The 1995–96 Edmonton Oilers season was the Oilers' 17th season in the NHL, and they were coming off a 17–27–4 record, earning 38 points, in the lockout shortened 1994–95 season, missing the playoffs for the 3rd straight season.
1995–96 Edmonton Oilers | |
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Division | 5th Pacific |
Conference | 10th Western |
1995–96 record | 30–44–8 |
Home record | 15–21–5 |
Road record | 15–23–3 |
Goals for | 240 |
Goals against | 304 |
Team information | |
General manager | Glen Sather |
Coach | Ron Low |
Captain | Kelly Buchberger |
Alternate captains | Jason Arnott Luke Richardson Doug Weight |
Arena | Edmonton Coliseum |
Average attendance | 12,334 (75.0%) |
Minor league affiliate(s) | Cape Breton Oilers (AHL) Wheeling Thunderbirds (ECHL) |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Zdeno Ciger (31) |
Assists | Doug Weight (79) |
Points | Doug Weight (104) |
Penalty minutes | Bryan Marchment (202) |
Plus/minus | Mariusz Czerkawski (+7) |
Wins | Curtis Joseph (15) |
Goals against average | Curtis Joseph (3.44) |
During the off-season, the Oilers and St. Louis Blues would complete a trade that saw Edmonton acquire goaltender Curtis Joseph and the rights of Mike Grier in exchange for a 1st round draft pick in both 1996 and 1997. Joseph and the Oilers could not come to a contract agreement, and he would start the season with the Las Vegas Thunder of the IHL. The Oilers also would bring back Glenn Anderson, whom they traded in 1991, as he signed as a free agent, however, he would be dealt to the Blues midway through the season.
As the Oilers would struggle badly early in the season, sitting with a 14–23–6 record at the time of the signing, the team and Joseph agreed to a contract in early January, and Edmonton would then trade their other #1 goaltender, Bill Ranford, to the Boston Bruins for Sean Brown, Mariusz Czerkawski and the Bruins 1st round pick in 1996. Edmonton would play better defensive hockey after the trade, as Joseph would post a 15–16–2 record, however, it was not enough for the Oilers to make the playoffs, as they finished 10 points behind the 8th place Winnipeg Jets.
Offensively, Doug Weight became the first Oiler since Mark Messier in 1989–90 to reach the 100-point plateau, as Weight would record 104 points. Zdeno Ciger scored a team-high 31 goals, while Jason Arnott scored 28 goals and 59 points despite missing 18 games due to injuries. Boris Mironov led the defense with 32 points, while fellow blueliner Jeff Norton would earn 20 points in 30 games after being acquired from St. Louis.
In goal, Bill Ranford would get most of the action until early January, winning 13 games and posting a 3.84 GAA, then Curtis Joseph stepped in and led the Oilers in wins at 15, and posted a team best 3.44 GAA.
Regular season
editSeason standings
editNo. | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts | |
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1 | Colorado Avalanche | 82 | 47 | 25 | 10 | 326 | 240 | 104 |
2 | Calgary Flames | 82 | 34 | 37 | 11 | 241 | 240 | 79 |
3 | Vancouver Canucks | 82 | 32 | 35 | 15 | 278 | 278 | 79 |
4 | Mighty Ducks of Anaheim | 82 | 35 | 39 | 8 | 234 | 247 | 78 |
5 | Edmonton Oilers | 82 | 30 | 44 | 8 | 240 | 304 | 68 |
6 | Los Angeles Kings | 82 | 24 | 40 | 18 | 256 | 302 | 66 |
7 | San Jose Sharks | 82 | 20 | 55 | 7 | 252 | 357 | 47 |
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: 4–5–1 (home: 3–1–1 ; road: 1–4–0)
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November: 3–7–4 (home: 1–3–2 ; road: 2–4–2)
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December: 6–8–1 (home: 3–4–1 ; road: 3–4–0)
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January: 5–6–0 (home: 3–5–0 ; road: 2–1–0)
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February: 4–7–1 (home: 3–3–0 ; road: 1–4–1)
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March: 8–6–2 (home: 5–3–0 ; road: 3–2–2)
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April: 1–5–0 (home: 0–2–0 ; road: 1–3–0)
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Legend:
Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Tie (1 point) |
Player 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 Oilers only.
- ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Oilers only.
No. | Player | Pos | Regular season | |||||
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GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | |||
39 | Doug Weight | C | 82 | 25 | 79 | 104 | −19 | 95 |
8 | Zdeno Ciger | LW | 78 | 31 | 39 | 70 | −15 | 41 |
7 | Jason Arnott | C | 64 | 28 | 31 | 59 | −6 | 87 |
20 | David Oliver | RW | 80 | 20 | 19 | 39 | −22 | 34 |
26 | Todd Marchant | C | 81 | 19 | 19 | 38 | −19 | 66 |
32 | Miroslav Satan | RW | 62 | 18 | 17 | 35 | 0 | 22 |
2 | Boris Mironov | D | 78 | 8 | 24 | 32 | −23 | 101 |
37 | Dean McAmmond | LW | 53 | 15 | 15 | 30 | 6 | 23 |
10 | Mariusz Czerkawski† | RW | 37 | 12 | 17 | 29 | 7 | 8 |
16 | Kelly Buchberger | RW | 82 | 11 | 14 | 25 | −20 | 184 |
6 | Jeff Norton† | D | 30 | 4 | 16 | 20 | 5 | 16 |
17 | Scott Thornton | C | 77 | 9 | 9 | 18 | −25 | 149 |
24 | Bryan Marchment | D | 78 | 3 | 15 | 18 | −7 | 202 |
28 | Jiri Slegr | D | 57 | 4 | 13 | 17 | −1 | 74 |
22 | Luke Richardson | D | 82 | 2 | 9 | 11 | −27 | 108 |
94 | Ryan Smyth | LW | 48 | 2 | 9 | 11 | −10 | 28 |
9 | Glenn Anderson†‡ | RW | 17 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 27 |
27 | Peter White‡ | C | 26 | 5 | 3 | 8 | −14 | 0 |
21 | Igor Kravchuk‡ | D | 26 | 4 | 4 | 8 | −13 | 10 |
19 | Kent Manderville† | LW | 37 | 3 | 5 | 8 | −5 | 38 |
18 | Kirk Maltby‡ | RW | 49 | 2 | 6 | 8 | −16 | 61 |
6 | Ken Sutton‡ | D | 32 | 0 | 8 | 8 | −12 | 39 |
34 | Donald Dufresne† | D | 42 | 1 | 6 | 7 | −2 | 16 |
5 | Brett Hauer | D | 29 | 4 | 2 | 6 | −11 | 30 |
15 | David Roberts† | LW | 6 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
15 | Fredrik Olausson‡ | D | 20 | 0 | 6 | 6 | −14 | 14 |
29 | Louie DeBrusk | LW | 38 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −7 | 96 |
27 | Ralph Intranuovo | C | 13 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −3 | 4 |
25 | Greg de Vries | D | 13 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −2 | 12 |
64 | Jason Bonsignore | C | 20 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −6 | 4 |
12 | Tyler Wright | C | 23 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −7 | 33 |
31 | Curtis Joseph | G | 34 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
30 | Bill Ranford‡ | G | 37 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
36 | Dennis Bonvie | RW | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 47 |
40[a] | Fred Brathwaite | G | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
1 | Joaquin Gage | G | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
35 | Bryan Muir† | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 6 |
23 | Nick Stajduhar | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
Goaltending
edit- ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Oilers only.
