1993–94 Ottawa Senators season

The 1993–94 Ottawa Senators season was the National Hockey League (NHL) club's second season. It was an improvement by the club, as they finished with 13 more points than in the 1992–93 expansion season, as the club ended the season with a 14–61–9 record for 37 points. Even so, they had the worst record in hockey for the second consecutive year.

1993–94 Ottawa Senators
Division	7th Northeast
Conference	14th Eastern
1993–94 record	14–61–9
Home record	8–30–4
Road record	6–31–5
Goals for	201
Goals against	397
Team information
General manager	Randy Sexton
Coach	Rick Bowness
Captain	Mark Lamb (Oct–Mar) Brad Shaw (Oct–Mar) Gord Dineen (Mar–Apr)
Alternate captains	Norm MacIver
Arena	Ottawa Civic Centre
Average attendance	10,396 (426,320 total)
Minor league affiliate(s)	Prince Edward Island Senators Thunder Bay Senators
Team leaders
Goals	Alexei Yashin (30)
Assists	Alexei Yashin (49)
Points	Alexei Yashin (79)
Penalty minutes	Dennis Vial (214)
Plus/minus	Troy Murray (1)
Wins	Craig Billington (11)
Goals against average	Darrin Madeley (4.36)
← 1992–93 1994–95 →

Off-season

On April 15, 1993, one day after the end of the 1992–93 season, general manager Mel Bridgman was fired. Randy Sexton became the general manager. Sexton would select Alexandre Daigle first overall in the 1993 NHL Entry Draft. On May 12, head coach Rick Bowness' contract was extended by three years.^[1]

On August 17, 1993, the Bruce Firestone era ended. Firestone sells his shares to Rod Bryden and resigned as chairman and governor of the Senators.^[1]

Draft picks

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

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	1	Alexandre Daigle	Canada	Victoriaville Tigres (QMJHL)
2	27	Radim Bicanek	Czech Republic	Dukla Jihlava (Czech.)
3	53	Patrick Charbonneau	Canada	Victoriaville Tigres (QMJHL)
4	91	Cosmo DuPaul	Canada	Victoriaville Tigres (QMJHL)
6	131	Rick Bodkin	Canada	Sudbury Wolves (OHL)
7	157	Sergei Polischuk	Russia	Krylja Sovetov (Russia)
8	183	Jason Disher	Canada	Kingston Frontenacs (OHL)
9	209	Toby Kvalevog	United States	University of North Dakota (NCAA)
9	227	Pavol Demitra	Slovakia	Dukla Trencin (Czech.)
10	235	Rick Schuhwerk	United States	Hingham High School (US HS)
S	1	Eric Flinton	Canada	University of New Hampshire (Hockey East)

Transactions

May 1993

May 7	Acquired the rights of Robert Burakovsky from the New York Rangers for future considerations (11th round pick in the 1993 NHL Entry Draft - (Pavel Komarov)).
May 27	Signed free agent Greg Pankewicz from the New Haven Senators of the AHL.

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June 1993

June 20	Acquired Craig Billington, Troy Mallette and a 4th round pick in the 1993 NHL Entry Draft - (Cosmo Dupaul) from the New Jersey Devils for Peter Sidorkiewicz, Mike Peluso and a 5th round pick in the 1994 NHL Entry Draft - (Nils Ekman).
June 24	Lost Marc Labelle to the Florida Panthers and Mark Ferner to the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim in the 1993 NHL Expansion Draft.
June 25	Signed free agent Hank Lammens from the Canadian National Team. Selected Dennis Vial from the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim in Phase II of the 1993 NHL Expansion Draft.
June 26	Signed Alexandre Daigle to a 5-year, $12.25 million (CAD) contract.
June 30	Signed free agent Bill Huard from the Boston Bruins. Acquired the rights to Jeff Finley from the New York Islanders for Chris Luongo.

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July 1993

July 30

Lost free agent Jeff Finley to the Philadelphia Flyers. Lost unrestricted free agent Shawn McCosh to the New York Rangers.

