1994–95 Toronto Maple Leafs season

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1994–95 Toronto Maple Leafs
Division4th Central
Conference5th Western
1994–95 record21–19–8
Home record15–7–2
Road record6–12–6
Goals for135
Goals against146
Team information
General managerCliff Fletcher
CoachPat Burns
CaptainDoug Gilmour
Alternate captainsDave Andreychuk
Dave Ellett
ArenaMaple Leaf Gardens
Team leaders
GoalsMats Sundin (23)
AssistsMike Ridley (27)
PointsMats Sundin (47)
Penalty minutesWarren Rychel (101)
Plus/minusRandy Wood (+7)
WinsFelix Potvin (15)
Goals against averageDamian Rhodes (2.68)

The 1994–95 Toronto Maple Leafs season was Toronto's 78th season in the National Hockey League (NHL).

Prior to the 1994–95 season, franchise player and fan favourite Wendel Clark was sent to the Quebec Nordiques in a blockbuster trade. Clark, along with defenceman Sylvain Lefebvre and Toronto's second pick in the 1993 NHL Entry Draft, Landon Wilson, were traded to the Nordiques on June 28, 1994, in exchange for forward Mats Sundin, defenceman Garth Butcher and Quebec's first pick in the 1992 NHL Entry Draft, Todd Warriner. In Clark's absence, the gritty and dependable veteran forward Doug Gilmour was named team captain.

After finishing fourth in 1992–93 and third in 1993–94, the Maple Leafs fell to fifth place in the Western Conference in 1994–95 and, for the first time in three seasons, they allowed more goals than they scored. Throughout the regular season, Toronto never won more than two games in a row, and finished just two games above .500. In addition, no Toronto player recorded a hat trick. To toughen up their lineup, the Leafs signed Warren Rychel from the Los Angeles Kings midway through the regular season, and on April 7, 1995, they traded center Mike Eastwood and a third-round pick in the 1995 NHL Entry Draft to the Winnipeg Jets in exchange for right wing Tie Domi.

Toronto was the only Western Conference team to score at least one goal in all 48 of its regular-season games in 1994–95 (the Quebec Nordiques and the Buffalo Sabres were the only Eastern Conference teams to accomplish this feat in 1994–95). The Maple Leafs finished sixth in the league in penalty-killing (84.86%) and allowed the most empty-net goals of any team in the league (8).

Offseason[]

NHL draft[]

Round Pick Player Nationality College/junior/club team
1 16 Eric Fichaud (G)  Canada Chicoutimi Saguenéens (QMJHL)
2 48 Sean Haggerty (LW)  United States Detroit Junior Red Wings (OHL)
3 64 Fredrik Modin (LW)  Sweden Timrå IK (Sweden)
5 126 Mark Deyell (C)  Canada Saskatoon Blades (WHL)
6 152 Kam White (D)  United States Newmarket Royals (OHL)
7 178 Tommi Rajamaki (D)  Finland Ässät (Finland)
8 204 Rob Butler (LW)  Canada Niagara Falls Canucks (GHJHL)
10 256 Sergei Berezin (LW)  Russia Khimik Voskresensk (Russia)
11 282 Doug Nolan (LW)  United States Catholic Memorial High School (USHS–MA)

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Regular season[]

The Maple Leafs tied the Dallas Stars and the Hartford Whalers for the lowest shooting percentage during the regular season with just 135 goals on 1,520 shots (8.9%)[2]

Season standings[]

Central Division
No. CR GP W L T GF GA Pts
1 1 Detroit Red Wings 48 33 11 4 180 117 70
2 2 St. Louis Blues 48 28 15 5 178 135 61
3 4 Chicago Blackhawks 48 24 19 5 156 115 53
4 5 Toronto Maple Leafs 48 21 19 8 135 146 50
5 8 Dallas Stars 48 17 23 8 136 135 42
6 10 Winnipeg Jets 48 16 25 7 157 177 39

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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[4]
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[]

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

Player statistics[]

Regular season[]

