The 1995–96 Dallas Stars season was the third National Hockey League season in Dallas, Texas (and 29th as a franchise), which would start off badly and finish badly, with a division worst 26-42-14. The Stars failed to qualify for the playoffs for the first time since 1993 when they were known as the Minnesota North Stars.
1995–96 Dallas Stars | |
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Division | 6th Central |
Conference | 11th Western |
1995–96 record | 26–42–14 |
Home record | 14–18–9 |
Road record | 12–24–5 |
Goals for | 227 |
Goals against | 280 |
Team information | |
General manager | Bob Gainey |
Coach | Bob Gainey (Oct-Jan) Ken Hitchcock (Jan-Apr) |
Captain | Derian Hatcher |
Arena | Reunion Arena |
Average attendance | 15,572 |
Minor league affiliate(s) | Michigan K-Wings Dayton Bombers |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Mike Modano (36) |
Assists | Mike Modano (45) |
Points | Mike Modano (81) |
Penalty minutes | Bill Huard (176) |
Plus/minus | Jere Lehtinen (+5) |
Wins | Andy Moog (13) |
Goals against average | Andy Moog (2.99) |
Offseason
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Regular season
editOn January 8, 1996, Bob Gainey resigned as head coach and was replaced by Michigan K-Wings head coach Ken Hitchcock. Gainey remained the team's general manager.[1]
On March 11, 1996, the Stars played in the final game at the Montreal Forum.
Final standings
editNo. | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts | |
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1 | Detroit Red Wings | 82 | 62 | 13 | 7 | 325 | 181 | 131 |
2 | Chicago Blackhawks | 82 | 40 | 28 | 14 | 273 | 220 | 94 |
3 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 82 | 34 | 36 | 12 | 247 | 252 | 80 |
4 | St. Louis Blues | 82 | 32 | 34 | 16 | 219 | 248 | 80 |
5 | Winnipeg Jets | 82 | 36 | 40 | 6 | 275 | 291 | 78 |
6 | Dallas Stars | 82 | 26 | 42 | 14 | 227 | 280 | 66 |
Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points
Bolded teams qualified for the playoffs.
R | Div | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts | |
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1 | p – Detroit Red Wings | CEN | 82 | 62 | 13 | 7 | 325 | 181 | 131 |
2 | Colorado Avalanche | PAC | 82 | 47 | 25 | 10 | 326 | 240 | 104 |
3 | Chicago Blackhawks | CEN | 82 | 40 | 28 | 14 | 273 | 220 | 94 |
4 | Toronto Maple Leafs | CEN | 82 | 34 | 36 | 12 | 247 | 252 | 80 |
5 | St. Louis Blues | CEN | 82 | 32 | 34 | 16 | 219 | 248 | 80 |
6 | Calgary Flames | PAC | 82 | 34 | 37 | 11 | 241 | 240 | 79 |
7 | Vancouver Canucks | PAC | 82 | 32 | 35 | 15 | 278 | 278 | 79 |
8 | Winnipeg Jets | CEN | 82 | 36 | 40 | 6 | 275 | 291 | 78 |
9 | Mighty Ducks of Anaheim | PAC | 82 | 35 | 39 | 8 | 234 | 247 | 78 |
10 | Edmonton Oilers | PAC | 82 | 30 | 44 | 8 | 240 | 304 | 68 |
11 | Dallas Stars | CEN | 82 | 26 | 42 | 14 | 227 | 280 | 66 |
12 | Los Angeles Kings | PAC | 82 | 24 | 40 | 18 | 256 | 302 | 66 |
13 | San Jose Sharks | PAC | 82 | 20 | 55 | 7 | 252 | 357 | 47 |
Divisions: CEN – Central, PAC – Pacific
bold – Qualified for playoffs; p – Won Presidents' Trophy
Schedule and results
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October: 5–4–2 (home: 4–3–1; road: 1–1–1)
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November: 3–3–3 (home: 3–0–2; road: 0–3–1)
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December: 2–10–2 (home: 1–4–1; road: 1–6–1)
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January: 4–7–4 (home: 1–4–3; road: 3–3–1)
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February: 5–7–1 (home: 2–4–1; road: 3–3–0)
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March: 5–7–1 (home: 3–1–0; road: 2–6–1)
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April: 2–4–1 (home: 0–2–1; road: 2–2–0)
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Legend:
Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Tie (1 point) |
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 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 | |||||
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GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | |||
9 | Mike Modano | C | 78 | 36 | 45 | 81 | −12 | 63 |
23 | Greg Adams | LW | 66 | 22 | 21 | 43 | −21 | 33 |
41 | Brent Gilchrist | LW | 77 | 20 | 22 | 42 | −11 | 36 |
4 | Kevin Hatcher | D | 74 | 15 | 26 | 41 | −24 | 58 |
25 | Joe Nieuwendyk† | C | 52 | 14 | 18 | 32 | −17 | 41 |
2 | Derian Hatcher | D | 79 | 8 | 23 | 31 | −12 | 129 |
10 | Todd Harvey | RW | 69 | 9 | 20 | 29 | −13 | 136 |
29 | Grant Marshall | RW | 70 | 9 | 19 | 28 | 0 | 111 |
26 | Jere Lehtinen | RW | 57 | 6 | 22 | 28 | 5 | 16 |
15 | Dave Gagner‡ | C | 45 | 14 | 13 | 27 | −17 | 44 |
33 | Benoit Hogue† | C | 34 | 7 | 20 | 27 | 4 | 36 |
39 | Mike Kennedy | C | 61 | 9 | 17 | 26 | −7 | 48 |
12 | Grant Ledyard | D | 73 | 5 | 19 | 24 | −15 | 20 |
21 | Guy Carbonneau | C | 71 | 8 | 15 | 23 | −2 | 38 |
24 | Richard Matvichuk | D | 73 | 6 | 16 | 22 | 4 | 71 |
20 | Brent Fedyk† | LW | 41 | 10 | 9 | 19 | −17 | 30 |
17 | Bill Huard | LW | 51 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 176 |
22 | Trent Klatt‡ | RW | 22 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 23 |
6 | Darryl Sydor† | D | 26 | 2 | 6 | 8 | −1 | 41 |
27 | Shane Churla‡ | RW | 34 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 168 |
6 | Corey Millen‡ | C | 13 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 8 |
