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1994–95 Toronto Maple Leafs season
NHL hockey team season
NHL hockey team season
| Field | Value |
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| League | NHL |
| Season | 1994–95 |
| year | 1994 |
| Team | Toronto Maple Leafs |
| Conference | Western |
| ConferenceRank | 5th |
| Division | Central |
| DivisionRank | 4th |
| Record | 21–19–8 |
| HomeRecord | 15–7–2 |
| RoadRecord | 6–12–6 |
| GoalsFor | 135 |
| GoalsAgainst | 146 |
| GeneralManager | Cliff Fletcher |
| Coach | Pat Burns |
| Captain | Doug Gilmour |
| AltCaptain | Dave Andreychuk |
| Dave Ellett | |
| Arena | Maple Leaf Gardens |
| Attendance | 15,744 |
| MinorLeague | St. John's Maple Leafs |
| GoalsLeader | Mats Sundin (23) |
| AssistsLeader | Mike Ridley (27) |
| PointsLeader | Mats Sundin (47) |
| PIMLeader | Warren Rychel (101) |
| PlusMinusLeader | Randy Wood (+7) |
| WinsLeader | Felix Potvin (15) |
| GAALeader | Damian Rhodes (2.68) |
Dave Ellett 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).
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%).
Season standings
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
|- |1||January 20, 1995||3–3 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| @ Los Angeles Kings (1994–95) ||0–0–1 || |- |2||January 21, 1995||2–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ San Jose Sharks (1994–95) ||0–1–1 || |- |3||January 25, 1995||6–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Vancouver Canucks (1994–95) ||1–1–1 || |- |4||January 27, 1995||1–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Chicago Blackhawks (1994–95) ||1–2–1 || |- |5||January 28, 1995||2–1 || style="text-align:left;"| Calgary Flames (1994–95) ||2–2–1 || |- |6||January 30, 1995||2–1 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Dallas Stars (1994–95) ||3–2–1 ||
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Playoffs
|- | 1 || May 7, 1995 || 5–3 || align="left"| @ Chicago Blackhawks || Maple Leafs lead 1–0 || |- | 2 || May 9, 1995 || 3–0 || align="left"| @ Chicago Blackhawks || Maple Leafs lead 2–0 || |- | 3 || May 11, 1995 || 2–3 || align="left"| Chicago Blackhawks || Maple Leafs lead 2–1 || |- | 4 || May 13, 1995 || 1–3 || align="left"| Chicago Blackhawks || Series tied 2–2 || |- | 5 || May 15, 1995 || 2–4 || align="left"| @ Chicago Blackhawks || Blackhawks lead 3–2 || |- | 6 || May 17, 1995 || 5–4 OT|| align="left"| Chicago Blackhawks || Series tied 3–3 || |- | 7 || May 19, 1995 || 2–5 || align="left"| @ Chicago Blackhawks || Blackhawks win 4–3 ||
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Player statistics
Scoring
- Position abbreviations: C = Centre; D = Defence; G = Goaltender; LW = Left wing; RW = Right wing
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- = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Maple Leafs only.*
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- = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Maple Leafs only.*
| No. | Player | Pos | Regular season | Playoffs | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | C | 47 | 23 | 24 | 47 | −5 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 9 | −2 | 4 | |||
| 14 | LW | 48 | 22 | 16 | 38 | −7 | 34 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 25 | |||
| 7 | C | 48 | 10 | 27 | 37 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 2 | |||
| 93 | C | 44 | 10 | 23 | 33 | −5 | 26 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 6 | |||
| 23 | D | 47 | 7 | 25 | 32 | −8 | 64 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | −4 | 6 | |||
| 24 | LW | 48 | 13 | 11 | 24 | 7 | 34 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 6 | |||
| 11 | RW | 38 | 12 | 8 | 20 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | |||
| 15 | D | 33 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 6 | 28 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −1 | 2 | |||
| 4 | D | 33 | 5 | 10 | 15 | −6 | 26 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −5 | 0 | |||
| 9 | RW | 37 | 5 | 5 | 10 | −21 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
| 32 | C | 36 | 5 | 5 | 10 | −12 | 32 | |||||||||
| 34 | D | 46 | 2 | 8 | 10 | −6 | 75 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | |||
| 19 | D | 39 | 2 | 7 | 9 | −8 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | |||
| 2 | D | 45 | 1 | 7 | 8 | −5 | 59 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | |||
| 21 | LW | 26 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 101 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | |||
| 10 | LW | 32 | 5 | 1 | 6 | −11 | 26 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 4 | |||
| 32 | LW | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 6 | |||
| 25 | RW | 19 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
| 16 | RW | 19 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | |||||||||
| 20 | RW | 18 | 0 | 3 | 3 | −7 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | |||
| 12 | RW | 22 | 0 | 3 | 3 | −4 | 31 | |||||||||
| 25 | C | 12 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −6 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −3 | 0 | |||
| 55 | D | 25 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −10 | 15 | |||||||||
| 3 | D | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −6 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | |||
| 28 | RW | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 0 | |||
| 16 | C | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |||||||||
| 18 | LW | 36 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 22 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 6 | |||
| 22 | LW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |||||||||
| 43 | LW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | |||||||||
| 28 | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | |||||||||
| 33 | D | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13 | |||||||||
| 45 | RW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||
| 29 | G | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 1 | G | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||
| 8 | LW | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 |
Goaltending
| No. | Player | Regular season | Playoffs | 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 | League | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (annual) | Team | ||||
| NHL All-Rookie Team | Kenny Jonsson (Defence) | ||||
| Molson Cup | Mats Sundin |
Milestones
| Milestone | Player | Date | Ref | First game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kenny Jonsson | January 20, 1995 | |||
| Zdenek Nedved | February 8, 1995 | |||
| Todd Warriner | February 20, 1995 | |||
| Ken Belanger | March 4, 1995 |
Transactions
The Maple Leafs have been involved in the following transactions during the 1994–95 season.
Trades
| July 8, 1995 | To Vancouver CanucksMike Ridley | To Toronto Maple LeafsSergio Momesso |
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Waivers
| January 18, 1995 | From Buffalo SabresRandy Wood |
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Free agents
| Jamie Heward | Undrafted free agent |
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| Mark Greig | Calgary Flames |
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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.
| 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
References
- "1994-95 NHL Summary".
- "1994-95 Toronto Maple Leafs Schedule".
- "Postseason All-Star Teams".
- Toronto Maple Leafs 2015–16 Media Guide, p.373
- "1994-95 NHL Debuts".
- "1994 NHL Entry Draft".
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