1995 RHI season

The 1995 RHI season was the 3rd season of Roller Hockey International. It began in June 1995, with the regular season ending in August. The Murphy Cup playoffs ended in September, with the San Jose Rhinos defeating the Montreal Roadrunners to win their first Murphy Cup in overtime of game three. The St. Louis Vipers hosted the 2nd RHI All-Star Game at the Kiel Center in St. Louis, Missouri on July 15, 1995.
==League business==
===Franchise changes===
====Arena changes====
The Chicago Cheetahs moved into the Odeum Expo Center in Villa Park, Illinois and the St. Louis Vipers moved into the newly opened Kiel Center in downtown St. Louis, Missouri.
====New uniforms====
The Chicago Cheetahs and Los Angeles Blades debuted new uniforms, while the New Jersey Rockin Rollers debuted a slightly altered uniform.
====Contraction====
The Calgary Rad'z, Florida Hammerheads, Las Vegas Flash (formerly Utah Rollerbees), and Portland Rage all folded after two seasons in the league. The Pittsburgh Phantoms and Tampa Bay Tritons each folded after only one season in the league. Also, the Minnesota Arctic Blast franchise left the league after the 1994 season.
====Relocation====
The Atlanta Fire Ants relocated to Oklahoma City, Oklahoma to become the Oklahoma Coyotes, the Edmonton Sled Dogs relocated to Orlando, Florida to become the Orlando Rollergators, and the New England Stingers relocated to Ottawa, Ontario to become the Ottawa Loggers.
====Expansion====
The league added two new franchises, including the Detroit Motor City Mustangs and Minnesota Blue Ox.
===Realignment===
With the smaller RHI and the relocation of three franchises, for this season the league kept the same divisions as the 1994 season, with a few changes. In the Atlantic Division, the Florida Hammerheads and Tampa Bay Tritons folded, and the Buffalo Stampede were moved to the Central Division. The three existing franchises, (the Montreal Roadrunners, New Jersey Rockin Rollers, and Philadelphia Bulldogs) were joined by the Ottawa Loggers, formerly the New England Stingers, from the Central Division, and the Orlando Rollergators, formerly the Edmonton Sled Dogs, from the Northwest Division, to bring the total to five teams.
In the Central Division, the Minnesota Arctic Blast and Pittsburgh Phantoms franchises folded. The Oklahoma Coyotes, formerly the Atlanta Fire Ants, and Ottawa Loggers, formerly the New England Stingers, were moved to other divisions. The two remaining teams, the St. Louis Vipers and Chicago Cheetahs, were joined by the Buffalo Stampede and two expansion franchises, the Detroit Motor City Mustangs and Minnesota Blue Ox for a total of five teams.
In the Northwest Division, the Calgary Rad'z and Portland Rage folded. The Phoenix Cobras and Orlando Rollegators, formerly the Edmonton Sled Dogs, were moved to the Pacific Division and Atlantic Division respectively. The Sacramento River Rats and Vancouver Voodoo were joined by the Oakland Skates and San Jose Rhinos from the Pacific, to bring the total number of teams to four, making it the smallest division in RHI.
In the Pacific Division, the Las Vegas Flash, formerly the Utah Rollerbees folded after one season. The Oakland Skates and San Jose Rhinos were moved to the Northwest. The Oklahoma Coyotes and Phoenix Cobras were added from other divisions to the three existing members, the Anaheim Bullfrogs, Los Angeles Blades, and Oakland Skates to bring the division to five teams.
===Season schedule===
RHI again increased its regular season schedule from 22 to 24 games per team. In the new schedule, each Eastern Conference team will played their divisional rivals four times for a total of 16 games, and played four other conference teams two times for a total of 8 games, bringing the total number of games to 24.
In the Western Conference, each team played their divisional rivals four times, and played all other conference teams two times. Because the Northwest Division only had four teams, each team played one of their divisional rivals 2 extra times for a total of 6 games, instead of 4. 