11 | Mike Donnelly | LW | 24 | 2 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 10 |
5 | Doug Zmolek‡ | D | 42 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 65 |
44 | Randy Wood† | LW | 30 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −11 | 26 |
16 | Jamie Langenbrunner | RW | 12 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 6 |
20 | Nikolai Borschevsky‡ | RW | 12 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −7 | 6 |
18 | Mike Lalor | D | 63 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −10 | 31 |
3 | Craig Ludwig | D | 65 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −17 | 70 |
43 | Jim Storm | LW | 10 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 17 |
22 | Robert Petrovicky† | C | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
28 | Bob Bassen | C | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −6 | 15 |
38 | Mark Lawrence | RW | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 17 |
45 | Allan Bester† | G | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
37 | Zac Boyer | RW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
14 | Paul Cavallini‡ | D | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 6 |
40 | Patrick Cote | LW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 5 |
30 | Manny Fernandez | G | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
25 | Dan Kesa‡ | RW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 |
40 | Pat MacLeod | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
14 | Daniel Marois | RW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
35 | Andy Moog | G | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | |
32 | Travis Richards | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 |
34 | Darcy Wakaluk | G | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
31 | Jordan Willis | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Goaltending
edit- † = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Stars only.
No. | Player | Regular season | |||||||||
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GP | W | L | T | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI | ||
35 | Andy Moog | 41 | 13 | 19 | 7 | 1106 | 111 | 2.99 | .900 | 1 | 2228 |
34 | Darcy Wakaluk | 37 | 9 | 16 | 5 | 975 | 106 | 3.39 | .891 | 1 | 1875 |
45 | Allan Bester† | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 297 | 30 | 2.99 | .899 | 0 | 601 |
30 | Manny Fernandez | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 121 | 19 | 4.58 | .843 | 0 | 249 |
31 | Jordan Willis | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 3.20 | .929 | 0 | 19 |
Awards and records
editAwards
editType | Award/honor | Recipient | Ref |
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League (in-season) |
NHL All-Star Game selection | Kevin Hatcher | [4] |
NHL Rookie of the Month | Jere Lehtinen (February) | [5] | |
Team | Star of the Game Award | Mike Modano | [6] |
Milestones
editMilestone | Player | Date | Ref |
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1,000th game played | Guy Carbonneau | February 6, 1996 | [7] |
Craig Ludwig | March 2, 1996 | [8] |
Draft picks
editDallas's draft picks at the 1995 NHL Entry Draft held at the Edmonton Coliseum in Edmonton, Alberta.[9]
Round | # | Player | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
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1 | 11 | Jarome Iginla | Canada | Kamloops Blazers (WHL) |
2 | 37 | Patrick Cote | Canada | Beauport Harfangs (QMJHL) |
3 | 63 | Petr Buzek | Czech Republic | Dukla Jihlava (Czech Republic) |
3 | 69 | Sergei Gusev | Russia | Mayak Samara (Russia) |
5 | 115 | Wade Strand | Canada | Regina Pats (WHL) |
6 | 141 | Dominic Marleau | Canada | Victoriaville Tigres (QMJHL) |
7 | 173 | Jeff Dewar | Canada | Moose Jaw Warriors (WHL) |
8 | 193 | Anatoli Koveshnikov | Ukraine | Sokil Kyiv (Ukraine) |
8 | 202 | Sergei Luchinkin | Russia | Dynamo Moscow (Russia) |
9 | 219 | Steve Lowe | Canada | Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL) |
References
edit- "Dallas Stars 1995-96 roster and scoring statistics at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved August 15, 2023.
- "1995-96 Dallas Stars Roster, Stats, Injuries, Scores, Results, Shootouts". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved August 15, 2023.
- ^ "Gainey quits as Stars coach". Tampa Bay Times. January 9, 1996. Archived from the original on August 15, 2023. Retrieved August 15, 2023.
- ^ "1995-1996 Conference Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". NHL.
- ^ "1995-96 Dallas Stars Schedule". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved August 15, 2023.
- ^ "1996 NHL All-Star Game Rosters". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved August 29, 2024.
- ^ "Lehtinen NHL Rookie of Month - UPI Archives". UPI. March 1, 1996. Retrieved August 28, 2023.
- ^ Dallas Stars 2014–15 Organizational Compendium, p.269
- ^ "Stars 5, Blues 2 - UPI Archives". UPI. February 7, 1996. Retrieved August 28, 2023.
Dallas center Guy Carbonneau appeared in his 1,000th NHL game and assisted on Marshall's first goal.
- ^ "Stars 5, Maple Leafs 1 - UPI Archives". UPI. March 3, 1996. Retrieved August 28, 2023.
Dallas defenseman Craig Ludwig played the 1,000th game of his NHL career and was honored in a ceremony before the game.
- ^ "1995 NHL Entry Draft Picks at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved August 28, 2023.