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1994–95 Quebec Nordiques season

The 1994–95 Quebec Nordiques season was the 23rd season of operation of the Nordiques and the last season that the team played in Quebec. The Nordiques finished first in the Eastern Conference, but lost in the first round to the New York Rangers. After the season, the club was sold and relocated to Denver, Colorado.

1994–95 Quebec Nordiques
Northeast Division champions
Division1st Northeast
Conference1st Eastern
1994–95 record30–13–5
Home record19–1–4
Road record11–12–1
Goals for185
Goals against134
Team information
General managerPierre Lacroix
CoachMarc Crawford
CaptainJoe Sakic
Alternate captainsWendel Clark
Mike Ricci
ArenaColisée de Québec
Average attendance14,397 (93.4%)[1]
Minor league affiliate(s)Cornwall Aces (AHL)
Team leaders
GoalsOwen Nolan (30)
AssistsJoe Sakic (43)
PointsJoe Sakic (62)
Penalty minutesChris Simon (106)
Plus/minusCurtis Leschyshyn (+29)
WinsStephane Fiset (17)
Goals against averageJocelyn Thibault (2.34)

Regular season

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The Nordiques exploded out of the gate, winning five-straight games and 12 of their first 13. Although they were terrible on the road, going just 11–12–1, the Nordiques had the best home record in the league: 19–1–4. Quebec's only defeat at home came on February 27 in a 7–5 loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins. Captain Joe Sakic finished fourth in the league in points (62), Owen Nolan tied for third in the league in goals (30) and finished first in the league in game-winning goals (8), while Peter Forsberg led all rookies in points (50). Forsberg went on to win the Calder Memorial Trophy as the NHL's top rookie of the 1994–95 season. The team finished first in scoring in the league with 185 goals and was one of only two Eastern Conference teams to score at least one goal in all of their 48 regular-season games (the Buffalo Sabres were the other team). Quebec went on to finish first in the Eastern Conference with 65 points. The Nordiques tied the Flyers for most hat-tricks scored during the regular season, with six. Owen Nolan had three, while Wendel Clark, Uwe Krupp and Scott Young each had one.

Season standings

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Northeast Division
No.CRGPWLTGFGAPts
11Quebec Nordiques483013518513465
23Pittsburgh Penguins482916318115861
34Boston Bruins482718315012757
47Buffalo Sabres482219713011951
510Hartford Whalers481924512714143
611Montreal Canadiens481823712514843
714Ottawa Senators48934511717423

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Eastern Conference[3]
RDivGPWLTGFGAPts
1Quebec NordiquesNE483013518513465
2Philadelphia FlyersAT482816415013260
3Pittsburgh PenguinsNE482916318115861
4Boston BruinsNE482718315012757
5New Jersey DevilsAT482218813612152
6Washington CapitalsAT482218813612052
7Buffalo SabresNE482219713011951
8New York RangersAT482223313913447
9Florida PanthersAT482022611512746
10Hartford WhalersNE481924512714143
11Montreal CanadiensNE481823712514843
12Tampa Bay LightningAT481728312014437
13New York IslandersAT481528512615835
14Ottawa SenatorsNE48934511717423

Divisions: AT – Atlantic, NE – Northeast

bold – Qualified for playoffs


Playoffs

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The Nordiques faced the New York Rangers in the first round of the 1995 NHL playoffs. On paper, the Nordiques were the clear favorite, since they had a much better record and had won the season series against the Rangers. However, New York's players had more playoff experience, since most of them had been members of the 1994 Stanley Cup champion team. This fact, combined with the Nordiques players' playoff inexperience and inability to maintain their effective power play, proved to be the ultimate factors in the series, as New York defeated Quebec 4 games to 2. Although each team had allowed only 134 goals during the regular season (tied for 9th in the league), it was an offensive series, as 44 goals were scored (25 by New York, 19 by Quebec) over the 6 games.

