1994–95 Pittsburgh Penguins season

Despite the absence of Mario Lemieux, the Penguins started the 1994–95 season off strong, winning their first seven games. They remained undefeated in their first 13 games, going 12–0–1. However, after such a red-hot start to the season, the Penguins had a lukewarm record in their final 35 games, going 17–16–2. Jaromir Jagr won the Art Ross Trophy for most points (70), captain Ron Francis led the league in assists (48) and plus/minus (+30), and goaltender Ken Wregget led the league in wins (25). In a 7–3 Penguins' win over the Florida Panthers on February 7, Joe Mullen recorded an assist and became the first American-born NHL player to reach 1,000 points. Nine days later, Luc Robitaille scored four goals in a 5–2 Penguins win over the Hartford Whalers.

Regular season

The Penguins had the highest shooting percentage in the NHL during the regular season, scoring 181 goals on just 1,400 shots (12.9%).^[1]

Playoffs

Despite finding themselves in a three-games-to-one series deficit against the Washington Capitals in the first round of the playoffs, the Penguins won Game 5 at home in overtime, 6–5, via Luc Robitaille's goal at 4:30 of the first overtime period. Peter Bondra, Dale Hunter, Jaromir Jagr and Kevin Stevens each scored twice in the game. Pittsburgh went on to win Game 6 in Washington, 7–1, and then closed out the series at home with a 3–0 victory in Game 7. It was the second time in four years that the Penguins had come back to defeat the Capitals after being down three games to one. The Penguins faced the New Jersey Devils in the second round, and won the opening game, 3–2. With only 1:15 remaining in Game 2, Jaromir Jagr tied the game at 2–2. The game seemed certain to head to overtime until a breakaway-goal by Devils captain Scott Stevens with just 29 seconds remaining. Claude Lemieux added an empty-net goal and the Devils tied the series with a 4–2 win. In the final three games of the series, the Penguins managed to score only three goals and were ultimately eliminated at home in Game 5, 4–1.

Final standings

Northeast Division
No.	CR		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1	1	Quebec Nordiques	48	30	13	5	185	134	65
2	3	Pittsburgh Penguins	48	29	16	3	181	158	61
3	4	Boston Bruins	48	27	18	3	150	127	57
4	7	Buffalo Sabres	48	22	19	7	130	119	51
5	10	Hartford Whalers	48	19	24	5	127	141	43
6	11	Montreal Canadiens	48	18	23	7	125	148	43
7	14	Ottawa Senators	48	9	34	5	117	174	23

^[2]

Eastern Conference^[3]
R		Div	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1	Quebec Nordiques	NE	48	30	13	5	185	134	65
2	Philadelphia Flyers	AT	48	28	16	4	150	132	60
3	Pittsburgh Penguins	NE	48	29	16	3	181	158	61
4	Boston Bruins	NE	48	27	18	3	150	127	57
5	New Jersey Devils	AT	48	22	18	8	136	121	52
6	Washington Capitals	AT	48	22	18	8	136	120	52
7	Buffalo Sabres	NE	48	22	19	7	130	119	51
8	New York Rangers	AT	48	22	23	3	139	134	47

9	Florida Panthers	AT	48	20	22	6	115	127	46
10	Hartford Whalers	NE	48	19	24	5	127	141	43
11	Montreal Canadiens	NE	48	18	23	7	125	148	43
12	Tampa Bay Lightning	AT	48	17	28	3	120	144	37
13	New York Islanders	AT	48	15	28	5	126	158	35
14	Ottawa Senators	NE	48	9	34	5	117	174	23

