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1993–94 Hartford Whalers
Division6th Northeast
Conference13th Eastern
1993–94 record27–48–9
Home record14–22–6
Road record13–26–3
Goals for227
Goals against288
Team information
General managerPaul Holmgren
CoachPaul Holmgren (4–11–2)
Pierre McGuire (23–37–7)
CaptainPat Verbeek
ArenaHartford Civic Center
Team leaders
GoalsGeoff Sanderson (41)
AssistsPat Verbeek (38)
PointsPat Verbeek (75)
Penalty minutesMarc Potvin (246)
Plus/minusAlexander Godynyuk (+8)
WinsSean Burke (17)
Goals against averageMike Lenarduzzi (2.86)

The 1993–94 Hartford Whalers season was the 22nd season of the franchise, 15th season in the NHL. The Whalers missed the playoffs for the second consecutive season. It was the first season that all four former WHA teams (Edmonton, Hartford, Quebec, Winnipeg) missed the playoffs since joining the NHL in 1979.

Off-season

At the 1993 NHL Entry Draft the Whalers picked Chris Pronger second-overall with their first-round pick.

Regular season

The Whalers were put into the new 'Northeast Division' after the 'Adams Division' was discontinued.

Final standings

Northeast Division
No. CR GP W L T GF GA Pts
1 2 Pittsburgh Penguins 84 44 27 13 299 285 101
2 4 Boston Bruins 84 42 29 13 289 252 97
3 5 Montreal Canadiens 84 41 29 14 283 248 96
4 6 Buffalo Sabres 84 43 32 9 282 218 95
5 11 Quebec Nordiques 84 34 42 8 277 292 76
6 13 Hartford Whalers 84 27 48 9 227 288 63
7 14 Ottawa Senators 84 14 61 9 201 397 37

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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.

