1995–96 NHL season

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The 1995–96 NHL season was the 79th regular season of the National Hockey League. Twenty-six teams each played 82 games. The Stanley Cup winners were the Colorado Avalanche, who, in their first year as the Avalanche, swept the Florida Panthers in four games.

Contents 1 League business 2 Regular season 3 Final standings 3.1 Eastern Conference 3.2 Western Conference 3.3 Head coaches of the Eastern Conference 3.4 Head coaches of the Western Conference 3.5 Scoring leaders 4 Playoffs 4.1 Playoff bracket 4.2 Conference quarterfinals 4.2.1 Eastern Conference 4.2.2 Western Conference 4.3 Conference semifinals 4.4 Conference finals 4.5 Stanley Cup finals 4.6 Scoring leaders 5 NHL awards 5.1 All-Star teams 6 Debuts 7 Last games 8 1996 trading deadline 9 See also 10 References

[edit] League business

1995–96 was the first season in Denver for the Avalanche, who had relocated from Quebec City where they were previously known as the Quebec Nordiques.

It was also the last season of existence for the Winnipeg Jets, as they announced that they would be moving from Manitoba to Arizona and become the Phoenix Coyotes at the season's end.

1995–96 would mark the last season the Buffalo Sabres would play in the Buffalo Memorial Auditorium, the Philadelphia Flyers at the CoreStates Spectrum, the Senators at the Ottawa Civic Centre, and the Canadiens at the Montreal Forum. The Sabres made their new home at the Marine Midland Arena, the Flyers at the CoreStates Center, the Senators at the Corel Centre, and the Canadiens at the Molson Centre.

[edit] Regular season

The Detroit Red Wings had a spectacular season, finishing with the second-highest regular-season point total in NHL history (131 points), and setting the record for most wins ever in regular season NHL history (62). However, they fell to the Avalanche in the Western Conference final, the sixth game of which marked the beginning of the heated Detroit-Colorado rivalry, which would last for years to come. Jaromir Jagr broke the record for assists and points by a right winger in a single season [1].Mario Lemieux had the NHL's last 150+ point season with 161 points in 70 games. This would be the last season in which at least 1 player would get at least 60 goals {Jagr and Lemieux] until 2008.^[1]

[edit] Final standings

GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against
Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

[edit] Eastern Conference

Northeast Division	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA
Pittsburgh Penguins	82	49	29	4	102	362	284
Boston Bruins	82	40	31	11	91	282	269
Montreal Canadiens	82	40	32	10	90	265	248
Hartford Whalers	82	34	39	9	77	237	259
Buffalo Sabres	82	33	42	7	73	247	262
Ottawa Senators	82	18	59	5	41	191	291

Atlantic Division	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA
Philadelphia Flyers	82	45	24	13	103	282	208
New York Rangers	82	41	27	14	96	272	237
Florida Panthers	82	41	31	10	92	254	234
Washington Capitals	82	39	32	11	89	234	204
Tampa Bay Lightning	82	38	32	12	88	238	248
New Jersey Devils	82	37	33	12	86	215	202
New York Islanders	82	22	50	10	54	229	315

[edit] Western Conference

Central Division	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA
Detroit Red Wings	82	62	13	7	131	325	181
Chicago Blackhawks	82	40	28	14	94	273	220
Toronto Maple Leafs	82	34	36	12	80	247	252
St. Louis Blues	82	32	34	16	80	219	248
Winnipeg Jets	82	36	40	6	78	275	291
Dallas Stars	82	26	42	14	66	227	280

Pacific Division	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA
Colorado Avalanche	82	47	25	10	104	326	240
Calgary Flames	82	34	37	11	79	241	240
Vancouver Canucks	82	32	35	15	79	278	278
Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	82	35	39	8	78	234	247
Edmonton Oilers	82	30	44	8	68	240	304
Los Angeles Kings	82	24	40	18	66	256	302
San Jose Sharks	82	20	55	7	47	252	357

