1994–95 Dallas Stars season

The 1994–95 Dallas Stars season was the 28th season in franchise history and the second in Dallas, Texas. Injuries to forward Mike Modano caused him to miss 18 games, more than a third of the 48-game regular season, and finished with 29 points (12 goals, 17 assists). As a result the Stars didn't have the same offensive power they had had in 1993-94, when Modano scored a career-high 50 goals and relied on Dave Gagner to pick up the slack, which he did, leading the team in goals, assists and points. Despite finishing the season on a 4-game losing streak for a 17-23-8 record, Dallas still scored more goals (136) than they allowed (135).

1994–95 Dallas Stars
Division	5th Central
Conference	8th Western
1994–95 record	17-23-8
Goals for	136
Goals against	135
Team information
General Manager	Bob Gainey
Coach	Bob Gainey
Captain	Mark Tinordi (Oct-Jan) Neal Broten (Jan-Feb) Derian Hatcher (Feb-Apr)
Arena	Reunion Arena
Team leaders
Goals	Dave Gagner (14)
Assists	Dave Gagner (28)
Points	Dave Gagner (42)
Penalty minutes	Shane Churla (186)
Wins	Andy Moog (10)
Goals against average	Andy Moog (2.44)

Offseason

NHL Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	College/junior/club team
1	20	Jason Botterill (LW)	Canada	University of Michigan (NCAA)
2	46	Lee Jinman (C)	Canada	North Bay Centennials (OHL)
4	98	Jamie Wright (LW)	Canada	Guelph Storm (OHL)
5	124	Marty Turco (G)	Canada	Cambridge Winterhawks (MWJHL)
6	150	Evgeny Petrochinin (D)	Russia	Spartak Moscow (Russia)
9	228	Marty Flichel (RW)	Canada	Tacoma Rockets (WHL)
10	254	Jimmy Roy (C)	Canada	Thunder Bay Flyers (USHL)
11	280	Chris Szysky (RW)	Canada	Swift Current Broncos (WHL)

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Regular season

The Stars tied the Hartford Whalers and the Toronto Maple Leafs for the lowest shooting percentage during the Regular season, with just 135 goals on 1,520 shots (8.9%)[2]

Final standings

Central Division

No.	CR		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1	1	Detroit Red Wings	48	33	11	4	180	117	70
2	2	St. Louis Blues	48	28	15	5	178	135	61
3	4	Chicago Blackhawks	48	24	19	5	156	115	53
4	5	Toronto Maple Leafs	48	21	19	8	135	146	50
5	8	Dallas Stars	48	17	23	8	136	135	42
6	10	Winnipeg Jets	48	16	25	7	157	177	39

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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.

Western Conference[4]

R		Div	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1	p – Detroit Red Wings	CEN	48	33	11	4	180	117	70
2	x – Calgary Flames	PAC	48	24	17	7	163	135	55
3	St. Louis Blues	CEN	48	28	15	5	178	135	61
4	Chicago Blackhawks	CEN	48	24	19	5	156	115	53
5	Toronto Maple Leafs	CEN	48	21	19	8	135	146	50
6	Vancouver Canucks	PAC	48	18	18	12	153	148	48
7	San Jose Sharks	PAC	48	19	25	4	129	161	42
8	Dallas Stars	CEN	48	17	23	8	136	135	42
9	Los Angeles Kings	PAC	48	16	23	9	142	174	41
10	Winnipeg Jets	CEN	48	16	25	7	157	177	39
11	Edmonton Oilers	PAC	48	17	27	4	136	183	38
12	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	PAC	48	16	27	5	125	164	37