Schedule and results

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Regular season

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1994–95 regular season[4]
January: 5–0–0 (home: 3–0–0; road: 2–0–0)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordAttendanceRecap
1WJanuary 21, 19953–1@ Philadelphia Flyers (1994–95)1–0–017,380Recap
2WJanuary 24, 19955–1Washington Capitals (1994–95)2–0–014,277Recap
3WJanuary 27, 19957–3@ Buffalo Sabres (1994–95)3–0–016,232Recap
4WJanuary 28, 19952–0New York Rangers (1994–95)4–0–014,382Recap
5WJanuary 31, 19955–2Philadelphia Flyers (1994–95)5–0–014,141Recap
February: 8–4–2 (home: 3–1–2; road: 5–3–0)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordAttendanceRecap
6LFebruary 2, 19954–5@ New Jersey Devils (1994–95)5–1–012,096Recap
7WFebruary 4, 19952–0New Jersey Devils (1994–95)6–1–013,220Recap
8WFebruary 5, 19953–1Hartford Whalers (1994–95)7–1–013,207Recap
9WFebruary 8, 19953–2@ Hartford Whalers (1994–95)8–1–08,032Recap
10WFebruary 9, 19954–3@ Boston Bruins (1994–95)9–1–014,448Recap
11WFebruary 11, 19955–2Ottawa Senators (1994–95)10–1–014,231Recap
12WFebruary 14, 19953–2@ New York Islanders (1994–95)11–1–010,225Recap
13WFebruary 16, 19954–2@ Philadelphia Flyers (1994–95)12–1–017,065Recap
14LFebruary 18, 19952–4@ Washington Capitals (1994–95)12–2–013,410Recap
15WFebruary 19, 19954–1@ Florida Panthers (1994–95)13–2–014,703Recap
16LFebruary 21, 19954–5@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1994–95)13–3–017,181Recap
17TFebruary 23, 19956–6 OTPhiladelphia Flyers (1994–95)13–3–113,301Recap
18TFebruary 25, 19951–1 OTBoston Bruins (1994–95)13–3–214,389Recap
19LFebruary 27, 19955–7Pittsburgh Penguins (1994–95)13–4–215,399Recap
March: 10–4–1 (home: 7–0–1; road: 3–4–0)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordAttendanceRecap
20WMarch 1, 19958–2Tampa Bay Lightning (1994–95)14–4–213,131Recap
21TMarch 4, 19951–1 OTBuffalo Sabres (1994–95)14–4–313,517Recap
22WMarch 6, 19956–3New Jersey Devils (1994–95)15–4–313,178Recap
23WMarch 7, 19955–4@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1994–95)16–4–317,181Recap
24LMarch 9, 19951–2@ Hartford Whalers (1994–95)16–5–38,886Recap
25WMarch 11, 19952–1New York Islanders (1994–95)17–5–314,525Recap
26WMarch 16, 19953–2Pittsburgh Penguins (1994–95)18–5–315,399Recap
27LMarch 18, 19954–5@ Montreal Canadiens (1994–95)18–6–317,959Recap
28WMarch 20, 19955–4 OTFlorida Panthers (1994–95)19–6–313,013Recap
29WMarch 22, 19956–2Boston Bruins (1994–95)20–6–314,096Recap
30WMarch 25, 19952–1New York Rangers (1994–95)21–6–315,399Recap
31WMarch 26, 199511–4@ Ottawa Senators (1994–95)22–6–310,171Recap
32LMarch 28, 19953–5@ Buffalo Sabres (1994–95)22–7–314,899Recap
33WMarch 30, 19955–4@ New York Rangers (1994–95)23–7–318,200Recap
34LMarch 31, 19954–6@ Washington Capitals (1994–95)23–8–313,629Recap
April: 6–5–2 (home: 5–0–1; road: 1–5–1)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordAttendanceRecap
35WApril 2, 19957–5Ottawa Senators (1994–95)24–8–314,335Recap
36LApril 5, 19955–6@ Montreal Canadiens (1994–95)24–9–317,469Recap
37WApril 6, 19953–2Montreal Canadiens (1994–95)25–9–315,399Recap
38TApril 8, 19952–2 OT@ Ottawa Senators (1994–95)25–9–410,575Recap
39WApril 12, 19954–0@ Boston Bruins (1994–95)26–9–414,448Recap
40WApril 14, 19955–2Buffalo Sabres (1994–95)27–9–415,399Recap
41WApril 16, 19954–2Washington Capitals (1994–95)28–9–415,325Recap
42LApril 18, 19952–5@ New York Islanders (1994–95)28–10–413,758Recap
43LApril 20, 19952–5@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1994–95)28–11–417,705Recap
44LApril 22, 19952–4@ Florida Panthers (1994–95)28–12–414,703Recap
45TApril 26, 19951–1 OTMontreal Canadiens (1994–95)28–12–515,399Recap
46WApril 29, 19954–1Tampa Bay Lightning (1994–95)29–12–515,399Recap
47LApril 30, 19952–4@ New Jersey Devils (1994–95)29–13–516,129Recap
May: 1–0–0 (home: 1–0–0; road: 0–0–0)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordAttendanceRecap
48WMay 3, 19954–1Hartford Whalers (1994–95)30–13–515,399Recap
Legend:

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

Playoffs

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1995 Stanley Cup playoffs[4]
Eastern Conference Quarterfinals vs. (8) New York Rangers – Rangers win 4–2
GameResultDateScoreOpponentSeriesRecap
1WMay 6, 19955–4New York RangersNordiques lead 1–0Recap
2LMay 8, 19953–8New York RangersSeries tied 1–1Recap
3LMay 10, 19953–4@ New York RangersRangers lead 2–1Recap
4LMay 12, 19952–3 OT@ New York RangersRangers lead 3–1Recap
5WMay 14, 19954–2New York RangersRangers lead 3–2Recap
6LMay 16, 19952–4@ New York RangersRangers win 4–2Recap
Legend:

  Win  Loss

Player statistics

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Scoring

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  • 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 Nordiques only.
  • ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Nordiques only.
Regular seasonPlayoffs
No.PlayerPosGPGAPts+/-PIMGPGAPts+/-PIM
19Joe SakicC471943627306415−40
21Peter ForsbergC471535501716624624
11Owen NolanRW463019492146623526
48Scott YoungRW48182139914633632
9Mike RicciC48152136540613448
17Wendel ClarkLW37121830−1456123−66
13Valeri KamenskyLW40102030322210100
28Bob BassenC471215271433524620
51Andrei KovalenkoRW45141024−4316011−32
4Uwe KruppD446172314205022−22
18Adam DeadmarshRW48981716566011−30
7Curtis LeschyshynD442131529203011−14
2Sylvain LefebvreD48211131317602252
47Claude LapointeC2948125415000−18
12Chris SimonLW293912141066112−119
25Martin RucinskyLW20369514——————
6Craig WolaninD403691240611254
52Adam FooteD3507717526011−314
23Paul MacDermidRW14314322300002
15Bill Huard†LW72242131000−10
5Alexei GusarovD14123−16——————
14Dwayne NorrisRW1312312——————
20Rene CorbetLW803332201110
29Steven FinnD400331644011−42
35Stephane FisetG32033240000
22Janne LaukkanenD11033346101−22
31Aaron MillerD903326——————
24Jon KlemmD410132——————
59Dave Karpa‡D2000−10——————
1Garth SnowG2000010000
41Jocelyn ThibaultG18000030000

Goaltending

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Regular seasonPlayoffs
No.PlayerGPWLTSAGAGAASV%SOTOIGPWLSAGAGAASV%SOTOI
35Stephane Fiset3217103968872.78.91021879412115164.60.8610209
41Jocelyn Thibault181222423352.34.91718983127683.24.8950148
1Garth Snow211063115.54.8250119100316.78.66709

Awards and records

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Awards

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TypeAward/honourRecipientRef
League
(annual)		Calder Memorial TrophyPeter Forsberg[5]
Jack Adams AwardMarc Crawford[6]
NHL All-Rookie TeamPeter Forsberg (Forward)[7]
League
(in-season)		NHL Rookie of the MonthPeter Forsberg (April)[8]
TeamO'Keefe CupJoe Sakic[9]

Transactions

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The Nordiques were involved in the following transactions during the 1994-95 season.

