1993–94 Quebec Nordiques season

The 1993–94 Quebec Nordiques season was the Nordiques' 22nd season of operation and its 15th in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Nordiques failed to qualify for the 1994 Stanley Cup playoffs.

1993–94 Quebec Nordiques
Division5th Northeast
Conference11th Eastern
1993–94 record34–42–8
Home record19–17–6
Road record15–25–2
Goals for277
Goals against292
Team information
General managerPierre Page
CoachPierre Page
CaptainJoe Sakic
Alternate captainsSteven Finn
Mike Ricci
ArenaColisée de Québec
Average attendance14,564 (94.6%) [1]
Minor league affiliate(s)Cornwall Aces (AHL)
Team leaders
GoalsMats Sundin (32)
AssistsJoe Sakic (64)
PointsJoe Sakic (92)
Penalty minutesSteven Finn (159)
Plus/minusCraig Wolanin (+16)
WinsStephane Fiset (20)
Goals against averageJocelyn Thibault (3.31)

Off-season

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Regular season

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Final standings

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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.

Eastern Conference[3]
R GP W L T GF GA Pts
1 p-New York Rangers * 84 52 24 8 299 231 112
2 x-Pittsburgh Penguins * 84 44 27 13 299 285 101
3 New Jersey Devils 84 47 25 12 306 220 106
4 Boston Bruins 84 42 29 13 289 252 97
5 Montreal Canadiens 84 41 29 14 283 248 96
6 Buffalo Sabres 84 43 32 9 282 218 95
7 Washington Capitals 84 39 35 10 277 263 88
8 New York Islanders 84 36 36 12 282 264 84
9 Florida Panthers 84 33 34 17 233 233 83
10 Philadelphia Flyers 84 35 39 10 294 314 80
11 Quebec Nordiques 84 34 42 8 277 292 76
12 Tampa Bay Lightning 84 30 43 11 224 251 71
13 Hartford Whalers 84 27 48 9 227 288 63
14 Ottawa Senators 84 14 61 9 201 397 37
Final standings

bold – Qualified for playoffs; x – Won division; p – Won Presidents' Trophy (and division); * – Division leader

