1993–94 Hartford Whalers season

The 1993–94 Hartford Whalers season was the 22nd season of the franchise, 15th season in the NHL. The Whalers missed the playoffs for the second consecutive season. It was the first season that all four former WHA teams (Edmonton, Hartford, Quebec, Winnipeg) missed the playoffs since joining the NHL in 1979.
==Off-season==
At the 1993 NHL Entry Draft the Whalers picked Chris Pronger second-overall with their first-round pick.
==Regular season==
The Whalers were put into the new 'Northeast Division' after the 'Adams Division' was discontinued.
===Final standings===
===Game log===
No.	R	Date 	Score 	Opponent 	Record
1 	L	October 6, 1993 	3–4 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1993–94) 	0–1–0
2 	L	October 9, 1993 	2–5 	Philadelphia Flyers (1993–94) 	0–2–0
3 	W	October 10, 1993 	3–2 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1993–94) 	1–2–0
4 	W	October 13, 1993 	4–3 	Montreal Canadiens (1993–94) 	2–2–0
5 	W	October 14, 1993 	6–2 	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1993–94) 	3–2–0
6 	L	October 16, 1993 	3–5 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1993–94) 	3–3–0
7 	L	October 19, 1993 	2–7 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1993–94) 	3–4–0
8 	L	October 20, 1993 	2–5 	Quebec Nordiques (1993–94) 	3–5–0
9 	T	October 23, 1993 	3–3 OT	Buffalo Sabres (1993–94) 	3–5–1
10 	L	October 27, 1993 	1–5 	@ Dallas Stars (1993–94) 	3–6–1
11 	L	October 28, 1993 	1–2 	@ St. Louis Blues (1993–94) 	3–7–1
12 	L	October 30, 1993 	1–4 	New York Rangers (1993–94) 	3–8–1
13 	L	November 1, 1993 	2–4 	St. Louis Blues (1993–94) 	3–9–1
14 	L	November 3, 1993 	3–6 	Calgary Flames (1993–94) 	3–10–1
15 	L	November 6, 1993 	3–5 	@ New York Islanders (1993–94) 	3–11–1
16 	W	November 10, 1993	4–3 OT	Ottawa Senators (1993–94) 	4–11–1
17 	T	November 13, 1993	4–4 OT	Edmonton Oilers (1993–94) 	4–11–2
18 	L	November 17, 1993	2–4 	Boston Bruins (1993–94) 	4–12–2
19 	L	November 18, 1993	3–6 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1993–94) 	4–13–2
20 	L	November 20, 1993	2–3 	San Jose Sharks (1993–94) 	4–14–2
21 	W	November 23, 1993	2–1 OT	@ Florida Panthers (1993–94) 	5–14–2
22 	L	November 24, 1993	1–4 	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1993–94) 	5–15–2
23 	W	November 27, 1993	4–0 	Florida Panthers (1993–94) 	6–15–2
24 	W	November 29, 1993	4–2 	@ Ottawa Senators (1993–94) 	7–15–2
25 	W	December 1, 1993 	5–3 	Detroit Red Wings (1993–94) 	8–15–2
26 	L	December 4, 1993 	6–7 OT	Pittsburgh Penguins (1993–94) 	8–16–2
27 	W	December 7, 1993 	6–1 	@ Washington Capitals (1993–94) 	9–16–2
28 	L	December 8, 1993 	1–4 	Vancouver Canucks (1993–94) 	9–17–2
29 	L	December 11, 1993	0–3 	Buffalo Sabres (1993–94) 	9–18–2
30 	T	December 12, 1993	2–2 OT	@ Boston Bruins (1993–94) 	9–18–3
31 	L	December 15, 1993	2–5 	@ New York Rangers (1993–94) 	9–19–3
32 	W	December 18, 1993	4–1 	Washington Capitals (1993–94) 	10–19–3
33 	W	December 22, 1993	6–3 	New Jersey Devils (1993–94) 	11–19–3
34 	W	December 23, 1993	2–1 	@ Ottawa Senators (1993–94) 	12–19–3
35 	W	December 26, 1993	3–2 OT	Ottawa Senators (1993–94) 	13–19–3
36 	L	December 28, 1993	2–4 	@ New Jersey Devils (1993–94) 	13–20–3
37 	L	December 29, 1993	3–5 	Florida Panthers (1993–94) 	13–21–3
38 	W	January 1, 1994 	4–3 	@ New York Islanders (1993–94) 	14–21–3
39 	W	January 2, 1994 	7–2 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1993–94) 	15–21–3
40 	W	January 5, 1994 	4–0 	Winnipeg Jets (1993–94) 	16–21–3
