1995–96 Hartford Whalers season

1995–96 Hartford Whalers
Division	4th Northeast
1995–96 record	34–39–9
Home record	22-15-4
Road record	12-24-5
Goals for	237
Goals against	259
Team information
General Manager	Jim Rutherford
Coach	Paul Holmgren (5–6–1); Paul Maurice (29–33–8)
Captain	Brendan Shanahan
Team leaders
Goals	Brendan Shanahan (44)
Assists	Andrew Cassels (43)
Points	Brendan Shanahan (78)
Penalties in minutes	Scott Daniels (254)
Plus/minus	Brad McCrimmon (+15)
Wins	Sean Burke (28)
Goals against average	Jason 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:

The 1995 NHL Entry Draft

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
1	W	October 7, 1995	2–0	New York Rangers (1995–96)	1–0–0
2	W	October 11, 1995	3–2	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1995–96)	2–0–0
3	W	October 14, 1995	3–2	Chicago Blackhawks (1995–96)	3–0–0
4	W	October 16, 1995	7–5	@ New York Rangers (1995–96)	4–0–0
5	T	October 20, 1995	2–2 OT	Pittsburgh Penguins (1995–96)	4–0–1
6	L	October 21, 1995	0–3	@ Florida Panthers (1995–96)	4–1–1
7	L	October 25, 1995	2–4	St. Louis Blues (1995–96)	4–2–1
8	L	October 27, 1995	1–4	Montreal Canadiens (1995–96)	4–3–1
9	L	October 28, 1995	0–3	@ Boston Bruins (1995–96)	4–4–1
10	L	November 2, 1995	0–5	Ottawa Senators (1995–96)	4–5–1
11	W	November 4, 1995	5–4	@ Ottawa Senators (1995–96)	5–5–1
12	L	November 5, 1995	1–6	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1995–96)	5–6–1
13	W	November 7, 1995	7–3	San Jose Sharks (1995–96)	6–6–1
14	L	November 11, 1995	1–4	New York Rangers (1995–96)	6–7–1
15	L	November 14, 1995	0–1	@ New Jersey Devils (1995–96)	6–8–1
16	W	November 15, 1995	3–2	Ottawa Senators (1995–96)	7–8–1
17	L	November 18, 1995	2–4	Philadelphia Flyers (1995–96)	7–9–1
18	L	November 20, 1995	3–4 OT	@ Montreal Canadiens (1995–96)	7–10–1
19	W	November 22, 1995	4–2	Montreal Canadiens (1995–96)	8–10–1
20	W	November 24, 1995	4–0	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1995–96)	9–10–1
21	L	November 25, 1995	2–4	Washington Capitals (1995–96)	9–11–1
22	T	November 29, 1995	2–2 OT	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1995–96)	9–11–2
23	L	December 1, 1995	1–2	@ Buffalo Sabres (1995–96)	9–12–2
24	L	December 2, 1995	3–5	Florida Panthers (1995–96)	9–13–2
25	W	December 6, 1995	7–4	New York Islanders (1995–96)	10–13–2
26	L	December 9, 1995	0–6	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1995–96)	10–14–2
27	L	December 10, 1995	1–4	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1995–96)	10–15–2
28	L	December 13, 1995	2–3	Tampa Bay Lightning (1995–96)	10–16–2
29	W	December 15, 1995	4–2	Colorado Avalanche (1995–96)	11–16–2
30	T	December 16, 1995	3–3 OT	@ New York Islanders (1995–96)	11–16–3
31	L	December 18, 1995	2–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (1995–96)	11–17–3
32	L	December 20, 1995	2–3	Calgary Flames (1995–96)	11–18–3
33	T	December 22, 1995	3–3 OT	@ New York Rangers (1995–96)	11–18–4
34	T	December 23, 1995	3–3 OT	Philadelphia Flyers (1995–96)	11–18–5
35	L	December 28, 1995	4–9	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1995–96)	11–19–5
