1994–95 Calgary Flames season

The 1994–95 Calgary Flames season was the 15th National Hockey League season in Calgary. The season was shortened to 48 games by a 104-day lockout that would delay the start of the season until late January. This season saw the continued dismantling of the 1989 championship team, as both Mike Vernon[1] and Al MacInnis[2] were traded prior to the lockout.

1994–95 Calgary Flames
Pacific Division champions
Division	1st Pacific
Conference	2nd Western
1994–95 record	24–17–7
Home record	15–7–2
Road record	9–10–5
Goals for	163 (6th)
Goals against	135 (10th)
Team information
General Manager	Doug Risebrough
Coach	Dave King
Captain	Joe Nieuwendyk
Alternate captains	Theoren Fleury Joel Otto
Arena	Olympic Saddledome
Average attendance	19,036
Team leaders
Goals	Theoren Fleury (29)
Assists	Phil Housley (35)
Points	Theoren Fleury (58)
Penalty minutes	Ron Stern (163)
Wins	Trevor Kidd (22)
Goals against average	Trevor Kidd (2.61)

The Flames captured their second consecutive Pacific Division title, earning the second seed in the playoffs. The division championship would be the Flames' last until they won the Northwest Division in 2005–06.

Theoren Fleury finished sixth in the league in both goals (29) and points (58).[3] Fleury was also named to the NHL Second All-Star Team following the season.[4]

Joe Nieuwendyk won the King Clancy Memorial Trophy as the player who "best exemplifies leadership qualities on and off the ice." He became the second Flame to win the award, preceded by Lanny McDonald, who won the trophy in its inaugural year of 1987–88.[4]

The playoffs would be a repeat of recent disappointment for the Flames, as they were once again felled by the 7th seeded team in the West in seven games, this time by the San Jose Sharks. The Flames lost the series despite outscoring the Sharks by 9 goals over the 7 games. Fleury was magnificent in the series, scoring 7 goals and adding 7 assists for 14 points.

Regular season

During the regular season, the Flames were shorthanded a league-high 249 times.[5]

Season standings

Pacific Division

No.	CR		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1	2	Calgary Flames	48	24	17	7	163	135	55
2	6	Vancouver Canucks	48	18	18	12	153	148	48
3	7	San Jose Sharks	48	19	25	4	129	161	42
4	9	Los Angeles Kings	48	16	23	9	142	174	41
5	11	Edmonton Oilers	48	17	27	4	136	183	38
6	12	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	48	16	27	5	125	164	37

[6]

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[7]

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

1994–95 Game Log
January: 2–2–1 (Home: 1–0–0; Road: 1–2–2) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Record Pts 1 January 20 Calgary 3 – 3 Winnipeg OT 0–0–1 1 2 January 22 Calgary 4 – 1 Detroit 1–0–1 3 3 January 24 St. Louis 4 – 6 Calgary 2–0–1 5 4 January 26 Calgary 1 – 5 Detroit 2–1–1 5 5 January 28 Calgary 1 – 2 Toronto 2–2–1 5
February: 8–4–2 (Home: 5–3–0; Road: 3–1–2) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Record Pts 6 February 1 Detroit 1 – 2 Calgary 3–2–1 7 7 February 3 Chicago 4 – 3 Calgary OT 3–3–1 7 8 February 4 Toronto 1 – 4 Calgary 4–3–1 9 9 February 6 Winnipeg 5 – 4 Calgary 4–4–1 9 10 February 9 Anaheim 5 – 1 Calgary 5–4–1 11 11 February 11 Calgary 6 – 0 Dallas 6–4–1 13 12 February 13 Calgary 2 – 4 St. Louis 6–5–1 13 13 February 16 Calgary 2 – 2 Chicago OT 6–5–2 14 14 February 18 Dallas 2 – 3 Calgary OT 7–5–2 16 15 February 20 Dallas 2 – 1 Calgary 7–6–2 16 16 February 23 Calgary 3 – 3 Los Angeles OT 7–6–3 17 17 February 24 Calgary 3 – 0 San Jose 8–6–3 19 18 February 26 Calgary 5 – 3 Anaheim 9–6–3 21 19 February 28 Edmonton 2 – 5 Calgary 10–6–3 23
March: 6–7–2 (Home: 4–3–1; Road: 2–4–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Record Pts 20 March 2 Vancouver 2 – 2 Calgary OT 10–6–4 24 21 March 4 Calgary 2 – 3 Toronto 10–7–4 24 22 March 5 Calgary 2 – 3 Winnipeg 10–8–4 24 23 March 7 Calgary 6 – 3 Chicago 11–8–4 26 24 March 9 Calgary 1 – 5 St. Louis 11–9–4 26 25 March 12 Calgary 4 – 4 Dallas 11–9–5 27 26 March 15 Anaheim 5 – 0 Calgary 11–10–5 27 27 March 17 Winnipeg 4 – 8 Calgary 12–10–5 29 28 March 19 San Jose 5 – 3 Calgary 12–11–5 29 29 March 20 Calgary 2 – 5 Edmonton 12–12–5 29 30 March 22 St. Louis 3 – 4 Calgary 13–12–5 31 31 March 24 Detroit 2 – 3 Calgary 14–12–5 33 32 March 26 Vancouver 0 – 2 Calgary 15–12–5 35 33 March 28 Los Angeles 5 – 3 Calgary 15–13–5 35 34 March 31 Calgary 6 – 2 Edmonton 16–13–5 37
April: 8–4–2 (Home: 5–1–0; Road: 3–3–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Record Pts 35 April 4 Chicago 2 – 3 Calgary 17–13–5 39 36 April 7 Los Angeles 4 – 7 Calgary 18–13–5 41 37 April 8 Vancouver 4 – 2 Calgary 18–14–5 41 38 April 10 San Jose 3 – 8 Calgary 19–14–5 43 39 April 12 Calgary 4 – 1 Los Angeles 20–14–5 45 40 April 13 Calgary 2 – 4 Anaheim 20–15–5 45 41 April 15 Calgary 4 – 2 Edmonton 21–15–5 47 42 April 17 Los Angeles 2 – 5 Calgary 22–15–5 49 43 April 20 Calgary 2 – 2 Vancouver OT 22–15–6 50 44 April 24 Calgary 1 – 2 Anaheim 22–16–6 50 45 April 25 Calgary 3 – 2 San Jose 23–16–6 52 46 April 29 Toronto 2 – 2 Calgary OT 23–16–7 53 47 April 30 Calgary 4 – 6 Vancouver 23–17–7 53
May: 1–0–0 (Home: 1–0–0; Road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Record Pts 48 May 3 Edmonton 3 – 5 Calgary 24–17–7 55