[edit] Head coaches of the Eastern Conference

Team	Coach	Comments
Boston Bruins	Steve Kasper
Buffalo Sabres	Ted Nolan
Florida Panthers	Doug MacLean
Hartford Whalers	Paul Holmgren	Replaced midseason by Paul Maurice
Montreal Canadiens	Jacques Demers	Replaced early in the season by Mario Tremblay
New Jersey Devils	Jacques Lemaire
New York Islanders	Mike Milbury
New York Rangers	Colin Campbell
Ottawa Senators	Rick Bowness	Replaced early in the season by Dave Allison, who would be replaced after 25 games by Jacques Martin
Philadelphia Flyers	Terry Murray
Pittsburgh Penguins	Eddie Johnston
Tampa Bay Lightning	Terry Crisp
Washington Capitals	Jim Schoenfeld

[edit] Head coaches of the Western Conference

Team	Coach	Comments
Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	Ron Wilson
Calgary Flames	Pierre Pagé
Chicago Blackhawks	Craig Hartsburg
Colorado Avalanche	Marc Crawford
Dallas Stars	Bob Gainey	Replaced midseason by Ken Hitchcock
Detroit Red Wings	Scotty Bowman
Edmonton Oilers	Ron Low
Los Angeles Kings	Rogie Vachon	Replaced early in the season by Larry Robinson
St. Louis Blues	Mike Keenan
San Jose Sharks	Kevin Constantine	Replaced early in the season by Jim Wiley
Toronto Maple Leafs	Pat Burns	Replaced late in the season by Nick Beverley
Vancouver Canucks	Rick Ley	Replaced late in the season by Pat Quinn
Winnipeg Jets	Terry Simpson

[edit] Scoring leaders

Note: GP = Games Played, G = Goals, A = Assists, Pts = Points

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts
Mario Lemieux	Pittsburgh	70	69	92	161
Jaromir Jagr	Pittsburgh	82	62	87	149
Joe Sakic	Colorado	82	51	69	120
Ron Francis	Pittsburgh	77	27	92	119
Peter Forsberg	Colorado	82	30	86	116
Eric Lindros	Philadelphia	73	47	68	115
Paul Kariya	Anaheim	82	50	58	108
Teemu Selanne	Winnipeg/ Anaheim	79	40	68	108
Sergei Fedorov	Detroit	78	39	68	107
Alexander Mogilny	Vancouver	79	55	52	107

[edit] Playoffs

[edit] Playoff bracket

	Conference quarterfinals					Conference semifinals					Conference finals					Stanley Cup finals
	1	Philadelphia	4			2	Pittsburgh	4
	8	Tampa Bay	2			3	NY Rangers	1
	2	Pittsburgh	4							Eastern Conference
	7	Washington	2
											2	Pittsburgh	3
										4	Florida	4
	3	NY Rangers	4
	6	Montreal	2
	4	Florida	4			1	Philadelphia	2
	5	Boston	1			4	Florida	4
																E4	Florida	0
		(Pairings are re-seeded after the first round)
																W2	Colorado	4
	1	Detroit	4			1	Detroit	4
	8	Winnipeg	2			5	St. Louis	3
	2	Colorado	4
	7	Vancouver	2
											1	Detroit	2
										2	Colorado	4
	3	Chicago	4
	6	Calgary	0								Western Conference
	4	Toronto	2			2	Colorado	4
	5	St. Louis	4			3	Chicago	2

[edit] Conference quarterfinals

[edit] Eastern Conference

Philadelphia vs. Tampa Bay Date Away Home April 16 Tampa Bay 3 7 Philadelphia April 18 Tampa Bay 2 1 Philadelphia OT April 21 Philadelphia 4 5 Tampa Bay OT April 23 Philadelphia 4 1 Tampa Bay April 25 Tampa Bay 1 4 Philadelphia April 27 Philadelphia 6 1 Tampa Bay Philadelphia wins series 4–2	Pittsburgh vs. Washington Date Away Home April 17 Washington 6 4 Pittsburgh April 19 Washington 5 3 Pittsburgh April 22 Pittsburgh 4 1 Washington April 24 Pittsburgh 3 2 Washington 4 OT April 26 Washington 1 4 Pittsburgh April 28 Pittsburgh 3 2 Washington Pittsburgh wins series 4–2
NY Rangers vs. Montreal Date Away Home April 16 Montreal 3 2 NY Rangers OT April 18 Montreal 5 3 NY Rangers April 21 NY Rangers 2 1 Montreal April 23 NY Rangers 4 3 Montreal April 26 Montreal 2 3 NY Rangers April 28 NY Rangers 5 3 Montreal NY Rangers wins series 4–2	Florida vs. Boston Date Away Home April 17 Boston 3 6 Florida April 22 Boston 2 6 Florida April 24 Florida 4 2 Boston April 25 Florida 2 6 Boston April 27 Boston 3 4 Florida Florida wins series 4–1

