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1995–96 Vancouver Canucks season
26th season in franchise history
26th season in franchise history
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| League | NHL |
| Season | 1995–96 |
| year | 1995 |
| Team | Vancouver Canucks |
| Conference | Western |
| ConferenceRank | 7th |
| Division | Pacific |
| DivisionRank | 3rd |
| Record | 32–35–15 |
| HomeRecord | 15–19–7 |
| RoadRecord | 17–16–8 |
| GoalsFor | 278 |
| GoalsAgainst | 278 |
| GeneralManager | Pat Quinn |
| Coach | Rick Ley (Oct.–Mar.) |
| Pat Quinn (Mar.–Apr.) | |
| Captain | Trevor Linden |
| AltCaptain | Dave Babych |
| Pavel Bure | |
| Martin Gelinas | |
| Dana Murzyn | |
| Arena | General Motors Place |
| Attendance | 17,795 |
| MinorLeague | Syracuse Crunch |
| GoalsLeader | Alexander Mogilny (55) |
| AssistsLeader | Alexander Mogilny (52) |
| PointsLeader | Alexander Mogilny (107) |
| PIMLeader | Gino Odjick (181) |
| PlusMinusLeader | Russ Courtnall (+25) |
| WinsLeader | Corey Hirsch (17) |
| GAALeader | Corey Hirsch (2.93) |
Pat Quinn (Mar.–Apr.) Pavel Bure Martin Gelinas Dana Murzyn 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.
Standings
Schedule and results
Regular season
|- |1||October 9, 1995||3–5 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1995–96) ||0–1–0 || |- |2||October 12, 1995||7–7 OT|| align="left"| @ Los Angeles Kings (1995–96) ||0–1–1 || |- |3||October 14, 1995||7–6 || align="left"| @ San Jose Sharks (1995–96) ||1–1–1 || |- |4||October 15, 1995||3–3 OT|| align="left"| Los Angeles Kings (1995–96) ||1–1–2 || |- |5||October 18, 1995||5–1 || align="left"| @ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1995–96) ||2–1–2 || |- |6||October 21, 1995||4–6 || align="left"| @ Edmonton Oilers (1995–96) ||2–2–2 || |- |7||October 24, 1995||2–5 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1995–96) ||2–3–2 || |- |8||October 25, 1995||4–2 || align="left"| @ New Jersey Devils (1995–96) ||3–3–2 || |- |9||October 28, 1995||1–4 || align="left"| Winnipeg Jets (1995–96) ||3–4–2 || |- |10||October 30, 1995||4–3 || align="left"| San Jose Sharks (1995–96) ||4–4–2 ||
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| Legend:
Playoffs
|- | 1 || April 16 || Vancouver || 2 – 5 || Colorado || || McLean || 16,061 || 0 – 1 || |- | 2 || April 18 || Vancouver || 5 – 4 || Colorado || || Hirsch || 16,061 || 1 – 1 || |- | 3 || April 20 || Colorado || 4 – 0 || Vancouver || || Hirsch || 18,422 || 1 – 2 || |- | 4 || April 22 || Colorado || 3 – 4 || Vancouver || || Hirsch || 18,422 || 2 – 2 || |- | 5 || April 25 || Vancouver || 4 – 5 || Colorado || OT || Hirsch || 16,061 || 2 – 3 || |- | 6 || April 27 || Colorado || 3 – 2 || Vancouver || || Hirsch || 18,422 || 2 – 4 ||
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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 Canucks only.*
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- = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Canucks only.*
| No. | Player | Pos | Regular season | Playoffs | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 89 | RW | 79 | 55 | 52 | 107 | 14 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 9 | −1 | 8 | |||
| 16 | C | 82 | 33 | 47 | 80 | 6 | 42 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 8 | −1 | 6 | |||
| 7 | C | 79 | 22 | 45 | 67 | 16 | 42 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | |||
| 9 | RW | 81 | 26 | 39 | 65 | 25 | 40 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −4 | 2 | |||
| 23 | LW | 81 | 30 | 26 | 56 | 8 | 59 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 12 | |||
| 21 | D | 80 | 17 | 37 | 54 | −9 | 50 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 2 | |||
| 28 | RW | 56 | 16 | 23 | 39 | 2 | 42 | |||||||||
| 10 | LW | 38 | 13 | 24 | 37 | 6 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 2 | |||
| 3 | D | 77 | 6 | 23 | 29 | 8 | 83 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 10 | |||
| 44 | D | 53 | 3 | 21 | 24 | −5 | 38 | |||||||||
| 27 | D | 56 | 6 | 16 | 22 | 0 | 32 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | |||
| 17 | C | 37 | 6 | 15 | 21 | −3 | 29 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | |||
| 42 | LW | 61 | 6 | 14 | 20 | −11 | 60 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 6 | D | 49 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 8 | 34 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −5 | 2 | |||
| 22 | D | 28 | 1 | 16 | 17 | 6 | 18 | |||||||||
| 96 | LW | 15 | 6 | 7 | 13 | −2 | 8 | |||||||||
