The 1994–95 Montreal Canadiens season was the team's 86th season of play and the last full season in the Montreal Forum before moving to the new Molson Centre. For the first time since the 1969–70 season (and only the second time since 1947–48), the Canadiens failed to qualify for the Stanley Cup playoffs.
1994–95 Montreal Canadiens | |
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Division | 6th Northeast |
Conference | 11th Eastern |
1994–95 record | 18–23–7 |
Home record | 15–5–4 |
Road record | 3–18–3 |
Goals for | 125 |
Goals against | 148 |
Team information | |
General manager | Serge Savard |
Coach | Jacques Demers |
Captain | Kirk Muller (Oct.–Apr.) Mike Keane (Apr.) |
Alternate captains | J. J. Daigneault Vincent Damphousse Mike Keane (Oct.–Apr.) |
Arena | Montreal Forum |
Average attendance | 16,964 |
Minor league affiliate(s) | Fredericton Canadiens Wheeling Thunderbirds |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Mark Recchi (14) |
Assists | Vincent Damphousse (30) |
Points | Mark Recchi (43) |
Penalty minutes | Lyle Odelein (152) |
Plus/minus | Vincent Damphousse (+15) |
Wins | Patrick Roy (17) |
Goals against average | Patrick Roy (2.97) |
Off-season
editIn the 1994 NHL Entry Draft, the Canadiens selected defenceman Brad Brown with their first-round pick, 18th overall. The Canadiens were more fortunate with their second-round pick, selecting Jose Theodore 44th overall.
In August 1994, captain Guy Carbonneau was traded to the St. Louis Blues. Kirk Muller was named his replacement as captain.
Regular season
editThe season started later and was abbreviated by a lockout of the players by the NHL owners; the regular season was only 48 games. It was a forgettable season for the Canadiens and their fans, as the team missed the playoffs for the first time in 25 years. The Canadiens only won 3 of 24 games on the road.[1] Already gone at the season's debut were several important members of the 1992–93 Stanley Cup champion team, including Guy Carbonneau, Kevin Haller, Stephan Lebeau, and Denis Savard. On February 9, more players from the 1992–93 team departed, as Eric Desjardins, Gilbert Dionne, and John LeClair were traded to the Philadelphia Flyers in exchange for Mark Recchi. Another major trade nearly two months later on April 5 would send Craig Darby, Mathieu Schneider and fan favourite Kirk Muller to the New York Islanders in exchange for Vladimir Malakhov and Pierre Turgeon. The team subsequently named forward Mike Keane as its new captain. After a 7–5–4 start, Montreal won only 11 of its final 32 games, going 11–18–3. It was the first and only season of goaltender Patrick Roy's NHL playing career in which he lost more games than he won, and the only season of his NHL playing career that his team did not make the playoffs.
The Canadiens tied the Florida Panthers and the Ottawa Senators for the fewest shorthanded goals scored during the regular season with one.[2]
Final standings
editNo. | 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: 2–2–1 (home: 2–0–1; road: 0–2–0)
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February: 5–6–3 (home: 3–1–1; road: 2–5–2)
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March: 4–7–1 (home: 4–1–1; road: 0–6–0)
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April: 7–6–2 (home: 6–2–1; road: 1–4–1)
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Legend:
Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Tie (1 point) |
Player statistics
editScoring
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 Canadiens only.
- ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Canadiens only.
Regular season | ||||||||
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No. | Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM |
8 | Mark Recchi† | RW | 39 | 14 | 29 | 43 | −3 | 16 |
25 | Vincent Damphousse | C | 48 | 10 | 30 | 40 | 15 | 42 |
22 | Benoit Brunet | LW | 45 | 7 | 18 | 25 | 7 | 16 |
77 | Pierre Turgeon† | C | 15 | 11 | 9 | 20 | 12 | 4 |
12 | Mike Keane | RW | 48 | 10 | 10 | 20 | 5 | 15 |
27 | Mathieu Schneider‡ | D | 30 | 5 | 15 | 20 | −3 | 49 |
49 | Brian Savage | LW | 37 | 12 | 7 | 19 | 5 | 27 |
11 | Kirk Muller‡ | LW | 33 | 8 | 11 | 19 | −21 | 33 |
23 | Brian Bellows | LW | 41 | 8 | 8 | 16 | −7 | 8 |
43 | Patrice Brisebois | D | 35 | 4 | 8 | 12 | −2 | 26 |
29 | Yves Racine | D | 47 | 4 | 7 | 11 | −1 | 42 |
24 | Lyle Odelein | D | 48 | 3 | 7 | 10 | −13 | 152 |
15 | Paul DiPietro‡ | C | 22 | 4 | 5 | 9 | −3 | 4 |
48 | J. J. Daigneault | D | 45 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 40 |
30 | Turner Stevenson | RW | 41 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 86 |
44 | Bryan Fogarty | D | 21 | 5 | 2 | 7 | −3 | 34 |
28 | Eric Desjardins‡ | D | 9 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 |
6 | Oleg Petrov | RW | 12 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −7 | 4 |
17 | John LeClair‡ | LW | 9 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 10 |
38 | Vladimir Malakhov† | D | 14 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −2 | 14 |
