1994–95 Ottawa Senators season

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1994–95 Ottawa Senators
Division7th Northeast
Conference14th Eastern
1994–95 record9–34–5
Home record5–16–3
Road record4–18–2
Goals for117
Goals against174
Team information
General managerRandy Sexton
CoachRick Bowness
CaptainRandy Cunneyworth
Alternate captainsChris Dahlquist
Troy Murray
ArenaOttawa Civic Centre
Average attendance9,879 per game (237,106 total)
Team leaders
GoalsAlexei Yashin (21)
AssistsAlexei Yashin (23)
PointsAlexei Yashin (44)
Penalty minutesRandy Cunneyworth (68)
Plus/minusTroy Mallette (+6)
WinsDon Beaupre (8)
Goals against averageDon 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.

Regular season[]

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[]

Northeast Division
No. CR GP W L T GF GA Pts
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

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Schedule and results[]

No. R Date Score Opponent Record Attendance
1 T January 22, 1995 3–3 OT @ New York Islanders (1994–95) 0–0–1 10,311
2 L January 25, 1995 1–4 @ Hartford Whalers (1994–95) 0–1–1 8,567
3 L January 27, 1995 4–5 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1994–95) 0–2–1 17,181
4 T January 28, 1995 2–2 OT Buffalo Sabres (1994–95) 0–2–2 10,575
5 L January 30, 1995 2–6 @ New York Rangers (1994–95) 0–3–2 18,200
6 L February 1, 1995 1–2 Hartford Whalers (1994–95) 0–4–2 9,663
7 L February 2, 1995 4–6 @ Boston Bruins (1994–95) 0–5–2 13,219
8 L February 4, 1995 1–2 New York Rangers (1994–95) 0–6–2 10,424
9 W February 6, 1995 3–0 Philadelphia Flyers (1994–95) 1–6–2 9,267
10 L February 8, 1995 2–4 Montreal Canadiens (1994–95) 1–7–2 10,575
11 L February 11, 1995 2–5 @ Quebec Nordiques (1994–95) 1–8–2 14,321
12 L February 15, 1995 0–2 @ Florida Panthers (1994–95) 1–9–2 12,072
13 W February 17, 1995 2–1 @ Tampa Bay Lightning (1994–95) 2–9–2 16,131
14 T February 23, 1995 5–5 OT Washington Capitals (1994–95) 2–9–3 9,357
15 L February 25, 1995 1–4 Florida Panthers (1994–95) 2–10–3 9,520
16 L February 27, 1995 0–2 Boston Bruins (1994–95) 2–11–3 10,242
17 L February 28, 1995 3–6 Hartford Whalers (1994–95) 2–12–3 9,174
18 L March 2, 1995 2–3 OT Tampa Bay Lightning (1994–95) 2–13–3 9,114
19 W March 5, 1995 3–1 New York Islanders (1994–95) 3–13–3 9,314
20 L March 6, 1995 3–4 @ New York Rangers (1994–95) 3–14–3 18,200
21 L March 8, 1995 2–3 @ Florida Panthers (1994–95) 3–15–3 13,609
22 T March 10, 1995 2–2 OT @ Washington Capitals (1994–95) 3–15–4 11,927
23 L March 14, 1995 2–4 @ New Jersey Devils (1994–95) 3–16–4 13,234
24 L March 16, 1995 1–3 Philadelphia Flyers (1994–95) 3–17–4 10,382
25 W March 18, 1995 4–3 OT Buffalo Sabres (1994–95) 4–17–4 9,915
26 L March 19, 1995 3–4 Pittsburgh Penguins (1994–95) 4–18–4 9,804
27 L March 21, 1995 0–1 @ Washington Capitals (1994–95) 4–19–4 10,322
28 L March 25, 1995 1–3 @ Montreal Canadiens (1994–95) 4–20–4 16,897
29 L March 26, 1995 4–11 Quebec Nordiques (1994–95) 4–21–4 10,276
30 L March 29, 1995 2–4 New Jersey Devils (1994–95) 4–22–4 9,582
31 L March 30, 1995 0–7 @ Buffalo Sabres (1994–95) 4–23–4 12,386
32 L April 2, 1995 5–7 @ Quebec Nordiques (1994–95) 4–24–4 14,335
33 L April 3, 1995 4–5 Montreal Canadiens (1994–95) 4–25–4 10,575
34 L April 5, 1995 0–2 New Jersey Devils (1994–95) 4–26–4 9,251
35 T April 8, 1995 2–2 OT Quebec Nordiques (1994–95) 4–26–5 10,575
36 L April 10, 1995 3–4 Pittsburgh Penguins (1994–95) 4–27–5 10,074
37 L April 12, 1995 2–4 @ Hartford Whalers (1994–95) 4–28–5 10,509
38 L April 15, 1995 2–5 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1994–95) 4–29–5 16,740
39 L April 16, 1995 1–2 @ Buffalo Sabres (1994–95) 4–30–5 14,273
40 L April 19, 1995 1–4 @ Montreal Canadiens (1994–95) 4–31–5 16,321
41 L April 20, 1995 5–6 Boston Bruins (1994–95) 4–32–5 10,575
42 W April 22, 1995 3–2 @ New York Islanders (1994–95) 5–32–5 10,281
43 L April 24, 1995 1–5 Florida Panthers (1994–95) 5–33–5 9,164
44 W April 26, 1995 5–2 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1994–95) 6–33–5 17,380
45 W April 27, 1995 6–1 Tampa Bay Lightning (1994–95) 7–33–5 9,291
46 W April 29, 1995 4–3 New York Islanders (1994–95) 8–33–5 10,417
47 L May 1, 1995 4–5 @ Boston Bruins (1994–95) 8–34–5 14,448
48 W May 3, 1995 4–3 @ Tampa Bay Lightning (1994–95) 9–34–5 21,689

