The 1994–95 New Jersey Devils season was the 21st season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 11, 1974, and 13th season since the franchise relocated from Colorado prior to the 1982–83 NHL season.[1] Although they played an abbreviated 48-game season, shortened by the 1994–95 NHL lockout, the Devils won their first Stanley Cup championship in franchise history.
1994–95 New Jersey Devils | |
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Stanley Cup champions | |
Eastern Conference champions | |
Division | 2nd Atlantic |
Conference | 5th Eastern |
1994–95 record | 22–18–8 |
Home record | 14–4–6 |
Road record | 8–14–2 |
Goals for | 136 |
Goals against | 121 |
Team information | |
General manager | Lou Lamoriello |
Coach | Jacques Lemaire |
Captain | Scott Stevens |
Alternate captains | Bruce Driver John MacLean |
Arena | Brendan Byrne Arena |
Average attendance | 16,379 |
Minor league affiliate(s) | Albany River Rats (AHL) Raleigh IceCaps (ECHL) Flint Generals (UHL) |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Stephane Richer (23) |
Assists | Neal Broten Scott Stevens (20) |
Points | Stephane Richer (39) |
Penalty minutes | Mike Peluso (167) |
Plus/minus | Scott Niedermayer (+19) |
Wins | Martin Brodeur (19) |
Goals against average | Martin Brodeur (2.45) |
The Devils entered the 1995 Stanley Cup playoffs as the second seed in the Atlantic Division. The Devils eventually swept the heavily favored Detroit Red Wings in the Stanley Cup Finals.
Off-season
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Preseason
editAfter a 5–2–2 preseason record, the Devils, along with the rest of NHL players, were locked-out from October 1, 1994, to January 11, 1995.
Regular season
editDuring the regular season, the Devils scored the fewest power-play goals (22) and had the fewest power-play opportunities in the NHL, with just 164. They were also the least penalized team, being shorthanded only 149 times.[2]
Standings
editNo. | CR | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts | |
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1 | 2 | Philadelphia Flyers | 48 | 28 | 16 | 4 | 150 | 132 | 60 |
2 | 5 | New Jersey Devils | 48 | 22 | 18 | 8 | 136 | 121 | 52 |
3 | 6 | Washington Capitals | 48 | 22 | 18 | 8 | 136 | 120 | 52 |
4 | 8 | New York Rangers | 48 | 22 | 23 | 3 | 139 | 134 | 47 |
5 | 9 | Florida Panthers | 48 | 20 | 22 | 6 | 115 | 127 | 46 |
6 | 12 | Tampa Bay Lightning | 48 | 17 | 28 | 3 | 120 | 144 | 37 |
7 | 13 | New York Islanders | 48 | 15 | 28 | 5 | 126 | 158 | 35 |
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.
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
editPre-season
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Pre-season: 5–2–2 (home: 2–0–1; road: 3–2–1)
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Legend:
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Regular season
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January: 1–3–1 (home: 1–1–2; road: 0–3–1)
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February: 6–4–3 (home: 4–2–3; road: 2–2–0)
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March: 7–6–2 (home: 3–1–1; road: 4–5–1)
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April: 8–4–2 (home: 5–1–2; road: 3–2–0)
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Legend:
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Playoffs
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Eastern Conference Quarterfinals vs. (4) Boston Bruins – Devils win 4–1
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Eastern Conference Semifinals vs. (3) Pittsburgh Penguins – Devils win 4–1
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Eastern Conference Finals vs. (2) Philadelphia Flyers – Devils win 4–2
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Stanley Cup Finals vs. (W1) Detroit Red Wings – Devils win 4–0
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Legend:
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Player statistics
editScoring
edit- Position abbreviations: C = Center; D = Defense; 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 Devils only.
- ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Devils only.
Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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No. | Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM |
44 | Stephane Richer | RW | 45 | 23 | 16 | 39 | 8 | 10 | 19 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 9 | 2 |
15 | John MacLean | RW | 46 | 17 | 12 | 29 | 13 | 32 | 20 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 8 | 14 |
9 | Neal Broten† | C | 30 | 8 | 20 | 28 | 9 | 20 | 20 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 13 | 6 |
12 | Bill Guerin | RW | 48 | 12 | 13 | 25 | 6 | 72 | 20 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 30 |
4 | Scott Stevens | D | 48 | 2 | 20 | 22 | 4 | 56 | 20 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 24 |
16 | Bobby Holik | C | 48 | 10 | 10 | 20 | 9 | 18 | 20 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 22 |
22 | Claude Lemieux | LW | 45 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 2 | 86 | 20 | 13 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 20 |
27 | Scott Niedermayer | D | 48 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 20 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 10 |
17 | Tom Chorske | LW | 42 | 10 | 8 | 18 | −4 | 16 | 17 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −2 | 4 |
14 | Brian Rolston | C | 40 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 5 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 4 |
19 | Bob Carpenter | C | 41 | 5 | 11 | 16 | −1 | 19 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 6 |
23 | Bruce Driver | D | 41 | 4 | 12 | 16 | −1 | 18 | 17 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 8 |
6 | Tommy Albelin | D | 48 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 9 | 20 | 20 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 2 |
18 | Sergei Brylin | C | 26 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
21 | Randy McKay | RW | 33 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 10 | 44 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 5 | 11 |
8 | Mike Peluso | LW | 46 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 167 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 |
20 | Alexander Semak‡ | C | 19 | 2 | 6 | 8 | −4 | 13 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
29 | Shawn Chambers† | D | 21 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 20 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 2 |
10 | Corey Millen‡ | C | 17 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
11 | Jim Dowd | C | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −5 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
20 | Danton Cole† | LW | 12 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 |
3 | Ken Daneyko | D | 25 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 54 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 22 |
25 | Valeri Zelepukin | LW | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 12 |
7 | Chris McAlpine | D | 24 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 17 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
30 | Martin Brodeur | G | 40 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||
28 | Kevin Dean | D | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
24 | David Emma | RW | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
2 | Viacheslav Fetisov‡ | D | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
29 | Ben Hankinson‡ | RW | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −6 | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
5 | Jaroslav Modry | D | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
33 | Reid Simpson | LW | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 27 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
26 | Jason Smith | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
31 | Chris Terreri | G | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Goaltending
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No. | Player | GP | GS | W | L | T | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI | GP | GS | W | L | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI |
30 | Martin Brodeur | 40 | 39 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 908 | 89 | 2.44 | .902 | 3 | 2,184:25 | 20 | 20 | 16 | 4 | 463 | 34 | 1.67 | .927 | 3 | 1,221:58 |
31 | Chris Terreri | 15 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 309 | 31 | 2.53 | .900 | 0 | 734:00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.000 | 0 | 7:45 |
Awards and records
editAwards
editType | Award/honor | Recipient | Ref |
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Conn Smythe Trophy | Claude Lemieux | [6] |
League (in-season) |
NHL Player of the Week | Martin Brodeur (April 3–9) | [7] |
Team | Devils' Players' Player | Chris Terreri | [8] |
Hugh Delano Unsung Hero | Tommy Albelin | [8] | |
Most Valuable Devil | Stephane Richer | [8] | |
Three-Star Award | Stephane Richer | [8] |
Milestones
editMilestone | Player | Date | Ref |
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600th assist | Neal Broten | April 4, 1995 | [9] |
1,000th game played | Neal Broten | April 28, 1995 | [10] |
Transactions
editThe Devils have been involved in the following transactions during the 1994–95 season.
Trades
editDate | Details | |
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June 29, 1994 | To Calgary Flames 1994 3rd-round pick (#77 overall) 1994 VAN pick (#91 overall) 1994 OTT 5th-round pick (#107 overall) |
To New Jersey Devils 1994 3rd-round pick (#71 overall) |
January 30, 1995 | To Chicago Blackhawks Dean Malkoc |
To New Jersey Devils Rob Conn |
February 27, 1995 | To Dallas Stars Corey Millen |
To New Jersey Devils Neal Broten |
March 14, 1995 | To Tampa Bay Lightning Ben Hankinson Alexander Semak |
To New Jersey Devils Shawn Chambers Danton Cole |
April 3, 1995 | To Detroit Red Wings Viacheslav Fetisov |
To New Jersey Devils 1995 3rd-round pick (#78 overall) |
Free agents
editDate | Player | Team |
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July 10, 1994 | Bryan Helmer | |
August 26, 1994 | Jason Miller | to Detroit Red Wings |
January 26, 1995 | Kent Nilsson | to Edmonton Oilers |
Draft picks
editBelow are the New Jersey Devils' selections at the 1994 NHL Entry Draft, which was held on June 28 and 29, 1994.
