1993–94 Dallas Stars season

1993–94 Dallas Stars
Division	3rd Central
Conference	4th Western
1993–94 record	42–29–13
Home record	23–12–7
Road record	19–17–6
Goals for	286
Goals against	265
Team information
General Manager	Bob Gainey
Coach	Bob Gainey
Captain	Mark Tinordi
Alternate captains	Neal Broten Mike Modano
Arena	Reunion Arena
Average attendance	16,070[1] (42 games)
Team leaders
Goals	Mike Modano (50)
Assists	Russ Courtnall (57)
Points	Mike Modano (93)
Penalties in minutes	Shane Churla (333)
Plus/minus	(+): Derian Hatcher (19) (−): Mike Craig (−14)
Wins	Andy Moog (24)
Goals against average	Darcy Wakaluk (2.64)
<1992–93 1994–95>

The 1993–94 Dallas Stars season was the team's first season in Dallas. They finished third in the Central Division with a record of 42 wins, 29 losses, and 13 ties for 97 points. They swept the St. Louis Blues in the Conference Quarter-finals before losing the Conference Semi-finals in five games to the Vancouver Canucks.

Draft picks

The Stars' picks at the 1993 NHL Entry Draft in Quebec City, Quebec.

Round	#	Player	Position	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1	9	Todd Harvey	(C)	Canada	Detroit Jr. Red Wings (OHL)
2	35	Jamie Langenbrunner	(C)	United States	Cloquet High School (USHS–MN)

Regular season

Season standings

Central Division

No.	CR		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1	1	Detroit Red Wings	84	46	30	8	356	275	100
2	2	Toronto Maple Leafs	84	43	29	12	280	243	98
3	4	Dallas Stars	84	42	29	13	286	265	97
4	5	St. Louis Blues	84	40	33	11	270	283	91
5	6	Chicago Blackhawks	84	39	36	9	254	240	87
6	12	Winnipeg Jets	84	24	51	9	245	344	57

^[2] 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^[3]

R		Div	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1	y- Detroit Red Wings *	CEN	84	46	30	8	356	275	100
2	x- Calgary Flames *	PAC	84	42	29	13	302	256	97
3	Toronto Maple Leafs	CEN	84	43	29	12	280	243	98
4	Dallas Stars	CEN	84	42	29	13	286	265	97
5	St. Louis Blues	CEN	84	40	33	11	270	283	91
6	Chicago Blackhawks	CEN	84	39	36	9	254	240	87
7	Vancouver Canucks	PAC	84	41	40	3	279	276	85
8	San Jose Sharks	PAC	84	33	35	16	252	265	82
9	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	PAC	84	33	46	5	229	251	71
10	Los Angeles Kings	PAC	84	27	45	12	294	322	66
11	Edmonton Oilers	PAC	84	25	45	14	261	305	64
12	Winnipeg Jets	CEN	84	24	51	9	245	344	57

Divisions: CEN – Central, PAC – Pacific

bold – Qualified for playoffs; x – Won division; y – Won Conference (and division); * – Division leader

