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1993–94 Ottawa Senators season
Ice hockey team season
Ice hockey team season
| Field | Value |
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| League | NHL |
| Season | 1993–94 |
| year | 1993 |
| Team | Ottawa Senators |
| Conference | Eastern |
| ConferenceRank | 14th |
| Division | Northeast |
| DivisionRank | 7th |
| Record | 14–61–9 |
| HomeRecord | 8–30–4 |
| RoadRecord | 6–31–5 |
| GoalsFor | 201 |
| GoalsAgainst | 397 |
| GeneralManager | Randy Sexton |
| Coach | Rick Bowness |
| Captain | Mark Lamb (Oct–Mar) |
| Brad Shaw (Oct–Mar) | |
| Gord Dineen (Mar–Apr) | |
| AltCaptain | Norm MacIver |
| Arena | Ottawa Civic Centre |
| Attendance | 10,300 (97.4% capacity) |
| MinorLeague | Prince Edward Island Senators |
| Thunder Bay Senators | |
| GoalsLeader | Alexei Yashin (30) |
| AssistsLeader | Alexei Yashin (49) |
| PointsLeader | Alexei Yashin (79) |
| PlusMinusLeader | Troy Murray (+1) |
| PIMLeader | Dennis Vial (214) |
| WinsLeader | Craig Billington (11) |
| GAALeader | Darrin Madeley (4.36) |
Brad Shaw (Oct–Mar) Gord Dineen (Mar–Apr) Thunder Bay Senators
The 1993–94 Ottawa Senators season was the National Hockey League (NHL) club's second season. It was an improvement by the club, as they finished with 13 more points than in the 1992–93 expansion season, as the club ended the season with a 14–61–9 record for 37 points. Even so, they had the worst record in hockey for the second consecutive year. They are the last team so far to finish with 60 or more losses in a season.
Off-season
On April 15, 1993, one day after the end of the 1992–93 season, general manager Mel Bridgman was fired. Randy Sexton became the general manager. Sexton would select Alexandre Daigle first overall in the 1993 NHL entry draft. On May 12, head coach Rick Bowness' contract was extended by three years.
On August 17, 1993, the Bruce Firestone era ended. Firestone sells his shares to Rod Bryden and resigned as chairman and governor of the Senators.
Regular season
The Senators finished last in wins (14), losses (61) and points (37), goals for (201), goals against (397), even-strength goals against (273), power-play goals against (110), penalty-kill percentage (73.30%) and shutouts for (0).
Alexei Yashin, the Senators first pick in the 1992 NHL entry draft, had a very promising rookie season, setting franchise records with 30 goals, 49 assists, and 79 points. Alexandre Daigle, whom the Senators drafted with the first overall pick in the 1993 NHL entry draft, also had a very solid rookie season, recording 20 goals, 31 assists and 51 points to finish second to Yashin in team scoring.
Midway through the season, the Senators traded Bob Kudelski, who was having the best season on the team, registering 41 points (26 goals and 15 assists) in 42 games, to the Florida Panthers for Evgeny Davydov and Scott Levins. The trade hurt the Senators as Davydov struggled with the team, while Levins production also dropped after the deal.
Craig Billington played the majority of games in the Senators net, as he was acquired from the New Jersey Devils in a deal that sent Peter Sidorkiewicz to New Jersey, and Billington set the team record for wins in a season with 11.
