1993–94 Toronto Maple Leafs season

1993–94 Toronto Maple Leafs
Division	2nd Central
Conference	3rd Western
1993–94 record	43–29–12
Home record	23–15–4
Road record	20–14–8
Goals for	280
Goals against	243
Team information
General Manager	Cliff Fletcher
Coach	Pat Burns
Captain	Wendel Clark
Alternate captains	Doug Gilmour Bob Rouse
Arena	Maple Leaf Gardens
Team leaders
Goals	Dave Andreychuk (53)
Assists	Doug Gilmour (84)
Points	Doug Gilmour (111)
Penalties in minutes	Ken Baumgartner (185)
Wins	Felix Potvin (34)
Goals against average	Damian Rhodes (2.62)
<1992–93	1994–95>

The 1993–94 Toronto Maple Leafs season saw the Leafs finish in second place in the Central Division with a record of 43 wins, 29 losses, and 12 ties for 98 points. The team opened the 1993–94 regular season with 10 consecutive wins and made it to the Conference Finals for the second straight year. They defeated the Chicago Blackhawks in six games in the Conference Quarter-finals, then eliminated the San Jose Sharks in a seven-game Conference Semi-final series. However, they lost the Western Conference Finals in five games to the Vancouver Canucks.

Offseason

The NHL re-organized in the off-season, and the Leafs were placed in the new Central Division.

Regular season

The Leafs started the season with a ten-game winning streak, which is an NHL record.

Doug Gilmour ranked fourth in the league in scoring with 111 points.

During the regular season, the Maple Leafs had the most power-play opportunities (459) out of all 26 teams.

Season standings

Central Division

No.	CR		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1	1	Detroit Red Wings	84	46	30	8	356	275	100
2	3	Toronto Maple Leafs	84	43	29	12	280	243	98
3	4	Dallas Stars	84	42	29	13	286	265	97
4	5	St. Louis Blues	84	40	33	11	270	283	91
5	6	Chicago Blackhawks	84	39	36	9	254	240	87
6	12	Winnipeg Jets	84	24	51	9	245	344	57

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.

Neutral site games

Date	Score	City	Arena	Attendance
January 4, 1994	Tampa Bay Lightning 1, Toronto Maple Leafs 0	Hamilton, ON	Copps Coliseum	17,526*
March 23, 1994	Toronto Maple Leafs 1, Florida Panthers 1 (OT)	Hamilton, ON	Copps Coliseum	17,096*

