1994–95 Chicago Blackhawks season

The 1994–95 Chicago Blackhawks season was the Hawks' 69th season. It was the Blackhawks' first season at United Center, which replaced Chicago Stadium as their home venue. The Hawks ended the regular season on a high note, winning their final five games. They tied the Detroit Red Wings for most power play goals (52) and had the best power play in the league (24.53%). They also allowed the fewest goals (115) and the fewest even-strength goals (76) during the regular season.[1] It was an inconsistent season for the team, as they had three 5-game winning streaks (February 1 to 9; March 16 to 26; and April 25 to May 3) and one 13-game winless streak from March 29 to April 23. Within their winless streak, they lost 8 games in a row. Points-leader Bernie Nicholls had 3 hat tricks, including two four-goal games (the first one came on February 5 and the second one came on February 28). Nicholls' three-goal game came on March 21 in a 7-3 Blackhawks' win at San Jose.

1994–95 Chicago Blackhawks
Division3rd Central
Conference4th Western
1994–95 record24–19–5
Home record11–10–3
Road record13–9–2
Goals for156
Goals against115
Team information
General managerBob Pulford
CoachDarryl Sutter
CaptainDirk Graham
Alternate captainsChris Chelios
Jeremy Roenick
ArenaUnited Center
Team leaders
GoalsJoe Murphy (23)
AssistsBernie Nicholls (29)
PointsBernie Nicholls (51)
Penalty minutesSteve Smith (128)
WinsEd Belfour (22)
Goals against averageEd Belfour (2.28)

Offseason

NHL Draft
See also: 1994 NHL Entry Draft
Round Pick Player Nationality College/junior/club team
114Ethan Moreau (LW) CanadaNiagara Falls Thunder (OHL)
240Jean-Yves Leroux (LW) CanadaBeauport Harfangs (QMJHL)
485Steve McLaren (LW) CanadaNorth Bay Centennials (OHL)
5118Marc Dupuis (D) CanadaBelleville Bulls (OHL)
6144Jim Ensom (C) CanadaNorth Bay Centennials (OHL)
7170Tyler Prosofsky (C) CanadaTacoma Rockets (WHL)
8196Mike Josephson (LW) CanadaKamloops Blazers (WHL)
9222Lubomir Jandera (D) Czech RepublicChemopetrol Litvinov (Czech)
10248Lars Weibel (G)  SwitzerlandHC Lugano (Switzerland)
11263Rob Mara (RW) United StatesBelmont Hill High School (USHS-MA)

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Regular season

Season standings
Central Division
No. CR GP W L T GF GA Pts
11Detroit Red Wings483311418011770
22St. Louis Blues482815517813561
34 Chicago Blackhawks482419515611553
45Toronto Maple Leafs482119813514650
58Dallas Stars481723813613542
610Winnipeg Jets481625715717739

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Note: No. = Division rank, CR = Conference rank, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points
       Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Western Conference[4]
R Div GP W L T GF GA Pts
1p – Detroit Red WingsCEN483311418011770
2x – Calgary FlamesPAC482417716313555
3St. Louis BluesCEN482815517813561
4Chicago BlackhawksCEN482419515611553
5Toronto Maple LeafsCEN482119813514650
6Vancouver CanucksPAC4818181215314848
7San Jose SharksPAC481925412916142
8Dallas StarsCEN481723813613542
9Los Angeles KingsPAC481623914217441
10Winnipeg JetsCEN481625715717739
11Edmonton OilersPAC481727413618338
12Mighty Ducks of AnaheimPAC481627512516437

