1994–95 San Jose Sharks season

In the 1994–95 San Jose Sharks season, the Sharks once again qualified for the playoffs and won their first-round series before losing in the second round to the Detroit Red Wings.
==Offseason==
The Sharks chose Jeff Friesen with their first-round pick, eleventh over-all. Friesen would play for the Sharks for nearly seven seasons.
==Regular season==
The Sharks got off to a good start in the lockout-shortened season, winning 5 of their first 6 games. In their first win of the season on January 21, 1995, 18 year-old rookie Jeff Friesen scored his very first NHL goal, a shorthanded game-winner against the Toronto Maple Leafs as the Sharks won 3-2. Their streak soon came to an end, and the team lost 5 straight from February 18 to 26. Although he had 4 shutouts, goaltender Arturs Irbe struggled, going 14-19-3 with a GAA of 3.26 and a SV% of .895. Friesen went on to lead the Sharks in goals with 15. During the season, the team acquired forwards Craig Janney and Kevin Miller in a trade with the St. Louis Blues for forward Todd Elik and defenseman Jeff Norton. 
===Season standings===
===Game log===
Regular season schedule	Regular season schedule	Regular season schedule	Regular season schedule	Regular season schedule 	Regular season schedule
No. 	R 	Date 	Score 	Opponent 	Record
1 	L 	January 20, 1995 	2–5 	St. Louis Blues (1994–95) 	0–1–0
2 	W 	January 21, 1995 	3–2 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1994–95) 	1–1–0
3 	W 	January 25, 1995 	4–0 	Winnipeg Jets (1994–95) 	2–1–0
4 	W 	January 28, 1995 	3–2 	Dallas Stars (1994–95) 	3–1–0
5 	W 	January 30, 1995 	2–1 	Chicago Blackhawks (1994–95) 	4–1–0
6 	W 	February 2, 1995 	2–1 	@ Dallas Stars (1994–95) 	5–1–0
7 	T 	February 4, 1995 	3–3 OT 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1994–95) 	5–1–1
8 	L 	February 6, 1995 	3–7 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1994–95) 	5–2–1
9 	L 	February 7, 1995 	0–6 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1994–95) 	5–3–1
10 	L 	February 10, 1995 	1–5 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1994–95) 	5–4–1
11 	T 	February 11, 1995 	1–1 OT 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1994–95) 	5–4–2
12 	W 	February 15, 1995 	3–1 	Vancouver Canucks (1994–95) 	6–4–2
13 	W 	February 17, 1995 	2–0 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1994–95) 	7–4–2
14 	L 	February 18, 1995 	3–6 	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1994–95) 	7–5–2
15 	L 	February 20, 1995 	2–3 	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1994–95) 	7–6–2
16 	L 	February 22, 1995 	3–4 	@ St. Louis Blues (1994–95) 	7–7–2
17 	L 	February 24, 1995 	0–3 	Calgary Flames (1994–95) 	7–8–2
18 	L 	February 26, 1995 	1–5 	Vancouver Canucks (1994–95) 	7–9–2
19 	W 	February 28, 1995 	4–3 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1994–95) 	8–9–2
20 	W 	March 2, 1995 	4–3 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1994–95) 	9–9–2
21 	L 	March 4, 1995 	2–4 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1994–95) 	9–10–2
22 	L 	March 8, 1995 	2–5 	Edmonton Oilers (1994–95) 	9–11–2
23 	L 	March 15, 1995 	1–2 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1994–95) 	9–12–2
24 	L 	March 17, 1995 	3–5 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1994–95) 	9–13–2
25 	W 	March 19, 1995 	5–3 	@ Calgary Flames (1994–95) 	10–13–2
26 	L 	March 21, 1995 	3–7 	Chicago Blackhawks (1994–95) 	10–14–2
27 	L 	March 23, 1995 	3–6 	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1994–95) 	10–15–2
28 	W 	March 25, 1995 	3–1 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1994–95) 	11–15–2
29 	L 	March 26, 1995 	3–7 	Los Angeles Kings (1994–95) 	11–16–2
30 	W 	March 28, 1995 	6–5 OT 	Winnipeg Jets (1994–95) 	12–16–2
