The 1994–95 Chicago Blackhawks season was the Hawks' 69th season. It was the Blackhawks' first season at United Center, which replaced Chicago Stadium as their home venue. The Hawks ended the regular season on a high note, winning their final five games. They tied the Detroit Red Wings for most power play goals (52) and had the best power play in the league (24.53%). They also allowed the fewest goals (115) and the fewest even-strength goals (76) during the regular season.[1] It was an inconsistent season for the team, as they had three 5-game winning streaks (February 1 to 9; March 16 to 26; and April 25 to May 3) and one 13-game winless streak from March 29 to April 23. Within their winless streak, they lost 8 games in a row. Points-leader Bernie Nicholls had 3 hat tricks, including two four-goal games (the first one came on February 5 and the second one came on February 28). Nicholls' three-goal game came on March 21 in a 7-3 Blackhawks' win at San Jose.
1994–95 Chicago Blackhawks | |
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Division | 3rd Central |
Conference | 4th Western |
1994–95 record | 24–19–5 |
Home record | 11–10–3 |
Road record | 13–9–2 |
Goals for | 156 |
Goals against | 115 |
Team information | |
General manager | Bob Pulford |
Coach | Darryl Sutter |
Captain | Dirk Graham |
Alternate captains | Chris Chelios Jeremy Roenick |
Arena | United Center |
Average attendance | 20,832 |
Minor league affiliate(s) | Indianapolis Ice Flint Generals |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Joe Murphy (23) |
Assists | Bernie Nicholls (29) |
Points | Bernie Nicholls (51) |
Penalty minutes | Steve Smith (128) |
Plus/minus | Chris Chelios (+17) |
Wins | Ed Belfour (22) |
Goals against average | Ed Belfour (2.28) |
Offseason
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Regular season
editThe Blackhawks were one of only 3 teams in 1994–95 to have a better regular-season record on the road than at home (the other 2 teams were the Florida Panthers and the Los Angeles Kings).
Season standings
editNo. | 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 |
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
editIn the Stanley Cup Playoffs, the Blackhawks defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs in a tight 7-game series, swept the Vancouver Canucks, and then lost to the Detroit Red Wings in the Western Conference Finals in 5 games; 3 of those games went into overtime (Detroit won all 3).
Schedule and results
editRegular season
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January: 3–3–0 (home: 2–0–0; road: 1–3–0)
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February: 9–2–1 (home: 2–1–1; road: 7–1–0)
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March: 7–5–2 (home: 3–3–1; road: 4–2–1)
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April: 3–9–2 (home: 2–6–1; road: 1–3–1)
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May: 2–0–0 (home: 2–0–0; road: 0–0–0)
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Legend:
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Playoffs
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Western Conference Quarterfinals vs. (5) Toronto Maple Leafs – Blackhawks win 4–3
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Western Conference Semifinals vs. (6) Vancouver Canucks – Blackhawks win 4–0
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Western Conference Finals vs. (1) Detroit Red Wings – Red Wings win 4–1
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Legend:
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Player statistics
editScoring
edit- 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 Blackhawks only.
- ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Blackhawks only.