No. | Player | Regular season | |||||||||
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GP | W | L | T | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI | ||
31 | Curtis Joseph | 34 | 15 | 16 | 2 | 971 | 111 | 3.44 | .886 | 0 | 1936 |
30 | Bill Ranford‡ | 37 | 13 | 18 | 5 | 1024 | 128 | 3.81 | .875 | 1 | 2015 |
1 | Joaquin Gage | 16 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 350 | 45 | 3.77 | .871 | 0 | 717 |
40[a] | Fred Brathwaite | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 140 | 12 | 2.45 | .914 | 0 | 293 |
Awards and records
editAwards
editType | Award/honour | Recipient | Ref |
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League (in-season) |
NHL All-Star Game selection | Doug Weight | [3] |
NHL Rookie of the Month | Miroslav Satan (March) | [4] | |
Team | Community Service Award | Luke Richardson | [5] |
Defenceman of the Year | Bryan Marchment | [5] | |
Molson Cup | Doug Weight | [5] | |
Most Popular Player | Doug Weight | [5] | |
Top Defensive Forward | Kelly Buchberger | [5] | |
Top First Year Oiler | Curtis Joseph | [5] | |
Unsung Hero | Zdeno Ciger | [5] | |
Zane Feldman Trophy | Doug Weight | [5] |
Records
edit- 1,292: A new Oilers record for most penalty minutes in a career by Kelly Buchberger on December 20, 1995.
- 424:: A new Oilers record for most games played in a career by a goaltender by Bill Ranford on December 9, 1995.
Milestones
editRegular Season | |||||||||
Player | Milestone | Reached | |||||||
Kelly Buchberger | 500th NHL Game | October 10, 1995 | |||||||
Luke Richardson | 1,000th NHL PIM | October 15, 1995 | |||||||
Miroslav Satan | 1st NHL Game | ||||||||
Miroslav Satan | 1st NHL Goal 1st NHL Point |
October 21, 1995 | |||||||
Fredrik Olausson | 600th NHL Game | October 22, 1995 | |||||||
Miroslav Satan | 1st NHL Assist | October 27, 1995 | |||||||
Doug Weight | 200th NHL Point | ||||||||
Brett Hauer | 1st NHL Game | November 7, 1995 | |||||||
Brett Hauer | 1st NHL Goal 1st NHL Point |
November 10, 1995 | |||||||
Igor Kravchuk | 200th NHL Game | November 14, 1995 | |||||||
Bryan Marchment | 1,000th NHL PIM | November 15, 1995 | |||||||
Doug Weight | 1st NHL Hat-trick | November 20, 1995 | |||||||
Ryan Smyth | 1st NHL Goal 1st NHL Point |
November 24, 1995 | |||||||
Jason Bonsignore | 1st NHL Assist 1st NHL Point |
December 1, 1995 | |||||||
Scott Thornton | 300th NHL PIM | ||||||||
Ryan Smyth | 1st NHL Assist | December 5, 1995 | |||||||
Bill Ranford | 20th NHL Assist | December 18, 1995 | |||||||
Bryan Marchment | 300th NHL Game | December 20, 1995 | |||||||
Kelly Buchberger | 1,300th NHL PIM | December 23, 1995 | |||||||
Boris Mironov | 200th NHL PIM | ||||||||
Scott Thornton | 200th NHL Game | ||||||||
Kelly Buchberger | 100th NHL Assist | December 27, 1995 | |||||||
Doug Weight | 300th NHL Game | ||||||||
Nick Stajduhar | 1st NHL Game | January 3, 1996 | |||||||
Zdeno Ciger | 100th NHL Assist | January 7, 1996 | |||||||
Greg de Vries | 1st NHL Game | January 17, 1996 | |||||||
Brett Hauer | 1st NHL Assist | ||||||||
Luke Richardson | 600th NHL Game | January 31, 1996 | |||||||
Glenn Anderson | 1,100th NHL Game | February 7, 1996 | |||||||
Todd Marchant | 100th NHL Game | ||||||||
Bryan Marchment | 1,100th NHL PIM | February 9, 1996 | |||||||
David Oliver | 100th NHL Game | February 19, 1996 | |||||||
Greg de Vries | 1st NHL Goal 1st NHL Point |
February 21, 1996 | |||||||
Ralph Intranuovo | 1st NHL Goal | ||||||||