Schedule and results

No. R Date Score Opponent Record Attendance
1 L October 6, 1993 3–4 @ Montreal Canadiens (1993–94) 0–1–0 16,430
2 L October 9, 1993 2–5 Philadelphia Flyers (1993–94) 0–2–0 15,635
3 W October 10, 1993 3–2 @ Buffalo Sabres (1993–94) 1–2–0 16,254
4 W October 13, 1993 4–3 Montreal Canadiens (1993–94) 2–2–0 8,042
5 W October 14, 1993 6–2 @ Chicago Blackhawks (1993–94) 3–2–0 16,721
6 L October 16, 1993 3–5 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1993–94) 3–3–0 16,624
7 L October 19, 1993 2–7 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1993–94) 3–4–0 15,644
8 L October 20, 1993 2–5 Quebec Nordiques (1993–94) 3–5–0 7,315
9 T October 23, 1993 3–3 OT Buffalo Sabres (1993–94) 3–5–1 11,872
10 L October 27, 1993 1–5 @ Dallas Stars (1993–94) 3–6–1 14,132
11 L October 28, 1993 1–2 @ St. Louis Blues (1993–94) 3–7–1 16,584
12 L October 30, 1993 1–4 New York Rangers (1993–94) 3–8–1 13,183
13 L November 1, 1993 2–4 St. Louis Blues (1993–94) 3–9–1 7,258
14 L November 3, 1993 3–6 Calgary Flames (1993–94) 3–10–1 7,350
15 L November 6, 1993 3–5 @ New York Islanders (1993–94) 3–11–1 9,648
16 W November 10, 1993 4–3 OT Ottawa Senators (1993–94) 4–11–1 7,232
17 T November 13, 1993 4–4 OT Edmonton Oilers (1993–94) 4–11–2 12,119
18 L November 17, 1993 2–4 Boston Bruins (1993–94) 4–12–2 12,609
19 L November 18, 1993 3–6 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1993–94) 4–13–2 17,106
20 L November 20, 1993 2–3 San Jose Sharks (1993–94) 4–14–2 11,203
21 W November 23, 1993 2–1 OT @ Florida Panthers (1993–94) 5–14–2 12,015
22 L November 24, 1993 1–4 @ Tampa Bay Lightning (1993–94) 5–15–2 19,374
23 W November 27, 1993 4–0 Florida Panthers (1993–94) 6–15–2 10,837
24 W November 29, 1993 4–2 @ Ottawa Senators (1993–94) 7–15–2 10,075
25 W December 1, 1993 5–3 Detroit Red Wings (1993–94) 8–15–2 7,917
26 L December 4, 1993 6–7 OT Pittsburgh Penguins (1993–94) 8–16–2 12,643
27 W December 7, 1993 6–1 @ Washington Capitals (1993–94) 9–16–2 8,871
28 L December 8, 1993 1–4 Vancouver Canucks (1993–94) 9–17–2 7,207
29 L December 11, 1993 0–3 Buffalo Sabres (1993–94) 9–18–2 9,636
30 T December 12, 1993 2–2 OT @ Boston Bruins (1993–94) 9–18–3 13,334
31 L December 15, 1993 2–5 @ New York Rangers (1993–94) 9–19–3 17,967
32 W December 18, 1993 4–1 Washington Capitals (1993–94) 10–19–3 9,747
33 W December 22, 1993 6–3 New Jersey Devils (1993–94) 11–19–3 8,548
34 W December 23, 1993 2–1 @ Ottawa Senators (1993–94) 12–19–3 10,357
35 W December 26, 1993 3–2 OT Ottawa Senators (1993–94) 13–19–3 10,825
36 L December 28, 1993 2–4 @ New Jersey Devils (1993–94) 13–20–3 15,107
37 L December 29, 1993 3–5 Florida Panthers (1993–94) 13–21–3 9,749
38 W January 1, 1994 4–3 @ New York Islanders (1993–94) 14–21–3 9,746
39 W January 2, 1994 7–2 Pittsburgh Penguins (1993–94) 15–21–3 11,665
40 W January 5, 1994 4–0 Winnipeg Jets (1993–94) 16–21–3 8,669
41 L January 6, 1994 1–2 St. Louis Blues (1993–94) 16–22–3 6,956
42 W January 8, 1994 6–0 New York Islanders (1993–94) 17–22–3 12,225
43 L January 12, 1994 4–6 @ Los Angeles Kings (1993–94) 17–23–3 16,005
44 L January 14, 1994 3–6 @ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1993–94) 17–24–3 17,174
45 L January 15, 1994 2–8 @ San Jose Sharks (1993–94) 17–25–3 17,190
46 L January 17, 1994 3–5 @ Boston Bruins (1993–94) 17–26–3 13,890
47 T January 19, 1994 3–3 OT Toronto Maple Leafs (1993–94) 17–26–4 8,418
48 L January 24, 1994 1–2 Boston Bruins (1993–94) 17–27–4 14,036
49 L January 26, 1994 0–3 Montreal Canadiens (1993–94) 17–28–4 8,911
50 T January 27, 1994 1–1 OT @ Ottawa Senators (1993–94) 17–28–5 10,137
51 L January 29, 1994 2–3 Quebec Nordiques (1993–94) 17–29–5 11,743
52 W February 1, 1994 2–1 @ Quebec Nordiques (1993–94) 18–29–5 15,023
53 L February 2, 1994 2–9 @ Montreal Canadiens (1993–94) 18–30–5 16,325
54 T February 4, 1994 2–2 OT @ Winnipeg Jets (1993–94) 18–30–6 12,363
55 W February 6, 1994 4–2 @ Vancouver Canucks (1993–94) 19–30–6 15,496
56 L February 11, 1994 1–4 @ Calgary Flames (1993–94) 19–31–6 18,545
57 W February 12, 1994 5–2 @ Edmonton Oilers (1993–94) 20–31–6 11,395
58 L February 16, 1994 3–5 Buffalo Sabres (1993–94) 20–32–6 8,107
59 L February 17, 1994 4–6 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1993–94) 20–33–6 15,779
60 W February 19, 1994 4–2 New York Rangers (1993–94) 21–33–6 15,635
61 L February 24, 1994 0–3 @ Detroit Red Wings (1993–94) 21–34–6 11,621
62 T February 26, 1994 1–1 OT New Jersey Devils (1993–94) 21–34–7 12,343
63 L February 27, 1994 1–3 Washington Capitals (1993–94) 21–35–7 10,016
64 L March 2, 1994 1–4 Los Angeles Kings (1993–94) 21–36–7 10,807
65 W March 4, 1994 2–1 @ Florida Panthers (1993–94) 22–36–7 14,697
66 L March 5, 1994 2–4 @ Tampa Bay Lightning (1993–94) 22–37–7 21,178
67 W March 9, 1994 4–1 Tampa Bay Lightning (1993–94) 23–37–7 7,757
68 L March 10, 1994 0–4 @ New Jersey Devils (1993–94) 23–38–7 11,818
69 T March 12, 1994 2–2 OT Dallas Stars (1993–94) 23–38–8 11,402
70 L March 13, 1994 2–3 Pittsburgh Penguins (1993–94) 23–39–8 11,862
71 L March 16, 1994 0–4 @ New York Rangers (1993–94) 23–40–8 18,200
72 L March 17, 1994 1–4 @ Quebec Nordiques (1993–94) 23–41–8 14,131
73 W March 19, 1994 5–3 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1993–94) 24–41–8 17,380
74 L March 22, 1994 1–4 @ Washington Capitals (1993–94) 24–42–8 11,267
75 L March 25, 1994 3–6 @ Buffalo Sabres (1993–94) 24–43–8 15,003
76 L March 26, 1994 2–3 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1993–94) 24–44–8 15,635
77 L March 29, 1994 2–6 @ Detroit Red Wings (1993–94) 24–45–8 19,734
78 W March 30, 1994 3–2 OT Chicago Blackhawks (1993–94) 25–45–8 8,285
79 L April 2, 1994 5–6 Philadelphia Flyers (1993–94) 25–46–8 13,655
80 T April 6, 1994 3–3 OT New York Islanders (1993–94) 25–46–9 9,052
81 L April 7, 1994 2–5 @ Quebec Nordiques (1993–94) 25–47–9 15,324
82 W April 10, 1994 6–4 Tampa Bay Lightning (1993–94) 26–47–9 10,141
83 L April 11, 1994 1–3 Montreal Canadiens (1993–94) 26–48–9 8,568
84 W April 14, 1994 3–2 @ Boston Bruins (1993–94) 27–48–9 14,054

