# 1994–95 Dallas Stars season

The 1994–95 Dallas Stars season was the 28th season in franchise history and the second in Dallas, Texas. Injuries to forward Mike Modano caused him to miss 18 games, more than a third of the 48-game regular season, and finished with 29 points (12 goals, 17 assists). As a result, the Stars didn't have the same offensive power they had had in 1993–94, when Modano scored a career-high 50 goals and relied on Dave Gagner to pick up the slack, which he did, leading the team in goals, assists and points. Despite finishing the season on a 4-game losing streak for a 17-23-8 record, Dallas still scored more goals (136) than they allowed (135).

## Regular season

The Stars tied the Hartford Whalers and the Toronto Maple Leafs for the lowest shooting percentage during the regular season, with just 135 goals on 1,520 shots (8.9%).

### Final standings

Central Division :
| No. | CR | | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts |
| 1 | 1 | Detroit Red Wings | 48 | 33 | 11 | 4 | 180 | 117 | 70 |
| 2 | 2 | St. Louis Blues | 48 | 28 | 15 | 5 | 178 | 135 | 61 |
| 3 | 4 | Chicago Blackhawks | 48 | 24 | 19 | 5 | 156 | 115 | 53 |
| 4 | 5 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 48 | 21 | 19 | 8 | 135 | 146 | 50 |
| 5 | 8 | Dallas Stars | 48 | 17 | 23 | 8 | 136 | 135 | 42 |
| 6 | 10 | Winnipeg Jets | 48 | 16 | 25 | 7 | 157 | 177 | 39 |
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

Despite having a 17-23-8 record, the Stars clinched the number eight seed in the Western Conference, thus making the playoffs for the second consecutive year. They lost to Detroit in the first round 4–1.

