1993–94 Hartford Whalers season

1993–94 Hartford Whalers
Division	6th Northeast
Conference	13th Eastern
1993–94 record	27–48–9
Home record	14–22–6
Road record	13–26–3
Goals for	227
Goals against	288
Team information
General Manager	Paul Holmgren
Coach	Paul Holmgren and Pierre McGuire
Captain	Pat Verbeek
Arena	Hartford Civic Center
Team leaders
Goals	Geoff Sanderson (41)
Assists	Pat Verbeek (38)
Points	Pat Verbeek (75)
Penalties in minutes	Marc Potvin (246)
Plus/minus	Alexander Godynyuk (+8)
Wins	Sean Burke (17)
Goals against average	Mike Lenarduzzi (2.86)
<1992–93 1994–95>

The 1993–94 Hartford Whalers season was the 22nd season of the franchise, 15th season in the NHL. The Whalers missed the playoffs for the second consecutive season. It was the first season that all four former WHA teams (Edmonton, Hartford, Quebec, Winnipeg) missed the playoffs since joining the NHL in 1979.

Off-season

At the 1993 NHL Entry Draft the Whalers picked Chris Pronger second-overall with their first-round pick.

Regular season

The Whalers were put into the new 'Northeast Division' after the 'Adams Division' was discontinued.

Final standings

Northeast Division

No.	CR		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1	2	Pittsburgh Penguins	84	44	27	13	299	285	101
2	4	Boston Bruins	84	42	29	13	289	252	97
3	5	Montreal Canadiens	84	41	29	14	283	248	96
4	6	Buffalo Sabres	84	43	32	9	282	218	95
5	11	Quebec Nordiques	84	34	42	8	277	292	76
6	13	Hartford Whalers	84	27	48	9	227	288	63
7	14	Ottawa Senators	84	14	61	9	201	397	37

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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.

Schedule and results

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

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Playoffs

• The Whalers did not qualify for the playoffs for the second consecutive season.

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Verbeek, PatPat Verbeek	RW	84	37	38	75	177	-15	15	1	3
Sanderson, GeoffGeoff Sanderson	LW	82	41	26	67	42	-13	15	1	6
Cassels, AndrewAndrew Cassels	C	79	16	42	58	37	-21	8	1	3
Kron, RobertRobert Kron	LW	77	24	26	50	8	0	2	1	3
Nylander, MichaelMichael Nylander	C	58	11	33	44	24	-2	4	0	1
Zalapski, ZarleyZarley Zalapski	D	56	7	30	37	56	-6	0	0	0
Pronger, ChrisChris Pronger	D	81	5	25	30	113	-3	2	0	0
Propp, BrianBrian Propp	LW	65	12	17	29	44	3	3	1	2
Patrick, JamesJames Patrick	D	47	8	20	28	32	-12	4	1	2
Burt, AdamAdam Burt	D	63	1	17	18	75	-4	0	0	0
Cunneyworth, RandyRandy Cunneyworth	LW	63	9	8	17	87	-2	0	1	1
Storm, JimJim Storm	LW	68	6	10	16	27	4	1	0	0
Chibirev, IgorIgor Chibirev	C	37	4	11	15	2	7	0	0	1
Turcotte, DarrenDarren Turcotte	C	19	2	11	13	4	-11	0	0	0
Godynyuk, AlexanderAlexander Godynyuk	D	43	3	9	12	40	8	0	0	1
Janssens, MarkMark Janssens	C	84	2	10	12	137	-13	0	0	0
Petrovicky, RobertRobert Petrovicky	C	33	6	5	11	39	-1	1	0	0
Marchment, BryanBryan Marchment	D	42	3	7	10	124	-12	0	1	1
Greig, MarkMark Greig	RW	31	4	5	9	31	-6	0	0	0
Sandlak, JimJim Sandlak	RW	27	6	2	8	32	6	2	0	1
Lemieux, JocelynJocelyn Lemieux	RW	16	6	1	7	19	-8	0	0	2
Drury, TedTed Drury	C	16	1	5	6	10	-10	0	0	0
McCrimmon, BradBrad McCrimmon	D	65	1	5	6	72	-7	0	0	0
Smyth, KevinKevin Smyth	LW	21	3	2	5	10	-1	0	0	0
Potvin, MarcMarc Potvin	RW	51	2	3	5	246	-5	0	0	0
Kucera, FrantisekFrantisek Kucera	D	16	1	3	4	14	-12	1	0	0
Poulin, PatrickPatrick Poulin	C	9	2	1	3	11	-8	1	0	0
Crowley, TedTed Crowley	D	21	1	2	3	10	-1	1	0	0
McKenzie, JimJim McKenzie	LW	26	1	2	3	67	-6	0	0	0
McGill, BobBob McGill	D	30	0	3	3	41	-7	0	0	0
Ranheim, PaulPaul Ranheim	LW	15	0	3	3	2	-11	0	0	0
Stevens, JohnJohn Stevens	D	9	0	3	3	4	4	0	0	0
Weinrich, EricEric Weinrich	D	8	1	1	2	2	-5	1	0	0
Harkins, ToddTodd Harkins	C	28	1	0	1	49	-4	0	0	0
Keczmer, DanDan Keczmer	D	12	0	1	1	12	-6	0	0	0
Reese, JeffJeff Reese	G	19	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Burke, SeanSean Burke	G	47	0	0	0	16	0	0	0	0
Corriveau, YvonYvon Corriveau	LW	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Gosselin, MarioMario Gosselin	G	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Houda, DougDoug Houda	D	7	0	0	0	23	-4	0	0	0
Kypreos, NickNick Kypreos	LW	10	0	0	0	37	-8	0	0	0
Lenarduzzi, MikeMike Lenarduzzi	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pedersen, AllenAllen Pedersen	D	7	0	0	0	9	-1	0	0	0
Pietrangelo, FrankFrank Pietrangelo	G	19	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Tomlak, MikeMike Tomlak	C/LW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Burke, SeanSean Burke	2750	47	17	24	5	137	2.99	2	1458	1321	.906
Pietrangelo, FrankFrank Pietrangelo	984	19	5	11	1	59	3.60	0	473	414	.875
Reese, JeffJeff Reese	1086	19	5	9	3	56	3.09	1	524	468	.893
Gosselin, MarioMario Gosselin	239	7	0	4	0	21	5.27	0	107	86	.804
Lenarduzzi, MikeMike Lenarduzzi	21	1	0	0	0	1	2.86	0	12	11	.917
Team:	5080	84	27	48	9	274	3.24	3	2574	2300	.894

