1994–95 Hartford Whalers season

The 1994–95 Hartford Whalers season was the 23rd season of the franchise, 16th season in the NHL. Despite trading away star forward Pat Verbeek to the New York Rangers on March 23, 1995, the Whalers played solid over the next 16 games from March 25 to April 24, with a record of 8-7-1. However, the Whalers could not keep pace with the New York Rangers who went on to take 8th place in the Eastern Conference. It was the third consecutive season that the Whalers missed the playoffs. On a positive note, the Whalers had the most overtime wins and the best overtime record in the NHL, going 4-0-5. Darren Turcotte led all NHL skaters in overtime goals scored with 2.^[1]

Key dates prior to the start of the season:

The 1994 NHL Entry Draft

Regular season

The Whalers tied the Dallas Stars and the Toronto Maple Leafs for the lowest shooting percentage during the Regular season, with just 127 goals on 1,428 shots (8.9%)^[2]

Final standings

Northeast Division
No.	CR		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
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

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Schedule and results

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	T	January 21, 1995	1–1 OT	Washington Capitals (1994–95)	0–0–1
2	T	January 22, 1995	2–2 OT	New Jersey Devils (1994–95)	0–0–2
3	W	January 25, 1995	4–1	Ottawa Senators (1994–95)	1–0–2
4	L	January 26, 1995	2–3	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1994–95)	1–1–2
5	L	January 28, 1995	1–2	Florida Panthers (1994–95)	1–2–2
6	W	February 1, 1995	2–1	@ Ottawa Senators (1994–95)	2–2–2
7	L	February 4, 1995	4–5	@ Boston Bruins (1994–95)	2–3–2
8	L	February 5, 1995	1–3	@ Quebec Nordiques (1994–95)	2–4–2
9	L	February 8, 1995	2–3	Quebec Nordiques (1994–95)	2–5–2
10	L	February 10, 1995	3–4	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1994–95)	2–6–2
11	L	February 11, 1995	3–4	@ Florida Panthers (1994–95)	2–7–2
12	T	February 13, 1995	2–2 OT	@ Montreal Canadiens (1994–95)	2–7–3
13	W	February 15, 1995	4–1	Montreal Canadiens (1994–95)	3–7–3
14	L	February 16, 1995	2–5	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1994–95)	3–8–3
15	W	February 18, 1995	4–2	Pittsburgh Penguins (1994–95)	4–8–3
16	W	February 22, 1995	3–2 OT	Boston Bruins (1994–95)	5–8–3
17	W	February 24, 1995	2–1	@ New York Rangers (1994–95)	6–8–3
18	L	February 25, 1995	1–3	Buffalo Sabres (1994–95)	6–9–3
19	W	February 28, 1995	6–3	@ Ottawa Senators (1994–95)	7–9–3
20	L	March 1, 1995	2–5	New York Rangers (1994–95)	7–10–3
21	W	March 4, 1995	3–2 OT	Tampa Bay Lightning (1994–95)	8–10–3
22	L	March 5, 1995	2–5	Boston Bruins (1994–95)	8–11–3
23	L	March 7, 1995	1–3	@ New York Islanders (1994–95)	8–12–3
24	W	March 9, 1995	2–1	Quebec Nordiques (1994–95)	9–12–3
25	L	March 12, 1995	1–4	Florida Panthers (1994–95)	9–13–3
26	W	March 14, 1995	6–4	New York Islanders (1994–95)	10–13–3
27	T	March 16, 1995	2–2 OT	@ New Jersey Devils (1994–95)	10–13–4
28	L	March 20, 1995	0–5	Washington Capitals (1994–95)	10–14–4
29	W	March 22, 1995	4–3	Philadelphia Flyers (1994–95)	11–14–4
30	W	March 25, 1995	5–1	New York Islanders (1994–95)	12–14–4
31	W	March 26, 1995	4–3 OT	@ Washington Capitals (1994–95)	13–14–4
32	T	March 29, 1995	4–4 OT	@ Florida Panthers (1994–95)	13–14–5
33	L	March 31, 1995	0–2	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1994–95)	13–15–5
34	L	April 4, 1995	3–6	@ Buffalo Sabres (1994–95)	13–16–5
35	W	April 5, 1995	8–4	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1994–95)	14–16–5
36	W	April 8, 1995	4–2	Buffalo Sabres (1994–95)	15–16–5
37	L	April 9, 1995	0–3	Tampa Bay Lightning (1994–95)	15–17–5
38	W	April 12, 1995	4–2	Ottawa Senators (1994–95)	16–17–5
39	W	April 14, 1995	4–3 OT	Montreal Canadiens (1994–95)	17–17–5
40	L	April 16, 1995	2–3	@ New Jersey Devils (1994–95)	17–18–5
41	W	April 18, 1995	2–1	@ Buffalo Sabres (1994–95)	18–18–5
42	L	April 20, 1995	2–3	@ New York Rangers (1994–95)	18–19–5
43	L	April 21, 1995	3–6	@ Washington Capitals (1994–95)	18–20–5
44	L	April 23, 1995	2–4	Pittsburgh Penguins (1994–95)	18–21–5
45	W	April 24, 1995	4–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (1994–95)	19–21–5
46	L	April 26, 1995	0–1	@ Boston Bruins (1994–95)	19–22–5
47	L	April 28, 1995	3–4	Philadelphia Flyers (1994–95)	19–23–5
48	L	May 3, 1995	1–4	@ Quebec Nordiques (1994–95)	19–24–5

