1994–95 Toronto Maple Leafs | |
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Division | 4th Central |
Conference | 5th Western |
1994–95 record | 21–19–8 |
Home record | 15–7–2 |
Road record | 6–12–6 |
Goals for | 135 |
Goals against | 146 |
Team information | |
General manager | Cliff Fletcher |
Coach | Pat Burns |
Captain | Doug Gilmour |
Alternate captains | Dave Andreychuk Dave Ellett |
Arena | Maple Leaf Gardens |
Average attendance | 15,744 |
Minor league affiliate(s) | St. John's Maple Leafs |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Mats Sundin (23) |
Assists | Mike Ridley (27) |
Points | Mats Sundin (47) |
Penalty minutes | Warren Rychel (101) |
Plus/minus | Randy Wood (+7) |
Wins | Felix Potvin (15) |
Goals against average | Damian Rhodes (2.68) |
The 1994–95 Toronto Maple Leafs season was Toronto's 78th season in the National Hockey League (NHL).
Prior to the 1994–95 season, franchise player and fan favourite Wendel Clark was sent to the Quebec Nordiques in a blockbuster trade. Clark, along with defenceman Sylvain Lefebvre and Toronto's second pick in the 1993 NHL Entry Draft, Landon Wilson, were traded to the Nordiques on June 28, 1994, in exchange for forward Mats Sundin, defenceman Garth Butcher and Quebec's first pick in the 1992 NHL Entry Draft, Todd Warriner. In Clark's absence, the gritty and dependable veteran forward Doug Gilmour was named team captain.
After finishing fourth in 1992–93 and third in 1993–94, the Maple Leafs fell to fifth place in the Western Conference in 1994–95 and, for the first time in three seasons, they allowed more goals than they scored. Throughout the regular season, Toronto never won more than two games in a row, and finished just two games above .500. In addition, no Toronto player recorded a hat trick. To toughen up their lineup, the Leafs signed Warren Rychel from the Los Angeles Kings midway through the regular season, and on April 7, 1995, they traded center Mike Eastwood and a third-round pick in the 1995 NHL Entry Draft to the Winnipeg Jets in exchange for right wing Tie Domi.
Toronto was the only Western Conference team to score at least one goal in all 48 of its regular-season games in 1994–95 (the Quebec Nordiques and the Buffalo Sabres were the only Eastern Conference teams to accomplish this feat in 1994–95). The Maple Leafs finished sixth in the league in penalty-killing (84.86%) and allowed the most empty-net goals of any team in the league (8).
Offseason
Regular season
The Maple Leafs tied the Dallas Stars and the Hartford Whalers for the lowest shooting percentage during the regular season with just 135 goals on 1,520 shots (8.9%).[1]
Season standings
No. | 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
Although the Maple Leafs were the underdogs against the fourth-place Chicago Blackhawks in the opening round of the 1995 Stanley Cup playoffs, they won the first two games of the series at the United Center and went home to Maple Leaf Gardens for game three with two-games-to-none series lead. However, the Blackhawks played determinedly and won Games 3 and 4 in Toronto to regain home-ice advantage in the series. Chicago then won Game 5, 4–2, and looked to clinch the series in Game 6 back in Toronto. The Maple Leafs played a spirited game, going up 4–1 in the third period. The Blackhawks fought back with three consecutive goals to tie the game. At 10:00 of the first overtime period, Randy Wood scored his second goal of the game to give the Maple Leafs a 5–4 win. The victory tied the series at three games apiece and forced game seven back in Chicago. In Game 7, Joe Murphy scored twice and Ed Belfour made 22 saves as Chicago advanced to the second round for the first time in three years with a 5–2 win.
Schedule and results
Regular season
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January: 3–2–1 (home: 2–0–0; road: 1–2–1)
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February: 6–7–2 (home: 5–3–1; road: 1–4–1)
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March: 6–3–4 (home: 4–2–1; road: 2–1–3)
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April: 5–6–1 (home: 4–2–0; road: 1–4–1)
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May: 1–1–0 (home: 0–0–0; road: 1–1–0)
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Legend:
Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Tie (1 point) |
Playoffs
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Western Conference Quarterfinals vs. (4) Chicago Blackhawks: Blackhawks win 4–3
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Legend:
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Player statistics
Scoring
- 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 Maple Leafs only.
- ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Maple Leafs only.
Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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No. | Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM |
13 | Mats Sundin | C | 47 | 23 | 24 | 47 | −5 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 9 | −2 | 4 |
14 | Dave Andreychuk | LW | 48 | 22 | 16 | 38 | −7 | 34 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 25 |
7 | Mike Ridley | C | 48 | 10 | 27 | 37 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 2 |
93 | Doug Gilmour | C | 44 | 10 | 23 | 33 | −5 | 26 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 6 |
23 | Todd Gill | D | 47 | 7 | 25 | 32 | −8 | 64 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | −4 | 6 |
24 | Randy Wood | LW | 48 | 13 | 11 | 24 | 7 | 34 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 6 |
11 | Mike Gartner | RW | 38 | 12 | 8 | 20 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
15 | Dmitri Mironov | D | 33 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 6 | 28 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −1 | 2 |
4 | Dave Ellett | D | 33 | 5 | 10 | 15 | −6 | 26 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −5 | 0 |
9 | Mike Craig | RW | 37 | 5 | 5 | 10 | −21 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
32 | Mike Eastwood‡ | C | 36 | 5 | 5 | 10 | −12 | 32 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
34 | Jamie Macoun | D | 46 | 2 | 8 | 10 | −6 | 75 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
19 | Kenny Jonsson | D | 39 | 2 | 7 | 9 | −8 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 |
2 | Garth Butcher | D | 45 | 1 | 7 | 8 | −5 | 59 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
21 | Warren Rychel† | LW | 26 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 101 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 |
10 | Bill Berg | LW | 32 | 5 | 1 | 6 | −11 | 26 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 4 |
32[a] | Benoit Hogue† | LW | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 6 |
25 | Terry Yake | RW | 19 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
16 | Nikolai Borschevsky‡ | RW | 19 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
20 | Rich Sutter† | RW | 18 | 0 | 3 | 3 | −7 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 |
12 | Dixon Ward | RW | 22 | 0 | 3 | 3 | −4 | 31 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
25 | Paul DiPietro† | C | 12 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −6 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −3 | 0 |
55 | Drake Berehowsky‡ | D | 25 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −10 | 15 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
3 | Grant Jennings† | D | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −6 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 |
28[b] | Tie Domi† | RW | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 0 |
16[c] | Darby Hendrickson | C | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
18 | Kent Manderville | LW | 36 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 22 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 6 |
22 | Ken Baumgartner | LW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
43 | Ken Belanger | LW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
28 | David Harlock | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
33 | Matt Martin | D | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
45 | Zdenek Nedved | RW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
29 | Felix Potvin | G | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
1 | Damian Rhodes | G | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
8 | Todd Warriner | LW | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Goaltending
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No. | Player | GP | W | L | T | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI | GP | W | L | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI |
29 | Felix Potvin | 36 | 15 | 13 | 7 | 1120 | 104 | 2.91 | .907 | 0 | 2144 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 253 | 20 | 2.83 | .921 | 1 | 424 |
1 | Damian Rhodes | 13 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 404 | 34 | 2.69 | .916 | 0 | 760 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Awards and records
Awards
Type | Award/honour | Recipient | Ref |
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League (annual) |
NHL All-Rookie Team | Kenny Jonsson (Defence) | [5] |
Team | Molson Cup | Mats Sundin | [6] |
Transactions
The Maple Leafs have been involved in the following transactions during the 1994–95 season.
Trades
Waivers
January 18, 1995 | From Buffalo Sabres Randy Wood |
Free agents
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Draft picks
Toronto's draft picks at the 1994 NHL Entry Draft held at the Hartford Civic Center in Hartford, Connecticut.[7]
Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | College/junior/club team |
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1 | 16 | Eric Fichaud (G) | ![]() |
Chicoutimi Saguenéens (QMJHL) |
2 | 48 | Sean Haggerty (LW) | ![]() |
Detroit Junior Red Wings (OHL) |
3 | 64 | Fredrik Modin (LW) | ![]() |
Timrå IK (Sweden) |
5 | 126 | Mark Deyell (C) | ![]() |
Saskatoon Blades (WHL) |
6 | 152 | Kam White (D) | ![]() |
Newmarket Royals (OHL) |
7 | 178 | Tommi Rajamaki (D) | ![]() |
Ässät (Finland) |
8 | 204 | Rob Butler (LW) | ![]() |
Niagara Falls Canucks (GHJHL) |
10 | 256 | Sergei Berezin (LW) | ![]() |
Khimik Voskresensk (Russia) |
11 | 282 | Doug Nolan (LW) | ![]() |
Catholic Memorial High School (USHS–MA) |
Farm teams
- The Maple Leafs farm team was the St. John's Maple Leafs in St. John's, Newfoundland.
Notes
References
- "Toronto Maple Leafs 1994-95 roster and scoring statistics at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved September 9, 2023.
- "1994-95 Toronto Maple Leafs Roster, Stats, Injuries, Scores, Results, Shootouts". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved September 9, 2023.
- ^ "1994-95 NHL Summary". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved September 9, 2023.
- ^ 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 Toronto Maple Leafs Schedule". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved September 9, 2023.
- ^ "Postseason All-Star Teams". records.nhl.com. Retrieved September 12, 2023.
- ^ Toronto Maple Leafs 2015–16 Media Guide, p.373
- ^ "1994 NHL Entry Draft". hockeydb.com.