1994–95 Calgary Flames season

The 1994–95 Calgary Flames season was the 15th National Hockey League season in Calgary. The season was shortened to 48 games by a 104-day lockout that would delay the start of the season until late January. This season saw the continued dismantling of the 1989 championship team, as both Mike VernonMike Vernon player card, tsn.ca, accessed February 4, 2007 and Al MacInnisAl MacInnis player card, tsn.ca, accessed February 4, 2007 were traded prior to the lockout.

The Flames captured their second consecutive Pacific Division title, earning the second seed in the playoffs. The division championship would be the Flames' last until they won the Northwest Division in 2005–06.

Theoren Fleury finished sixth in the league in both goals (29) and points (58).1994–95 scoring leaders, hockeydb.com, accessed February 4, 2007 Fleury was also named to the NHL Second All-Star Team following the season.1994–95 season, 2006–07 Calgary Flames Media Guide, pg. 117

Joe Nieuwendyk won the King Clancy Memorial Trophy as the player who "best exemplifies leadership qualities on and off the ice." He became the second Flame to win the award, preceded by Lanny McDonald, who won the trophy in its inaugural year of 1987–88.

The playoffs would be a repeat of recent disappointment for the Flames, as they were once again felled by the 7th seeded team in the West in seven games, this time by the San Jose Sharks. The Flames lost the series despite outscoring the Sharks by 9 goals over the 7 games. Fleury was magnificent in the series, scoring 7 goals and adding 7 assists for 14 points.

Regular season During the regular season, the Flames were shorthanded a league-high 249 times.

Season standings

Playoffs The Flames were the second seed in the Western Conference for the second year in a row, however their playoff frustration would continue as they were once again defeated in seven games, this time by the San Jose Sharks. It was a high scoring series, as the Flames set a team record for most goals in a playoff series (35), while the two teams combined for an NHL record for most goals in a seven-game series (61). The Flames tied an NHL record for most shorthanded goals in a series (5), while their nine goals in game three tied a franchise record for goals in a game. Theo Fleury led the team tying a team record for goals in one series (7), while setting a new mark for points (14). Head coach Dave King would end up losing his job over this playoff loss. He was replaced by Pierre Page in the summer.Playoff Team Records, 2006–07 Calgary Flames Media Guide, pgs. 223–229

The Flames game 5 victory would prove to be their last playoff win until 2004 - a span of nine years, as the Flames would lose their next seven playoff games, sandwiched between a stretch of seven straight non-playoff seasons.