## Schedule and results
### Regular season

1994–95 regular season :
January: 2–2–1 (home: 0–1–0; road: 2–1–1)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
1TJanuary 20, 19951–1 OT@ Vancouver Canucks (1994–95)0–0–1Recap
2WJanuary 24, 19954–2@ Los Angeles Kings (1994–95)1–0–1Recap
3WJanuary 25, 19954–1@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1994–95)2–0–1Recap
4LJanuary 28, 19952–3@ San Jose Sharks (1994–95)2–1–1Recap
5LJanuary 30, 19951–2Toronto Maple Leafs (1994–95)2–2–1Recap :
February: 3–8–2 (home: 1–5–1; road: 2–3–1)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
6WFebruary 1, 19959–2Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1994–95)3–2–1Recap
7LFebruary 2, 19951–2San Jose Sharks (1994–95)3–3–1Recap
8LFebruary 4, 19954–7@ St. Louis Blues (1994–95)3–4–1Recap
9TFebruary 8, 19953–3 OT@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1994–95)3–4–2Recap
10LFebruary 11, 19950–6Calgary Flames (1994–95)3–5–2Recap
11LFebruary 13, 19954–7Winnipeg Jets (1994–95)3–6–2Recap
12LFebruary 15, 19951–3Los Angeles Kings (1994–95)3–7–2Recap
13LFebruary 18, 19952–3 OT@ Calgary Flames (1994–95)3–8–2Recap
14WFebruary 20, 19952–1@ Calgary Flames (1994–95)4–8–2Recap
15LFebruary 22, 19951–2@ Edmonton Oilers (1994–95)4–9–2Recap
16TFebruary 24, 19953–3 OTVancouver Canucks (1994–95)4–9–3Recap
17LFebruary 26, 19951–2Chicago Blackhawks (1994–95)4–10–3Recap
18WFebruary 28, 19954–0@ Winnipeg Jets (1994–95)5–10–3Recap :
March: 6–5–2 (home: 5–1–2; road: 1–4–0)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
19WMarch 1, 19955–3@ Edmonton Oilers (1994–95)6–10–3Recap
20WMarch 3, 19954–0Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1994–95)7–10–3Recap
21WMarch 5, 19952–1St. Louis Blues (1994–95)8–10–3Recap
22WMarch 6, 19958–2Los Angeles Kings (1994–95)9–10–3Recap
23LMarch 8, 19952–3@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1994–95)9–11–3Recap
24LMarch 10, 19953–4@ Winnipeg Jets (1994–95)9–12–3Recap
25TMarch 12, 19954–4 OTCalgary Flames (1994–95)9–12–4Recap
26WMarch 13, 19954–2Chicago Blackhawks (1994–95)10–12–4Recap
27LMarch 16, 19954–5@ Detroit Red Wings (1994–95)10–13–4Recap
28TMarch 22, 19954–4 OTEdmonton Oilers (1994–95)10–13–5Recap
29WMarch 23, 19952–1Edmonton Oilers (1994–95)11–13–5Recap
30LMarch 27, 19952–3St. Louis Blues (1994–95)11–14–5Recap
31LMarch 30, 19952–3@ Detroit Red Wings (1994–95)11–15–5Recap :
April: 6–7–3 (home: 3–3–2; road: 3–4–1)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
32LApril 1, 19952–3Detroit Red Wings (1994–95)11–16–5Recap
33WApril 2, 19952–1@ Chicago Blackhawks (1994–95)12–16–5Recap
34TApril 4, 19952–2 OT@ Vancouver Canucks (1994–95)12–16–6Recap
35LApril 6, 19952–3@ Los Angeles Kings (1994–95)12–17–6Recap
36WApril 7, 19952–0@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1994–95)13–17–6Recap
37WApril 9, 19953–2@ St. Louis Blues (1994–95)14–17–6Recap
38LApril 11, 19951–4Detroit Red Wings (1994–95)14–18–6Recap
39LApril 14, 19951–2@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1994–95)14–19–6Recap
40WApril 16, 19952–0Chicago Blackhawks (1994–95)15–19–6Recap
41TApril 17, 19952–2 OTVancouver Canucks (1994–95)15–19–7Recap
42TApril 19, 19955–5 OTSan Jose Sharks (1994–95)15–19–8Recap
43WApril 22, 19956–4Toronto Maple Leafs (1994–95)16–19–8Recap
44WApril 23, 19955–2Winnipeg Jets (1994–95)17–19–8Recap
45LApril 25, 19954–8St. Louis Blues (1994–95)17–20–8Recap
46LApril 27, 19951–5@ Chicago Blackhawks (1994–95)17–21–8Recap
47LApril 29, 19952–4@ Detroit Red Wings (1994–95)17–22–8Recap :
May: 0–1–0 (home: 0–0–0; road: 0–1–0)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
48LMay 1, 19951–3@ San Jose Sharks (1994–95)17–23–8Recap :
Legend:
  Win (2 points)
  Loss (0 points)
  Tie (1 point) :

### Playoffs

1995 Stanley Cup playoffs :
Western Conference Quarterfinals vs. (1) Detroit Red Wings – Red Wings win 4–1
GameResultDateScoreOpponentSeriesRecap
1LMay 7, 19953–4Detroit Red WingsRed Wings lead 1–0Recap
2LMay 9, 19951–4Detroit Red WingsRed Wings lead 2–0Recap
3LMay 11, 19951–5@ Detroit Red WingsRed Wings lead 3–0Recap
4WMay 14, 19954–1@ Detroit Red WingsRed Wings lead 3–1Recap
5LMay 15, 19951–3Detroit Red WingsRed Wings win 4–1Recap :
Legend:
  Win
  Loss :

