1994–95 San Jose Sharks season

1994–95 San Jose Sharks
Division	3rd Pacific
Conference	7th Western
1994–95 record	19–25–4
Home record	10–13–1
Road record	9–12–3
Goals for	129
Goals against	161
Team information
Coach	Kevin Constantine
Captain	Bob Errey (Oct-Feb) Jeff Odgers (Feb-Apr)
Arena	San Jose Arena
Team leaders
Goals	Jeff Friesen (15)
Assists	Ulf Dahlen (23)
Points	Ulf Dahlen (34)
Penalty minutes	Jeff Odgers (117)
Wins	Arturs Irbe (14)
Goals against average	Wade Flaherty (3.10)

In the 1994–95 San Jose Sharks season, the Sharks once again qualified for the playoffs and won their first-round series before losing in the second round to the Detroit Red Wings.

Offseason

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

Regular season

The Sharks got off to a good start in the lockout-shortened season, 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 NHL goal, a shorthanded 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 Arturs Irbe struggled, going 14-19-3 with a GAA of 3.26 and a 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.

Season standings

Pacific Division

No.	CR		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1	2	Calgary Flames	48	24	17	7	163	135	55
2	6	Vancouver Canucks	48	18	18	12	153	148	48
3	8	San Jose Sharks	48	19	25	4	129	161	42
4	9	Los Angeles Kings	48	16	23	9	142	174	41
5	11	Edmonton Oilers	48	17	27	4	136	183	38
6	12	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	48	16	27	5	125	164	37

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.

Game log

Regular season schedule
No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	L	January 20, 1995	2–5	St. Louis Blues (1994–95)	0–1–0
2	W	January 21, 1995	3–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1994–95)	1–1–0
3	W	January 25, 1995	4–0	Winnipeg Jets (1994–95)	2–1–0
4	W	January 28, 1995	3–2	Dallas Stars (1994–95)	3–1–0
5	W	January 30, 1995	2–1	Chicago Blackhawks (1994–95)	4–1–0
6	W	February 2, 1995	2–1	@ Dallas Stars (1994–95)	5–1–0
7	T	February 4, 1995	3–3 OT	@ Winnipeg Jets (1994–95)	5–1–1
8	L	February 6, 1995	3–7	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1994–95)	5–2–1
9	L	February 7, 1995	0–6	@ Detroit Red Wings (1994–95)	5–3–1
10	L	February 10, 1995	1–5	@ Edmonton Oilers (1994–95)	5–4–1
11	T	February 11, 1995	1–1 OT	@ Vancouver Canucks (1994–95)	5–4–2
12	W	February 15, 1995	3–1	Vancouver Canucks (1994–95)	6–4–2
13	W	February 17, 1995	2–0	@ Los Angeles Kings (1994–95)	7–4–2
14	L	February 18, 1995	3–6	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1994–95)	7–5–2
15	L	February 20, 1995	2–3	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1994–95)	7–6–2
16	L	February 22, 1995	3–4	@ St. Louis Blues (1994–95)	7–7–2
17	L	February 24, 1995	0–3	Calgary Flames (1994–95)	7–8–2
18	L	February 26, 1995	1–5	Vancouver Canucks (1994–95)	7–9–2
19	W	February 28, 1995	4–3	@ Vancouver Canucks (1994–95)	8–9–2
20	W	March 2, 1995	4–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1994–95)	9–9–2
21	L	March 4, 1995	2–4	@ Winnipeg Jets (1994–95)	9–10–2
22	L	March 8, 1995	2–5	Edmonton Oilers (1994–95)	9–11–2
23	L	March 15, 1995	1–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1994–95)	9–12–2
24	L	March 17, 1995	3–5	@ Edmonton Oilers (1994–95)	9–13–2
25	W	March 19, 1995	5–3	@ Calgary Flames (1994–95)	10–13–2
26	L	March 21, 1995	3–7	Chicago Blackhawks (1994–95)	10–14–2
27	L	March 23, 1995	3–6	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1994–95)	10–15–2
28	W	March 25, 1995	3–1	@ Los Angeles Kings (1994–95)	11–15–2
29	L	March 26, 1995	3–7	Los Angeles Kings (1994–95)	11–16–2
30	W	March 28, 1995	6–5 OT	Winnipeg Jets (1994–95)	12–16–2
31	L	March 31, 1995	1–4	@ St. Louis Blues (1994–95)	12–17–2
32	L	April 2, 1995	4–5	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1994–95)	12–18–2
33	L	April 5, 1995	3–5	Detroit Red Wings (1994–95)	12–19–2
34	W	April 7, 1995	5–0	Edmonton Oilers (1994–95)	13–19–2
35	W	April 9, 1995	5–2	@ Edmonton Oilers (1994–95)	14–19–2
36	L	April 10, 1995	3–8	@ Calgary Flames (1994–95)	14–20–2
37	W	April 12, 1995	3–2	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1994–95)	15–20–2
38	L	April 13, 1995	0–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1994–95)	15–21–2
39	W	April 16, 1995	2–0	Los Angeles Kings (1994–95)	16–21–2
40	L	April 17, 1995	0–3	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1994–95)	16–22–2
41	T	April 19, 1995	5–5 OT	@ Dallas Stars (1994–95)	16–22–3
42	L	April 23, 1995	1–5	Detroit Red Wings (1994–95)	16–23–3
43	L	April 25, 1995	2–3	Calgary Flames (1994–95)	16–24–3
44	W	April 26, 1995	5–2	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1994–95)	17–24–3
45	W	April 28, 1995	4–0	Los Angeles Kings (1994–95)	18–24–3
46	L	April 30, 1995	3–4	St. Louis Blues (1994–95)	18–25–3
47	W	May 1, 1995	3–1	Dallas Stars (1994–95)	19–25–3
48	T	May 3, 1995	3–3 OT	Vancouver Canucks (1994–95)	19–25–4

