1995–96 Dallas Stars season

1995–96 Dallas Stars
Division	6th Central
Conference	11th Western
1995–96 record	26–42–14
Home record	14–18–9
Road record	12–24–5
Goals for	227
Goals against	280
Team information
General manager	Bob Gainey
Coach	Bob Gainey Ken Hitchcock
Captain	Derian Hatcher
Arena	Reunion Arena
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The 1995–96 Dallas Stars season was the third National Hockey League season in Dallas, Texas (and 29th as a franchise), which would start off badly and finish badly, with a division worst 26-42-14.

Offseason[]

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Regular season[]

On March 11, 1996, the Stars played in the final game at the Montreal Forum.

Final standings[]

Central Division

No.		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1	Detroit Red Wings	82	62	13	7	325	181	131
2	Chicago Blackhawks	82	40	28	14	273	220	94
3	Toronto Maple Leafs	82	34	36	12	247	252	80
4	St. Louis Blues	82	32	34	16	219	248	80
5	Winnipeg Jets	82	36	40	6	275	291	78
6	Dallas Stars	82	26	42	14	227	280	66

Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points
         Bolded teams qualified for the playoffs.

Western Conference^[1]

R		Div	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1	p – Detroit Red Wings	CEN	82	62	13	7	325	181	131
2	Colorado Avalanche	PAC	82	47	25	10	326	240	104
3	Chicago Blackhawks	CEN	82	40	28	14	273	220	94
4	Toronto Maple Leafs	CEN	82	34	36	12	247	252	80
5	St. Louis Blues	CEN	82	32	34	16	219	248	80
6	Calgary Flames	PAC	82	34	37	11	241	240	79
7	Vancouver Canucks	PAC	82	32	35	15	278	278	79
8	Winnipeg Jets	CEN	82	36	40	6	275	291	78
9	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	PAC	82	35	39	8	234	247	78
10	Edmonton Oilers	PAC	82	30	44	8	240	304	68
11	Dallas Stars	CEN	82	26	42	14	227	280	66
12	Los Angeles Kings	PAC	82	24	40	18	256	302	66
13	San Jose Sharks	PAC	82	20	55	7	252	357	47

Divisions: CEN – Central, PAC – Pacific

bold – Qualified for playoffs; p – Won Presidents' Trophy

Schedule and results[]

