| League: | NHL |
| Season: | 1994–95 |
| Year: | 1994 |
| Team: | Calgary Flames |
| Conferencerank: | 2nd |
| Divisionrank: | 1st |
| Record: | 24–17–7 |
| Homerecord: | 15–7–2 |
| Roadrecord: | 9–10–5 |
| Goalsfor: | 163 (6th) |
| Goalsagainst: | 135 (10th) |
| Attendance: | 19,036 |
| Goalsleader: | Theoren Fleury (29) |
| Assistsleader: | Phil Housley (35) |
| Pointsleader: | Theoren Fleury (58) |
| Pimleader: | Ron Stern (163) |
| Plusminusleader: | Phil Housley (+17) |
| Winsleader: | Trevor Kidd (22) |
| Gaaleader: | Trevor Kidd (2.61) |
| Divisionwin: | Yes |
The 1994–95 Calgary Flames season was the 15th National Hockey League season in Calgary. The season was shortened to 48 games by a 104-day lockout that would delay the start of the season until late January. This season saw the continued dismantling of the 1989 championship team, as both Mike Vernon[1] and Al MacInnis[2] were traded prior to the lockout.
The Flames captured their second consecutive Pacific Division title, earning the second seed in the playoffs. The division championship would be the Flames' last until they won the Northwest Division in 2005–06.
Theoren Fleury finished sixth in the league in both goals (29) and points (58).[3] Fleury was also named to the NHL Second All-Star Team following the season.[4]
Joe Nieuwendyk won the King Clancy Memorial Trophy as the player who "best exemplifies leadership qualities on and off the ice." He became the second Flame to win the award, preceded by Lanny McDonald, who won the trophy in its inaugural year of 1987–88.
The playoffs would be a repeat of recent disappointment for the Flames, as they were once again felled by the 7th seeded team in the West in seven games, this time by the San Jose Sharks. The Flames lost the series despite outscoring the Sharks by 9 goals over the 7 games. Fleury was magnificent in the series, scoring 7 goals and adding 7 assists for 14 points.
During the regular season, the Flames were shorthanded a league-high 249 times.[5]
The Flames were the second seed in the Western Conference for the second year in a row, however their playoff frustration would continue as they were once again defeated in seven games, this time by the San Jose Sharks. It was a high scoring series, as the Flames set a team record for most goals in a playoff series (35), while the two teams combined for an NHL record for most goals in a seven-game series (61). The Flames tied an NHL record for most shorthanded goals in a series (5), while their nine goals in game three tied a franchise record for goals in a game. Theo Fleury led the team tying a team record for goals in one series (7), while setting a new mark for points (14). Head coach Dave King would end up losing his job over this playoff loss. He was replaced by Pierre Page in the summer.[6]
The Flames game 5 victory would prove to be their last playoff win until 2004 - a span of nine years, as the Flames would lose their next seven playoff games, sandwiched between a stretch of seven straight non-playoff seasons.
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffffbb" | 1 || January 20 || Calgary || 3 – 3 || Winnipeg || OT || 0–0–1 || 1 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 2 || January 22 || Calgary || 4 – 1 || Detroit || || 1–0–1 || 3 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 3 || January 24 || St. Louis || 4 – 6 || Calgary || || 2–0–1 || 5 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 4 || January 26 || Calgary || 1 – 5 || Detroit || || 2–1–1 || 5 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 5 || January 28 || Calgary || 1 – 2 || Toronto || || 2–2–1 || 5 || |-|- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 6 || February 1 || Detroit || 1 – 2 || Calgary || || 3–2–1 || 7 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 7 || February 3 || Chicago || 4 – 3 || Calgary || OT || 3–3–1 || 7 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 8 || February 4 || Toronto || 1 – 4 || Calgary || || 4–3–1 || 9 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 9 || February 6 || Winnipeg || 5 – 4 || Calgary || || 4–4–1 || 9 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 10 || February 9 || Anaheim || 5 – 1 || Calgary || || 5–4–1 || 11 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 11 || February 11 || Calgary || 6 – 0 || Dallas || || 6–4–1 || 13 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 12 || February 13 || Calgary || 2 – 4 || St. Louis || || 6–5–1 || 13 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffffbb" | 13 || February 16 || Calgary || 2 – 2 || Chicago || OT || 6–5–2 || 14 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 14 || February 18 || Dallas || 2 – 3 || Calgary || OT || 7–5–2 || 16 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 15 || February 20 || Dallas || 2 – 1 || Calgary || || 7–6–2 || 16 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffffbb" | 16 || February 23 || Calgary || 3 – 3 || Los Angeles || OT || 7–6–3 || 17 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 17 || February 24 || Calgary || 3 – 0 || San Jose || || 8–6–3 || 19 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 18 || February 26 || Calgary || 5 – 3 || Anaheim || || 9–6–3 || 21 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 19 || February 28 || Edmonton || 2 – 5 || Calgary || || 10–6–3 || 23 || |-|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffffbb" | 20 || March 2 || Vancouver || 2 – 2 || Calgary || OT || 10–6–4 || 24 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 21 || March 4 || Calgary || 2 – 3 || Toronto || || 10–7–4 || 24 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 22 || March 5 || Calgary || 2 – 3 || Winnipeg || || 10–8–4 || 24 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 23 || March 7 || Calgary || 6 – 3 || Chicago || || 11–8–4 || 26 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 24 || March 9 || Calgary || 1 – 5 || St. Louis || || 11–9–4 || 26 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffffbb" | 25 || March 12 || Calgary || 4 – 4 || Dallas || || 11–9–5 || 27 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 26 || March 15 || Anaheim || 5 – 0 || Calgary || || 11–10–5 || 27 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 27 || March 17 || Winnipeg || 4 – 8 || Calgary || || 12–10–5 || 29 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 28 || March 19 || San Jose || 5 – 3 || Calgary || || 12–11–5 || 29 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 29 || March 20 || Calgary || 2 – 5 || Edmonton || || 12–12–5 || 29 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 30 || March 22 || St. Louis || 3 – 4 || Calgary || || 13–12–5 || 31 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 31 || March 24 || Detroit || 2 – 3 || Calgary || || 14–12–5 || 33 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 32 || March 26 || Vancouver || 0 – 2 || Calgary || || 15–12–5 || 35 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 33 || March 28 || Los Angeles || 5 – 3 || Calgary || || 15–13–5 || 35 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 34 || March 31 || Calgary || 6 – 2 || Edmonton || || 16–13–5 || 37 || |-|- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 35 || April 4 || Chicago || 2 – 3 || Calgary || || 17–13–5 || 39 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 36 || April 7 || Los Angeles || 4 – 7 || Calgary || || 18–13–5 || 41 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 37 || April 8 || Vancouver || 4 – 2 || Calgary || || 18–14–5 || 41 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 38 || April 10 || San Jose || 3 – 8 || Calgary || || 19–14–5 || 43 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 39 || April 12 || Calgary || 4 – 1 || Los Angeles || || 20–14–5 || 45 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 40 || April 13 || Calgary || 2 – 4 || Anaheim || || 20–15–5 || 45 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 41 || April 15 || Calgary || 4 – 2 || Edmonton || || 21–15–5 || 47 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 42 || April 17 || Los Angeles || 2 – 5 || Calgary || || 22–15–5 || 49 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffffbb" | 43 || April 20 || Calgary || 2 – 2 || Vancouver || OT || 22–15–6 || 50 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 44 || April 24 || Calgary || 1 – 2 || Anaheim || || 22–16–6 || 50 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 45 || April 25 || Calgary || 3 – 2 || San Jose || || 23–16–6 || 52 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffffbb" | 46 || April 29 || Toronto || 2 – 2 || Calgary || OT || 23–16–7 || 53 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 47 || April 30 || Calgary || 4 – 6 || Vancouver || || 23–17–7 || 53 || |-|- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 48 || May 3 || Edmonton || 3 – 5 || Calgary || || 24–17–7 || 55 || |-|-| Legend:
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 1 || May 7 || San Jose || 5 – 4 || Calgary || || 15,624 || San Jose leads 1–0 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 2 || May 9 || San Jose || 5 – 4 || Calgary || OT || 16,389 || San Jose leads 2–0 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 3 || May 11 || Calgary || 9 – 2 || San Jose || || 17,190 || San Jose leads 2–1 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 4 || May 13 || Calgary || 6 – 4 || San Jose || || 17,190 || Series tied 2–2 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 5 || May 15 || San Jose || 0 – 5 || Calgary || || 18,298 || Calgary leads 3–2 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 6 || May 17 || Calgary || 3 – 5 || San Jose || || 17,190 || Series tied 3–3 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 7 || May 19 || San Jose || 5 – 4 || Calgary || 2OT || 20,230 || San Jose wins 4–3 || |-|-| Legend:
| Player | scope=colgroup colspan=6 | Regular season | scope=colgroup colspan=6 | Playoffs | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | RW | 47 | 29 | 29 | 58 | 6 | 112 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 8 | 2 | ||
| 25 | C | 46 | 21 | 29 | 50 | 11 | 33 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 6 | D | 43 | 8 | 35 | 43 | 17 | 18 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 0 | ||
| 26 | C | 48 | 18 | 17 | 35 | −2 | 28 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 4 | ||
| 33 | D | 48 | 4 | 24 | 28 | 9 | 46 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 4 | ||
| 21 | D | 45 | 2 | 23 | 25 | 10 | 39 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | ||
| 13 | LW | 40 | 12 | 12 | 24 | 6 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 10 | ||
| 29 | C | 47 | 8 | 13 | 21 | 8 | 130 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 17 | RW | 47 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 12 | LW | 45 | 11 | 5 | 16 | 13 | 141 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 10 | ||
| 23 | RW | 30 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 5 | 45 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 16 | ||
| 22 | RW | 39 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 4 | 163 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | ||