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Player statistics[]

Regular season[]

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Alexei Yashin C 47 21 23 44 20 -20 11 0 1
Alexandre Daigle C 47 16 21 37 14 -22 4 1 2
Sylvain Turgeon LW 33 11 8 19 29 -1 2 0 1
Steve Larouche C 18 8 7 15 6 -5 2 0 2
Sean Hill D 45 1 14 15 30 -11 0 0 0
Rob Gaudreau RW 36 5 9 14 8 -16 0 0 0
Troy Murray C 33 4 10 14 16 -1 0 0 1
Michel Picard LW 24 5 8 13 14 -1 1 0 0
Scott Levins C/RW 24 5 6 11 51 4 0 0 0
Dave McLlwain C/RW 43 5 6 11 22 -26 1 0 0
Norm Maciver D 28 4 7 11 10 -9 0 0 0
Radek Bonk C 42 3 8 11 28 -5 1 0 0
Randy Cunneyworth LW 48 5 5 10 68 -19 2 0 0
Pat Elynuik RW 41 3 7 10 51 -11 0 0 0
Troy Mallette LW 23 3 5 8 35 6 0 0 1
Chris Dahlquist D 46 1 7 8 36 -30 1 0 0
Phil Bourque LW 38 4 3 7 20 -17 0 0 0
Pavol Demitra LW 16 4 3 7 0 -4 1 0 0
Kerry Huffman D 37 2 4 6 46 -17 2 0 0
Dave Archibald C/LW 14 2 2 4 19 -7 0 0 1
Stan Neckar D 48 1 3 4 37 -20 0 0 0
Dennis Vial D/LW 27 0 4 4 65 0 0 0 0
Evgeny Davydov LW 3 1 2 3 0 2 0 0 0
Bill Huard LW 26 1 1 2 64 -2 0 0 0
Daniel Laperriere D 13 1 1 2 0 -4 1 0 0
Martin Straka C 6 1 1 2 0 -1 0 0 0
Jim Paek D 29 0 2 2 28 -5 0 0 0
Claude Boivin LW 3 0 1 1 6 -1 0 0 0
Lance Pitlick D 15 0 1 1 6 -5 0 0 0
Mike Bales G 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Don Beaupre G 38 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0
Radim Bicanek D 6 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0
Craig Billington G 9 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Daniel Guerard RW 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Darrin Madeley G 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Brad Shaw D 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO SA SV SV%
Don Beaupre 2161 38 8 25 3 121 3.36 1 1167 1046 .896
Darrin Madeley 255 5 1 3 0 15 3.53 0 147 132 .898
Mike Bales 3 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 1 1 1.000
Craig Billington 472 9 0 6 2 32 4.07 0 240 208 .867
Team: 2891 48 9 34 5 168 3.49 1 1555 1387 .892