41 	L	January 6, 1994 	1–2 	St. Louis Blues (1993–94) 	16–22–3
42 	W	January 8, 1994 	6–0 	New York Islanders (1993–94) 	17–22–3
43 	L	January 12, 1994 	4–6 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1993–94) 	17–23–3
44 	L	January 14, 1994 	3–6 	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1993–94)	17–24–3
45 	L	January 15, 1994 	2–8 	@ San Jose Sharks (1993–94) 	17–25–3
46 	L	January 17, 1994 	3–5 	@ Boston Bruins (1993–94) 	17–26–3
47 	T	January 19, 1994 	3–3 OT	Toronto Maple Leafs (1993–94) 	17–26–4
48 	L	January 24, 1994 	1–2 	Boston Bruins (1993–94) 	17–27–4
49 	L	January 26, 1994 	0–3 	Montreal Canadiens (1993–94) 	17–28–4
50 	T	January 27, 1994 	1–1 OT	@ Ottawa Senators (1993–94) 	17–28–5
51 	L	January 29, 1994 	2–3 	Quebec Nordiques (1993–94) 	17–29–5
52 	W	February 1, 1994 	2–1 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1993–94) 	18–29–5
53 	L	February 2, 1994 	2–9 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1993–94) 	18–30–5
54 	T	February 4, 1994 	2–2 OT	@ Winnipeg Jets (1993–94) 	18–30–6
55 	W	February 6, 1994 	4–2 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1993–94) 	19–30–6
56 	L	February 11, 1994	1–4 	@ Calgary Flames (1993–94) 	19–31–6
57 	W	February 12, 1994	5–2 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1993–94) 	20–31–6
58 	L	February 16, 1994	3–5 	Buffalo Sabres (1993–94) 	20–32–6
59 	L	February 17, 1994	4–6 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1993–94) 	20–33–6
60 	W	February 19, 1994	4–2 	New York Rangers (1993–94) 	21–33–6
61 	L	February 24, 1994	0–3 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1993–94) 	21–34–6
62 	T	February 26, 1994	1–1 OT	New Jersey Devils (1993–94) 	21–34–7
63 	L	February 27, 1994	1–3 	Washington Capitals (1993–94) 	21–35–7
64 	L	March 2, 1994 	1–4 	Los Angeles Kings (1993–94) 	21–36–7
65 	W	March 4, 1994 	2–1 	@ Florida Panthers (1993–94) 	22–36–7
66 	L	March 5, 1994 	2–4 	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1993–94) 	22–37–7
67 	W	March 9, 1994 	4–1 	Tampa Bay Lightning (1993–94) 	23–37–7
68 	L	March 10, 1994 	0–4 	@ New Jersey Devils (1993–94) 	23–38–7
69 	T	March 12, 1994 	2–2 OT	Dallas Stars (1993–94) 	23–38–8
70 	L	March 13, 1994 	2–3 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1993–94) 	23–39–8
71 	L	March 16, 1994 	0–4 	@ New York Rangers (1993–94) 	23–40–8
72 	L	March 17, 1994 	1–4 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1993–94) 	23–41–8
73 	W	March 19, 1994 	5–3 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1993–94) 	24–41–8
74 	L	March 22, 1994 	1–4 	@ Washington Capitals (1993–94) 	24–42–8
75 	L	March 25, 1994 	3–6 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1993–94) 	24–43–8
76 	L	March 26, 1994 	2–3 	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1993–94) 	24–44–8
77 	L	March 29, 1994 	2–6 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1993–94) 	24–45–8
78 	W	March 30, 1994 	3–2 OT	Chicago Blackhawks (1993–94) 	25–45–8
79 	L	April 2, 1994 	5–6 	Philadelphia Flyers (1993–94) 	25–46–8
80 	T	April 6, 1994 	3–3 OT	New York Islanders (1993–94) 	25–46–9
81 	L	April 7, 1994 	2–5 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1993–94) 	25–47–9
82 	W	April 10, 1994 	6–4 	Tampa Bay Lightning (1993–94) 	26–47–9
83 	L	April 11, 1994 	1–3 	Montreal Canadiens (1993–94) 	26–48–9
84 	W	April 14, 1994 	3–2 	@ Boston Bruins (1993–94) 	27–48–9
==Playoffs==
*The Whalers did not qualify for the playoffs for the second consecutive season.