36	L	December 30, 1995	0–3	@ Washington Capitals (1995–96)	11–20–5
37	L	December 31, 1995	2–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1995–96)	11–21–5
38	W	January 3, 1996	2–0	Washington Capitals (1995–96)	12–21–5
39	W	January 5, 1996	4–2	Ottawa Senators (1995–96)	13–21–5
40	L	January 6, 1996	2–5	@ Boston Bruins (1995–96)	13–22–5
41	W	January 9, 1996	5–1	@ Edmonton Oilers (1995–96)	14–22–5
42	L	January 10, 1996	2–3 OT	@ Calgary Flames (1995–96)	14–23–5
43	W	January 12, 1996	3–2	@ Winnipeg Jets (1995–96)	15–23–5
44	W	January 16, 1996	3–0	Vancouver Canucks (1995–96)	16–23–5
45	W	January 17, 1996	6–3	@ New York Islanders (1995–96)	17–23–5
46	L	January 24, 1996	2–4	@ Buffalo Sabres (1995–96)	17–24–5
47	W	January 25, 1996	8–2	Los Angeles Kings (1995–96)	18–24–5
48	T	January 27, 1996	4–4 OT	New Jersey Devils (1995–96)	18–24–6
49	L	January 30, 1996	2–8	@ San Jose Sharks (1995–96)	18–25–6
50	W	January 31, 1996	6–4	@ Los Angeles Kings (1995–96)	19–25–6
51	W	February 2, 1996	4–3	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1995–96)	20–25–6
52	W	February 7, 1996	5–3	@ Vancouver Canucks (1995–96)	21–25–6
53	W	February 9, 1996	3–2 OT	@ Colorado Avalanche (1995–96)	22–25–6
54	W	February 11, 1996	5–3	@ Dallas Stars (1995–96)	23–25–6
55	L	February 14, 1996	0–3	Boston Bruins (1995–96)	23–26–6
56	W	February 17, 1996	2–1 OT	Buffalo Sabres (1995–96)	24–26–6
57	W	February 21, 1996	5–3	Montreal Canadiens (1995–96)	25–26–6
58	L	February 23, 1996	4–5	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1995–96)	25–27–6
59	L	February 25, 1996	2–6	Dallas Stars (1995–96)	25–28–6
60	T	February 28, 1996	4–4 OT	Edmonton Oilers (1995–96)	25–28–7
61	L	March 1, 1996	2–5	Winnipeg Jets (1995–96)	25–29–7
62	W	March 2, 1996	7–1	Florida Panthers (1995–96)	26–29–7
63	L	March 6, 1996	2–4	Detroit Red Wings (1995–96)	26–30–7
64	W	March 8, 1996	7–4	Toronto Maple Leafs (1995–96)	27–30–7
65	L	March 9, 1996	3–6	@ St. Louis Blues (1995–96)	27–31–7
66	W	March 13, 1996	3–2	Pittsburgh Penguins (1995–96)	28–31–7
67	W	March 16, 1996	2–1	Buffalo Sabres (1995–96)	29–31–7
68	W	March 18, 1996	6–3	Tampa Bay Lightning (1995–96)	30–31–7
69	L	March 20, 1996	2–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (1995–96)	30–32–7
70	T	March 22, 1996	1–1 OT	@ Ottawa Senators (1995–96)	30–32–8
71	T	March 23, 1996	2–2 OT	@ Washington Capitals (1995–96)	30–32–9
72	L	March 25, 1996	0–3	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1995–96)	30–33–9
73	L	March 27, 1996	5–6 OT	Boston Bruins (1995–96)	30–34–9
74	W	March 30, 1996	3–1	New York Islanders (1995–96)	31–34–9
75	L	April 1, 1996	2–3	@ Florida Panthers (1995–96)	31–35–9
76	L	April 3, 1996	2–4	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1995–96)	31–36–9
77	W	April 4, 1996	1–0	@ New Jersey Devils (1995–96)	32–36–9
78	L	April 6, 1996	3–6	New Jersey Devils (1995–96)	32–37–9
79	W	April 8, 1996	5–4	Pittsburgh Penguins (1995–96)	33–37–9
80	L	April 11, 1996	2–3	@ Boston Bruins (1995–96)	33–38–9
81	W	April 13, 1996	2–0	Boston Bruins (1995–96)	34–38–9
82	L	April 14, 1996	1–4	@ Buffalo Sabres (1995–96)	34–39–9

^[4]

