The1995–96Vancouver Canucksseasonwas the Canucks'26th seasonin theNational Hockey League(NHL). It marked the year they played their first season inGeneral Motors Place,the year future starMarkus Naslundjoined the team, andCliff Ronning's final season with the Canucks.
1995–96Vancouver Canucks | |
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Division | 3rdPacific |
Conference | 7thWestern |
1995–96 record | 32–35–15 |
Home record | 15–19–7 |
Road record | 17–16–8 |
Goals for | 278 |
Goals against | 278 |
Team information | |
General manager | Pat Quinn |
Coach | Rick Ley(Oct.–Mar.) Pat Quinn(Mar.–Apr.) |
Captain | Trevor Linden |
Alternate captains | Dave Babych Pavel Bure Martin Gelinas Dana Murzyn |
Arena | General Motors Place |
Average attendance | 17,795 |
Minor league affiliate(s) | Syracuse Crunch |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Alexander Mogilny(55) |
Assists | Alexander Mogilny (52) |
Points | Alexander Mogilny (107) |
Penalty minutes | Gino Odjick(181) |
Plus/minus | Russ Courtnall(+25) |
Wins | Corey Hirsch(17) |
Goals against average | Corey Hirsch (2.93) |
Regular season
editOn March 28, head coachRick Leywas fired with six games left in the regular season.[1]
Standings
editNo. | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts | |
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1 | Colorado Avalanche | 82 | 47 | 25 | 10 | 326 | 240 | 104 |
2 | Calgary Flames | 82 | 34 | 37 | 11 | 241 | 240 | 79 |
3 | Vancouver Canucks | 82 | 32 | 35 | 15 | 278 | 278 | 79 |
4 | Mighty Ducks of Anaheim | 82 | 35 | 39 | 8 | 234 | 247 | 78 |
5 | Edmonton Oilers | 82 | 30 | 44 | 8 | 240 | 304 | 68 |
6 | Los Angeles Kings | 82 | 24 | 40 | 18 | 256 | 302 | 66 |
7 | San Jose Sharks | 82 | 20 | 55 | 7 | 252 | 357 | 47 |
Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points
Bolded teamsqualified for the playoffs.
R | Div | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts | |
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1 | p –Detroit Red Wings | CEN | 82 | 62 | 13 | 7 | 325 | 181 | 131 |
2 | Colorado Avalanche | PAC | 82 | 47 | 25 | 10 | 326 | 240 | 104 |
3 | Chicago Blackhawks | CEN | 82 | 40 | 28 | 14 | 273 | 220 | 94 |
4 | Toronto Maple Leafs | CEN | 82 | 34 | 36 | 12 | 247 | 252 | 80 |
5 | St. Louis Blues | CEN | 82 | 32 | 34 | 16 | 219 | 248 | 80 |
6 | Calgary Flames | PAC | 82 | 34 | 37 | 11 | 241 | 240 | 79 |
7 | Vancouver Canucks | PAC | 82 | 32 | 35 | 15 | 278 | 278 | 79 |
8 | Winnipeg Jets | CEN | 82 | 36 | 40 | 6 | 275 | 291 | 78 |
9 | Mighty Ducks of Anaheim | PAC | 82 | 35 | 39 | 8 | 234 | 247 | 78 |
10 | Edmonton Oilers | PAC | 82 | 30 | 44 | 8 | 240 | 304 | 68 |
11 | Dallas Stars | CEN | 82 | 26 | 42 | 14 | 227 | 280 | 66 |
12 | Los Angeles Kings | PAC | 82 | 24 | 40 | 18 | 256 | 302 | 66 |
13 | San Jose Sharks | PAC | 82 | 20 | 55 | 7 | 252 | 357 | 47 |
Divisions:CEN– Central,PAC– Pacific
bold– Qualified for playoffs;p– WonPresidents' Trophy
Schedule and results
editRegular season
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October: 4–4–2 (home: 1–2–1; road: 3–2–1)
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November: 2–7–5 (home: 0–2–3; road: 2–5–2)
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December: 6–4–3 (home: 3–4–1; road: 3–0–2)
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January: 5–5–2 (home: 3–3–0; road: 2–2–2)
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February: 7–4–3 (home: 3–3–2; road: 4–1–1)
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March: 6–8–0 (home: 4–4–0; road: 2–4–0)
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April: 2–3–0 (home: 1–1–0; road: 1–2–0)
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Legend:
Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Tie (1 point) |
Playoffs
edit1996 Stanley Cup playoffs[3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Western Conference Quarterfinals vs. (2) Colorado Avalanche – Avalanche win 4–2
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Legend:
Win Loss |
Player statistics
editScoring
edit- Position abbreviations: C =Centre;D =Defence;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 Canucks only.
- ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Canucks only.
No. | Player | Pos | Regular season | Playoffs | ||||||||||
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GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | |||
89 | Alexander Mogilny | RW | 79 | 55 | 52 | 107 | 14 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 9 | −1 | 8 |
16 | Trevor Linden | C | 82 | 33 | 47 | 80 | 6 | 42 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 8 | −1 | 6 |
7 | Cliff Ronning | C | 79 | 22 | 45 | 67 | 16 | 42 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
9 | Russ Courtnall | RW | 81 | 26 | 39 | 65 | 25 | 40 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −4 | 2 |
23 | Martin Gelinas | LW | 81 | 30 | 26 | 56 | 8 | 59 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 12 |
21 | Jyrki Lumme | D | 80 | 17 | 37 | 54 | −9 | 50 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 2 |
28 | Roman Oksiuta‡ | RW | 56 | 16 | 23 | 39 | 2 | 42 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
10 | Esa Tikkanen† | LW | 38 | 13 | 24 | 37 | 6 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 2 |
3 | Bret Hedican | D | 77 | 6 | 23 | 29 | 8 | 83 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 10 |
44 | Dave Babych | D | 53 | 3 | 21 | 24 | −5 | 38 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
27 | Leif Rohlin | D | 56 | 6 | 16 | 22 | 0 | 32 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 |
17 | Mike Ridley | C | 37 | 6 | 15 | 21 | −3 | 29 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 |
42 | Josef Beranek | LW | 61 | 6 | 14 | 20 | −11 | 60 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
6 | Adrian Aucoin | D | 49 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 8 | 34 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −5 | 2 |
22 | Jeff Brown‡ | D | 28 | 1 | 16 | 17 | 6 | 18 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
96 | Pavel Bure | LW | 15 | 6 | 7 | 13 | −2 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
24 | Scott Walker | D | 63 | 4 | 8 | 12 | −7 | 137 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
5 | Dana Murzyn | D | 69 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 130 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 |
29 | Gino Odjick | LW | 55 | 3 | 4 | 7 | −16 | 181 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
15 | Jim Dowd† | C | 38 | 1 | 6 | 7 | −8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 |
25 | Jim Sandlak | RW | 33 | 4 | 2 | 6 | −3 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
36 | Brian Loney | RW | 12 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
26 | Mike Sillinger† | RW | 12 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −5 | 2 |
14 | Jesse Belanger† | C | 9 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
22 | Markus Naslund† | LW | 10 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −2 | 8 |
19 | Tim Hunter | RW | 60 | 2 | 0 | 2 | −8 | 122 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
34 | Jassen Cullimore | D | 27 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 21 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
31 | Corey Hirsch | G | 41 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
32 | Dean Malkoc | D | 41 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −10 | 136 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
1 | Kirk McLean | G | 45 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
14 | Larry Courville | LW | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
2 | Frantisek Kucera† | D | 24 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 0 |
14 | Lonny Bohonos | RW | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
28 | Joe Kocur† | RW | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
8 | Alek Stojanov‡ | RW | 58 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −12 | 123 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
20 | Evgeny Namestnikov | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Goaltending
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GP | W | L | T | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI | GP | W | L | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI | ||
31 | Corey Hirsch | 41 | 17 | 14 | 6 | 1173 | 114 | 2.93 | .903 | 1 | 2338 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 166 | 21 | 3.73 | .873 | 0 | 338 |
