# 1994–95 Calgary Flames season

The 1994–95 Calgary Flames season was the 15th National Hockey League season in Calgary. The season was shortened to 48 games by a 104-day lockout that would delay the start of the season until late January. This season saw the continued dismantling of the 1989 championship team, as both Mike Vernon and Al MacInnis were traded prior to the lockout.
The Flames captured their second consecutive Pacific Division title, earning the second seed in the playoffs. The division championship would be the Flames' last until they won the Northwest Division in 2005–06.
Theoren Fleury finished sixth in the league in both goals (29) and points (58). Fleury was also named to the NHL Second All-Star Team following the season.
Joe Nieuwendyk won the King Clancy Memorial Trophy as the player who "best exemplifies leadership qualities on and off the ice." He became the second Flame to win the award, preceded by Lanny McDonald, who won the trophy in its inaugural year of 1987–88.
The playoffs would be a repeat of recent disappointment for the Flames, as they were once again felled by the 7th seeded team in the West in seven games, this time by the San Jose Sharks. The Flames lost the series despite outscoring the Sharks by 9 goals over the 7 games. Fleury was magnificent in the series, scoring 7 goals and adding 7 assists for 14 points.

## Regular season

During the regular season, the Flames were shorthanded a league-high 249 times.

### 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 |
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 :
| 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

The Flames were the second seed in the Western Conference for the second year in a row, however their playoff frustration would continue as they were once again defeated in seven games, this time by the San Jose Sharks. It was a high scoring series, as the Flames set a team record for most goals in a playoff series (35), while the two teams combined for an NHL record for most goals in a seven-game series (61). The Flames tied an NHL record for most shorthanded goals in a series (5), while their nine goals in game three tied a franchise record for goals in a game. Theo Fleury led the team tying a team record for goals in one series (7), while setting a new mark for points (14). Head coach Dave King would end up losing his job over this playoff loss. He was replaced by Pierre Page in the summer.
The Flames game 5 victory would prove to be their last playoff win until 2004 - a span of nine years, as the Flames would lose their next seven playoff games, sandwiched between a stretch of seven straight non-playoff seasons.

## Schedule and results
### Regular season

1994–95 regular season :
January: 2–2–1 (home: 1–0–0; road: 1–2–1)
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTRecordPtsRecap
1January 20Calgary3 – 3WinnipegOT0–0–11Recap
2January 22Calgary4 – 1Detroit1–0–13Recap
3January 24St. Louis4 – 6Calgary2–0–15Recap
4January 26Calgary1 – 5Detroit2–1–15Recap
5January 28Calgary1 – 2Toronto2–2–15Recap :
February: 8–4–2 (home: 5–3–0; road: 3–1–2)
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTRecordPtsRecap
6February 1Detroit1 – 2Calgary3–2–17Recap
7February 3Chicago4 – 3CalgaryOT3–3–17Recap
8February 4Toronto1 – 4Calgary4–3–19Recap
9February 6Winnipeg5 – 4Calgary4–4–19Recap
10February 9Anaheim5 – 1Calgary5–4–111Recap
11February 11Calgary6 – 0Dallas6–4–113Recap
12February 13Calgary2 – 4St. Louis6–5–113Recap
13February 16Calgary2 – 2ChicagoOT6–5–214Recap
14February 18Dallas2 – 3CalgaryOT7–5–216Recap
15February 20Dallas2 – 1Calgary7–6–216Recap
16February 23Calgary3 – 3Los AngelesOT7–6–317Recap
17February 24Calgary3 – 0San Jose8–6–319Recap
18February 26Calgary5 – 3Anaheim9–6–321Recap
19February 28Edmonton2 – 5Calgary10–6–323Recap :
March: 6–7–2 (home: 4–3–1; road: 2–4–1)
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTRecordPtsRecap
20March 2Vancouver2 – 2CalgaryOT10–6–424Recap
21March 4Calgary2 – 3Toronto10–7–424Recap
22March 5Calgary2 – 3Winnipeg10–8–424Recap
23March 7Calgary6 – 3Chicago11–8–426Recap
24March 9Calgary1 – 5St. Louis11–9–426Recap
25March 12Calgary4 – 4Dallas11–9–527Recap
26March 15Anaheim5 – 0Calgary11–10–527Recap
27March 17Winnipeg4 – 8Calgary12–10–529Recap
28March 19San Jose5 – 3Calgary12–11–529Recap
29March 20Calgary2 – 5Edmonton12–12–529Recap
30March 22St. Louis3 – 4Calgary13–12–531Recap
31March 24Detroit2 – 3Calgary14–12–533Recap
32March 26Vancouver0 – 2Calgary15–12–535Recap
33March 28Los Angeles5 – 3Calgary15–13–535Recap
34March 31Calgary6 – 2Edmonton16–13–537Recap :
April: 7–4–2 (home: 4–1–1; road: 3–3–1)
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTRecordPtsRecap
35April 4Chicago2 – 3Calgary17–13–539Recap
36April 7Los Angeles4 – 7Calgary18–13–541Recap
37April 8Vancouver4 – 2Calgary18–14–541Recap
38April 10San Jose3 – 8Calgary19–14–543Recap
39April 12Calgary4 – 1Los Angeles20–14–545Recap
40April 13Calgary2 – 4Anaheim20–15–545Recap
41April 15Calgary4 – 2Edmonton21–15–547Recap
42April 17Los Angeles2 – 5Calgary22–15–549Recap
43April 20Calgary2 – 2VancouverOT22–15–650Recap
44April 24Calgary1 – 2Anaheim22–16–650Recap
45April 25Calgary3 – 2San Jose23–16–652Recap
46April 29Toronto2 – 2CalgaryOT23–16–753Recap
47April 30Calgary4 – 6Vancouver23–17–753Recap :
May: 1–0–0 (home: 1–0–0; road: 0–0–0)
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTRecordPtsRecap
48May 3Edmonton3 – 5Calgary24–17–755Recap :
Legend:
  Win (2 points)
  Loss (0 points)
  Tie (1 point) :