==Player stats==
===Regular season===
;Scoring
Player	Pos 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	RW 	84	37	38	75 	177	-15	15 	1 	3
 	LW 	82	41	26	67 	42 	-13	15 	1 	6
 	C 	79	16	42	58 	37 	-21	8 	1 	3
 	LW 	77	24	26	50 	8 	0 	2 	1 	3
 	C 	58	11	33	44 	24 	-2 	4 	0 	1
 	D 	56	7 	30	37 	56 	-6 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	81	5 	25	30 	113	-3 	2 	0 	0
 	LW 	65	12	17	29 	44 	3 	3 	1 	2
 	D 	47	8 	20	28 	32 	-12	4 	1 	2
 	D 	63	1 	17	18 	75 	-4 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	63	9 	8 	17 	87 	-2 	0 	1 	1
 	LW 	68	6 	10	16 	27 	4 	1 	0 	0
 	C 	37	4 	11	15 	2 	7 	0 	0 	1
 	C 	19	2 	11	13 	4 	-11	0 	0 	0
 	D 	43	3 	9 	12 	40 	8 	0 	0 	1
 	C 	84	2 	10	12 	137	-13	0 	0 	0
 	C 	33	6 	5 	11 	39 	-1 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	42	3 	7 	10 	124	-12	0 	1 	1
 	RW 	31	4 	5 	9 	31 	-6 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	27	6 	2 	8 	32 	6 	2 	0 	1
 	RW 	16	6 	1 	7 	19 	-8 	0 	0 	2
 	C 	16	1 	5 	6 	10 	-10	0 	0 	0
 	D 	65	1 	5 	6 	72 	-7 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	21	3 	2 	5 	10 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	51	2 	3 	5 	246	-5 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	16	1 	3 	4 	14 	-12	1 	0 	0
 	C 	9 	2 	1 	3 	11 	-8 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	21	1 	2 	3 	10 	-1 	1 	0 	0
 	LW 	26	1 	2 	3 	67 	-6 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	30	0 	3 	3 	41 	-7 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	15	0 	3 	3 	2 	-11	0 	0 	0
 	D 	9 	0 	3 	3 	4 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	8 	1 	1 	2 	2 	-5 	1 	0 	0
 	C 	28	1 	0 	1 	49 	-4 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	12	0 	1 	1 	12 	-6 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	19	0 	1 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	47	0 	0 	0 	16 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	3 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	7 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	7 	0 	0 	0 	23 	-4 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	10	0 	0 	0 	37 	-8 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	7 	0 	0 	0 	9 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	19	0 	0 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C/LW	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T	GA 	GAA 	SO	SA 	SV 	SV%
 	2750	47	17	24	5	137	2.99	2 	1458	1321	.906
 	984 	19	5 	11	1	59 	3.60	0 	473 	414 	.875
 	1086	19	5 	9 	3	56 	3.09	1 	524 	468 	.893
 	239 	7 	0 	4 	0	21 	5.27	0 	107 	86 	.804
 	21 	1 	0 	0 	0	1 	2.86	0 	12 	11 	.917
Team: 	5080	84	27	48	9	274	3.24	3 	2574	2300	.894
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 1993–94 season.
===Trades===
*Steve Larmer, Frantisek Kucera, Jocelyn Lemieux, Bryan Marchment from Chicago, 
Eric Weinrich, Patrick Poulin, Randy Cunneyworth To Chicago
*Jeff Reese, Paul Ranheim, Ted Drury from Calgary, James Patrick, Dan Keczmer Michael Nylander and Zarley Zalapski to Calgary
*James Patrick and Darren Turcotte from NY Rangers, Steve Larmer and Nick Kypreos to NYR
*Marc Potvin from LA, Doug Houda to LA
===Free agents acquired/lost===
{|class="wikitable"	
Player	Former team
==Draft picks==
Hartford's picks at the 1993 NHL Entry Draft
 
Round	# 	Player 	Position	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1 	2.	Chris Pronger	(D) 	 	Peterborough Petes (OHL)
==Farm teams==
=== American Hockey League ===
===ECHL===
==Roster== 
						
Goaltenders
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Wingers
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Centers
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*GM: Paul Holmgren
*Coach:Paul Holmgren and Pierre McGuire
==See also==
*1993–94 NHL season
==References==
* Whalers on Hockey Database
 
1993–94
Category:1993 in hockey
Category:1994 in hockey