1994–95 Dallas Stars season

1994–95 Dallas Stars
1994–95 Dallas Stars
Division	5th Central
Conference	8th Western
1994–95 record	17–23–8
Home record	9–10–5
Road record	8–13–3
Goals for	136
Goals against	135
Team information
General manager	Bob Gainey
Coach	Bob Gainey
Captain	Neal Broten (Jan.–Feb.) ; Derian Hatcher (Feb.–May)
Arena	Reunion Arena
Average attendance	16,729
Minor league affiliate(s)	Kalamazoo Wings; Dayton Bombers
Team leaders
Goals	Dave Gagner (14)
Assists	Dave Gagner (28)
Points	Dave Gagner (42)
Penalty minutes	Shane Churla (186)
Plus/minus	Paul Cavallini (+8)
Wins	Andy Moog (10)
Goals against average	Andy Moog (2.44)
	← 1993–94 1995–96 →

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).

Offseason

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%).^[1]

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^[3]
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

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.

Schedule and results

Regular season

1994–95 regular season^[4]

January: 2–2–1 (home: 0–1–0; road: 2–1–1)

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Recap
1	T	January 20, 1995	1–1 OT	@ Vancouver Canucks (1994–95)	0–0–1	Recap
2	W	January 24, 1995	4–2	@ Los Angeles Kings (1994–95)	1–0–1	Recap
3	W	January 25, 1995	4–1	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1994–95)	2–0–1	Recap
4	L	January 28, 1995	2–3	@ San Jose Sharks (1994–95)	2–1–1	Recap
5	L	January 30, 1995	1–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1994–95)	2–2–1	Recap

February: 3–8–2 (home: 1–5–1; road: 2–3–1)

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Recap
6	W	February 1, 1995	9–2	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1994–95)	3–2–1	Recap
7	L	February 2, 1995	1–2	San Jose Sharks (1994–95)	3–3–1	Recap
8	L	February 4, 1995	4–7	@ St. Louis Blues (1994–95)	3–4–1	Recap
9	T	February 8, 1995	3–3 OT	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1994–95)	3–4–2	Recap
10	L	February 11, 1995	0–6	Calgary Flames (1994–95)	3–5–2	Recap
11	L	February 13, 1995	4–7	Winnipeg Jets (1994–95)	3–6–2	Recap
12	L	February 15, 1995	1–3	Los Angeles Kings (1994–95)	3–7–2	Recap
13	L	February 18, 1995	2–3 OT	@ Calgary Flames (1994–95)	3–8–2	Recap
14	W	February 20, 1995	2–1	@ Calgary Flames (1994–95)	4–8–2	Recap
15	L	February 22, 1995	1–2	@ Edmonton Oilers (1994–95)	4–9–2	Recap
16	T	February 24, 1995	3–3 OT	Vancouver Canucks (1994–95)	4–9–3	Recap
17	L	February 26, 1995	1–2	Chicago Blackhawks (1994–95)	4–10–3	Recap
18	W	February 28, 1995	4–0	@ Winnipeg Jets (1994–95)	5–10–3	Recap

March: 6–5–2 (home: 5–1–2; road: 1–4–0)

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Recap
19	W	March 1, 1995	5–3	@ Edmonton Oilers (1994–95)	6–10–3	Recap
20	W	March 3, 1995	4–0	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1994–95)	7–10–3	Recap
21	W	March 5, 1995	2–1	St. Louis Blues (1994–95)	8–10–3	Recap
22	W	March 6, 1995	8–2	Los Angeles Kings (1994–95)	9–10–3	Recap
23	L	March 8, 1995	2–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1994–95)	9–11–3	Recap
24	L	March 10, 1995	3–4	@ Winnipeg Jets (1994–95)	9–12–3	Recap
25	T	March 12, 1995	4–4 OT	Calgary Flames (1994–95)	9–12–4	Recap
26	W	March 13, 1995	4–2	Chicago Blackhawks (1994–95)	10–12–4	Recap
27	L	March 16, 1995	4–5	@ Detroit Red Wings (1994–95)	10–13–4	Recap
28	T	March 22, 1995	4–4 OT	Edmonton Oilers (1994–95)	10–13–5	Recap
29	W	March 23, 1995	2–1	Edmonton Oilers (1994–95)	11–13–5	Recap
30	L	March 27, 1995	2–3	St. Louis Blues (1994–95)	11–14–5	Recap
31	L	March 30, 1995	2–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1994–95)	11–15–5	Recap