Schedule and results

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	W	October 5, 1993	6–4	Detroit Red Wings (1993–94)	1–0–0
2	L	October 7, 1993	3–6	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1993–94)	1–1–0
3	T	October 9, 1993	3–3 OT	Winnipeg Jets (1993–94)	1–1–1
4	T	October 12, 1993	3–3 OT	Chicago Blackhawks (1993–94)	1–1–2
5	W	October 16, 1993	4–0	St. Louis Blues (1993–94)	2–1–2
6	W	October 18, 1993	5–3	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1993–94)	3–1–2
7	L	October 20, 1993	2–5	@ Montreal Canadiens (1993–94)	3–2–2
8	W	October 21, 1993	6–5 OT	@ Ottawa Senators (1993–94)	4–2–2
9	L	October 23, 1993	2–3	@ Quebec Nordiques (1993–94)	4–3–2
10	W	October 25, 1993	5–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1993–94)	5–3–2
11	W	October 27, 1993	5–1	Hartford Whalers (1993–94)	6–3–2
12	L	October 30, 1993	4–5 OT	Ottawa Senators (1993–94)	6–4–2
13	T	November 1, 1993	3–3 OT	Toronto Maple Leafs (1993–94)	6–4–3
14	L	November 3, 1993	4–5	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1993–94)	6–5–3
15	L	November 5, 1993	2–4	@ San Jose Sharks (1993–94)	6–6–3
16	T	November 7, 1993	1–1 OT	Winnipeg Jets (1993–94)	6–6–4
17	L	November 9, 1993	2–4	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1993–94)	6–7–4
18	W	November 11, 1993	4–0	San Jose Sharks (1993–94)	7–7–4
19	W	November 13, 1993	3–2	@ Winnipeg Jets (1993–94)	8–7–4
20	L	November 14, 1993	1–4	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1993–94)	8–8–4
21	W	November 17, 1993	4–3	Tampa Bay Lightning (1993–94)	9–8–4
22	W	November 20, 1993	4–3	Calgary Flames (1993–94)	10–8–4
23	W	November 21, 1993	7–4	Los Angeles Kings (1993–94)	11–8–4
24	T	November 24, 1993	2–2 OT	New York Islanders (1993–94)	11–8–5
25	L	November 27, 1993	4–10	@ Detroit Red Wings (1993–94)	11–9–5
26	W	November 29, 1993	6–5 OT	@ Edmonton Oilers (1993–94)	12–9–5
27	T	November 30, 1993	2–2 OT	@ Calgary Flames (1993–94)	12–9–6
28	L	December 4, 1993	3–4	@ St. Louis Blues (1993–94)	12–10–6
29	W	December 5, 1993	4–3	Edmonton Oilers (1993–94)	13–10–6
30	W	December 8, 1993	3–2	Pittsburgh Penguins (1993–94)	14–10–6
31	W	December 9, 1993	6–1	Ottawa Senators (1993–94)	15–10–6
32	T	December 12, 1993	4–4 OT	Florida Panthers (1993–94)	15–10–7
33	L	December 15, 1993	2–3	Chicago Blackhawks (1993–94)	15–11–7
34	L	December 17, 1993	2–3	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1993–94)	15–12–7
35	W	December 19, 1993	3–1	@ Vancouver Canucks (1993–94)	16–12–7
36	W	December 22, 1993	3–2 OT	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1993–94)	17–12–7
37	W	December 23, 1993	2–1	@ Los Angeles Kings (1993–94)	18–12–7
38	L	December 27, 1993	0–6	Detroit Red Wings (1993–94)	18–13–7
39	W	December 29, 1993	4–0	Toronto Maple Leafs (1993–94)	19–13–7
40	W	December 31, 1993	5–2	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1993–94)	20–13–7
41	L	January 2, 1994	4–6	Quebec Nordiques (1993–94)	20–14–7
42	L	January 4, 1994	1–2 OT	Chicago Blackhawks (1993–94)	20–15–7
43	W	January 6, 1994	8–0	Philadelphia Flyers (1993–94)	21–15–7
44	W	January 9, 1994	2–1	St. Louis Blues (1993–94)	22–15–7
45	W	January 11, 1994	5–2	Edmonton Oilers (1993–94)	23–15–7
46	L	January 13, 1994	3–4 OT	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1993–94)	23–16–7
47	L	January 14, 1994	3–9	@ Detroit Red Wings (1993–94)	23–17–7
48	L	January 16, 1994	2–4	Buffalo Sabres (1993–94)	23–18–7
49	W	January 18, 1994	5–3	Los Angeles Kings (1993–94)	24–18–7
50	L	January 24, 1994	2–6	New Jersey Devils (1993–94)	24–19–7
51	W	January 26, 1994	3–2	@ Calgary Flames (1993–94)	25–19–7
52	W	January 27, 1994	3–2 OT	@ Vancouver Canucks (1993–94)	26–19–7
53	W	January 29, 1994	5–3	@ Edmonton Oilers (1993–94)	27–19–7
54	W	February 2, 1994	7–3	@ Winnipeg Jets (1993–94)	28–19–7
55	L	February 6, 1994	1–7	San Jose Sharks (1993–94)	28–20–7
56	W	February 9, 1994	4–2	Winnipeg Jets (1993–94)	29–20–7
57	W	February 12, 1994	9–3	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1993–94)	30–20–7
58	W	February 13, 1994	5–3	@ Buffalo Sabres (1993–94)	31–20–7
59	L	February 16, 1994	0–3	Boston Bruins (1993–94)	31–21–7
60	W	February 18, 1994	4–2	Calgary Flames (1993–94)	32–21–7
61	W	February 21, 1994	6–3	@ San Jose Sharks (1993–94)	33–21–7
62	T	February 23, 1994	0–0 OT	@ Los Angeles Kings (1993–94)	33–21–8
63	W	February 26, 1994	3–1	New York Rangers (1993–94)	34–21–8
64	L	March 2, 1994	2–4	@ Winnipeg Jets (1993–94)	34–22–8
65	L	March 4, 1994	1–4	Vancouver Canucks (1993–94)	34–23–8
66	T	March 6, 1994	2–2 OT	Montreal Canadiens (1993–94)	34–23–9
67	W	March 8, 1994	4–3 OT	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1993–94)	35–23–9
68	L	March 9, 1994	2–4	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1993–94)	35–24–9
69	T	March 12, 1994	2–2 OT	@ Hartford Whalers (1993–94)	35–24–10
70	L	March 13, 1994	0–4	@ New Jersey Devils (1993–94)	35–25–10
71	W	March 18, 1994	6–2	Washington Capitals (1993–94)	36–25–10
72	W	March 20, 1994	2–1 OT	Vancouver Canucks (1993–94)	37–25–10
73	W	March 22, 1994	4–3	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1993–94)	38–25–10
74	L	March 25, 1994	3–5	@ St. Louis Blues (1993–94)	38–26–10
75	T	March 27, 1994	2–2 OT	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1993–94)	38–26–11
76	W	March 28, 1994	5–4	@ Florida Panthers (1993–94)	39–26–11
77	T	March 31, 1994	2–2 OT	@ Boston Bruins (1993–94)	39–26–12
78	L	April 1, 1994	0–3	@ New York Rangers (1993–94)	39–27–12
79	W	April 3, 1994	6–3	@ Washington Capitals (1993–94)	40–27–12
80	L	April 5, 1994	4–6	Toronto Maple Leafs (1993–94)	40–28–12
81	L	April 8, 1994	1–5	@ New York Islanders (1993–94)	40–29–12
82	T	April 10, 1994	2–2 OT	@ St. Louis Blues (1993–94)	40–29–13
83	W	April 12, 1994	9–5	St. Louis Blues (1993–94)	41–29–13
84	W	April 14, 1994	4–3	Detroit Red Wings (1993–94)	42–29–13

