1995–96 Vancouver Canucks | |
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Division | 3rd Pacific |
Conference | 7th Western |
1995–96 record | 32–35–15 |
Home record | 15–19–7 |
Road record | 17–16–8 |
Goals for | 278 |
Goals against | 278 |
Team information | |
General manager | Pat Quinn |
Coach | Rick Ley (Oct-Mar) Pat Quinn (Mar-Apr) |
Captain | Trevor Linden |
Alternate captains | Dave Babych Pavel Bure Martin Gelinas Dana Murzyn |
Arena | General Motors Place |
Average attendance | 17,795 |
Minor league affiliate(s) | Syracuse Crunch |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Alexander Mogilny (55) |
Assists | Alexander Mogilny (52) |
Points | Alexander Mogilny (107) |
Penalty minutes | Gino Odjick (181) |
Plus/minus | Russ Courtnall (+25) |
Wins | Corey Hirsch (17) |
Goals against average | Corey Hirsch (2.93) |
The 1995–96 Vancouver Canucks season was the Canucks' 26th season in the National Hockey League (NHL). It marked the year they played their first season in General Motors Place, the year future star Markus Naslund joined the team, and Cliff Ronning's final season with the Canucks.
Regular season
On March 28, head coach Rick Ley was fired with six games left in the regular season.[1]
Standings
No. | 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
Regular season
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October: 4–4–2 (home: 1–2–1; road: 3–2–1)
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November: 2–7–5 (home: 0–2–3; road: 2–5–2)
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December: 6–4–3 (home: 3–4–1; road: 3–0–2)
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January: 5–5–2 (home: 3–3–0; road: 2–2–2)
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February: 7–4–3 (home: 3–3–2; road: 4–1–1)
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March: 6–8–0 (home: 4–4–0; road: 2–4–0)
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April: 2–3–0 (home: 1–1–0; road: 1–2–0)
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Legend:
Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Tie (1 point) |
Playoffs
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Western Conference Quarterfinals vs. (2) Colorado Avalanche – Avalanche win 4–2
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Legend:
Win Loss |
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 Canucks only.
- ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Canucks only.
Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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No. | Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM |
89 | Alexander Mogilny | RW | 79 | 55 | 52 | 107 | 14 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 9 | −1 | 8 |
16 | Trevor Linden | C | 82 | 33 | 47 | 80 | 6 | 42 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 8 | −1 | 6 |
7 | Cliff Ronning | C | 79 | 22 | 45 | 67 | 16 | 42 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
9 | Russ Courtnall | RW | 81 | 26 | 39 | 65 | 25 | 40 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −4 | 2 |
23 | Martin Gelinas | LW | 81 | 30 | 26 | 56 | 8 | 59 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 12 |
21 | Jyrki Lumme | D | 80 | 17 | 37 | 54 | −9 | 50 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 2 |
28 | Roman Oksiuta‡ | RW | 56 | 16 | 23 | 39 | 2 | 42 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
10 | Esa Tikkanen† | LW | 38 | 13 | 24 | 37 | 6 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 2 |
3 | Bret Hedican | D | 77 | 6 | 23 | 29 | 8 | 83 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 10 |
44 | Dave Babych | D | 53 | 3 | 21 | 24 | −5 | 38 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
27 | Leif Rohlin | D | 56 | 6 | 16 | 22 | 0 | 32 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 |
17 | Mike Ridley | C | 37 | 6 | 15 | 21 | −3 | 29 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 |
42 | Josef Beranek | LW | 61 | 6 | 14 | 20 | −11 | 60 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
6 | Adrian Aucoin | D | 49 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 8 | 34 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −5 | 2 |
22 | Jeff Brown‡ | D | 28 | 1 | 16 | 17 | 6 | 18 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
96 | Pavel Bure | LW | 15 | 6 | 7 | 13 | −2 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
24 | Scott Walker | D | 63 | 4 | 8 | 12 | −7 | 137 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
5 | Dana Murzyn | D | 69 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 130 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 |
29 | Gino Odjick | LW | 55 | 3 | 4 | 7 | −16 | 181 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
15 | Jim Dowd† | C | 38 | 1 | 6 | 7 | −8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 |
25 | Jim Sandlak | RW | 33 | 4 | 2 | 6 | −3 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
36 | Brian Loney | RW | 12 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
26 | Mike Sillinger† | RW | 12 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −5 | 2 |
14 | Jesse Belanger† | C | 9 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
22 | Markus Naslund† | LW | 10 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −2 | 8 |
19 | Tim Hunter | RW | 60 | 2 | 0 | 2 | −8 | 122 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