Game log

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	W	October 7, 1993	6–3	Dallas Stars (1993–94)	1–0–0
2	W	October 9, 1993	2–1	Chicago Blackhawks (1993–94)	2–0–0
3	W	October 10, 1993	5–4	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1993–94)	3–0–0
4	W	October 13, 1993	7–1	Washington Capitals (1993–94)	4–0–0
5	W	October 15, 1993	6–3	Detroit Red Wings (1993–94)	5–0–0
6	W	October 16, 1993	2–1	@ Detroit Red Wings (1993–94)	6–0–0
7	W	October 19, 1993	7–2	Hartford Whalers (1993–94)	7–0–0
8	W	October 21, 1993	4–3 OT	@ Florida Panthers (1993–94)	8–0–0
9	W	October 23, 1993	2–0	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1993–94)	9–0–0
10	W	October 28, 1993	4–2	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1993–94)	10–0–0
11	L	October 30, 1993	2–5	@ Montreal Canadiens (1993–94)	10–1–0
12	T	November 1, 1993	3–3 OT	@ Dallas Stars (1993–94)	10–1–1
13	W	November 3, 1993	6–3	Florida Panthers (1993–94)	11–1–1
14	T	November 4, 1993	3–3 OT	@ Detroit Red Wings (1993–94)	11–1–2
15	W	November 6, 1993	5–3	Philadelphia Flyers (1993–94)	12–1–2
16	T	November 9, 1993	2–2 OT	@ San Jose Sharks (1993–94)	12–1–3
17	L	November 11, 1993	2–3	@ St. Louis Blues (1993–94)	12–2–3
18	L	November 13, 1993	2–3	Chicago Blackhawks (1993–94)	12–3–3
19	T	November 15, 1993	5–5 OT	Edmonton Oilers (1993–94)	12–3–4
20	W	November 17, 1993	4–3	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1993–94)	13–3–4
21	W	November 18, 1993	3–2	@ Los Angeles Kings (1993–94)	14–3–4
22	W	November 20, 1993	3–2	@ Edmonton Oilers (1993–94)	15–3–4
23	W	November 22, 1993	5–2	@ Vancouver Canucks (1993–94)	16–3–4
24	L	November 24, 1993	3–5	@ Calgary Flames (1993–94)	16–4–4
25	W	November 27, 1993	4–2	Boston Bruins (1993–94)	17–4–4
26	L	November 29, 1993	0–3	Buffalo Sabres (1993–94)	17–5–4
27	W	December 1, 1993	4–2	St. Louis Blues (1993–94)	18–5–4
28	W	December 2, 1993	5–4	@ St. Louis Blues (1993–94)	19–5–4
29	L	December 4, 1993	3–4	New York Rangers (1993–94)	19–6–4
30	L	December 8, 1993	4–5	Winnipeg Jets (1993–94)	19–7–4
31	W	December 11, 1993	3–1	Calgary Flames (1993–94)	20–7–4
32	T	December 12, 1993	3–3 OT	@ Winnipeg Jets (1993–94)	20–7–5
33	L	December 15, 1993	0–1	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1993–94)	20–8–5
34	L	December 17, 1993	2–6	@ New York Islanders (1993–94)	20–9–5
35	W	December 18, 1993	4–1	Los Angeles Kings (1993–94)	21–9–5
36	T	December 22, 1993	2–2 OT	San Jose Sharks (1993–94)	21–9–6
37	L	December 23, 1993	2–3	@ New Jersey Devils (1993–94)	21–10–6
38	L	December 27, 1993	2–5	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1993–94)	21–11–6
39	L	December 29, 1993	0–4	@ Dallas Stars (1993–94)	21–12–6
40	L	January 1, 1994	4–7	Los Angeles Kings (1993–94)	21–13–6
41	T	January 2, 1994	3–3 OT	@ Buffalo Sabres (1993–94)	21–13–7