Round | # | Player | Nationality | Pos | College/Junior/Club team (League) | Notes |
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1 | 25 | Vadim Sharifijanov | LW | Salavat Yulaev Ufa (RSL) | ||
2 | 51 | Patrik Elias | LW | HC Kladno (Czech Extraliga) | ||
3 | 71 | Sheldon Souray | D | Tri-City Americans (WHL) | [a](from Calgary) | |
4 | 103 | Zdenek Skorepa | LW | HC Chemopetrol Litvínov (Czech Extraliga) | ||
5 | 129 | Christian Gosselin | D | Saint-Hyacinthe Laser (QMJHL) | ||
6 | 134 | Ryan Smart | F | Meadville High School (Pennsylvania) | [b](from Winnipeg) | |
6 | 155 | Luciano Caravaggio | G | Michigan Technological University (WCHA) | ||
7 | 181 | Jeff Williams | LW | Guelph Storm (OHL) | ||
8 | 207 | Eric Bertrand | LW | Granby Bisons (QMJHL) | ||
9 | 233 | Steve Sullivan | C | Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL) | ||
10 | 259 | Scott Swanjord | G | Waterloo Black Hawks (USHL) | ||
11 | 269 | Mike Hanson | C | Minot High School (North Dakota) | [c](from Quebec) |
Media
editTelevision coverage of the season was carried on SportsChannel New York and SportsChannel New York Plus, with Mike Emrick and Spencer Ross handling play-by-play duties and Peter McNab providing color commentary. On the radio, the games were broadcast on WABC–AM 770, with Mike Miller describing the play and Sherry Ross providing color commentary.
Notes
edit- ^ The Devils acquired the 1994 third-round pick from Calgary for the Devils' original third-round pick (used on Chris Clark), Vancouver's 1994 fourth-round pick (used on Ryan Duthie) and Ottawa's 1994 fifth-round pick (used on Nils Ekman) on June 29, 1994.
- ^ The Devils acquired the 1994 sixth-round pick from Winnipeg for Brent Severyn on September 30, 1993.
- ^ The Devils acquired the 1994 eleventh-round pick from Quebec for Stephane Yelle and the Devils' original eleventh-round pick (used on Steven Low) on June 3, 1994.
References
edit- "New Jersey Devils 1994-95 roster and scoring statistics at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved September 6, 2023.
- "1994-95 New Jersey Devils Roster, Stats, Injuries, Scores, Results, Shootouts". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved September 6, 2023.
- ^ National Hockey League (2010). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book/2011. Triumph Books. p. 83. ISBN 978-1-60078-422-4.
- ^ "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.
- ^ a b "1994-95 New Jersey Devils Schedule". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved September 6, 2023.
- ^ "Conn Smythe Trophy". records.nhl.com. Retrieved September 11, 2023.
- ^ "Devils' Award Winners" (PDF). devilsmedia.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/new-jersey-devils-2014-15-media-guide.pdf. Retrieved August 1, 2015.
- ^ a b c d Levine, Mike (ed.), 2009-10 New Jersey Devils Media Guide, New Jersey Devils Hockey Club, p. 225
- ^ "NHL / Usher Conked By Helmet / Incident mars Buffalo's win". San Francisco Chronicle. April 5, 1995. Retrieved September 11, 2023.
Stephane Richer scored on a deflection with 13 seconds left in the third period, giving Neal Broten his 600th assist
- ^ Yannis, Alex (April 29, 1995). "HOCKEY; An Owner's Thumbs Up As Devils Clinch Berth". The New York Times. Retrieved September 11, 2023.
NEAL BROTEN of the Devils was honored before the game for playing in his 1,000th National Hockey League game.