1992–93 Vancouver Canucks season

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1992–93 Vancouver Canucks
Smythe Division champions
Division1st Smythe
Conference3rd Campbell
1992–93 record46–29–9
Home record27–11–4
Road record19–18–5
Goals for346
Goals against278
Team information
General managerPat Quinn
CoachPat Quinn
CaptainTrevor Linden
Alternate captainsDoug Lidster
Ryan Walter
ArenaPacific Coliseum
Average attendance15,418
Team leaders
GoalsPavel Bure (60)
AssistsCliff Ronning (56)
PointsPavel Bure (110)
Penalty minutesGino Odjick (370)
Plus/minusPavel Bure (+35)
WinsKirk McLean (28)
Goals against averageKay Whitmore (3.10)

The 1992–93 Vancouver Canucks season was the Canucks' 23rd NHL season.

Summary[]

On September 21, Jim Robson, who had called Canucks play-by-play action since their WHL days, was given the Foster Hewitt Memorial Award for excellence in hockey broadcasting and inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame. The Canucks were looking to build on the successes of the previous season, but they would have to do so without their top line centre. Instead of re-signing with the Canucks and having Sovintersport (the governing sports body in the former Soviet Union) continue to draw a portion of his salary, Igor Larionov decided to play the year in Lugano, Switzerland, and then return to the NHL the following season. With the loss of Larionov, more production would be hoped for from Petr Nedved, who was entering his third NHL season.

Keeping the rest of their cast in order, for the most part, the Canucks won their first four games, outscoring the opposition 24–9. They slumped back to .500 in early November but then exploded, going 20–5–2 in 27 games. During that time, Nedved racked up a club-record point-scoring streak. He recorded 24 points in 15 games before being held pointless in a 5–2 win over Montreal on December 27. On January 19, a first-place showdown took place at Pacific Coliseum, as the Canucks (with 61 points), had a chance to overtake Pittsburgh as the league's top team. However, the Canucks lost 5–2 and would never again get a chance to jump into first overall. The game also ended the club's amazing 18-game home unbeaten streak (16–0–2). Pavel Bure was scoring goals at an unprecedented pace for a Canuck and was voted to start in the 1993 NHL All-Star Game with 246,447 fan votes. On March 1, in a neutral-site game in Hamilton against Buffalo, Bure became the first Canuck to score 50 goals in a season. Grant Fuhr was the goaltender and RW Dixon Ward and Robert Dirk drew the assists on the goal in a 5–2 win for the Canucks. Exactly a month later, Bure scored on Tampa Bay's Pat Jablonski to become the first Canuck to record 100 points in a season. He would then record his 60th goal into an empty-net in a 6–3 win over Calgary on April 11, a game in which the Canucks clinched the division title for the second straight year. It was Bure's last goal of the season to go with 50 assists for 110 points—15th in the league. The day after Bure recorded his 100th point, long-time owner Frank Griffiths was elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame in the Builder's Category. Griffiths had owned the Canucks for 19 years now, although his son Arthur Griffiths had gradually taken over the day-to-day running of the team over the past decade. A couple of other noteworthy accomplishments took place that spring. Ryan Walter played in his 1,000th NHL game on March 20 in a 7–2 home loss to the New York Islanders, and Kirk McLean recorded his 127th victory as a Canuck on April 7, passing Richard Brodeur as the Canucks all-time wins leader, in a 5–4 overtime victory over Edmonton. The Canucks beat Los Angeles 8–6 on April 15, the final game of the season, to record their 46th victory and 100th and 101st points of the season. It was the first time the team eclipsed the century-mark in points. It was also the first time that there were six 70-point scorers on the team. Bure, Cliff Ronning (85), Geoff Courtnall (77), C Murray Craven (77), Trevor Linden (72), and Nedved (71) all reached that mark. As well, Gino Odjick broke his own team penalty-minutes record (370). The Canucks finished 4th in the league in goals with 346, had four 30-goal scorers, and led the league in most even-strength goals scored, with 249.[1]