## Player statistics
### Scoring

* Position abbreviations: C = Center; D = Defense; 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 Stars only.
* ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Stars 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 |
| 15 | Dave Gagner | C | 48 | 14 | 28 | 42 | 2 | 42 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 9 | Mike Modano | C | 30 | 12 | 17 | 29 | 7 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 4 | Kevin Hatcher | D | 47 | 10 | 19 | 29 | −4 | 66 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −4 | 2 |
| 11 | Mike Donnelly† | LW | 35 | 11 | 14 | 25 | 3 | 29 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 22 | Trent Klatt | RW | 47 | 12 | 10 | 22 | −2 | 26 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Todd Harvey | RW | 40 | 11 | 9 | 20 | −3 | 67 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 8 |
| 39 | Mike Kennedy | C | 44 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 4 | 33 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 9 |
| 12 | Grant Ledyard | D | 38 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 6 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 |
| 6 | Corey Millen† | C | 28 | 3 | 15 | 18 | 4 | 28 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 |
| 26 | Russ Courtnall‡ | RW | 32 | 7 | 10 | 17 | −8 | 13 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 21 | Paul Broten | RW | 47 | 7 | 9 | 16 | −7 | 36 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −2 | 2 |
| 2 | Derian Hatcher | D | 43 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 3 | 105 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 16 | Dean Evason | C | 47 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 3 | 48 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 12 |
| 41 | Brent Gilchrist | LW | 32 | 9 | 4 | 13 | −3 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 |
| 14 | Paul Cavallini | D | 44 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 28 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 25 | Peter Zezel | C | 30 | 6 | 5 | 11 | −6 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Craig Ludwig | D | 47 | 2 | 7 | 9 | −6 | 61 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
| 23 | Greg Adams† | LW | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | −4 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | Doug Zmolek | D | 42 | 0 | 5 | 5 | −6 | 67 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 10 |
| 27 | Shane Churla | RW | 27 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 186 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 20 |
| 7 | Neal Broten‡ | C | 17 | 0 | 4 | 4 | −8 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 23 | Alan May‡ | RW | 27 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 106 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 11 | Jarkko Varvio | RW | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 24 | Richard Matvichuk | D | 14 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −7 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −3 | 4 |
| 43 | Gord Donnelly | D | 16 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 52 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 29 | Grant Marshall | RW | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 35 | Andy Moog | G | 31 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 14 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 2 |
| 37 | Zac Boyer | RW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Manny Fernandez | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 20 | Iain Fraser†‡ | C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 18 | Mike Lalor | D | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 20 | Jamie Langenbrunner | RW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 38 | Mark Lawrence | RW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 28 | Travis Richards | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1 | Mike Torchia | G | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 34 | Darcy Wakaluk | G | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 |

### 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 |
| 35 | Andy Moog | 31 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 846 | 72 | 2.44 | .915 | 2 | 1770 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 169 | 16 | 3.47 | .905 | 0 | 277 |
| 34 | Darcy Wakaluk | 15 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 341 | 40 | 3.18 | .883 | 2 | 754 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 3.00 | .889 | 0 | 20 |
| 1 | Mike Torchia | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 172 | 18 | 3.30 | .895 | 0 | 327 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 30 | Manny Fernandez | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 3 | 3.05 | .889 | 0 | 59 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |

## Awards and records
### Awards

| Type | Award/honor | Recipient | Ref |
| Team | Star of the Game Award | Andy Moog | |

### Milestones

| Milestone | Player | Date |
| First game | Mike Kennedy | January 20, 1995 |
| First game | Todd Harvey | January 25, 1995 |
| First game | Mark Lawrence | February 4, 1995 |
| First game | Travis Richards | February 15, 1995 |
| First game | Grant Marshall | March 16, 1995 |
| First game | Manny Fernandez | April 1, 1995 |
| First game | Mike Torchia | April 2, 1995 |
| First game | Jamie Langenbrunner | April 9, 1995 |
| First game | Zac Boyer | April 19, 1995 |

## Transactions

* April 7, 1995: RW Russ Courtnall traded from Dallas to Vancouver for LW Greg Adams and RW Dan Kesa and Vancouver's fifth round pick in 1995 Entry Draft.

## Draft picks

Dallas' draft picks at the 1994 NHL Entry Draft held at the Hartford Civic Center in Hartford, Connecticut.
| Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | College/junior/club team |
| 1 | 20 | Jason Botterill (LW) | Canada | University of Michigan (NCAA) |
| 2 | 46 | Lee Jinman (C) | Canada | North Bay Centennials (OHL) |
| 4 | 98 | Jamie Wright (LW) | Canada | Guelph Storm (OHL) |
| 5 | 124 | Marty Turco (G) | Canada | Cambridge Winterhawks (MWJHL) |
| 6 | 150 | Evgeny Petrochinin (D) | Russia | Spartak Moscow (Russia) |
| 9 | 228 | Marty Flichel (RW) | Canada | Tacoma Rockets (WHL) |
| 10 | 254 | Jimmy Roy (C) | Canada | Thunder Bay Flyers (USHL) |
| 11 | 280 | Chris Szysky (RW) | Canada | Swift Current Broncos (WHL) |