1994–95 Ottawa Senators season
1994–95 Ottawa Senators | |
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Division | 7th Northeast |
Conference | 14th Eastern |
1994–95 record | 9–34–5 |
Home record | 5–16–3 |
Road record | 4–18–2 |
Goals for | 117 |
Goals against | 174 |
Team information | |
General manager | Randy Sexton |
Coach | Rick Bowness |
Captain | Randy Cunneyworth |
Alternate captains | Chris Dahlquist Troy Murray |
Arena | Ottawa Civic Centre |
Average attendance | 9,879 (237,106 total) |
Minor league affiliate(s) | Prince Edward Island Senators Thunder Bay Senators |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Alexei Yashin (21) |
Assists | Alexei Yashin (23) |
Points | Alexei Yashin (44) |
Penalty minutes | Randy Cunneyworth (68) |
Plus/minus | Troy Mallette (+6) |
Wins | Don Beaupre (8) |
Goals against average | Don Beaupre (3.36) |
The 1994–95 Ottawa Senators season was the third season of the National Hockey League (NHL) club, was cut short due to the NHL lockout, which postponed the start of the season until late January, and teams only played 48 games that season. This was also the team's final full season at the Ottawa Civic Centre before moving to the Palladium the following season.
Regular season
[edit]Alexei Yashin once again proved to be the Senators leader on the ice, scoring 21 goals, along with 23 assists for a team leading 44 points. Alexandre Daigle had another strong season also, putting up 37 points (16 goals, 21 assists) to finish second to Yashin in team scoring.
Don Beaupre led the team in net, setting the team record for best GAA average in a season (3.36), best save percentage (.896), won 8 of the 9 games the Senators won during the season and got the first shutout in team history on February 6, when the Senators shutout the Philadelphia Flyers 3–0 at the Civic Centre.
The Sens started slow, going 0–6–2 in their first eight games before their shutout win over Philadelphia. They slumped throughout the first 41 games of the season, as they had a 4–32–5 record but the team finished the year by going 5–2–0 in their last seven games, outscoring their opponents 27-21, to finish the season with a 9–34–5 record but failed to avoid finishing in last place in the NHL for the third straight season.
The Senators finished last in wins (9), losses (34), points (23), even-strength goals against (129), and tied the Florida Panthers and Montreal Canadiens for fewest short-handed goals scored (1).[1]
Season standings
[edit]No. | CR | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts | |
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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 |
R | Div | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts | |
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1 | Quebec Nordiques | NE | 48 | 30 | 13 | 5 | 185 | 134 | 65 |
2 | Philadelphia Flyers | AT | 48 | 28 | 16 | 4 | 150 | 132 | 60 |
3 | Pittsburgh Penguins | NE | 48 | 29 | 16 | 3 | 181 | 158 | 61 |
4 | Boston Bruins | NE | 48 | 27 | 18 | 3 | 150 | 127 | 57 |
5 | New Jersey Devils | AT | 48 | 22 | 18 | 8 | 136 | 121 | 52 |
6 | Washington Capitals | AT | 48 | 22 | 18 | 8 | 136 | 120 | 52 |
7 | Buffalo Sabres | NE | 48 | 22 | 19 | 7 | 130 | 119 | 51 |
8 | New York Rangers | AT | 48 | 22 | 23 | 3 | 139 | 134 | 47 |
9 | Florida Panthers | AT | 48 | 20 | 22 | 6 | 115 | 127 | 46 |
10 | Hartford Whalers | NE | 48 | 19 | 24 | 5 | 127 | 141 | 43 |
11 | Montreal Canadiens | NE | 48 | 18 | 23 | 7 | 125 | 148 | 43 |
12 | Tampa Bay Lightning | AT | 48 | 17 | 28 | 3 | 120 | 144 | 37 |
13 | New York Islanders | AT | 48 | 15 | 28 | 5 | 126 | 158 | 35 |
14 | Ottawa Senators | NE | 48 | 9 | 34 | 5 | 117 | 174 | 23 |
Divisions: AT – Atlantic, NE – Northeast
bold – Qualified for playoffs
Schedule and results
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January: 0–3–2 (home: 0–0–1; road: 0–3–1)
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February: 2–9–1 (home: 1–6–1; road: 1–3–0)
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March: 2–11–1 (home: 2–5–0; road: 0–6–1)
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April: 4–10–1 (home: 2–5–1; road: 2–5–0)
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May: 1–1–0 (home: 0–0–0; road: 1–1–0)
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Legend: Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Tie (1 point) |
Player statistics
[edit]Scoring
[edit]- Position abbreviations: C = Centre; D = Defence; G = Goaltender; LW = Left Wing; RW = Right Wing
- † = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Senators only.
- ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Senators only.
Regular season | ||||||||
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No. | Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM |
19 | Alexei Yashin | C | 47 | 21 | 23 | 44 | −20 | 20 |
91 | Alexandre Daigle | C | 47 | 16 | 21 | 37 | −22 | 14 |
61 | Sylvain Turgeon | LW | 33 | 11 | 8 | 19 | −1 | 29 |
74 | Steve Larouche | C | 18 | 8 | 7 | 15 | −5 | 6 |
3 | Sean Hill | D | 45 | 1 | 14 | 15 | −11 | 30 |
10 | Rob Gaudreau | RW | 36 | 5 | 9 | 14 | −16 | 8 |
33 | Troy Murray‡ | C | 33 | 4 | 10 | 14 | −1 | 16 |
49 | Michel Picard | LW | 24 | 5 | 8 | 13 | −1 | 14 |
26 | Scott Levins | RW | 24 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 51 |
17 | Dave McLlwain | C | 43 | 5 | 6 | 11 | −26 | 22 |
22 | Norm Maciver‡ | D | 28 | 4 | 7 | 11 | −9 | 10 |
76 | Radek Bonk | C | 42 | 3 | 8 | 11 | −5 | 28 |
7 | Randy Cunneyworth | LW | 48 | 5 | 5 | 10 | −19 | 68 |
25 | Pat Elynuik | RW | 41 | 3 | 7 | 10 | −11 | 51 |
18 | Troy Mallette | LW | 23 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 35 |
6 | Chris Dahlquist | D | 46 | 1 | 7 | 8 | −30 | 36 |
29 | Phil Bourque | LW | 38 | 4 | 3 | 7 | −17 | 20 |
78 | Pavol Demitra | LW | 16 | 4 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 0 |
5 | Kerry Huffman | D | 37 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −17 | 46 |
15 | Dave Archibald | C | 14 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −7 | 19 |
94 | Stan Neckar | D | 48 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −20 | 37 |
21 | Dennis Vial | D | 27 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 65 |
11 | Evgeny Davydov | LW | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
20 | Bill Huard‡ | LW | 26 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −2 | 64 |
24 | Daniel Laperriere† | D | 13 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −4 | 0 |
82 | Martin Straka† | C | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 0 |
2 | Jim Paek | D | 29 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −5 | 28 |
23 | Claude Boivin | LW | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 6 |
56 | Lance Pitlick | D | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −5 | 6 |
35 | Mike Bales | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
33[a] | Don Beaupre | G | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | |
44 | Radim Bicanek | D | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
1 | Craig Billington‡ | G | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
46 | Daniel Guerard | RW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
30 | Darrin Madeley | G | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
4 | Brad Shaw | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
Goaltending
[edit]- ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Senators only.
Regular season | |||||||||||
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No. | Player | GP | W | L | T | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI |
33[a] | Don Beaupre | 38 | 8 | 25 | 3 | 1167 | 121 | 3.36 | .896 | 1 | 2161 |
30 | Darrin Madeley | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 147 | 15 | 3.53 | .898 | 0 | 255 |
35 | Mike Bales | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.000 | 0 | 3 |
1 | Craig Billington‡ | 9 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 240 | 32 | 4.06 | .867 | 0 | 472 |
Awards and records
[edit]Awards
[edit]Type | Award/honour | Recipient | Ref |
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Team | Molson Cup | Don Beaupre | [5] |
Transactions
[edit]May 1994
[edit]May 12 | Signed free agent Jean-François Labbé from the PEI Senators of the AHL to a 1-year contract. |
Source[6]
June 1994
[edit]June 14 | Signed free agent Bruce Gardiner from the Peoria Rivermen of the IHL to an entry-level contract. Signed free agent Michel Picard from the Portland Pirates of the AHL to a 2-year, $450,000 (CAD) contract. |
June 20 | Signed free agent Corey Foster from the Hershey Bears of the AHL to a 1-year contract. |
June 21 | Signed free agent Pat Elynuik from the Tampa Bay Lightning to a 2-year, $1.23 mil (CAD) contract. |
June 22 | Signed free agent Lance Pitlick from the Hershey Bears of the AHL to a 1-year, $250,000 (CAD) contract. |