Divisions: CEN – Central, PAC – Pacific

bold – Qualified for playoffs; x – Won division; p – Won Presidents' Trophy

Schedule and results

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	T	January 20, 1995	1–1 OT	@ Vancouver Canucks (1994–95)	0–0–1
2	W	January 24, 1995	4–2	@ Los Angeles Kings (1994–95)	1–0–1
3	W	January 25, 1995	4–1	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1994–95)	2–0–1
4	L	January 28, 1995	2–3	@ San Jose Sharks (1994–95)	2–1–1
5	L	January 30, 1995	1–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1994–95)	2–2–1
6	W	February 1, 1995	9–2	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1994–95)	3–2–1
7	L	February 2, 1995	1–2	San Jose Sharks (1994–95)	3–3–1
8	L	February 4, 1995	4–7	@ St. Louis Blues (1994–95)	3–4–1
9	T	February 8, 1995	3–3 OT	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1994–95)	3–4–2
10	L	February 11, 1995	0–6	Calgary Flames (1994–95)	3–5–2
11	L	February 13, 1995	4–7	Winnipeg Jets (1994–95)	3–6–2
12	L	February 15, 1995	1–3	Los Angeles Kings (1994–95)	3–7–2
13	L	February 18, 1995	2–3 OT	@ Calgary Flames (1994–95)	3–8–2
14	W	February 20, 1995	2–1	@ Calgary Flames (1994–95)	4–8–2
15	L	February 22, 1995	1–2	@ Edmonton Oilers (1994–95)	4–9–2
16	T	February 24, 1995	3–3 OT	Vancouver Canucks (1994–95)	4–9–3
17	L	February 26, 1995	1–2	Chicago Blackhawks (1994–95)	4–10–3
18	W	February 28, 1995	4–0	@ Winnipeg Jets (1994–95)	5–10–3
19	W	March 1, 1995	5–3	@ Edmonton Oilers (1994–95)	6–10–3
20	W	March 3, 1995	4–0	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1994–95)	7–10–3
21	W	March 5, 1995	2–1	St. Louis Blues (1994–95)	8–10–3
22	W	March 6, 1995	8–2	Los Angeles Kings (1994–95)	9–10–3
23	L	March 8, 1995	2–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1994–95)	9–11–3
24	L	March 10, 1995	3–4	@ Winnipeg Jets (1994–95)	9–12–3
25	T	March 12, 1995	4–4 OT	Calgary Flames (1994–95)	9–12–4
26	W	March 13, 1995	4–2	Chicago Blackhawks (1994–95)	10–12–4
27	L	March 16, 1995	4–5	@ Detroit Red Wings (1994–95)	10–13–4
28	T	March 22, 1995	4–4 OT	Edmonton Oilers (1994–95)	10–13–5
29	W	March 23, 1995	2–1	Edmonton Oilers (1994–95)	11–13–5
30	L	March 27, 1995	2–3	St. Louis Blues (1994–95)	11–14–5
31	L	March 30, 1995	2–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1994–95)	11–15–5
32	L	April 1, 1995	2–3	Detroit Red Wings (1994–95)	11–16–5
33	W	April 2, 1995	2–1	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1994–95)	12–16–5
34	T	April 4, 1995	2–2 OT	@ Vancouver Canucks (1994–95)	12–16–6
35	L	April 6, 1995	2–3	@ Los Angeles Kings (1994–95)	12–17–6
36	W	April 7, 1995	2–0	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1994–95)	13–17–6
37	W	April 9, 1995	3–2	@ St. Louis Blues (1994–95)	14–17–6
38	L	April 11, 1995	1–4	Detroit Red Wings (1994–95)	14–18–6
39	L	April 14, 1995	1–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1994–95)	14–19–6
40	W	April 16, 1995	2–0	Chicago Blackhawks (1994–95)	15–19–6
41	T	April 17, 1995	2–2 OT	Vancouver Canucks (1994–95)	15–19–7
42	T	April 19, 1995	5–5 OT	San Jose Sharks (1994–95)	15–19–8
43	W	April 22, 1995	6–4	Toronto Maple Leafs (1994–95)	16–19–8
44	W	April 23, 1995	5–2	Winnipeg Jets (1994–95)	17–19–8
45	L	April 25, 1995	4–8	St. Louis Blues (1994–95)	17–20–8
46	L	April 27, 1995	1–5	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1994–95)	17–21–8
47	L	April 29, 1995	2–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (1994–95)	17–22–8
48	L	May 1, 1995	1–3	@ San Jose Sharks (1994–95)	17–23–8

Playoffs

Despite having a 17-23-8 record, the Stars clinched the number eight seed in the Western Conference, thus making the playoffs for the second consecutive year. They lost to Detroit in the first round 4-1.

1995 Stanley Cup Playoffs
Western Conference Quarter-final vs. Detroit Red Wings (1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Series 1 May 7 Dallas 3 – 4 Detroit 0 – 1 2 May 9 Dallas 1 – 4 Detroit 0 – 2 3 May 11 Detroit 5 – 1 Dallas 0 – 3 4 May 14 Detroit 1 - 4 Dallas 1 – 3 5 May 15 Dallas 1 – 3 Detroit 1 – 4