[edit] Western Conference

Detroit vs. Winnipeg Date Away Home April 17 Winnipeg 1 4 Detroit April 19 Winnipeg 0 4 Detroit April 21 Detroit 1 4 Winnipeg April 23 Detroit 6 1 Winnipeg April 26 Winnipeg 3 1 Detroit April 28 Detroit 4 1 Winnipeg Detroit wins series 4–2	Colorado vs. Vancouver Date Away Home April 16 Vancouver 2 5 Colorado April 18 Vancouver 5 4 Colorado April 20 Colorado 4 0 Vancouver April 22 Colorado 3 4 Vancouver April 25 Vancouver 4 5 Colorado OT April 27 Colorado 3 2 Vancouver Colorado wins series 4–2
Chicago vs. Calgary Date Away Home April 17 Calgary 1 4 Chicago April 19 Calgary 0 3 Chicago April 21 Chicago 7 5 Calgary April 23 Chicago 2 1 Calgary OT Chicago wins series 4–0	Toronto vs. St. Louis Date Away Home April 16 St. Louis 3 1 Toronto April 18 St. Louis 4 5 Toronto OT April 21 Toronto 2 3 St. Louis OT April 23 Toronto 1 5 St. Louis April 25 St. Louis 4 5 Toronto OT April 27 Toronto 1 2 St. Louis St. Louis wins series 4–2

[edit] Conference semifinals

Eastern Conference

Florida vs. Philadelphia Date Away Home May 2 Florida 2 0 Philadelphia May 4 Florida 2 3 Philadelphia May 7 Philadelphia 3 1 Florida May 9 Philadelphia 3 4 Florida OT May 12 Florida 2 1 Philadelphia 2OT May 14 Philadelphia 1 4 Florida Florida win series 4–2

NY Rangers vs. Pittsburgh Date Away Home May 3 NY Rangers 1 4 Pittsburgh May 5 NY Rangers 6 3 Pittsburgh May 7 Pittsburgh 3 2 NY Rangers May 9 Pittsburgh 4 1 NY Rangers May 11 NY Rangers 3 7 Pittsburgh Pittsburgh wins series 4–1

Western Conference

St. Louis vs. Detroit Date Away Home May 3 St. Louis 2 3 Detroit May 5 St. Louis 3 8 Detroit May 8 Detroit 4 5 St. Louis OT May 10 Detroit 0 1 St. Louis May 12 St. Louis 3 2 Detroit May 14 Detroit 4 2 St. Louis May 16 St. Louis 0 1 Detroit 2OT Detroit wins series 4–3

Chicago vs. Colorado Date Away Home May 2 Chicago 3 2 Colorado OT May 4 Chicago 1 5 Colorado May 6 Colorado 3 4 Chicago OT May 8 Colorado 3 2 Chicago 3OT May 11 Chicago 1 4 Colorado May 13 Colorado 4 3 Chicago 2OT Colorado wins series 4–2

[edit] Conference finals

Eastern Conference Florida vs. Pittsburgh Date Away Home May 18 Florida 5 1 Pittsburgh May 20 Florida 2 3 Pittsburgh May 24 Pittsburgh 2 5 Florida May 26 Pittsburgh 2 1 Florida May 28 Florida 0 3 Pittsburgh May 30 Pittsburgh 3 4 Florida June 1 Florida 3 1 Pittsburgh Florida wins series 4–3 and Prince of Wales Trophy

