1995–96 Dallas Stars season

National Hockey League team season March 2026 August 2023 NHL 1995–96 1995 Dallas Stars Western 11th Central 6th 26–42–14 14–18–9 12–24–5 227 280 Bob Gainey Bob Gainey (Oct.–Jan.)Ken Hitchcock (Jan.–Apr.) Derian Hatcher Reunion Arena 15,572 Michigan K-WingsDayton Bombers Mike Modano (36) Mike Modano (45) Mike Modano (81) Bill Huard (176) Jere Lehtinen (+5) Andy Moog (13) Andy Moog (2.99) 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. Regular season On 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.Gainey quits as Stars coach https://www.tampabay.com/archive/1996/01/09/gainey-quits-as-stars-coach/ https://web.archive.org/web/20230815195725/https://www.tampabay.com/archive/1996/01/09/gainey-quits-as-stars-coach/ dead August 15, 2023 Tampa Bay Times August 15, 2023 January 9, 1996 On March 11, 1996, the Stars played in the final game at the Montreal Forum. Final standings DAL DAL Schedule and results background:#fff; border-top:#010101 5px solid; border-bottom:#154734 5px solid; 1995–96 regular season1995-96 Dallas Stars Schedule https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/DAL/1996_games.html Hockey-Reference.com August 15, 2023 y background:#fff; border-top:#010101 2px solid; border-bottom:#154734 2px solid; October: 5–4–2 (home: 4–3–1; road: 1–1–1) Game Date Score Opponent Record Recap |- |1||October 7, 1995||5–7 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Winnipeg Jets (1995–96) ||0–1–0 || 1995020010 L |- |2||October 10, 1995||7–3 || style="text-align:left;"| Calgary Flames (1995–96) ||1–1–0 || 1995020021 W |- |3||October 12, 1995||1–3 || style="text-align:left;"| St. Louis Blues (1995–96) ||1–2–0 || 1995020031 L |- |4||October 14, 1995||6–5 || style="text-align:left;"| Boston Bruins (1995–96) ||2–2–0 || 1995020045 W |- |5||October 17, 1995||3–4 || style="text-align:left;"| Washington Capitals (1995–96) ||2–3–0 || 1995020061 L |- |6||October 19, 1995||1–1 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| @ St. Louis Blues (1995–96) ||2–3–1 || 1995020070 T |- |7||October 21, 1995||3–3 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| Tampa Bay Lightning (1995–96) ||2–3–2 || 1995020084 T |- |8||October 24, 1995||3–0 || style="text-align:left;"| Buffalo Sabres (1995–96) ||3–3–2 || 1995020096 W |- |9||October 26, 1995||5–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1995–96) ||4–3–2 || 1995020108 W |- |10||October 28, 1995||4–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ San Jose Sharks (1995–96) ||5–3–2 || 1995020122 W |- |11||October 30, 1995||1–6 || style="text-align:left;"| Colorado Avalanche (1995–96) ||5–4–2 || 1995020128 L |- y background:#fff; border-top:#010101 2px solid; border-bottom:#154734 2px solid; November: 3–3–3 (home: 3–0–2; road: 0–3–1) Game Date Score Opponent Record Recap |- |12||November 1, 1995||1–1 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| Chicago Blackhawks (1995–96) ||5–4–3 || 1995020140 T |- |13||November 4, 1995||1–5 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1995–96) ||5–5–3 || 1995020160 L |- |14||November 8, 1995||3–3 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| Los Angeles Kings (1995–96) ||5–5–4 || 1995020183 T |- |15||November 9, 1995||1–1 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| @ Colorado Avalanche (1995–96) ||5–5–5 || 1995020188 T |- |16||November 14, 1995||2–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1995–96) ||5–6–5 || 1995020210 L |- |17||November 15, 1995||1–2 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Buffalo Sabres (1995–96) ||5–7–5 || 1995020221 L |- |18||November 17, 1995||2–1 || style="text-align:left;"| San Jose Sharks (1995–96) ||6–7–5 || 1995020232 W |- |19||November 22, 1995||4–3 || style="text-align:left;"| Vancouver Canucks (1995–96) ||7–7–5 || 1995020265 W |- |20||November 25, 1995||2–0 || style="text-align:left;"| New Jersey Devils (1995–96) ||8–7–5 || 1995020283 W |- y background:#fff; border-top:#010101 2px solid; border-bottom:#154734 2px solid; December: 2–10–2 (home: 1–4–1; road: 1–6–1) Game Date Score