1993–94 Dallas Stars season

The 1993–94 Dallas Stars season was the franchise's 27th season, and the team's first season in Dallas.

1993–94 Dallas Stars
Division3rd Central
Conference4th Western
1993–94 record42–29–13
Home record23–12–7
Road record19–17–6
Goals for286
Goals against265
Team information
General managerBob Gainey
CoachBob Gainey
CaptainMark Tinordi
Alternate captainsNeal Broten
Mike Modano
ArenaReunion Arena
Average attendance16,070[1]
(42 games)
Team leaders
GoalsMike Modano (50)
AssistsRuss Courtnall (57)
PointsMike Modano (93)
Penalty minutesShane Churla (333)
Plus/minusDerian Hatcher (+19)
WinsAndy Moog (24)
Goals against averageDarcy Wakaluk (2.64)

The Stars improved on their final season in Minnesota, finishing third in the Central Division with a record of 42 wins, 29 losses, and 13 ties for 97 points and returning to the playoffs after a one year absence. They swept the St. Louis Blues in the Conference Quarter-finals before losing the Conference Semi-finals in five games to the Vancouver Canucks.

Offseason edit

Draft picks edit

The Stars' picks at the 1993 NHL Entry Draft in Quebec City, Quebec.

Round # Player Position Nationality College/Junior/Club team (League)
1 9 Todd Harvey Center   Canada Detroit Jr. Red Wings (OHL)
2 35 Jamie Langenbrunner Center   United States Cloquet High School (USHS–MN)
4 87 Chad Lang Goaltender   Canada Peterborough Petes (OHL)
6 136 Rick Mrozik Defense   United States Cloquet High School (USHS-MN)
6 139 Per Svartvadet Center   Sweden MODO (Sweden)
7 165 Jeremy Stasiuk Right Wing   Canada Spokane Chiefs (WHL)
8 191 Rob Lurtsema Wing   United States Burnsville High School (USHS-MN)
10 243 Jordan Willis Goaltender   Canada London Knights (OHL)
10 249 Bill Lang Center   Canada North Bay Centennials (OHL)
11 269 Cory Peterson Defense   United States Bloomington Jefferson High School (USHS-MA)
S 9 Jacques Joubert Center   United States Boston University (Hockey East)

Regular season edit

Season standings edit

Central Division
No. CR GP W L T GF GA Pts
1 1 Detroit Red Wings 84 46 30 8 356 275 100
2 2 Toronto Maple Leafs 84 43 29 12 280 243 98
3 4 Dallas Stars 84 42 29 13 286 265 97
4 5 St. Louis Blues 84 40 33 11 270 283 91
5 6 Chicago Blackhawks 84 39 36 9 254 240 87
6 12 Winnipeg Jets 84 24 51 9 245 344 57

[2]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 y- Detroit Red Wings * CEN 84 46 30 8 356 275 100
2 x- Calgary Flames * PAC 84 42 29 13 302 256 97
3 Toronto Maple Leafs CEN 84 43 29 12 280 243 98
4 Dallas Stars CEN 84 42 29 13 286 265 97
5 St. Louis Blues CEN 84 40 33 11 270 283 91
6 Chicago Blackhawks CEN 84 39 36 9 254 240 87
7 Vancouver Canucks PAC 84 41 40 3 279 276 85
8 San Jose Sharks PAC 84 33 35 16 252 265 82
9 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim PAC 84 33 46 5 229 251 71
10 Los Angeles Kings PAC 84 27 45 12 294 322 66
11 Edmonton Oilers PAC 84 25 45 14 261 305 64
12 Winnipeg Jets CEN 84 24 51 9 245 344 57

Divisions: CEN – Central, PAC – Pacific

bold – Qualified for playoffs; x – Won division; y – Won Conference (and division); * – Division leader


