1994–95 San Jose Sharks season

1994–95 San Jose Sharks
1994–95 San Jose Sharks
Division	3rd Pacific
Conference	7th Western
1994–95 record	19–25–4
Home record	10–13–1
Road record	9–12–3
Goals for	129
Goals against	161
Team information
General manager	Chuck Grillo; Dean Lombardi
Coach	Kevin Constantine
Captain	Bob Errey (Oct.–Feb.) ; Jeff Odgers (Feb.–May)
Alternate captains	Ulf Dahlen; Igor Larionov; Jeff Odgers (Oct.–Feb.)
Arena	San Jose Arena
Average attendance	17,190
Minor league affiliate(s)	Kansas City Blades; Roanoke Express
Team leaders
Goals	Jeff Friesen (15)
Assists	Ulf Dahlen (23)
Points	Ulf Dahlen (34)
Penalty minutes	Jeff Odgers (117)
Plus/minus	Jayson More (+7)
Wins	Arturs Irbe (14)
Goals against average	Wade Flaherty (3.10)
	← 1993–94 1995–96 →

In the 1994–95 San Jose Sharks season, the Sharks once again qualified for the playoffs and won their first-round series against the Calgary Flames before losing in the second round to the Detroit Red Wings.

Offseason

The Sharks chose Jeff Friesen with their first-round pick, eleventh overall. Friesen would play for the Sharks for nearly seven seasons.

Regular season

The Sharks started their lockout-shortened season by winning 5 of their first 6 games. In their first win of the season on January 21, 1995, 18-year-old rookie Jeff Friesen scored his very first National Hockey League goal, a short-handed game-winner against the Toronto Maple Leafs as the Sharks won 3-2. Their streak soon came to an end, and the team lost 5 straight from February 18 to 26. Although he had 4 shutouts, goaltender Arturs Irbe struggled, going 14-19-3 with a goals against average (GAA) of 3.26 and a save percentage (SV%) of .895. Friesen went on to lead the Sharks in goals with 15. During the season, the team acquired forwards Craig Janney and Kevin Miller in a trade with the St. Louis Blues for forward Todd Elik and defenseman Jeff Norton. Captain Bob Errey is traded to the Detroit Red Wings, and forward Jeff Odgers is named team captain.

The Sharks finished last in shots on goal (1,152) during the regular season.^[1]

Season standings

Pacific Division
No.	CR		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1	2	Calgary Flames	48	24	17	7	163	135	55
2	6	Vancouver Canucks	48	18	18	12	153	148	48
3	7	San Jose Sharks	48	19	25	4	129	161	42
4	9	Los Angeles Kings	48	16	23	9	142	174	41
5	11	Edmonton Oilers	48	17	27	4	136	183	38
6	12	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	48	16	27	5	125	164	37

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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^[3]
R		Div	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1	p – Detroit Red Wings	CEN	48	33	11	4	180	117	70
2	x – Calgary Flames	PAC	48	24	17	7	163	135	55
3	St. Louis Blues	CEN	48	28	15	5	178	135	61
4	Chicago Blackhawks	CEN	48	24	19	5	156	115	53
5	Toronto Maple Leafs	CEN	48	21	19	8	135	146	50
6	Vancouver Canucks	PAC	48	18	18	12	153	148	48
7	San Jose Sharks	PAC	48	19	25	4	129	161	42
8	Dallas Stars	CEN	48	17	23	8	136	135	42

9	Los Angeles Kings	PAC	48	16	23	9	142	174	41
10	Winnipeg Jets	CEN	48	16	25	7	157	177	39
11	Edmonton Oilers	PAC	48	17	27	4	136	183	38
12	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	PAC	48	16	27	5	125	164	37