Schedule and results

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No. R Date Score Opponent Record Attendance
1 T October 6, 1993 5–5 @ Ottawa Senators (1993–94) 0–0–1 10,525
2 L October 9, 1993 3–7 @ Boston Bruins (1993–94) 0–1–1 13,633
3 W October 10, 1993 7–4 Pittsburgh Penguins (1993–94) 1–1–1 14,731
4 L October 13, 1993 4–6 @ New York Rangers (1993–94) 1–2–1 16,451
5 W October 16, 1993 5–2 @ Montreal Canadiens (1993–94) 2–2–1 17,959
6 L October 18, 1993 2–4 Montreal Canadiens (1993–94) 2–3–1 14,892
7 W October 20, 1993 5–2 @ Hartford Whalers (1993–94) 3–3–1 7,315
8 L October 21, 1993 2–3 @ Chicago Blackhawks (1993–94) 3–4–1 16,876
9 W October 23, 1993 3–2 Dallas Stars (1993–94) 4–4–1 14,149
10 L October 26, 1993 2–4 Philadelphia Flyers (1993–94) 4–5–1 14,787
11 W October 28, 1993 7–3 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1993–94) 5–5–1 17,097
12 L October 30, 1993 3–5 Detroit Red Wings (1993–94) 5–6–1 14,098
13 W November 2, 1993 8–2 Tampa Bay Lightning (1993–94) 6–6–1 13,635
14 L November 4, 1993 1–4 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1993–94) 6–7–1 17,301
15 L November 6, 1993 2–4 New York Rangers (1993–94) 6–8–1 14,602
16 L November 7, 1993 1–3 Florida Panthers (1993–94) 6–9–1 14,726
17 L November 9, 1993 1–2 @ Washington Capitals (1993–94) 6–10–1 10,267
18 L November 13, 1993 3–4 @ Tampa Bay Lightning (1993–94) 6–11–1 19,691
19 W November 14, 1993 5–2 @ Florida Panthers (1993–94) 7–11–1 12,735
20 T November 20, 1993 5–5 OT Winnipeg Jets (1993–94) 7–11–2 14,416
21 T November 23, 1993 1–1 OT New Jersey Devils (1993–94) 7–11–3 14,120
22 W November 25, 1993 8–6 Los Angeles Kings (1993–94) 8–11–3 14,897
23 T November 27, 1993 2–2 OT Buffalo Sabres (1993–94) 8–11–4 14,043
24 L November 30, 1993 2–5 Boston Bruins (1993–94) 8–12–4 14,885
25 W December 3, 1993 3–2 @ New York Islanders (1993–94) 9–12–4 9,225
26 W December 4, 1993 3–1 Vancouver Canucks (1993–94) 10–12–4 14,549
27 T December 7, 1993 4–4 OT Calgary Flames (1993–94) 10–12–5 14,228
28 W December 9, 1993 3–2 @ New Jersey Devils (1993–94) 11–12–5 10,892
29 W December 11, 1993 5–2 Ottawa Senators (1993–94) 12–12–5 14,707
30 W December 13, 1993 5–3 Washington Capitals (1993–94) 13–12–5 14,832
31 L December 16, 1993 2–3 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1993–94) 13–13–5 17,091
32 L December 18, 1993 2–6 New Jersey Devils (1993–94) 13–14–5 15,004
33 W December 19, 1993 7–5 San Jose Sharks (1993–94) 14–14–5 14,729
34 L December 21, 1993 1–2 @ Ottawa Senators (1993–94) 14–15–5 10,503
35 L December 23, 1993 2–5 @ Winnipeg Jets (1993–94) 14–16–5 12,802
36 L December 28, 1993 1–4 Tampa Bay Lightning (1993–94) 14–17–5 14,646
37 W December 29, 1993 5–3 New York Islanders (1993–94) 15–17–5 15,264
38 W December 31, 1993 5–4 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1993–94) 16–17–5 17,537
39 W January 2, 1994 6–4 @ Dallas Stars (1993–94) 17–17–5 15,207
40 L January 4, 1994 1–5 @ Los Angeles Kings (1993–94) 17–18–5 16,005
41 L January 5, 1994 0–4 Montreal Canadiens (1993–94) 17–19–5 11,393
42 L January 7, 1994 4–6 @ Edmonton Oilers (1993–94) 17–20–5 15,057
43 L January 11, 1994 0–1 @ Calgary Flames (1993–94) 17–21–5 18,560
44 L January 12, 1994 3–4 @ Vancouver Canucks (1993–94) 17–22–5 15,640
45 L January 15, 1994 0–4 Washington Capitals (1993–94) 17–23–5 14,198
46 W January 18, 1994 6–3 Pittsburgh Penguins (1993–94) 18–23–5 14,229
47 W January 25, 1994 6–4 Philadelphia Flyers (1993–94) 19–23–5 13,949
48 L January 27, 1994 0–3 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1993–94) 19–24–5 16,234
49 W January 29, 1994 3–2 @ Hartford Whalers (1993–94) 20–24–5 11,743
50 L January 31, 1994 3–4 @ Boston Bruins (1993–94) 20–25–5 13,961
51 L February 1, 1994 1–2 Hartford Whalers (1993–94) 20–26–5 15,023
52 W February 3, 1994 4–3 @ St. Louis Blues (1993–94) 21–26–5 16,947
53 L February 5, 1994 2–3 New York Islanders (1993–94) 21–27–5 15,049
54 L February 8, 1994 1–6 Boston Bruins (1993–94) 21–28–5 15,038
55 L February 12, 1994 2–5 @ Montreal Canadiens (1993–94) 21–29–5 17,959
56 L February 14, 1994 2–4 New York Rangers (1993–94) 21–30–5 15,029
57 W February 17, 1994 8–2 @ San Jose Sharks (1993–94) 22–30–5 16,886
58 W February 18, 1994 1–0 @ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1993–94) 23–30–5 17,174
59 L February 21, 1994 1–2 @ Buffalo Sabres (1993–94) 23–31–5 13,601
60 W February 24, 1994 6–0 St. Louis Blues (1993–94) 24–31–5 14,630
61 L February 26, 1994 3–6 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1993–94) 24–32–5 15,032
62 L February 27, 1994 2–5 @ New York Islanders (1993–94) 24–33–5 11,545
63 L March 2, 1994 2–5 @ New York Rangers (1993–94) 24–34–5 18,200
64 W March 5, 1994 4–1 Toronto Maple Leafs (1993–94) 25–34–5 15,399
65 T March 7, 1994 2–2 OT @ New Jersey Devils (1993–94) 25–34–6 16,620
66 W March 8, 1994 5–2 Ottawa Senators (1993–94) 26–34–6 14,584
67 T March 10, 1994 4–4 OT Montreal Canadiens (1993–94) 26–34–7 15,399
68 W March 12, 1994 4–3 @ Washington Capitals (1993–94) 27–34–7 17,362
69 W March 14, 1994 5–1 Chicago Blackhawks (1993–94) 28–34–7 14,014
70 W March 17, 1994 4–1 Hartford Whalers (1993–94) 29–34–7 14,131
71 L March 19, 1994 2–5 @ Montreal Canadiens (1993–94) 29–35–7 17,959
72 L March 20, 1994 3–5 Edmonton Oilers (1993–94) 29–36–7 14,236
73 W March 22, 1994 5–3 Boston Bruins (1993–94) 30–36–7 14,293
74 L March 26, 1994 3–6 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1993–94) 30–37–7 15,728
75 L March 27, 1994 2–5 @ New Jersey Devils (1993–94) 30–38–7 6,222
76 L March 30, 1994 4–6 @ Ottawa Senators (1993–94) 30–39–7 10,546
77 W March 31, 1994 4–2 @ Detroit Red Wings (1993–94) 31–39–7 19,875
78 L April 2, 1994 2–6 Buffalo Sabres (1993–94) 31–40–7 15,097
79 W April 4, 1994 6–4 Buffalo Sabres (1993–94) 32–40–7 14,674
80 T April 5, 1994 3–3 OT Florida Panthers (1993–94) 32–40–8 15,049
81 W April 7, 1994 5–2 Hartford Whalers (1993–94) 33–40–8 15,324
82 L April 10, 1994 1–4 @ Buffalo Sabres (1993–94) 33–41–8 14,910
83 W April 12, 1994 5–2 @ Florida Panthers (1993–94) 34–41–8 14,704
84 L April 14, 1994 2–5 @ Tampa Bay Lightning (1993–94) 34–42–8 21,094

