1994–95 Dallas Stars season explained

League:	NHL
Season:	1994–95
Year:	1994
Team:	Dallas Stars
Conferencerank:	8th
Divisionrank:	5th
Record:	17–23–8
Homerecord:	9–10–5
Roadrecord:	8–13–3
Goalsfor:	136
Goalsagainst:	135
Coach:	Bob Gainey
Captain:	Mark Tinordi (Oct-Jan) Neal Broten (Jan-Feb) Derian Hatcher (Feb-Apr)
Attendance:	16,729
Goalsleader:	Dave Gagner (14)
Assistsleader:	Dave Gagner (28)
Pointsleader:	Dave Gagner (42)
Pimleader:	Shane Churla (186)
Plusminusleader:	Paul Cavallini (+8)
Winsleader:	Andy Moog (10)
Gaaleader:	Andy Moog (2.44)

The 1994–95 Dallas Stars season was the 28th season in franchise history and the second in Dallas, Texas. Injuries to forward Mike Modano caused him to miss 18 games, more than a third of the 48-game regular season, and finished with 29 points (12 goals, 17 assists). As a result, the Stars didn't have the same offensive power they had had in 1993–94, when Modano scored a career-high 50 goals and relied on Dave Gagner to pick up the slack, which he did, leading the team in goals, assists and points. Despite finishing the season on a 4-game losing streak for a 17-23-8 record, Dallas still scored more goals (136) than they allowed (135).

Regular season

The Stars tied the Hartford Whalers and the Toronto Maple Leafs for the lowest shooting percentage during the regular season, with just 135 goals on 1,520 shots (8.9%).^[1]

Final standings

Playoffs

Despite having a 17-23-8 record, the Stars clinched the number eight seed in the Western Conference, thus making the playoffs for the second consecutive year. They lost to Detroit in the first round 4–1.