Once again the Canucks matched up with Winnipeg in the opening round. The Canucks rolled to victories in Games One and Two by 4–2 and 3–2 scores before being beaten almost single-handedly by Winnipeg's star rookie, Teemu Selanne. Selanne, who shattered the rookie goal-scoring record during the season with 76, scored three times in helping the Jets to a 5–4 win. Two nights later, the Canucks put a strangle hold on the series, winning 3–1 to take a series lead of the same score. It appeared that the Canucks were poised to eliminate the Jets in five, thereby avoiding the long, grinding seven-game series of a year ago which made them ill-prepared for the division finals. The Jets scrapped their way to a 3–3 tie through 60 minutes, though, and won in overtime when Selanne's centering pass hit LW Tim Hunter in the shin and re-directed past McLean. Back in Winnipeg on April 29, the rabid fans were determined to send the series to a decisive seventh game, and the teams battled to another 3–3 deadlock with 3.4 seconds to play and a faceoff deep in Winnipeg's end. The Canucks won the draw and Sergio Momesso managed a shot on goal, which sneaked through Bob Essensa and into the net as time expired. The Canucks jumped off the bench, thinking they had won the game and the series, but a lengthy video review was unable to determine if the puck had crossed the line before time expired and it was ruled no goal. Eight minutes into overtime Greg Adams drove hard to the Winnipeg net and was brought down by a Winnipeg backchecker. As he went down, the puck hit his skate and went into the net. Another replay was ordered, but this time a goal was awarded and the Canucks had won the series. There was little on-ice celebrating, though, as the incensed Winnipeg fans began littering the ice with debris, and so the teams quickly shook hands and vacated the playing surface.

The Division Final began on the afternoon of May 2 with the Canucks beating Los Angeles 5–2 to take the series lead. The Kings looked lethargic in the game, but came out gunning three nights later, as the dreaded combination of Wayne Gretzky and Jari Kurri accounted for five goals in the Kings 6–3 victory. In Game Three, the big scorers were at it again, as the Kings ran up a 7–4 win to take the series lead. The Canucks' big guns were not to be outdone, though, as they came back with an offensive onslaught have their own to win 7–2 in Game Four. Game Five was dominated by the Canucks, but Kelly Hrudey had his best outing of the series, keeping his Kings in a 3–3 tie through regulation time. Hrudey continued his theatrics in the fourth period, making several fine saves which included robbing Pavel Bure of what looked like a sure goal. But the Kings started to turn the tide in period number five and at the 6:31 mark Gary Shuchuk took a weak shot from a bad angle that found its way under Kirk McLean's arm to give the Kings the winning tally. The Canucks were now on the brink of elimination and played Game Six very cautiously. After trailing 1-0 after one period, Gerald Diduck and Jim Sandlak gave the Canucks the lead early in the second period, but Dana Murzyn picked a bad time to take two penalties on one play, one for high-sticking, the other for cross-checking. The Canucks managed to kill off the first penalty, but botched a line change as the second penalty began and were caught with too many men on the ice. The Kings scored three times, twice on the power plays, to take a 4-2 lead into the intermission. A Wayne Gretzky goal midway through the third period padded their lead, with Trevor Linden getting it back a few minutes later. With the score now 5–3, the Canucks pulled McLean to attempt the comeback, but there was no further scoring. For the second year in a row, the Canucks had been ousted in the second round after winning the division title. After over a decade of very modest post-season success, the fans of Vancouver were now hungry for something more.

Regular season[]

Smythe Division GP W L T GF GA PTS
Vancouver Canucks 84 46 29 9 346 278 101
Calgary Flames 84 43 30 11 322 282 97
Los Angeles Kings 84 39 35 10 338 340 88
Winnipeg Jets 84 40 37 7 322 320 87
Edmonton Oilers 84 26 50 8 242 337 60
San Jose Sharks 84 11 71 2 218 414 24

Schedule and results[]

October[]

Monthly record: 5–4–1 (home 3–2–0; road 2–2–1)

# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts
1 October 6 Vancouver 5 – 4 Edmonton McLean 14,094 1–0–0 2
2 October 10 Edmonton 2 – 5 Vancouver McLean 14,879 2–0–0 4
3 October 12 Winnipeg 1 – 8 Vancouver McLean 13,084 3–0–0 6
4 October 16 Vancouver 6 – 2 Winnipeg Whitmore 14,785 4–0–0 8
5 October 18 Vancouver 1 – 3 Chicago McLean 17,327 4–1–0 8
6 October 20 Vancouver 1 – 5 Pittsburgh McLean 15,808 4–2–0 8
7 October 22 Vancouver 4 – 4 Philadelphia OT Whitmore 17,132 4–2–1 9
8 October 25 Boston 5 – 3 Vancouver McLean 16,084 4–3–1 9
9 October 28 Washington 3 – 4 Vancouver McLean 13,647 5–3–1 11
10 October 30 Minnesota 3 – 2 Vancouver Whitmore 14,069 5–4–1 11

November[]

Monthly record: 9–5–1 (home 6–0–1; road 3–5–0)

# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts
11 November 1 Vancouver 3 – 5 Calgary McLean 18,519 5–5–1 11
12 November 4 Calgary 5 – 5 Vancouver OT McLean 13,655 5–5–2 12
13 November 6 Ottawa 1 – 4 Vancouver McLean 15,332 6–5–2 14
14 November 8 Winnipeg 1 – 6 Vancouver Whitmore 14,026 7–5–2 16
15 November 10 San Jose 2 – 6 Vancouver McLean 13,448 8–5–2 18
16 November 12 Vancouver 4 – 7 Los Angeles McLean 15,486 8–6–2 18
17 November 14 Vancouver 5 – 2 San Jose Whitmore 11,089 9–6–2 20
18 November 16 Los Angeles 3 – 6 Vancouver McLean 15,896 10–6–2 22
19 November 18 Vancouver 2 – 4 Edmonton McLean 13,476 10–7–2 22
20 November 19 Vancouver 3 – 4 Calgary Whitmore 19,169 10–8–2 22
21 November 21 Edmonton 0 – 9 Vancouver McLean 15,960 11–8–2 24
22 November 23 Chicago 2 – 5 Vancouver Whitmore 16,022 12–8–2 26
23 November 25 Vancouver 4 – 2 Minnesota Whitmore 13,117 13–8–2 28
24 November 26 Vancouver 5 – 7 St. Louis McLean 16,778 13–9–2 28
25 November 28 Vancouver 6 – 5 Montreal McLean 17,639 14–9–2 30

December[]

Monthly record: 9–1–1 (home 7–0–1; road 2–1–0)

# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts
26 December 3 Edmonton 1 – 4 Vancouver McLean 15,589 15–9–2 32
27 December 7 St. Louis 3 – 4 Vancouver Whitmore 14,709 16–9–2 34
28 December 9 San Jose 3 – 8 Vancouver McLean 12,795 17–9–2 36
29 December 13 Quebec 3 – 3 Vancouver OT McLean 16,150 17–9–3 37
30 December 16 Vancouver 2 – 4 Edmonton Whitmore 14,011 17–10–3 37
31 December 18 San Jose 1 – 8 Vancouver McLean 14,511 18–10–3 39
32 December 19 Vancouver 6 – 3 San Jose Whitmore 11,089 19–10–3 41
33 December 22 Vancouver 6 – 2 Los Angeles McLean 16,005 20–10–3 43
34 December 27 Montreal 2 – 5 Vancouver McLean 16,150 21–10–3 45
35 December 29 San Jose 5 – 7 Vancouver Whitmore 16,150 22–10–3 47
36 December 31 Los Angeles 0 – 4 Vancouver McLean 16,150 23–10–3 49

January[]

Monthly record: 6–4–5 (home 3–1–2; road 3–3–3)

# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts
37 January 2 Vancouver 2 – 2 San Jose OT Whitmore 11,089 23–10–4 50
38 January 4 Tampa Bay 0 – 7 Vancouver McLean 15,578 24–10–4 52
39 January 6 Vancouver 5 – 2 Toronto McLean 15,720 25–10–4 54
40 January 8 Vancouver 3 – 6 Detroit McLean 19,875 25–11–4 54
41 January 9 Vancouver 5 – 4 NY Islanders Whitmore 11,661 26–11–4 56
42 January 11 Vancouver 3 – 3 NY Rangers OT McLean 17,641 26–11–5 57
43 January 12 Vancouver 2 – 3 New Jersey Whitmore 9,125 26–12–5 57
44 January 15 Buffalo 1 – 4 Vancouver McLean 16,150 27–12–5 59
45 January 16 Hartford 3 – 8 Vancouver Whitmore 15,631 28–12–5 61
46 January 19 Pittsburgh 5 – 2 Vancouver McLean 16,150 28–13–5 61
47 January 21 Vancouver 5 – 4 Los Angeles McLean 16,005 29–13–5 63
48 January 23 Vancouver 3 – 3 Minnesota OT Whitmore 13,512 29–13–6 64
49 January 24 Vancouver 2 – 6 Chicago McLean 17,859 29–14–6 64
50 January 27 Chicago 4 – 4 Vancouver OT Whitmore 16,150 29–14–7 65
51 January 30 Detroit 4 – 4 Vancouver OT McLean 16,150 29–14–8 66

February[]

Monthly record: 6–5–0 (home 3–3–0; road 3–2–0)

# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts
52 February 1 Minnesota 5 – 4 Vancouver McLean 14,830 29–15–8 66
53 February 3 Tampa Bay 2 – 4 Vancouver Whitmore 14,171 30–15–8 68
54 February 9 Vancouver 5 – 1 Quebec McLean 14,360 31–15–8 70
55 February 11 Vancouver 2 – 5 Toronto McLean 15,720 31–16–8 70
56 February 12 Vancouver 3 – 1 Buffalo Whitmore 16,325 32–16–8 72
57 February 15 Vancouver 0 – 3 Los Angeles McLean 16,005 32–17–8 72
58 February 18 Philadelphia 3 – 2 Vancouver Whitmore 16,150 32–18–8 72
59 February 20 Winnipeg 2 – 4 Vancouver McLean 16,150 33–18–8 74
60 February 22 Toronto 8 – 1 Vancouver McLean 16,150 33–19–8 74
61 February 24 NY Rangers 4 – 5 Vancouver Whitmore 16,150 34–19–8 76
62 February 26 Vancouver 7 – 4 Winnipeg McLean 15,398 35–19–8 78

March[]

Monthly record: 5–8–1 (home 2–5–0; road 3–3–1)

# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts
63 March 1 Vancouver 5 – 2 Buffalo Whitmore 17,098 36–19–8 80
64 March 2 Vancouver 3 – 3 Washington OT McLean 12,263 36–19–9 81
65 March 4 Vancouver 3 – 4 Boston Whitmore 13,982 36–20–9 81
66 March 6 Vancouver 1 – 5 Hartford McLean 12,048 36–21–9 81
67 March 9 New Jersey 2 – 7 Vancouver McLean 15,822 37–21–9 83
68 March 11 Minnesota 4 – 3 Vancouver Whitmore 12,006 37–22–9 83
69 March 12 Vancouver 3 – 2 Winnipeg McLean 15,567 38–22–9 85
70 March 14 Vancouver 2 – 3 Calgary McLean 20,214 38–23–9 85
71 March 18 Winnipeg 5 – 2 Vancouver McLean 16,150 38–24–9 85
72 March 20 NY Islanders 7 – 2 Vancouver Whitmore 16,150 38–25–9 85
73 March 22 St. Louis 3 – 1 Vancouver McLean 15,871 38–26–9 85
74 March 24 Los Angeles 2 – 6 Vancouver McLean 16,150 39–26–9 87
75 March 26 Calgary 3 – 1 Vancouver McLean 16,150 39–27–9 87
76 March 30 Vancouver 6 – 3 St. Louis McLean 17,573 40–27–9 89

April[]

Monthly record: 6–2–0 (home 3–0–0; road 3–2–0)

# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts
77 April 1 Vancouver 5 – 3 Tampa Bay Whitmore 10,425 41–27–9 91
78 April 3 Vancouver 1 – 5 Detroit McLean 19,875 41–28–9 91
79 April 4 Vancouver 3 – 0 Ottawa Whitmore 10,575 42–28–9 93
80 April 7 Edmonton 4 – 5 Vancouver OT McLean 15,858 43–28–9 95
81 April 9 Vancouver 1 – 8 Calgary McLean 20,214 43–29–9 95
82 April 11 Calgary 3 – 6 Vancouver McLean 16,150 44–29–9 97
83 April 13 Los Angeles 4 – 7 Vancouver Whitmore 16,150 45–29–9 99
84 April 15 Vancouver 8 – 6 Los Angeles Whitmore 16,005 46–29–9 101
  • Green background indicates win.
  • Red background indicates loss.
  • White background indicates tie.