### Playoffs

1995 Stanley Cup playoffs :
Western Conference Quarterfinals vs. San Jose Sharks (7) – San Jose wins 4–3
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTAttendanceSeriesRecap
1May 7San Jose5 – 4Calgary15,624San Jose leads 1–0Recap
2May 9San Jose5 – 4CalgaryOT16,389San Jose leads 2–0Recap
3May 11Calgary9 – 2San Jose17,190San Jose leads 2–1Recap
4May 13Calgary6 – 4San Jose17,190Series tied 2–2Recap
5May 15San Jose0 – 5Calgary18,298Calgary leads 3–2Recap
6May 17Calgary3 – 5San Jose17,190Series tied 3–3Recap
7May 19San Jose5 – 4Calgary2OT20,230San Jose wins 4–3Recap :
Legend:
  Win
  Loss :

## Player statistics
### Scoring

* 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 Flames only.
| No. | Player | Pos | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs |
| No. | Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM |
| 14 | Theoren Fleury | RW | 47 | 29 | 29 | 58 | 6 | 112 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 8 | 2 |
| 25 | Joe Nieuwendyk | C | 46 | 21 | 29 | 50 | 11 | 33 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Phil Housley | D | 43 | 8 | 35 | 43 | 17 | 18 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 0 |
| 26 | Robert Reichel | C | 48 | 18 | 17 | 35 | −2 | 28 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 4 |
| 33 | Zarley Zalapski | D | 48 | 4 | 24 | 28 | 9 | 46 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 4 |
| 21 | Steve Chiasson | D | 45 | 2 | 23 | 25 | 10 | 39 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 |
| 13 | German Titov | LW | 40 | 12 | 12 | 24 | 6 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 10 |
| 29 | Joel Otto | C | 47 | 8 | 13 | 21 | 8 | 130 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| 17 | Wes Walz | RW | 47 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Paul Kruse | LW | 45 | 11 | 5 | 16 | 13 | 141 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 10 |
| 23 | Sheldon Kennedy | RW | 30 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 5 | 45 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 16 |
| 22 | Ron Stern | RW | 39 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 4 | 163 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| 4 | Kevin Dahl | D | 34 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 38 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 |
| 11 | Kelly Kisio | C | 12 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 19 |
| 32 | Mike Sullivan | LW | 34 | 4 | 7 | 11 | −2 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 2 |
| 5 | James Patrick | D | 43 | 0 | 10 | 10 | −3 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 0 |
| 15 | Sandy McCarthy | RW | 37 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 101 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 17 |
| 39 | Dan Keczmer | D | 28 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 16 | Nikolai Borschevsky† | RW | 8 | 0 | 5 | 5 | −7 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 3 | Frank Musil | D | 35 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 61 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Gary Roberts | LW | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 43 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 41 | Alan May† | LW | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 13 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 19 | Vesa Viitakoski | LW | 10 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 16 | Mark Greig | RW | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 42 | Ed Ward† | RW | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 20 | Cory Stillman | C | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 18 | Trent Yawney | D | 37 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −4 | 108 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 2 |
| 38 | Todd Hlushko | C | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 37 | Trevor Kidd | G | 43 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 |
| 92 | Michael Nylander | C | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 6 | −3 | 2 |
| 24 | Jim Peplinski† | LW | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 11 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 31 | Rick Tabaracci† | G | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 |
| 7 | Jamie Allison | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 34 | Joel Bouchard | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 35 | Neil Eisenhut | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 28 | Len Esau† | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 7 | Steve Konroyd† | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 27 | Scott Morrow | LW | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 36 | Jason Muzzatti | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 28 | Barry Nieckar† | LW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1 | Andrei Trefilov | G | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |

### Goaltending

* † = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Flames only.
| No. | Player | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs |
| No. | Player | GP | W | L | T | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI | GP | W | L | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI |
| 37 | Trevor Kidd | 43 | 22 | 14 | 6 | 1170 | 107 | 2.61 | .909 | 3 | 2463 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 181 | 26 | 3.59 | .856 | 1 | 434 |
| 31 | Rick Tabaracci† | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 93 | 5 | 1.48 | .946 | 0 | 202 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.000 | 0 | 19 |
| 36 | Jason Muzzatti | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.000 | 0 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1 | Andrei Trefilov | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 130 | 16 | 4.07 | .877 | 0 | 236 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |

## Awards and records
### Awards

| Type | Award/honour | Recipient |
| League (annual) | King Clancy Memorial Trophy | Joe Nieuwendyk |
| League (annual) | NHL First All-Star team | Theoren Fleury (Right Wing) |
| Team | Molson Cup | Trevor Kidd |

### Milestones

| Milestone | Player | Date |
| First game | Jamie Allison | January 26, 1995 |
| First game | Cory Stillman | February 6, 1995 |
| First game | Scott Morrow | February 13, 1995 |
| First game | Joel Bouchard | February 13, 1995 |
| 600th assist | Phil Housley | February 6, 1995 |

## Transactions

The Flames were involved in the following transactions during the 1994–95 season.

### Trades

| June 29, 1994 | To Calgary Flames Steve Chiasson | To Detroit Red Wings Mike Vernon |
| July 4, 1994 | To Calgary Flames Phil Housley 2nd round pick in 1996 2nd round pick in 1997 | To St. Louis Blues Al MacInnis |

### Free agents

| Player | Former team |
| Player | New team |

## Draft picks

Calgary's picks at the 1994 NHL Entry Draft, held in Hartford, Connecticut.
| Rnd | Pick | Player | Nationality | Position | Team (league) | NHL statistics | NHL statistics | NHL statistics | NHL statistics | NHL statistics |
| Rnd | Pick | Player | Nationality | Position | Team (league) | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| 1 | 19 | Chris Dingman | Canada | LW | Brandon Wheat Kings (WHL) | 385 | 15 | 19 | 34 | 769 |
| 2 | 45 | Dmitri Riabykin | Russia | D | N/A | | | | | |
| 3 | 77 | Chris Clark | United States | RW | N/A | 607 | 103 | 111 | 214 | 700 |
| 4 | 91 | Ryan Duthie | Canada | C | Spokane Chiefs (WHL) | | | | | |
| 4 | 97 | Johan Finnstrom | Sweden | F | Rogle Angelholm (SEL) | | | | | |
| 5 | 107 | Nils Ekman | Sweden | RW | N/A | 264 | 60 | 91 | 151 | 188 |
| 5 | 123 | Frank Appel | Germany | D | Düsseldorfer EG (DEL) | | | | | |
| 6 | 149 | Patrik Haltia | Sweden | G | Färjestads BK (SEL) | | | | | |
| 7 | 175 | Ladislav Kohn | Czech Republic | RW | Swift Current Broncos (WHL) | 186 | 14 | 28 | 42 | 125 |
| 8 | 201 | Keith McCambridge | Canada | D | Swift Current Broncos (WHL) | | | | | |
| 9 | 227 | Jorgen Jonsson | Sweden | C | Rogle Angelholm (SEL) | 81 | 12 | 19 | 31 | 16 |
| 10 | 253 | Mike Peluso | United States | RW | Omaha Lancers (USHL) | 38 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 19 |
| 11 | 279 | Pavel Torgayev | Russia | C | TPS (SM-liiga) | 55 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 20 |

## Farm teams
### Saint John Flames

The 1994–95 American Hockey League season was the second for the Flames' top minor league affiliate. While the Saint John Flames managed only a 27–40–13 record, they still qualified for the playoffs. They fell in the first round to the Prince Edward Island Senators four games to one. Mark Greig led the Flames with 31 goals, while he and Cory Stillman tied for the team lead with 81 points. Dwayne Roloson was the starting goaltender, posting a 16–21–8 record with a 3.42 GAA in 46 games.