# 1993–94 Vancouver Canucks season

The 1993–94 Vancouver Canucks season was the Canucks' 24th NHL season. Vancouver finished the season second in their division and qualified for the playoffs as the number seven seed. In the playoffs, the Canucks pulled several upsets and reached the Stanley Cup Finals for the second time in franchise history. In the finals they fell behind the New York Rangers three games to one before making a comeback to force a Game 7. Vancouver fell short in its bid to capture the franchise's first Stanley Cup losing Game 7 by a final of 3–2.
During the regular season, Pavel Bure tied his own club record for goals in a season, originally set in the 1992–93 season. Bure's 60 goals led the NHL and as a result he was named a First Team NHL All-Star. Kirk McLean won a team leading 23 games during the regular season, only 8 more than the 15 he recorded in the post-season games. Jeff Brown officially led the team in assists, but did not join the team till after the trade deadline when he was acquired from St. Louis.
In the playoffs, both Bure and captain Trevor Linden were very productive. Bure led all forwards in playoff scoring finishing second overall to Brian Leetch. However, Bure led the league in playoff goals with Linden tied for second. McLean led the playoffs in minutes played, shots against and saves while he and the Rangers Mike Richter tied for the lead in playoff shutouts. McLean finished fourth in goals against average and save percentage.

## Regular season

Pacific Division :
| No. | CR | | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts |
| 1 | 3 | Calgary Flames | 84 | 42 | 29 | 13 | 302 | 256 | 97 |
| 2 | 7 | Vancouver Canucks | 84 | 41 | 40 | 3 | 279 | 276 | 85 |
| 3 | 8 | San Jose Sharks | 84 | 33 | 35 | 16 | 252 | 265 | 82 |
| 4 | 9 | Mighty Ducks of Anaheim | 84 | 33 | 46 | 5 | 229 | 251 | 71 |
| 5 | 10 | Los Angeles Kings | 84 | 27 | 45 | 12 | 294 | 322 | 66 |
| 6 | 11 | Edmonton Oilers | 84 | 25 | 45 | 14 | 261 | 305 | 64 |
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 | 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
### Regular season