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August 1993

August 2	Lost free agent Rob Murphy to the Los Angeles Kings.
August 10	Lost free agent Jody Hull to the Florida Panthers and Mark Freer to the Calgary Flames.
August 12	Signed free agent Vladimír Růžička from the Boston Bruins to a 1-year, $425,000 (CAD) contract.
August 13	Signed free agent Jarmo Kekäläinen from Tappara of SM-I to a 1-year, $200,000 (CAD) contract.
August 18	Lost free agent Jamie Baker to the San Jose Sharks.
August 24	Signed free agent Graeme Townshend from the New York Islanders to a 1-year contract.

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September 1993

September 15

Acquired Brian Glynn from the Edmonton Oilers for an 8th round pick in the 1994 NHL Entry Draft - (Rob Guinn)

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Regular season

 

 

Bruins

 

Sabres

 

Whalers

 

Canadiens

 

Senators

 

Penguins

 

Nordiques

  Northeast Division Teams

The Senators finished last in wins (14), losses (61) and points (37), goals for (201), goals against (397), even-strength goals against (273), power-play goals against (110), penalty-kill percentage (73.30%) and shutouts for (0).^[7][8]

Alexei Yashin, the Senators first pick in the 1992 NHL Entry Draft, had a very promising rookie season, setting franchise records with 30 goals, 49 assists, and 79 points. Alexandre Daigle, whom the Senators drafted with the first overall pick in the 1993 NHL Entry Draft, also had a very solid rookie season, recording 20 goals, 31 assists and 51 points to finish second to Yashin in team scoring.

Midway through the season, the Senators traded Bob Kudelski, who was having the best season on the team, registering 41 points (26 goals and 15 assists) in 42 games, to the Florida Panthers for Evgeny Davydov and Scott Levins. The trade hurt the Senators as Davydov struggled with the team, while Levins production also dropped after the deal.

Craig Billington played the majority of games in the Senators net, as he was acquired from the New Jersey Devils in a deal that sent Peter Sidorkiewicz to New Jersey, and Billington set the team record for wins in a season with 11.

Final standings

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.