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Dave Gagner	C	48	14	28	42	42	2	7	0	2
Mike Modano	C	30	12	17	29	8	7	4	1	0
Kevin Hatcher	D	47	10	19	29	66	-4	3	0	2
Mike Donnelly	LW	35	11	14	25	29	3	3	0	3
Trent Klatt	RW	47	12	10	22	26	-2	5	0	3
Todd Harvey	RW/C	40	11	9	20	67	-3	2	0	1
Mike Kennedy	C	44	6	12	18	33	4	2	0	0
Grant Ledyard	D	38	5	13	18	20	6	4	0	0
Corey Millen	C	28	3	15	18	28	4	1	0	0
Russ Courtnall	RW	32	7	10	17	13	-8	2	0	1
Paul Broten	RW	47	7	9	16	36	-7	0	0	0
Derian Hatcher	D	43	5	11	16	105	3	2	0	2
Dean Evason	C	47	8	7	15	48	3	1	0	0
Brent Gilchrist	LW	32	9	4	13	16	-3	1	3	1
Paul Cavallini	D	44	1	11	12	28	8	0	0	0
Peter Zezel	C	30	6	5	11	19	-6	0	0	1
Craig Ludwig	D	47	2	7	9	61	-6	0	0	0
Greg Adams	LW	12	3	3	6	4	-4	1	0	0
Doug Zmolek	D	42	0	5	5	67	-6	0	0	0
Shane Churla	RW	27	1	3	4	186	0	0	0	1
Neal Broten	C	17	0	4	4	4	-8	0	0	0
Alan May	RW	27	1	1	2	106	1	0	0	0
Jarkko Varvio	RW	5	1	1	2	0	1	1	0	0
Richard Matvichuk	D	14	0	2	2	14	-7	0	0	0
Gord Donnelly	D	16	1	0	1	52	1	0	0	0
Grant Marshall	RW	2	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0
Andy Moog	G	31	0	1	1	14	0	0	0	0
Zac Boyer	RW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Manny Fernandez	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Iain Fraser	C	4	0	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0
Mike Lalor	D	12	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0
Jamie Langenbrunner	RW	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Mark Lawrence	RW	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Travis Richards	D	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Torchia	G	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Darcy Wakaluk	G	15	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Andy Moog	1770	31	10	12	7	72	2.44	2	846	774	.915
Darcy Wakaluk	754	15	4	8	0	40	3.18	2	341	301	.883
Mike Torchia	327	6	3	2	1	18	3.30	0	172	154	.895
Manny Fernandez	59	1	0	1	0	3	3.05	0	27	24	.889
Team:	2910	48	17	23	8	133	2.74	4	1386	1253	.904

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Kevin Hatcher	D	5	2	1	3	2	-4	1	0	1
Paul Broten	RW	5	1	2	3	2	-2	0	0	0
Dean Evason	C	5	1	2	3	12	1	0	1	0
Greg Adams	LW	5	2	0	2	0	1	0	0	0
Dave Gagner	C	5	1	1	2	4	0	1	0	0
Paul Cavallini	D	5	0	2	2	6	2	0	0	0
Richard Matvichuk	D	5	0	2	2	4	-3	0	0	0
Trent Klatt	RW	5	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
Corey Millen	C	5	1	0	1	2	-1	0	0	0
Peter Zezel	C	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Donnelly	LW	5	0	1	1	6	0	0	0	0
Brent Gilchrist	LW	5	0	1	1	2	-1	0	0	0
Craig Ludwig	D	4	0	1	1	2	5	0	0	0
Zac Boyer	RW	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Shane Churla	RW	5	0	0	0	20	-1	0	0	0
Todd Harvey	RW/C	5	0	0	0	8	-1	0	0	0
Mike Kennedy	C	5	0	0	0	9	-1	0	0	0
Mike Lalor	D	3	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0
Grant Ledyard	D	3	0	0	0	2	-2	0	0	0
Andy Moog	G	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Darcy Wakaluk	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Doug Zmolek	D	5	0	0	0	10	-2	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Andy Moog	277	5	1	4	16	3.47	0	169	153	.905
Darcy Wakaluk	20	1	0	0	1	3.00	0	9	8	.889
Team:	297	5	1	4	17	3.43	0	178	161	.904

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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;

Transactions

• April 7, 1995: RW Russ Courtnall traded from Dallas to Vancouver for LW Greg Adams and RW Dan Kesa and Vancouver's fifth round pick in 1995 Entry Draft.[6]

References

• Stars on Hockey Database

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2. https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/DAL/1995.html
3. 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.
4. "1994-1995 Conference Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". NHL.
5. "1994-95 Dallas Stars Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-16.
6. NHL trade deadline: Deals since 1980 | Habs Inside/Out Archived 2009-02-16 at the Wayback Machine