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Modano, MikeMike Modano	C	76	50	43	93	54	-8	18	0	4
Courtnall, RussRuss Courtnall	RW	84	23	57	80	59	6	5	0	4
Gagner, DaveDave Gagner	C	76	32	29	61	83	13	10	0	6
Dahlen, UlfUlf Dahlen	LW	65	19	38	57	10	-1	12	0	3
Broten, NealNeal Broten	C	79	17	35	52	62	10	2	1	1
Ledyard, GrantGrant Ledyard	D	84	9	37	46	42	7	6	0	1
Cavallini, PaulPaul Cavallini	D	74	11	33	44	82	13	6	0	3
Evason, DeanDean Evason	C	80	11	33	44	66	-12	3	2	2
Klatt, TrentTrent Klatt	RW	61	14	24	38	30	13	3	0	2
Craig, MikeMike Craig	RW	72	13	24	37	139	-14	3	0	2
McPhee, MikeMike McPhee	LW	79	20	15	35	36	8	1	3	1
Gilchrist, BrentBrent Gilchrist	LW	76	17	14	31	31	0	3	1	5
Hatcher, DerianDerian Hatcher	D	83	12	19	31	211	19	2	1	2
Broten, PaulPaul Broten	RW	64	12	12	24	30	18	0	0	3
Tinordi, MarkMark Tinordi	D	61	6	18	24	143	6	1	0	0
Ludwig, CraigCraig Ludwig	D	84	1	13	14	123	-1	1	0	0
Churla, ShaneShane Churla	RW	69	6	7	13	333	-8	3	0	0
Barr, DaveDave Barr	RW	20	2	5	7	21	-6	0	0	0
Johnson, JimJim Johnson	D	53	0	7	7	51	-6	0	0	0
Black, JamesJames Black	LW	13	2	3	5	2	-4	2	0	0
McKenzie, JimJim McKenzie	LW	34	2	3	5	63	4	0	0	1
Varvio, JarkkoJarkko Varvio	RW	8	2	3	5	4	1	0	0	1
Tancill, ChrisChris Tancill	C	12	1	3	4	8	-7	0	0	0
Eklund, PellePelle Eklund	C	5	2	1	3	2	-1	0	0	0
Matvichuk, RichardRichard Matvichuk	D	25	0	3	3	22	1	0	0	0
Sjodin, TommyTommy Sjodin	D	7	0	2	2	4	-1	0	0	0
Wakaluk, DarcyDarcy Wakaluk	G	36	0	2	2	34	0	0	0	0
May, AlanAlan May	RW	8	1	0	1	18	-1	0	0	1
Zmolek, DougDoug Zmolek	D	7	1	0	1	11	1	0	0	0
Brady, NeilNeil Brady	C	5	0	1	1	21	-1	0	0	0
Donnelly, GordGord Donnelly	D	18	0	1	1	66	-4	0	0	0
Lalor, MikeMike Lalor	D	12	0	1	1	6	-5	0	0	0
Moog, AndyAndy Moog	G	55	0	1	1	16	0	0	0	0
Berry, BradBrad Berry	D	8	0	0	0	12	-2	0	0	0
Brown, RobRob Brown	RW	1	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
Joyce, DuaneDuane Joyce	D	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Needham, MikeMike Needham	RW	5	0	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0
Smith, DerrickDerrick Smith	LW	1	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Moog, AndyAndy Moog	3121	55	24	20	7	170	3.27	2	1604	1434	.894
Wakaluk, DarcyDarcy Wakaluk	2000	36	18	9	6	88	2.64	3	978	890	.910
Team:	5121	84	42	29	13	258	3.02	5	2582	2324	.900