31 	L 	March 31, 1995 	1–4 	@ St. Louis Blues (1994–95) 	12–17–2
32 	L 	April 2, 1995 	4–5 	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1994–95)	12–18–2
33 	L 	April 5, 1995 	3–5 	Detroit Red Wings (1994–95) 	12–19–2
34 	W 	April 7, 1995 	5–0 	Edmonton Oilers (1994–95) 	13–19–2
35 	W 	April 9, 1995 	5–2 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1994–95) 	14–19–2
36 	L 	April 10, 1995 	3–8 	@ Calgary Flames (1994–95) 	14–20–2
37 	W 	April 12, 1995 	3–2 	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1994–95) 	15–20–2
38 	L 	April 13, 1995 	0–3 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1994–95) 	15–21–2
39 	W 	April 16, 1995 	2–0 	Los Angeles Kings (1994–95) 	16–21–2
40 	L 	April 17, 1995 	0–3 	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1994–95)	16–22–2
41 	T 	April 19, 1995 	5–5 OT 	@ Dallas Stars (1994–95) 	16–22–3
42 	L 	April 23, 1995 	1–5 	Detroit Red Wings (1994–95) 	16–23–3
43 	L 	April 25, 1995 	2–3 	Calgary Flames (1994–95) 	16–24–3
44 	W 	April 26, 1995 	5–2 	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1994–95)	17–24–3
45 	W 	April 28, 1995 	4–0 	Los Angeles Kings (1994–95) 	18–24–3
46 	L 	April 30, 1995 	3–4 	St. Louis Blues (1994–95) 	18–25–3
47 	W 	May 1, 1995 	3–1 	Dallas Stars (1994–95) 	19–25–3
48 	T 	May 3, 1995 	3–3 OT 	Vancouver Canucks (1994–95) 	19–25–4
==Playoffs==
In the first round of playoffs, the Sharks once again upset the team with the better record, as they edged the Calgary Flames 4 games to 3. The Sharks allowed 5 shorthanded goals and gave up 35 total goals in the series. In the second round, the Sharks faced the Detroit Red Wings, whom they had defeated in 7 games in the first round of the 1994 Stanley Cup Playoffs. This time around, it was no contest, as Detroit blanked San Jose 6-0 in game 1, and won games 2, 3 and 4 by identical scores of 6-2. Detroit forward Vyacheslav Kozlov scored 4 goals and had 5 assists for 9 points in the 4 games. The Red Wings' special teams dominated the Sharks, scoring 7 power-play goals and adding two shorthanded goals. The Sharks were outscored 24-6 in the series, and were outshot 147-61. 
{| cellpadding="3" border="1"	Calgary vs. San Jose 	Calgary vs. San Jose 	Calgary vs. San Jose 	Calgary vs. San Jose
Date 	Away 	Home 	 	
May 7 	San Jose 5 	4 Calgary 	 	
May 9 	San Jose 5 	4 Calgary 	OT 	
May 11 	Calgary 9 	2 San Jose 	 	
May 13 	Calgary 6 	4 San Jose 	 	
May 15 	San Jose 0 	5 Calgary 	 	
May 17 	Calgary 3 	5 San Jose 	 	
May 19 	San Jose 5 	4 Calgary 	2OT 	
San Jose wins series 4–3	San Jose wins series 4–3	San Jose wins series 4–3	San Jose wins series 4–3	
==Player stats==
Regular season	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Scoring 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" class="wikitable sortable"	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Player 	Pos	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	LW 	46	11	23	34 	11 	-2 	4 	1 	4
 	LW 	48	15	10	25 	14 	-8 	5 	1 	2
 	LW 	39	13	12	25 	14 	-7 	4 	0 	1
 	D 	48	9 	16	25 	30 	-6 	3 	1 	2
 	RW 	43	10	14	24 	40 	-4 	1 	0 	1
 	C 	33	4 	20	24 	14 	-3 	0 	0 	1
 	C 	27	5 	15	20 	10 	-4 	2 	0 	1
 	RW 	46	12	7 	19 	25 	-4 	0 	0 	3
 	C 	22	7 	10	17 	18 	3 	4 	0 	0
 	D 	47	5 	11	16 	31 	-14	0 	0 	0
 	C 	26	3 	11	14 	10 	1 	0 	1 	0
 	C 	21	6 	7 	13 	13 	0 	1 	1 	2
 	C 	43	7 	4 	11 	22 	-7 	0 	1 	0