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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;

Awards and records[]

Transactions[]

Trades[]

June 26, 1994 To Los Angeles Kings
Future considerations(Ottawa's seventh-round draft pick, 1995 Entry Draft) () 		To Ottawa Senators
Jim Paek
June 20, 1993 To Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
Ottawa's third-round pick in 1994 Entry Draft
(later traded by Anaheim) 		To Ottawa Senators
Sean Hill
Anaheim's ninth-round pick in 1994 Entry Draft (Frederic Cassivi)
June 29, 1994 To New York Islanders
Ottawa's fifth-round pick in 1996 Entry Draft () 		To Ottawa Senators
Jason Zent
January 18, 1995 To Washington Capitals
Ottawa's fifth-round pick 1995 Entry Draft (Benoit Gratton) 		To Ottawa Senators
Don Beaupre

Waivers[]

January 18, 1995 From San Jose Sharks
Rob Gaudreau

Source: Ottawa Senators 2008–09 Media Guide. Ottawa Senators. 2008. p. 187.

Free agents[]

Player Former team
Jean-François Labbe Undrafted free agent
Bruce Gardiner Undrafted free agent
Michel Picard Washington Capitals
Corey Foster Philadelphia Flyers
Pat Elynuik Tampa Bay Lightning
Lance Pitlick Philadelphia Flyers
Chris Dahlquist Calgary Flames
Mike Bales Boston Bruins
Randy Cunneyworth Chicago Blackhawks
Steve Larouche Montreal Canadiens
Player New team
Gord Dineen New York Islanders
Jim Kyte San Jose Sharks
Steve Konroyd Calgary Flames

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Roster[]

1994-95 Ottawa Senators
Goaltenders

Defencemen

Wingers

Centres

Draft picks[]

Ottawa's draft picks at the 1994 NHL Entry Draft in Hartford, Connecticut.

Round # Player Nationality College/junior/club team (league)
1 3 Radek Bonk  Czech Republic Las Vegas Thunder (IHL)
2 29 Stanislav Neckar  Czech Republic HC České Budějovice (Czech.)
4 81 Bryan Masotta  United States Hotchkiss Academy (US HS)
6 131  United States (US HS)
6 133 Daniel Alfredsson  Sweden Frölunda HC (Elitserien)
7 159 Doug Sproule  United States Hotchkiss Academy (US HS)
9 210 Frederic Cassivi  Canada Saint-Hyacinthe Laser (QMJHL)
9 211 Danny Dupont  Canada Laval Titan (QMJHL)
10 237 Steve MacKinnon  United States Chelmsford High School (US HS)
11 274 Antti Tormanen  Finland Jokerit (SM-liiga)
S 3 Steve Guolla  Canada Michigan State University (CCHA)

Farm teams[]

See also[]

References[]

  • Garrioch, Bruce (1998). "Ottawa Senators 1992–93 to Date". Total Hockey.
  • Ottawa Senators Media Guide 2007
  • The Internet Hockey Database
  • National Hockey League Guide & Record Book 2007
  1. ^ "1994-95 NHL Summary".
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "1994–95 Ottawa Senators Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-17.
  4. ^ "1994-95 Ottawa Senators Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-17.
  5. ^ http://www.prosportstransactions.com
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