Divisions: AT – Atlantic, NE – Northeast

bold – Qualified for playoffs

Schedule and results

1994–95 Schedule

January: 5–0–0 (Home: 1–0–0 ; Road: 4–0–0), 10 Points

February: 9–3–2 (Home: 7–1–1 ; Road: 2–2–1), 20 Points

March: 8–6–0 (Home: 5–1–0 ; Road: 3–5–0), 16 Points

April: 7–5–1 (Home: 5–2–0 ; Road: 2–3–1), 15 Points

May: 0–2–0 (Home: 0–1–0 ; Road: 0–1–0), 0 Points

Legend: = Win = Loss = Tie

Suspensions

Player	Length	Date
Luc Robitaille	2 games	February 2, 1995

Injuries

Player	Injury	Date
Mario Lemieux	1–year leave for Hodgkin's Lymphoma treatment	August 29, 1994
Wayne McBean	Wrist surgery (Out indefinitely)	October 1, 1994
Tom Barrasso	Wrist surgery (Out indefinitely)	January 20, 1995
Greg Andrusak	Separated shoulder (DTD)	March 15, 1995
Tom Barrasso	Sore wrist (DTD)	May 3, 1995
Drake Berehowsky	Knee sugery (Out indefinitely)	July 1, 1995

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular Season^[4]
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Jagr, JaromirJaromir Jagr	48	32	38	70	23	37
Francis, RonRon Francis	44	11	48	59	30	18
Sandstrom, TomasTomas Sandstrom	47	21	23	44	1	42
Robitaille, LucLuc Robitaille	46	23	19	42	10	37
Murphy, LarryLarry Murphy	48	13	25	38	12	18
Cullen, JohnJohn Cullen	46	13	24	37	-4 !–4	66
Mullen, JoeJoe Mullen	45	16	21	37	15	6
Stevens, KevinKevin Stevens	27	15	12	27	0	51
McEachern, ShawnShawn McEachern	44	13	13	26	4	22
Samuelsson, UlfUlf Samuelsson	44	1	15	16	11	113
Straka, MartinMartin Straka^‡	31	4	12	16	0	16
Joseph, ChrisChris Joseph	33	5	10	15	3	46
Barrie, LenLen Barrie	48	3	11	14	-4 !–4	66
Hudson, MikeMike Hudson	40	2	9	11	-1 !–1	34
MacIver, NormNorm MacIver^†	13	0	9	9	7	6
Samuelsson, KjellKjell Samuelsson	41	1	6	7	8	54
Hawgood, GregGreg Hawgood	21	1	4	5	2	25
Naslund, MarkusMarkus Naslund	14	2	2	4	0	2
Andrusak, GregGreg Andrusak	7	0	4	4	-1 !–1	6
Jennings, GrantGrant Jennings^‡	25	0	4	4	2	36
McKenzie, JimJim McKenzie	39	2	1	3	-7 !–7	63
Leroux, FrancoisFrancois Leroux	40	0	2	2	7	114
Tamer, ChrisChris Tamer	36	2	0	2	0	82
Murray, TroyTroy Murray^†	13	0	2	2	-1 !–1	23
Taglianetti, PeterPeter Taglianetti	13	0	1	1	1	12
Fitzgerald, RustyRusty Fitzgerald	4	1	0	1	2	0
Park, RichardRichard Park	1	0	1	1	1	2
Berehowsky, DrakeDrake Berehowsky^†	4	0	0	0	1	13
Christian, JeffreyJeffrey Christian	1	0	0	0	0	0
Total		181	316	497	—	1,010