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Playoffs

  • The Whalers did not qualify for the playoffs for the second consecutive season.

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Pat Verbeek RW 84 37 38 75 177 -15 15 1 3
Geoff Sanderson LW 82 41 26 67 42 -13 15 1 6
Andrew Cassels C 79 16 42 58 37 -21 8 1 3
Robert Kron LW 77 24 26 50 8 0 2 1 3
Michael Nylander C 58 11 33 44 24 -2 4 0 1
Zarley Zalapski D 56 7 30 37 56 -6 0 0 0
Chris Pronger D 81 5 25 30 113 -3 2 0 0
Brian Propp LW 65 12 17 29 44 3 3 1 2
James Patrick D 47 8 20 28 32 -12 4 1 2
Adam Burt D 63 1 17 18 75 -4 0 0 0
Randy Cunneyworth LW 63 9 8 17 87 -2 0 1 1
Jim Storm LW 68 6 10 16 27 4 1 0 0
Igor Chibirev C 37 4 11 15 2 7 0 0 1
Darren Turcotte C 19 2 11 13 4 -11 0 0 0
Alexander Godynyuk D 43 3 9 12 40 8 0 0 1
Mark Janssens C 84 2 10 12 137 -13 0 0 0
Robert Petrovicky C 33 6 5 11 39 -1 1 0 0
Bryan Marchment D 42 3 7 10 124 -12 0 1 1
Mark Greig RW 31 4 5 9 31 -6 0 0 0
Jim Sandlak RW 27 6 2 8 32 6 2 0 1
Jocelyn Lemieux RW 16 6 1 7 19 -8 0 0 2
Ted Drury C 16 1 5 6 10 -10 0 0 0
Brad McCrimmon D 65 1 5 6 72 -7 0 0 0
Kevin Smyth LW 21 3 2 5 10 -1 0 0 0
Marc Potvin RW 51 2 3 5 246 -5 0 0 0
Frantisek Kucera D 16 1 3 4 14 -12 1 0 0
Patrick Poulin C 9 2 1 3 11 -8 1 0 0
Ted Crowley D 21 1 2 3 10 -1 1 0 0
Jim McKenzie LW 26 1 2 3 67 -6 0 0 0
Bob McGill D 30 0 3 3 41 -7 0 0 0
Paul Ranheim LW 15 0 3 3 2 -11 0 0 0
John Stevens D 9 0 3 3 4 4 0 0 0
Eric Weinrich D 8 1 1 2 2 -5 1 0 0
Todd Harkins C 28 1 0 1 49 -4 0 0 0
Dan Keczmer D 12 0 1 1 12 -6 0 0 0
Jeff Reese G 19 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Sean Burke G 47 0 0 0 16 0 0 0 0
Yvon Corriveau LW 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mario Gosselin G 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Doug Houda D 7 0 0 0 23 -4 0 0 0
Nick Kypreos LW 10 0 0 0 37 -8 0 0 0
Mike Lenarduzzi G 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Allen Pedersen D 7 0 0 0 9 -1 0 0 0
Frank Pietrangelo G 19 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Mike Tomlak C/LW 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO SA SV SV%
Sean Burke 2750 47 17 24 5 137 2.99 2 1458 1321 .906
Frank Pietrangelo 984 19 5 11 1 59 3.60 0 473 414 .875
Jeff Reese 1086 19 5 9 3 56 3.09 1 524 468 .893
Mario Gosselin 239 7 0 4 0 21 5.27 0 107 86 .804
Mike Lenarduzzi 21 1 0 0 0 1 2.86 0 12 11 .917
Team: 5080 84 27 48 9 274 3.24 3 2574 2300 .894

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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 1993–94 season.