Playoffs[]

Smythe Division Semi-finals: vs. (4) Winnipeg Jets[]

Vancouver wins series 4–2.

# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series
1 April 19 Winnipeg 2 – 4 Vancouver McLean 1 – 0
2 April 21 Winnipeg 2 – 3 Vancouver McLean 2 – 0
3 April 23 Vancouver 4 – 5 Winnipeg McLean 2 – 1
4 April 25 Vancouver 3 – 1 Winnipeg McLean 3 – 1
5 April 27 Winnipeg 4 – 3 Vancouver OT McLean 3 – 2
6 April 29 Vancouver 4 – 3 Winnipeg OT McLean 4 – 2

Smythe Division Final: vs. (3) Los Angeles Kings[]

Los Angeles wins series 4–2.

# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series
1 May 2 Los Angeles 2 – 5 Vancouver McLean 16,150 1 – 0
2 May 5 Los Angeles 6 – 3 Vancouver McLean 16,150 1 – 1
3 May 7 Vancouver 4 – 7 Los Angeles McLean 16,005 1 – 2
4 May 9 Vancouver 7 – 2 Los Angeles McLean 16,005 2 – 2
5 May 11 Los Angeles 4 – 3 Vancouver 2OT McLean 16,150 2 – 3
6 May 13 Vancouver 3 – 5 Los Angeles McLean 16,005 2 – 4

Player statistics[]

Scoring leaders[]

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalty Minutes

Player GP G A Pts +/- PIM
Pavel Bure 83 60 50 110 35 69
Cliff Ronning 79 29 56 85 19 30
Geoff Courtnall 84 31 46 77 27 167
Murray Craven 77 25 52 77 -1 32
Trevor Linden 84 33 39 72 19 64

Goaltending[]

Note: GP = Games Played; TOI = Time On Ice (minutes); W = Wins; L = Losses; OT = Overtime Losses; GA = Goals Against; SO = Shutouts; Sv% = Save Percentage; GAA = Goals Against Average

Player GP TOI W L T GA SO Sv% GAA
Kay Whitmore 31 1817 18 8 4 94 1 .890 3.10
Kirk McLean 54 3261 28 21 5 184 3 .886 3.39

Playoffs[]

Scoring Leaders[]

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalty Minutes

Player GP G A Pts PIM
Geoff Courtnall 12 4 10 14 12
Greg Adams 12 7 6 13 6
Trevor Linden 12 5 8 13 16
Pavel Bure 12 5 7 12 8
Cliff Ronning 12 2 9 11 6

Goaltending[]

Note: GP = Games Played; TOI = Time On Ice (minutes); W = Wins; L = Losses; GA = Goals Against; SO = Shutouts; Sv% = Save Percentage; GAA = Goals Against Average

Player GP TOI W L GA SO Sv% GAA
Kirk McLean 12 754 6 6 42 0 .886 3.34

Awards and records[]

1993 Canuck awards winners[]

Pavel Bure[]