Schedule and results edit

No. R Date Score Opponent Record
1 W October 5, 1993 6–4 Detroit Red Wings (1993–94) 1–0–0
2 L October 7, 1993 3–6 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1993–94) 1–1–0
3 T October 9, 1993 3–3 OT Winnipeg Jets (1993–94) 1–1–1
4 T October 12, 1993 3–3 OT Chicago Blackhawks (1993–94) 1–1–2
5 W October 16, 1993 4–0 St. Louis Blues (1993–94) 2–1–2
6 W October 18, 1993 5–3 @ Chicago Blackhawks (1993–94) 3–1–2
7 L October 20, 1993 2–5 @ Montreal Canadiens (1993–94) 3–2–2
8 W October 21, 1993 6–5 OT @ Ottawa Senators (1993–94) 4–2–2
9 L October 23, 1993 2–3 @ Quebec Nordiques (1993–94) 4–3–2
10 W October 25, 1993 5–3 @ Detroit Red Wings (1993–94) 5–3–2
11 W October 27, 1993 5–1 Hartford Whalers (1993–94) 6–3–2
12 L October 30, 1993 4–5 OT Ottawa Senators (1993–94) 6–4–2
13 T November 1, 1993 3–3 OT Toronto Maple Leafs (1993–94) 6–4–3
14 L November 3, 1993 4–5 @ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1993–94) 6–5–3
15 L November 5, 1993 2–4 @ San Jose Sharks (1993–94) 6–6–3
16 T November 7, 1993 1–1 OT Winnipeg Jets (1993–94) 6–6–4
17 L November 9, 1993 2–4 @ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1993–94) 6–7–4
18 W November 11, 1993 4–0 San Jose Sharks (1993–94) 7–7–4
19 W November 13, 1993 3–2 @ Winnipeg Jets (1993–94) 8–7–4
20 L November 14, 1993 1–4 @ Chicago Blackhawks (1993–94) 8–8–4
21 W November 17, 1993 4–3 Tampa Bay Lightning (1993–94) 9–8–4
22 W November 20, 1993 4–3 Calgary Flames (1993–94) 10–8–4
23 W November 21, 1993 7–4 Los Angeles Kings (1993–94) 11–8–4
24 T November 24, 1993 2–2 OT New York Islanders (1993–94) 11–8–5
25 L November 27, 1993 4–10 @ Detroit Red Wings (1993–94) 11–9–5
26 W November 29, 1993 6–5 OT @ Edmonton Oilers (1993–94) 12–9–5
27 T November 30, 1993 2–2 OT @ Calgary Flames (1993–94) 12–9–6
28 L December 4, 1993 3–4 @ St. Louis Blues (1993–94) 12–10–6
29 W December 5, 1993 4–3 Edmonton Oilers (1993–94) 13–10–6
30 W December 8, 1993 3–2 Pittsburgh Penguins (1993–94) 14–10–6
31 W December 9, 1993 6–1 Ottawa Senators (1993–94) 15–10–6
32 T December 12, 1993 4–4 OT Florida Panthers (1993–94) 15–10–7
33 L December 15, 1993 2–3 Chicago Blackhawks (1993–94) 15–11–7
34 L December 17, 1993 2–3 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1993–94) 15–12–7
35 W December 19, 1993 3–1 @ Vancouver Canucks (1993–94) 16–12–7
36 W December 22, 1993 3–2 OT @ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1993–94) 17–12–7
37 W December 23, 1993 2–1 @ Los Angeles Kings (1993–94) 18–12–7
38 L December 27, 1993 0–6 Detroit Red Wings (1993–94) 18–13–7
39 W December 29, 1993 4–0 Toronto Maple Leafs (1993–94) 19–13–7
40 W December 31, 1993 5–2 @ Chicago Blackhawks (1993–94) 20–13–7
41 L January 2, 1994 4–6 Quebec Nordiques (1993–94) 20–14–7