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Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Cassels, AndrewAndrew Cassels	C	46	7	30	37	18	-3	1	0	1
Turcotte, DarrenDarren Turcotte	C	47	17	18	35	22	1	3	1	3
Sanderson, GeoffGeoff Sanderson	LW	46	18	14	32	24	-10	4	0	4
Rice, StevenSteven Rice	RW	40	11	10	21	61	2	4	0	1
Ranheim, PaulPaul Ranheim	LW	47	6	14	20	10	-3	0	0	1
Kucera, FrantisekFrantisek Kucera	D	48	3	17	20	30	3	0	0	1
Carson, JimmyJimmy Carson	C	38	9	10	19	29	5	4	0	3
Kron, RobertRobert Kron	LW	37	10	8	18	10	-3	3	1	1
Nikolishin, AndreiAndrei Nikolishin	C	39	8	10	18	10	7	1	1	0
Burt, AdamAdam Burt	D	46	7	11	18	65	0	3	0	1
Verbeek, PatPat Verbeek	RW	29	7	11	18	53	0	3	0	0
Wesley, GlenGlen Wesley	D	48	2	14	16	50	-6	1	0	1
Pronger, ChrisChris Pronger	D	43	5	9	14	54	-12	3	0	1
Lemieux, JocelynJocelyn Lemieux	RW	41	6	5	11	32	-7	0	0	1
Drury, TedTed Drury	C	34	3	6	9	21	-3	0	0	0
Janssens, MarkMark Janssens	C	46	2	5	7	93	-8	0	0	0
Glynn, BrianBrian Glynn	D	43	1	6	7	32	-2	0	0	0
Smyth, KevinKevin Smyth	LW	16	1	5	6	13	-3	0	0	0
Chibirev, IgorIgor Chibirev	C	8	3	1	4	0	1	0	0	0
Chase, KellyKelly Chase	RW	28	0	4	4	141	1	0	0	0
Storm, JimJim Storm	LW	6	0	3	3	0	2	0	0	0
Featherstone, GlenGlen Featherstone	D	13	1	1	2	32	-7	0	0	0
Daniels, ScottScott Daniels	LW	12	0	2	2	55	1	0	0	0
Burke, SeanSean Burke	G	42	0	1	1	8	0	0	0	0
Malik, MarekMarek Malik	D	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0
McCrimmon, BradBrad McCrimmon	D	33	0	1	1	42	7	0	0	0
Godynyuk, AlexanderAlexander Godynyuk	D	14	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0
Petrovicky, RobertRobert Petrovicky	C	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Reese, JeffJeff Reese	G	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sandlak, JimJim Sandlak	RW	13	0	0	0	0	-10	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SA	SV	SV%
Burke, SeanSean Burke	2418	42	17	19	4	108	2.68	1233	1125	.912
Reese, JeffJeff Reese	477	11	2	5	1	26	3.27	234	208	.889
Team:	2895	48	19	24	5	134	2.78	1467	1333	.909

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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 1994–95 season.

