The 1994–95 Vancouver Canucks season was the team's 25th NHL campaign. Goaltender Kirk McLean earned all eighteen of the Canucks' wins during the lockout-shortened, 48–game season. Pavel Bure was not the same offensive dynamo that he had been over the prior two seasons, each of which saw him hit the 60-goal mark, but he did still lead the club in goals (20), assists (23, and tied with Jeff Brown), points (43) and shots (198). A trade with the Dallas Stars on April 7, 1995, saw Russ Courtnall join his brother Geoff on the Canucks. The team finished the season with as many wins as losses, good for 6th place in the Western Conference, and they led the league with 12 ties. This was also the team's final season at the Pacific Coliseum before moving to GM Place, now known as Rogers Arena.
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.
In the post-season, Vancouver was the clear underdog against the third-place St. Louis Blues, who had members from the 1994 Stanley-Cup champion Rangers team, as well as their head coach, Mike Keenan. After losing game one at the Kiel Center by a score of 2–1, the Canucks won game two by a score of 5–3 behind Kirk McLean's 33-save performance and Pavel Bure's shorthanded insurance goal in the third period. The shots on goal were 26 for Vancouver and 36 for St. Louis, as they had been in the first game. The Canucks carried over their momentum from their win in game two to the Pacific Coliseum for game three, where they triumphed 6–1. Sergio Momesso scored twice. The Canucks were looking to win game four as well, leading 2–1 after Russ Courtnall's shorthanded goal at 4:41 of the second period. But the Blues got their jump from Brendan Shanahan who scored a natural hat trick to give the Blues a 4–2 lead. Glenn Anderson would add another goal at 13:01 of the third period as St. Louis went on to win 5–2 to square the series at two games apiece. In game five at the Kiel Center, the Canucks scored four times on their first 19 shots, as Curtis Joseph would be pulled in favor of Jon Casey. Trailing Vancouver 5–4 with under 12 minutes to play, Murray Baron tied the game at 8:22 of the third period. The game would go into overtime where Cliff Ronning scored at 1:48 of the first overtime period to give the Canucks a 3–2 lead in the series.
Looking to close out the series at home in game six, the Canucks were dominated by the Blues who won by a score of 8–2. Esa Tikkanen (who would soon become a Canuck himself) picked up four points in the game (2 goals and 2 assists). Kirk McLean allowed six goals on just 17 shots. With the series tied at 3–3, a crucial game seven in St. Louis took place on Friday, May 19. Although the Blues had twice as many shots as the Canucks (44–22), Curtis Joseph allowed 4 goals on 21 shots while Kirk McLean made 41 saves. Call-up rookie Adrian Aucoin began a successful NHL career by blasting a slapshot on the power-play to give the Canucks the lead, and Pavel Bure added an empty-net goal with 22 seconds remaining to seal the game 5–3 and earn the Canucks a 4–3 series win. It was Bure's seventh goal of the playoffs. It was a series with marked offensive output, as each team scored 27 goals over the seven games. The Canucks' special teams dominated throughout, as Vancouver scored 11 power-play goals and six short-handed goals in the series.
In the second round, the Canucks faced the Chicago Blackhawks. Both teams skated to a 1–1 tie before Joe Murphy scored the winner at 9:04 of the first overtime period. Blackhawks goaltender Ed Belfour stopped 26 of 27 Vancouver shots. Game two was also close, as Chicago edged Vancouver 2–0 on goals by Jim Cummins and Patrick Poulin. Down two games to none in the series, the Canucks battled desperately to get a win at home in game three, but relinquished leads of 1–0 and 2–1. Ironically it was ex-Canuck Murray Craven who tied the game at 2–2 with 45 seconds remaining in the third period to send the game to overtime. Chris Chelios scored at 6:22 of the first overtime period as the Hawks took a commanding three-games-to-none series lead. In game four, Vancouver broke a 1–1 tie on two goals by Roman Oksiuta to lead 3–1 in the second period, but Chicago came back again on goals by another ex-Canuck Gerald Diduck and Jeremy Roenick, leaving the score after 60 minutes tied at three goals apiece. Once again, the overtime hero was Chris Chelios, who scored 5:35 into the extra frame to give the Blackhawks a 4–0 sweep over the Canucks, advancing them to the third round for the first time in three years.
