1994–95 Hartford Whalers season

The 1994–95 Hartford Whalers season was the 23rd season of the franchise, 16th season in the NHL. Despite trading away star forward Pat Verbeek to the New York Rangers on March 23, 1995, the Whalers played solid over the next 16 games from March 25 to April 24, with a record of 8-7-1. However, the Whalers could not keep pace with the New York Rangers who went on to take 8th place in the Eastern Conference. It was the third consecutive season that the Whalers missed the playoffs. On a positive note, the Whalers had the most overtime wins and the best overtime record in the NHL, going 4-0-5. Darren Turcotte led all NHL skaters in overtime goals scored with 2.
Key dates prior to the start of the season:
*The 1994 NHL Entry Draft 
==Regular season==
===Final standings===
===Game log===
No.	R	Date 	Score 	Opponent 	Record
1 	T	January 21, 1995 	1–1 OT	Washington Capitals (1994–95) 	0–0–1
2 	T	January 22, 1995 	2–2 OT	New Jersey Devils (1994–95) 	0–0–2
3 	W	January 25, 1995 	4–1 	Ottawa Senators (1994–95) 	1–0–2
4 	L	January 26, 1995 	2–3 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1994–95)	1–1–2
5 	L	January 28, 1995 	1–2 	Florida Panthers (1994–95) 	1–2–2
6 	W	February 1, 1995 	2–1 	@ Ottawa Senators (1994–95) 	2–2–2
7 	L	February 4, 1995 	4–5 	@ Boston Bruins (1994–95) 	2–3–2
8 	L	February 5, 1995 	1–3 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1994–95) 	2–4–2
9 	L	February 8, 1995 	2–3 	Quebec Nordiques (1994–95) 	2–5–2
10 	L	February 10, 1995	3–4 	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1994–95)	2–6–2
11 	L	February 11, 1995	3–4 	@ Florida Panthers (1994–95) 	2–7–2
12 	T	February 13, 1995	2–2 OT	@ Montreal Canadiens (1994–95) 	2–7–3
13 	W	February 15, 1995	4–1 	Montreal Canadiens (1994–95) 	3–7–3
14 	L	February 16, 1995	2–5 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1994–95)	3–8–3
15 	W	February 18, 1995	4–2 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1994–95) 	4–8–3
16 	W	February 22, 1995	3–2 OT	Boston Bruins (1994–95) 	5–8–3
17 	W	February 24, 1995	2–1 	@ New York Rangers (1994–95) 	6–8–3
18 	L	February 25, 1995	1–3 	Buffalo Sabres (1994–95) 	6–9–3
19 	W	February 28, 1995	6–3 	@ Ottawa Senators (1994–95) 	7–9–3
20 	L	March 1, 1995 	2–5 	New York Rangers (1994–95) 	7–10–3
21 	W	March 4, 1995 	3–2 OT	Tampa Bay Lightning (1994–95) 	8–10–3
22 	L	March 5, 1995 	2–5 	Boston Bruins (1994–95) 	8–11–3
23 	L	March 7, 1995 	1–3 	@ New York Islanders (1994–95) 	8–12–3
24 	W	March 9, 1995 	2–1 	Quebec Nordiques (1994–95) 	9–12–3
25 	L	March 12, 1995 	1–4 	Florida Panthers (1994–95) 	9–13–3
26 	W	March 14, 1995 	6–4 	New York Islanders (1994–95) 	10–13–3
27 	T	March 16, 1995 	2–2 OT	@ New Jersey Devils (1994–95) 	10–13–4
28 	L	March 20, 1995 	0–5 	Washington Capitals (1994–95) 	10–14–4
29 	W	March 22, 1995 	4–3 	Philadelphia Flyers (1994–95) 	11–14–4
30 	W	March 25, 1995 	5–1 	New York Islanders (1994–95) 	12–14–4
31 	W	March 26, 1995 	4–3 OT	@ Washington Capitals (1994–95)	13–14–4
32 	T	March 29, 1995 	4–4 OT	@ Florida Panthers (1994–95) 	13–14–5
33 	L	March 31, 1995 	0–2 	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1994–95)	13–15–5
34 	L	April 4, 1995 	3–6 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1994–95) 	13–16–5
35 	W	April 5, 1995 	8–4 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1994–95)	14–16–5
36 	W	April 8, 1995 	4–2 	Buffalo Sabres (1994–95) 	15–16–5
37 	L	April 9, 1995 	0–3 	Tampa Bay Lightning (1994–95) 	15–17–5
38 	W	April 12, 1995 	4–2 	Ottawa Senators (1994–95) 	16–17–5
39 	W	April 14, 1995 	4–3 OT	Montreal Canadiens (1994–95) 	17–17–5
40 	L	April 16, 1995 	2–3 	@ New Jersey Devils (1994–95) 	17–18–5
