1993–94 Dallas Stars season

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.

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)
Penalty minutes	Shane Churla (333)
Plus/minus	Derian Hatcher (+19)
Wins	Andy Moog (24)
Goals against average	Darcy Wakaluk (2.64)

Offseason

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	Center	Canada	Detroit Jr. Red Wings (OHL)
2	35	Jamie Langenbrunner	Center	United States	Cloquet High School (USHS–MN)
4	87	Chad Lang	Goaltender	Canada	Peterborough Petes (OHL)
6	136	Rick Mrozik	Defense	United States	Cloquet High School (USHS-MN)
6	139	Per Svartvadet	Center	Sweden	MODO (Sweden)
7	165	Jeremy Stasiuk	Right Wing	Canada	Spokane Chiefs (WHL)
8	191	Rob Lurtsema	Wing	United States	Burnsville High School (USHS-MN)
10	243	Jordan Willis	Goaltender	Canada	London Knights (OHL)
10	249	Bill Lang	Center	Canada	North Bay Centennials (OHL)
11	269	Cory Peterson	Defense	United States	Bloomington Jefferson High School (USHS-MA)
S	9	Jacques Joubert	Center	United States	Boston University (Hockey East)

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
Mike Modano	C	76	50	43	93	54	-8	18	0	4
Russ Courtnall	RW	84	23	57	80	59	6	5	0	4
Dave Gagner	C	76	32	29	61	83	13	10	0	6
Ulf Dahlen	LW	65	19	38	57	10	-1	12	0	3
Neal Broten	C	79	17	35	52	62	10	2	1	1
Grant Ledyard	D	84	9	37	46	42	7	6	0	1
Paul Cavallini	D	74	11	33	44	82	13	6	0	3
Dean Evason	C	80	11	33	44	66	-12	3	2	2
Trent Klatt	RW	61	14	24	38	30	13	3	0	2
Mike Craig	RW	72	13	24	37	139	-14	3	0	2
Mike McPhee	LW	79	20	15	35	36	8	1	3	1
Brent Gilchrist	LW	76	17	14	31	31	0	3	1	5
Derian Hatcher	D	83	12	19	31	211	19	2	1	2
Paul Broten	RW	64	12	12	24	30	18	0	0	3
Mark Tinordi	D	61	6	18	24	143	6	1	0	0
Craig Ludwig	D	84	1	13	14	123	-1	1	0	0
Shane Churla	RW	69	6	7	13	333	-8	3	0	0
Dave Barr	RW	20	2	5	7	21	-6	0	0	0
Jim Johnson	D	53	0	7	7	51	-6	0	0	0
James Black	LW	13	2	3	5	2	-4	2	0	0
Jim McKenzie	LW	34	2	3	5	63	4	0	0	1
Jarkko Varvio	RW	8	2	3	5	4	1	0	0	1
Chris Tancill	C	12	1	3	4	8	-7	0	0	0
Pelle Eklund	C	5	2	1	3	2	-1	0	0	0
Richard Matvichuk	D	25	0	3	3	22	1	0	0	0
Tommy Sjodin	D	7	0	2	2	4	-1	0	0	0
Darcy Wakaluk	G	36	0	2	2	34	0	0	0	0
Alan May	RW	8	1	0	1	18	-1	0	0	1
Doug Zmolek	D	7	1	0	1	11	1	0	0	0
Neil Brady	C	5	0	1	1	21	-1	0	0	0
Gord Donnelly	D	18	0	1	1	66	-4	0	0	0
Mike Lalor	D	12	0	1	1	6	-5	0	0	0
Andy Moog	G	55	0	1	1	16	0	0	0	0
Brad Berry	D	8	0	0	0	12	-2	0	0	0
Rob Brown	RW	1	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
Duane Joyce	D	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Needham	RW	5	0	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0
Derrick Smith	LW	1	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Andy Moog	3121	55	24	20	7	170	3.27	2	1604	1434	.894
Darcy 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
Mike Modano	C	9	7	3	10	16	-2	2	0	2
Paul Cavallini	D	9	1	8	9	4	-4	1	0	1
Russ Courtnall	RW	9	1	8	9	0	-3	0	0	0
Dave Gagner	C	9	5	1	6	2	-3	3	0	0
Brent Gilchrist	LW	9	3	1	4	2	-3	1	0	0
Shane Churla	RW	9	1	3	4	35	1	1	0	0
Neal Broten	C	9	2	1	3	6	1	0	0	1
Trent Klatt	RW	9	2	1	3	4	-1	1	0	0
Mike McPhee	LW	9	2	1	3	2	0	0	0	0
Grant Ledyard	D	9	1	2	3	6	0	0	0	1
Pelle Eklund	C	9	0	3	3	4	-2	0	0	0
Craig Ludwig	D	9	0	3	3	8	3	0	0	0
Paul Broten	RW	9	1	1	2	2	0	0	0	0
Richard Matvichuk	D	7	1	1	2	12	-2	1	0	0
Dean Evason	C	9	0	2	2	12	1	0	0	0
Derian Hatcher	D	9	0	2	2	14	-2	0	0	0
Dave Barr	RW	3	0	1	1	4	1	0	0	0
Doug Zmolek	D	7	0	1	1	4	-2	0	0	0
Mike Craig	RW	4	0	0	0	2	-1	0	0	0
Mike Lalor	D	5	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0
Alan May	RW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Andy Moog	G	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Darcy Wakaluk	G	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Darcy Wakaluk	307	5	4	1	15	2.93	0	168	153	.911
Andy 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

Awards and honors

References

• Stars on Hockey Database

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