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The 1994 95 Vancouver Canucks season was the team s 25th NHL campaign Goaltender Kirk McLean earned all eighteen of the Canucks wins during the lockout shortened 48 game season Pavel Bure was not the same offensive dynamo that he had been over the prior two seasons each of which saw him hit the 60 goal mark but he did still lead the club in goals 20 assists 23 and tied with Jeff Brown points 43 and shots 198 A trade with the Dallas Stars on April 7 1995 saw Russ Courtnall join his brother Geoff on the Canucks The team finished the season with as many wins as losses good for 6th place in the Western Conference and they led the league with 12 ties This was also the team s final season at the Pacific Coliseum before moving to GM Place now known as Rogers Arena 1994 95 Vancouver CanucksDivision2nd PacificConference6th Western1994 95 record18 18 12Home record10 8 6Road record8 10 6Goals for153Goals against148Team informationGeneral managerPat QuinnCoachRick LeyCaptainTrevor LindenAlternate captainsSergio MomessoDana MurzynArenaPacific ColiseumAverage attendance13 932Minor league affiliate s Syracuse CrunchSouth Carolina StingraysTeam leadersGoalsPavel Bure 20 AssistsPavel Bure 23 PointsPavel Bure 43 Penalty minutesDana Murzyn 129 Plus minusDana Murzyn 14 WinsKirk McLean 18 Goals against averageKirk McLean 2 75 1993 941995 96 Contents 1 Regular season 2 Playoffs 3 Schedule and results 3 1 Regular season 3 2 Playoffs 4 Player statistics 4 1 Scoring 4 2 Goaltending 5 Awards and records 5 1 Awards 6 Draft picks 7 ReferencesRegular season editPacific Division No CR GP W L T GF GA Pts1 2 Calgary Flames 48 24 17 7 163 135 552 6 Vancouver Canucks 48 18 18 12 153 148 483 7 San Jose Sharks 48 19 25 4 129 161 424 9 Los Angeles Kings 48 16 23 9 142 174 415 11 Edmonton Oilers 48 17 27 4 136 183 386 12 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim 48 16 27 5 125 164 37 1 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 2 R Div GP W L T GF GA Pts1 p Detroit Red Wings CEN 48 33 11 4 180 117 702 x Calgary Flames PAC 48 24 17 7 163 135 553 St Louis Blues CEN 48 28 15 5 178 135 614 Chicago Blackhawks CEN 48 24 19 5 156 115 535 Toronto Maple Leafs CEN 48 21 19 8 135 146 506 Vancouver Canucks PAC 48 18 18 12 153 148 487 San Jose Sharks PAC 48 19 25 4 129 161 428 Dallas Stars CEN 48 17 23 8 136 135 429 Los Angeles Kings PAC 48 16 23 9 142 174 4110 Winnipeg Jets CEN 48 16 25 7 157 177 3911 Edmonton Oilers PAC 48 17 27 4 136 183 3812 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim PAC 48 16 27 5 125 164 37Divisions CEN Central PAC Pacificbold Qualified for playoffs x Won division p Won Presidents TrophyPlayoffs editSee also 1995 Stanley Cup playoffs In the post season Vancouver was the clear underdog against the third place St Louis Blues who had members from the 1994 Stanley Cup champion Rangers team as well as their head coach Mike Keenan After losing game one at the Kiel Center by a score of 2 1 the Canucks won game two by a score of 5 3 behind Kirk McLean s 33 save performance and Pavel Bure s shorthanded insurance goal in the third period The shots on goal were 26 for Vancouver and 36 for St Louis as they had been in the first game The Canucks carried over their momentum from their win in game two to the Pacific Coliseum for game three where they triumphed 6 1 Sergio Momesso scored twice The Canucks were looking to win game four as well leading 2 1 after Russ Courtnall s shorthanded goal at 4 41 of the second period But the Blues got their jump from Brendan Shanahan who scored a natural hat trick to give the Blues a 4 2 lead Glenn Anderson would add another goal at 13 01 of the third period as St Louis went on to win 5 2 to square the series at two games apiece