Schedule and results

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Attendance
1	T	October 6, 1993	5–5 OT	Quebec Nordiques (1993–94)	0–0–1	10,525
2	L	October 9, 1993	5–7	@ St. Louis Blues (1993–94)	0–1–1	12,132
3	L	October 14, 1993	4–5	@ Florida Panthers (1993–94)	0–2–1	13,906
4	L	October 16, 1993	1–4	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1993–94)	0–3–1	18,238
5	L	October 21, 1993	5–6 OT	Dallas Stars (1993–94)	0–4–1	10,078
6	T	October 23, 1993	5–5 OT	@ New York Islanders (1993–94)	0–4–2	9,423
7	W	October 25, 1993	4–1	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1993–94)	1–4–2	10,206
8	L	October 27, 1993	2–5	Philadelphia Flyers (1993–94)	1–5–2	10,547
9	L	October 28, 1993	2–6	@ Boston Bruins (1993–94)	1–6–2	12,637
10	W	October 30, 1993	5–4 OT	@ Dallas Stars (1993–94)	2–6–2	16,211
11	W	November 3, 1993	7–5	@ Edmonton Oilers (1993–94)	3–6–2	11,382
12	W	November 5, 1993	7–6 OT	@ Winnipeg Jets (1993–94)	4–6–2	12,652
13	L	November 10, 1993	3–4 OT	@ Hartford Whalers (1993–94)	4–7–2	7,232
14	L	November 11, 1993	4–5	Florida Panthers (1993–94)	4–8–2	10,227
15	W	November 13, 1993	3–2 OT	@ Montreal Canadiens (1993–94)	5–8–2	16,903
16	L	November 15, 1993	2–4	Montreal Canadiens (1993–94)	5–9–2	10,575
17	L	November 17, 1993	1–8	New York Islanders (1993–94)	5–10–2	10,132
18	L	November 18, 1993	2–5	New Jersey Devils (1993–94)	5–11–2	10,122
19	L	November 22, 1993	2–5	Buffalo Sabres (1993–94)	5–12–2	10,155
20	L	November 24, 1993	1–7	New York Rangers (1993–94)	5–13–2	10,411
21	L	November 26, 1993	2–5	@ Buffalo Sabres (1993–94)	5–14–2	14,648
22	T	November 27, 1993	2–2 OT	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1993–94)	5–14–3	17,537
23	L	November 29, 1993	2–4	Hartford Whalers (1993–94)	5–15–3	10,075
24	W	December 1, 1993	6–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (1993–94)	6–15–3	16,242
25	L	December 3, 1993	1–8	@ Detroit Red Wings (1993–94)	6–16–3	19,875
26	L	December 4, 1993	1–6	Washington Capitals (1993–94)	6–17–3	10,435
27	L	December 6, 1993	1–6	Calgary Flames (1993–94)	6–18–3	10,338
28	L	December 8, 1993	1–3	Buffalo Sabres (1993–94)	6–19–3	10,111
29	L	December 9, 1993	1–6	@ Dallas Stars (1993–94)	6–20–3	14,058
30	L	December 11, 1993	2–5	@ Quebec Nordiques (1993–94)	6–21–3	14,707
31	W	December 13, 1993	5–2	Los Angeles Kings (1993–94)	7–21–3	10,575
32	L	December 15, 1993	3–4	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1993–94)	7–22–3	16,155
33	L	December 17, 1993	2–11	@ Washington Capitals (1993–94)	7–23–3	15,189
34	L	December 19, 1993	3–6	@ New York Rangers (1993–94)	7–24–3	17,935
35	W	December 21, 1993	2–1	Quebec Nordiques (1993–94)	8–24–3	10,503
36	L	December 23, 1993	1–2	Hartford Whalers (1993–94)	8–25–3	10,357
37	L	December 26, 1993	2–3 OT	@ Hartford Whalers (1993–94)	8–26–3	10,825
38	L	December 27, 1993	3–5	Boston Bruins (1993–94)	8–27–3	10,575
39	L	December 30, 1993	0–3	Tampa Bay Lightning (1993–94)	8–28–3	10,504
40	L	January 1, 1994	1–7	New Jersey Devils (1993–94)	8–29–3	10,317
41	L	January 3, 1994	1–4	Pittsburgh Penguins (1993–94)	8–30–3	10,474
42	L	January 5, 1994	2–7	Vancouver Canucks (1993–94)	8–31–3	10,288
43	L	January 6, 1994	3–6	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1993–94)	8–32–3	15,728
44	L	January 8, 1994	2–3	Winnipeg Jets (1993–94)	8–33–3	10,378
45	T	January 10, 1994	3–3 OT	New York Islanders (1993–94)	8–33–4	10,275
46	L	January 11, 1994	1–4	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1993–94)	8–34–4	17,212
47	T	January 14, 1994	2–2 OT	@ Vancouver Canucks (1993–94)	8–34–5	14,458
48	L	January 15, 1994	0–10	@ Calgary Flames (1993–94)	8–35–5	19,366
49	W	January 18, 1994	4–3 OT	Edmonton Oilers (1993–94)	9–35–5	10,410
50	L	January 25, 1994	2–4	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1993–94)	9–36–5	15,121
51	T	January 27, 1994	1–1 OT	Hartford Whalers (1993–94)	9–36–6	10,137
52	T	January 29, 1994	3–3 OT	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1993–94)	9–36–7	18,041
53	L	January 31, 1994	0–1	Chicago Blackhawks (1993–94)	9–37–7	10,534
54	L	February 2, 1994	1–4	Florida Panthers (1993–94)	9–38–7	10,186
55	L	February 4, 1994	2–5	@ New Jersey Devils (1993–94)	9–39–7	12,861
56	L	February 5, 1994	3–4	Montreal Canadiens (1993–94)	9–40–7	10,575
57	T	February 8, 1994	3–3 OT	Philadelphia Flyers (1993–94)	9–40–8	10,509
58	L	February 10, 1994	2–6	Tampa Bay Lightning (1993–94)	9–41–8	10,295
59	L	February 12, 1994	3–4 OT	New York Rangers (1993–94)	9–42–8	10,575
60	L	February 18, 1994	0–3	@ New York Rangers (1993–94)	9–43–8	18,200
61	L	February 19, 1994	0–4	@ New York Islanders (1993–94)	9–44–8	10,623
62	W	February 24, 1994	6–4	San Jose Sharks (1993–94)	10–44–8	10,403
63	L	February 26, 1994	1–11	St. Louis Blues (1993–94)	10–45–8	10,575
64	L	February 28, 1994	1–4	Toronto Maple Leafs (1993–94)	10–46–8	10,575
65	L	March 2, 1994	2–7	Buffalo Sabres (1993–94)	10–47–8	10,404
66	L	March 4, 1994	1–6	Winnipeg Jets (1993–94)	10–48–8	6,388
67	L	March 5, 1994	1–6	@ Boston Bruins (1993–94)	10–49–8	14,135
68	L	March 8, 1994	2–5	@ Quebec Nordiques (1993–94)	10–50–8	14,584
69	L	March 10, 1994	2–8	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1993–94)	10–51–8	17,000
70	L	March 13, 1994	1–5	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1993–94)	10–52–8	17,174
71	L	March 15, 1994	0–7	@ Los Angeles Kings (1993–94)	10–53–8	16,005
72	W	March 17, 1994	2–1	@ San Jose Sharks (1993–94)	11–53–8	17,190
73	L	March 20, 1994	2–6	@ Buffalo Sabres (1993–94)	11–54–8	14,135
74	W	March 23, 1994	5–4	Detroit Red Wings (1993–94)	12–54–8	10,575
75	L	March 24, 1994	1–5	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1993–94)	12–55–8	16,058
76	L	March 28, 1994	2–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (1993–94)	12–56–8	16,643
77	W	March 30, 1994	6–4	Quebec Nordiques (1993–94)	13–56–8	10,546
78	T	April 2, 1994	2–2 OT	@ Florida Panthers (1993–94)	13–56–9	14,694
79	W	April 6, 1994	6–5	Washington Capitals (1993–94)	14–56–9	10,458
80	L	April 7, 1994	4–5	@ Boston Bruins (1993–94)	14–57–9	13,942
81	L	April 9, 1994	4–8	@ Washington Capitals (1993–94)	14–58–9	17,412
82	L	April 11, 1994	0–4	Pittsburgh Penguins (1993–94)	14–59–9	10,575
83	L	April 13, 1994	0–8	Boston Bruins (1993–94)	14–60–9	10,575
84	L	April 14, 1994	1–4	@ New Jersey Devils (1993–94)	14–61–9	13,507

