↑ 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.
↑ "1994-95 New York Rangers". hockeydb.com. Retrieved 2010-08-01.
↑ NHL.com - 2008 Trade Deadline

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New York Rangers

Founded in 1926
Based in New York City, New York

Franchise

History

Personnel

Owners: The Madison Square Garden Company (James Dolan, chairman)
President: Glen Sather
General manager: Jeff Gorton
Head coach: Alain Vigneault
Team captain: Ryan McDonagh
Current roster

Arenas

Rivalries

Affiliates

AHL: Hartford Wolf Pack

ECHL: Greenville Swamp Rabbits

General managers

Head coaches

Media

Networks

TV	MSG Network

Radio	WEPN-FM

Broadcasters

TV	Sam Rosen Joe Micheletti

Radio	Kenny Albert Dave Maloney

Culture and lore

1994–95 NHL season

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

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