1994–95 St. Louis Blues season
1994–95 St. Louis Blues | |
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Division | 2nd Central |
Conference | 3rd Western |
1994–95 record | 28–15–5 |
Home record | 16–6–2 |
Road record | 12–9–3 |
Goals for | 178 |
Goals against | 135 |
Team information | |
General manager | Mike Keenan |
Coach | Mike Keenan |
Captain | Brett Hull |
Arena | Kiel Center |
Average attendance | 19,469 |
Minor league affiliate(s) | Peoria Rivermen Dayton Bombers |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Brett Hull (29) |
Assists | Steve Duchesne (26) |
Points | Brett Hull (50) |
Penalty minutes | Brendan Shanahan (136) |
Plus/minus | Steve Duchesne (+29) |
Wins | Curtis Joseph (20) |
Goals against average | Jon Casey (2.75) |
The 1994–95 St. Louis Blues season was the 28th in franchise history. The season started with good fortunes for the Blues, as Mike Keenan, who had coached the 1993–94 New York Rangers to the Stanley Cup, signed with the team in the off-season. The Blues also acquired four players from the Cup-winning Rangers: Glenn Anderson, Greg Gilbert, Doug Lidster and Esa Tikkanen. On April 16, 1995, captain Brett Hull had his first-ever four-goal game in a 6–5 win over the Detroit Red Wings.
The Blues played strong all season and finished third in the Conference. They powered their way to fourth place in scoring in the league with 178 goals.
Off-season
The Blues moved from their home in the arena where they had played since their inception to the newly built Kiel Center. The inaugural game was set to be played against their rivals, the Chicago Blackhawks, but the NHL lockout kept this game from being played. The first official game wasn't played until January 1995. The regular season was shortened to 48 games.
Regular season
The Blues scored 135 even-strength goals during the regular season, the most among all 26 NHL teams and tied the Washington Capitals for the fewest short-handed goals allowed (2).[1]
Final standings
No. | CR | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts | |
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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.
R | Div | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts | |
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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
With all its firepower and playoff experience, St. Louis was heavily favored to beat 6th place Vancouver in the first round of the 1995 NHL playoffs. However, after winning game 1, the Blues dropped the next two games and never regained the series lead. After a tough overtime loss in game 5, the Blues fought back in game 6 with an explosive 8–2 victory at the Pacific Coliseum in Vancouver to tie the series at 3–3. In game 7 at the Kiel Center, the Blues outshot the Canucks 44–22, but Vancouver goaltender Kirk McLean was solid in net, making 41 saves; St. Louis goaltender Curtis Joseph struggled, allowing 4 goals on only 21 shots. Pavel Bure added an empty-net goal with 22 seconds remaining in the third period to give the Canucks a 5–3 win and the series 4 games to 3.
Schedule and results
Regular season
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January: 4–2–0 (home: 2–1–0; road: 2–1–0)
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February: 8–3–1 (home: 5–2–1; road: 3–1–0)
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March: 7–5–1 (home: 4–1–0; road: 3–4–1)
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April: 8–4–3 (home: 5–1–1; road: 3–3–2)
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May: 1–1–0 (home: 0–1–0; road: 1–0–0)
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Legend: Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Tie (1 point) |
Playoffs
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Western Conference Quarterfinals vs. (6) Vancouver Canucks – Canucks win 4–3
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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 Blues only.
- ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Blues only.
Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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No. | Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM |
16 | Brett Hull | RW | 48 | 29 | 21 | 50 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
19 | Brendan Shanahan | LW | 45 | 20 | 21 | 41 | 7 | 136 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 14 |
28 | Steve Duchesne | D | 47 | 12 | 26 | 38 | 29 | 36 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
10 | Esa Tikkanen | LW | 43 | 12 | 23 | 35 | 13 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −1 | 20 |
20 | Adam Creighton | C | 48 | 14 | 20 | 34 | 17 | 74 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | −1 | 16 |
2 | Al MacInnis | D | 32 | 8 | 20 | 28 | 19 | 43 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −3 | 10 |
22 | Ian Laperriere | RW | 37 | 13 | 14 | 27 | 12 | 85 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 21 |
9[a] | Glenn Anderson† | RW | 36 | 12 | 14 | 26 | 9 | 37 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 49 |
7 | Greg Gilbert | LW | 46 | 11 | 14 | 25 | 22 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
5 | Jeff Norton† | D | 28 | 2 | 18 | 20 | 21 | 33 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 11 |
33 | Bill Houlder | D | 41 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 16 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
27 | Denis Chasse | RW | 47 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 12 | 133 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 23 |
21 | Guy Carbonneau | C | 42 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 11 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
25[b] | Patrice Tardif | C | 27 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 29 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
15[c] | David Roberts | LW | 19 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −5 | 4 |
12 | Vitali Karamnov | LW | 26 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
6 | Doug Lidster | D | 37 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
15 | Craig Janney‡ | C | 8 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
14 | Kevin Miller‡ | C | 15 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
23 | Craig Johnson | LW | 15 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
14 | Todd Elik† | C | 13 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 2 |
4 | Rick Zombo | D | 23 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 |
34 | Murray Baron | D | 39 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 93 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
17 | Basil McRae | LW | 21 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 72 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
18 | Tony Twist | LW | 28 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 89 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
32 | Donald Dufresne | D | 22 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 |
26 | Peter Stastny | C | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
31 | Curtis Joseph | G | 36 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
29 | Geoff Sarjeant | G | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
37[d] | Jeff Batters | D | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −5 | 21 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
36 | Philippe Bozon | LW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
30 | Jon Casey | G | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
9 | Denny Felsner | LW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
44 | Terry Hollinger | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
41 | Daniel Laperriere‡ | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
25 | Vitali Prokhorov | LW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Goaltending
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No. | Player | GP | W | L | T | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI | GP | W | L | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI |
31 | Curtis Joseph | 36 | 20 | 10 | 1 | 904 | 89 | 2.79 | .902 | 1 | 1914 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 178 | 24 | 3.68 | .865 | 0 | 392 |
30 | Jon Casey | 19 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 400 | 40 | 2.75 | .900 | 0 | 872 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 4.02 | .800 | 0 | 30 |
29 | Geoff Sarjeant | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 6 | 3.00 | .885 | 0 | 120 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Awards and records
Awards
Type | Award/honor | Recipient | Ref |
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League (annual) | Lester Patrick Trophy | Joe Mullen | [5] |
Transactions
- July 24, 1994 – Doug Lidster was traded by the New York Rangers, along with Esa Tikkanen, to the St. Louis Blues in exchange for Petr Nedved.
Draft picks
St. Louis's draft picks at the 1994 NHL Entry Draft held at the Hartford Civic Center in Hartford, Connecticut.[6]
Round | # | Player | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
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3 | 68 | Stephane Roy | ![]() | Val-d'Or Foreurs (QMJHL) |
4 | 94 | Tyler Harlton | ![]() | Vernon Lakers (BCHL) |
5 | 120 | Edvin Frylen | ![]() | VIK Västerås HK (Sweden) |
7 | 172 | Roman Vopat | ![]() | Chemopetrol Litvínov (Czech Republic) |
8 | 198 | Steve Noble | ![]() | Stratford Cullitons (MOJHL) |
9 | 224 | Marc Stephan | ![]() | Tri-City Americans (WHL) |
10 | 250 | Kevin Harper | ![]() | Wexford Raiders (OJHL) |
11 | 276 | Scott Fankhouser | ![]() | University of Massachusetts (Hockey East) |
Notes
References
- "St. Louis Blues 1994-95 roster and scoring statistics at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved September 9, 2023.
- "1994-95 St. Louis Blues Roster, Stats, Injuries, Scores, Results, Shootouts". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved September 9, 2023.
- ^ "1994-95 NHL Summary".
- ^ 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 St. Louis Blues Schedule". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved September 9, 2023.
- ^ "Lester Patrick Trophy". records.nhl.com. Retrieved September 12, 2023.
- ^ "1994 NHL Entry Draft Picks at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved September 9, 2023.
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