Trades

June 1, 1993 To Detroit Red Wings
6th round pick in 1993 - Tim Spitzig 		To Hartford Whalers
Brad McCrimmon
June 20, 1993 To Calgary Flames
4th round pick in 1993 - Jason Smith 		To Hartford Whalers
Sergei Makarov
June 26, 1993 To San Jose Sharks
Sergei Makarov
1st round pick in 1993 - Viktor Kozlov
2nd round pick in 1993 - Vlastimil Kroupa
3rd round pick in 1993 - Ville Peltonen 		To Hartford Whalers
1st round pick in 1993 - Chris Pronger
November 2, 1993 To Chicago Blackhawks
Eric Weinrich
Patrick Poulin 		To Hartford Whalers
Bryan Marchment
Steve Larmer
November 2, 1993 To New York Rangers
Steve Larmer
Nick Kypreos
Barry Richter
6th round pick in 1994 - Yuri Litvinov 		To Hartford Whalers
James Patrick
Darren Turcotte
November 3, 1993 To Los Angeles Kings
Doug Houda 		To Hartford Whalers
Marc Potvin
November 19, 1993 To Calgary Flames
Dan Keczmer
Future Considerations 		To Hartford Whalers
Jeff Reese
December 16, 1993 To Florida Panthers
Jim McKenzie 		To Hartford Whalers
Alexander Godynyuk
January 24, 1994 To Calgary Flames
Scott Morrow 		To Hartford Whalers
Todd Harkins
January 25, 1994 To Toronto Maple Leafs
Mark Greig
6th round pick in 1995 - Doug Bonner 		To Hartford Whalers
Ted Crowley
March 10, 1994 To Calgary Flames
Michael Nylander
James Patrick
Zarley Zalapski 		To Hartford Whalers
Gary Suter
Paul Ranheim
Ted Drury
March 11, 1994 To Chicago Blackhawks
Randy Cunneyworth
Gary Suter
3rd round pick in 1995 - Larry Courville 		To Hartford Whalers
Frantisek Kucera
Jocelyn Lemieux
March 18, 1994 To Toronto Maple Leafs
Ken Belanger 		To Hartford Whalers
9th round pick in 1994 - Matt Ball

Waivers

November 3, 1993 From New York Islanders
Bob McGill

Free agents

Player Former Team
Rob Cowie Winnipeg Jets
Jeff Bloemberg Edmonton Oilers
Rick Bennett New York Rangers
Brian Propp Minnesota North Stars
Player New Team
Joe Day New York Islanders
Mike Maneluk Anaheim Mighty Ducks

Draft picks

Hartford's picks at the 1993 NHL Entry Draft

Round # Player Position Nationality College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1 2 Chris Pronger Defense  Canada Peterborough Petes (OHL)
3 72 Marek Malik Defense  Czech Republic TJ Vítkovice Jr. (Czech Republic)
4 84 Trevor Roenick Right Wing  United States Boston Junior Bruins (NEJHL)
5 115 Nolan Pratt Defense  Canada Portland Winter Hawks (WHL)
8 188 Manny Legace Goaltender  Canada Niagara Falls Thunder (OHL)
9 214 Dmitri Gorenko Forward  Russia CSKA Moscow (Russia)
10 240 Wes Swinson Defense  Canada Kitchener Rangers (OHL)
11 266 Igor Chibirev Center  Ukraine Fort Wayne Komets (IHL)
S 6 Kent Fearns Defense  Canada Colorado College (WCHA)

Farm teams

American Hockey League

ECHL

Roster

1993–94 Hartford Whalers
Goaltenders

Defensemen

Wingers

Centers

See also

References

  1. ^ Standings: NHL Public Relations Department (2008). Dave McCarthy; et al. (eds.). THE NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE Official Guide & Record Book/2009. National Hockey League. p. 154. ISBN 978-1-894801-14-0.
  2. ^ "1993–94 Hartford Whalers Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-03.
  3. ^ "1993-94 Hartford Whalers Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-02.
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