Schedule and results

Regular season

| 1 || January 20 || Calgary || 3 – 3 || Winnipeg || OT || 0–0–1 || 1 ||

| 2 || January 22 || Calgary || 4 – 1 || Detroit || || 1–0–1 || 3 ||

| 3 || January 24 || St. Louis || 4 – 6 || Calgary || || 2–0–1 || 5 ||

| 4 || January 26 || Calgary || 1 – 5 || Detroit || || 2–1–1 || 5 ||

| 5 || January 28 || Calgary || 1 – 2 || Toronto || || 2–2–1 || 5 ||

| 6 || February 1 || Detroit || 1 – 2 || Calgary || || 3–2–1 || 7 ||

| 7 || February 3 || Chicago || 4 – 3 || Calgary || OT || 3–3–1 || 7 ||

| 8 || February 4 || Toronto || 1 – 4 || Calgary || || 4–3–1 || 9 ||

| 9 || February 6 || Winnipeg || 5 – 4 || Calgary || || 4–4–1 || 9 ||

| 10 || February 9 || Anaheim || 5 – 1 || Calgary || || 5–4–1 || 11 ||

| 11 || February 11 || Calgary || 6 – 0 || Dallas || || 6–4–1 || 13 ||

| 12 || February 13 || Calgary || 2 – 4 || St. Louis || || 6–5–1 || 13 ||

| 13 || February 16 || Calgary || 2 – 2 || Chicago || OT || 6–5–2 || 14 ||

| 14 || February 18 || Dallas || 2 – 3 || Calgary || OT || 7–5–2 || 16 ||

| 15 || February 20 || Dallas || 2 – 1 || Calgary || || 7–6–2 || 16 ||

| 16 || February 23 || Calgary || 3 – 3 || Los Angeles || OT || 7–6–3 || 17 ||

| 17 || February 24 || Calgary || 3 – 0 || San Jose || || 8–6–3 || 19 ||

| 18 || February 26 || Calgary || 5 – 3 || Anaheim || || 9–6–3 || 21 ||

| 19 || February 28 || Edmonton || 2 – 5 || Calgary || || 10–6–3 || 23 ||

| 20 || March 2 || Vancouver || 2 – 2 || Calgary || OT || 10–6–4 || 24 ||

| 21 || March 4 || Calgary || 2 – 3 || Toronto || || 10–7–4 || 24 ||

| 22 || March 5 || Calgary || 2 – 3 || Winnipeg || || 10–8–4 || 24 ||

| 23 || March 7 || Calgary || 6 – 3 || Chicago || || 11–8–4 || 26 ||

| 24 || March 9 || Calgary || 1 – 5 || St. Louis || || 11–9–4 || 26 ||

| 25 || March 12 || Calgary || 4 – 4 || Dallas || || 11–9–5 || 27 ||

| 26 || March 15 || Anaheim || 5 – 0 || Calgary || || 11–10–5 || 27 ||

| 27 || March 17 || Winnipeg || 4 – 8 || Calgary || || 12–10–5 || 29 ||

| 28 || March 19 || San Jose || 5 – 3 || Calgary || || 12–11–5 || 29 ||

| 29 || March 20 || Calgary || 2 – 5 || Edmonton || || 12–12–5 || 29 ||

| 30 || March 22 || St. Louis || 3 – 4 || Calgary || || 13–12–5 || 31 ||

| 31 || March 24 || Detroit || 2 – 3 || Calgary || || 14–12–5 || 33 ||

| 32 || March 26 || Vancouver || 0 – 2 || Calgary || || 15–12–5 || 35 ||

| 33 || March 28 || Los Angeles || 5 – 3 || Calgary || || 15–13–5 || 35 ||

| 34 || March 31 || Calgary || 6 – 2 || Edmonton || || 16–13–5 || 37 ||

| 35 || April 4 || Chicago || 2 – 3 || Calgary || || 17–13–5 || 39 ||

| 36 || April 7 || Los Angeles || 4 – 7 || Calgary || || 18–13–5 || 41 ||

| 37 || April 8 || Vancouver || 4 – 2 || Calgary || || 18–14–5 || 41 ||

| 38 || April 10 || San Jose || 3 – 8 || Calgary || || 19–14–5 || 43 ||

| 39 || April 12 || Calgary || 4 – 1 || Los Angeles || || 20–14–5 || 45 ||

| 40 || April 13 || Calgary || 2 – 4 || Anaheim || || 20–15–5 || 45 ||

| 41 || April 15 || Calgary || 4 – 2 || Edmonton || || 21–15–5 || 47 ||

| 42 || April 17 || Los Angeles || 2 – 5 || Calgary || || 22–15–5 || 49 ||

| 43 || April 20 || Calgary || 2 – 2 || Vancouver || OT || 22–15–6 || 50 ||

| 44 || April 24 || Calgary || 1 – 2 || Anaheim || || 22–16–6 || 50 ||

| 45 || April 25 || Calgary || 3 – 2 || San Jose || || 23–16–6 || 52 ||

| 46 || April 29 || Toronto || 2 – 2 || Calgary || OT || 23–16–7 || 53 ||

| 47 || April 30 || Calgary || 4 – 6 || Vancouver || || 23–17–7 || 53 ||

| 48 || May 3 || Edmonton || 3 – 5 || Calgary || || 24–17–7 || 55 ||

Legend:

Playoffs

| 1 || May 7 || San Jose || 5 – 4 || Calgary || || 15,624 || San Jose leads 1–0 ||

| 2 || May 9 || San Jose || 5 – 4 || Calgary || OT || 16,389 || San Jose leads 2–0 ||

| 3 || May 11 || Calgary || 9 – 2 || San Jose || || 17,190 || San Jose leads 2–1 ||

| 4 || May 13 || Calgary || 6 – 4 || San Jose || || 17,190 || Series tied 2–2 ||

| 5 || May 15 || San Jose || 0 – 5 || Calgary || || 18,298 || Calgary leads 3–2 ||

| 6 || May 17 || Calgary || 3 – 5 || San Jose || || 17,190 || Series tied 3–3 ||

| 7 || May 19 || San Jose || 5 – 4 || Calgary || 2OT || 20,230 || San Jose wins 4–3 ||

Legend:

Player statistics

Scoring Position abbreviations: C = Centre; D = Defence; 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 Flames only. Player Regular season Playoffs 14 RW4729295861127771482 25 C462129501133543700 6 D43835431718709950 26 C48181735−228724614 33 D4842428946704474 21 D45223251039712399 13 LW401212246167538110 29 C47813218130703322 17 RW4761218711100000 12 LW4511516131417426210 23 RW3078155457314316 22 RW3994134163731448 4 D3448128383000−10 11 C127411267325019 32 LW344711−214735852 5 D4301010−3145011−20 15 RW3753811016011−217 39 D28235710701102 16 RW8055−70 3 D35055661501100 10 LW8224143 41 LW7123213 19 LW10123−16 16 RW811212 42 RW2112−22 20 C1002212 18 D37022−41082000−42 38 C201112100002 37 G43011 27000 0 92 C6011126066−32 24 LW6011−211 31 G5011 01000 0 7 D100000 34 D200000 35 C300000 28 D1000−20 7 D100000 27 LW400000 36 G1000 0 28 LW3000012 1 G6000 0

Goaltending = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Flames only. Player Regular season Playoffs 37 Trevor Kidd 43 22 14 6 1170 107 2.61 .909 3 2463 7 3 4 181 26 3.59 .856 1 434 31 Rick Tabaracci 5 2 0 1 93 5 1.48 .946 0 202 1 0 0 9 0 0.00 1.000 0 19 36 Jason Muzzatti 1 0 0 0 8 0 0.00 1.000 0 10 — — — — — — — — — 1 Andrei Trefilov 6 0 3 0 130 16 4.07 .877 0 236 — — — — — — — — —

Awards and records

Awards TypeAward/honourRecipientRef League(annual) King Clancy Memorial Trophy Joe Nieuwendyk NHL First All-Star team Theoren Fleury (Right Wing) Team Molson Cup Trevor Kidd

Milestones MilestonePlayerDateRef First game Jamie Allison January 26, 1995 Cory Stillman February 6, 1995 Scott Morrow February 13, 1995 Joel Bouchard 600th assist Phil Housley February 6, 1995

Transactions The Flames were involved in the following transactions during the 1994–95 season.

Trades June 29, 1994 To Calgary Flames Steve Chiasson To Detroit Red Wings Mike Vernon July 4, 1994 To Calgary Flames Phil Housley2nd round pick in 19962nd round pick in 1997 To St. Louis Blues Al MacInnis

Free agents Player Former team Player New team

Draft picks

Calgary's picks at the 1994 NHL entry draft, held in Hartford, Connecticut.Calgary Flames draft history, hockeydb.com, accessed January 12, 2007

RndPickPlayerNationalityPositionTeam (league)NHL statisticsGPGAPtsPIM119Chris DingmanLWBrandon Wheat Kings (WHL)385151934769245Dmitri RiabykinDN/A 377Chris ClarkRWN/A607103111214700491Ryan DuthieCSpokane Chiefs (WHL) 497Johan FinnstromFRogle Angelholm (SEL) 5107Nils EkmanRWN/A26460911511885123Frank AppelDDüsseldorfer EG (DEL) 6149Patrik HaltiaGFärjestads BK (SEL) 7175Ladislav KohnRWSwift Current Broncos (WHL)1861428421258201Keith McCambridgeDSwift Current Broncos (WHL) 9227Jorgen JonssonCRogle Angelholm (SEL)811219311610253Mike PelusoRWOmaha Lancers (USHL)384261911279Pavel TorgayevCTPS (SM-liiga)556142020

Farm teams

Saint John Flames The 1994–95 American Hockey League season was the second for the Flames' top minor league affiliate. While the Saint John Flames managed only a 27–40–13 record, they still qualified for the playoffs. They fell in the first round to the Prince Edward Island Senators four games to one.1994–95 AHL playoffs, hockeydb.com, accessed February 4, 2007 Mark Greig led the Flames with 31 goals, while he and Cory Stillman tied for the team lead with 81 points. Dwayne Roloson was the starting goaltender, posting a 16–21–8 record with a 3.42 GAA in 46 games.Saint John Flames player stats, hockeydb.com, accessed February 4, 2007

See also 1994–95 NHL season

References

Player stats: 2006–07 Calgary Flames Media Guide, p. 116. Game log: 2006–07 Calgary Flames Media Guide, pg 137