 	D 	20	1 	9 	10 	39 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	33	2 	7 	9 	16 	-6 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	42	2 	7 	9 	29 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	26	3 	5 	8 	94 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	48	4 	3 	7 	117	-8 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	18	2 	5 	7 	33 	-7 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	45	0 	6 	6 	71 	7 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	13	0 	5 	5 	14 	-9 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	13	2 	2 	4 	27 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	16	0 	4 	4 	10 	6 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	6 	2 	0 	2 	0 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	16	2 	0 	2 	2 	-5 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	13	1 	1 	2 	2 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	9 	1 	1 	2 	29 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	29	0 	2 	2 	61 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	14	0 	2 	2 	16 	-7 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	18	0 	1 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	14	0 	0 	0 	6 	-6 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	38	0 	0 	0 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0
Playoffs	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Scoring 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" class="wikitable sortable"	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Player 	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	LW 	11	5	4	9 	0 	-13	3 	0 	1
 	C 	11	1	8	9 	2 	-4 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	11	4	4	8 	2 	-3 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	11	5	2	7 	4 	-15	5 	0 	0
 	C 	11	3	4	7 	4 	-13	0 	0 	1
 	RW 	11	3	3	6 	4 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	11	1	5	6 	4 	-9 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	11	3	2	5 	6 	-13	1 	0 	0
 	D 	10	0	5	5 	8 	-14	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	11	3	1	4 	0 	-6 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	11	2	2	4 	12 	-7 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	11	0	4	4 	6 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	11	1	1	2 	23 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	11	1	1	2 	8 	-7 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	11	0	2	2 	14 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	7 	0	1	1 	6 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	9 	0	0	0 	5 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	7 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	6 	0	0	0 	10 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	6 	0	0	0 	4 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	6 	0	0	0 	2 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	6 	0	0	0 	9 	0 	0 	0 	0
Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals
      MIN = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage; 
==Transactions==
===Trade Deadline Transactions===
Traded 	Acquired 	Acquired From
Gaetan Duchesne	1995 6th round draft pick (FLA)	Florida Panthers
==Draft picks==
===NHL Entry Draft===
Round	# 	Player 	Position 	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team
1 	11 	Jeff Friesen 	Left Wing 	 	Regina Pats (WHL)
2 	37 	Angel Nikolov 	Defense 	 	Litvinov CHP HC (Czech)
3 	66 	Alexei Yegorov 	Right Wing	 	St. Petersburg SKA (Russia)
4 	89 	Václav Varada 	Left Wing 	 	Vitkovice HC (Czech)
5 	115	Brian Swanson 	Center 	 	Omaha Lancers (USHL)
6 	141	Alexander Korolyuk	Right Wing	 	Krylja Sovetov (Russia)
7 	167	Sergei Gorbachev 	Forward 	 	HC Dynamo Moscow (Russia)
8 	193	Eric Landry 	Right Wing	 	Guelph Storm (OHL)
9 	219	Evgeni Nabokov 	Goalie 	 	Kamenogorsk (Russia)
10 	240	Tomas Pisa 	Left Wing 	 	Pardubice HC (Czech)
10 	245	Aniket Dhadphale 	Left Wing 	 	Notre Dame (NCAA)
11 	271	David Beauregard 	Left Wing 	 	St. Hyacinthe Lasers (QMJHL)
==References==
* Sharks on Hockey Database
San Jose Sharks season, 1994–95
San Jose Sharks season, 1994–95
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