Playoffs

The Flames were the second seed in the Western Conference for the second year in a row, however their playoff frustration would continue as they were once again defeated in seven games, this time by the San Jose Sharks. It was a high scoring series, as the Flames set a team record for most goals in a playoff series (35), while the two teams combined for an NHL record for most goals in a seven-game series (61). The Flames tied an NHL record for most shorthanded goals in a series (5), while their nine goals in game three tied a franchise record for goals in a game. Theo Fleury led the team tying a team record for goals in one series (7), while setting a new mark for points (14). Head coach Dave King would end up losing his job over this playoff loss. He was replaced by Pierre Page in the summer.[8]

The Flames game 5 victory would prove to be their last playoff win until 2004 - a span of nine years, as the Flames would lose their next seven playoff games, sandwiched between a stretch of seven straight non-playoff seasons.

1995 Stanley Cup Playoffs

Western Conference quarter-final vs. San Jose (7) Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Attendance Series 1 May 7 San Jose 5 – 4 Calgary 15,624 San Jose leads 1–0 2 May 9 San Jose 5 – 4 Calgary OT 16,389 San Jose leads 2–0 3 May 11 Calgary 9 – 2 San Jose 17,190 San Jose leads 2–1 4 May 13 Calgary 6 – 4 San Jose 17,190 Series tied 2–2 5 May 15 San Jose 0 – 5 Calgary 18,298 Calgary leads 3–2 6 May 17 Calgary 3 – 5 San Jose 17,190 Series tied 3–3 7 May 19 San Jose 5 – 4 Calgary 2OT 20,230 San Jose wins 4–3

Player statistics

Skaters

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes

			Regular season						Playoffs
Player	#		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Theoren Fleury	14		47	29	29	58	112		7	7	7	14	2
Joe Nieuwendyk	25		46	21	29	50	33		5	4	3	7	0
Phil Housley	6		43	8	35	43	18		7	0	9	9	0
Robert Reichel	26		48	18	17	35	28		7	2	4	6	4
Zarley Zalapski	33		48	4	24	28	46		7	0	4	4	4
Steve Chiasson	21		45	2	23	25	39		7	1	2	3	9
German Titov	13		40	12	12	24	16		7	5	3	8	10
Joel Otto	29		47	8	13	21	130		7	0	3	3	2
Wes Walz	17		47	6	12	18	11		1	0	0	0	0
Paul Kruse	12		45	11	5	16	141		7	4	2	6	10
Sheldon Kennedy	23		30	7	8	15	45		7	3	1	4	16
Ron Stern	22		39	9	4	13	163		7	3	1	4	8
Kevin Dahl	4		34	4	8	12	38		3	0	0	0	0
Kelly Kisio	11		12	7	4	11	6		7	3	2	5	19
Mike Sullivan	32		34	4	7	11	14		7	3	5	8	2
James Patrick	5		43	0	10	10	14		5	0	1	1	0
Sandy McCarthy	15		37	5	3	8	101		6	0	1	1	17
Dan Keczmer	39		28	2	3	5	10		7	0	1	1	2
Nikolai Borschevsky^†	16		8	0	5	5	0		-	-	-	-	-
Frank Musil	3		35	0	5	5	61		5	0	1	1	0
Gary Roberts	10		8	2	2	4	43		-	-	-	-	-
Alan May^†	41		7	1	2	3	13		-	-	-	-	-
Vesa Viitakoski	19		10	1	2	3	6		-	-	-	-	-
Ed Ward	42		2	1	1	2	2		-	-	-	-	-
Mark Greig	16		8	1	1	2	2		-	-	-	-	-
Cory Stillman	20		10	0	2	2	2		-	-	-	-	-
Rick Tabaracci^†	31		5	0	1	1	0		1	0	0	0	0
Trent Yawney	18		37	0	2	2	108		2	0	0	0	2
Todd Hlushko	38		2	0	1	1	2		1	0	0	0	2
Jim Peplinski	24		6	0	1	1	11		-	-	-	-	-
Michael Nylander	92		6	0	1	1	2		6	0	6	6	2
Trevor Kidd	37		43	0	1	1	2		7	0	0	0	0
Len Esau^†	28		1	0	0	0	0		-	-	-	-	-
Steve Konroyd	7		1	0	0	0	0		-	-	-	-	-
Jason Muzzatti	36		1	0	0	0	0		-	-	-	-	-
Jamie Allison	7		1	0	0	0	0		-	-	-	-	-
Joel Bouchard	34		2	0	0	0	0		-	-	-	-	-
Neil Eisenhut	35		3	0	0	0	0		-	-	-	-	-
Barry Nieckar	28		3	0	0	0	12		-	-	-	-	-
Scott Morrow	27		4	0	0	0	0		-	-	-	-	-
Andrei Trefilov	1		6	0	0	0	0		-	-	-	-	-