42	L	January 4, 1994	0–1	Tampa Bay Lightning1 (1993–94)	21–14–7
43	W	January 6, 1994	6–3	Ottawa Senators (1993–94)	22–14–7
44	W	January 8, 1994	5–3	Vancouver Canucks (1993–94)	23–14–7
45	W	January 10, 1994	3–0	@ Boston Bruins (1993–94)	24–14–7
46	W	January 11, 1994	2–1	@ Washington Capitals (1993–94)	25–14–7
47	W	January 13, 1994	4–3 OT	Dallas Stars (1993–94)	26–14–7
48	W	January 15, 1994	5–1	@ Winnipeg Jets (1993–94)	27–14–7
49	T	January 18, 1994	3–3 OT	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1993–94)	27–14–8
50	T	January 19, 1994	3–3 OT	@ Hartford Whalers (1993–94)	27–14–9
51	W	January 26, 1994	4–3	New York Islanders (1993–94)	28–14–9
52	T	January 29, 1994	4–4 OT	Pittsburgh Penguins (1993–94)	28–14–10
53	T	February 1, 1994	4–4 OT	@ St. Louis Blues (1993–94)	28–14–11
54	L	February 5, 1994	3–4	Detroit Red Wings (1993–94)	28–15–11
55	L	February 7, 1994	1–2	Tampa Bay Lightning (1993–94)	28–16–11
56	W	February 11, 1994	3–1	@ Winnipeg Jets (1993–94)	29–16–11
57	L	February 12, 1994	2–3	@ Calgary Flames (1993–94)	29–17–11
58	W	February 15, 1994	5–4 OT	Detroit Red Wings (1993–94)	30–17–11
59	W	February 17, 1994	2–1	New Jersey Devils (1993–94)	31–17–11
60	W	February 19, 1994	3–2	Edmonton Oilers (1993–94)	32–17–11
61	W	February 21, 1994	6–4	@ Los Angeles Kings (1993–94)	33–17–11
62	L	February 23, 1994	3–6	@ Edmonton Oilers (1993–94)	33–18–11
63	L	February 26, 1994	0–3	Montreal Canadiens (1993–94)	33–19–11
64	W	February 28, 1994	4–1	@ Ottawa Senators (1993–94)	34–19–11
65	W	March 4, 1994	6–5 OT	@ Detroit Red Wings (1993–94)	35–19–11
66	L	March 5, 1994	1–4	@ Quebec Nordiques (1993–94)	35–20–11
67	L	March 7, 1994	2–3	St. Louis Blues (1993–94)	35–21–11
68	W	March 9, 1994	4–2	Dallas Stars (1993–94)	36–21–11
69	W	March 10, 1994	4–2	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1993–94)	37–21–11
70	W	March 12, 1994	3–1	Winnipeg Jets (1993–94)	38–21–11
71	L	March 16, 1994	1–4	Vancouver Canucks (1993–94)	38–22–11
72	W	March 18, 1994	4–2	St. Louis Blues (1993–94)	39–22–11
73	L	March 20, 1994	3–6	Calgary Flames (1993–94)	39–23–11
74	T	March 23, 1994	1–1 OT	@ Florida Panthers1 (1993–94)	39–23–12
75	L	March 24, 1994	1–2	San Jose Sharks (1993–94)	39–24–12
76	W	March 26, 1994	6–3	Quebec Nordiques (1993–94)	40–24–12
77	L	March 28, 1994	2–3 OT	@ Vancouver Canucks (1993–94)	40–25–12
78	L	March 31, 1994	3–5	@ San Jose Sharks (1993–94)	40–26–12
79	L	April 2, 1994	1–3	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1993–94)	40–27–12
80	W	April 5, 1994	6–4	@ Dallas Stars (1993–94)	41–27–12
81	L	April 8, 1994	3–5	@ New York Rangers (1993–94)	41–28–12
82	W	April 10, 1994	7–0	Winnipeg Jets (1993–94)	42–28–12
83	L	April 12, 1994	3–4	Chicago Blackhawks (1993–94)	42–29–12
84	W	April 14, 1994	6–4	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1993–94)	43–29–12