Divisions: CEN – Central, PAC – Pacific

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

Playoffs

In the first round of playoffs, the Sharks once again upset the team with the better record, as they edged the Calgary Flames 4 games to 3. The Sharks allowed 5 shorthanded goals and gave up 35 total goals in the series. In the second round, the Sharks faced the Detroit Red Wings, whom they had defeated in 7 games in the first round of the 1994 Stanley Cup Playoffs. This time around, it was no contest, as Detroit blanked San Jose 6–0 in game 1, and won games 2, 3 and 4 by identical scores of 6–2. Detroit forward Vyacheslav Kozlov scored 4 goals and had 5 assists for 9 points in the 4 games. The Red Wings' special teams dominated the Sharks, scoring 7 power-play goals and adding two shorthanded goals. The Sharks were outscored 24–6 in the series, and were outshot 147–61.

Schedule and results

Regular season

1994–95 regular season^[4]

January: 4–1–0 (home: 4–1–0; road: 0–0–0)

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Recap
1	L	January 20, 1995	2–5	St. Louis Blues (1994–95)	0–1–0	Recap
2	W	January 21, 1995	3–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1994–95)	1–1–0	Recap
3	W	January 25, 1995	4–0	Winnipeg Jets (1994–95)	2–1–0	Recap
4	W	January 28, 1995	3–2	Dallas Stars (1994–95)	3–1–0	Recap
5	W	January 30, 1995	2–1	Chicago Blackhawks (1994–95)	4–1–0	Recap

February: 4–8–2 (home: 1–3–0; road: 3–5–2)

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Recap
6	W	February 2, 1995	2–1	@ Dallas Stars (1994–95)	5–1–0	Recap
7	T	February 4, 1995	3–3 OT	@ Winnipeg Jets (1994–95)	5–1–1	Recap
8	L	February 6, 1995	3–7	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1994–95)	5–2–1	Recap
9	L	February 7, 1995	0–6	@ Detroit Red Wings (1994–95)	5–3–1	Recap
10	L	February 10, 1995	1–5	@ Edmonton Oilers (1994–95)	5–4–1	Recap
11	T	February 11, 1995	1–1 OT	@ Vancouver Canucks (1994–95)	5–4–2	Recap
12	W	February 15, 1995	3–1	Vancouver Canucks (1994–95)	6–4–2	Recap
13	W	February 17, 1995	2–0	@ Los Angeles Kings (1994–95)	7–4–2	Recap
14	L	February 18, 1995	3–6	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1994–95)	7–5–2	Recap
15	L	February 20, 1995	2–3	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1994–95)	7–6–2	Recap
16	L	February 22, 1995	3–4	@ St. Louis Blues (1994–95)	7–7–2	Recap
17	L	February 24, 1995	0–3	Calgary Flames (1994–95)	7–8–2	Recap
18	L	February 26, 1995	1–5	Vancouver Canucks (1994–95)	7–9–2	Recap
19	W	February 28, 1995	4–3	@ Vancouver Canucks (1994–95)	8–9–2	Recap

March: 4–8–0 (home: 1–5–0; road: 3–3–0)

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Recap
20	W	March 2, 1995	4–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1994–95)	9–9–2	Recap
21	L	March 4, 1995	2–4	@ Winnipeg Jets (1994–95)	9–10–2	Recap
22	L	March 8, 1995	2–5	Edmonton Oilers (1994–95)	9–11–2	Recap
23	L	March 15, 1995	1–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1994–95)	9–12–2	Recap
24	L	March 17, 1995	3–5	@ Edmonton Oilers (1994–95)	9–13–2	Recap
25	W	March 19, 1995	5–3	@ Calgary Flames (1994–95)	10–13–2	Recap
26	L	March 21, 1995	3–7	Chicago Blackhawks (1994–95)	10–14–2	Recap
27	L	March 23, 1995	3–6	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1994–95)	10–15–2	Recap
28	W	March 25, 1995	3–1	@ Los Angeles Kings (1994–95)	11–15–2	Recap
29	L	March 26, 1995	3–7	Los Angeles Kings (1994–95)	11–16–2	Recap
30	W	March 28, 1995	6–5 OT	Winnipeg Jets (1994–95)	12–16–2	Recap
31	L	March 31, 1995	1–4	@ St. Louis Blues (1994–95)	12–17–2	Recap