In game five at the Kiel Center the Canucks scored four times on their first 19 shots as Curtis Joseph would be pulled in favor of Jon Casey Trailing Vancouver 5 4 with under 12 minutes to play Murray Baron tied the game at 8 22 of the third period The game would go into overtime where Cliff Ronning scored at 1 48 of the first overtime period to give the Canucks a 3 2 lead in the series Looking to close out the series at home in game six the Canucks were dominated by the Blues who won by a score of 8 2 Esa Tikkanen who would soon become a Canuck himself picked up four points in the game 2 goals and 2 assists Kirk McLean allowed six goals on just 17 shots With the series tied at 3 3 a crucial game seven in St Louis took place on Friday May 19 Although the Blues had twice as many shots as the Canucks 44 22 Curtis Joseph allowed 4 goals on 21 shots while Kirk McLean made 41 saves Call up rookie Adrian Aucoin began a successful NHL career by blasting a slapshot on the power play to give the Canucks the lead and Pavel Bure added an empty net goal with 22 seconds remaining to seal the game 5 3 and earn the Canucks a 4 3 series win It was Bure s seventh goal of the playoffs It was a series with marked offensive output as each team scored 27 goals over the seven games The Canucks special teams dominated throughout as Vancouver scored 11 power play goals and six short handed goals in the series In the second round the Canucks faced the Chicago Blackhawks Both teams skated to a 1 1 tie before Joe Murphy scored the winner at 9 04 of the first overtime period Blackhawks goaltender Ed Belfour stopped 26 of 27 Vancouver shots Game two was also close as Chicago edged Vancouver 2 0 on goals by Jim Cummins and Patrick Poulin Down two games to none in the series the Canucks battled desperately to get a win at home in game three but relinquished leads of 1 0 and 2 1 Ironically it was ex Canuck Murray Craven who tied the game at 2 2 with 45 seconds remaining in the third period to send the game to overtime Chris Chelios scored at 6 22 of the first overtime period as the Hawks took a commanding three games to none series lead In game four Vancouver broke a 1 1 tie on two goals by Roman Oksiuta to lead 3 1 in the second period but Chicago came back again on goals by another ex Canuck Gerald Diduck and Jeremy Roenick leaving the score after 60 minutes tied at three goals apiece Once again the overtime hero was Chris Chelios who scored 5 35 into the extra frame to give the Blackhawks a 4 0 sweep over the Canucks advancing them to the third round for the first time in three years Schedule and results editRegular season edit 1994 95 regular season 3 January 1 3 1 home 0 1 1 road 1 2 0 Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap1 T January 20 1995 1 1 OT Dallas Stars 1994 95 0 0 1 Recap2 L January 21 1995 1 7 St Louis Blues 1994 95 0 1 1 Recap3 L January 24 1995 3 6 Detroit Red Wings 1994 95 0 2 1 Recap4 L January 25 1995 2 6 Toronto Maple Leafs 1994 95 0 3 1 Recap5 W January 28 1995 3 1 St Louis Blues 1994 95 1 3 1 RecapFebruary 4 4 5 home 2 3 3 road 2 1 2 Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap6 T February 1 1995 4 4 OT Toronto Maple Leafs 1994 95 1 3 2 Recap7 L February 5 1995 4 9 Chicago Blackhawks 1994 95 1 4 2 Recap8 T February 7 1995 4 4 OT Edmonton Oilers 1994 95 1 4 3 Recap9 W February 9 1995 5 1 Winnipeg Jets 1994 95 2 4 3 Recap10 T February 11 1995 1 1 OT San Jose Sharks 1994 95 2 4 4 Recap11 L February 15 1995 1 3 San Jose Sharks 1994 95 2 5 4 Recap12 T February 17 1995 2 2 OT Mighty Ducks of Anaheim 1994 95 2 5 5 Recap13 W February 18 1995 6 2 Los Angeles Kings 1994 95 3 5 5 Recap14 W February 20 1995 8 2 Los Angeles Kings 1994 95 4 5 5 Recap15 L February 22 1995 1 4 Winnipeg Jets 1994 95 4 6 5 Recap16 