¹ Played at Copps Coliseum in Hamilton, Ontario.

Playoffs

The Maple Leafs defeated the Chicago Blackhawks in six games in the Conference Quarter-finals, then eliminated the San Jose Sharks in a seven-game Conference Semi-final series. They then met the Vancouver Canucks in the Conference Finals, losing in 5 games.

Toronto (3) vs. Vancouver (7)

Date	Away	Home	OT
May 16	Vancouver 2	3 Toronto	OT
May 18	Vancouver 4	3 Toronto
May 20	Toronto 0	4 Vancouver
May 22	Toronto 0	2 Vancouver
May 24	Toronto 3	4 Vancouver	2OT
Vancouver wins series 4–1 and Clarence S. Campbell Bowl

Player stats

Regular season

Scoring

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Gilmour, DougDoug Gilmour	83	27	84	111	105	25	10	1	3
Andreychuk, DaveDave Andreychuk	83	53	46	99	98	22	21	5	8
Clark, WendelWendel Clark	64	46	30	76	115	10	21	0	8
Ellett, DaveDave Ellett	68	7	36	43	42	6	5	0	1
Mironov, DmitriDmitri Mironov	76	9	27	36	78	5	3	0	0
Anderson, GlennGlenn Anderson	73	17	18	35	50	-6	5	0	3
Borschevsky, NikolaiNikolai Borschevsky	45	14	20	34	10	6	7	0	1
Cullen, JohnJohn Cullen	53	13	17	30	67	-2	2	0	4
Pearson, RobRob Pearson	67	12	18	30	189	-6	1	0	4
Macoun, JamieJamie Macoun	82	3	27	30	115	-5	1	0	1
Gill, ToddTodd Gill	45	4	24	28	44	8	2	0	1
Osborne, MarkMark Osborne	73	9	15	24	145	2	1	1	2
Berg, BillBill Berg	83	8	11	19	93	-3	0	0	1
Eastwood, MikeMike Eastwood	54	8	10	18	28	2	1	0	2
Zezel, PeterPeter Zezel	41	8	8	16	19	5	0	0	0
Manderville, KentKent Manderville	67	7	9	16	63	5	0	0	1
Rouse, BobBob Rouse	63	5	11	16	101	8	1	1	0
Gartner, MikeMike Gartner	10	6	6	12	4	9	1	0	0
Krushelnyski, MikeMike Krushelnyski	54	5	6	11	28	-5	1	0	1
Lefebvre, SylvainSylvain Lefebvre	84	2	9	11	79	33	0	0	0
Berehowsky, DrakeDrake Berehowsky	49	2	8	10	63	-3	2	0	2
Baumgartner, KenKen Baumgartner	64	4	4	8	185	-6	0	0	0
Perreault, YanicYanic Perreault	13	3	3	6	0	1	2	0	0
Govedaris, ChrisChris Govedaris	12	2	2	4	14	4	0	0	0
Greig, MarkMark Greig	13	2	2	4	10	1	0	0	0
Potvin, FelixFelix Potvin	66	0	4	4	4	0	0	0	0
Larose, GuyGuy Larose	10	1	2	3	10	-2	0	0	0
McRae, KenKen McRae	9	1	1	2	36	1	0	0	0
Sacco, DavidDavid Sacco	4	1	1	2	4	-2	1	0	0
Kudashov, AlexeiAlexei Kudashov	25	1	0	1	4	-3	0	0	0
Martin, MattMatt Martin	12	0	1	1	6	0	0	0	0
Smyth, GregGreg Smyth	11	0	1	1	38	-2	0	0	0
Augusta, PatrikPatrik Augusta	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bialowas, FrankFrank Bialowas	3	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0
Foligno, MikeMike Foligno	4	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0
Harlock, DavidDavid Harlock	6	0	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0
Lacroix, EricEric Lacroix	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Rhodes, DamianDamian Rhodes	22	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Snell, ChrisChris Snell	2	0	0	0	2	-1	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Potvin, FelixFelix Potvin	3883	66	34	22	9	187	2.89	3	2010	1823	.907
Rhodes, DamianDamian Rhodes	1213	22	9	7	3	53	2.62	0	541	488	.902
Team:	5096	84	43	29	12	240	2.83	3	2551	2311	.906

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
Gilmour, DougDoug Gilmour	18	6	22	28	42	5	0	1
Ellett, DaveDave Ellett	18	3	15	18	31	3	0	0
Clark, WendelWendel Clark	18	9	7	16	24	2	0	1
Mironov, DmitriDmitri Mironov	18	6	9	15	6	6	0	0
Gartner, MikeMike Gartner	18	5	6	11	14	1	0	3
Andreychuk, DaveDave Andreychuk	18	5	5	10	16	3	1	0
Osborne, MarkMark Osborne	18	4	2	6	52	0	2	1
Zezel, PeterPeter Zezel	18	2	4	6	8	0	0	1
Gill, ToddTodd Gill	18	1	5	6	37	0	0	1
Eastwood, MikeMike Eastwood	18	3	2	5	12	1	0	1
Borschevsky, NikolaiNikolai Borschevsky	15	2	2	4	4	1	0	0
Berg, BillBill Berg	18	1	2	3	10	0	0	0
Lefebvre, SylvainSylvain Lefebvre	18	0	3	3	16	0	0	0
Rouse, BobBob Rouse	18	0	3	3	29	0	0	0
Macoun, JamieJamie Macoun	18	1	1	2	12	0	0	0
Manderville, KentKent Manderville	12	1	0	1	4	0	1	0
Pearson, RobRob Pearson	14	1	0	1	32	0	0	0
Baumgartner, KenKen Baumgartner	10	0	0	0	18	0	0	0
Cullen, JohnJohn Cullen	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Govedaris, ChrisChris Govedaris	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hendrickson, DarbyDarby Hendrickson	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Krushelnyski, MikeMike Krushelnyski	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lacroix, EricEric Lacroix	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
McRae, KenKen McRae	6	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
Potvin, FelixFelix Potvin	18	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
Rhodes, DamianDamian Rhodes	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Potvin, FelixFelix Potvin	1124	18	9	9	46	2.46	3	520	474	.912
Rhodes, DamianDamian Rhodes	1	1	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0
Team:	1125	18	9	9	46	2.45	3	520	474	.912

Note:

Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals

Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Awards and records

• Doug Gilmour, runner-up, Selke Trophy.
• Doug Gilmour, Molson Cup (most game star selections for Toronto Maple Leafs).

Transactions

The Maple Leafs have been involved in the following transactions during the 1993-94 season.

