1995–96 Hartford Whalers season

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1995–96 Hartford Whalers
Division4th Northeast
ConferenceEastern
1995–96 record34–39–9
Home record22–15–4
Road record12–24–5
Goals for237
Goals against259
Team information
General managerJim Rutherford
CoachPaul Holmgren (5–6–1)
Paul Maurice (29–33–8)
CaptainBrendan Shanahan
Team leaders
GoalsBrendan Shanahan (44)
AssistsAndrew Cassels (43)
PointsBrendan Shanahan (78)
Penalty minutesScott Daniels (254)
Plus/minusBrad McCrimmon (+15)
WinsSean Burke (28)
Goals against averageJason Muzzatti (2.90)

The 1995–96 Hartford Whalers season was the 24th season of the franchise, 17th season in the NHL.

Key dates prior to the start of the season:

Regular season

Against the Hartford Whalers on March 6, 1996, Chris Osgood became the third goaltender in NHL history to score a goal.[1]

The Whalers were shutout a league-high 8 times during the Regular season.[2]

Final standings

Northeast Division
No. GP W L T GF GA PTS
1 Pittsburgh Penguins 82 49 29 4 362 284 102
2 Boston Bruins 82 40 31 11 282 269 91
3 Montreal Canadiens 82 40 32 10 265 248 90
4 Hartford Whalers 82 34 39 9 237 259 77
5 Buffalo Sabres 82 33 42 7 247 262 72
6 Ottawa Senators 82 18 59 5 191 291 41
Eastern Conference[3]
R Div GP W L T GF GA Pts
1 Philadelphia Flyers ATL 82 45 24 13 282 208 103
2 Pittsburgh Penguins NE 82 49 29 4 362 284 102
3 New York Rangers ATL 82 41 27 14 272 237 96
4 Florida Panthers ATL 82 41 31 10 254 234 92
5 Boston Bruins NE 82 40 31 11 282 269 91
6 Montreal Canadiens NE 82 40 32 10 265 248 90
7 Washington Capitals ATL 82 39 32 11 234 204 89
8 Tampa Bay Lightning ATL 82 38 32 12 238 248 88
9 New Jersey Devils ATL 82 37 33 12 215 202 86
10 Hartford Whalers NE 82 34 39 9 237 259 77
11 Buffalo Sabres NE 82 33 42 7 247 262 73
12 New York Islanders ATL 82 22 50 10 229 315 54
13 Ottawa Senators NE 82 18 59 5 191 291 41