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Transactions

October 1993

October 3	Claimed Dave McLlwain from the Toronto Maple Leafs in the 1993 NHL Waiver Draft.
October 6	Claimed François Leroux from the Edmonton Oilers off waivers.

Source^[11]

December 1993

December 22

Signed free agent Kevin MacDonald from the PEI Senators (AHL) to a 1-year contract.

Source^[12]

January 1994

January 1	Signed free agent Herb Raglan from the Kalamazoo Wings (IHL) to a 1-year, $250,000 (CAD) contract.
January 3	Signed free agent Brad Lauer from the Las Vegas Thunder (IHL) to a 1-year contract.
January 6	Acquired Scott Levins, Evgeny Davydov, 6th round pick in the 1994 NHL Entry Draft - (Mike Gaffney) and a 4th round pick in the 1995 NHL Entry Draft - (Kevin Bolibruck from the Florida Panthers for Bob Kudelski.
January 15	Claimed Kerry Huffman from the Quebec Nordiques off of waivers.

Source^[13]

February 1994

February 5

Lost Brian Glynn off of waivers by the Vancouver Canucks.

Source^[14]

March 1994

March 4	Signed free agent Derek Mayer from the Canadian National Team to a 1-year contract.
March 5	Acquired Claude Boivin and the rights to Kirk Daubenspeck from the Philadelphia Flyers for Mark Lamb.
March 11	Acquired Troy Murray and an 11th round pick in the 1994 NHL Entry Draft - (Antti Tormanen) from the Chicago Blackhawks for an 11th round pick in the 1994 NHL Entry Draft - (Rob Mara).
March 21	Acquired Phil Bourque from the New York Rangers for future considerations. Acquired Steve Konroyd from the Detroit Red Wings for Daniel Berthiaume.