Trades

August 3, 1993	To Florida Panthers Dave Tomlinson	To Toronto Maple Leafs Cash
August 12, 1993	To Winnipeg Jets Kevin McClelland	To Toronto Maple Leafs Cash
August 25, 1993	To Winnipeg Jets Future Considerations	To Toronto Maple Leafs Daniel Jardemyr
September 2, 1993	To Calgary Flames Jeff Perry Brad Miller	To Toronto Maple Leafs Todd Gillingham Paul Holden
November 5, 1993	To Florida Panthers Mike Foligno	To Toronto Maple Leafs Cash
December 7, 1993	To Florida Panthers Cash	To Toronto Maple Leafs Greg Smyth
January 25, 1994	To Hartford Whalers Ted Crowley	To Toronto Maple Leafs Mark Greig 6th round pick in 1995 - Doug Bonner
February 21, 1994	To Tampa Bay Lightning Cash	To Toronto Maple Leafs Pat Jablonski
March 18, 1994	To Hartford Whalers 9th round pick in 1994 - Matt Ball	To Toronto Maple Leafs Ken Belanger
March 21, 1994	To New York Rangers Glenn Anderson Scott Malone 4th round pick in 1994 - Alexander Korobolin	To Toronto Maple Leafs Mike Gartner
June 28, 1994	To New York Islanders 2nd round pick in 1995 - D.J. Smith	To Toronto Maple Leafs 3rd round pick in 1994 - Fredrik Modin
June 28, 1994	To Quebec Nordiques Wendel Clark Sylvain Lefebvre Landon Wilson 1st round pick in 1994 - Jeff Kealty	To Toronto Maple Leafs Mats Sundin Garth Butcher Todd Warriner 1st round pick in 1994 - Nolan Baumgartner
June 28, 1994	To Washington Capitals Rob Pearson 1st round pick in 1994 - Nolan Baumgartner	To Toronto Maple Leafs Mike Ridley 1st round pick in 1994 - Eric Fichaud

Waivers

October 3, 1993	To Ottawa Senators Dave McLlwain
January 1, 1994	To Calgary Flames Guy Larose
January 8, 1994	To Chicago Blackhawks Greg Smyth

Free agents

Player Former Team Chris Snell Buffalo Sabres Rich Chernomaz Calgary Flames Bruce Racine Pittsburgh Penguins David Harlock New Jersey Devils Chris Govedaris Hartford Whalers Marcel Cousineau Boston Bruins Frank Bialowas Undrafted Free Agent Mark Kolesar Undrafted Free Agent

Player New Team Todd Hawkins Pittsburgh Penguins Bob Halkidis Detroit Red Wings Bob McGill New York Islanders Rob Cimetta Chicago Blackhawks

Farm Teams

• The Maple Leafs farm team was the St. John's Maple Leafs in St. John's, Newfoundland.

Roster

1993-94 Toronto Maple Leafs
Goaltenders 1 – Damian Rhodes  29 – Felix Potvin		Defensemen 2 – Sylvain Lefebvre  3 – Bob Rouse  - A 4 – Dave Ellett  15 – Dmitri Mironov  23 – Todd Gill  28 – David Harlock  28 – Greg Smyth  33 – Matt Martin  34 – Jamie Macoun  38 – Chris Snell  55 – Drake Berehowsky		Wingers 7 – David Sacco  8 – Chris Govedaris  9 – Glenn Anderson  10 – Bill Berg  11 – Mike Gartner  11 – Mark Greig  12 – Rob Pearson  14 – Dave Andreychuk  16 – Nikolai Borschevsky  17 – Wendel Clark  - C 21 – Mark Osborne  22 – Ken Baumgartner  24 – Patrik Augusta  26 – Mike Krushelnyski  36 – Frank Bialowas  41 – Eric Lacroix  71 – Mike Foligno		Centres 11 – Guy Larose  18 – Kent Manderville  19 – John Cullen  20 – Alexei Kudashov  25 – Peter Zezel  32 – Mike Eastwood  40 – Ken McRae  44 – Yanic Perreault  93 – Doug Gilmour  - A GM: Cliff Fletcher Coach: Pat Burns

References

Bibliography

• National Hockey League Official Guide and Record Book 2006, Dan Diamond & Associates, Toronto, Ontario, ISBN 0-920445-98-5.

External links

• Maple Leafs on Hockey Database
• Maple Leafs on Hockey Reference