Opponent Record Recap |- |21||December 2, 1995||2–2 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| @ Los Angeles Kings (1995–96) ||8–7–6 || 1995020325 T |- |22||December 3, 1995||7–6 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Colorado Avalanche (1995–96) ||9–7–6 || 1995020329 W |- |23||December 5, 1995||4–6 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Boston Bruins (1995–96) ||9–8–6 || 1995020331 L |- |24||December 7, 1995||1–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1995–96) ||9–9–6 || 1995020348 L |- |25||December 9, 1995||1–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1995–96) ||9–10–6 || 1995020361 L |- |26||December 11, 1995||2–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ New York Rangers (1995–96) ||9–11–6 || 1995020370 L |- |27||December 13, 1995||4–8 || style="text-align:left;"| Calgary Flames (1995–96) ||9–12–6 || 1995020382 L |- |28||December 15, 1995||1–5 || style="text-align:left;"| Pittsburgh Penguins (1995–96) ||9–13–6 || 1995020395 L |- |29||December 17, 1995||4–2 || style="text-align:left;"| San Jose Sharks (1995–96) ||10–13–6 || 1995020408 W |- |30||December 21, 1995||3–3 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| New York Islanders (1995–96) ||10–13–7 || 1995020430 T |- |31||December 23, 1995||0–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Chicago Blackhawks (1995–96) ||10–14–7 || 1995020446 L |- |32||December 26, 1995||3–5 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Chicago Blackhawks (1995–96) ||10–15–7 || 1995020455 L |- |33||December 28, 1995||1–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ St. Louis Blues (1995–96) ||10–16–7 || 1995020467 L |- |34||December 29, 1995||1–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Detroit Red Wings (1995–96) ||10–17–7 || 1995020470 L |- y background:#fff; border-top:#010101 2px solid; border-bottom:#154734 2px solid; January: 4–7–4 (home: 1–4–3; road: 3–3–1) Game Date Score Opponent Record Recap |- |35||January 1, 1996||0–1 || style="text-align:left;"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1995–96) ||10–18–7 || 1995020491 L |- |36||January 3, 1996||3–3 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1995–96) ||10–18–8 || 1995020498 T |- |37||January 5, 1996||5–4 || style="text-align:left;"| Winnipeg Jets (1995–96) ||11–18–8 || 1995020511 W |- |38||January 7, 1996||2–5 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Chicago Blackhawks (1995–96) ||11–19–8 || 1995020525 L |- |39||January 8, 1996||4–4 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| Los Angeles Kings (1995–96) ||11–19–9 || 1995020532 T |- |40||January 10, 1996||0–4 || style="text-align:left;"| Detroit Red Wings (1995–96) ||11–20–9 || 1995020541 L |- |41||January 12, 1996||6–6 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| Florida Panthers (1995–96) ||11–20–10 || 1995020553 T |- |42||January 14, 1996||2–7 || style="text-align:left;"| @ New Jersey Devils (1995–96) ||11–21–10 || 1995020565 L |- |43||January 15, 1996||1–6 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (1995–96) ||11–22–10 || 1995020571 L |- |44||January 17, 1996||3–4 || style="text-align:left;"| Edmonton Oilers (1995–96) ||11–23–10 || 1995020586 L |- |45||January 22, 1996||6–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Vancouver Canucks (1995–96) ||12–23–10 || 1995020594 W |- |46||January 24, 1996||5–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Edmonton Oilers (1995–96) ||13–23–10 || 1995020604 W |- |47||January 26, 1996||4–2 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Calgary Flames (1995–96) ||14–23–10 || 1995020614 W |- |48||January 29, 1996||1–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Winnipeg Jets (1995–96) ||14–24–10 || 1995020631 L |- |49||January 31, 1996||1–1 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| New York Rangers (1995–96) ||14–24–11 || 1995020642 T |- y background:#fff; border-top:#010101 2px solid; border-bottom:#154734 2px solid; February: 5–7–1 (home: 2–4–1; road: 3–3–0) Game Date Score Opponent Record Recap |- |50||February 2, 1996||4–5 || style="text-align:left;"| Vancouver Canucks (1995–96) ||14–25–11 || 1995020653 L |- |51||February 4, 1996||3–5 || style="text-align:left;"| @ New York Islanders (1995–96) ||14–26–11 || 1995020666 L |- |52||February 6, 1996||5–2 || style="text-align:left;"| @ St. Louis Blues (1995–96) ||15–26–11 || 1995020674 W |- |53||February 7, 1996||2–4 || style="text-align:left;"| Montreal Canadiens (1995–96) ||15–27–11 || 1995020679 L |- |54||February 10, 1996||3–6 || style="text-align:left;"| St. Louis Blues (1995–96) ||15–28–11 || 1995020700 L |- |55||February 11, 1996||3–5 || style="text-align:left;"| Hartford Whalers (1995–96) ||15–29–11 || 1995020708 L |- |56||February 16, 1996||6–1 || style="text-align:left;"| Edmonton Oilers (1995–96) ||16–29–11 || 1995020733 W |- |57||February 18, 1996||4–6 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Florida Panthers (1995–96) ||16–30–11 || 1995020744 L |- |58||February 19, 1996||2–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Tampa Bay Lightning (1995–96) ||16–31–11 || 1995020749 L |- |59||February 22, 1996||3–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Ottawa Senators (1995–96) ||17–31–11 || 1995020766 W |- |60||February 24, 1996||3–2 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1995–96) ||18–31–11 || 1995020779 W |- |61||February 25, 1996||6–2 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Hartford Whalers (1995–96) ||19–31–11 || 1995020783 W |- |62||February 28, 1996||4–4 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| Philadelphia Flyers (1995–96) ||19–31–12 || 1995020798 T |- y background:#fff; border-top:#010101 2px solid; border-bottom:#154734 2px solid; March: 5–7–1 (home: 3–1–0; road: 2–6–1) Game Date Score Opponent Record Recap |- |63||March 2, 1996||5–1 || style="text-align:left;"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1995–96) ||20–31–12 || 1995020818 W |- |64||March 5, 1996||3–1 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1995–96) ||21–31–12 || 1995020834 W |- |65||March 6, 1996||2–1 || style="text-align:left;"| @ San Jose Sharks (1995–96) ||22–31–12 || 1995020838 W |- |66||March 11, 1996||1–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1995–96) ||22–32–12 || 1995020864 L |- |67||March 13, 1996||1–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Ottawa Senators (1995–96) ||22–33–12 || 1995020870 L |- |68||March 15, 1996||0–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1995–96) ||22–34–12 || 1995020884 L |- |69||March 17, 1996||1–2 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Washington Capitals (1995–96) ||22–35–12 || 1995020893 L |- |70||March 20, 1996||2–1 || style="text-align:left;"| St. Louis Blues (1995–96) ||23–35–12 || 1995020914 W |- |71||March 22, 1996||2–5 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Vancouver Canucks (1995–96) ||23–36–12 || 1995020927 L |- |72||March 23, 1996||4–4 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| @ Los Angeles Kings (1995–96) ||23–36–13 || 1995020936 T |- |73||March 26, 1996||2–8 || style="text-align:left;"| Winnipeg Jets (1995–96) ||23–37–13 || 1995020950 L |- |74||March 28, 1996||3–1 || style="text-align:left;"| Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1995–96) ||24–37–13 || 1995020963 W |- |75||March 31, 1996||3–5 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Chicago Blackhawks (1995–96) ||24–38–13 || 1995020980 L |- y background:#fff; border-top:#010101 2px solid; border-bottom:#154734 2px solid; April: 2–4–1 (home: 0–2–1; road: 2–2–0) Game Date Score Opponent Record Recap |- |76||April 3, 1996||1–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Winnipeg Jets (1995–96) ||24–39–13 || 1995020995 L |- |77||April 5, 1996||3–3 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| Chicago Blackhawks (1995–96) ||24–39–14 || 1995021009 T |- |78||April 7, 1996||1–4 || style="text-align:left;"| Colorado Avalanche (1995–96) ||24–40–14 || 1995021023 L |- |79||April 9, 1996||4–3 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| @ Calgary Flames (1995–96) ||25–40–14 || 1995021031 W |- |80||April 10, 