Final standings
Schedule and results
|- |1||October 6, 1993||5–5 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| Quebec Nordiques (1993–94) ||0–0–1 ||10,525 || |- |2||October 9, 1993||5–7 || style="text-align:left;"| @ St. Louis Blues (1993–94) ||0–1–1||12,132 || |- |3||October 14, 1993||4–5 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Florida Panthers (1993–94) ||0–2–1||13,906 || |- |4||October 16, 1993||1–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Tampa Bay Lightning (1993–94) ||0–3–1||18,238 || |- |5||October 21, 1993||5–6 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| Dallas Stars (1993–94) ||0–4–1||10,078 || |- |6||October 23, 1993||5–5 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| @ New York Islanders (1993–94) ||0–4–2||9,423 || |- |7||October 25, 1993||4–1 || style="text-align:left;"| Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1993–94) ||1–4–2||10,206 || |- |8||October 27, 1993||2–5 || style="text-align:left;"| Philadelphia Flyers (1993–94) ||1–5–2||10,547 || |- |9||October 28, 1993||2–6 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Boston Bruins (1993–94) ||1–6–2||12,637 || |- |10||October 30, 1993||5–4 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| @ Dallas Stars (1993–94) ||2–6–2||16,211 ||
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Player statistics
Regular season
;Scoring
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG |
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| C | 83 | 30 | 49 | 79 | 22 | −49 | 11 | 2 | 3 | |
| C | 84 | 20 | 31 | 51 | 40 | −45 | 4 | 0 | 2 | |
| C/RW | 66 | 17 | 26 | 43 | 48 | −40 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| RW | 42 | 26 | 15 | 41 | 14 | −25 | 12 | 0 | 1 | |
| C | 66 | 11 | 18 | 29 | 56 | −41 | 4 | 1 | 1 | |
| LW | 47 | 11 | 15 | 26 | 52 | −25 | 7 | 0 | 2 | |
| LW | 82 | 7 | 16 | 23 | 166 | −33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| D | 66 | 4 | 19 | 23 | 59 | −41 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| D | 53 | 3 | 20 | 23 | 26 | −26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| D | 77 | 0 | 21 | 21 | 89 | −52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| RW | 55 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 64 | −41 | 8 | 0 | 0 | |
| C/LW | 33 | 10 | 8 | 18 | 14 | −7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |
| C | 42 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 14 | −21 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| D | 70 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 116 | −50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| D | 48 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 41 | −15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| LW | 40 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 38 | −6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| D | 34 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 12 | −30 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| C/RW | 33 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 93 | −26 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| C | 13 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
| LW | 30 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 6 | −15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| D/LW | 55 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 214 | −9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| LW | 28 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 14 | −8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| LW | 11 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| RW | 23 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | −7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| C | 15 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| D | 30 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 18 | −10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| LW | 63 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 162 | −19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| D | 17 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | −16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| D | 27 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 22 | −20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| LW | 44 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 52 | −11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| LW | 12 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | −7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| D | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | −4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| LW | 15 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 38 | −6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| D | 23 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 70 | −4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| D | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | −6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| G | 63 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| D | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| G | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| G | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| RW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | −1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| LW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| RW | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 52 | −13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| LW | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | −6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| RW | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | −7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
;Goaltending
| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SO | SA | SV | SV% |
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| 3319 | 63 | 11 | 41 | 4 | 254 | 4.59 | 0 | 1801 | 1547 | .859 | |
| 1583 | 32 | 3 | 18 | 5 | 115 | 4.36 | 0 | 868 | 753 | .868 | |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 120.00 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 | |
| 182 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 5.60 | 0 | 96 | 79 | .823 | |
| **Team:** | 5085 | 84 | 14 | 61 | 9 | 388 | 4.58 | 0 | 2767 | 2379 | .860 |
Awards and records
- Molson Cup – Alexei Yashin
- NHL All-Star Game selection – Alexei Yashin
- 1994 Olympic Games selection – Derek Mayer (Canada)
Transactions
May 1993
| May 27 | Signed free agent Greg Pankewicz from the New Haven Senators of the AHL. |
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June 1993
| June 30 | Signed free agent Bill Huard from the Boston Bruins. Acquired the rights to Jeff Finley from the New York Islanders for Chris Luongo. |
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July 1993
| July 30 | Lost free agent Jeff Finley to the Philadelphia Flyers. Lost unrestricted free agent Shawn McCosh to the New York Rangers. |
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August 1993
| August 24 | Signed free agent Graeme Townshend from the New York Islanders to a 1-year contract. |
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September 1993
| September 15 | Acquired Brian Glynn from the Edmonton Oilers for an 8th round pick in the [1994 NHL entry draft](1994-nhl-entry-draft) - (Rob Guinn) |
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October 1993
| October 6 | Claimed François Leroux from the Edmonton Oilers off waivers. |
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December 1993
| December 22 | Signed free agent Kevin MacDonald from the PEI Senators (AHL) to a 1-year contract. |
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January 1994
| January 15 | Claimed Kerry Huffman from the Quebec Nordiques off of waivers. |
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February 1994
| February 5 | Lost Brian Glynn off of waivers by the Vancouver Canucks. |
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March 1994
| March 21 | Acquired Phil Bourque from the New York Rangers for future considerations. |
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| Acquired Steve Konroyd from the Detroit Red Wings for Daniel Berthiaume. |
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Draft picks
Ottawa's draft picks at the 1993 NHL entry draft in Quebec City, Quebec.