Playoffs^[5]
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Francis, RonRon Francis	12	6	13	19	3	4
Murphy, LarryLarry Murphy	12	2	13	15	3	0
Jagr, JaromirJaromir Jagr	12	10	5	15	3	6
Robitaille, LucLuc Robitaille	12	7	4	11	5	26
Stevens, KevinKevin Stevens	12	4	7	11	-5 !–5	21
Sandstrom, TomasTomas Sandstrom	12	3	3	6	-5 !–5	16
MacIver, NormNorm MacIver	12	1	4	5	-4 !–4	8
Murray, TroyTroy Murray	12	2	1	3	-1 !–1	12
Mullen, JoeJoe Mullen	12	0	3	3	-5 !–5	4
Joseph, ChrisChris Joseph	10	1	1	2	-4 !–4	12
Cullen, JohnJohn Cullen	9	0	2	2	-4 !–4	8
Leroux, FrancoisFrancois Leroux	12	0	2	2	0	14
Samuelsson, UlfUlf Samuelsson	7	0	2	2	2	8
McEachern, ShawnShawn McEachern	11	0	2	2	-2 !–2	8
Samuelsson, KjellKjell Samuelsson	11	0	1	1	-4 !–4	32
Barrie, LenLen Barrie	4	1	0	1	-6 !–6	8
Berehowsky, DrakeDrake Berehowsky	1	0	0	0	-1 !–1	0
Hudson, MikeMike Hudson	11	0	0	0	-3 !–3	6
Fitzgerald, RustyRusty Fitzgerald	5	0	0	0	-1 !–1	4
McKenzie, JimJim McKenzie	5	0	0	0	0	4
Taglianetti, PeterPeter Taglianetti	4	0	0	0	-3 !–3	2
Tamer, ChrisChris Tamer	4	0	0	0	-4 !–4	18
Moran, IanIan Moran	8	0	0	0	0	0
Park, RichardRichard Park	3	0	0	0	-1 !–1	2
Total		37	63	100	—	223

Goaltenders

Regular Season^[6]
Player	GP	TOI	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	PIM
Wregget, KenKen Wregget	38	2208:28	25	9	2	118	3.21	1219	0.903	14
Young, WendellWendell Young	10	496:38	3	6	0	27	3.26	255	0.894	2
De Rouville, PhilippePhilippe De Rouville	1	60:00	1	0	0	3	3.00	27	0.889	0
Barrasso, TomTom Barrasso	2	125:00	0	1	1	8	3.84	75	0.893	0
Total		2890:06	29	16	3	156	3.24	1576	0.901	16

Playoffs^[7]
Player	GP	TOI	W	L	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	PIM
Wregget, KenKen Wregget	11	660:35	5	6	33	3.00	349	0.905	1	7
Barrasso, TomTom Barrasso	2	80:00	0	1	8	6.00	41	0.805	0	2
Total		740:35	5	7	41	3.32	390	0.895	1	9

^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Penguins. Stats reflect time with the Penguins only.
^‡Denotes player was traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Penguins only.

Transactions

The Penguins were involved in the following transactions during the 1994–95 season:^[8]

Trades

July 29, 1994	To Los Angeles Kings Rick Tocchet 1995 2nd round pick	To Pittsburgh Penguins Luc Robitaille
February 16, 1995	To Tampa Bay Lightning future considerations	To Pittsburgh Penguins Wendell Young
April 7, 1995	To Toronto Maple Leafs Grant Jennings	To Pittsburgh Penguins Drake Berehowsky
April 7, 1995	To Winnipeg Jets Greg Brown	To Pittsburgh Penguins cash
April 7, 1995	To Ottawa Senators Martin Straka	To Pittsburgh Penguins Norm Maciver Troy Murray

Free agents

Player	Acquired from	Lost to	Date
Jeff Christian	New Jersey Devils		August 2, 1994
Mike Ramsey		Buffalo Sabres	August 3, 1994
John Cullen	Toronto Maple Leafs		August 3, 1994
Len Barrie	Florida Panthers		August 15, 1994

Signings

Player	Date
Joe Dziedzic	August 10, 1994
Brian Farrell	September 20, 1994
Ryan Savoia	April 7, 1995

Other

Name	Date	Details
Allen Pedersen	September 20, 1994	Released
Doug Brown	January 18, 1995	Lost in waiver draft (to Detroit Red Wings)
Chris Joseph	January 18, 1995	Claimed in waiver draft (from Tampa Bay Lightning)
Francois Leroux	January 18, 1995	Claimed in waiver draft (from Ottawa Senators)
Mike Hudson	January 18, 1995	Claimed in waiver draft (from New York Rangers)
Wayne McBean	January 18, 1995	Claimed in waiver draft (from Winnipeg Jets)
Micah Aivazoff	January 18, 1995	Claimed in waiver draft (from Detroit Red Wings)
Micah Aivazoff	January 18, 1995	Lost in waiver draft (to Edmonton Oilers)