Western Conference Colorado vs. Detroit Date Away Home May 19 Colorado 3 2 Detroit OT May 21 Colorado 3 0 Detroit May 23 Detroit 6 4 Colorado May 25 Detroit 2 4 Colorado May 27 Colorado 2 5 Detroit May 29 Detroit 1 4 Colorado Colorado wins series 4–2 and Clarence S. Campbell Bowl

[edit] Stanley Cup finals

Colorado vs. Florida
Date	Away	Score	Home	Score	Notes
June 4	Florida	1	Colorado	3
June 6	Florida	1	Colorado	8
June 8	Colorado	3	Florida	2
June 10	Colorado	1	Florida	0	3OT
Colorado wins series 4–0 and Stanley Cup
Joe Sakic (Colorado) wins Conn Smythe Trophy

[edit] Scoring leaders

Note: GP = Games Played, G = Goals, A = Assists, Pts = Points

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts
Joe Sakic	Colorado	22	18	16	34
Mario Lemieux	Pittsburgh	18	11	16	27
Jaromir Jagr	Pittsburgh	18	11	12	23
Valeri Kamensky	Colorado	22	10	12	22
Peter Forsberg	Colorado	22	10	11	21
Petr Nedved	Pittsburgh	18	10	10	20
Steve Yzerman	Detroit	18	8	12	20
Sergei Fedorov	Detroit	19	2	18	20
Sandis Ozolinsh	Colorado	22	5	14	19
Dave Lowry	Florida	22	10	7	17
Mike Ricci	Colorado	22	6	11	17
Adam Deadmarsh	Colorado	22	5	12	17

[edit] NHL awards

Presidents' Trophy:	Detroit Red Wings
Prince of Wales Trophy:	Florida Panthers
Clarence S. Campbell Bowl:	Colorado Avalanche
Art Ross Trophy:	Mario Lemieux, Pittsburgh Penguins
Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy:	Gary Roberts, Calgary Flames
Calder Memorial Trophy:	Daniel Alfredsson, Ottawa Senators
Conn Smythe Trophy:	Joe Sakic, Colorado Avalanche
Frank J. Selke Trophy:	Sergei Fedorov, Detroit Red Wings
Hart Memorial Trophy:	Mario Lemieux, Pittsburgh Penguins
Jack Adams Award:	Scotty Bowman, Detroit Red Wings
James Norris Memorial Trophy:	Chris Chelios, Chicago Blackhawks
King Clancy Memorial Trophy:	Kris King, Winnipeg Jets
Lady Byng Memorial Trophy:	Paul Kariya, Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
Lester B. Pearson Award:	Mario Lemieux, Pittsburgh Penguins
NHL Plus/Minus Award:	Vladimir Konstantinov, Detroit Red Wings
Vezina Trophy:	Jim Carey, Washington Capitals
William M. Jennings Trophy:	Chris Osgood/Mike Vernon, Detroit Red Wings
Lester Patrick Trophy:	George Gund, Ken Morrow, Milt Schmidt

[edit] All-Star teams

First team	Position	Second team
Jim Carey, Washington Capitals	G	Chris Osgood, Detroit Red Wings
Chris Chelios, Chicago Blackhawks	D	Vladimir Konstantinov, Detroit Red Wings
Ray Bourque, Boston Bruins	D	Brian Leetch, New York Rangers
Mario Lemieux, Pittsburgh Penguins	C	Eric Lindros, Philadelphia Flyers
Jaromir Jagr, Pittsburgh Penguins	RW	Alexander Mogilny, Vancouver Canucks
Paul Kariya, Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	LW	John LeClair, Philadelphia Flyers

[edit] Debuts

The following is a list of players of note who played their first NHL game in 1995–96 (listed with their first team, asterisk(*) marks debut in playoffs):