Playoffs

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Player statistics

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Regular season
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Joe Sakic C 84 28 64 92 18 -8 10 1 9
Mats Sundin C 84 32 53 85 60 1 6 2 4
Valeri Kamensky LW 76 28 37 65 42 12 6 0 1
Mike Ricci C 83 30 21 51 113 -9 13 3 6
Scott Young RW 76 26 25 51 14 -4 6 1 1
Iain Fraser C 60 17 20 37 23 -5 2 0 2
Andrei Kovalenko RW 58 16 17 33 46 -5 5 0 4
Martin Rucinsky LW 60 9 23 32 58 4 4 0 1
Claude Lapointe LW/C 59 11 17 28 70 2 1 1 1
Alexei Gusarov D 76 5 20 25 38 3 0 1 0
Ron Sutter C 37 9 13 22 44 3 4 0 0
Curtis Leschyshyn D 72 5 17 22 65 -2 3 0 2
Bob Bassen C 37 11 8 19 55 -3 1 0 0
Dave Karpa D 60 5 12 17 148 0 2 0 0
Steven Finn D 80 4 13 17 159 -9 0 0 1
Craig Wolanin D 63 6 10 16 80 16 0 0 0
Mike McKee LW 48 3 12 15 41 5 2 0 0
Chris Lindberg LW 37 6 8 14 12 -1 0 0 0
Martin Gelinas LW 31 6 6 12 8 -2 0 0 0
Garth Butcher D 34 3 9 12 67 -1 0 1 1
Tommy Sjodin D 22 1 9 10 18 5 1 0 0
Chris Simon LW 37 4 4 8 132 -2 0 0 1
Adam Foote D 45 2 6 8 67 3 0 0 0
Reggie Savage C 17 3 4 7 16 3 1 0 0
Brad Werenka D 11 0 7 7 8 4 0 0 0
Kerry Huffman D 28 0 6 6 28 2 0 0 0
Paul MacDermid RW 44 2 3 5 35 -3 0 0 0
Owen Nolan RW 6 2 2 4 8 2 0 0 0
Tony Twist LW 49 0 4 4 101 -1 0 0 0
Stephane Fiset G 50 0 3 3 8 0 0 0 0
Rene Corbet LW 9 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 0
Dwayne Norris RW 4 1 1 2 4 1 0 0 0
Ed Ward RW 7 1 0 1 5 0 0 0 0
Jacques Cloutier G 14 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Alain Cote D 6 0 0 0 4 -2 0 0 0
Mike Hurlbut D 1 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0
Jon Klemm D 7 0 0 0 4 -1 0 0 0
Aaron Miller D 1 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0
Paxton Schulte LW 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Garth Snow G 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Jocelyn Thibault G 29 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO SA SV SV%
Stephane Fiset 2798 50 20 25 4 158 3.39 2 1434 1276 .890
Jocelyn Thibault 1504 29 8 13 3 83 3.31 0 768 685 .892
Jacques Cloutier 475 14 3 2 1 24 3.03 0 232 208 .897
Garth Snow 279 5 3 2 0 16 3.44 0 127 111 .874
Team: 5056 84 34 42 8 281 3.33 2 2561 2280 .890