  • Recorded first regular season hat-trick and first 4-goal game vs. Winnipeg on October 12, 1992.
  • Molson Cup Player of the Month for November and December.
  • Had 13 game point streak (12–10–22), longest of career and fourth longest in franchise history from January 3–30.
  • Was voted in by the fans to represent the starting lineup of the Campbell Conference, at the 44th NHL All-Star Game in Montreal on February 6, 1993. Bure would score two goals in the game.
  • Fastest Canuck to score 30 goals, doing it in 35 games, and 40 goals, doing it in 44 games.
  • Scored his 50th goal on Grant Fuhr vs. Buffalo at Hamilton's Copps Coliseum on March 1, 1993. Becoming the first 50-goal scorer in club history.
  • Scored on Pat Jablonski at Tampa Bay on April 1, 1993. Becoming the first Canuck to record 100 points in a season.
  • Scored his 60th goal into an empty-net vs. Calgary on April 11, 1993.
  • Finished 13th among NHL scorers and first among Canucks with 60–50–110.
  • Finished 5th in NHL scoring with 60 goals.
  • Finished 1st in NHL with 407 shots.
  • Tied for 1st with 7 shorthanded goals, which is also a club record.
  • Tied for 5th in plus-minus (+35).
  • Holds and shares 15 regular season club records.

Trevor Linden[]

  • Third straight season without missing a game (244 consecutive games).
  • Moved into 8th on the Canucks all-time scoring list.
  • Recorded his 300th career NHL and Canuck point vs. Tampa Bay on February 3, 1993.
  • Molson Cup Player of The Month for February.

Cliff Ronning[]

  • Molson Cup Player of the Month for October and March.
  • Recorded his 100th career NHL goal vs. Winnipeg on February 20, 1993.
  • Recorded a six-game point streak March 22-April 3, scoring 4–5–9.
  • Scored a career high 3–3–6 vs. Los Angeles on April 15, 1993.

Dixon Ward[]

  • Recorded first career NHL and Canuck point vs. Edmonton on October 6, 1992.
  • Scored his first career NHL and Canuck goal vs. Winnipeg on October 12, 1992.
  • Had his best game as a pro vs. Calgary on November 4, 1992, recording 2–2–4 and named first star of the game.
  • Had two, four game point streaks.

Kirk McLean[]

  • Established a franchise record with 12 career Canuck shutouts vs. Los Angeles on December 31, 1992, breaking Gary Smith's mark of 11 career Canuck shutouts.
  • Played in his 300th career NHL game at Hartford on March 6, 1993.
  • Recorded his 127th career victory to pass Richard Brodeur as the Canucks all-time wins leader vs. Edmonton on April 7, 1993.

Petr Nedved[]

  • Runner-up for NHL Player of the Week during the first week of December.
  • Recorded a franchise record 15 game point-scoring streak from November 19-December 27, scoring 15–9–24, breaking Darcy Rota's club record of 14 set in the 1982–83 season.
  • Played in his 200th career NHL and Canuck game at Winnipeg on February 26, 1993.

Gino Odjick[]

  • Sets franchise records with 47 penalty minutes in a game and in a period vs. Los Angeles on November 12, 1992.
  • Had his best game as a pro scoring 2–1–3 and was a +3 vs. Chicago on November 23, 1992.

Greg Adams[]

  • Had a seven-game point streak, scoring 6 goals, 3 assists for a total of 9 points from November 23-December 13.
  • Recorded his 300th point as a Canuck vs. Montreal on December 27, 1992.

Geoff Courtnall[]

  • Had an eight-game point streak, scoring 3 goals, 13 assists for a total of 16 points from November 21-December 9.
  • Recorded his 500th career NHL point vs. Chicago on January 27, 1993.

Sergio Momesso[]

  • Played in his 400th career NHL game vs. Winnipeg on October 12, 1992.
  • Scored his 100th career NHL goal vs. Washington on October 28, 1992.

Dana Murzyn[]

  • Recorded his 100th career NHL assist vs. Winnipeg on October 12, 1992.
  • Played in his 500th career NHL game vs. Los Angeles on December 31, 1992.

Gerald Diduck[]

  • Recorded 100th career NHL assist vs. Buffalo on January 15, 1993.
  • Played his 500th career NHL game at Chicago on January 24, 1993.

Pat Quinn[]

  • Sets club record with 46 wins in a single-season.
  • Sets club record with 101 points in a single-season.