Trades

August 26, 1994 - Whalers trade their 1995 first round draft pick (Kyle McLaren), their 1996 first round draft pick (Jonathan Aitken), and their 1997 first round draft pick (Sergei Samsonov) to the Boston Bruins for Glen Wesley.

March 23, 1995

To Hartford Whalers

D Glen Featherstone, D Michael Stewart and a first-round pick in the 1995 Entry Draft (Jean-Sebastien Giguere) and a fourth-round pick in the 1996 Entry Draft (Steve Wasylko)

To New York Rangers

Pat Verbeek^[6]

May 31, 1995 - Jan Vopat traded to the Los Angeles Kings for their 1995 fourth round draft pick (Ian MacNeil).

Free agents acquired/lost

June 28, 1994 - Whalers sign Jimmy Carson as an unrestricted free agent.
August 18, 1994 - Whalers sign Steven Rice as a restricted free agent. The Edmonton Oilers are later awarded Bryan Marchment as compensation for signing Rice.
January 4, 1995 - Whalers claim Kelly Chase off of waivers from the St. Louis Blues and Brian Glynn of off waivers from the Vancouver Canucks.

Draft picks

Hartford's picks at the 1994 NHL Entry Draft

Round	#	Player	Position	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1	5	Jeff O'Neill (Centre)	Canada	Guelph Storm (OHL)

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Roster

1994-95 Hartford Whalers

Goaltenders

1 – Sean Burke
35 – Jeff Reese

Defensemen

Wingers

8 – Geoff Sanderson
12 – Steven Rice
13 – Ted Drury
14 – Kevin Smyth
16 – Pat Verbeek - C
17 – Scott Daniels
18 – Robert Kron
24 – Jim Storm
26 – Jocelyn Lemieux
27 – Kelly Chase
28 – Paul Ranheim
52 – Jim Sandlak
89 – Darren Turcotte

Centers

Coach: Paul Holmgren
GM: Jim Rutherford

References

Whalers on Hockey Database

↑ http://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/HAR/1995_games.html
↑ http://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/HAR/1995.html
↑ 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.
↑ "1994–95 Hartford Whalers Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-21.
↑ "1994-95 Hartford Whalers Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-02.
↑ NHL.com - 2008 Trade Deadline
↑ http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/draft/nhl1994e.html

Hartford Whalers seasons

1970s	1970–71 . 1971–72 . 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80

1980s	1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90

1990s	1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 Carolina

Hartford Whalers

Founded in 1972 Based in Hartford, Connecticut Relocated to the Carolina Hurricanes in 1997

Franchise	Team General Managers Coaches WHA players NHL players Captains Draft picks Seasons

History	Expansion draft NHL–WHA merger Records

Arenas	Boston Arena Boston Garden The Big E Coliseum Springfield Civic Center Hartford Civic Center

General managers	Kelley Pleau Francis Johnston Burke Holmgren Rutherford

Head coaches	Blackburn Pleau Kish Pleau Cunniff Evans Pleau Ley Roberts Holmgren McGuire Holmgren Maurice

Media	Broadcasters

Culture	Brass Bonanza

Carolina Hurricanes

Formerly the New England/Hartford Whalers Founded in 1997 Based in Raleigh, North Carolina

Franchise	Team General Managers Coaches Players Captains Draft picks Seasons Current season

History	History Records Award winners

Personnel	Owners Peter Karmanos, Jr. General manager Ron Francis Head coach Bill Peters Team captain Eric Staal Current roster

Arena	Greensboro Coliseum PNC Arena

Affiliates	AHL Charlotte Checkers ECHL Florida Everblades

General Managers	Rutherford Francis

Head Coaches	Maurice Laviolette Maurice Muller Peters

1994–95 NHL season

Northeast	Boston Buffalo Hartford Montreal Ottawa Pittsburgh Quebec

Atlantic	Florida New Jersey NY Islanders NY Rangers Philadelphia Tampa Bay Washington

Central	Chicago Dallas Detroit St. Louis Toronto Winnipeg

Pacific	Anaheim Calgary Edmonton Los Angeles San Jose Vancouver

See also	Draft Supplemental Draft Lockout Legion of Doom Stanley Cup Playoffs Stanley Cup Finals

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1994–95 Hartford Whalers season

Regular season

Final standings

Schedule and results

Player statistics

Regular season

Transactions

Trades

Free agents acquired/lost

Draft picks

Roster

See also

References