No. | Player | Pos | Regular season | Playoffs | ||||||||||
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GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | |||
92 | Bernie Nicholls | C | 48 | 22 | 29 | 51 | 4 | 32 | 16 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 0 | 8 |
17 | Joe Murphy | RW | 40 | 23 | 18 | 41 | 7 | 89 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 12 | −1 | 29 |
7 | Chris Chelios | D | 48 | 5 | 33 | 38 | 17 | 72 | 16 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 12 |
20 | Gary Suter | D | 48 | 10 | 27 | 37 | 14 | 42 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 7 | −1 | 10 |
10 | Tony Amonte | RW | 48 | 15 | 20 | 35 | 7 | 41 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 10 |
27 | Jeremy Roenick | C | 33 | 10 | 24 | 34 | 5 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −2 | 16 |
44 | Patrick Poulin | LW | 45 | 15 | 15 | 30 | 13 | 53 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 8 |
25 | Sergei Krivokrasov | LW | 41 | 12 | 7 | 19 | 9 | 33 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
11 | Jeff Shantz | LW | 45 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 11 | 33 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
12 | Brent Sutter | C | 47 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 6 | 51 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
33 | Dirk Graham | RW | 40 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 2 | 42 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 8 |
2 | Eric Weinrich | D | 48 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 1 | 33 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 4 |
5 | Steve Smith | D | 48 | 1 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 128 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 26 |
14 | Paul Ysebaert‡ | LW | 15 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
18 | Denis Savard† | C | 12 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 12 | 10 |
32 | Murray Craven† | LW | 16 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 4 |
22 | Christian Ruuttu‡ | LW | 20 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
19 | Brent Grieve | LW | 24 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 23 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
15 | Jim Cummins† | RW | 27 | 3 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 117 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
8 | Cam Russell | D | 33 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 88 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 |
30 | Ed Belfour | G | 42 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
3 | Greg Smyth | D | 22 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 33 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
55 | Eric Daze | LW | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −4 | 4 |
4 | Keith Carney | D | 18 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
6 | Gerald Diduck† | D | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 48 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −4 | 22 |
26 | Roger Johansson | D | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
34 | Tony Horacek | LW | 19 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −4 | 25 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
22[a] | Steve Dubinsky | C | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −5 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
23 | Daniel Gauthier | LW | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
31 | Jeff Hackett | G | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
29 | Darin Kimble | RW | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −5 | 30 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
23 | Rich Sutter‡ | RW | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 28 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
49 | Jimmy Waite† | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Goaltending
edit- † = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Blackhawks only.
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GP | W | L | T | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI | GP | W | L | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI | ||
30 | Ed Belfour | 42 | 22 | 15 | 3 | 990 | 93 | 2.28 | .906 | 5 | 2450 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 479 | 37 | 2.19 | .923 | 1 | 1014 |
49 | Jimmy Waite† | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 51 | 5 | 2.53 | .902 | 0 | 119 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
31 | Jeff Hackett | 7 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 150 | 13 | 2.38 | .913 | 0 | 328 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 2.28 | .909 | 0 | 26 |
Awards and records
editAwards
editType | Award/honor | Recipient | Ref |
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NHL First All-Star team | Chris Chelios (Defense) | [5] |
NHL Second All-Star team | Ed Belfour (Goaltender) | [5] | |
William M. Jennings Trophy | Ed Belfour | [6] |
Milestones
editMilestone | Player | Date | Ref |
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25th shutout | Ed Belfour | February 7, 1995 | [7] |
Draft picks
editChicago's 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 |
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1 | 14 | Ethan Moreau (LW) | Canada | Niagara Falls Thunder (OHL) |
2 | 40 | Jean-Yves Leroux (LW) | Canada | Beauport Harfangs (QMJHL) |
4 | 85 | Steve McLaren (LW) | Canada | North Bay Centennials (OHL) |
5 | 118 | Marc Dupuis (D) | Canada | Belleville Bulls (OHL) |
6 | 144 | Jim Ensom (C) | Canada | North Bay Centennials (OHL) |
7 | 170 | Tyler Prosofsky (C) | Canada | Tacoma Rockets (WHL) |
8 | 196 | Mike Josephson (LW) | Canada | Kamloops Blazers (WHL) |
9 | 222 | Lubomir Jandera (D) | Czech Republic | Chemopetrol Litvinov (Czech) |
10 | 248 | Lars Weibel (G) | Switzerland | HC Lugano (Switzerland) |
11 | 263 | Rob Mara (RW) | United States | Belmont Hill High School (USHS-MA) |
Notes
edit- ^ Dubinsky wore number 32 in his first four games.
References
edit- "Chicago Blackhawks 1994-95 roster and scoring statistics at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved September 8, 2023.
- "1994-95 Chicago Blackhawks Roster, Stats, Injuries, Scores, Results, Shootouts". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 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 Chicago Blackhawks Schedule". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2023.
- ^ a b "Postseason All-Star Teams". records.nhl.com. Retrieved September 12, 2023.
- ^ "William M. Jennings Trophy". records.nhl.com. Retrieved September 12, 2023.
- ^ Norwood, Robyn (February 8, 1995). "Chicago Shows How to Grind : Hockey: Playing the style the Ducks covet, the Blackhawks hold Anaheim to 16 shots on goal and win, 3-0". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved September 12, 2023.
Chicago's Ed Belfour recorded his 25th career shutout
- ^ "1994 NHL Entry Draft". hockeydb.como.