42 L January 4, 1994 1–2 OT Chicago Blackhawks (1993–94) 20–15–7
43 W January 6, 1994 8–0 Philadelphia Flyers (1993–94) 21–15–7
44 W January 9, 1994 2–1 St. Louis Blues (1993–94) 22–15–7
45 W January 11, 1994 5–2 Edmonton Oilers (1993–94) 23–15–7
46 L January 13, 1994 3–4 OT @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1993–94) 23–16–7
47 L January 14, 1994 3–9 @ Detroit Red Wings (1993–94) 23–17–7
48 L January 16, 1994 2–4 Buffalo Sabres (1993–94) 23–18–7
49 W January 18, 1994 5–3 Los Angeles Kings (1993–94) 24–18–7
50 L January 24, 1994 2–6 New Jersey Devils (1993–94) 24–19–7
51 W January 26, 1994 3–2 @ Calgary Flames (1993–94) 25–19–7
52 W January 27, 1994 3–2 OT @ Vancouver Canucks (1993–94) 26–19–7
53 W January 29, 1994 5–3 @ Edmonton Oilers (1993–94) 27–19–7
54 W February 2, 1994 7–3 @ Winnipeg Jets (1993–94) 28–19–7
55 L February 6, 1994 1–7 San Jose Sharks (1993–94) 28–20–7
56 W February 9, 1994 4–2 Winnipeg Jets (1993–94) 29–20–7
57 W February 12, 1994 9–3 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1993–94) 30–20–7
58 W February 13, 1994 5–3 @ Buffalo Sabres (1993–94) 31–20–7
59 L February 16, 1994 0–3 Boston Bruins (1993–94) 31–21–7
60 W February 18, 1994 4–2 Calgary Flames (1993–94) 32–21–7
61 W February 21, 1994 6–3 @ San Jose Sharks (1993–94) 33–21–7
62 T February 23, 1994 0–0 OT @ Los Angeles Kings (1993–94) 33–21–8
63 W February 26, 1994 3–1 New York Rangers (1993–94) 34–21–8
64 L March 2, 1994 2–4 @ Winnipeg Jets (1993–94) 34–22–8
65 L March 4, 1994 1–4 Vancouver Canucks (1993–94) 34–23–8
66 T March 6, 1994 2–2 OT Montreal Canadiens (1993–94) 34–23–9
67 W March 8, 1994 4–3 OT @ Philadelphia Flyers (1993–94) 35–23–9
68 L March 9, 1994 2–4 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1993–94) 35–24–9
69 T March 12, 1994 2–2 OT @ Hartford Whalers (1993–94) 35–24–10
70 L March 13, 1994 0–4 @ New Jersey Devils (1993–94) 35–25–10
71 W March 18, 1994 6–2 Washington Capitals (1993–94) 36–25–10
72 W March 20, 1994 2–1 OT Vancouver Canucks (1993–94) 37–25–10
73 W March 22, 1994 4–3 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1993–94) 38–25–10
74 L March 25, 1994 3–5 @ St. Louis Blues (1993–94) 38–26–10
75 T March 27, 1994 2–2 OT @ Tampa Bay Lightning (1993–94) 38–26–11
76 W March 28, 1994 5–4 @ Florida Panthers (1993–94) 39–26–11
77 T March 31, 1994 2–2 OT @ Boston Bruins (1993–94) 39–26–12
78 L April 1, 1994 0–3 @ New York Rangers (1993–94) 39–27–12
79 W April 3, 1994 6–3 @ Washington Capitals (1993–94) 40–27–12
80 L April 5, 1994 4–6 Toronto Maple Leafs (1993–94) 40–28–12
81 L April 8, 1994 1–5 @ New York Islanders (1993–94) 40–29–12
82 T April 10, 1994 2–2 OT @ St. Louis Blues (1993–94) 40–29–13
83 W April 12, 1994 9–5 St. Louis Blues (1993–94) 41–29–13
84 W April 14, 1994 4–3 Detroit Red Wings (1993–94) 42–29–13