T February 24 1995 3 3 OT Dallas Stars 1994 95 4 6 6 Recap17 W February 26 1995 5 1 San Jose Sharks 1994 95 5 6 6 Recap18 L February 28 1995 3 4 San Jose Sharks 1994 95 5 7 6 RecapMarch 6 6 2 home 4 3 0 road 2 3 2 Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap19 T March 2 1995 2 2 OT Calgary Flames 1994 95 5 7 7 Recap20 W March 4 1995 5 4 Los Angeles Kings 1994 95 6 7 7 Recap21 L March 6 1995 2 5 Detroit Red Wings 1994 95 6 8 7 Recap22 W March 11 1995 5 3 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim 1994 95 7 8 7 Recap23 W March 12 1995 5 2 Edmonton Oilers 1994 95 8 8 7 Recap24 T March 14 1995 3 3 OT Winnipeg Jets 1994 95 8 8 8 Recap25 L March 16 1995 2 9 Chicago Blackhawks 1994 95 8 9 8 Recap26 L March 17 1995 1 3 Detroit Red Wings 1994 95 8 10 8 Recap27 W March 21 1995 3 1 Toronto Maple Leafs 1994 95 9 10 8 Recap28 L March 23 1995 1 3 Chicago Blackhawks 1994 95 9 11 8 Recap29 L March 25 1995 1 2 Detroit Red Wings 1994 95 9 12 8 Recap30 L March 26 1995 0 2 Calgary Flames 1994 95 9 13 8 Recap31 W March 29 1995 5 2 Los Angeles Kings 1994 95 10 13 8 Recap32 W March 31 1995 6 1 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim 1994 95 11 13 8 RecapApril 7 5 3 home 4 1 2 road 3 4 1 Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap33 W April 1 1995 5 1 Edmonton Oilers 1994 95 12 13 8 Recap34 T April 4 1995 2 2 OT Dallas Stars 1994 95 12 13 9 Recap35 L April 7 1995 4 7 Winnipeg Jets 1994 95 12 14 9 Recap36 W April 8 1995 4 2 Calgary Flames 1994 95 13 14 9 Recap37 W April 11 1995 5 0 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim 1994 95 14 14 9 Recap38 L April 13 1995 4 6 Edmonton Oilers 1994 95 14 15 9 Recap39 W April 15 1995 3 1 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim 1994 95 15 15 9 Recap40 T April 17 1995 2 2 OT Dallas Stars 1994 95 15 15 10 Recap41 L April 18 1995 1 4 St Louis Blues 1994 95 15 16 10 Recap42 T April 20 1995 2 2 OT Calgary Flames 1994 95 15 16 11 Recap43 W April 22 1995 6 1 Edmonton Oilers 1994 95 16 16 11 Recap44 L April 25 1995 3 4 OT Chicago Blackhawks 1994 95 16 17 11 Recap45 L April 26 1995 2 5 Toronto Maple Leafs 1994 95 16 18 11 Recap46 W April 28 1995 3 1 St Louis Blues 1994 95 17 18 11 Recap47 W April 30 1995 6 4 Calgary Flames 1994 95 18 18 11 RecapMay 0 0 1 home 0 0 0 road 0 0 1 Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap48 T May 3 1995 3 3 OT San Jose Sharks 1994 95 18 18 12 RecapLegend Win 2 points Loss 0 points Tie 1 point Playoffs edit 1995 Stanley Cup playoffs 3 Western Conference Quarterfinals vs 3 St Louis Blues Canucks win 4 3 Game Result Date Score Opponent Series Recap1 L May 7 1995 1 2 St Louis Blues Blues lead 1 0 Recap2 W May 9 1995 5 3 St Louis Blues Series tied 1 1 Recap3 W May 11 1995 6 1 St Louis Blues Canucks lead 2 1 Recap4 L May 13 1995 2 5 St Louis Blues Series tied 2 2 Recap5 W May 15 1995 6 5 OT St Louis Blues Canucks lead 3 2 Recap6 L May 17 1995 2 8 St Louis Blues Series tied 3 3 Recap7 W May 19 1995 5 3 St Louis Blues Canucks win 4 3 RecapWestern Conference Semifinals vs 4 Chicago Blackhawks Blackhawks win 4 0 Game Result Date Score Opponent Series Recap1 L May 21 1995 1 2 OT Chicago Blackhawks Blackhawks lead 1 0 Recap2 L May 23 1995 0 2 Chicago Blackhawks Blackhawks lead 2 0 Recap3 L May 25 1995 2 3 OT Chicago Blackhawks Blackhawks lead 3 0 Recap4 L May 27 1995 3 4 OT Chicago Blackhawks Blackhawks win 4 0 RecapLegend Win LossPlayer statistics editScoring edit Position abbreviations C Centre D Defence 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 Canucks only Left team via a transaction e g trade waivers release during the season Stats reflect time with the Canucks only Regular season PlayoffsNo Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM10 Pavel Bure LW 44 20 23 43 8 48 11 