• Kyle McLaren, Boston Bruins
• Jay McKee, Buffalo Sabres
• Martin Biron, Buffalo Sabres
• Jarome Iginla*, Calgary Flames
• Stephane Yelle, Colorado Avalanche
• Jere Lehtinen, Dallas Stars
• Miroslav Satan, Edmonton Oilers
• Ed Jovanovski, Florida Panthers
• Jeff O'Neill, Hartford Whalers
• Sami Kapanen, Hartford Whalers
• Darcy Tucker, Montreal Canadiens
• Jose Theodore, Montreal Canadiens
• Saku Koivu, Montreal Canadiens
• Patrik Elias, New Jersey Devils
• Petr Sykora, New Jersey Devils
• Steve Sullivan, New Jersey Devils
• Bryan McCabe, New York Islanders
• Todd Bertuzzi, New York Islanders
• Daniel Alfredsson, Ottawa Senators
• Daymond Langkow, Tampa Bay Lightning
• Andrew Brunette, Washington Capitals
• Brendan Witt, Washington Capitals

[edit] Last games

The following is a list of players of note that played their last game in the NHL in 1995–96 (listed with their last team):

• Cam Neely, Boston Bruins
• Alexei Kasatonov, Boston Bruins
• Troy Murray, Colorado Avalanche
• Paul Cavallini, Dallas Stars
• Bob Kudelski, Florida Panthers
• Jimmy Carson, Hartford Whalers
• Joe Cirella, Ottawa Senators
• Glenn Anderson, St. Louis Blues
• Greg Gilbert, St. Louis Blues
• Jim Sandlak, Vancouver Canucks

[edit] 1996 trading deadline

Trading deadline: March 20, 1996.^[2]

• March 20, 1996: C Jesse Belanger traded from Florida to Vancouver for Vancouver's third round pick in 1996 Entry Draft and future considerations.
• March 20, 1996: LW Ken Baumgartner traded from Toronto to Anaheim for Winnipeg's fourth round pick in 1996 Entry Draft (previously acquired).
• March 20, 1996: D J. J. Daigneault traded from St. Louis to Pittsburgh for Pittsburgh's sixth round pick in 1996 Entry Draft.
• March 20, 1996: LW Kevin Miller traded from San Jose to Pittsburgh for Pittsburgh's fifth round choice in 1996 Entry Draft and future considerations.
• March 20, 1996: LW Pat Conacher and Calgary's sixth round pick in 1997 Entry Draft traded from Calgary to NY Islanders for C Bob Sweeney.
• March 20, 1996: RW Kirk Maltby traded from Edmonton to Detroit for D Dan McGillis.
• March 20, 1996: D Jaroslav Modry and Ottawa's eighth round pick in 1996 Entry Draft traded from Ottawa to Los Angeles for RW Kevin Brown.
• March 20, 1996: LW Patrick Poulin, D Igor Ulanov and Chicago's second round pick in 1996 Entry Draft traded from Chicago to Tampa Bay for D Enrico Ciccone and Tampa Bay's second round pick in 1996 Entry Draft.
• March 20, 1996: LW Yuri Khmylev and Buffalo's eighth round pick in 1996 Entry Draft traded from Buffalo to St. Louis for D Jean-Luc Grand Pierre, Ottawa's second round pick in 1996 Entry Draft (previously acquired) and St. Louis' third round pick in 1997 Entry Draft.
• March 20, 1996: C Dave Hannan traded from Buffalo to Colorado for Colorado's sixth round pick in 1996 Entry Draft.
• March 20, 1996: RW Alek Stojanov traded from Vancouver to Pittsburgh for RW Markus Naslund.
• March 20, 1996: RW Ravil Gusmanov traded from Winnipeg to Chicago for Chicago's fourth round pick in 1996 Entry Draft.
• March 20, 1996: RW Joe Kocur traded from NY Rangers to Vancouver for G Kay Whitmore.

[edit] See also

• List of Stanley Cup champions
• 1995 NHL Entry Draft
• 46th National Hockey League All-Star Game
• National Hockey League All-Star Game
• NHL All-Rookie Team
• 1995 in sports
• 1996 in sports

[edit] References

1. ^ http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/recap?gid=2008032128&prov=ap
2. ^ NHL trade deadline: Deals since 1980 | Habs Inside/Out

• Hockey Database
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