34 | Jassen Cullimore | D | 27 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 21 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
31 | Corey Hirsch | G | 41 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
32 | Dean Malkoc | D | 41 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −10 | 136 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
1 | Kirk McLean | G | 45 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
14 | Larry Courville | LW | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
2 | Frantisek Kucera† | D | 24 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 0 |
14 | Lonny Bohonos | RW | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
28 | Joe Kocur† | RW | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
8 | Alek Stojanov‡ | RW | 58 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −12 | 123 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
20 | Evgeny Namestnikov | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 |
31 | Corey Hirsch | 41 | 17 | 14 | 6 | 1173 | 114 | 2.93 | .903 | 1 | 2338 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 166 | 21 | 3.73 | .873 | 0 | 338 |
1 | Kirk McLean | 45 | 15 | 21 | 9 | 1292 | 156 | 3.54 | .879 | 2 | 2645 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 8.62 | .750 | 0 | 21 |
Awards and records
Awards
Type | Award/honour | Recipient | Ref |
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League (annual) |
NHL All-Rookie Team | Corey Hirsch (Goaltender) | [4] |
NHL Second All-Star team | Alexander Mogilny (Right Wing | [4] | |
League (in-season) |
NHL All-Star Game selection | Pavel Bure[a] | [6] |
Alexander Mogilny | |||
Team | Babe Pratt Trophy | Jyrki Lumme | [7] |
Cyclone Taylor Trophy | Trevor Linden | [7] | |
Cyrus H. McLean Trophy | Alexander Mogilny | [7] | |
Fred J. Hume Award | Martin Gelinas | [8] | |
Molson Cup | Trevor Linden | [9] | |
Most Exciting Player Award | Alexander Mogilny | [8] |
Milestones
Milestone | Player | Date | Ref |
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1,000th game played | Dave Babych | February 7, 1996 | [10] |
Transactions
Trades
July 8, 1995 | To Vancouver Canucks Alexander Mogilny 5th round pick in 1995 (Todd Norman) |
To Buffalo Sabres Michael Peca Mike Wilson 1st round pick in 1995 (Jay McKee) |
July 8, 1995 | To Vancouver Canucks Mike Ridley |
To Toronto Maple Leafs Sergio Momesso |
November 23, 1995 | To Vancouver Canucks Esa Tikkanen |
To New Jersey Devils 2nd round pick in 1996 (Wesley Mason) |
December 19, 1995 | To Vancouver Canucks Jim Dowd Frantisek Kucera 2nd round pick in 1997 (Ryan Bonni) |
To Hartford Whalers Jeff Brown 3rd round pick in 1998 (Paul Manning) |
March 15, 1996 | To Vancouver Canucks Mike Sillinger |
To Mighty Ducks of Anaheim Roman Oksiuta |
March 20, 1996 | To Vancouver Canucks Jesse Belanger |
To Florida Panthers 3rd round pick in 1996 (Oleg Kvasha) Future considerations |
March 20, 1996 | To Vancouver Canucks Joe Kocur |
To New York Rangers Kay Whitmore |
March 20, 1996 | To Vancouver Canucks Markus Naslund |
To Pittsburgh Penguins Alek Stojanov |
Draft picks
Vancouver's picks at the 1995 NHL Entry Draft in Edmonton, Alberta.[11]
Round | # | Player | Nationality | NHL team | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
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2 | 40 | Chris McAllister (D) | ![]() |
Vancouver Canucks | Saskatoon Blades (WHL) |
3 | 61 | Larry Courville (LW) | ![]() |
Vancouver Canucks (from Chicago via Hartford) |
Oshawa Generals (OHL) |
3 | 66 | Peter Schaefer (LW) | ![]() |
Vancouver Canucks | Brandon Wheat Kings (WHL) |
4 | 92 | Lloyd Shaw (D) | ![]() |
Vancouver Canucks | Seattle Thunderbirds (WHL) |
5 | 120 | Todd Norman (LW) | ![]() |
Vancouver Canucks (from Buffalo) |
Guelph Storm (OHL) |
6 | 144 | Brent Sopel (D) | ![]() |
Vancouver Canucks | Swift Current Broncos (WHL) |
7 | 170 | Stu Boedker (C) | ![]() |
Vancouver Canucks | Colorado College (WCHA) |
8 | 196 | Tyler Willis (RW) | ![]() |
Vancouver Canucks | Swift Current Broncos (WHL) |
9 | 222 | Jason Cugnet (G) | ![]() |
Vancouver Canucks | Kelowna Spartans (BCJHL) |
Notes
References
- "Vancouver Canucks 1995-96 roster and scoring statistics at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved August 26, 2023.
- "1995-96 Vancouver Canucks Roster, Stats, Injuries, Scores, Results, Shootouts". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved August 26, 2023.
- ^ "Canucks dump Ley after 2-8 run". Tampa Bay Times. March 29, 1996. Retrieved August 26, 2023.
- ^ "1995-1996 Conference Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". NHL.
- ^ a b "1995-96 Vancouver Canucks Schedule". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved August 26, 2023.
- ^ a b "Postseason All-Star Teams". NHL.com. Retrieved August 28, 2023.
- ^ "NHL All-Star Game Starting Lineups by Year (since 1986)". NHL.com. Retrieved August 28, 2023.
- ^ "NHL All-Star Game Historical Summaries - 1996". NHL.com. Retrieved August 28, 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
- ^ "WHALERS ABLE TO WIN WITH A LATE DRIVE". Hartford Courant. February 6, 1996. Retrieved August 28, 2023.
Dave Babych, who was playing the 1,000th game of his career.
- ^ "1995 NHL Entry Draft Picks at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved August 28, 2023.