Roster

#	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	NHL Draft	Birthplace
37	CAN !	Andrusak, GregGreg Andrusak	2.0 !D	R	25	1988	Cranbrook, British Columbia
35	USA !	Barrasso, TomTom Barrasso	1.0 !G	R	30	1983	Boston, Massachusetts
9	CAN !	Barrie, LenLen Barrie	4.0 !C	L	26	1988	Kimberley, British Columbia
44	CAN !	Berehowsky, DrakeDrake Berehowsky	2.0 !D	R	23	1990	Toronto, Ontario
34	CAN !	Christian, JeffreyJeffrey Christian	6.0 !LW	L	24	1988	Burlington, Ontario
11	CAN !	Cullen, JohnJohn Cullen	4.0 !C	R	30	1986	Puslinch, Ontario
30	CAN !	De Rouville, PhilippePhilippe De Rouville	1.0 !G	L	20	1992	Victoriaville, Quebec
34	USA !	Fitzgerald, RustyRusty Fitzgerald	4.0 !C	L	22	1991	Minneapolis, Minnesota
10	CAN !	Francis, RonRon Francis	4.0 !C	L	32	1981	Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
4	CAN !	Hawgood, GregGreg Hawgood	2.0 !D	L	26	1986	Edmonton, Alberta
16	CAN !	Hudson, MikeMike Hudson	4.0 !C	L	28	1986	Guelph, Ontario
68	CZE !	Jagr, JaromirJaromir Jagr	7.0 !RW	L	23	1990	Kladno, Czech Republic
23	CAN !	Joseph, ChrisChris Joseph	2.0 !D	R	25	1987	Burnaby, British Columbia
18	CAN !	Leroux, FrancoisFrancois Leroux	2.0 !D	L	25	1988	Ste-Adele, Quebec
22	CAN !	MacIver, NormNorm MacIver	2.0 !D	L	30	Undrafted	Thunder Bay, Ontario
15	USA !	McEachern, ShawnShawn McEachern	6.0 !LW	L	26	1987	Waltham, Massachusetts
33	CAN !	McKenzie, JimJim McKenzie	6.0 !LW	L	25	1989	Gull Lake, Saskatchewan
7	USA !	Mullen, JoeJoe Mullen	7.0 !RW	R	38	Undrafted	New York City, New York
55	CAN !	Murphy, LarryLarry Murphy	2.0 !D	R	34	1980	Scarborough, Ontario
12	CAN !	Murray, TroyTroy Murray	4.0 !C	R	32	1980	Calgary, Alberta
29	SWE !	Naslund, MarkusMarkus Naslund	6.0 !LW	L	21	1991	Ornskoldsvik, Sweden
26	USA !	Park, RichardRichard Park	7.0 !RW	R	19	1994	Seoul, South Korea
20	CAN !	Robitaille, LucLuc Robitaille	6.0 !LW	L	29	1984	Montreal, Quebec
28	SWE !	Samuelsson, KjellKjell Samuelsson	2.0 !D	R	36	1984	Tyngsryd, Sweden
5	SWE !	Samuelsson, UlfUlf Samuelsson	2.0 !D	L	31	1982	Fagerstad, Sweden
17	SWE !	Sandstrom, TomasTomas Sandstrom	7.0 !RW	L	30	1982	Jakobstad, Finland
25	USA !	Stevens, KevinKevin Stevens	6.0 !LW	L	30	1983	Brockton, Massachusetts
32	USA !	Taglianetti, PeterPeter Taglianetti	2.0 !D	L	31	1983	Framingham, Massachusetts
2	USA !	Tamer, ChrisChris Tamer	2.0 !D	L	24	1990	Dearborn, Michigan
31	CAN !	Wregget, KenKen Wregget	1.0 !G	L	31	1982	Brandon, Manitoba
1	CAN !	Young, WendellWendell Young	1.0 !G	L	31	1981	Halifax, Nova Scotia