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	L	October 7, 1995	5–7	@ Winnipeg Jets (1995–96)	0–1–0
2	W	October 10, 1995	7–3	Calgary Flames (1995–96)	1–1–0
3	L	October 12, 1995	1–3	St. Louis Blues (1995–96)	1–2–0
4	W	October 14, 1995	6–5	Boston Bruins (1995–96)	2–2–0
5	L	October 17, 1995	3–4	Washington Capitals (1995–96)	2–3–0
6	T	October 19, 1995	1–1 OT	@ St. Louis Blues (1995–96)	2–3–1
7	T	October 21, 1995	3–3 OT	Tampa Bay Lightning (1995–96)	2–3–2
8	W	October 24, 1995	3–0	Buffalo Sabres (1995–96)	3–3–2
9	W	October 26, 1995	5–2	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1995–96)	4–3–2
10	W	October 28, 1995	4–3	@ San Jose Sharks (1995–96)	5–3–2
11	L	October 30, 1995	1–6	Colorado Avalanche (1995–96)	5–4–2
12	T	November 1, 1995	1–1 OT	Chicago Blackhawks (1995–96)	5–4–3
13	L	November 4, 1995	1–5	@ Detroit Red Wings (1995–96)	5–5–3
14	T	November 8, 1995	3–3 OT	Los Angeles Kings (1995–96)	5–5–4
15	T	November 9, 1995	1–1 OT	@ Colorado Avalanche (1995–96)	5–5–5
16	L	November 14, 1995	2–4	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1995–96)	5–6–5
17	L	November 15, 1995	1–2	@ Buffalo Sabres (1995–96)	5–7–5
18	W	November 17, 1995	2–1	San Jose Sharks (1995–96)	6–7–5
19	W	November 22, 1995	4–3	Vancouver Canucks (1995–96)	7–7–5
20	W	November 25, 1995	2–0	New Jersey Devils (1995–96)	8–7–5
21	T	December 2, 1995	2–2 OT	@ Los Angeles Kings (1995–96)	8–7–6
22	W	December 3, 1995	7–6	@ Colorado Avalanche (1995–96)	9–7–6
23	L	December 5, 1995	4–6	@ Boston Bruins (1995–96)	9–8–6
24	L	December 7, 1995	1–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1995–96)	9–9–6
25	L	December 9, 1995	1–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1995–96)	9–10–6
26	L	December 11, 1995	2–3	@ New York Rangers (1995–96)	9–11–6
27	L	December 13, 1995	4–8	Calgary Flames (1995–96)	9–12–6
28	L	December 15, 1995	1–5	Pittsburgh Penguins (1995–96)	9–13–6
29	W	December 17, 1995	4–2	San Jose Sharks (1995–96)	10–13–6
30	T	December 21, 1995	3–3 OT	New York Islanders (1995–96)	10–13–7
31	L	December 23, 1995	0–2	Chicago Blackhawks (1995–96)	10–14–7
32	L	December 26, 1995	3–5	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1995–96)	10–15–7
33	L	December 28, 1995	1–4	@ St. Louis Blues (1995–96)	10–16–7
34	L	December 29, 1995	1–2	Detroit Red Wings (1995–96)	10–17–7
35	L	January 1, 1996	0–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (1995–96)	10–18–7
36	T	January 3, 1996	3–3 OT	@ Detroit Red Wings (1995–96)	10–18–8
37	W	January 5, 1996	5–4	Winnipeg Jets (1995–96)	11–18–8
38	L	January 7, 1996	2–5	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1995–96)	11–19–8
39	T	January 8, 1996	4–4 OT	Los Angeles Kings (1995–96)	11–19–9
40	L	January 10, 1996	0–4	Detroit Red Wings (1995–96)	11–20–9
41	T	January 12, 1996	6–6 OT	Florida Panthers (1995–96)	11–20–10
42	L	January 14, 1996	2–7	@ New Jersey Devils (1995–96)	11–21–10
43	L	January 15, 1996	1–6	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1995–96)	11–22–10
44	L	January 17, 1996	3–4	Edmonton Oilers (1995–96)	11–23–10
45	W	January 22, 1996	6–4	@ Vancouver Canucks (1995–96)	12–23–10
46	W	January 24, 1996	5–3	@ Edmonton Oilers (1995–96)	13–23–10
47	W	January 26, 1996	4–2	@ Calgary Flames (1995–96)	14–23–10
48	L	January 29, 1996	1–2	Winnipeg Jets (1995–96)	14–24–10
49	T	January 31, 1996	1–1 OT	New York Rangers (1995–96)	14–24–11
50	L	February 2, 1996	4–5	Vancouver Canucks (1995–96)	14–25–11
51	L	February 4, 1996	3–5	@ New York Islanders (1995–96)	14–26–11
52	W	February 6, 1996	5–2	@ St. Louis Blues (1995–96)	15–26–11
53	L	February 7, 1996	2–4	Montreal Canadiens (1995–96)	15–27–11
54	L	February 10, 1996	3–6	St. Louis Blues (1995–96)	15–28–11
55	L	February 11, 1996	3–5	Hartford Whalers (1995–96)	15–29–11
56	W	February 16, 1996	6–1	Edmonton Oilers (1995–96)	16–29–11
57	L	February 18, 1996	4–6	@ Florida Panthers (1995–96)	16–30–11
58	L	February 19, 1996	2–4	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1995–96)	16–31–11
59	W	February 22, 1996	3–2	Ottawa Senators (1995–96)	17–31–11
60	W	February 24, 1996	3–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1995–96)	18–31–11
61	W	February 25, 1996	6–2	@ Hartford Whalers (1995–96)	19–31–11
62	T	February 28, 1996	4–4 OT	Philadelphia Flyers (1995–96)	19–31–12
63	W	March 2, 1996	5–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (1995–96)	20–31–12
64	W	March 5, 1996	3–1	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1995–96)	21–31–12
65	W	March 6, 1996	2–1	@ San Jose Sharks (1995–96)	22–31–12
66	L	March 11, 1996	1–4	@ Montreal Canadiens (1995–96)	22–32–12
67	L	March 13, 1996	1–4	@ Ottawa Senators (1995–96)	22–33–12
68	L	March 15, 1996	0–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1995–96)	22–34–12
69	L	March 17, 1996	1–2	@ Washington Capitals (1995–96)	22–35–12
70	W	March 20, 1996	2–1	St. Louis Blues (1995–96)	23–35–12
71	L	March 22, 1996	2–5	@ Vancouver Canucks (1995–96)	23–36–12
72	T	March 23, 1996	4–4 OT	@ Los Angeles Kings (1995–96)	23–36–13
73	L	March 26, 1996	2–8	Winnipeg Jets (1995–96)	23–37–13
74	W	March 28, 1996	3–1	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1995–96)	24–37–13
75	L	March 31, 1996	3–5	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1995–96)	24–38–13
76	L	April 3, 1996	1–3	@ Winnipeg Jets (1995–96)	24–39–13
77	T	April 5, 1996	3–3 OT	Chicago Blackhawks (1995–96)	24–39–14
78	L	April 7, 1996	1–4	Colorado Avalanche (1995–96)	24–40–14
79	W	April 9, 1996	4–3 OT	@ Calgary Flames (1995–96)	25–40–14
80	W	April 10, 1996	4–2	@ Edmonton Oilers (1995–96)	26–40–14
81	L	April 12, 1996	3–5	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1995–96)	26–41–14
82	L	April 14, 1996	1–5	Detroit Red Wings (1995–96)	26–42–14