Scoring
Player GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Mats Sundin 47 23 24 47 14 -5 9 0 4
Dave Andreychuk 48 22 16 38 34 -7 8 0 2
Mike Ridley 48 10 27 37 14 1 2 2 1
Doug Gilmour 44 10 23 33 26 -5 3 0 1
Todd Gill 47 7 25 32 64 -8 3 1 2
Randy Wood 48 13 11 24 34 7 1 1 2
Mike Gartner 38 12 8 20 6 0 2 1 1
Dmitri Mironov 33 5 12 17 28 6 2 0 0
Dave Ellett 33 5 10 15 26 -6 3 0 1
Mike Craig 37 5 5 10 12 -21 1 0 1
Mike Eastwood 36 5 5 10 32 -12 0 0 0
Jamie Macoun 46 2 8 10 75 -6 1 0 0
Kenny Jonsson 39 2 7 9 16 -8 0 0 1
Garth Butcher 45 1 7 8 59 -5 0 0 0
Warren Rychel 26 1 6 7 101 1 0 0 0
Bill Berg 32 5 1 6 26 -11 0 0 2
Benoit Hogue 12 3 3 6 0 0 1 0 1
Terry Yake 19 3 2 5 2 1 1 0 2
Nikolai Borschevsky 19 0 5 5 0 3 0 0 0
Rich Sutter 18 0 3 3 10 -7 0 0 0
Dixon Ward 22 0 3 3 31 -4 0 0 0
Paul DiPietro 12 1 1 2 6 -6 0 0 0
Drake Berehowsky 25 0 2 2 15 -10 0 0 0
Grant Jennings 10 0 2 2 7 -6 0 0 0
Tie Domi 9 0 1 1 31 1 0 0 0
Darby Hendrickson 8 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0
Kent Manderville 36 0 1 1 22 -2 0 0 0
Ken Baumgartner 2 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Ken Belanger 3 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 0
David Harlock 1 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0
Matt Martin 15 0 0 0 13 2 0 0 0
Zdenek Nedved 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Felix Potvin 36 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0
Damian Rhodes 13 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0
Todd Warriner 5 0 0 0 0 -3 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO SA SV SV%
Felix Potvin 2144 36 15 13 7 104 2.91 0 1120 1016 .907
Damian Rhodes 760 13 6 6 1 34 2.68 0 404 370 .916
Team: 2904 48 21 19 8 138 2.85 0 1524 1386 .909

Playoffs[]

Scoring
Player GP G A Pts PIM PPG SHG GWG
Mats Sundin 7 5 4 9 4 2 0 1
Doug Gilmour 7 0 6 6 6 0 0 0
Dave Andreychuk 7 3 2 5 25 2 0 0
Mike Ridley 7 3 1 4 2 1 0 1
Mike Gartner 5 2 2 4 2 0 0 0
Dmitri Mironov 6 2 1 3 2 1 0 0
Jamie Macoun 7 1 2 3 8 0 0 0
Todd Gill 7 0 3 3 6 0 0 0
Randy Wood 7 2 0 2 6 1 0 1
Paul DiPietro 7 1 1 2 0 0 0 0
Dave Ellett 7 0 2 2 0 0 0 0
Tie Domi 7 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
Bill Berg 7 0 1 1 4 0 0 0
Mike Craig 2 0 1 1 2 0 0 0
Garth Butcher 7 0 0 0 8 0 0 0
Benoit Hogue 7 0 0 0 6 0 0 0
Grant Jennings 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kenny Jonsson 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kent Manderville 7 0 0 0 6 0 0 0
Felix Potvin 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Warren Rychel 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rich Sutter 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO SA SV SV%
Felix Potvin 424 7 3 4 20 2.83 1 253 233 .921
Team: 424 7 3 4 20 2.83 1 253 233 .921

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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[]

The Maple Leafs have been involved in the following transactions during the 1994–95 season.