Schedule and results

Regular season

|- align="center" |1||T||January 20, 1995||1–1 OT|| align="left"| @ Vancouver Canucks (1994–95) ||0–0–1 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |2||W||January 24, 1995||4–2 || align="left"| @ Los Angeles Kings (1994–95) ||1–0–1 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |3||W||January 25, 1995||4–1 || align="left"| @ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1994–95) ||2–0–1 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|4||L||January 28, 1995||2–3 || align="left"| @ San Jose Sharks (1994–95) ||2–1–1 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|5||L||January 30, 1995||1–2 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1994–95) ||2–2–1 || |-|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |6||W||February 1, 1995||9–2 || align="left"| Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1994–95) ||3–2–1 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|7||L||February 2, 1995||1–2 || align="left"| San Jose Sharks (1994–95) ||3–3–1 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|8||L||February 4, 1995||4–7 || align="left"| @ St. Louis Blues (1994–95) ||3–4–1 || |- align="center" |9||T||February 8, 1995||3–3 OT|| align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1994–95) ||3–4–2 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|10||L||February 11, 1995||0–6 || align="left"| Calgary Flames (1994–95) ||3–5–2 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|11||L||February 13, 1995||4–7 || align="left"| Winnipeg Jets (1994–95) ||3–6–2 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|12||L||February 15, 1995||1–3 || align="left"| Los Angeles Kings (1994–95) ||3–7–2 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|13||L||February 18, 1995||2–3 OT|| align="left"| @ Calgary Flames (1994–95) ||3–8–2 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |14||W||February 20, 1995||2–1 || align="left"| @ Calgary Flames (1994–95) ||4–8–2 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|15||L||February 22, 1995||1–2 || align="left"| @ Edmonton Oilers (1994–95) ||4–9–2 || |- align="center" |16||T||February 24, 1995||3–3 OT|| align="left"| Vancouver Canucks (1994–95) ||4–9–3 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|17||L||February 26, 1995||1–2 || align="left"| Chicago Blackhawks (1994–95) ||4–10–3 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |18||W||February 28, 1995||4–0 || align="left"| @ Winnipeg Jets (1994–95) ||5–10–3 || |-|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |19||W||March 1, 1995||5–3 || align="left"| @ Edmonton Oilers (1994–95) ||6–10–3 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |20||W||March 3, 1995||4–0 || align="left"| Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1994–95) ||7–10–3 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |21||W||March 5, 1995||2–1 || align="left"| St. Louis Blues (1994–95) ||8–10–3 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |22||W||March 6, 1995||8–2 || align="left"| Los Angeles Kings (1994–95) ||9–10–3 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|23||L||March 8, 1995||2–3 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1994–95) ||9–11–3 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|24||L||March 10, 1995||3–4 || align="left"| @ Winnipeg Jets (1994–95) ||9–12–3 || |- align="center" |25||T||March 12, 1995||4–4 OT|| align="left"| Calgary Flames (1994–95) ||9–12–4 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |26||W||March 13, 1995||4–2 || align="left"| Chicago Blackhawks (1994–95) ||10–12–4 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|27||L||March 16, 1995||4–5 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1994–95) ||10–13–4 || |- align="center" |28||T||March 22, 1995||4–4 OT|| align="left"| Edmonton Oilers (1994–95) ||10–13–5 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |29||W||March 23, 1995||2–1 || align="left"| Edmonton Oilers (1994–95) ||11–13–5 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|30||L||March 27, 1995||2–3 || align="left"| St. Louis Blues (1994–95) ||11–14–5 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|31||L||March 30, 1995||2–3 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1994–95) ||11–15–5 || |-|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|32||L||April 1, 1995||2–3 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1994–95) ||11–16–5 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |33||W||April 2, 1995||2–1 || align="left"| @ Chicago Blackhawks (1994–95) ||12–16–5 || |- align="center" |34||T||April 4, 1995||2–2 OT|| align="left"| @ Vancouver Canucks (1994–95) ||12–16–6 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|35||L||April 6, 1995||2–3 || align="left"| @ Los Angeles Kings (1994–95) ||12–17–6 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |36||W||April 7, 1995||2–0 || align="left"| @ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1994–95) ||13–17–6 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |37||W||April 9, 1995||3–2 || align="left"| @ St. Louis Blues (1994–95) ||14–17–6 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|38||L||April 11, 1995||1–4 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1994–95) ||14–18–6 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|39||L||April 14, 1995||1–2 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1994–95) ||14–19–6 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |40||W||April 16, 1995||2–0 || align="left"| Chicago Blackhawks (1994–95) ||15–19–6 || |- align="center" |41||T||April 17, 1995||2–2 OT|| align="left"| Vancouver Canucks (1994–95) ||15–19–7 || |- align="center" |42||T||April 19, 1995||5–5 OT|| align="left"| San Jose Sharks (1994–95) ||15–19–8 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |43||W||April 22, 1995||6–4 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1994–95) ||16–19–8 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |44||W||April 23, 1995||5–2 || align="left"| Winnipeg Jets (1994–95) ||17–19–8 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|45||L||April 25, 1995||4–8 || align="left"| St. Louis Blues (1994–95) ||17–20–8 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|46||L||April 27, 1995||1–5 || align="left"| @ Chicago Blackhawks (1994–95) ||17–21–8 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|47||L||April 29, 1995||2–4 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1994–95) ||17–22–8 || |-|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|48||L||May 1, 1995||1–3 || align="left"| @ San Jose Sharks (1994–95) ||17–23–8 || |-|-| Legend:

Playoffs

|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 1 ||L|| May 7, 1995 || 3–4 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings || Red Wings lead 1–0 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 2 ||L|| May 9, 1995 || 1–4 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings || Red Wings lead 2–0 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 3 ||L|| May 11, 1995 || 1–5 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings || Red Wings lead 3–0 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 4 ||W|| May 14, 1995 || 4–1 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings || Red Wings lead 3–1 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 5 ||L|| May 15, 1995 || 1–3 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings || Red Wings win 4–1 || |-|-| Legend:

Player statistics

Scoring

Position abbreviations: C = Center; D = Defense; 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 Stars only.
= Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Stars only.