Trades

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March 8, 1995To Anaheim Mighty Ducks
Dave Karpa		To Quebec Nordiques
Conditional draft pick in 1997		[10]
March 23, 1995To Calgary Flames
Ed Ward		To Quebec Nordiques
Francois Groleau
April 7, 1995To Ottawa Senators
Mika Stromberg
4th round pick in 1995 (Kevin Boyd)		To Quebec Nordiques
Bill Huard

Free agents

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PlayerNew Team
Niklas AnderssonNew York Islanders
Len EsauCalgary Flames

Draft picks

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Quebec's draft picks at the 1994 NHL Entry Draft in Hartford, Connecticut.[11]

RoundPickPlayerNationalityCollege/junior/club team
112Wade Belak (RW)  CanadaSaskatoon Blades (WHL)
122Jeff Kealty (D)  United StatesCatholic Memorial High School (USHS-MA)
235Josef Marha (C)  Czech RepublicDukla Jihlava (Czech Republic)
361Sebastien Bety (D)  CanadaDrummondville Voltigeurs (QMJHL)
372Chris Drury (C)  United StatesFairfield College Preparatory School (USHS-CT)
487Milan Hejduk (RW)  Czech RepublicHC Pardubice (Czech Republic)
5113Tony Tuzzolino (RW)  United StatesMichigan State University (CCHA)
6139Nicholas Windsor (D)  CanadaCornwall Colts (COJHL)
7165Calvin Elfring (D)  CanadaPowell River Paper Kings (BCHL)
8191Jay Bertsch (RW)  CanadaSpokane Chiefs (WHL)
9217Tim Thomas (G)  United StatesUniversity of Vermont (Hockey East)
10243Chris Pittman (C)  CanadaKitchener Rangers (OHL)
11285Steve Low (D)  CanadaSherbrooke Faucons (QMJHL)
S9Reid Simonton (D)  CanadaUnion College (ECAC Hockey)

Relocation to Denver, Colorado

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Had the Nordiques stayed in Quebec City instead of heading for Denver, this would have been the franchise's new logo starting in 1995–96.

In the 1994–95 shortened season of 48 games, the Nordiques played well and finished with the best record in the Eastern Conference. The team faltered in the postseason and was eliminated in the first round by the defending Stanley Cup champion New York Rangers.

The playoff loss proved to be Quebec's swan song in the NHL as the team's financial troubles increasingly took center stage, even in the face of renewed fan support over the previous three years. Quebec City was by far the smallest market in the NHL, and the second-smallest market in North America to host a big-league team (behind only Green Bay, Wisconsin). The league's Canadian teams (with the exception of Montreal, Toronto, and to a lesser extent, Vancouver) found it difficult to compete in a new age of rising player salaries. This made many of the players concerned about their marketability, especially since the Nords always played in the long shadow of the Canadiens. In addition, most players were skittish about playing in what was virtually a unilingual Francophone city. Then as now, there were no privately owned English-language radio stations in the city, and only one privately owned English-language television station. The only English-language newspaper is a weekly. Unlike in Montreal, public address announcements were given only in French.

Aubut unsuccessfully petitioned for a bailout from Quebec's provincial government. In May 1995, shortly after the Nordiques were eliminated from the playoffs, Aubut was forced to sell the team to a group of investors in Denver, Colorado. The franchise was moved to Denver where it was renamed the Colorado Avalanche. The Avalanche won the Stanley Cup in their first season after the move, and added another in 2001, and a third in 2022.

The Nordiques had planned to change their logo, colours, and uniforms for the 1995–96 season, and the new design had already appeared in the Canadian press.

References

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  • "Quebec Nordiques 1994-95 roster and scoring statistics at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved September 5, 2023.
  • "1994-95 Quebec Nordiques Roster, Stats, Injuries, Scores, Results, Shootouts". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved September 5, 2023.
  1. ^ "National Hockey League 1994-95 Attendance Graph". hockeydb.com.
  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.
  4. ^ a b "1994-95 Quebec Nordiques Schedule". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved September 5, 2023.
  5. ^ "Calder Memorial Trophy". records.nhl.com. Retrieved September 11, 2023.
  6. ^ "Jack Adams Award". records.nhl.com. Retrieved September 11, 2023.
  7. ^ "Postseason All-Star Teams". records.nhl.com. Retrieved September 11, 2023.
  8. ^ "NHL Rookies of the Month". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved September 11, 2023.
  9. ^ Quebec Nordiques 1993-1994 Yearbook, p. 100
  10. ^ Norwood, Robyn (March 9, 1995). "Ducks Trade for Youth, Kings' Reject". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved September 5, 2023.
  11. ^ "1994 NHL Entry Draft". hockeydb.com.
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