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Note: 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;

Transactions

The Whalers were involved in the following transactions during the 1993–94 season.

Trades

• June 1, 1993 - Detroit's 1993 sixth round draft pick (previously acquired, Detroit selects Tim Spitzig) traded to the Detroit Red Wings for Brad McCrimmon.
• June 20, 1993 - Washington's 1993 fourth round draft pick (previously acquired, Calgary selects Jason Smith) traded to the Calgary Flames for Sergei Makarov.
• June 26, 1993 - Whalers trade their 1993 first round draft pick (Viktor Kozlov), Toronto's 1993 second round draft pick (previously acquired, San Jose selects Vlastimil Kroupa), Hartford's 1993 third round draft pick (Ville Peltonen), and Sergei Makarov to the San Jose Sharks for San Jose's 1993 first round draft pick (Chris Pronger).
• November 2, 1993 - Patrick Poulin and Eric Weinrich traded to the Chicago Blackhawks for Steve Larmer and Bryan Marchment.
• November 2, 1993 - Steve Larmer, Nick Kypreos, Barry Richter, and Hartford's 1994 sixth round draft pick (Yuri Litvinov) traded to the New York Rangers for Darren Turcotte and James Patrick.
• November 3, 1993 - Doug Houda traded to the Los Angeles Kings for Marc Potvin.
• November 12, 1993 - Martin Hamrlik traded to the St. Louis Blues for cash.
• November 19, 1993 - Dan Keczmer traded to the Calgary Flames for Jeff Reese.
• December 16, 1993 - Jim McKenzie traded to the Florida Panthers for Alexander Godynyuk.
• January 24, 1994 - Scott Morrow traded to the Calgary Flames for Todd Harkins.
• January 25, 1994 - Mark Greig and Hartford's 1995 sixth round draft pick (Doug Bonner) traded to the Toronto Maple Leafs for Ted Crowley.
• March 10, 1994 - Michael Nylander, Zarley Zalapski, and James Patrick traded to the Calgary Flames for Gary Suter, Paul Ranheim, and Ted Drury.
• March 11, 1994 - Gary Suter, Randy Cunneyworth, and Hartford's 1995 third round draft pick (later traded to Vancouver who selects Larry Courville) traded to the Chicago Blackhawks for Frantisek Kucera and Jocelyn Lemieux.
• March 18, 1994 - Ken Belanger traded to the Toronto Maple Leafs for Toronto's 1994 ninth round draft pick (Matt Ball).

Free agents acquired/lost

• November 3, 1993 - Bob McGill claimed on waivers from the New York Islanders.

Draft picks

Hartford's picks at the 1993 NHL Entry Draft

Round	#	Player	Position	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1	2.	Chris Pronger	(D)	Canada	Peterborough Petes (OHL)

Roster

1993-94 Hartford Whalers
Goaltenders 1 – Sean Burke  31 – Mario Gosselin  35 – Mike Lenarduzzi  35 – Jeff Reese  40 – Frank Pietrangelo		Defensemen 3 – Zarley Zalapski  4 – Frantisek Kucera  4 – James Patrick  4 – Eric Weinrich  5 – Alexander Godynyuk  6 – Adam Burt  10 – Brad McCrimmon  25 – Bob McGill  27 – Doug Houda  27 – Bryan Marchment  33 – Ted Crowley  37 – Dan Keczmer  41 – Allen Pedersen  44 – Chris Pronger  45 – John Stevens		Wingers 7 – Randy Cunneyworth  8 – Geoff Sanderson  11 – Yvon Corriveau  14 – Paul Ranheim  14 – Jim Sandlak  16 – Pat Verbeek  - C 17 – Mark Greig  18 – Robert Kron  20 – Nick Kypreos  20 – Kevin Smyth  23 – Jocelyn Lemieux  24 – Patrick Poulin  26 – Brian Propp  29 – Marc Potvin  33 – Jim McKenzie  46 – Jim Storm  92 – Michael Nylander		Centers 15 – Todd Harkins  17 – Ted Drury  21 – Andrew Cassels  22 – Mark Janssens  28 – Mike Tomlak  32 – Igor Chibirev  39 – Robert Petrovicky  89 – Darren Turcotte  Coach: Paul Holmgren (4-11-2) Coach: Pierre McGuire (23-37-7) GM: Paul Holmgren

See also

• 1993–94 NHL season

References

• Whalers on Hockey Database

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