1995–96 Ottawa Senators season
Pat Elyniuk (+2) | |
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Wins | Damian Rhodes (10) |
Goals against average | Damian Rhodes (2.77) |
The 1995–96 Ottawa Senators season was the
Offseason
Prior to the season, on August 2, 1995, Brian Smith, former NHL hockey player and sportscaster at Ottawa TV station CJOH-TV was killed. He had been the primary reporter on the Senators for the station. The Senators honored him with a patch on their jerseys, with his nickname 'Smitty' and number 18, which they wore on their jerseys for the whole season. The team raised a banner in his memory.
Regular season
The Senators finished last in wins (18), points (41), goals scored (191), even-strength goals scored (132), power-play goals scored (53) and power-play percentage (12.33%). They also tied the New York Rangers and the Tampa Bay Lightning for fewest short-handed goals scored (6).[3]
There were some bright spots during the season, rookie Daniel Alfredsson led the team offensively with 61 points (26 goals-35 assists), while Alexei Yashin was out of the lineup for 36 games. Alfredsson won the Calder Memorial Trophy, awarded to the NHL's rookie of the year.
After getting off to a good start with a 6–5–0 record, the Senators lost their next eight games, which ended up costing head coach Rick Bowness his job, as the club replaced him with Dave Allison, who was previously the head coach of the Senators AHL affiliate, the Prince Edward Island Senators. The Dave Allison era did not last long in Ottawa, as the club won two of 25 games (2–22–1) before he was replaced by Jacques Martin. Under Martin, the Senators was more competitive, going 10–24–4 in his 38 games to finish the year with an 18–59–5, their fourth straight season at the bottom of the NHL standings.
Highlights
After taking over from the fired
The Senators left the
On April 13, 1996, the Senators played the defending Stanley Cup champion New Jersey Devils, who must win to clinch the final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference. The Senators played the role of spoiler, defeating New Jersey 5–2, officially eliminating the Devils from post-season play and giving the Tampa Bay Lightning, the team that entered the league the same year as the Senators, its first playoff berth.
Final standings
No. | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | PTS | |
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1 | Pittsburgh Penguins | 82 | 49 | 29 | 4 | 362 | 284 | 102 |
2 | Boston Bruins | 82 | 40 | 31 | 11 | 282 | 269 | 91 |
3 | Montreal Canadiens | 82 | 40 | 32 | 10 | 265 | 248 | 90 |
4 | Hartford Whalers | 82 | 34 | 39 | 9 | 237 | 259 | 77 |
5 | Buffalo Sabres | 82 | 33 | 42 | 7 | 247 | 262 | 72 |
6 | Ottawa Senators | 82 | 18 | 59 | 5 | 191 | 291 | 41 |
R | Div | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts | |
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1 | Philadelphia Flyers | ATL | 82 | 45 | 24 | 13 | 282 | 208 | 103 |
2 | Pittsburgh Penguins | NE | 82 | 49 | 29 | 4 | 362 | 284 | 102 |
3 | New York Rangers | ATL | 82 | 41 | 27 | 14 | 272 | 237 | 96 |
4 | Florida Panthers | ATL | 82 | 41 | 31 | 10 | 254 | 234 | 92 |
5 | Boston Bruins | NE | 82 | 40 | 31 | 11 | 282 | 269 | 91 |
6 | Montreal Canadiens | NE | 82 | 40 | 32 | 10 | 265 | 248 | 90 |
7 | Washington Capitals | ATL | 82 | 39 | 32 | 11 | 234 | 204 | 89 |
8 | Tampa Bay Lightning | ATL | 82 | 38 | 32 | 12 | 238 | 248 | 88 |
9 | New Jersey Devils | ATL | 82 | 37 | 33 | 12 | 215 | 202 | 86 |
10 | Hartford Whalers | NE | 82 | 34 | 39 | 9 | 237 | 259 | 77 |
11 | Buffalo Sabres | NE | 82 | 33 | 42 | 7 | 247 | 262 | 73 |
12 | New York Islanders | ATL | 82 | 22 | 50 | 10 | 229 | 315 | 54 |
13 | Ottawa Senators | NE | 82 | 18 | 59 | 5 | 191 | 291 | 41 |
Divisions: ATL – Atlantic, NE – Northeast
bold – Qualified for playoffs
Schedule and results
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October: 5–5–0 (home: 2–2–0; road: 3–3–0)
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November: 1–11–1 (home: 0–5–1; road: 1–6–0)
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December: 2–12–0 (home: 0–5–0; road: 2–7–0)
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January: 1–10–1 (home: 1–5–1; road: 0–5–0)
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February: 3–8–1 (home: 0–4–1; road: 3–4–0)
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March: 3–10–1 (home: 3–5–1; road: 0–5–0)
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April: 3–3–1 (home: 2–2–1; road: 1–1–0)
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Legend:
Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Tie (1 point) |
Player statistics
Scoring
- Position abbreviations: C = Right Wing
- † = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Senators only.
- ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Senators only.
Regular season | ||||||||
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No. | Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM |
11 | Daniel Alfredsson | RW | 82 | 26 | 35 | 61 | −18 | 28 |
19 | Alexei Yashin | C | 46 | 15 | 24 | 39 | −15 | 28 |
7 | Randy Cunneyworth | LW | 81 | 17 | 19 | 36 | −31 | 130 |
28 | Steve Duchesne | D | 62 | 12 | 24 | 36 | −23 | 42 |
76 | Radek Bonk | C | 76 | 16 | 19 | 35 | −5 | 36 |
17 | Tom Chorske | LW | 72 | 15 | 14 | 29 | −9 | 21 |
82 | Martin Straka‡ | C | 43 | 9 | 16 | 25 | −14 | 29 |
9 | Dan Quinn‡ | C | 28 | 6 | 18 | 24 | −8 | 24 |
4 | Sean Hill | D | 80 | 7 | 14 | 21 | −26 | 94 |
23 | Jaroslav Modry‡ | D | 64 | 4 | 14 | 18 | −17 | 38 |
78 | Pavol Demitra | LW | 31 | 7 | 10 | 17 | −3 | 6 |
91 | Alexandre Daigle | C | 50 | 5 | 12 | 17 | −30 | 24 |
13 | Ted Drury | C | 42 | 9 | 7 | 16 | −19 | 54 |
22 | Antti Tormanen | RW | 50 | 7 | 8 | 15 | −15 | 28 |
5 | Kerry Huffman‡ | D | 43 | 4 | 11 | 15 | −18 | 63 |
20 | Trent McCleary | RW | 75 | 4 | 10 | 14 | −15 | 68 |
10 | Rob Gaudreau | RW | 52 | 8 | 5 | 13 | −19 | 15 |
94 | Stan Neckar | D | 82 | 3 | 9 | 12 | −16 | 54 |
12 | Dave Archibald | C | 44 | 6 | 4 | 10 | −14 | 18 |
49 | Michel Picard | LW | 17 | 2 | 6 | 8 | −1 | 10 |
2 | Lance Pitlick | D | 28 | 1 | 6 | 7 | −8 | 20 |
36 | Troy Mallette | LW | 64 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −7 | 171 |
21 | Dennis Vial | D | 64 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −13 | 276 |
3 | Frank Musil | D | 65 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −10 | 85 |
25 | Pat Elynuik | RW | 29 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 16 |
29 | Phil Bourque | LW | 13 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −3 | 14 |
6 | Chris Dahlquist | D | 24 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −7 | 14 |
14 | Jean-Yves Roy | RW | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
33 | Don Beaupre ‡ |
G | 33 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 17 | |
27 | Janne Laukkanen† | D | 20 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 14 |
26 | Scott Levins | RW | 27 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −3 | 80 |
1 | Damian Rhodes† | G | 36 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
16 | Dave McLlwain‡ | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
35 | Mike Bales | G | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
27 | Joe Cirella†‡ | D | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 4 |
24 | Daniel Laperriere | D | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
18 | Patrick Traverse | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 |
Goaltending
- † = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Senators only.
- ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Senators only.