Divisions: ATL – Atlantic, NE – Northeast

bold – Qualified for playoffs


Schedule and results

No. R Date Score Opponent Record Attendance
1 W October 7, 1995 2–0 New York Rangers (1995–96) 1–0–0 15,635
2 W October 11, 1995 3–2 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1995–96) 2–0–0 8,635
3 W October 14, 1995 3–2 Chicago Blackhawks (1995–96) 3–0–0 15,500
4 W October 16, 1995 7–5 @ New York Rangers (1995–96) 4–0–0 18,200
5 T October 20, 1995 2–2 OT Pittsburgh Penguins (1995–96) 4–0–1 15,635
6 L October 21, 1995 0–3 @ Florida Panthers (1995–96) 4–1–1 12,503
7 L October 25, 1995 2–4 St. Louis Blues (1995–96) 4–2–1 10,527
8 L October 27, 1995 1–4 Montreal Canadiens (1995–96) 4–3–1 11,157
9 L October 28, 1995 0–3 @ Boston Bruins (1995–96) 4–4–1 17,565
10 L November 2, 1995 0–5 Ottawa Senators (1995–96) 4–5–1 10,458
11 W November 4, 1995 5–4 @ Ottawa Senators (1995–96) 5–5–1 8,794
12 L November 5, 1995 1–6 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1995–96) 5–6–1 17,218
13 W November 7, 1995 7–3 San Jose Sharks (1995–96) 6–6–1 8,628
14 L November 11, 1995 1–4 New York Rangers (1995–96) 6–7–1 15,635
15 L November 14, 1995 0–1 @ New Jersey Devils (1995–96) 6–8–1 11,916
16 W November 15, 1995 3–2 Ottawa Senators (1995–96) 7–8–1 7,641
17 L November 18, 1995 2–4 Philadelphia Flyers (1995–96) 7–9–1 13,910
18 L November 20, 1995 3–4 OT @ Montreal Canadiens (1995–96) 7–10–1 16,312
19 W November 22, 1995 4–2 Montreal Canadiens (1995–96) 8–10–1 11,642
20 W November 24, 1995 4–0 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1995–96) 9–10–1 15,726
21 L November 25, 1995 2–4 Washington Capitals (1995–96) 9–11–1 13,108
22 T November 29, 1995 2–2 OT @ Tampa Bay Lightning (1995–96) 9–11–2 15,203
23 L December 1, 1995 1–2 @ Buffalo Sabres (1995–96) 9–12–2 12,036
24 L December 2, 1995 3–5 Florida Panthers (1995–96) 9–13–2 10,092
25 W December 6, 1995 7–4 New York Islanders (1995–96) 10–13–2 8,760
26 L December 9, 1995 0–6 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1995–96) 10–14–2 16,114
27 L December 10, 1995 1–4 @ Chicago Blackhawks (1995–96) 10–15–2 17,955
28 L December 13, 1995 2–3 Tampa Bay Lightning (1995–96) 10–16–2 7,547
29 W December 15, 1995 4–2 Colorado Avalanche (1995–96) 11–16–2 9,826
30 T December 16, 1995 3–3 OT @ New York Islanders (1995–96) 11–16–3 8,251
31 L December 18, 1995 2–3 @ Montreal Canadiens (1995–96) 11–17–3 16,237
32 L December 20, 1995 2–3 Calgary Flames (1995–96) 11–18–3 6,563
33 T December 22, 1995 3–3 OT @ New York Rangers (1995–96) 11–18–4 18,200
34 T December 23, 1995 3–3 OT Philadelphia Flyers (1995–96) 11–18–5 12,262
35 L December 28, 1995 4–9 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1995–96) 11–19–5 17,181
36 L December 30, 1995 0–3 @ Washington Capitals (1995–96) 11–20–5 18,130
37 L December 31, 1995 2–3 @ Detroit Red Wings (1995–96) 11–21–5 19,983
38 W January 3, 1996 2–0 Washington Capitals (1995–96) 12–21–5 8,087
39 W January 5, 1996 4–2 Ottawa Senators (1995–96) 13–21–5 12,239
40 L January 6, 1996 2–5 @ Boston Bruins (1995–96) 13–22–5 17,565
41 W January 9, 1996 5–1 @ Edmonton Oilers (1995–96) 14–22–5 9,702
42 L January 10, 1996 2–3 OT @ Calgary Flames (1995–96) 14–23–5 16,469
43 W January 12, 1996 3–2 @ Winnipeg Jets (1995–96) 15–23–5 9,709
44 W January 16, 1996 3–0 Vancouver Canucks (1995–96) 16–23–5 11,124
45 W January 17, 1996 6–3 @ New York Islanders (1995–96) 17–23–5 8,544
46 L January 24, 1996 2–4 @ Buffalo Sabres (1995–96) 17–24–5 12,808
47 W January 25, 1996 8–2 Los Angeles Kings (1995–96) 18–24–5 13,757
48 T January 27, 1996 4–4 OT New Jersey Devils (1995–96) 18–24–6 15,635
49 L January 30, 1996 2–8 @ San Jose Sharks (1995–96) 18–25–6 17,190
50 W January 31, 1996 6–4 @ Los Angeles Kings (1995–96) 19–25–6 11,775
51 W February 2, 1996 4–3 @ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1995–96) 20–25–6 17,174
52 W February 7, 1996 5–3 @ Vancouver Canucks (1995–96) 21–25–6 16,758
53 W February 9, 1996 3–2 OT @ Colorado Avalanche (1995–96) 22–25–6 16,061
54 W February 11, 1996 5–3 @ Dallas Stars (1995–96) 23–25–6 15,397
55 L February 14, 1996 0–3 Boston Bruins (1995–96) 23–26–6 15,635
56 W February 17, 1996 2–1 OT Buffalo Sabres (1995–96) 24–26–6 15,291
57 W February 21, 1996 5–3 Montreal Canadiens (1995–96) 25–26–6 14,311
58 L February 23, 1996 4–5 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1995–96) 25–27–6 17,235
59 L February 25, 1996 2–6 Dallas Stars (1995–96) 25–28–6 11,143
60 T February 28, 1996 4–4 OT Edmonton Oilers (1995–96) 25–28–7 9,360
61 L March 1, 1996 2–5 Winnipeg Jets (1995–96) 25–29–7 11,552
62 W March 2, 1996 7–1 Florida Panthers (1995–96) 26–29–7 11,935
63 L March 6, 1996 2–4 Detroit Red Wings (1995–96) 26–30–7 11,252
64 W March 8, 1996 7–4 Toronto Maple Leafs (1995–96) 27–30–7 10,979
65 L March 9, 1996 3–6 @ St. Louis Blues (1995–96) 27–31–7 20,803
66 W March 13, 1996 3–2 Pittsburgh Penguins (1995–96) 28–31–7 11,850
67 W March 16, 1996 2–1 Buffalo Sabres (1995–96) 29–31–7 13,213
68 W March 18, 1996 6–3 Tampa Bay Lightning (1995–96) 30–31–7 11,440
69 L March 20, 1996 2–3 @ Montreal Canadiens (1995–96) 30–32–7 21,255
70 T March 22, 1996 1–1 OT @ Ottawa Senators (1995–96) 30–32–8 13,596
71 T March 23, 1996 2–2 OT @ Washington Capitals (1995–96) 30–32–9 18,130
72 L March 25, 1996 0–3 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1995–96) 30–33–9 17,380
73 L March 27, 1996 5–6 OT Boston Bruins (1995–96) 30–34–9 13,884
74 W March 30, 1996 3–1 New York Islanders (1995–96) 31–34–9 13,628
75 L April 1, 1996 2–3 @ Florida Panthers (1995–96) 31–35–9 13,159
76 L April 3, 1996 2–4 @ Tampa Bay Lightning (1995–96) 31–36–9 22,576
77 W April 4, 1996 1–0 @ New Jersey Devils (1995–96) 32–36–9 17,757
78 L April 6, 1996 3–6 New Jersey Devils (1995–96) 32–37–9 13,521
79 W April 8, 1996 5–4 Pittsburgh Penguins (1995–96) 33–37–9 12,683
80 L April 11, 1996 2–3 @ Boston Bruins (1995–96) 33–38–9 17,565
81 W April 13, 1996 2–0 Boston Bruins (1995–96) 34–38–9 15,635
82 L April 14, 1996 1–4 @ Buffalo Sabres (1995–96) 34–39–9 16,230

