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 against the Calgary Flames before losing in the second round to the Detroit Red Wings.

1994–95 San Jose Sharks
Division3rd Pacific
Conference7th Western
1994–95 record19–25–4
Home record10–13–1
Road record9–12–3
Goals for129
Goals against161
Team information
General managerChuck Grillo
Dean Lombardi
CoachKevin Constantine
CaptainBob Errey (Oct–Feb)
Jeff Odgers (Feb–May)
Alternate captainsUlf Dahlen
Igor Larionov
Jeff Odgers (Oct-Feb)
ArenaSan Jose Arena
Average attendance17,190
Minor league affiliate(s)Kansas City Blades
Roanoke Express
Team leaders
GoalsJeff Friesen (15)
AssistsUlf Dahlen (23)
PointsUlf Dahlen (34)
Penalty minutesJeff Odgers (117)
Plus/minusJayson More (+7)
WinsArturs Irbe (14)
Goals against averageWade Flaherty (3.10)

Offseason

The Sharks chose Jeff Friesen with their first-round pick, eleventh overall. Friesen would play for the Sharks for nearly seven seasons.

Regular season

The Sharks started their lockout-shortened season by 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 National Hockey League goal, a short-handed 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 Artūrs Irbe struggled, going 14-19-3 with a goals against average (GAA) of 3.26 and a save percentage (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. Captain Bob Errey is traded to the Detroit Red Wings, and forward Jeff Odgers is named team captain.

The Sharks finished last in shots on goal (1,152) during the regular season.[1]

Season standings
Pacific Division
No. CR GP W L T GF GA Pts
12Calgary Flames482417716313555
26Vancouver Canucks4818181215314848
37San Jose Sharks481925412916142
49Los Angeles Kings481623914217441
511Edmonton Oilers481727413618338
612Mighty Ducks of Anaheim481627512516437

[2]

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[3]
R Div GP W L T GF GA Pts
1p – Detroit Red WingsCEN483311418011770
2x – Calgary FlamesPAC482417716313555
3St. Louis BluesCEN482815517813561
4Chicago BlackhawksCEN482419515611553
5Toronto Maple LeafsCEN482119813514650
6Vancouver CanucksPAC4818181215314848
7San Jose SharksPAC481925412916142
8Dallas StarsCEN481723813613542
9Los Angeles KingsPAC481623914217441
10Winnipeg JetsCEN481625715717739
11Edmonton OilersPAC481727413618338
12Mighty Ducks of AnaheimPAC481627512516437

Divisions: CEN – Central, PAC – Pacific

bold – Qualified for playoffs; x – Won division; p – Won Presidents' Trophy

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.

Schedule and results

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

  Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Tie (1 point)

Playoffs
1995 Stanley Cup playoffs[4]
Western Conference Quarterfinals vs. (2) Calgary Flames – Sharks win 4–3
GameResultDateScoreOpponentSeriesRecap
1WMay 7, 19955–4@ Calgary FlamesSharks lead 1–0Recap
2WMay 9, 19955–4 OT@ Calgary FlamesSharks lead 2–0Recap
3LMay 11, 19952–9Calgary FlamesSharks lead 2–1Recap
4LMay 13, 19954–6Calgary FlamesSeries tied 2–2Recap
5LMay 15, 19950–5@ Calgary FlamesFlames lead 3–2Recap
6WMay 17, 19955–3Calgary FlamesSeries tied 3–3Recap
7WMay 19, 19955–4 2OT@ Calgary FlamesSharks win 4–3Recap
Western Conference Semifinals vs. (1) Detroit Red Wings – Red Wings win 4–0
GameResultDateScoreOpponentSeriesRecap
1LMay 21, 19950–6@ Detroit Red WingsRed Wings lead 1–0Recap
2LMay 23, 19952–6@ Detroit Red WingsRed Wings lead 2–0Recap
3LMay 25, 19952–6Detroit Red WingsRed Wings lead 3–0Recap
4LMay 27, 19952–6Detroit Red WingsRed Wings win 4–0Recap
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 Sharks only.
  • ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Sharks only.
Regular season Playoffs
No. Player Pos GP G A Pts +/- PIM GP G A Pts +/- PIM
22Ulf DahlenLW46112334−21111549−130
39Jeff FriesenLW48151025−81411156−94
14Ray WhitneyLW39131225−71411448−32
6Sandis OzolinshD4891625−63011325−136
24Sergei MakarovRW43101424−44011336−34
7Igor LarionovC3342024−31411189−42
15Craig Janney†C2751520−41011347−134
17Pat FalloonRW4612719−42511314−60
27Todd Elik‡C2271017318——————
41Tom PedersonD4751116−143110055−148
18Chris TancillC263111411011112−78
8[lower-alpha 1]Kevin Miller†C2167130136000−32
13Jamie BakerC437411−72211224−712
8Jeff Norton‡D201910139——————
11Gaetan Duchesne‡LW33279−616——————
40Mike RathjeD42279−12911527−154
23Andrei NazarovLW26358−194600009
36Jeff OdgersRW48437−811711112023
2Jim Kyte†D18257−73311022−114
4Jay MoreD450667711104406
3Ilja ByakinD13055−914——————
12Bob Errey‡LW13224427——————
38Michal SykoraD16044610——————
9Vyacheslav ButsayevC6202−20——————
47Viktor KozlovC16202−52——————
10Johan Garpenlov‡LW13112−32——————
16Dody WoodC9112029——————
44Shawn CroninD29022061900025
26Vlastimil KroupaD14022−7166000−34
31Wade FlahertyG18011070000
42Shean DonovanRW14000−667011−36
32Arturs IrbeG380004600010