April: 6–8–1 (home: 3–4–0; road: 3–4–1)

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Recap
32	L	April 2, 1995	4–5	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1994–95)	12–18–2	Recap
33	L	April 5, 1995	3–5	Detroit Red Wings (1994–95)	12–19–2	Recap
34	W	April 7, 1995	5–0	Edmonton Oilers (1994–95)	13–19–2	Recap
35	W	April 9, 1995	5–2	@ Edmonton Oilers (1994–95)	14–19–2	Recap
36	L	April 10, 1995	3–8	@ Calgary Flames (1994–95)	14–20–2	Recap
37	W	April 12, 1995	3–2	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1994–95)	15–20–2	Recap
38	L	April 13, 1995	0–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1994–95)	15–21–2	Recap
39	W	April 16, 1995	2–0	Los Angeles Kings (1994–95)	16–21–2	Recap
40	L	April 17, 1995	0–3	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1994–95)	16–22–2	Recap
41	T	April 19, 1995	5–5 OT	@ Dallas Stars (1994–95)	16–22–3	Recap
42	L	April 23, 1995	1–5	Detroit Red Wings (1994–95)	16–23–3	Recap
43	L	April 25, 1995	2–3	Calgary Flames (1994–95)	16–24–3	Recap
44	W	April 26, 1995	5–2	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1994–95)	17–24–3	Recap
45	W	April 28, 1995	4–0	Los Angeles Kings (1994–95)	18–24–3	Recap
46	L	April 30, 1995	3–4	St. Louis Blues (1994–95)	18–25–3	Recap

May: 1–0–1 (home: 1–0–1; road: 0–0–0)

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Recap
47	W	May 1, 1995	3–1	Dallas Stars (1994–95)	19–25–3	Recap
48	T	May 3, 1995	3–3 OT	Vancouver Canucks (1994–95)	19–25–4	Recap

Legend:

Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Tie (1 point)

Playoffs

1995 Stanley Cup playoffs^[4]

Western Conference Quarterfinals vs. (2) Calgary Flames – Sharks win 4–3

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Series	Recap
1	W	May 7, 1995	5–4	@ Calgary Flames	Sharks lead 1–0	Recap
2	W	May 9, 1995	5–4 OT	@ Calgary Flames	Sharks lead 2–0	Recap
3	L	May 11, 1995	2–9	Calgary Flames	Sharks lead 2–1	Recap
4	L	May 13, 1995	4–6	Calgary Flames	Series tied 2–2	Recap
5	L	May 15, 1995	0–5	@ Calgary Flames	Flames lead 3–2	Recap
6	W	May 17, 1995	5–3	Calgary Flames	Series tied 3–3	Recap
7	W	May 19, 1995	5–4 2OT	@ Calgary Flames	Sharks win 4–3	Recap

Western Conference Semifinals vs. (1) Detroit Red Wings – Red Wings win 4–0

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Series	Recap
1	L	May 21, 1995	0–6	@ Detroit Red Wings	Red Wings lead 1–0	Recap
2	L	May 23, 1995	2–6	@ Detroit Red Wings	Red Wings lead 2–0	Recap
3	L	May 25, 1995	2–6	Detroit Red Wings	Red Wings lead 3–0	Recap
4	L	May 27, 1995	2–6	Detroit Red Wings	Red Wings win 4–0	Recap

Legend:

Win Loss

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 Sharks only.
‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Sharks only.