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Note:
Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals
Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Awards and records

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Transactions

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The Nordiques were involved in the following transactions during the 1993-94 season.

Trades

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September 7, 1993 To New York Rangers
Alexander Karpovtsev
To Quebec Nordiques
Mike Hurlbut
January 23, 1994 To St. Louis Blues
Steve Duchesne
Denis Chasse
To Quebec Nordiques
Bob Bassen
Garth Butcher
Ron Sutter
February 13, 1994 To Dallas Stars
Manny Fernandez
To Quebec Nordiques
Tommy Sjodin
3rd round pick in 1994 (Chris Drury)
March 21, 1994 To Edmonton Oilers
Steve Passmore
To Quebec Nordiques
Brad Werenka
June 3, 1994 To New Jersey Devils
11th round pick in 1994 (Mike Hanson)
To Quebec Nordiques
Stephane Yelle
11th round pick in 1994 (Steven Low)
June 28, 1994 To Toronto Maple Leafs
Mats Sundin
Garth Butcher
Todd Warriner
1st round pick in 1994 (Nolan Baumgartner)
To Quebec Nordiques
Wendel Clark
Sylvain Lefebvre
Landon Wilson
1st round pick in 1994 (Jeff Kealty)
June 28, 1994 To New York Islanders
Ron Sutter
1st round pick in 1994 (Brett Lindros)
To Quebec Nordiques
Uwe Krupp
1st round pick in 1994 (Wade Belak)

Waivers

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January 15, 1994 To Ottawa Senators
Kerry Huffman
January 15, 1994 To Vancouver Canucks
Martin Gelinas

Free agents

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Player Former Team
Alain Cote Tampa Bay Lightning
Iain Fraser New York Islanders
Chris Lindberg Calgary Flames
Player New Team
Mikhail Tatarinov Boston Bruins
Len Esau Calgary Flames
Gino Cavallini Milwaukee Admirals (AHL)

Draft picks

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Quebec's draft picks at the 1993 NHL Entry Draft held at the Quebec Coliseum in Quebec City, Quebec.

Round # Player Nationality College/Junior/Club team (League)
1 10 Jocelyn Thibault   Canada Sherbrooke Faucons (QMJHL)
1 14 Adam Deadmarsh   United States Portland Winter Hawks (WHL)
2 49 Ashley Buckberger   Canada Swift Current Broncos (WHL)
3 75 Bill Pierce   United States Lawrence Academy (USHS-MA)
4 101 Ryan Tocher   Canada Niagara Falls Thunder (OHL)
5 127 Anders Myrvold   Norway Färjestad BK (Sweden)
6 137 Nicholas Checco   United States Bloomington Jefferson High School (USHS-MN)
6 153 Christian Matte   Canada Granby Bisons (QMJHL)
7 179 David Ling   Canada Kingston Frontenacs (OHL)
8 205 Petr Franek   Czech Republic Chemopetrol Litvínov (Czech Republic)
9 231 Vincent Auger   Canada Hawkesbury Hawks (CJHL)
10 257 Mark Pivetz   Canada Saskatoon Titans (SJHL)
11 283 John Hillman   United States St. Paul Vulcans (USHL)

Farm teams

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "National Hockey League 1993-94 Attendance Graph". hockeydb.com.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "NHL Hockey Standings". NHL.com. Retrieved August 17, 2024.
  4. ^ "1993-94 Quebec Nordiques Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved July 10, 2009.
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