1 | Kirk McLean | 45 | 15 | 21 | 9 | 1292 | 156 | 3.54 | .879 | 2 | 2645 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 8.62 | .750 | 0 | 21 |
Awards and records
editAwards
editType | Award/honour | Recipient | Ref |
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League (annual) |
NHL All-Rookie Team | Corey Hirsch(Goaltender) | [4] |
NHL Second All-Star team | Alexander Mogilny(Right Wing | [4] | |
League (in-season) |
NHL All-Star Gameselection | Pavel Bure[a] | [6] |
Alexander Mogilny | |||
Team | Babe Pratt Trophy | Jyrki Lumme | [7] |
Cyclone Taylor Trophy | Trevor Linden | [7] | |
Cyrus H. McLean Trophy | Alexander Mogilny | [7] | |
Fred J. Hume Award | Martin Gelinas | [8] | |
Molson Cup | Trevor Linden | [9] | |
Most Exciting Player Award | Alexander Mogilny | [8] |
Milestones
editMilestone | Player | Date | Ref |
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First game | Dean Malkoc | October 9, 1995 | [10] |
Leif Rohlin | |||
Lonny Bohonos | November 11, 1995 | ||
Brian Loney | November 29, 1995 | ||
Larry Courville | December 13, 1995 | ||
1,000th game played | Dave Babych | February 7, 1996 | [11] |
Transactions
editTrades
editJuly 8, 1995 | ToVancouver Canucks Alexander Mogilny 5th round pick in1995(Todd Norman) |
ToBuffalo Sabres Michael Peca Mike Wilson 1st round pick in1995(Jay McKee) |
July 8, 1995 | ToVancouver Canucks Mike Ridley |
ToToronto Maple Leafs Sergio Momesso |
November 23, 1995 | ToVancouver Canucks Esa Tikkanen |
ToNew Jersey Devils 2nd round pick in1996(Wesley Mason) |
December 19, 1995 | ToVancouver Canucks Jim Dowd Frantisek Kucera 2nd round pick in1997(Ryan Bonni) |
ToHartford Whalers Jeff Brown 3rd round pick in1998(Paul Manning) |
March 15, 1996 | ToVancouver Canucks Mike Sillinger |
ToMighty Ducks of Anaheim Roman Oksiuta |
March 20, 1996 | ToVancouver Canucks Jesse Belanger |
ToFlorida Panthers 3rd round pick in1996(Oleg Kvasha) Future considerations |
March 20, 1996 | ToVancouver Canucks Joe Kocur |
ToNew York Rangers Kay Whitmore |
March 20, 1996 | ToVancouver Canucks Markus Naslund |
ToPittsburgh Penguins Alek Stojanov |
Draft picks
editVancouver's picks at the1995 NHL entry draftinEdmonton,Alberta.[12]
Round | # | Player | Nationality | NHL team | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
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2 | 40 | Chris McAllister(D) | Canada | Vancouver Canucks | Saskatoon Blades(WHL) |
3 | 61 | Larry Courville(LW) | Canada | Vancouver Canucks (fromChicagoviaHartford) |
Oshawa Generals(OHL) |
3 | 66 | Peter Schaefer(LW) | Canada | Vancouver Canucks | Brandon Wheat Kings(WHL) |
4 | 92 | Lloyd Shaw (D) | Canada | Vancouver Canucks | Seattle Thunderbirds(WHL) |
5 | 120 | Todd Norman (LW) | Canada | Vancouver Canucks (fromBuffalo) |
Guelph Storm(OHL) |
6 | 144 | Brent Sopel(D) | Canada | Vancouver Canucks | Swift Current Broncos(WHL) |
7 | 170 | Stu Boedker (C) | Canada | Vancouver Canucks | Colorado College(WCHA) |
8 | 196 | Tyler Willis (RW) | Canada | Vancouver Canucks | Swift Current Broncos (WHL) |
9 | 222 | Jason Cugnet (G) | Canada | Vancouver Canucks | Kelowna Spartans(BCJHL) |
Notes
editReferences
edit- "Vancouver Canucks 1995-96 roster and scoring statistics at hockeydb.com".www.hockeydb.com.RetrievedAugust 26,2023.
- "1995-96 Vancouver Canucks Roster, Stats, Injuries, Scores, Results, Shootouts".Hockey-Reference.com.RetrievedAugust 26,2023.
- ^"Canucks dump Ley after 2-8 run".Tampa Bay Times.March 29, 1996.RetrievedAugust 26,2023.
- ^"1995-1996 Conference Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings".NHL.
- ^ab"1995-96 Vancouver Canucks Schedule".Hockey-Reference.com.RetrievedAugust 26,2023.
- ^ab"Postseason All-Star Teams".NHL.com.RetrievedAugust 28,2023.
- ^"NHL All-Star Game Starting Lineups by Year (since 1986)".NHL.com.Archived fromthe originalon March 22, 2023.RetrievedAugust 29,2024.
- ^"1996 NHL All-Star Game Rosters".Hockey-Reference.com.RetrievedAugust 29,2024.
- ^abcVancouver Canucks 2016–17 Media Guide, p. 249
- ^abVancouver Canucks 2016–17 Media Guide, p. 250
- ^2015–16 Vancouver Canucks Media Guide, p. 217
- ^"1995-96 NHL Debuts".Hockey-Reference.com.RetrievedOctober 6,2024.
- ^"WHALERS ABLE TO WIN WITH A LATE DRIVE".Hartford Courant.February 6, 1996.RetrievedAugust 28,2023.
Dave Babych, who was playing the 1,000th game of his career.
- ^"1995 NHL Entry Draft Picks at hockeydb.com".www.hockeydb.com.RetrievedAugust 28,2023.