Divisions: CEN – Central, PAC – Pacific

bold – Qualified for playoffs; x – Won division; p – Won Presidents' Trophy

Schedule and results
No. R Date Score Opponent Record
1LJanuary 20, 19951–4@ Detroit Red Wings (1994–95)0–1–0
2LJanuary 23, 19953–5@ Winnipeg Jets (1994–95)0–2–0
3WJanuary 25, 19955–1Edmonton Oilers (1994–95)1–2–0
4WJanuary 27, 19954–1Toronto Maple Leafs (1994–95)2–2–0
5WJanuary 29, 19956–3@ Los Angeles Kings (1994–95)3–2–0
6LJanuary 30, 19951–2@ San Jose Sharks (1994–95)3–3–0
7WFebruary 1, 19957–0@ Edmonton Oilers (1994–95)4–3–0
8WFebruary 3, 19954–3 OT@ Calgary Flames (1994–95)5–3–0
9WFebruary 5, 19959–4@ Vancouver Canucks (1994–95)6–3–0
10WFebruary 7, 19953–0@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1994–95)7–3–0
11WFebruary 9, 19955–0@ St. Louis Blues (1994–95)8–3–0
12LFebruary 13, 19952–4@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1994–95)8–4–0
13TFebruary 16, 19952–2 OTCalgary Flames (1994–95)8–4–1
14WFebruary 19, 19954–1Edmonton Oilers (1994–95)9–4–1
15WFebruary 20, 19953–2San Jose Sharks (1994–95)10–4–1
16LFebruary 23, 19952–4Detroit Red Wings (1994–95)10–5–1
17WFebruary 26, 19952–1@ Dallas Stars (1994–95)11–5–1
18WFebruary 28, 19958–4@ Los Angeles Kings (1994–95)12–5–1
19LMarch 1, 19951–3@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1994–95)12–6–1
20WMarch 3, 19955–2@ Edmonton Oilers (1994–95)13–6–1
21WMarch 5, 19953–0Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1994–95)14–6–1
22LMarch 7, 19953–6Calgary Flames (1994–95)14–7–1
23LMarch 9, 19953–4Los Angeles Kings (1994–95)14–8–1
24TMarch 11, 19952–2 OT@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1994–95)14–8–2
25LMarch 13, 19952–4@ Dallas Stars (1994–95)14–9–2
26WMarch 16, 19959–2Vancouver Canucks (1994–95)15–9–2
27WMarch 19, 19953–2@ Winnipeg Jets (1994–95)16–9–2
28WMarch 21, 19957–3@ San Jose Sharks (1994–95)17–9–2
29WMarch 23, 19953–1@ Vancouver Canucks (1994–95)18–9–2
30WMarch 26, 19955–2Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1994–95)19–9–2
31LMarch 29, 19951–3St. Louis Blues (1994–95)19–10–2
32TMarch 31, 19953–3 OTToronto Maple Leafs (1994–95)19–10–3
33LApril 2, 19951–2Dallas Stars (1994–95)19–11–3
34LApril 4, 19952–3@ Calgary Flames (1994–95)19–12–3
35LApril 5, 19951–4@ Winnipeg Jets (1994–95)19–13–3
36LApril 9, 19951–4Detroit Red Wings (1994–95)19–14–3
37LApril 12, 19952–3San Jose Sharks (1994–95)19–15–3
38LApril 14, 19951–3Detroit Red Wings (1994–95)19–16–3
39LApril 16, 19950–2@ Dallas Stars (1994–95)19–17–3
40LApril 17, 19951–3Toronto Maple Leafs (1994–95)19–18–3
41TApril 19, 19952–2 OTSt. Louis Blues (1994–95)19–18–4
42LApril 21, 19951–2Winnipeg Jets (1994–95)19–19–4
43TApril 23, 19952–2 OT@ St. Louis Blues (1994–95)19–19–5
44WApril 25, 19954–3 OTVancouver Canucks (1994–95)20–19–5
45WApril 27, 19955–1Dallas Stars (1994–95)21–19–5
46WApril 30, 19954–0@ Detroit Red Wings (1994–95)22–19–5
47WMay 1, 19953–2Winnipeg Jets (1994–95)23–19–5
48WMay 3, 19955–1Los Angeles Kings (1994–95)24–19–5

Playoffs

In the Stanley Cup Playoffs, the Blackhawks defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs in a tight 7-game series, swept the Vancouver Canucks, and then lost to the Detroit Red Wings in the Western Conference Finals in 5 games; 3 of those games went into overtime (Detroit won all 3).

The Blackhawks were one of only 3 teams in 1994–95 to have a better regular-season record on the road than at home (the other 2 teams were the Florida Panthers and the Los Angeles Kings).

Player statistics

Forwards

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes

Player GP G A Pts PIM

Defencemen

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes

Player GP G AST PTS PIM

Goaltending

Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals against average

Player GP W L T SO GAA

References
  1. https://www.hockey-reference.com/leagues/NHL_1995.html
  2. http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/draft/nhl1994e.html
  3. Standings: NHL Public Relations Department (2008). Dave McCarthy; et al. (eds.). THE NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE Official Guide & Record Book/2009. National Hockey League. p. 154. ISBN 978-1-894801-14-0.
  4. "1994-1995 Conference Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". NHL.
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