1993–94 regular season :
October: 7–3–0 (home: 3–3–0; road: 4–0–0)
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTRecordPointsRecap
1October 6Vancouver5–2Los Angeles–1–0–02Recap
2October 9Calgary5–1Vancouver–1–1–02Recap
3October 11Edmonton1–4Vancouver–2–1–04Recap
4October 16Vancouver3–2Edmonton–3–1–06Recap
5October 19Boston4–5Vancouver–4–1–08Recap
6October 21Vancouver6–3Calgary–5–1–010Recap
7October 23Vancouver6–4San Jose–6–1–012Recap
8October 24San Jose2–3VancouverOT7–1–014Recap
9October 27Washington3–2Vancouver–7–2–014Recap
10October 30Buffalo6–3Vancouver–7–3–014Recap :
November: 7–7–0 (home: 4–3–0; road: 3–4–0)
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTRecordPointsRecap
11November 2Vancouver2–1NY Islanders–8–3–016Recap
12November 3Vancouver3–6NY Rangers–8–4–016Recap
13November 5Vancouver2–3Washington–8–5–016Recap
14November 7Vancouver5–2Philadelphia–9–5–018Recap
15November 10Los Angeles0–4Vancouver–10–5–020Recap
16November 13Vancouver4–3Calgary–10–6–020Recap
17November 14Anaheim2–3Vancouver–11–6–022Recap
18November 16St. Louis0–3Vancouver–12–6–024Recap
19November 19Anaheim6–3Vancouver–12–7–024Recap
20November 22Toronto5–2Vancouver–12–8–024Recap
21November 24Detroit5–4VancouverOT12–9–024Recap
22November 26Vancouver5–3Winnipeg–13–9–026Recap
23November 27Vancouver1–2Edmonton–13–10–026Recap
24November 29Chicago1–2VancouverOT14–10–028Recap :
December: 5–8–0 (home: 3–3–0; road: 2–5–0)
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTRecordPointsRecap
25December 2Philadelphia6–3Vancouver–14–11–028Recap
26December 4Vancouver1–3Quebec–14–12–028Recap
27December 6Vancouver3–4MontrealOT14–13–028Recap
28December 8Vancouver4–1Hartford–15–13–030Recap
29December 9Vancouver3–2BostonOT16–13–032Recap
30December 14Vancouver4–8Calgary–16–14–032Recap
31December 15Vancouver2–7Edmonton–16–15–032Recap
32December 17Winnipeg1–6Vancouver–17–15–034Recap
33December 19Dallas3–1Vancouver–17–16–034Recap
34December 21Edmonton3–6Vancouver–18–16–036Recap
35December 23Calgary3–4Vancouver–19–16–038Recap
36December 28Vancouver5–6Los Angeles–19–17–038Recap
37December 31San Jose3–2Vancouver–19–18–038Recap :
January: 6–5–2 (home: 3–3–2; road: 3–2–0)
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTRecordPointsRecap
38January 2Montreal3–2Vancouver–19–19–038Recap
39January 5Vancouver7–2Ottawa–20–19–040Recap
40January 8Vancouver5–3Toronto–20–20–040Recap
41January 9Vancouver5–3Buffalo–20–21–040Recap
42January 12Quebec3–4Vancouver–21–21–042Recap
43January 14Ottawa2–2VancouverOT21–21–143Recap
44January 16Vancouver4–3Anaheim–22–21–145Recap
45January 19Calgary4–3Vancouver–22–22–145Recap
46January 24Vancouver5–4EdmontonOT23–22–147Recap
47January 25St. Louis3–3VancouverOT23–22–248Recap
48January 27Dallas3–2VancouverOT23–23–248Recap
49January 29New Jersey3–6Vancouver–24–23–250Recap
50January 31Los Angeles1–3Vancouver–25–23–252Recap :
February: 5–5–1 (home: 2–1–1; road: 3–4–0)
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTRecordPointsRecap
51February 2Chicago4–6Vancouver–26–23–254Recap
52February 4Vancouver0–3Anaheim–26–24–254Recap
53February 6Hartford4–2Vancouver–26–25–254Recap
54February 8Vancouver6–3Detroit–27–25–256Recap
55February 10Vancouver3–7New Jersey–27–26–256Recap
56February 12Vancouver3–2Tampa Bay–28–26–258Recap
57February 13Vancouver1–2Florida–28–27–258Recap
58February 15Vancouver2–3St. Louis–28–28–258Recap
59February 17Vancouver4–2Chicago–29–28–260Recap
60February 22Calgary4–4VancouverOT29–28–361Recap
61February 26Tampa Bay1–3Vancouver–30–28–363Recap :
March: 8–8–0 (home: 3–4–0; road: 5–4–0)
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTRecordPointsRecap
62March 1Edmonton7–4Vancouver–30–29–363Recap
63March 3Vancouver4–0St. Louis–31–29–365Recap
64March 4Vancouver4–1Dallas–32–29–367Recap
65March 7Florida2–1Vancouver–32–30–367Recap
66March 9NY Islanders4–5Vancouver–33–30–369Recap
67March 11Vancouver4–5Winnipeg–34–30–371Recap
68March 13Vancouver2–5Chicago–34–31–371Recap
69March 15Vancouver2–5Detroit–34–32–371Recap
70March 16Vancouver2–5Toronto–35–32–373Recap
71March 19Vancouver4–5Pittsburgh–35–33–373Recap
72March 20Vancouver1–2DallasOT35–34–373Recap
73March 23Vancouver6–3Los Angeles–36–34–375Recap
74March 25NY Rangers5–2Vancouver–36–35–375Recap
75March 27Los Angeles3–4Vancouver–37–35–377Recap
76March 28Toronto2–3VancouverOT38–35–379Recap
77March 30Pittsburgh3–1Vancouver–38–36–379Recap :
April: 3–4–0 (home: 2–2–0; road: 1–2–0)
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTRecordPointsRecap
78April 1Winnipeg1–5Vancouver–39–36–381Recap
79April 2Vancouver4–7San Jose–39–37–381Recap
80April 5Detroit8–3Vancouver–39–38–381Recap
81April 7San Jose2–3Vancouver–40–38–383Recap
82April 9Anaheim3–1Vancouver–40–39–383Recap
83April 10Vancouver1–3San Jose–40–40–383Recap
84April 13Vancouver2–1Anaheim–41–40–385Recap :
Legend:
  Win (2 points)
  Loss (0 points)
  Tie (1 point) :