Player statistics[]

Regular season[]

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Mike Modano	C	78	36	45	81	63	-12	8	4	4
Greg Adams	LW	66	22	21	43	33	-21	11	1	1
Brent Gilchrist	LW	77	20	22	42	36	-11	6	1	2
Kevin Hatcher	D	74	15	26	41	58	-24	7	0	3
Joe Nieuwendyk	C	52	14	18	32	41	-17	8	0	3
Derian Hatcher	D	79	8	23	31	129	-12	2	0	1
Todd Harvey	RW/C	69	9	20	29	136	-13	3	0	1
Grant Marshall	RW	70	9	19	28	111	0	0	0	0
Jere Lehtinen	RW	57	6	22	28	16	5	0	0	1
Dave Gagner	C	45	14	13	27	44	-17	6	0	2
Benoit Hogue	C	34	7	20	27	36	4	2	0	0
Mike Kennedy	C	61	9	17	26	48	-7	4	0	1
Grant Ledyard	D	73	5	19	24	20	-15	2	0	1
Guy Carbonneau	C	71	8	15	23	38	-2	0	2	1
Richard Matvichuk	D	73	6	16	22	71	4	0	0	1
Brent Fedyk	LW	41	10	9	19	30	-17	4	0	0
Bill Huard	LW	51	6	6	12	176	3	0	0	0
Trent Klatt	RW	22	4	4	8	23	0	0	0	1
Darryl Sydor	D	26	2	6	8	41	-1	1	0	0
Shane Churla	RW	34	3	4	7	168	4	0	0	0
Corey Millen	C	13	3	4	7	8	0	1	0	0
Mike Donnelly	LW	24	2	5	7	10	-2	0	0	0
Doug Zmolek	D	42	1	5	6	65	1	0	0	0
Randy Wood	LW/C	30	1	4	5	26	-11	0	0	0
Jamie Langenbrunner	RW	12	2	2	4	6	-2	1	0	0
Nikolai Borschevsky	RW	12	1	3	4	6	-7	0	0	1
Mike Lalor	D	63	1	2	3	31	-10	0	0	0
Craig Ludwig	D	65	1	2	3	70	-17	0	0	0
Jim Storm	LW	10	1	2	3	17	-1	0	0	1
Robert Petrovicky	C	5	1	1	2	0	1	1	0	1
Bob Bassen	C	13	0	1	1	15	-6	0	0	0
Mark Lawrence	RW	13	0	1	1	17	0	0	0	0
Allan Bester	G	10	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Zac Boyer	RW	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Paul Cavallini	D	8	0	0	0	6	-3	0	0	0
Patrick Cote	LW	2	0	0	0	5	-2	0	0	0
Manny Fernandez	G	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dan Kesa	RW	3	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
Pat MacLeod	D	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Daniel Marois	RW	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Andy Moog	G	41	0	0	0	28	0	0	0	0
Travis Richards	D	1	0	0	0	2	-1	0	0	0
Darcy Wakaluk	G	37	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0
Jordan Willis	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Andy Moog	2228	41	13	19	7	111	2.99	1	1106	995	.900
Darcy Wakaluk	1875	37	9	16	5	106	3.39	1	975	869	.891
Allan Bester	601	10	4	5	1	30	3.00	0	297	267	.899
Manny Fernandez	249	5	0	1	1	19	4.58	0	121	102	.843
Jordan Willis	19	1	0	1	0	1	3.16	0	14	13	.929
Team:	4972	82	26	42	14	267	3.22	2	2513	2246	.894

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Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals
      MIN = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Playoffs[]

The Dallas Stars missed the playoffs that year for the first time in their franchise's history.

Awards and honors[]

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Draft picks[]

Dallas's draft picks at the 1995 NHL Entry Draft held at the Edmonton Coliseum in Edmonton, Alberta.

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1	11	Jarome Iginla	Canada	Kamloops Blazers (WHL)
2	37	Patrick Cote	Canada	Beauport Harfangs (QMJHL)
3	63	Petr Buzek	Czech Republic	Dukla Jihlava (Czech Republic)
3	69	Sergei Gusev	Russia	Mayak Samara (Russia)
5	115	Wade Strand	Canada	Regina Pats (WHL)
6	141	Dominic Marleau	Canada	Victoriaville Tigres (QMJHL)
7	173	Jeff Dewar	Canada	Moose Jaw Warriors (WHL)
8	193		Ukraine	Sokil Kyiv (Ukraine)
8	202		Russia	Dynamo Moscow (Russia)
9	219	Steve Lowe	Canada	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL)

References[]

• Stars on Hockey Database