Draft picks

Pittsburgh Penguins' picks at the 1994 NHL Entry Draft.^[9]

Round	#	Player	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1	24	Chris Wells	Center	Canada	Seattle Thunderbirds (WHL)
2	50	Richard Park	Right Wing	United States	Belleville Bulls (OHL)
3	57^[a]	Sven Butenschon	Defense	Germany	Brandon Wheat Kings (WHL)
3	73^[b]	Greg Crozier	Left Wing	Canada	Lawrence Academy (USHS–MA)
3	76	Alexei Krivchenkov	Defense	Russia	CSKA Moscow (Russia)
4	102	Tom O'Connor	Defense	United States	Springfield Olympics (EJHL)
5	128	Clint Johnson	Left Wing	United States	East High School (Duluth) (USHS–MN)
6	154	Valentin Morozov	Center	Russia	CSKA Moscow (Russia)
7	161^[c]	Serge Aubin	Center	Canada	Granby Bisons (QMJHL)
7	180	Drew Palmer	Defense	United States	Seattle Thunderbirds (WHL)
8	206	Boris Zelenko	Left Wing	Russia	CSKA Moscow (RUssia)
9	232	Jason Godbout	Defense	United States	Hill-Murray School (USHS–MN)
10	258	Mikhail Kazakevich	Center	Russia	Torpedo Yaroslavl (Russia)
11	284	Brian Leitza	Goaltender	United States	Sioux City Musketeers (USHL)

Draft notes^[10]

^a The Hartford Whalers' third-round pick went to the Pittsburgh Penguins as a result of a March 10, 1992 trade that sent Frank Pietrangelo to the Whalers in exchange for a seventh-round pick and this pick.
^b The Boston Bruins' third-round pick went to the Pittsburgh Penguins as a result of an October 8, 1993 trade that sent Paul Stanton to the Bruins in exchange for this pick.
^c The Hartford Whalers' seventh-round pick went to the Pittsburgh Penguins as a result of a March 10, 1992 trade that sent Frank Pietrangelo to the Whalers in exchange for a third-round pick and this pick.

References

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Penguins on Hockey Database

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Pittsburgh Penguins

Founded in 1967
Based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Franchise

History

Personnel

Owners: Ronald Burkle; Mario Lemieux
General manager: Jim Rutherford
Head coach: Mike Sullivan
Team captain: Sidney Crosby
Current roster

Arenas

Main facilities: Civic Arena; PPG Paints Arena

Training facilities: Brantford Civic Centre; Rostraver Ice Garden; Island Sports Center; IceoPlex at Southpointe; UPMC Lemieux Sports Complex

Rivalries

Affiliates

AHL: Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins

ECHL: Wheeling Nailers

General managers

Head coaches

Media

Networks

TV	Root Sports Pittsburgh

Radio	WXDX WBGG

Broadcasters

TV	Paul Steigerwald Bob Errey

Radio	Mike Lange Phil Bourque

Culture and lore

Pittsburgh Penguins seasons

1960s	1967–68 1968–69 1969–70

1970s	1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80

1980s	1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90

1990s	1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00

2000s	2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10

2010s	2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

Highlighted seasons indicate Stanley Cup championship

1994–95 NHL season

Northeast	Boston Buffalo Hartford Montreal Ottawa Pittsburgh Quebec

Atlantic	Florida New Jersey NY Islanders NY Rangers Philadelphia Tampa Bay Washington

Central	Chicago Dallas Detroit St. Louis Toronto Winnipeg

Pacific	Anaheim Calgary Edmonton Los Angeles San Jose Vancouver

See also	Draft Supplemental Draft Lockout Legion of Doom Stanley Cup Playoffs Stanley Cup Finals

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