Others[]

  • Adrien Plavsic played in his 100th career NHL game vs. Chicago on November 23, 1992.
  • Robert Dirk played in his 200th career NHL game at Montreal on November 28, 1992.
  • Jiri Slegr scored his first career NHL goal vs. Montreal on December 27, 1992.
  • Dave Babych recorded his 600th career NHL point at Quebec on February 9, 1993.
  • Tim Hunter played in his 600th career NHL game at Hamilton on March 1, 1993, vs. Buffalo.
  • Kay Whitmore played in his 100th career NHL game at Saskatoon on March 11, 1993, vs. Minnesota.
  • Jyrki Lumme played in his 300th career NHL game vs. Winnipeg on March 12, 1993.
  • Ryan Walter played in his 1,000th career NHL game vs. NY Islanders on March 20, 1993.
  • Murray Craven played in his 700th career NHL game at St. Louis on March 30, 1993.

Transactions[]

Trades[]

October 1, 1992 To Vancouver Canucks
Kay Whitmore
To Hartford Whalers
Corrie D'Alessio
5th round pick in 1993 (Scott Walker)
November 3, 1992 To Vancouver Canucks
Anatoli Semenov
To Tampa Bay Lightning
Dave Capuano
4th round pick in 1994 (Ryan Duthie)
December 15, 1992 To Vancouver Canucks
Rick Lessard
To San Jose Sharks
Robin Bawa
January 29, 1993 To Vancouver Canucks
Tim Taylor
To Washington Capitals
March 22, 1993 To Vancouver Canucks
Murray Craven
5th round pick in 1993 (Scott Walker)
To Hartford Whalers
Robert Kron
Jim Sandlak
3rd round pick in 1993 (Marek Malik)
March 22, 1993 To Vancouver Canucks
Dan Ratushny
To Winnipeg Jets
9th round pick in 1993 (Harjis Vitolinsh).

Free agents acquired[]

Player Former team
C Stephane Morin Quebec Nordiques
LW Cam Danyluk Undrafted player

Free agents lost[]

Player New team
RW Andrew McBain Ottawa Senators
D Jim Agnew Hartford Whalers

Received from waivers[]

Player Former team
RW Tim Hunter Quebec Nordiques

Placed on waivers[]

Expansion draft[]

Vancouver's losses at the 1992 NHL Expansion Draft in Montreal, Quebec.

Round # Player Nationality Drafted by Drafted from
1 13 Ken Hammond (D)  Canada Ottawa Senators Vancouver Canucks
1 23 Rob Murphy (C)  Canada Ottawa Senators Vancouver Canucks

Draft picks[]

Vancouver's picks at the 1992 NHL Entry Draft in Montreal, Quebec.

Round # Player Nationality NHL team College/junior/club team (league)
1 21 Libor Polasek (C)  Czechoslovakia Vancouver Canucks Vitkovice SSK (CSFR)
2 40 Michael Peca (C)  Canada Vancouver Canucks (from Boston) Ottawa 67's (OHL)
2 45 Mike Fountain (G)  Canada Vancouver Canucks Oshawa Generals (OHL)
3 69 Jeff Connolly (C)  United States Vancouver Canucks (U.S. High School)
4 93 (D)  Canada Vancouver Canucks Peterborough Petes (OHL)
5 110 Brian Loney (RW)  Canada Vancouver Canucks (from St. Louis) Ohio State University (NCAA)
5 117 Adrian Aucoin (D)  Canada Vancouver Canucks Boston University (NCAA)
6 141 Jason Clark (C/LW)  Canada Vancouver Canucks (?)
7 165 (RW)  Canada Vancouver Canucks Oshawa Generals (OHL)
9 213 Sonny Mignacca (G)  Canada Vancouver Canucks Medicine Hat Tigers (WHL)
10 237 Mark Wotton (D)  Canada Vancouver Canucks Saskatoon Blades (WHL)
11 261 Aaron Boh (D)  Canada Vancouver Canucks Spokane Chiefs (WHL)

Farm teams[]

Hamilton Canucks[]

Vancouver Canucks AHL affiliate that play in Hamilton, Ontario, and their home arena is the Copps Coliseum.

Columbus Chill[]

Vancouver Canucks ECHL affiliate that play in Columbus, Ohio, and their home arena is the Ohio Expo Center Coliseum.

External links[]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "1992-93 Vancouver Canucks Roster and Statistics".
  • 1993/94 Vancouver Canucks Yearbook
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