41 	W	April 18, 1995 	2–1 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1994–95) 	18–18–5
42 	L	April 20, 1995 	2–3 	@ New York Rangers (1994–95) 	18–19–5
43 	L	April 21, 1995 	3–6 	@ Washington Capitals (1994–95)	18–20–5
44 	L	April 23, 1995 	2–4 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1994–95) 	18–21–5
45 	W	April 24, 1995 	4–3 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1994–95) 	19–21–5
46 	L	April 26, 1995 	0–1 	@ Boston Bruins (1994–95) 	19–22–5
47 	L	April 28, 1995 	3–4 	Philadelphia Flyers (1994–95) 	19–23–5
48 	L	May 3, 1995 	1–4 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1994–95) 	19–24–5
==Playoffs==
==Player stats==
===Regular season===
;Scoring
Player	Pos	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	C 	46	7 	30	37 	18 	-3 	1 	0 	1
 	C 	47	17	18	35 	22 	1 	3 	1 	3
 	LW 	46	18	14	32 	24 	-10	4 	0 	4
 	RW 	40	11	10	21 	61 	2 	4 	0 	1
 	LW 	47	6 	14	20 	10 	-3 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	48	3 	17	20 	30 	3 	0 	0 	1
 	C 	38	9 	10	19 	29 	5 	4 	0 	3
 	LW 	37	10	8 	18 	10 	-3 	3 	1 	1
 	C 	39	8 	10	18 	10 	7 	1 	1 	0
 	D 	46	7 	11	18 	65 	0 	3 	0 	1
 	RW 	29	7 	11	18 	53 	0 	3 	0 	0
 	D 	48	2 	14	16 	50 	-6 	1 	0 	1
 	D 	43	5 	9 	14 	54 	-12	3 	0 	1
 	RW 	41	6 	5 	11 	32 	-7 	0 	0 	1
 	C 	34	3 	6 	9 	21 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	46	2 	5 	7 	93 	-8 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	43	1 	6 	7 	32 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	16	1 	5 	6 	13 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	8 	3 	1 	4 	0 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	28	0 	4 	4 	141	1 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	6 	0 	3 	3 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	13	1 	1 	2 	32 	-7 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	12	0 	2 	2 	55 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	42	0 	1 	1 	8 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	1 	0 	1 	1 	0 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	33	0 	1 	1 	42 	7 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	14	0 	0 	0 	8 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	11	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	13	0 	0 	0 	0 	-10	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T	GA 	GAA 	SO	SA 	SV 	SV%
 	2418	42	17	19	4	108	2.68	0 	1233	1125	.912
 	477 	11	2 	5 	1	26 	3.27	0 	234 	208 	.889
Team: 	2895	48	19	24	5	134	2.78	0 	1467	1333	.909
Note: 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; 
==Awards and records==
===Records===
===Milestones===
==Transactions==
The Whalers were involved in the following transactions during the 1994–95 season.
===Trades===
March 23, 1995	To Hartford WhalersD Glen Featherstone, D MICHAEL STEWART and a first-round pick in the 1995 Entry Draft (JEAN-SEBASTIEN GIGUERE) and a fourth-round pick in the 1996 Entry Draft	To New York Rangers Pat VerbeekNHL.com - 2008 Trade Deadline
===Free agents acquired/lost===
{|class="wikitable"	
Player	Former team
==Draft picks==
Hartford's picks at the 1994 NHL Entry Draft
 
Round	#	Player 	Position	Nationality 	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1 	5	Jeff O'Neill (Centre)	 	Guelph Storm (OHL)	
 http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/draft/nhl1994e.html
|}
==Farm teams==
=== American Hockey League ===
===ECHL===
==Roster==
THIS IS AN INCOMPLETE LIST
 						
Goaltenders		
Defensemen		
Wingers		
Centers
*GM: 
*Coach:
==See also==
*1994–95 NHL season
==References==
* Whalers on Hockey Database
 
1994–95
Category:1994 in hockey
Category:1995 in hockey