^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Calgary. Stats reflect time with the Flames only.

Goaltenders

Note: GP = Games played; TOI = Time on ice (minutes); W = Wins; L = Losses; OT = Overtime/shootout losses; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals against average

			Regular season									Playoffs
Player	#		GP	TOI	W	L	T	GA	SO	GAA		GP	TOI	W	L	GA	SO	GAA
Jason Muzzatti	36		1	10	0	0	0	0	0	0.00		-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rick Tabaracci^†	31		5	202	2	0	1	5	0	1.49		1	19	0	0	0	0	0.00
Trevor Kidd	37		43	2463	22	14	6	107	3	2.61		7	434	3	4	26	1	3.59
Andrei Trefilov	1		6	236	0	3	0	16	0	4.07		-	-	-	-	-	-	-

^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Calgary. Stats reflect time with the Flames only.

Transactions

The Flames were involved in the following transactions during the 1994–95 season.

Trades

June 29, 1994	To Calgary Flames Steve Chiasson	To Detroit Red Wings Mike Vernon
July 4, 1994	To Calgary Flames Phil Housley 2nd round pick in 1996 2nd round pick in 1997	To St. Louis Blues Al MacInnis

Free agents

Player Former team

Player New team

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Draft picks

Main article: List of Calgary Flames draft picks

Calgary's picks at the 1994 NHL Entry Draft, held in Hartford, Connecticut.[9]

Rnd	Pick	Player	Nationality	Position	Team (league)	NHL statistics
						GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1	19	Chris Dingman	Canada	LW	Brandon Wheat Kings (WHL)	385	15	19	34	769
2	45	Dmitri Riabykin	Russia	D	N/A
3	77	Chris Clark	United States	RW	N/A	607	103	111	214	700
4	91	Ryan Duthie	Canada	C	Spokane Chiefs (WHL)
4	97	Johan Finnstrom	Sweden	F	Rogle Angelholm (SEL)
5	107	Nils Ekman	Sweden	RW	N/A	264	60	91	151	188
5	123	Frank Appel	Germany	D	Düsseldorfer EG (DEL)
6	149	Patrik Haltia	Sweden	G	Färjestads BK (SEL)
7	175	Ladislav Kohn	Czech Republic	RW	Swift Current Broncos (WHL)	186	14	28	42	125
8	201	Keith McCambridge	Canada	D	Swift Current Broncos (WHL)
9	227	Jorgen Jonsson	Sweden	C	Rogle Angelholm (SEL)	81	12	19	31	16
10	253	Mike Peluso	United States	RW	Omaha Lancers (USHL)	38	4	2	6	19
11	279	Pavel Torgayev	Russia	C	TPS (SM-liiga)	55	6	14	20	20

Farm teams

Saint John Flames

The 1994–95 American Hockey League season was the second for the Flames' top minor league affiliate. While the Saint John Flames managed only a 27–40–13 record, they still qualified for the playoffs. They fell in the first round to the Prince Edward Island Senators four games to one.[10] Mark Greig led the Flames with 31 goals, while he and Cory Stillman tied for the team lead with 81 points. Dwayne Roloson was the starting goaltender, posting a 16–21–8 record with a 3.42 GAA in 46 games.[11]

See also

• 1994–95 NHL season

References

• Player stats: 2006–07 Calgary Flames Media Guide, pg 116
• Game log: 2006–07 Calgary Flames Media Guide, pg 137
• Team standings: 1994–95 NHL standings @hockeydb.com
• Trades: hockeydb.com player pages

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