1994–95 Vancouver Canucks season

25th season in franchise history March 2026 August 2023 NHL 1994–95 1994 Vancouver Canucks Western 6th Pacific 2nd 18–18–12 10–8–6 8–10–6 153 148 Pat Quinn Rick Ley Trevor Linden Sergio MomessoDana Murzyn Pacific Coliseum 13,932 Syracuse CrunchSouth Carolina Stingrays Pavel Bure (20) Pavel Bure (23) Pavel Bure (43) Dana Murzyn (129) Dana Murzyn (+14) Kirk McLean (18) Kirk McLean (2.75) The 1994–95 Vancouver Canucks season was the team's 25th NHL campaign. Goaltender Kirk McLean earned all eighteen of the Canucks' wins during the lockout-shortened, 48–game season. Pavel Bure was not the same offensive dynamo that he had been over the prior two seasons, each of which saw him hit the 60-goal mark, but he did still lead the club in goals (20), assists (23, and tied with Jeff Brown), points (43) and shots (198). A trade with the Dallas Stars on April 7, 1995, saw Russ Courtnall join his brother Geoff on the Canucks. The team finished the season with as many wins as losses, good for 6th place in the Western Conference, and they led the league with 12 ties. This was also the team's final season at the Pacific Coliseum before moving to GM Place, now known as Rogers Arena. Regular season VAN VAN Playoffs 1995 Stanley Cup playoffs In the post-season, Vancouver was the clear underdog against the third-place St. Louis Blues, who had members from the 1994 Stanley-Cup champion Rangers team, as well as their head coach, Mike Keenan. After losing game one at the Kiel Center by a score of 2–1, the Canucks won game two by a score of 5–3 behind Kirk McLean's 33-save performance and Pavel Bure's shorthanded insurance goal in the third period. The shots on goal were 26 for Vancouver and 36 for St. Louis, as they had been in the first game. The Canucks carried over their momentum from their win in game two to the Pacific Coliseum for game three, where they triumphed 6–1. Sergio Momesso scored twice. The Canucks were looking to win game four as well, leading 2–1 after Russ Courtnall's shorthanded goal at 4:41 of the second period. But the Blues got their jump from Brendan Shanahan who scored a natural hat trick to give the Blues a 4–2 lead. Glenn Anderson would add another goal at 13:01 of the third period as St. Louis went on to win 5–2 to square the series at two games apiece. In game five at the Kiel Center, the Canucks scored four times on their first 19 shots, as Curtis Joseph would be pulled in favor of Jon Casey. Trailing Vancouver 5–4 with under 12 minutes to play, Murray Baron tied the game at 8:22 of the third period. The game would go into overtime where Cliff Ronning scored at 1:48 of the first overtime period to give the Canucks a 3–2 lead in the series. Looking to close out the series at home in game six, the Canucks were dominated by the Blues who won by a score of 8–2. Esa Tikkanen (who would soon become a Canuck himself) picked up four points in the game (2 goals and 2 assists). Kirk McLean allowed six goals on just 17 shots. With the series tied at 3–3, a crucial game seven in St. Louis took place on Friday, May 19. Although the Blues had twice as many shots as the Canucks (44–22), Curtis Joseph allowed 4 goals on 21 shots while Kirk McLean made 41 saves. Call-up rookie Adrian Aucoin began a successful NHL career by blasting a slapshot on the power-play to give the Canucks the lead, and Pavel Bure added an empty-net goal with 22 seconds remaining to seal the game 5–3 and earn the Canucks a 4–3 series win. It was Bure's seventh goal of the playoffs. It was a series with marked