==Regular season==
Eastern Conference
Atlantic Division 	GP	W 	L 	SOL	GF 	GA 	PIM	Pts
Montreal Roadrunners (1) 	24	15	6 	3 	175	133	596	33
Ottawa Loggers (3) 	24	14	9 	1 	181	155	351	29
New Jersey Rockin Rollers (5)	24	13	11	0 	172	167	653	26
Philadelphia Bulldogs (6) 	24	12	10	2 	179	165	437	26
Orlando Rollergators 	23	7 	16	0 	135	184	481	14
Central Division 	GP	W 	L 	SOL	GF 	GA 	PIM	Pts
St. Louis Vipers (2) 	22	13	7 	2 	166	157	520	28
Minnesota Blue Ox (4) 	24	13	11	0 	175	209	496	26
Detroit Motor City Mustangs (7)	24	11	9 	4 	177	181	429	26
Chicago Cheetahs (8) 	24	10	12	2 	194	194	461	22
Buffalo Stampede 	23	10	13	0 	169	178	520	20
Western Conference
Northwest Division 	GP	W 	L 	SOL	GF 	GA 	PIM	Pts
Vancouver Voodoo (2) 	24	13	10	1 	203	185	459	27
Sacramento River Rats (3)	24	12	9 	3 	185	174	510	27
San Jose Rhinos (4) 	24	13	11	0 	174	174	819	26
Oakland Skates (7) 	24	11	10	1 	157	173	535	24
Pacific Division 	GP	W 	L 	SOL	GF 	GA 	PIM	Pts
Anaheim Bullfrogs (1) 	24	19	4 	1 	219	157	558	39
Phoenix Cobras (5) 	24	13	11	0 	158	161	466	26
San Diego Barracudas (6)	24	12	11	1 	167	172	521	26
Los Angeles Blades (8) 	24	9 	10	5 	147	164	458	23
Oklahoma Coyotes 	24	7 	17	0 	159	209	333	14
====Tiebreaking procedures====
If two or more clubs are tied in points during the regular season, the ranking of the clubs is determined in the following order:
#The fewer number of games played.
#The greater number of games won.
#The greater number of points earned in games between the tied clubs. If two clubs are tied, and have not played an equal number of home games against each other, points earned in the first game played in the city that had the extra game shall not be included. If more than two clubs are tied, the higher percentage of available points earned in games among those clubs, and not including any "odd" games, shall be used to determine the standing.
#The greater differential between goals for and against for the entire regular season.
#The fewer number of goals against.
===Statistical leaders===
====Scoring leaders====
Player 	Team 	 	 	 	 	 	
Doug Lawrence 	Oklahoma Coyotes 	24	23	68	91	–12	54
Guy Rouleau 	Montreal Roadrunners 	24	37	46	83	+23	25
Tony Szabo 	Detroit Motor City Mustangs	24	50	32	82	+14	18
Victor Gervais 	Anaheim Bullfrogs 	21	23	55	78	+26	62
Daniel Shank 	Anaheim Bullfrogs 	19	24	48	72	+19	74
Harry York 	Chicago Cheetahs 	24	24	47	71	–1 	25
Mike Martens 	Chicago Cheetahs 	24	30	40	70	0 	25
Mark Woolf 	San Jose Rhinos 	24	29	40	69	–13	36
Chris Palmer 	Ottawa Loggers 	22	35	33	68	+12	24
John Vecchiarelli	Buffalo Stampede 	23	31	37	68	–2 	83
====Leading goaltenders====
Player 	Team 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Corrado Micalef 	Montreal Roadrunners 	13	565 	7 	3	1	61 	0	.837	5.17
Francois Gravel 	Montreal Roadrunners 	12	516 	8 	2	2	57 	0	.858	5.29
Mark Bernard 	Philadelphia Bulldogs 	11	482 	6 	3	0	57 	0	.853	5.67
Sylvain Rodrigue	Ottawa Loggers 	17	712 	10	6	1	90 	0	.838	6.06
Hugo Hamelin 	Phoenix Cobras 	14	629 	7 	6	0	80 	0	.846	6.10
Sean Gauthier 	Los Angeles Blades 	22	1022	8 	9	5	133	0	.839	6.24
Chris Gordon 	Anaheim Bullfrogs 	11	527 	10	1	0	69 	0	.826	6.28
Matt DelGuidice 	New Jersey Rockin RollersOttawa Loggers	19	826 	8 	7	0	111	0	.809	6.45
Mark Cavallin 	Oakland Skates 	17	743 	8 	4	3	101	0	.856	6.51
Chris Rogles 	St. Louis Vipers 	17	735 	10	5	1	100	0	.837	6.53
 
==Playoffs==
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