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

Transactions

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

Trades

July 27, 1995 - Chris Pronger traded to the St. Louis Blues for Brendan Shanahan.
October 6, 1995 - Darren Turcotte traded to the Winnipeg Jets for Nelson Emerson.
November 29, 1995 - Jeff Reese traded to the Tampa Bay Lightning for Tampa's 1996 ninth round draft pick (Ashkat Rakhmatulin).
December 16, 1995 - Jocelyn Lemieux and Hartford's 1998 second round draft pick (later traded to Dallas who selects John Erskine) traded to the New Jersey Devils for Jim Dowd and New Jersey's 1997 second round draft pick (later traded to Calgary who selects Dmitry Kokorev).
December 16, 1995 - Frantisek Kucera, Jim Dowd, and Hartford's 1997 second round draft pick (Ryan Bonni) traded to the Vancouver Canucks for Jeff Brown and Vancouver's 1998 third round draft pick (later traded to Calgary who selects Paul Manning).
December 28, 1995 - Future considerations traded to the Philadelphia Flyers for Kevin Dineen. Hartford later sends their 1997 seventh round draft pick (later traded back to Hartford - Carolina selects Andrew Merrick) to Philadelphia to complete the deal.

Free agents acquired/lost

July 29, 1995 - Whalers claim Jeff Bes on waivers from the Dallas Stars.
August 1, 1995 - Whalers sign Gerald Diduck as an unrestricted free agent.
October 6, 1995 - Whalers lose Ted Drury to the Ottawa Senators on waivers.
October 6, 1995 - Whalers claim Jason Muzzatti on waivers from thee Calgary Flames.

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 Jr. Red Wings (OHL)
9	217	Mike Rucinski	Defense	United States	Detroit Jr. Red Wings (OHL)

Farm teams

Roster

1995-96 Hartford Whalers

Goaltenders

1 – Sean Burke
29 – Jason Muzzatti
35 – Jeff Reese

Defensemen

Wingers

8 – Geoff Sanderson
11 – Kevin Dineen
12 – Steven Rice
14 – Kevin Smyth
15 – Scott Daniels
16 – Nelson Emerson
18 – Robert Kron
24 – Sami Kapanen
26 – Jocelyn Lemieux
28 – Paul Ranheim
39 – Kelly Chase
94 – Brendan Shanahan - C

Centers

13 – Andrei Nikolishin
21 – Andrew Cassels
22 – Mark Janssens
32 – Steve Martins
33 – Jimmy Carson
92 – Jeff O'Neill
Coach: Paul Holmgren (5-6-1)
Coach: Paul Maurice (29-33-8)
GM: Jim Rutherford

References

Whalers on Hockey Database

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

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.

[1] ttp://www.legendsofhockey.net/LegendsOfHockey/jsp/SearchPlayer.jsp?player=18352

[2] ttps://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.

Hartford Whalers seasons
1970s	1970–71 . 1971–72 . 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80
1980s	1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90
1990s	1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 Carolina

Hartford Whalers
Founded in 1972 Based in Hartford, Connecticut Relocated as the Carolina Hurricanes in 1997
Franchise	Team General managers Coaches Players WHA players NHL players Captains Draft picks (Expansion draft) Seasons
History	NHL–WHA merger Records Award winners Retired numbers
Arenas	Boston Arena Boston Garden Big E Coliseum Springfield Civic Center Hartford Civic Center
Media	Broadcasters
Culture and lore	Brass Bonanza

Carolina Hurricanes
Formerly the New England/Hartford Whalers Founded in 1972 Based in Raleigh, North Carolina
Franchise	Team General managers Coaches Players Captains Draft picks (Expansion draft) Seasons Current season
History	Records Award winners Retired numbers
Personnel	Owners Thomas Dundon (majority) Peter Karmanos Jr. (minority) General manager Don Waddell Head coach Rod Brind'Amour Team captain Justin Williams Current roster
Arenas	Greensboro Coliseum PNC Arena
Affiliates	AHL Charlotte Checkers ECHL Florida Everblades
Media	Fox Sports South ESPN The Fan (99.9 FM) The Buzz (620 AM)
Culture and lore	Miracle at Molson 0.2 Seconds

1995–96 NHL season
Northeast Division	Boston Buffalo Hartford Montreal Ottawa Pittsburgh
Atlantic Division	Florida New Jersey NY Islanders NY Rangers Philadelphia Tampa Bay Washington
Central Division	Chicago Dallas Detroit St. Louis Toronto Winnipeg
Pacific Division	Anaheim Calgary Colorado Edmonton Los Angeles San Jose Vancouver
See also	Draft Rat trick Legion of Doom Stanley Cup Playoffs Stanley Cup Finals

1995–96 Hartford Whalers season

Regular season

Final standings

Schedule and results

Player statistics

Regular season

Awards and records

Transactions

Trades

Free agents acquired/lost

Draft picks

Farm teams

Roster

See also

References