April: 6–7–3 (home: 3–3–2; road: 3–4–1)

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Recap
32	L	April 1, 1995	2–3	Detroit Red Wings (1994–95)	11–16–5	Recap
33	W	April 2, 1995	2–1	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1994–95)	12–16–5	Recap
34	T	April 4, 1995	2–2 OT	@ Vancouver Canucks (1994–95)	12–16–6	Recap
35	L	April 6, 1995	2–3	@ Los Angeles Kings (1994–95)	12–17–6	Recap
36	W	April 7, 1995	2–0	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1994–95)	13–17–6	Recap
37	W	April 9, 1995	3–2	@ St. Louis Blues (1994–95)	14–17–6	Recap
38	L	April 11, 1995	1–4	Detroit Red Wings (1994–95)	14–18–6	Recap
39	L	April 14, 1995	1–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1994–95)	14–19–6	Recap
40	W	April 16, 1995	2–0	Chicago Blackhawks (1994–95)	15–19–6	Recap
41	T	April 17, 1995	2–2 OT	Vancouver Canucks (1994–95)	15–19–7	Recap
42	T	April 19, 1995	5–5 OT	San Jose Sharks (1994–95)	15–19–8	Recap
43	W	April 22, 1995	6–4	Toronto Maple Leafs (1994–95)	16–19–8	Recap
44	W	April 23, 1995	5–2	Winnipeg Jets (1994–95)	17–19–8	Recap
45	L	April 25, 1995	4–8	St. Louis Blues (1994–95)	17–20–8	Recap
46	L	April 27, 1995	1–5	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1994–95)	17–21–8	Recap
47	L	April 29, 1995	2–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (1994–95)	17–22–8	Recap

May: 0–1–0 (home: 0–0–0; road: 0–1–0)

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Recap
48	L	May 1, 1995	1–3	@ San Jose Sharks (1994–95)	17–23–8	Recap

Legend:

Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Tie (1 point)

Playoffs

1995 Stanley Cup playoffs^[4]

Western Conference Quarterfinals vs. (1) Detroit Red Wings – Red Wings win 4–1

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Series	Recap
1	L	May 7, 1995	3–4	Detroit Red Wings	Red Wings lead 1–0	Recap
2	L	May 9, 1995	1–4	Detroit Red Wings	Red Wings lead 2–0	Recap
3	L	May 11, 1995	1–5	@ Detroit Red Wings	Red Wings lead 3–0	Recap
4	W	May 14, 1995	4–1	@ Detroit Red Wings	Red Wings lead 3–1	Recap
5	L	May 15, 1995	1–3	Detroit Red Wings	Red Wings win 4–1	Recap

Legend:

Win Loss

Player statistics

Scoring

Position abbreviations: C = Center; D = Defense; G = Goaltender; LW = Left wing; RW = Right wing
† = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Stars only.
‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Stars only.