| 24 | D | 63 | 4 | 8 | 12 | −7 | 137 | |||||||||
| 5 | D | 69 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 130 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | |||
| 29 | LW | 55 | 3 | 4 | 7 | −16 | 181 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | |||
| 15 | C | 38 | 1 | 6 | 7 | −8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | |||
| 25 | RW | 33 | 4 | 2 | 6 | −3 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |||
| 36 | RW | 12 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 6 | |||||||||
| 26 | RW | 12 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −5 | 2 | |||
| 14 | C | 9 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||
| 22 | LW | 10 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −2 | 8 | |||
| 19 | RW | 60 | 2 | 0 | 2 | −8 | 122 | |||||||||
| 34 | D | 27 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 21 | |||||||||
| 31 | G | 41 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||||
| 32 | D | 41 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −10 | 136 | |||||||||
| 1 | G | 45 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 14 | LW | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||
| 2 | D | 24 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 0 | |||
| 14 | RW | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||
| 28 | RW | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 8 | RW | 58 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −12 | 123 | |||||||||
| 20 | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | League | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (annual) | League | ||||||||
| (in-season) | Team | ||||||||
| NHL All-Rookie Team | Corey Hirsch (Goaltender) | title=Postseason All-Star Teams | url=https://records.nhl.com/awards/phwa-all-star-teams?season=19951996 | website=NHL.com | access-date=August 28, 2023}} | ||||
| NHL Second All-Star team | Alexander Mogilny (Right wing | ||||||||
| [NHL All-Star Game](1996-national-hockey-league-all-star-game) selection | Pavel Bure | ||||||||
| Alexander Mogilny | |||||||||
| Babe Pratt Trophy | Jyrki Lumme | ||||||||
| Cyclone Taylor Trophy | Trevor Linden | ||||||||
| Cyrus H. McLean Trophy | Alexander Mogilny | ||||||||
| Fred J. Hume Award | Martin Gelinas | ||||||||
| Molson Cup | Trevor Linden | ||||||||
| Most Exciting Player Award | Alexander Mogilny |
Milestones
| Milestone | Player | Date | Ref | First game | 1,000th game played |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dean Malkoc | October 9, 1995 | ||||
| Leif Rohlin | |||||
| Lonny Bohonos | November 11, 1995 | ||||
| Brian Loney | November 29, 1995 | ||||
| Larry Courville | December 13, 1995 | ||||
| Dave Babych | February 7, 1996 |
Transactions
Trades
| March 20, 1996 | To Vancouver CanucksMarkus Naslund | To Pittsburgh PenguinsAlek Stojanov |
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Draft picks
Vancouver's picks at the 1995 NHL entry draft in Edmonton, Alberta.
| Round | # | Player | Nationality | NHL team | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 40 | Chris McAllister (D) | Canada | Vancouver Canucks | Saskatoon Blades (WHL) |
| 3 | 61 | Larry Courville (LW) | Canada | Vancouver Canucks | |
| (from Chicago via Hartford) | Oshawa Generals (OHL) | ||||
| 3 | 66 | Peter Schaefer (LW) | Canada | Vancouver Canucks | Brandon Wheat Kings (WHL) |
| 4 | 92 | Lloyd Shaw (D) | Canada | Vancouver Canucks | Seattle Thunderbirds (WHL) |
| 5 | 120 | Todd Norman (LW) | Canada | Vancouver Canucks | |
| (from Buffalo) | Guelph Storm (OHL) | ||||
| 6 | 144 | Brent Sopel (D) | Canada | Vancouver Canucks | Swift Current Broncos (WHL) |
| 7 | 170 | Stu Boedker (C) | Canada | Vancouver Canucks | Colorado College (WCHA) |
| 8 | 196 | Tyler Willis (RW) | Canada | Vancouver Canucks | Swift Current Broncos (WHL) |
| 9 | 222 | Jason Cugnet (G) | Canada | Vancouver Canucks | Kelowna Spartans (BCJHL) |
Notes
References
References
- (March 29, 1996). "Canucks dump Ley after 2-8 run".
- "1995-96 Vancouver Canucks Schedule".
- "Postseason All-Star Teams".
- "NHL All-Star Game Starting Lineups by Year (since 1986)".
- "1996 NHL All-Star Game Rosters".
- Vancouver Canucks 2016–17 Media Guide, p. 249
- Vancouver Canucks 2016–17 Media Guide, p. 250
- 2015–16 Vancouver Canucks Media Guide, p. 217
- "1995-96 NHL Debuts".
- (February 6, 1996). "WHALERS ABLE TO WIN WITH A LATE DRIVE".
- "1995 NHL Entry Draft Picks at hockeydb.com".
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