June 25 | Acquired Jim Paek from the Los Angeles Kings for a 7th round pick in the 1995 NHL Entry Draft - (Benoit Larose). |
June 28 | Acquired Sean Hill and a 9th round pick in the 1994 NHL Entry Draft - (Frederic Cassivi from the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim for a 3rd round pick in the 1994 NHL Entry Draft - Vadim Epanchintsev. Mark Michaud, Andrew McBain, Brad Lauer, Dan Quinn, Gord Dineen, Graeme Townshend and Mark LaForest became unrestricted free agents. |
Source[7]
July 1994
[edit]July 4 | Signed free agent Chris Dahlquist from the Calgary Flames to a 2-year, $790,000 contract. Signed free agent Mike Bales from the Providence Bruins to a 1-year contract. |
July 15 | Signed free agent Randy Cunneyworth from the Chicago Blackhawks to a 3-year, $1.3 mil (CAD) contract. |
Source[8]
September 1994
[edit]September 11 | Signed free agent Steve Larouche from the Atlanta Knights of the IHL to a 1-year, $225,000 (CAD) contract. |
Source[9]
October 1994
[edit]October 15 | Acquired Jason Zent from the New York Islanders for a 5th round pick in the 1996 NHL Entry Draft - (Andy Berenzweig). |
Source[10]
January 1995
[edit]January 18 | Acquired Don Beaupre from the Washington Capitals for a 5th round pick in the 1995 NHL Entry Draft - (Benoit Gratton). Claimed Rob Gaudreau from the San Jose Sharks in the 1994 NHL Waiver Draft. Lost François Leroux to the Pittsburgh Penguins in the 1994 NHL Waiver Draft. |
Source[11]
March 1995
[edit]March 30 | Lost free agent Jim Kyte to the San Jose Sharks on a 1-year contract. |
Source[12]
April 1995
[edit]April 7 | Acquired Martin Straka from the Pittsburgh Penguins for Troy Murray and Norm Maciver. Acquired the rights of Mika Stromberg and a 4th round draft pick in the 1995 NHL Entry Draft - (Kevin Boyd) from the Quebec Nordiques for Bill Huard. Acquired Daniel Laperrière and a 9th round pick in the 1995 NHL Entry Draft - (Erik Kaminski) from the St. Louis Blues for a 9th round pick in the 1995 NHL Entry Draft - (Libor Zabransky). Acquired an 8th round draft pick in the 1995 NHL Entry Draft - (Ray Schultz) from the Boston Bruins for Craig Billington. Lost free agent Steve Konroyd to the Calgary Flames on a 1-year contract. |
Source[13]
Draft picks
[edit]Ottawa's draft picks at the 1994 NHL Entry Draft in Hartford, Connecticut.[14]
Round | # | Player | Nationality | College/junior/club team (league) |
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1 | 3 | Radek Bonk | ![]() | Las Vegas Thunder (IHL) |
2 | 29 | Stanislav Neckar | ![]() | HC České Budějovice (Czech.) |
4 | 81 | Bryan Masotta | ![]() | Hotchkiss Academy (US HS) |
6 | 131 | Mike Gaffney | ![]() | LaSalle Academy (US HS) |
6 | 133 | Daniel Alfredsson | ![]() | Frölunda HC (Elitserien) |
7 | 159 | Doug Sproule | ![]() | Hotchkiss Academy (US HS) |
9 | 210 | Frederic Cassivi | ![]() | Saint-Hyacinthe Laser (QMJHL) |
9 | 211 | Danny Dupont | ![]() | Laval Titan (QMJHL) |
10 | 237 | Steve MacKinnon | ![]() | Chelmsford High School (US HS) |
11 | 274 | Antti Tormanen | ![]() | Jokerit (SM-liiga) |
S | 3 | Steve Guolla | ![]() | Michigan State University (CCHA) |
Farm teams
[edit]- Prince Edward Island Senators (American Hockey League)
- Thunder Bay Senators (Colonial Hockey League)
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- "Ottawa Senators 1994-95 roster and scoring statistics at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved September 5, 2023.
- "1994-95 Ottawa Senators Roster, Stats, Injuries, Scores, Results, Shootouts". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved September 5, 2023.
- Garrioch, Bruce (1998). "Ottawa Senators 1992–93 to Date". Total Hockey.
- Ottawa Senators staff (2006). Ottawa Senators Media Guide 2007. Ottawa Senators.
- NHL staff (2006). National Hockey League Guide & Record Book 2007. NHL.
- ^ "1994-95 NHL Summary".
- ^ 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 Ottawa Senators Schedule". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved September 5, 2023.
- ^ Ottawa Senators 2014–15 Media Guide, p.162–82
- ^ "Transactions". prosportstransactions.com. Retrieved June 12, 2023.
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- ^ "1994 NHL Entry Draft Picks at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved September 4, 2023.