### Playoffs

1994 Stanley Cup playoffs :
Western Conference Quarterfinals vs. (2) Calgary Flames – Canucks win 4–3
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceSeriesRecap
1April 18Vancouver5 – 0CalgaryMcLean17,7641 – 0Recap
2April 20Vancouver5 – 7CalgaryMcLean18,3181 – 1Recap
3April 22Calgary4 – 2VancouverMcLean16,1501 – 2Recap
4April 24Calgary3 – 2VancouverMcLean16,1501 – 3Recap
5April 26Vancouver2 – 1CalgaryOTMcLean19,0592 – 3Recap
6April 28Calgary2 – 3VancouverOTMcLean16,1503 – 3Recap
7April 30Vancouver4 – 3Calgary2OTMcLean20,2304 – 3Recap :
Western Conference Semifinals vs. (4) Dallas Stars – Canucks win 4–1
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceSeriesRecap
1May 2Vancouver6 – 4DallasMcLean16,9141 – 0Recap
2May 4Vancouver3 – 0DallasMcLean16,9142 – 0Recap
3May 6Dallas4 – 3VancouverMcLean16,1502 – 1Recap
4May 8Dallas1 – 2VancouverOTMcLean16,1503 – 1Recap
5May 10Dallas2 – 4VancouverMcLean16,1504 – 1Recap :
Western Conference Finals vs. (3) Toronto Maple Leafs – Canucks win 4–1
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceSeriesRecap
1May 16Vancouver2 – 3TorontoOTMcLean15,7280 – 1Recap
2May 18Vancouver4 – 3TorontoMcLean15,7281 – 1Recap
3May 20Toronto0 – 4VancouverMcLean16,1502 – 1Recap
4May 22Toronto0 – 2VancouverMcLean16,1503 – 1Recap
5May 24Toronto3 – 4Vancouver2OTMcLean16,1504 – 1Recap :
Stanley Cup Finals vs. (E1) New York Rangers – Rangers win 4–3
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceSeriesRecap
1May 31Vancouver3 – 2New YorkOTMcLean18,2001 – 0Recap
2June 2Vancouver1 – 3New YorkMcLean18,2001 – 1Recap
3June 4New York5 – 1VancouverMcLean16,1501 – 2Recap
4June 7New York4 – 2VancouverMcLean16,1501 – 3Recap
5June 9Vancouver6 – 3New YorkMcLean18,2002 – 3Recap
6June 11New York1 – 4VancouverMcLean16,1503 – 3Recap
7June 14Vancouver2 – 3New YorkMcLean18,2003 – 4Recap :
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 Canucks only.
* ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Canucks 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 |
| 10 | Pavel Bure | RW | 76 | 60 | 47 | 107 | 1 | 86 | 24 | 16 | 15 | 31 | 8 | 40 |
| 14 | Geoff Courtnall | LW | 82 | 26 | 44 | 70 | 15 | 123 | 24 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 10 | 51 |
| 7 | Cliff Ronning | C | 76 | 25 | 43 | 68 | 7 | 42 | 24 | 5 | 10 | 15 | −2 | 16 |
| 16 | Trevor Linden | RW | 84 | 32 | 29 | 61 | 6 | 73 | 24 | 12 | 13 | 25 | 3 | 18 |
| 32 | Murray Craven | C | 78 | 15 | 40 | 55 | 5 | 30 | 22 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 10 | 18 |
| 21 | Jyrki Lumme | D | 83 | 13 | 42 | 55 | 3 | 50 | 24 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 8 | 16 |
| 24 | Jiri Slegr | D | 78 | 5 | 33 | 38 | 0 | 86 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 8 | Greg Adams | LW | 68 | 13 | 24 | 37 | −1 | 20 | 23 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 1 | 2 |
| 44 | Dave Babych | D | 73 | 4 | 28 | 32 | 0 | 52 | 24 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 12 |
| 29 | Gino Odjick | LW | 76 | 16 | 13 | 29 | 13 | 271 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| 27 | Sergio Momesso | LW | 68 | 14 | 13 | 27 | −2 | 149 | 24 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 56 |
| 5 | Dana Murzyn | D | 80 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 4 | 109 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 4 |
| 17 | Jimmy Carson† | C | 34 | 7 | 10 | 17 | −13 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | Martin Gelinas† | RW | 33 | 8 | 8 | 16 | −6 | 26 | 24 | 5 | 4 | 9 | −1 | 14 |
| 20 | Jose Charbonneau | RW | 30 | 7 | 7 | 14 | −3 | 49 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | Gerald Diduck | D | 55 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 72 | 24 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 22 |
| 6 | Adrien Plavsic | D | 47 | 1 | 9 | 10 | −5 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 15 | John McIntyre | C | 62 | 3 | 6 | 9 | −9 | 38 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 16 |
| 17 | Dixon Ward‡ | LW | 33 | 6 | 1 | 7 | −14 | 37 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 19 | Tim Hunter | RW | 56 | 3 | 4 | 7 | −7 | 171 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 26 |
| 36 | Dane Jackson | RW | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 9 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 25 | Dan Kesa | RW | 19 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −3 | 18 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 22 | Jeff Brown† | D | 11 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 24 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 7 | 37 |
| 22 | Robert Dirk‡ | D | 65 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 105 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2 | Evgeny Namestnikov | D | 17 | 0 | 5 | 5 | −2 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 23 | Neil Eisenhut | C | 13 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 21 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1 | Kirk McLean | G | 52 | 0 | 4 | 4 | | 2 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 0 |
| 18 | Shawn Antoski | LW | 55 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −11 | 190 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 36 |
| 25 | Nathan LaFayette† | C | 11 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 4 |
| 25 | Stephane Morin | LW | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 3 | Bret Hedican† | D | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 16 |
| 28 | Brian Glynn† | D | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 12 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 |
| 33 | Michael Peca | C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 35 | Kay Whitmore | G | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — |

### Goaltending

| 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 |
| 1 | Kirk McLean | 52 | 23 | 26 | 3 | 1430 | 156 | 2.99 | .891 | 3 | 3128 | 24 | 15 | 9 | 820 | 59 | 2.29 | .928 | 4 | 1544 |
| 35 | Kay Whitmore | 32 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 848 | 113 | 3.53 | .867 | 0 | 1921 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |

## Awards and records

* Clarence S. Campbell Bowl
* Pavel Bure, NHL Leader, Goals (60)
* Pavel Bure, Club Record, Goals in a Season (60)
* Pavel Bure, Molson Cup (Most game star selections for Vancouver Canucks)
* Pavel Bure, Cyclone Taylor Award (MVP of the Canucks)

## Transactions
### Trades

| June 23, 1993 | To Vancouver Canucks John Vanbiesbrouck | To New York Rangers Doug Lidster |
| January 8, 1994 | To Vancouver Canucks Jimmy Carson | To Los Angeles Kings Dixon Ward Conditional draft pick in 1995. |
| March 14, 1994 | To Vancouver Canucks Craig Janney 2nd round draft pick in 1994 (Dave Scatchard) | To St. Louis Blues compensation for the signing of free agent Petr Nedved |
| March 21, 1994 | To Vancouver Canucks Jeff Brown Bret Hedican Nathan LaFayette | To St. Louis Blues Craig Janney |
| March 21, 1994 | To Vancouver Canucks 4th round pick in 1994 (Mike Dubinsky) | To Chicago Blackhawks Robert Dirk |

### Expansion draft

Vancouver's losses at the 1993 NHL expansion draft in Quebec City, Quebec.
| Round | # | Player | Nationality | Drafted by | Drafted from |
| 1 | 1 | John Vanbiesbrouck (G) | United States | Florida Panthers | Vancouver Canucks |
| 1 | 37 | Anatoli Semenov (C) | Russia | Mighty Ducks of Anaheim | Vancouver Canucks |

## Draft picks

Vancouver's picks at the 1993 NHL entry draft in Quebec City, Quebec.
| Round | # | Player | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
| 1 | 20 | Mike Wilson (D) | Canada | Sudbury Wolves (OHL) |
| 2 | 46 | Rick Girard (C) | Canada | Swift Current Broncos (WHL) |
| 4 | 98 | Dieter Kochan (G) | United States | Vernon Lakers (BCJHL) |
| 5 | 124 | Scott Walker (D) | Canada | Owen Sound Platers (OHL) |
| 6 | 150 | Troy Creurer (D) | Canada | Notre Dame Hounds (SJHL) |
| 7 | 176 | Yevgeni Babariko (C) | Russia | Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod (Vysshaya Liga) |
| 8 | 202 | Sean Tallaire (RW) | Canada | Lake Superior State University (NCAA) |
| 10 | 254 | Bert Robertsson (D) | Sweden | Södertälje SK (Allsvenskan) |
| 11 | 280 | Sergei Tkachenko (G) | Ukraine | Hamilton Canucks (AHL) |

## Farm teams
### Hamilton Canucks

AHL affiliate based in Hamilton, Ontario and whose home arena was Copps Coliseum. This was the team's second and final season as an affiliate of the Canucks. In the 1993–94 AHL season, Hamilton finished in 2nd place in the South Division, but was eliminated in the first round of the AHL playoffs by the Cornwall Aces in four straight games. After the season, the franchise was relocated as the Syracuse Crunch, which kept its affiliation with Vancouver.

### Columbus Chill

ECHL affiliate based in Columbus, Ohio, and whose home arena was the Ohio Expo Center Coliseum.