1996||4–2 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Edmonton Oilers (1995–96) ||26–40–14 || 1995021039 W |- |81||April 12, 1996||3–5 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1995–96) ||26–41–14 || 1995021052 L |- |82||April 14, 1996||1–5 || style="text-align:left;"| Detroit Red Wings (1995–96) ||26–42–14 || 1995021064 L |- |- | 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 Player statistics Scoring 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. Jersey number Player Pos Position Regular season GP Games played G Goals A Assists Pts Points +/- Plus/minus PIM Penalties in minutes 9 Mike Modano C 78 36 45 81 −12 63 23 Greg Adams ice hockey, born 1963 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 Benoît Hogue C 34 7 20 27 4 36 39 Mike Kennedy ice hockey, born 1972 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 ice hockey 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 ice hockey LW 10 1 2 3 −1 17 22 Robert Petrovicky Róbert Petrovický C 5 1 1 2 1 0 28 Bob Bassen C 13 0 1 1 −6 15 38 Mark Lawrence ice hockey 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 Patrick Côté (ice hockey) LW 2 0 0 0 −2 5 30 Manny Fernandez ice hockey 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 ice hockey G 1 0 0 0 0 Goaltending = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Stars only. No. Jersey number Player Regular season 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 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 Awards TypeAward/honorRecipientRef League(in-season) NHL All-Star Game selection Kevin Hatcher1996 NHL All-Star Game Rosters https://www.hockey-reference.com/allstar/NHL_1996_roster.html Hockey-Reference.com August 29, 2024 NHL Rookie of the Month Jere Lehtinen (February)Lehtinen NHL Rookie of Month - UPI Archives https://www.upi.com/Archives/1996/03/01/Lehtinen-NHL-Rookie-of-Month/8548825656400/ UPI August 28, 2023 March 1, 1996 Team Star of the Game Award Mike ModanoDallas Stars 2014–15 Organizational Compendium, p.269 Milestones MilestonePlayerDateRef First game Jere Lehtinen October 7, 19951995-96 NHL Debuts https://www.hockey-reference.com/leagues/NHL_1996_debut.html Hockey-Reference.com October 6, 2024 Jordan Willis January 17, 1996 Patrick Cote April 12, 1996 1,000th game played Guy Carbonneau February 6, 1996Stars 5, Blues 2 - UPI Archives https://www.upi.com/Archives/1996/02/07/Stars-5-Blues-2/7265823669200/ UPI August 28, 2023 February 7, 1996 Dallas center Guy Carbonneau appeared in his 1,000th NHL game and assisted on Marshall's first goal. Craig Ludwig March 2, 1996Stars 5, Maple Leafs 1 - UPI Archives https://www.upi.com/Archives/1996/03/03/Stars-5-Maple-Leafs-1/9924825829200/ UPI August 28, 2023 March 3, 1996 Dallas defenseman Craig Ludwig played the 1,000th game of his NHL career and was honored in a ceremony before the game. Draft picks Dallas's draft picks at the 1995 NHL entry draft held at the Edmonton Coliseum in Edmonton, Alberta.1995 NHL Entry Draft Picks at hockeydb.com https://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/draft/nhl1995e.html www.hockeydb.com August 28, 2023 Round # Player Nationality College/Junior/Club team (League)111Jarome IginlaKamloops Blazers (WHL)237Patrick CoteBeauport Harfangs (QMJHL)363Petr BuzekDukla Jihlava (Czech Republic)369Sergei GusevMayak Samara (Russia)5115Wade StrandRegina Pats (WHL)6141Dominic MarleauVictoriaville Tigres (QMJHL)7173Jeff DewarMoose Jaw Warriors (WHL)8193Anatoli KoveshnikovSokil Kyiv (Ukraine)8202Sergei LuchinkinDynamo Moscow (Russia)9219Steve LoweSault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL) References Dallas Stars 1995-96 roster and scoring statistics at hockeydb.com https://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/leagues/seasons/teams/0002331996.html www.hockeydb.com August 15, 2023 1995-96 Dallas Stars Roster, Stats, Injuries, Scores, Results, Shootouts https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/DAL/1996.html Hockey-Reference.com August 15, 2023 D Category:Dallas Stars seasons hu:A Dallas Stars 1994–1995-ös szezonja