Goaltending
Regular season Playoffs
No. Player GP W L T SA GA GAA SV% SO TOI GP W L SA GA GAA SV% SO TOI
32Arturs Irbe381419310561113.26.89542043624184275.13.8530316
31Wade Flaherty18561455443.10.9031852723221314.93.8600377

Awards and records

Awards
Type Award/honor Recipient Ref
League
(annual)		 Lester Patrick Trophy Brian Mullen [5]
NHL All-Rookie Team Jeff Friesen (Forward) [6]
Team Sharks Player of the Year Ulf Dahlen [7]
Sharks Rookie of the Year Jeff Friesen [7]

Milestones
Milestone Player Date Ref
1,000th game played Gaetan Duchesne February 26, 1995 [8]

Transactions

Trade Deadline Transactions
Traded Acquired Acquired From
Gaetan Duchesne1995 6th round draft pick (FLA)Florida Panthers

Draft picks

San Jose's draft picks at the 1994 NHL Entry Draft held at the Hartford Civic Center in Hartford, Connecticut.[9]

Round # Player Position Nationality College/Junior/Club team
1 11 Jeff Friesen Left Wing  Canada Regina Pats (WHL)
2 37 Angel Nikolov Defense  Czech Republic Litvinov CHP HC (Czech)
3 66 Alexei Yegorov Right Wing  Russia St. Petersburg SKA (Russia)
4 89 Václav Varaďa Left Wing  Czech Republic Vitkovice HC (Czech)
5 115 Brian Swanson Center  United States Omaha Lancers (USHL)
6 141 Alexander Korolyuk Right Wing  Russia Krylja Sovetov (Russia)
7 167 Sergei Gorbachev Forward  Russia HC Dynamo Moscow (Russia)
8 193 Eric Landry Right Wing  Canada Guelph Storm (OHL)
9 219 Evgeni Nabokov Goalie  Kazakhstan Kamenogorsk (Russia)
10 240 Tomas Pisa Left Wing  Czech Republic Pardubice HC (Czech)
10 245 Aniket Dhadphale Left Wing  United States Notre Dame (NCAA)
11 271 David Beauregard Left Wing  Canada St. Hyacinthe Lasers (QMJHL)

Notes
  1. Miller wore number 12 in his first two games.

References
  • "San Jose Sharks 1994-95 roster and scoring statistics at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved September 11, 2023.
  • "1994-95 San Jose Sharks Roster, Stats, Injuries, Scores, Results, Shootouts". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved September 11, 2023.
  1. "1994-95 NHL Summary". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved September 11, 2023.
  2. Standings: NHL Public Relations Department (2008). Dave McCarthy; et al. (eds.). THE NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE Official Guide & Record Book/2009. National Hockey League. p. 154. ISBN 978-1-894801-14-0.
  3. "1994-1995 Conference Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". NHL.
  4. "1994-95 San Jose Sharks Schedule". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved September 11, 2023.
  5. "Lester Patrick Trophy". records.nhl.com. Retrieved September 12, 2023.
  6. "Postseason All-Star Teams". records.nhl.com. Retrieved September 12, 2023.
  7. 2014–15 San Jose Sharks Media Guide, p.255–58
  8. "CANUCKS SCORE EARLY, OFTEN TO EXTEND SHARKS LOSING STREAK TO 5". Deseret News. February 27, 1995. Retrieved September 12, 2023. The Sharks honored defenseman Gaetan Duchesne in a pre-game ceremony. The 14-year veteran became the 100th NHL player to appear in 1,000 games.
  9. "1994 NHL Entry Draft Picks at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved September 11, 2023.
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