Mariusz Czerkawski | 100th NHL Game | February 23, 1996 | |||||||
Glenn Anderson | 1,100th NHL PIM | February 27, 1996 | |||||||
Bryan Muir | 1st NHL Game | March 8, 1996 | |||||||
Scott Thornton | 400th NHL PIM | ||||||||
Jason Arnott | 300th NHL PIM | March 16, 1996 | |||||||
Doug Weight | 200th NHL Assist | ||||||||
Jason Arnott | 2nd NHL Hat-trick | March 23, 1996 | |||||||
Dean McAmmond | 100th NHL Game | ||||||||
Todd Marchant | 100th NHL PIM | March 29, 1996 | |||||||
Jiri Slegr | 200th NHL Game | ||||||||
Zdeno Ciger | 200th NHL Point | March 30, 1996 | |||||||
Greg de Vries | 1st NHL Assist | April 4, 1996 | |||||||
Louie DeBrusk | 700th NHL PIM | April 8, 1996 | |||||||
Kent Manderville | 200th NHL Game |
Transactions
editTrades
editAugust 4, 1995 | To St. Louis Blues 1st round pick in 1996 1st round pick in 1997 |
To Edmonton Oilers Curtis Joseph Mike Grier |
August 24, 1995 | To Vancouver Canucks 7th round pick in 1997 |
To Edmonton Oilers Brett Hauer |
December 4, 1995 | To Toronto Maple Leafs Peter White 4th round pick in 1996 |
To Edmonton Oilers Kent Manderville |
January 4, 1996 | To St. Louis Blues Ken Sutton Igor Kravchuk |
To Edmonton Oilers Jeff Norton Donald Dufresne |
January 11, 1996 | To Boston Bruins Bill Ranford |
To Edmonton Oilers Mariusz Czerkawski Sean Brown 1st round pick in 1996 |
March 12, 1996 | To St. Louis Blues Future considerations |
To Edmonton Oilers David Roberts |
March 20, 1996 | To Detroit Red Wings Kirk Maltby |
To Edmonton Oilers Dan McGillis |
Free agents
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Waivers
editDate | Player | Team |
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January 16, 1996 | Fredrik Olausson | to Mighty Ducks of Anaheim |
January 25, 1996 | Glenn Anderson | from Vancouver Canucks |
March 12, 1996 | Glenn Anderson | to St. Louis Blues |
Draft picks
editEdmonton's draft picks at the 1995 NHL Entry Draft.[6]
Round | # | Player | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
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1 | 6 | Steve Kelly | Canada | Prince Albert Raiders (WHL) |
2 | 31 | Georges Laraque | Canada | St-Jean Lynx (QMJHL) |
3 | 57 | Lukas Zib | Czech Republic | Ceske Budejovice HC (Czech.) |
4 | 83 | Mike Minard | Canada | Chilliwack Chiefs (BCJHL) |
5 | 109 | Jan Snopek | Czech Republic | Oshawa Generals (OHL) |
7 | 161 | Martin Cerven | Czech Republic | Dukla Trencin (Czech.) |
8 | 187 | Stephen Douglas | Canada | Niagara Falls Thunder (OHL) |
9 | 213 | Jiri Antonin | Czech Republic | Pardubice HC (Czech.) |
Notes
editReferences
edit- "Edmonton Oilers 1995-96 roster and scoring statistics at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved August 24, 2023.
- "1995-96 Edmonton Oilers Roster, Stats, Injuries, Scores, Results, Shootouts". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved August 24, 2023.
- National Hockey League Guide & Record Book 2007
- ^ "1995-1996 Conference Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". NHL.
- ^ "1995-96 Edmonton Oilers Schedule". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved August 24, 2023.
- ^ "1996 NHL All-Star Game Rosters". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved August 29, 2024.
- ^ "NHL Rookies of the Month". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved August 28, 2023.
- ^ a b c d e f g h 2014–15 Edmonton Oilers Media Guide, p.173
- ^ "1995 NHL Entry Draft Picks at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved August 28, 2023.