Player statistics edit

Regular season edit

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Mike Modano C 76 50 43 93 54 -8 18 0 4
Russ Courtnall RW 84 23 57 80 59 6 5 0 4
Dave Gagner C 76 32 29 61 83 13 10 0 6
Ulf Dahlen LW 65 19 38 57 10 -1 12 0 3
Neal Broten C 79 17 35 52 62 10 2 1 1
Grant Ledyard D 84 9 37 46 42 7 6 0 1
Paul Cavallini D 74 11 33 44 82 13 6 0 3
Dean Evason C 80 11 33 44 66 -12 3 2 2
Trent Klatt RW 61 14 24 38 30 13 3 0 2
Mike Craig RW 72 13 24 37 139 -14 3 0 2
Mike McPhee LW 79 20 15 35 36 8 1 3 1
Brent Gilchrist LW 76 17 14 31 31 0 3 1 5
Derian Hatcher D 83 12 19 31 211 19 2 1 2
Paul Broten RW 64 12 12 24 30 18 0 0 3
Mark Tinordi D 61 6 18 24 143 6 1 0 0
Craig Ludwig D 84 1 13 14 123 -1 1 0 0
Shane Churla RW 69 6 7 13 333 -8 3 0 0
Dave Barr RW 20 2 5 7 21 -6 0 0 0
Jim Johnson D 53 0 7 7 51 -6 0 0 0
James Black LW 13 2 3 5 2 -4 2 0 0
Jim McKenzie LW 34 2 3 5 63 4 0 0 1
Jarkko Varvio RW 8 2 3 5 4 1 0 0 1
Chris Tancill C 12 1 3 4 8 -7 0 0 0
Pelle Eklund C 5 2 1 3 2 -1 0 0 0
Richard Matvichuk D 25 0 3 3 22 1 0 0 0
Tommy Sjodin D 7 0 2 2 4 -1 0 0 0
Darcy Wakaluk G 36 0 2 2 34 0 0 0 0
Alan May RW 8 1 0 1 18 -1 0 0 1
Doug Zmolek D 7 1 0 1 11 1 0 0 0
Neil Brady C 5 0 1 1 21 -1 0 0 0
Gord Donnelly D 18 0 1 1 66 -4 0 0 0
Mike Lalor D 12 0 1 1 6 -5 0 0 0
Andy Moog G 55 0 1 1 16 0 0 0 0
Brad Berry D 8 0 0 0 12 -2 0 0 0
Rob Brown RW 1 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0
Duane Joyce D 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mike Needham RW 5 0 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0
Derrick Smith LW 1 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO SA SV SV%
Andy Moog 3121 55 24 20 7 170 3.27 2 1604 1434 .894
Darcy Wakaluk 2000 36 18 9 6 88 2.64 3 978 890 .910
Team: 5121 84 42 29 13 258 3.02 5 2582 2324 .900

Playoffs edit

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Mike Modano C 9 7 3 10 16 -2 2 0 2
Paul Cavallini D 9 1 8 9 4 -4 1 0 1
Russ Courtnall RW 9 1 8 9 0 -3 0 0 0
Dave Gagner C 9 5 1 6 2 -3 3 0 0
Brent Gilchrist LW 9 3 1 4 2 -3 1 0 0
Shane Churla RW 9 1 3 4 35 1 1 0 0
Neal Broten C 9 2 1 3 6 1 0 0 1
Trent Klatt RW 9 2 1 3 4 -1 1 0 0
Mike McPhee LW 9 2 1 3 2 0 0 0 0
Grant Ledyard D 9 1 2 3 6 0 0 0 1
Pelle Eklund C 9 0 3 3 4 -2 0 0 0
Craig Ludwig D 9 0 3 3 8 3 0 0 0
Paul Broten RW 9 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 0
Richard Matvichuk D 7 1 1 2 12 -2 1 0 0
Dean Evason C 9 0 2 2 12 1 0 0 0
Derian Hatcher D 9 0 2 2 14 -2 0 0 0
Dave Barr RW 3 0 1 1 4 1 0 0 0
Doug Zmolek D 7 0 1 1 4 -2 0 0 0
Mike Craig RW 4 0 0 0 2 -1 0 0 0
Mike Lalor D 5 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0
Alan May RW 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Andy Moog G 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Darcy Wakaluk G 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO SA SV SV%
Darcy Wakaluk 307 5 4 1 15 2.93 0 168 153 .911
Andy Moog 246 4 1 3 12 2.93 0 121 109 .901
Team: 553 9 5 4 27 2.93 0 289 262 .907

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Note: Pos = Position; 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;

Playoffs edit

The Stars managed to qualify for the playoffs for the first time since 1992 when they were known as the Minnesota North Stars. They swept St. Louis in the first round 4-0, but lost in the second round to Vancouver 4-1.

Round 1 vs. St. Louis Blues (5)

St. Louis 3 Dallas 5

St. Louis 2 Dallas 4

Dallas 5 St. Louis 4 (OT)

Dallas 2 St. Louis 1

Dallas Wins Series 4-0

Round 2 vs. Vancouver Canucks (7)

Vancouver 6 Dallas 4

Vancouver 3 Dallas 0

Dallas 4 Vancouver 3

Dallas 1 Vancouver 2 (OT)

Dallas 2 Vancouver 4

Vancouver Wins Series 4-1.

Awards and honors edit

References edit

  1. ^ "1993-94 NHL Attendance – National Hockey League – ESPN". ESPN.
  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. ^ "1993-1994 Conference Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". NHL.
  4. ^ "1993-94 Dallas Stars Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 16, 2009.