Trades[]

July 11, 1994 To Los Angeles Kings
Yanic Perreault
To Toronto Maple Leafs
4th round pick in 1996 ()
August 10, 1994 To Dallas Stars
Peter Zezel
Grant Marshall
To Toronto Maple Leafs
Compensation for Mike Craig
September 28, 1994 To Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
David Sacco
To Toronto Maple Leafs
Terry Yake
October 3, 1994 To Los Angeles Kings
Eric Lacroix
Chris Snell
4th round pick in 1996 (Eric Belanger)
To Toronto Maple Leafs
Dixon Ward
Guy Leveque
Shayne Toporowski
Kelly Fairchild
February 10, 1995 To Washington Capitals
4th round pick in 1995 (Sebastien Charpentier)
To Toronto Maple Leafs
Warren Rychel
February 17, 1995 To Detroit Red Wings
Chris Govedaris
To Toronto Maple Leafs
Future considerations
March 13, 1995 To Tampa Bay Lightning
Cash
To Toronto Maple Leafs
Rich Sutter
April 6, 1995 To Calgary Flames
Nikolai Borschevsky
To Toronto Maple Leafs
6th round pick in 1996 ()
April 6, 1995 To New York Islanders
Eric Fichaud
To Toronto Maple Leafs
Benoit Hogue
3rd round pick in 1995 ()
5th round pick in 1996 ()
April 6, 1995 To Montreal Canadiens
4th round pick in 1996 (Kim Staal)
To Toronto Maple Leafs
Paul DiPietro
April 7, 1995 To Detroit Red Wings
Future considerations
To Toronto Maple Leafs
Gord Kruppke
April 7, 1995 To Pittsburgh Penguins
Drake Berehowsky
To Toronto Maple Leafs
Grant Jennings
April 7, 1995 To Winnipeg Jets
Mike Eastwood
3rd round pick in 1995 (Brad Isbister)
To Toronto Maple Leafs
Tie Domi
July 8, 1995 To Pittsburgh Penguins
Dmitri Mironov
2nd round pick in 1996 ()
To Toronto Maple Leafs
Larry Murphy
July 8, 1995 To Philadelphia Flyers
5th round pick in 1996 ()
To Toronto Maple Leafs
Rob Zettler
July 8, 1995 To Vancouver Canucks
Mike Ridley
To Toronto Maple Leafs
Sergio Momesso

Waivers[]

January 18, 1995 From Buffalo Sabres
Randy Wood

Free agents[]

Player Former team
Mike Craig Dallas Stars
Jamie Heward Undrafted free agent
Player New team
Mike Krushelnyski Detroit Red Wings
John Cullen Pittsburgh Penguins
Mark Greig Calgary Flames

Playoffs[]

Although the Maple Leafs were the underdogs against the fourth-place Chicago Blackhawks in the opening round of the 1995 Stanley Cup playoffs, they won the first two games of the series at the United Center and went home to Maple Leaf Gardens for game three with two-games-to-none series lead. However, the Blackhawks played determinedly and won Games 3 and 4 in Toronto to regain home-ice advantage in the series. Chicago then won Game 5, 4–2, and looked to clinch the series in Game 6 back in Toronto. The Maple Leafs played a spirited game, going up 4–1 in the third period. The Blackhawks fought back with three consecutive goals to tie the game. At 10:00 of the first overtime period, Randy Wood scored his second goal of the game to give the Maple Leafs a 5–4 win. The victory tied the series at three games apiece and forced game seven back in Chicago. In Game 7, Joe Murphy scored twice and Ed Belfour made 22 saves as Chicago advanced to the second round for the first time in three years with a 5–2 win.

Chicago vs. Toronto
Date Away Home
May 7 Toronto 5 3 Chicago
May 9 Toronto 3 0 Chicago
May 11 Chicago 3 2 Toronto
May 13 Chicago 3 1 Toronto
May 15 Toronto 2 4 Chicago
May 17 Chicago 4 5 Toronto OT
May 19 Toronto 2 5 Chicago
Chicago wins series 4–3

Awards and records[]

  • Kenny Jonsson, Defence, NHL All-Rookie Team
  • Mats Sundin, Molson Cup (most game star selections for Toronto Maple Leafs)

Farm teams[]

Roster[]

1994-95 Toronto Maple Leafs
Goaltenders

Defensemen

Wingers

Centres

References[]

  1. ^ http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/draft/nhl1994e.html
  2. ^ "1994-95 Toronto Maple Leafs Roster and Statistics".
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ "1994-1995 Conference Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". NHL.
  5. ^ "1994-95 Toronto Maple Leafs Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-28.
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