	Regular season						Playoffs
	Player
15		C	48	14	28	42	2	42	5	1	1	2	0	4
9		C	30	12	17	29	7	8
4		D	47	10	19	29	−4	66	5	2	1	3	−4	2
11		LW	35	11	14	25	3	29	5	0	1	1	0	6
22		RW	47	12	10	22	−2	26	5	1	0	1	0	0
10		RW	40	11	9	20	−3	67	5	0	0	0	−1	8
39		C	44	6	12	18	4	33	5	0	0	0	−1	9
12		D	38	5	13	18	6	20	3	0	0	0	−2	2
6		C	28	3	15	18	4	28	5	1	0	1	−1	2
26		RW	32	7	10	17	−8	13
21		RW	47	7	9	16	−7	36	5	1	2	3	−2	2
2		D	43	5	11	16	3	105
16		C	47	8	7	15	3	48	5	1	2	3	1	12
41		LW	32	9	4	13	−3	16	5	0	1	1	−1	2
14		D	44	1	11	12	8	28	5	0	2	2	2	6
25		C	30	6	5	11	−6	19	3	1	0	1	0	0
3		D	47	2	7	9	−6	61	4	0	1	1	5	2
23		LW	12	3	3	6	−4	4	5	2	0	2	1	0
5		D	42	0	5	5	−6	67	5	0	0	0	−2	10
27		RW	27	1	3	4	0	186	5	0	0	0	−1	20
7		C	17	0	4	4	−8	4
23		RW	27	1	1	2	1	106
11		RW	5	1	1	2	1	0
24		D	14	0	2	2	−7	14	5	0	2	2	−3	4
43		D	16	1	0	1	1	52
29		RW	2	0	1	1	1	0
35		G	31	0	1	1		14	5	0	0	0		2
37		RW	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
30		G	1	0	0	0		0
20		C	4	0	0	0	−3	0
18		D	12	0	0	0	0	9	3	0	0	0	2	2
20		RW	2	0	0	0	0	2
38		RW	2	0	0	0	0	0
28		D	2	0	0	0	0	0
1		G	6	0	0	0		0
34		G	15	0	0	0		4	1	0	0	0		0

Goaltending

	Regular season										Playoffs
	Player
35		31	10	12	7	846	72	2.44	.915	2	1770	5	1	4	169	16	3.47	.905	0	277
34		15	4	8	0	341	40	3.18	.883	2	754	1	0	0	9	1	3.00	.889	0	20
1		6	3	2	1	172	18	3.30	.895	0	327	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
30		1	0	1	0	27	3	3.05	.889	0	59	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Awards and records

Awards

Transactions

April 7, 1995: RW Russ Courtnall traded from Dallas to Vancouver for LW Greg Adams and RW Dan Kesa and Vancouver's fifth round pick in 1995 Entry Draft.^[3]

Draft picks

Dallas' draft picks at the 1994 NHL Entry Draft held at the Hartford Civic Center in Hartford, Connecticut.^[4]

Round	Pick	Player	College/junior/club team
1	20	Jason Botterill (LW)	University of Michigan (NCAA)
2	46	Lee Jinman (C)	North Bay Centennials (OHL)
4	98	Jamie Wright (LW)	Guelph Storm (OHL)
5	124	Marty Turco (G)	Cambridge Winterhawks (MWJHL)
6	150	Evgeny Petrochinin (D)	Spartak Moscow (Russia)
9	228	Marty Flichel (RW)	Tacoma Rockets (WHL)
10	254	Jimmy Roy (C)	Thunder Bay Flyers (USHL)
11	280	Chris Szysky (RW)	Swift Current Broncos (WHL)

References

Web site: Dallas Stars 1994-95 roster and scoring statistics at hockeydb.com . www.hockeydb.com . September 8, 2023.
Web site: 1994-95 Dallas Stars Roster, Stats, Injuries, Scores, Results, Shootouts . Hockey-Reference.com . September 8, 2023.

Notes and References

Web site: 1994-95 NHL Summary . Hockey-Reference.com . September 8, 2023.
Dallas Stars 2014–15 Organizational Compendium, p.269
http://www.habsinsideout.com/main/3969 NHL trade deadline: Deals since 1980 | Habs Inside/Out
Web site: 1994 NHL Entry Draft . hockeydb.com.