| Round | # | Player | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
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| 1 | 1 | Alexandre Daigle | Victoriaville Tigres (QMJHL) | |
| 2 | 27 | Radim Bicanek | Dukla Jihlava (Czech.) | |
| 3 | 53 | Patrick Charbonneau | Victoriaville Tigres (QMJHL) | |
| 4 | 91 | Cosmo DuPaul | Victoriaville Tigres (QMJHL) | |
| 6 | 131 | Rick Bodkin | Sudbury Wolves (OHL) | |
| 7 | 157 | Sergei Polischuk | Russia | Krylja Sovetov (Russia) |
| 8 | 183 | Jason Disher | Kingston Frontenacs (OHL) | |
| 9 | 209 | Toby Kvalevog | University of North Dakota (NCAA) | |
| 9 | 227 | Pavol Demitra | Dukla Trencin (Czech.) | |
| 10 | 235 | Rick Schuhwerk | Hingham High School (US HS) | |
| [S](1993-nhl-supplemental-draft) | 1 | Eric Flinton | University of New Hampshire (Hockey East) |
Farm teams
Prince Edward Islanders Senators
The Senators moved their American Hockey League affiliate from New Haven to Charlottetown and renamed the team to the Prince Edward Island Senators beginning in the 1993–94 season. Don MacAdam remained the head coach of the club.
PEI finished in last place in the Atlantic Division with a 23–49–8 record, earning 54 points, failing to qualify for the post-season. Greg Pankewicz led the club with 33 goals, while Robert Burakovsky had a team-high 67 points. Mark Laforest led the team with nine wins and a 4.09 GAA.
Thunder Bay Senators
The Senators announced that their Colonial Hockey League affiliate would be renamed from the Thunder Hawks to the Thunder Bay Senators beginning in the 1993–94 season. Bill McDonald remained the head coach of the team.
Thunder Bay finished in first place in the East Division, earning a record of 45–15–4 for 94 points. Gerry St. Cyr scored a team-high 50 goals, finishing second in the league in goals, and 113 points, placing him third in the Colonial Hockey League in points. Jean-François Labbé led the league with 35 wins and had a team best 3.10 GAA. In the post-season, the Senators defeated the Brantford Smoke and Chatham Wheels to win the championship. Terry Menard and Todd Howarth co-led the team in the post-season with seven goals, while Menard had a team-high 15 points. Labbé earned seven playoff wins and had a 2.19 GAA.
References
References
- "NHL Teams with 60 Losses in a Season".
- Ottawa Senators staff. "2009–10 Ottawa Senators Media Guide". Ottawa Senators.
- "1993–94 Ottawa Senators Roster and Statistics".
- "1993-94 NHL Season Summary | Hockey-Reference.com".
- "1993-94 Ottawa Senators Schedule".
- "1993-94 Ottawa Senators Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com.
- "Transactions".
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- "1993 NHL Entry Draft Picks at hockeydb.com".
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