offensive output, as each team scored 27 goals over the seven games. The Canucks' special teams dominated throughout, as Vancouver scored 11 power-play goals and six short-handed goals in the series. In the second round, the Canucks faced the Chicago Blackhawks. Both teams skated to a 1–1 tie before Joe Murphy scored the winner at 9:04 of the first overtime period. Blackhawks goaltender Ed Belfour stopped 26 of 27 Vancouver shots. Game two was also close, as Chicago edged Vancouver 2–0 on goals by Jim Cummins and Patrick Poulin. Down two games to none in the series, the Canucks battled desperately to get a win at home in game three, but relinquished leads of 1–0 and 2–1. Ironically it was ex-Canuck Murray Craven who tied the game at 2–2 with 45 seconds remaining in the third period to send the game to overtime. Chris Chelios scored at 6:22 of the first overtime period as the Hawks took a commanding three-games-to-none series lead. In game four, Vancouver broke a 1–1 tie on two goals by Roman Oksiuta to lead 3–1 in the second period, but Chicago came back again on goals by another ex-Canuck Gerald Diduck and Jeremy Roenick, leaving the score after 60 minutes tied at three goals apiece. Once again, the overtime hero was Chris Chelios, who scored 5:35 into the extra frame to give the Blackhawks a 4–0 sweep over the Canucks, advancing them to the third round for the first time in three years. Schedule and results Regular season background:#fff; border-top:#010101 5px solid; border-bottom:#FFD100 5px solid; 1994–95 regular season1994-95 Vancouver Canucks Schedule https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/VAN/1995_games.html Hockey-Reference.com September 11, 2023 y background:#fff; border-top:#010101 2px solid; border-bottom:#FFD100 2px solid; January: 1–3–1 (home: 0–1–1; road: 1–2–0) Game Date Score Opponent Record Recap |- |1||January 20, 1995||1–1 OT|| align="left"| Dallas Stars (1994–95) ||0–0–1 || 1994020006 T |- |2||January 21, 1995||1–7 || align="left"| St. Louis Blues (1994–95) ||0–1–1 || 1994020014 L |- |3||January 24, 1995||3–6 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1994–95) ||0–2–1 || 1994020028 L |- |4||January 25, 1995||2–6 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1994–95) ||0–3–1 || 1994020036 L |- |5||January 28, 1995||3–1 || align="left"| @ St. Louis Blues (1994–95) ||1–3–1 || 1994020058 W |- y background:#fff; border-top:#010101 2px solid; border-bottom:#FFD100 2px solid; February: 4–4–5 (home: 2–3–3; road: 2–1–2) Game Date Score Opponent Record Recap |- |6||February 1, 1995||4–4 OT|| align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1994–95) ||1–3–2 || 1994020079 T |- |7||February 5, 1995||4–9 || align="left"| Chicago Blackhawks (1994–95) ||1–4–2 || 1994020105 L |- |8||February 7, 1995||4–4 OT|| align="left"| Edmonton Oilers (1994–95) ||1–4–3 || 1994020116 T |- |9||February 9, 1995||5–1 || align="left"| Winnipeg Jets (1994–95) ||2–4–3 || 1994020129 W |- |10||February 11, 1995||1–1 OT|| align="left"| San Jose Sharks (1994–95) ||2–4–4 || 1994020143 T |- |11||February 15, 1995||1–3 || align="left"| @ San Jose Sharks (1994–95) ||2–5–4 || 1994020163 L |- |12||February 17, 1995||2–2 OT|| align="left"| @ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1994–95) ||2–5–5 || 1994020174 T |- |13||February 18, 1995||6–2 || align="left"| @ Los Angeles Kings (1994–95) ||3–5–5 || 1994020183 W |- |14||February 20, 1995||8–2 || align="left"| Los Angeles Kings (1994–95) ||4–5–5 || 1994020194 W |- |15||February 22, 1995||1–4 || align="left"| Winnipeg Jets (1994–95) ||4–6–5 || 1994020202 L |- |16||February 24, 1995||3–3 OT|| align="left"| @ Dallas Stars (1994–95) ||4–6–6 || 1994020213 T |- |17||February 26, 1995||5–1 || align="left"| @ San Jose Sharks (1994–95) ||5–6–6 || 1994020228 W |- |18||February 28, 1995||3–4 || align="left"| San Jose Sharks (1994–95) ||5–7–6 || 1994020240 L |- y background:#fff; border-top:#010101 2px solid; border-bottom:#FFD100 2px solid; March: 6–6–2 (home: 4–3–0; road: 2–3–2) Game Date Score Opponent Record Recap |- |19||March 2, 1995||2–2 OT|| align="left"| @ Calgary Flames (1994–95) ||5–7–7 || 1994020253 T |- |20||March 4, 1995||5–4 || align="left"| @ Los Angeles Kings (1994–95) ||6–7–7 || 1994020264 W |- |21||March 6, 1995||2–5 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1994–95) ||6–8–7 || 1994020277 L |- |22||March 11, 1995||5–3 || align="left"| Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1994–95) ||7–8–7 || 1994020305 W |- |23||March 12, 1995||5–2 || align="left"| @ Edmonton Oilers (1994–95) ||8–8–7 || 1994020311 W |- |24||March 14, 1995||3–3 OT|| align="left"| @ Winnipeg Jets (1994–95) ||8–8–8 || 1994020320 T |- |25||March 16, 1995||2–9 || align="left"| @ Chicago Blackhawks (1994–95) ||8–9–8 || 1994020333 L |- |26||March 17, 1995||1–3 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1994–95) ||8–10–8 || 1994020335 L |- |27||March 21, 1995||3–1 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1994–95) ||9–10–8 || 1994020359 W |- |28||March 23, 1995||1–3 || align="left"| Chicago Blackhawks (1994–95) ||9–11–8 || 1994020371 L |- |29||March 25, 1995||1–2 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1994–95) ||9–12–8 || 1994020383 L |- |30||March 26, 1995||0–2 || align="left"| @ Calgary Flames (1994–95) ||9–13–8 || 1994020392 L |- |31||March 29, 1995||5–2 || align="left"| Los Angeles Kings (1994–95) ||10–13–8 || 1994020407 W |- |32||March 31, 1995||6–1 || align="left"| Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1994–95) ||11–13–8 || 1994020419 W |- y background:#fff; border-top:#010101 2px solid; border-bottom:#FFD100 2px solid; April: 7–5–3 (home: 4–1–2; road: 3–4–1) Game Date Score Opponent Record Recap |- |33||April 1, 1995||5–1 || align="left"| @ Edmonton Oilers (1994–95) ||12–13–8 || 1994020425 W |- |34||April 4, 1995||2–2 OT|| align="left"| Dallas Stars (1994–95) ||12–13–9 || 1994020441 T |- |35||April 7, 1995||4–7 || align="left"| @ Winnipeg Jets (1994–95) ||12–14–9 || 1994020455 L |- |36||April 8, 1995||4–2 || align="left"| @ Calgary Flames (1994–95) ||13–14–9 || 1994020466 W |- |37||April 11, 1995||5–0 || align="left"| Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1994–95) ||14–14–9 || 1994020481 W |- |38||April 13, 1995||4–6 || align="left"| Edmonton Oilers (1994–95) ||14–15–9 || 1994020492 L |- |39||April 15, 1995||3–1 || align="left"| @ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1994–95) ||15–15–9 || 1994020506 W |- |40||April 17, 1995||2–2 OT|| align="left"| @ Dallas Stars (1994–95) ||15–15–10 || 1994020518 T |- |41||April 18, 1995||1–4 || align="left"| @ St. Louis Blues (1994–95) ||15–16–10 || 1994020527 L |- |42||April 20, 1995||2–2 OT|| align="left"| Calgary Flames (1994–95) ||15–16–11 || 1994020540 T |- |43||April 22, 1995||6–1 || align="left"| Edmonton Oilers (1994–95) ||16–16–11 || 1994020552 W |- |44||April 25, 1995||3–4 OT|| align="left"| @ Chicago Blackhawks (1994–95) ||16–17–11 || 1994020566 L |- |45||April 26, 1995||2–5 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1994–95) ||16–18–11 || 1994020578 L |- |46||April 28, 1995||3–1 || align="left"| St. Louis Blues (1994–95) ||17–18–11 || 1994020589 W |- |47||April 30, 1995||6–4 || align="left"| Calgary Flames (1994–95) ||18–18–11 || 1994020602 W |- y background:#fff; border-top:#010101 2px solid; border-bottom:#FFD100 2px solid; May: 0–0–1 (home: 0–0–0; road: 0–0–1) Game Date Score Opponent Record Recap |- |48||May 3, 1995||3–3 OT|| align="left"| @ San Jose Sharks (1994–95) ||18–18–12 || 1994020623 T |- |- | Legend: #cfc Win (2 points) 1px solid black W #fcc Loss (0 points) 1px solid black L #ffc Tie (1 point) 1px solid black T Playoffs background:#fff; border-top:#010101 5px solid; border-bottom:#FFD100 5px solid; 1995 Stanley Cup playoffs y background:#fff; border-top:#010101 2px solid; border-bottom:#FFD100 2px solid; Western Conference Quarterfinals vs. (3) St. Louis Blues – Canucks win 4–3 Game Date Score Opponent Series Recap |- | 1 || May 7, 1995 || 1–2 || align="left"| @ St. Louis Blues || Blues lead 1–0 || 1994030171 L |- | 2 || May 9, 1995 || 5–3 || align="left"| @ St. Louis Blues || Series tied 1–1 || 1994030172 W |- | 3 || May 11, 1995 || 6–1 || align="left"| St. Louis Blues || Canucks lead 2–1 || 1994030173 W |- | 4 || May 13, 1995 || 2–5 || align="left"| St. Louis Blues || Series tied 2–2 || 1994030174 L |- | 5 || May 15, 1995 || 6–5 OT|| align="left"| @ St. Louis Blues || Canucks lead 3–2 || 1994030175 W |- | 6 || May 17, 1995 || 2–8 || align="left"| St. Louis Blues || Series tied 3–3 || 1994030176 L |- | 7 || May 19, 1995 || 5–3 || align="left"| @ St. Louis Blues || Canucks win 4–3 || 1994030177 W |- y background:#fff; border-top:#010101 2px solid; border-bottom:#FFD100 2px solid; Western Conference Semifinals vs. (4) Chicago Blackhawks – Blackhawks win 4–0 Game Date Score Opponent Series Recap |- | 1 || May 21, 1995 || 1–2 OT|| align="left"| @ Chicago Blackhawks || Blackhawks lead 1–0 || 1994030241 L |- | 2 || May 23, 1995 || 0–2 || align="left"| @ Chicago Blackhawks || Blackhawks lead 2–0 || 1994030242 L |- | 3 || May 25, 1995 || 2–3 OT|| align="left"| Chicago Blackhawks || Blackhawks lead 3–0 || 1994030243 L |- | 4 || May 27, 1995 || 3–4 OT|| align="left"| Chicago Blackhawks || Blackhawks win 4–0 || 1994030244 L |- |- | Legend: #cfc Win 1px solid black W #fcc Loss 1px solid black L 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. No. Jersey number Player Pos Position Regular season Playoffs GP Games played G Goals A Assists Pts Points +/- Plus/minus PIM Penalties in minutes GP Games played G Goals A Assists Pts Points +/- Plus/minus PIM Penalties in minutes 10 Pavel Bure LW 44 20 23 43 −8 48 11 7 6 13 −1 10 16 Trevor Linden C 48 18 22 40 −5 40 11 2 6 8 −1 12 14 Geoff Courtnall LW 45 16 18 34 2 81 11 4 2 6 −8 34 22 Jeff Brown ice hockey, born 1966 D 33 8 23 31 −2 16 5 1 3 4 2 2 27 Sergio Momesso LW 48 10 15 25 −2 65 11 3 1 4 −5 16 7 Cliff Ronning C 41 6 19 25 −4 27 11 3 5 8 −5 2 23 Martin Gelinas Martin Gélinas RW 46 13 10 23 8 36 3 0 1 1 1 0 42 Josef Beranek Josef Beránek C 37 8 13 21 −10 28 11 1 1 2 −7 12 9 Russ Courtnall RW 13 4 14 18 10 4 11 4 8 12 1 21 21 Jyrki Lumme D 36 5 12 17 4 26 11 2 6 8 0 8 8 Greg Adams ice hockey, born 1963 LW 31 5 10 15 1 12 -1 — -1 — -1 — -1 — -99 — -1 — 44 Dave Babych D 40 3 11 14 −13 18 11 2 2 4 −8 14 3 Bret Hedican D 45 2 11 13 −3 34 11 0 2 2 −5 6 33 Michael Peca C 33 6 6 12 −6 30 5 0 1 1 0 8 20 Christian Ruuttu LW 25 5 6 11 11 23 9 1 1 2 −3 0 29 Gino Odjick LW 23 4 5 9 −3 109 5 0 0 0 −2 47 25 Nathan LaFayette C 27 4 4 8 2 2 -1 — -1 — -1 — -1 — -99 — -1 — 5 Dana Murzyn D 40 0 8 8 14 129 8 0 1 1 −1 22 28 Roman Oksiuta RW 12 5 2 7 2 