7 6 13 1 1016 Trevor Linden C 48 18 22 40 5 40 11 2 6 8 1 1214 Geoff Courtnall LW 45 16 18 34 2 81 11 4 2 6 8 3422 Jeff Brown D 33 8 23 31 2 16 5 1 3 4 2 227 Sergio Momesso LW 48 10 15 25 2 65 11 3 1 4 5 167 Cliff Ronning C 41 6 19 25 4 27 11 3 5 8 5 223 Martin Gelinas RW 46 13 10 23 8 36 3 0 1 1 1 042 Josef Beranek C 37 8 13 21 10 28 11 1 1 2 7 129 Russ Courtnall RW 13 4 14 18 10 4 11 4 8 12 1 2121 Jyrki Lumme D 36 5 12 17 4 26 11 2 6 8 0 88 Greg Adams LW 31 5 10 15 1 12 44 Dave Babych D 40 3 11 14 13 18 11 2 2 4 8 143 Bret Hedican D 45 2 11 13 3 34 11 0 2 2 5 633 Michael Peca C 33 6 6 12 6 30 5 0 1 1 0 820 Christian Ruuttu LW 25 5 6 11 11 23 9 1 1 2 3 029 Gino Odjick LW 23 4 5 9 3 109 5 0 0 0 2 4725 Nathan LaFayette C 27 4 4 8 2 2 5 Dana Murzyn D 40 0 8 8 14 129 8 0 1 1 1 2228 Roman Oksiuta RW 12 5 2 7 2 2 10 2 3 5 0 024 Jiri Slegr D 19 1 5 6 0 32 19 Tim Hunter RW 34 3 2 5 1 120 11 0 0 0 3 224 Gerald Diduck D 22 1 3 4 8 15 15 John McIntyre C 28 0 4 4 3 37 34 Jassen Cullimore D 34 1 2 3 2 39 11 0 0 0 4 122 Evgeny Namestnikov D 16 0 3 3 2 4 1 0 0 0 0 29 Gary Leeman RW 10 2 0 2 3 0 6 Adrian Aucoin D 1 1 0 1 1 0 4 1 0 1 1 020 Jose Charbonneau RW 3 1 0 1 0 0 36 Dane Jackson RW 3 1 0 1 0 4 6 0 0 0 2 101 Kirk McLean G 40 0 1 1 4 11 0 1 1 06 Adrien Plavsic D 3 0 1 1 3 4 24 Scott Walker D 11 0 1 1 0 33 35 Kay Whitmore G 11 0 1 1 7 1 0 0 0 018 Shawn Antoski LW 7 0 0 0 4 46 25 Alek Stojanov RW 4 0 0 0 2 13 5 0 0 0 0 24 Mark Wotton D 1 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 4Goaltending edit Regular season PlayoffsNo Player GP W L T SA GA GAA SV SO TOI GP W L SA GA GAA SV SO TOI1 Kirk McLean 40 18 12 10 1140 109 2 75 904 1 2374 11 4 7 336 36 3 27 893 0 66035 Kay Whitmore 11 0 6 2 279 37 3 98 867 0 558 1 0 0 18 2 6 00 889 0 20Awards and records editAwards edit Type Award honour Recipient RefTeam Babe Pratt Trophy Jeff Brown 4 Cyclone Taylor Trophy Trevor Linden 4 Cyrus H McLean Trophy Pavel Bure 4 Fred J Hume Award Martin Gelinas 5 Molson Cup Kirk McLean 6 Most Exciting Player Award Pavel Bure 5 Draft picks editVancouver s draft picks at the 1994 NHL Entry Draft held at the Hartford Civic Center in Hartford Connecticut 7 Round Player Nationality College Junior Club team League 1 13 Mattias Ohlund nbsp Sweden Lulea HF Sweden 2 39 Robb Gordon nbsp Canada Powell River Kings BCHL 2 42 Dave Scatchard nbsp Canada Portland Winter Hawks WHL 3 65 Chad Allen nbsp Canada Saskatoon Blades WHL 4 92 Mike Dubinsky nbsp Canada Brandon Wheat Kings WHL 5 117 Yanick Dube nbsp Canada Laval Titan QMJHL 7 169 Yuri Kuznetsov nbsp Russia Avangard Omsk Russia 8 195 Rob Trumbley nbsp Canada Moose Jaw Warriors WHL 9 221 Bill Muckalt nbsp Canada Kelowna Spartans BCHL 10 247 Tyson Nash nbsp Canada Kamloops Blazers WHL 11 273 Robert Longpre nbsp Canada Medicine Hat Tigers WHL References edit Vancouver Canucks 1994 95 roster and scoring statistics at hockeydb com www hockeydb com Retrieved September 11 2023 1994 95 Vancouver Canucks Roster Stats Injuries Scores Results Shootouts Hockey Reference com Retrieved September 11 2023 Standings NHL Public Relations Department 2008 Dave McCarthy et al eds THE NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE Official Guide amp 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 Vancouver Canucks Schedule Hockey Reference com Retrieved September 11 2023 a b c Vancouver Canucks 2016 17 Media Guide p 249 a b Vancouver Canucks 2016 17 Media Guide p 250 2015 16 Vancouver Canucks Media Guide p 217 1994 NHL Entry Draft Picks at hockeydb com www hockeydb com Retrieved September 11 2023 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1994 95 Vancouver Canucks season amp oldid 1175015169, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, 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