[4]

Playoffs

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Brendan Shanahan LW 74 44 34 78 125 2 17 2 6
Geoff Sanderson LW 81 34 31 65 40 0 6 0 7
Andrew Cassels C 81 20 43 63 39 8 6 0 1
Nelson Emerson RW 81 29 29 58 78 -7 12 2 5
Andrei Nikolishin C 61 14 37 51 34 -2 4 1 3
Robert Kron LW 77 22 28 50 6 -1 8 1 3
Jeff Brown D 48 7 31 38 38 2 5 0 0
Paul Ranheim LW 73 10 20 30 14 -2 0 1 1
Jeff O'Neill RW 65 8 19 27 40 -3 1 0 1
Glen Wesley D 68 8 16 24 88 -9 6 0 1
Steven Rice RW 59 10 12 22 47 -4 1 0 2
Adam Burt D 78 4 9 13 121 -4 0 0 1
Glen Featherstone D 68 2 10 12 138 10 0 0 1
Gerald Diduck D 79 1 9 10 88 7 0 0 0
Sami Kapanen RW 35 5 4 9 6 0 0 0 0
Brad McCrimmon D 58 3 6 9 62 15 0 1 0
Kevin Dineen RW 20 2 7 9 67 7 0 0 0
Mark Janssens C 81 2 7 9 155 -13 0 0 0
Frantisek Kucera D 30 2 6 8 10 -3 0 0 1
Scott Daniels LW 53 3 4 7 254 -4 0 0 0
Kelly Chase RW 55 2 4 6 230 -4 0 0 1
Sean Burke G 66 0 6 6 16 0 0 0 0
Steve Martins C 23 1 3 4 8 -3 0 0 0
Brian Glynn D 54 0 4 4 44 -15 0 0 0
Kevin Smyth LW 21 2 1 3 8 -5 1 0 0
Jocelyn Lemieux RW 29 1 2 3 31 -11 0 0 0
Jimmy Carson C 11 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
Alexander Godynyuk D 3 0 0 0 2 -1 0 0 0
Marek Malik D 7 0 0 0 4 -3 0 0 0
Jason McBain D 3 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0
Jason Muzzatti G 22 0 0 0 33 0 0 0 0
Jeff Reese G 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO SA SV SV%
Sean Burke 3669 66 28 28 6 190 3.11 4 2034 1844 .907
Jason Muzzatti 1013 22 4 8 3 49 2.90 1 551 502 .911
Jeff Reese 275 7 2 3 0 14 3.05 1 170 156 .918
Team: 4957 82 34 39 9 253 3.06 6 2755 2502 .908