2 10 2 3 5 0 0 24 Jiri Slegr Jiří Šlégr D 19 1 5 6 0 32 -1 — -1 — -1 — -1 — -99 — -1 — 19 Tim Hunter ice hockey RW 34 3 2 5 1 120 11 0 0 0 −3 22 4 Gerald Diduck D 22 1 3 4 −8 15 -1 — -1 — -1 — -1 — -99 — -1 — 15 John McIntyre ice hockey C 28 0 4 4 −3 37 -1 — -1 — -1 — -1 — -99 — -1 — 34 Jassen Cullimore D 34 1 2 3 −2 39 11 0 0 0 −4 12 2 Evgeny Namestnikov D 16 0 3 3 2 4 1 0 0 0 0 2 9 Gary Leeman RW 10 2 0 2 −3 0 -1 — -1 — -1 — -1 — -99 — -1 — 6 Adrian Aucoin D 1 1 0 1 1 0 4 1 0 1 −1 0 20 Jose Charbonneau José Charbonneau RW 3 1 0 1 0 0 -1 — -1 — -1 — -1 — -99 — -1 — 36 Dane Jackson ice hockey RW 3 1 0 1 0 4 6 0 0 0 −2 10 1 Kirk McLean G 40 0 1 1 4 11 0 1 1 -98 0 6 Adrien Plavsic D 3 0 1 1 3 4 -1 — -1 — -1 — -1 — -99 — -1 — 24 Scott Walker ice hockey D 11 0 1 1 0 33 -1 — -1 — -1 — -1 — -99 — -1 — 35 Kay Whitmore G 11 0 1 1 7 1 0 0 0 -98 0 18 Shawn Antoski LW 7 0 0 0 −4 46 -1 — -1 — -1 — -1 — -99 — -1 — 25 Alek Stojanov RW 4 0 0 0 −2 13 5 0 0 0 0 2 4 Mark Wotton D 1 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 4 Goaltending No. Jersey number Player Regular season Playoffs GP Games played W Wins L Losses T Ties SA Shots against GA Goals against GAA Goals against average SV% Save percentage SO Shutouts TOI Time on Ice GP Games played W Wins L Losses SA Shots against GA Goals against GAA Goals against average SV% Save percentage SO Shutouts TOI Time on Ice 1 Kirk McLean 40 18 12 10 1140 109 2.75 .904 1 2374 11 4 7 336 36 3.27 .893 0 660 35 Kay Whitmore 11 0 6 2 279 37 3.98 .867 0 558 1 0 0 18 2 6.00 .889 0 20 Awards and records Awards TypeAward/honourRecipientRef Team Babe Pratt Trophy Jeff BrownVancouver Canucks 2016–17 Media Guide, p. 249 Cyclone Taylor Trophy Trevor Linden Cyrus H. McLean Trophy Pavel Bure Fred J. Hume Award Martin GelinasVancouver Canucks 2016–17 Media Guide, p. 250 Molson Cup Kirk McLean2015–16 Vancouver Canucks Media Guide, p. 217 Most Exciting Player Award Pavel Bure Milestones MilestonePlayerDateRef First game Jassen Cullimore February 17, 19951994-95 NHL Debuts https://www.hockey-reference.com/leagues/NHL_1995_debut.html Hockey-Reference.com October 5, 2024 Scott Walker April 13, 1995 Alek Stojanov April 20, 1995 Adrian Aucoin May 3, 1995 Mark Wotton Draft picks Vancouver's draft picks at the 1994 NHL entry draft held at the Hartford Civic Center in Hartford, Connecticut.1994 NHL Entry Draft Picks at hockeydb.com http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/draft/nhl1994e.html www.hockeydb.com September 11, 2023 Round # Player Nationality College/Junior/Club team (League)113Mattias OhlundLuleå HF (Sweden)239Robb GordonPowell River Kings (BCHL)242Dave ScatchardPortland Winter Hawks (WHL)365Chad AllenSaskatoon Blades (WHL)492Mike DubinskyBrandon Wheat Kings (WHL)5117Yanick DubeLaval Titan (QMJHL)7169Yuri KuznetsovAvangard Omsk (Russia)8195Rob TrumbleyMoose Jaw Warriors (WHL)9221Bill MuckaltKelowna Spartans (BCHL)10247Tyson NashKamloops Blazers (WHL)11273Robert LongpreMedicine Hat Tigers (WHL) References Vancouver Canucks 1994-95 roster and scoring statistics at hockeydb.com https://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/leagues/seasons/teams/0000391995.html www.hockeydb.com September 11, 2023 1994-95 Vancouver Canucks Roster, Stats, Injuries, Scores, Results, Shootouts https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/VAN/1995.html Hockey-Reference.com September 11, 2023 Category:Vancouver Canucks seasons Vancouver C Vancouver Category:1990s in Vancouver Category:1994 in sports in British Columbia Category:1995 in sports in British Columbia