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.

Calgary vs. San Jose Date Away Home May 7 San Jose 5 4 Calgary May 9 San Jose 5 4 Calgary OT May 11 Calgary 9 2 San Jose May 13 Calgary 6 4 San Jose May 15 San Jose 0 5 Calgary May 17 Calgary 3 5 San Jose May 19 San Jose 5 4 Calgary 2OT San Jose wins series 4–3

Detroit vs. San Jose Date Away Home May 21 San Jose 0 6 Detroit May 23 San Jose 2 6 Detroit May 25 Detroit 6 2 San Jose May 27 Detroit 6 2 San Jose Detroit wins series 4–0

Player stats

Regular season
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG Dahlen, UlfUlf Dahlen LW 46 11 23 34 11 -2 4 1 4 Friesen, JeffJeff Friesen LW 48 15 10 25 14 -8 5 1 2 Whitney, RayRay Whitney LW 39 13 12 25 14 -7 4 0 1 Ozolinsh, SandisSandis Ozolinsh D 48 9 16 25 30 -6 3 1 2 Makarov, SergeiSergei Makarov RW 43 10 14 24 40 -4 1 0 1 Larionov, IgorIgor Larionov C 33 4 20 24 14 -3 0 0 1 Janney, CraigCraig Janney C 27 5 15 20 10 -4 2 0 1 Falloon, PatPat Falloon RW 46 12 7 19 25 -4 0 0 3 Elik, ToddTodd Elik C 22 7 10 17 18 3 4 0 0 Pederson, TomTom Pederson D 47 5 11 16 31 -14 0 0 0 Tancill, ChrisChris Tancill C 26 3 11 14 10 1 0 1 0 Miller, KevinKevin Miller C 21 6 7 13 13 0 1 1 2 Baker, JamieJamie Baker C 43 7 4 11 22 -7 0 1 0 Norton, JeffJeff Norton D 20 1 9 10 39 1 0 0 0 Duchesne, GaetanGaetan Duchesne LW 33 2 7 9 16 -6 0 0 0 Rathje, MikeMike Rathje D 42 2 7 9 29 -1 0 0 0 Nazarov, AndreiAndrei Nazarov LW 26 3 5 8 94 -1 0 0 0 Odgers, JeffJeff Odgers RW 48 4 3 7 117 -8 0 0 1 Kyte, JimJim Kyte D 18 2 5 7 33 -7 0 0 1 More, JayJay More D 45 0 6 6 71 7 0 0 0 Byakin, IljaIlja Byakin D 13 0 5 5 14 -9 0 0 0 Errey, BobBob Errey LW 13 2 2 4 27 4 0 0 0 Sykora, MichalMichal Sykora D 16 0 4 4 10 6 0 0 0 Butsayev, ViacheslavViacheslav Butsayev C 6 2 0 2 0 -2 0 0 0 Kozlov, ViktorViktor Kozlov C 16 2 0 2 2 -5 0 0 0 Garpenlov, JohanJohan Garpenlov LW 13 1 1 2 2 -3 0 0 0 Wood, DodyDody Wood C 9 1 1 2 29 0 0 0 0 Cronin, ShawnShawn Cronin D 29 0 2 2 61 0 0 0 0 Kroupa, VlastimilVlastimil Kroupa D 14 0 2 2 16 -7 0 0 0 Flaherty, WadeWade Flaherty G 18 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 Donovan, SheanShean Donovan RW 14 0 0 0 6 -6 0 0 0 Irbe, ArtursArturs Irbe G 38 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO SA SV SV% Irbe, ArtursArturs Irbe 2043 38 14 19 3 111 3.26 4 1056 945 .895 Flaherty, WadeWade Flaherty 852 18 5 6 1 44 3.10 1 455 411 .903 Team: 2895 48 19 25 4 155 3.21 5 1511 1356 .897