No.	Player	Pos	Regular season						Playoffs
No.	Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
15	Dave Gagner	C	48	14	28	42	2	42	5	1	1	2	0	4
9	Mike Modano	C	30	12	17	29	7	8	—	—	—	—	—	—
4	Kevin Hatcher	D	47	10	19	29	−4	66	5	2	1	3	−4	2
11^[a]	Mike Donnelly†	LW	35	11	14	25	3	29	5	0	1	1	0	6
22	Trent Klatt	RW	47	12	10	22	−2	26	5	1	0	1	0	0
10	Todd Harvey	RW	40	11	9	20	−3	67	5	0	0	0	−1	8
39	Mike Kennedy	C	44	6	12	18	4	33	5	0	0	0	−1	9
12	Grant Ledyard	D	38	5	13	18	6	20	3	0	0	0	−2	2
6	Corey Millen†	C	28	3	15	18	4	28	5	1	0	1	−1	2
26	Russ Courtnall‡	RW	32	7	10	17	−8	13	—	—	—	—	—	—
21	Paul Broten	RW	47	7	9	16	−7	36	5	1	2	3	−2	2
2	Derian Hatcher	D	43	5	11	16	3	105	—	—	—	—	—	—
16	Dean Evason	C	47	8	7	15	3	48	5	1	2	3	1	12
41	Brent Gilchrist	LW	32	9	4	13	−3	16	5	0	1	1	−1	2
14	Paul Cavallini	D	44	1	11	12	8	28	5	0	2	2	2	6
25	Peter Zezel	C	30	6	5	11	−6	19	3	1	0	1	0	0
3	Craig Ludwig	D	47	2	7	9	−6	61	4	0	1	1	5	2
23	Greg Adams†	LW	12	3	3	6	−4	4	5	2	0	2	1	0
5	Doug Zmolek	D	42	0	5	5	−6	67	5	0	0	0	−2	10
27	Shane Churla	RW	27	1	3	4	0	186	5	0	0	0	−1	20
7	Neal Broten‡	C	17	0	4	4	−8	4	—	—	—	—	—	—
23	Alan May‡	RW	27	1	1	2	1	106	—	—	—	—	—	—
11	Jarkko Varvio	RW	5	1	1	2	1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
24	Richard Matvichuk	D	14	0	2	2	−7	14	5	0	2	2	−3	4
43	Gord Donnelly	D	16	1	0	1	1	52	—	—	—	—	—	—
29	Grant Marshall	RW	2	0	1	1	1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
35	Andy Moog	G	31	0	1	1		14	5	0	0	0		2
37	Zac Boyer	RW	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
30	Manny Fernandez	G	1	0	0	0		0	—	—	—	—	—	—
20	Iain Fraser†‡	C	4	0	0	0	−3	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
18	Mike Lalor	D	12	0	0	0	0	9	3	0	0	0	2	2
20^[b]	Jamie Langenbrunner	RW	2	0	0	0	0	2	—	—	—	—	—	—
38	Mark Lawrence	RW	2	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
28	Travis Richards	D	2	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
1	Mike Torchia	G	6	0	0	0		0	—	—	—	—	—	—
34	Darcy Wakaluk	G	15	0	0	0		4	1	0	0	0		0

Goaltending

No.	Player	Regular season										Playoffs
No.	Player	GP	W	L	T	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI	GP	W	L	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI
35	Andy Moog	31	10	12	7	846	72	2.44	.915	2	1770	5	1	4	169	16	3.47	.905	0	277
34	Darcy Wakaluk	15	4	8	0	341	40	3.18	.883	2	754	1	0	0	9	1	3.00	.889	0	20
1	Mike Torchia	6	3	2	1	172	18	3.30	.895	0	327	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
30	Manny Fernandez	1	0	1	0	27	3	3.05	.889	0	59	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Awards and records

Awards

Type	Award/honor	Recipient	Ref
Team	Star of the Game Award	Andy Moog	^[5]

Milestones

Milestone	Player	Date	Ref
First game	Mike Kennedy	January 20, 1995	^[6]
	Todd Harvey	January 25, 1995
	Mark Lawrence	February 4, 1995
	Travis Richards	February 15, 1995
	Grant Marshall	March 16, 1995
	Manny Fernandez	April 1, 1995
	Mike Torchia	April 2, 1995
	Jamie Langenbrunner	April 9, 1995
	Zac Boyer	April 19, 1995

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.^[7]

Draft picks

Dallas' draft picks at the 1994 NHL Entry Draft held at the Hartford Civic Center in Hartford, Connecticut.^[8]

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)

Notes

^ Donnelly wore number 6 in his first five games.
^ Langenbrunner wore number 32 in his first game.

References

"Dallas Stars 1994-95 roster and scoring statistics at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved September 8, 2023.
"1994-95 Dallas Stars Roster, Stats, Injuries, Scores, Results, Shootouts". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2023.

^ "1994-95 NHL Summary". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2023.
^ 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.
^ "1994-1995 Conference Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". NHL.
^ ^a ^b "1994-95 Dallas Stars Schedule". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2023.
^ Dallas Stars 2014–15 Organizational Compendium, p.269
^ "1994-95 NHL Debuts". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved October 5, 2024.
^ NHL trade deadline: Deals since 1980 | Habs Inside/Out Archived 2009-02-16 at the Wayback Machine
^ "1994 NHL Entry Draft". hockeydb.com.

[5] Donnelly wore number 6 in his first five games.

[6] Langenbrunner wore number 32 in his first game.

[1] "1994-95 NHL Summary". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2023.

[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] "1994-1995 Conference Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". NHL.

[Gamelog-4] "1994-95 Dallas Stars Schedule". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2023.

[7] Dallas Stars 2014–15 Organizational Compendium, p.269

[8] "1994-95 NHL Debuts". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved October 5, 2024.

[9] NHL trade deadline: Deals since 1980 | Habs Inside/Out Archived 2009-02-16 at the Wayback Machine

[10] "1994 NHL Entry Draft". hockeydb.com.

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