No.	Player	Pos	Regular season						Playoffs
No.	Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
22	Ulf Dahlen	LW	46	11	23	34	−2	11	11	5	4	9	−13	0
39	Jeff Friesen	LW	48	15	10	25	−8	14	11	1	5	6	−9	4
14	Ray Whitney	LW	39	13	12	25	−7	14	11	4	4	8	−3	2
6	Sandis Ozolinsh	D	48	9	16	25	−6	30	11	3	2	5	−13	6
24	Sergei Makarov	RW	43	10	14	24	−4	40	11	3	3	6	−3	4
7	Igor Larionov	C	33	4	20	24	−3	14	11	1	8	9	−4	2
15	Craig Janney†	C	27	5	15	20	−4	10	11	3	4	7	−13	4
17	Pat Falloon	RW	46	12	7	19	−4	25	11	3	1	4	−6	0
27	Todd Elik‡	C	22	7	10	17	3	18	—	—	—	—	—	—
41	Tom Pederson	D	47	5	11	16	−14	31	10	0	5	5	−14	8
18	Chris Tancill	C	26	3	11	14	1	10	11	1	1	2	−7	8
8^[a]	Kevin Miller†	C	21	6	7	13	0	13	6	0	0	0	−3	2
13	Jamie Baker	C	43	7	4	11	−7	22	11	2	2	4	−7	12
8	Jeff Norton‡	D	20	1	9	10	1	39	—	—	—	—	—	—
11	Gaetan Duchesne‡	LW	33	2	7	9	−6	16	—	—	—	—	—	—
40	Mike Rathje	D	42	2	7	9	−1	29	11	5	2	7	−15	4
23	Andrei Nazarov	LW	26	3	5	8	−1	94	6	0	0	0	0	9
36	Jeff Odgers	RW	48	4	3	7	−8	117	11	1	1	2	0	23
2	Jim Kyte†	D	18	2	5	7	−7	33	11	0	2	2	−1	14
4	Jay More	D	45	0	6	6	7	71	11	0	4	4	0	6
3	Ilja Byakin	D	13	0	5	5	−9	14	—	—	—	—	—	—
12	Bob Errey‡	LW	13	2	2	4	4	27	—	—	—	—	—	—
38	Michal Sykora	D	16	0	4	4	6	10	—	—	—	—	—	—
9	Vyacheslav Butsayev	C	6	2	0	2	−2	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
47	Viktor Kozlov	C	16	2	0	2	−5	2	—	—	—	—	—	—
10	Johan Garpenlov‡	LW	13	1	1	2	−3	2	—	—	—	—	—	—
16	Dody Wood	C	9	1	1	2	0	29	—	—	—	—	—	—
44	Shawn Cronin	D	29	0	2	2	0	61	9	0	0	0	2	5
26	Vlastimil Kroupa	D	14	0	2	2	−7	16	6	0	0	0	−3	4
31	Wade Flaherty	G	18	0	1	1		0	7	0	0	0		0
42	Shean Donovan	RW	14	0	0	0	−6	6	7	0	1	1	−3	6
32	Arturs Irbe	G	38	0	0	0		4	6	0	0	0		10

Goaltending

No.	Player	Regular season										Playoffs
No.	Player	GP	W	L	T	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI	GP	W	L	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI
32	Arturs Irbe	38	14	19	3	1056	111	3.26	.895	4	2043	6	2	4	184	27	5.13	.853	0	316
31	Wade Flaherty	18	5	6	1	455	44	3.10	.903	1	852	7	2	3	221	31	4.93	.860	0	377

Awards and records

Awards

Type	Award/honor	Recipient	Ref
League (annual)	Lester Patrick Trophy	Brian Mullen	^[5]
League (annual)	NHL All-Rookie Team	Jeff Friesen (Forward)	^[6]
Team	Sharks Player of the Year	Ulf Dahlen	^[7]
Team	Sharks Rookie of the Year	Jeff Friesen	^[7]

Milestones

Milestone	Player	Date	Ref
First game	Jeff Friesen	January 20, 1995	^[8]
	Shean Donovan	February 6, 1995
	Viktor Kozlov	February 18, 1995
1,000th game played	Gaetan Duchesne	February 26, 1995	^[9]

