1994–95 Vancouver Canucks season
| 1994–95 Vancouver Canucks | |
|---|---|
| Division | 2nd Pacific |
| Conference | 6th Western |
| 1994–95 record | 18–18–12 |
| Home record | 10–8–6 |
| Road record | 8–10–6 |
| Goals for | 153 |
| Goals against | 148 |
| Team information | |
| General Manager | Pat Quinn |
| Coach | Rick Ley |
| Captain | Trevor Linden |
| Alternate captains |
Sergio Momesso Dana Murzyn |
| Arena | Pacific Coliseum |
| Average attendance | 13,932 |
| Team leaders | |
| Goals | Pavel Bure (20) |
| Assists | Pavel Bure (23) |
| Points | Pavel Bure (43) |
| Penalties in minutes | Dana Murzyn (129) |
| Wins | Kirk McLean (18) |
| Goals against average | Kirk McLean (2.75) |
The 1994–95 Vancouver Canucks season was the team's 25th NHL campaign. Goaltender Kirk McLean earned all eighteen of the Canucks' wins during the lockout-shortened, forty-eight game season. Pavel Bure was not the same offensive dynamo that he had been over the prior two seasons, each of which saw him hit the 60-goal mark, but he did still lead the club in goals (23), assists (23, and tied with Jeff Brown), points (43) and shots (198). A trade with the Dallas Stars on April 7, 1995, saw Russ Courtnall join his brother Geoff on the Canucks. The team finished the season with as many wins as losses, good for 6th place in the Western Conference, and they led the league with 12 ties. This was also the team's final season at the Pacific Coliseum before moving to GM Place, now known as Rogers Arena.
In the post-season, Vancouver was the clear underdog against the third-place St. Louis Blues, who had members from the 1994 Stanley-Cup champion Rangers team, as well as their head coach, Mike Keenan. After losing game one at the Kiel Center by a score of 2-1, the Canucks won game two by a score of 5-3 behind Kirk McLean's 33-save performance and Pavel Bure's shorthanded insurance goal in the third period. The shots on goal were 26 for Vancouver and 36 for St. Louis, as they had been in the first game. The Canucks carried over their momentum from their win into game two to the Pacific Coliseum for game three, which they then won 6-1. Sergio Momesso scored twice. The Canucks were looking to win game four as well, leading 2-1 after Russ Courtnall's shorthanded goal at 4:41 of the second period. But the Blues got their jump from Brendan Shanahan who scored a natural hat trick to give the Blues a 4-2 lead. Glenn Anderson would add another goal at 13:01 of the third period as St. Louis went on to win 5-2 to square the series at two games apiece. In game five at the Kiel Center, the Canucks scored 4 times on their first 19 shots, as Curtis Joseph would be pulled in favor of Jon Casey. Trailing Vancouver 5-4 with under 12 minutes to play, Murray Baron tied the game at 8:22 of the third period. The game would go into overtime where Cliff Ronning scored at 1:48 of the first overtime period to give the Canucks a 3-2 lead in the series.
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