[5]

Note: 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;

Awards and records

Records

Milestones

Transactions

The Whalers were involved in the following transactions during the 1995–96 season.

Trades

May 31, 1995 To Los Angeles Kings
Jan Vopat 		To Hartford Whalers
4th round pick in 1995 - Ian MacNeil
July 27, 1995 To St. Louis Blues
Chris Pronger 		To Hartford Whalers
Brendan Shanahan
October 6, 1995 To Winnipeg Jets
Darren Turcotte 		To Hartford Whalers
Nelson Emerson
November 29, 1995 To Dallas Stars
Robert Petrovicky 		To Hartford Whalers
Dan Kesa
December 1, 1995 To Tampa Bay Lightning
Jeff Reese 		To Hartford Whalers
9th round pick in 1996 - Askhat Rakhmatulin
December 19, 1995 To New Jersey Devils
Jocelyn Lemieux
2nd round pick in 1998 - John Erskine 		To Hartford Whalers
Jim Dowd
2nd round pick in 1997 - Dmitri Kokorev
December 19, 1995 To Vancouver Canucks
Jim Dowd
Frantisek Kucera
2nd round pick in 1997 - Ryan Bonni 		To Hartford Whalers
Jeff Brown
3rd round pick in 1998 - Paul Manning
December 28, 1995 To Philadelphia Flyers
3rd round pick in 1997 - Kris Mallette
7th round pick in 1997 - Andrew Merrick 		To Hartford Whalers
Kevin Dineen

Waivers

October 6, 1995 From Calgary Flames
Jason Muzzatti

Free agents

Player Former Team
Jeff Daniels Detroit Vipers (IHL)
Gerald Diduck Chicago Blackhawks
David Williams Anaheim Mighty Ducks
Player New Team
Jeff Bloemberg Detroit Red Wings
Jim Sandlak Vancouver Canucks

Draft picks

Hartford's picks at the 1995 NHL Entry Draft held at the Edmonton Coliseum in Edmonton, Alberta.

Round # Player Position Nationality College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1 13 Jean-Sebastien Giguere Goaltender  Canada Halifax Mooseheads (QMJHL)
2 35 Sergei Fedotov Defense  Russia Dynamo Moscow (Russia)
4 85 Ian MacNeil Center  Canada Oshawa Generals (OHL)
4 87 Sami Kapanen Right Wing  Finland HIFK (Finland)
5 113 Hugh Hamilton Defense  Canada Spokane Chiefs (WHL)
7 165 Byron Ritchie Center  Canada Lethbridge Hurricanes (WHL)
8 191 Milan Kostolny Right Wing  Slovakia Detroit Junior Red Wings (OHL)
9 217 Mike Rucinski Defense  United States Detroit Junior Red Wings (OHL)

Farm teams

American Hockey League

ECHL

Roster

1995-96 Hartford Whalers
Goaltenders

Defensemen

Wingers

Centers

See also

References

  1. ^ http://www.legendsofhockey.net/LegendsOfHockey/jsp/SearchPlayer.jsp?player=18352
  2. ^ https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/HAR/1996_games.html
  3. ^ "1995–1996 Conference Standings". National Hockey League. Retrieved July 3, 2014.
  4. ^ "1995–96 Hartford Whalers Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-21.
  5. ^ "1995-96 Hartford Whalers Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-02.
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