Transactions

Trade Deadline Transactions

Traded	Acquired	Acquired From
Gaetan Duchesne	1995 6th round draft pick (FLA)	Florida Panthers

Draft picks

San Jose's draft picks at the 1994 NHL Entry Draft held at the Hartford Civic Center in Hartford, Connecticut.^[10]

Round	#	Player	Position	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team
1	11	Jeff Friesen	Left Wing	Canada	Regina Pats (WHL)
2	37	Angel Nikolov	Defense	Czech Republic	Litvinov CHP HC (Czech)
3	66	Alexei Yegorov	Right Wing	Russia	St. Petersburg SKA (Russia)
4	89	Václav Varaďa	Left Wing	Czech Republic	Vitkovice HC (Czech)
5	115	Brian Swanson	Center	United States	Omaha Lancers (USHL)
6	141	Alexander Korolyuk	Right Wing	Russia	Krylja Sovetov (Russia)
7	167	Sergei Gorbachev	Forward	Russia	HC Dynamo Moscow (Russia)
8	193	Eric Landry	Right Wing	Canada	Guelph Storm (OHL)
9	219	Evgeni Nabokov	Goalie	Kazakhstan	Kamenogorsk (Russia)
10	240	Tomas Pisa	Left Wing	Czech Republic	Pardubice HC (Czech)
10	245	Aniket Dhadphale	Left Wing	United States	Notre Dame (NCAA)
11	271	David Beauregard	Left Wing	Canada	St. Hyacinthe Lasers (QMJHL)

Notes

^ Miller wore number 12 in his first two games.

References

"San Jose Sharks 1994-95 roster and scoring statistics at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved September 11, 2023.
"1994-95 San Jose Sharks Roster, Stats, Injuries, Scores, Results, Shootouts". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved September 11, 2023.

^ "1994-95 NHL Summary". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved September 11, 2023.
^ 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.
^ "1994-1995 Conference Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". NHL.
^ ^a ^b "1994-95 San Jose Sharks Schedule". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved September 11, 2023.
^ "Lester Patrick Trophy". records.nhl.com. Retrieved September 12, 2023.
^ "Postseason All-Star Teams". records.nhl.com. Retrieved September 12, 2023.
^ ^a ^b 2014–15 San Jose Sharks Media Guide, p.255–58
^ "1994-95 NHL Debuts". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved October 5, 2024.
^ "CANUCKS SCORE EARLY, OFTEN TO EXTEND SHARKS LOSING STREAK TO 5". Deseret News. February 27, 1995. Retrieved September 12, 2023. The Sharks honored defenseman Gaetan Duchesne in a pre-game ceremony. The 14-year veteran became the 100th NHL player to appear in 1,000 games.
^ "1994 NHL Entry Draft Picks at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved September 11, 2023.

[5] Miller wore number 12 in his first two games.

[1] "1994-95 NHL Summary". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved September 11, 2023.

[2] 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.

[3] "1994-1995 Conference Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". NHL.

[Gamelog-4] "1994-95 San Jose Sharks Schedule". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved September 11, 2023.

[6] "Lester Patrick Trophy". records.nhl.com. Retrieved September 12, 2023.

[7] "Postseason All-Star Teams". records.nhl.com. Retrieved September 12, 2023.

[Teamawards-8] 2014–15 San Jose Sharks Media Guide, p.255–58

[9] "1994-95 NHL Debuts". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved October 5, 2024.

[10] "CANUCKS SCORE EARLY, OFTEN TO EXTEND SHARKS LOSING STREAK TO 5". Deseret News. February 27, 1995. Retrieved September 12, 2023. The Sharks honored defenseman Gaetan Duchesne in a pre-game ceremony. The 14-year veteran became the 100th NHL player to appear in 1,000 games.

[11] "1994 NHL Entry Draft Picks at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved September 11, 2023.

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