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1994–95 Hartford Whalers season

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Division
  
5th Northeast

1994–95 record
  
19–24–5

Road record
  
7–14–3

Conference
  
10th Eastern

Home record
  
12–10–2

Goals for
  
127

The 1994–95 Hartford Whalers season was the 23rd season of the franchise, 16th season in the NHL. Despite trading away star forward Pat Verbeek to the New York Rangers on March 23, 1995, the Whalers played solid over the next 16 games from March 25 to April 24, with a record of 8-7-1. However, the Whalers could not keep pace with the New York Rangers who went on to take 8th place in the Eastern Conference. It was the third consecutive season that the Whalers missed the playoffs. On a positive note, the Whalers had the most overtime wins and the best overtime record in the NHL, going 4-0-5. Darren Turcotte led all NHL skaters in overtime goals scored with 2.

Contents

Key dates prior to the start of the season:

  • The 1994 NHL Entry Draft

    • Regular season

    The Whalers tied the Dallas Stars and the Toronto Maple Leafs for the lowest shooting percentage during the Regular season, with just 127 goals on 1,428 shots (8.9%)

    Regular season

    Scoring
    Goaltending

    Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus-minus PIM = Penalty minutes; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals;
          MIN = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA=Shots Against; SV=Shots saved; SV% = Save Percentage;

    Transactions

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

    Trades

  • August 26, 1994 - Whalers trade their 1995 first round draft pick (Kyle McLaren), their 1996 first round draft pick (Jonathan Aitken), and their 1997 first round draft pick (Sergei Samsonov) to the Boston Bruins for Glen Wesley.
  • May 31, 1995 - Jan Vopat traded to the Los Angeles Kings for their 1995 fourth round draft pick (Ian MacNeil).

    • Free agents acquired/lost

  • June 28, 1994 - Whalers sign Jimmy Carson as an unrestricted free agent.
  • August 18, 1994 - Whalers sign Steven Rice as a restricted free agent. The Edmonton Oilers are later awarded Bryan Marchment as compensation for signing Rice.
  • January 4, 1995 - Whalers claim Kelly Chase off of waivers from the St. Louis Blues and Brian Glynn of off waivers from the Vancouver Canucks.

    • Draft picks

    Hartford's picks at the 1994 NHL Entry Draft

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    References

    1994–95 Hartford Whalers season Wikipedia
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