Source^[15]

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Alexei Yashin	C	83	30	49	79	22	−49	11	2	3
Alexandre Daigle	C	84	20	31	51	40	−45	4	0	2
Dave McLlwain	C/RW	66	17	26	43	48	−40	1	1	1
Bob Kudelski	RW	42	26	15	41	14	−25	12	0	1
Mark Lamb	C	66	11	18	29	56	−41	4	1	1
Sylvain Turgeon	LW	47	11	15	26	52	−25	7	0	2
Troy Mallette	LW	82	7	16	23	166	−33	0	0	0
Brad Shaw	D	66	4	19	23	59	−41	1	0	0
Norm Maciver	D	53	3	20	23	26	−26	0	0	0
Gord Dineen	D	77	0	21	21	89	−52	0	0	0
Andrew McBain	RW	55	11	8	19	64	−41	8	0	0
Dave Archibald	C/LW	33	10	8	18	14	−7	2	0	1
Vladimir Ruzicka	C	42	5	13	18	14	−21	4	0	0
Darren Rumble	D	70	6	9	15	116	−50	0	0	0
Brian Glynn	D	48	2	13	15	41	−15	1	0	0
Evgeny Davydov	LW	40	5	7	12	38	−6	1	0	0
Kerry Huffman	D	34	4	8	12	12	−30	2	1	0
Scott Levins	C/RW	33	3	5	8	93	−26	2	0	0
Dan Quinn	C	13	7	0	7	6	0	2	0	3
Brad Lauer	LW	30	2	5	7	6	−15	0	1	0
Dennis Vial	D/LW	55	2	5	7	214	−9	0	0	0
Jarmo Kekalainen	LW	28	1	5	6	14	−8	0	0	0
Phil Bourque	LW	11	2	3	5	0	−2	0	2	0
Robert Burakovsky	RW	23	2	3	5	6	−7	0	0	0
Troy Murray	C	15	2	3	5	4	1	0	1	0
Dmitri Filimonov	D	30	1	4	5	18	−10	0	0	0
Bill Huard	LW	63	2	2	4	162	−19	0	0	0
Derek Mayer	D	17	2	2	4	8	−16	1	0	0
Hank Lammens	D	27	1	2	3	22	−20	0	0	0
Darcy Loewen	LW	44	0	3	3	52	−11	0	0	0
Pavol Demitra	LW	12	1	1	2	4	−7	1	0	0
Steve Konroyd	D	8	0	2	2	2	−4	0	0	0
Claude Boivin	LW	15	1	0	1	38	−6	0	0	0
Francois Leroux	D	23	0	1	1	70	−4	0	0	0
Kent Paynter	D	9	0	1	1	8	−6	0	0	0
Daniel Berthiaume	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Craig Billington	G	63	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0
Radek Hamr	D	7	0	0	0	0	−10	0	0	0
Mark LaForest	G	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kevin MacDonald	D	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Darrin Madeley	G	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Greg Pankewicz	RW	3	0	0	0	2	−1	0	0	0
Chad Penney	LW	3	0	0	0	2	−2	0	0	0
Herb Raglan	RW	29	0	0	0	52	−13	0	0	0
Andy Schneider	LW	10	0	0	0	15	−6	0	0	0
Graeme Townshend	RW	14	0	0	0	9	−7	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Craig Billington	3319	63	11	41	4	254	4.59	0	1801	1547	.859
Darrin Madeley	1583	32	3	18	5	115	4.36	0	868	753	.868
Daniel Berthiaume	1	1	0	0	0	2	120.00	0	2	0	.000
Mark LaForest	182	5	0	2	0	17	5.60	0	96	79	.823
Team:	5085	84	14	61	9	388	4.58	0	2767	2379	.860

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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

• Molson Cup – Alexei Yashin
• NHL All-Star Game selection – Alexei Yashin
• 1994 Olympic Games selection – Derek Mayer (Canada)

Farm teams

• Prince Edward Island Senators (American Hockey League)
• Thunder Bay Senators (Colonial Hockey League)

See also

• 1993–94 NHL season

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