| 4 | D | 34 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 38 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | ||
| 11 | C | 12 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 19 | ||
| 32 | LW | 34 | 4 | 7 | 11 | −2 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 2 | ||
| 5 | D | 43 | 0 | 10 | 10 | −3 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 0 | ||
| 15 | RW | 37 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 101 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 17 | ||
| 39 | D | 28 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 16 | RW | 8 | 0 | 5 | 5 | −7 | 0 | ||||||||
| 3 | D | 35 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 61 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 10 | LW | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 43 | ||||||||
| 41 | LW | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 13 | ||||||||
| 19 | LW | 10 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 6 | ||||||||
| 16 | RW | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| 42 | RW | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −2 | 2 | ||||||||
| 20 | C | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| 18 | D | 37 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −4 | 108 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 2 | ||
| 38 | C | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 37 | G | 43 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 92 | C | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 6 | −3 | 2 | ||
| 24 | LW | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 11 | ||||||||
| 31 | G | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 7 | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 34 | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 35 | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 28 | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | ||||||||
| 7 | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 27 | LW | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 36 | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 28 | LW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| 1 | G | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Player | scope=colgroup colspan=10 | Regular season | scope=colgroup colspan=9 | Playoffs | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 37 | 43 | 22 | 14 | 6 | 1170 | 107 | 2.61 | .909 | 3 | 2463 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 181 | 26 | 3.59 | .856 | 1 | 434 | ||
| 31 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 93 | 5 | 1.48 | .946 | 0 | 202 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.000 | 0 | 19 | ||
| 36 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.000 | 0 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 130 | 16 | 4.07 | .877 | 0 | 236 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Type | Award/honour | Recipient | Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| League (annual) | King Clancy Memorial Trophy | Joe Nieuwendyk | [7] | |
| NHL First All-Star team | Theoren Fleury (Right Wing) | [8] | ||
| Team | Molson Cup | Trevor Kidd |
| Milestone | Player | Date | Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First game | Jamie Allison | January 26, 1995 | [9] | |
| Cory Stillman | February 6, 1995 | |||
| Scott Morrow | February 13, 1995 | |||
| Joel Bouchard | ||||
| 600th assist | Phil Housley | February 6, 1995 | [10] |
The Flames were involved in the following transactions during the 1994–95 season.
| June 29, 1994 | To Calgary Flames Steve Chiasson | To Detroit Red Wings Mike Vernon | |
| July 4, 1994 | To Calgary Flames Phil Housley 2nd round pick in 1996 2nd round pick in 1997 | To St. Louis Blues Al MacInnis |
See main article: List of Calgary Flames draft picks.
Calgary's picks at the 1994 NHL Entry Draft, held in Hartford, Connecticut.[11]
| Rnd | Pick | Player | Nationality | Position | Team (league) | NHL statistics | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |||||||
| 1 | 19 | Chris Dingman | LW | Brandon Wheat Kings (WHL) | 385 | 15 | 19 | 34 | 769 | ||
| 2 | 45 | Dmitri Riabykin | D | N/A | |||||||
| 3 | 77 | Chris Clark | RW | N/A | 607 | 103 | 111 | 214 | 700 | ||
| 4 | 91 | Ryan Duthie | C | Spokane Chiefs (WHL) | |||||||
| 4 | 97 | Johan Finnstrom | F | Rogle Angelholm (SEL) | |||||||
| 5 | 107 | Nils Ekman | RW | N/A | 264 | 60 | 91 | 151 | 188 | ||
| 5 | 123 | Frank Appel | D | Düsseldorfer EG (DEL) | |||||||
| 6 | 149 | Patrik Haltia | G | Färjestads BK (SEL) | |||||||
| 7 | 175 | Ladislav Kohn | RW | Swift Current Broncos (WHL) | 186 | 14 | 28 | 42 | 125 | ||
| 8 | 201 | Keith McCambridge | D | Swift Current Broncos (WHL) | |||||||
| 9 | 227 | Jorgen Jonsson | C | Rogle Angelholm (SEL) | 81 | 12 | 19 | 31 | 16 | ||
| 10 | 253 | Mike Peluso | RW | Omaha Lancers (USHL) | 38 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 19 | ||
| 11 | 279 | Pavel Torgayev | C | TPS (SM-liiga) | 55 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 20 | ||
The 1994–95 American Hockey League season was the second for the Flames' top minor league affiliate. While the Saint John Flames managed only a 27–40–13 record, they still qualified for the playoffs. They fell in the first round to the Prince Edward Island Senators four games to one.[12] Mark Greig led the Flames with 31 goals, while he and Cory Stillman tied for the team lead with 81 points. Dwayne Roloson was the starting goaltender, posting a 16–21–8 record with a 3.42 GAA in 46 games.[13]