31 | Ed Ronan | RW | 30 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −7 | 12 |
34 | Peter Popovic | D | 33 | 0 | 5 | 5 | −10 | 8 |
18 | Valeri Bure | RW | 24 | 3 | 1 | 4 | −1 | 6 |
45 | Gilbert Dionne‡ | LW | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | −3 | 2 |
35 | Donald Brashear | LW | 20 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −5 | 63 |
14 | Craig Darby‡ | C | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −5 | 0 |
28 | Craig Conroy | C | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 0 |
17 | Mark Lamb† | C | 39 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −13 | 18 |
52 | Craig Rivet | D | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
33 | Patrick Roy | G | 43 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 20 | |
26 | Yves Sarault | LW | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 |
46 | Craig Ferguson | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
36 | Gerry Fleming | LW | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 17 |
26 | Jim Montgomery‡ | C | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 |
57 | Chris Murray | RW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
32 | Mario Roberge | LW | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 34 |
20 | Pierre Sevigny | LW | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −5 | 15 |
1 | Ron Tugnutt | G | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
56 | David Wilkie | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Goaltending
editRegular season | |||||||||||
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No. | Player | GP | W | L | T | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI |
33 | Patrick Roy | 43 | 17 | 20 | 6 | 1357 | 127 | 2.97 | .906 | 1 | 2566 |
1 | Ron Tugnutt | 7 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 172 | 18 | 3.12 | .895 | 0 | 346 |
Awards and records
editAwards
editType | Award/honour | Recipient | Ref |
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Team | Jacques Beauchamp Molson Trophy | Benoit Brunet | [6] |
Molson Cup | Patrick Roy | [7] |
Milestones
editMilestone | Player | Date | Ref |
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500th game played | Patrick Roy | February 20, 1995 | [8] |
Transactions
edit- February 9, 1995: Montreal traded John LeClair, Eric Desjardins and Gilbert Dionne to the Philadelphia Flyers in exchange for Mark Recchi and Philadelphia's third-round pick in the 1995 NHL Entry Draft (used to select (Martin Hohenberger). LeClair gelled immediately with new Flyers line-mate Eric Lindros and quickly became one of the NHL's most feared goal-scorers.
- April 5, 1995: Montreal acquired Pierre Turgeon and Vladimir Malakhov from the New York Islanders in exchange for Kirk Muller, Mathieu Schneider and Craig Darby.[9]
Draft picks
editMontreal's draft picks at the 1994 NHL Entry Draft in Hartford, Connecticut.[10]
Round | # | Player | Position | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team |
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1 | 18 | Brad Brown | Defence | North Bay Centennials (OHL) | |
2 | 44 | Jose Theodore | Goaltender | Saint-Jean Lynx (QMJHL) | |
3 | 54 | Chris Murray | Right wing | Kamloops Blazers (WHL) | |
3 | 70 | Marko Kiprusoff | Defence | TPS (Finland) | |
3 | 74 | Martin Belanger | Defence | Granby Bisons (QMJHL) | |
4 | 96 | Arto Kuki | Centre | Espoo Blues (Finland) | |
5 | 122 | Jimmy Drolet | Defence | Saint-Hyacinthe Laser (QMJHL) | |
6 | 148 | Joel Irving | Centre | Regina Pat Canadiens (Midget AAA) | |
7 | 174 | Jessie Rezansoff | Right wing | Regina Pats (WHL) | |
8 | 200 | Peter Strom | Left wing | Frölunda HC (Sweden) | |
9 | 226 | Tomas Vokoun | Goaltender | HC Kladno (Czech Republic) | |
10 | 252 | Chris Aldous | Defence | Northwood School (USHS-NY) | |
11 | 278 | Ross Parsons | Defence | Regina Pats (WHL) |
See also
editReferences
edit- "Montreal Canadiens 1994-95 roster and scoring statistics at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved September 4, 2023.
- "1994-95 Montreal Canadiens Roster, Stats, Injuries, Scores, Results, Shootouts". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved September 4, 2023.
- ^ Patrick Roy, winning, nothing else, p.338, by Michel Roy, translated by Charles Phillips, 2008, John Wiley & Sons, Mississauga, ON, ISBN 978-0-470-15616-2
- ^ "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 Montreal Canadiens Schedule". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved September 4, 2023.
- ^ Montreal Canadiens 2014–2015 Media Guide, p.553
- ^ Montreal Canadiens 2014–2015 Media Guide, p.552
- ^ "Patrick Roy". hockeygoalies.org. Retrieved September 11, 2023.
Played in 500th National Hockey League game (vs. NY Islanders), February 20, 1995.
- ^ NHL trade deadline: Deals since 1980 | Habs Inside/Out Archived 2009-02-16 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "1994 NHL Entry Draft Picks at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved September 4, 2023.