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Modano, MikeMike Modano	C	9	7	3	10	16	-2	2	0	2
Cavallini, PaulPaul Cavallini	D	9	1	8	9	4	-4	1	0	1
Courtnall, RussRuss Courtnall	RW	9	1	8	9	0	-3	0	0	0
Gagner, DaveDave Gagner	C	9	5	1	6	2	-3	3	0	0
Gilchrist, BrentBrent Gilchrist	LW	9	3	1	4	2	-3	1	0	0
Churla, ShaneShane Churla	RW	9	1	3	4	35	1	1	0	0
Broten, NealNeal Broten	C	9	2	1	3	6	1	0	0	1
Klatt, TrentTrent Klatt	RW	9	2	1	3	4	-1	1	0	0
McPhee, MikeMike McPhee	LW	9	2	1	3	2	0	0	0	0
Ledyard, GrantGrant Ledyard	D	9	1	2	3	6	0	0	0	1
Eklund, PellePelle Eklund	C	9	0	3	3	4	-2	0	0	0
Ludwig, CraigCraig Ludwig	D	9	0	3	3	8	3	0	0	0
Broten, PaulPaul Broten	RW	9	1	1	2	2	0	0	0	0
Matvichuk, RichardRichard Matvichuk	D	7	1	1	2	12	-2	1	0	0
Evason, DeanDean Evason	C	9	0	2	2	12	1	0	0	0
Hatcher, DerianDerian Hatcher	D	9	0	2	2	14	-2	0	0	0
Barr, DaveDave Barr	RW	3	0	1	1	4	1	0	0	0
Zmolek, DougDoug Zmolek	D	7	0	1	1	4	-2	0	0	0
Craig, MikeMike Craig	RW	4	0	0	0	2	-1	0	0	0
Lalor, MikeMike Lalor	D	5	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0
May, AlanAlan May	RW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Moog, AndyAndy Moog	G	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wakaluk, DarcyDarcy Wakaluk	G	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Wakaluk, DarcyDarcy Wakaluk	307	5	4	1	15	2.93	0	168	153	.911
Moog, AndyAndy Moog	246	4	1	3	12	2.93	0	121	109	.901
Team:	553	9	5	4	27	2.93	0	289	262	.907

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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 Stars managed to qualify for the playoffs in their first year. They swept St. Louis in the first round 4-0, but lost in the second round to Vancouver 4-1.

Round 1 vs. St. Louis Blues (5)

St. Louis 3 Dallas 5

St. Louis 2 Dallas 4

Dallas 5 St. Louis 4 (OT)

Dallas 2 St. Louis 1

Dallas Wins Series 4-0

Round 2 vs. Vancouver Canucks (7)

Vancouver 6 Dallas 4

Vancouver 3 Dallas 0

Dallas 4 Vancouver 3

Dallas 1 Vancouver 2 (OT)

Dallas 2 Vancouver 4

Vancouver Wins Series 4-1.

Roster

1993–1994 Dallas Stars Roster
Goaltenders 34 – Darcy Wakaluk  35 – Andy Moog		Defencemen 2 – Derian Hatcher  3 – Craig Ludwig  4 – Richard Matvichuk  5 – Brad Berry  5 – Doug Zmolek  6 – Jim Johnson  – (A) 12 – Grant Ledyard  14 – Paul Cavallini  18 – Mike Lalor  23 – Duane Joyce  24 – Mark Tinordi  - C 33 – Tommy Sjodin  43 – Gord Donnelly		Wingers 6 – Pelle Eklund  11 – Jarkko Varvio  15 – Dave Gagner  17 – Mike McPhee  18 – Jim McKenzie  20 – Mike Craig  21 – Paul Broten  22 – Ulf Dahlen  23 – Alan May  23 – Derrick Smith  25 – Rob Brown  26 – Russ Courtnall  27 – Shane Churla  – (A) 29 – Trent Klatt  33 – Mike Needham		Centers 7 – Neal Broten  – (A) 9 – Mike Modano  – (A) 10 – Dave Barr  16 – Dean Evason  18 – Chris Tancill  28 – James Black  37 – Neil Brady  41 – Brent Gilchrist  GM: Bob Gainey Coach: Bob Gainey

References

• Stars on Hockey Database

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