Playoffs
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG Dahlen, UlfUlf Dahlen LW 11 5 4 9 0 -13 3 0 1 Larionov, IgorIgor Larionov C 11 1 8 9 2 -4 0 0 0 Whitney, RayRay Whitney LW 11 4 4 8 2 -3 0 0 1 Rathje, MikeMike Rathje D 11 5 2 7 4 -15 5 0 0 Janney, CraigCraig Janney C 11 3 4 7 4 -13 0 0 1 Makarov, SergeiSergei Makarov RW 11 3 3 6 4 -3 0 0 0 Friesen, JeffJeff Friesen LW 11 1 5 6 4 -9 0 0 0 Ozolinsh, SandisSandis Ozolinsh D 11 3 2 5 6 -13 1 0 0 Pederson, TomTom Pederson D 10 0 5 5 8 -14 0 0 0 Falloon, PatPat Falloon RW 11 3 1 4 0 -6 0 0 0 Baker, JamieJamie Baker C 11 2 2 4 12 -7 0 0 1 More, JayJay More D 11 0 4 4 6 0 0 0 0 Odgers, JeffJeff Odgers RW 11 1 1 2 23 0 0 0 0 Tancill, ChrisChris Tancill C 11 1 1 2 8 -7 0 0 0 Kyte, JimJim Kyte D 11 0 2 2 14 -1 0 0 0 Donovan, SheanShean Donovan RW 7 0 1 1 6 -3 0 0 0 Cronin, ShawnShawn Cronin D 9 0 0 0 5 2 0 0 0 Flaherty, WadeWade Flaherty G 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Irbe, ArtursArturs Irbe G 6 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 Kroupa, VlastimilVlastimil Kroupa D 6 0 0 0 4 -3 0 0 0 Miller, KevinKevin Miller C 6 0 0 0 2 -3 0 0 0 Nazarov, AndreiAndrei Nazarov LW 6 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO SA SV SV% Flaherty, WadeWade Flaherty 377 7 2 3 31 4.93 0 221 190 .860 Irbe, ArtursArturs Irbe 316 6 2 4 27 5.13 0 184 157 .853 Team: 693 11 4 7 58 5.02 0 405 347 .857

Note: Pos = Position; 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;

Transactions

Trade Deadline Transactions

Traded	Acquired	Acquired From
Gaetan Duchesne	1995 6th round draft pick (FLA)	Florida Panthers

Draft picks

NHL Entry Draft

Round	#	Player	Position	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team
1	11	Jeff Friesen	Left Wing	Canada	Regina Pats (WHL)
2	37	Angel Nikolov	Defense	Czechoslovakia	Litvinov CHP HC (Czech)
3	66	Alexei Yegorov	Right Wing	Russia	St. Petersburg SKA (Russia)
4	89	Václav Varada	Left Wing	Czechoslovakia	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	Czechoslovakia	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)

References

• Sharks on Hockey Database