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No. | Player | GP | W | L | T | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI |
1 | Damian Rhodes† | 36 | 10 | 22 | 4 | 1041 | 98 | 2.77 | .906 | 2 | 2123 |
33 | Don Beaupre ‡ |
33 | 6 | 23 | 0 | 892 | 110 | 3.73 | .877 | 1 | 1770 |
35 | Mike Bales | 20 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 560 | 72 | 4.15 | .871 | 0 | 1040 |
Awards and records
Awards
Type | Award/honour | Recipient | Ref |
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League (annual) |
Calder Memorial Trophy | Daniel Alfredsson | [6] |
NHL All-Rookie Team | Daniel Alfredsson (Forward) | [7] | |
League (in-season) |
NHL All-Star Game selection | Daniel Alfredsson | [8] |
NHL Rookie of the Month | Daniel Alfredsson (November) | [9] | |
Daniel Alfredsson (April) | [10] | ||
Team | Molson Cup | Damian Rhodes | [11] |
Transactions
July 1995
July 8 | Acquired 1995 NHL Entry Draft - (Alyn McCauley ).
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July 31 | Lost free agent Darren Rumble to the Philadelphia Flyers to a 1-year, $300,000 contract. |
Source[12]
August 1995
August 1 | Signed free agent Dan Quinn from the Los Angeles Kings to a 2-year, $1.05 mil contract. |
August 4 | Acquired 1996 NHL Entry Draft - (Cory Sarich ).
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August 7 | Lost free agent Corey Foster to the Pittsburgh Penguins to a 1-year contract. |
August 9 | Signed free agent Eric Lavigne from the Los Angeles Kings to a 1-year contract. |
Source[13]
September 1995
September 20 | Traded Jean-François Labbé to the Colorado Avalanche for future considerations. |
Source[14]
October 1995
October 2 | Claimed 1995 NHL Waiver Draft .
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October 4 | Claimed Tom Chorske off of waivers from the New Jersey Devils. |
October 5 | Acquired 1997 NHL Entry Draft - (Josh Langfeld for waiver draft payment for Tom Chorske .
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October 7 | Acquired 1997 NHL Entry Draft - (Chris St. Croix ).
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October 10 | Signed free agent Joe Cirella from the Florida Panthers to a 1-year, $150,000 (CAD) contract. |
October 13 | Resigned Frank Musil to a 1-year, $500,000 contract. |
Source[15]
December 1995
December 1 | Released Joe Cirella. |
December 31 | Re-signed Alexei Yashin to a 5-year, $13.6 million contract. |
Source[16]
January 1996
January 23 | Traded Don Beaupre to the Toronto Maple Leafs as part of three-team trade.
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January 25 | Acquired Janne Laukkanen from the Colorado Avalanche for the rights to Brad Larsen. |
Source[17]
March 1996
March 1 | Acquired an 8th round pick in the . |
March 19 | Acquired an 9th round pick in the . |
March 20 | Acquired 1996 NHL Entry Draft - (Steve Valiquette ).
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Source[18]
Draft picks
Ottawa's draft picks at the
Round | # | Player | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
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1 | 1 | Bryan Berard | United States | Detroit Jr. Red Wings (OHL)
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2 | 27 | Marc Moro | Canada | Kingston Frontenacs (OHL) |
3 | 53 | Brad Larsen | Canada | Swift Current Broncos (WHL) |
4 | 89 | Kevin Bolibruck | Canada | Peterborough Petes (OHL) |
4 | 103 | Kevin Boyd | Canada | London Knights (OHL) |
6 | 131 | David Hruska |
Czech Republic | Banik Sokolov (Czech.)
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8 | 183 | Kaj Linna | Finland | Boston University (NCAA) |
8 | 184 | Ray Schultz | Canada | Tri-City Americans (WHL) |
9 | 231 | Erik Kaminski | United States | Northeastern University (Boston) (NCAA) |
Farm teams
- Prince Edward Island Senators (American Hockey League)
- Colonial Hockey League)
See also
Notes
- ^ Renamed during season to Corel Centre.
References
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- ^ "1995–1996 Conference Standings". National Hockey League. Retrieved July 3, 2014.
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- ^ "Calder Memorial Trophy". records.nhl.com. Retrieved August 27, 2023.
- ^ "Postseason All-Star Teams". NHL.com. Retrieved August 27, 2023.
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- ^ "Alfredsson named rookie of the month - UPI Archives". UPI. December 1, 1995. Retrieved August 27, 2023.
- ^ "NHL Rookies of the Month". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved August 27, 2023.
- ^ Ottawa Senators 2014–15 Media Guide, p.162–82
- ^ "Transactions". prosportstransactions.com. Retrieved June 12, 2023.
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