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New York Rangers
1994–95 New York Rangers
Division	4th Atlantic
Conference	8th Eastern
1994–95 record	22–23–3
Home record	11–10–3
Road record	11–13–0
Goals for	139
Goals against	134
	Team information
General Manager	Neil Smith
Coach	Colin Campbell
Captain	Mark Messier
Alternate captains	Adam Graves; Brian Leetch
Arena	Madison Square Garden
Average attendance	18,194 (99.9%)
	Team leaders
Goals	Adam Graves (17)
Assists	Mark Messier (39)
Points	Mark Messier (53)
Penalties in minutes	Nick Kypreos (93)
Wins	Mike Richter (14)
Goals against average	Glenn Healy (2.36)
<1993–94	1995–96>

The 1994–95 New York Rangers season was the 69th season for the franchise. With Mike Keenan off to St. Louis to coach the Blues, the Rangers hired Colin Campbell to lead the Rangers. Members of the 1994 Stanley Cup championship team Doug Lidster and Esa Tikkanen would join Keenan in St. Louis, as Lidster and Tikkanen were traded for Petr Nedved on July 24, 1994. Another member of the championship team, Glenn Anderson would sign with St. Louis as a free agent on February 13, 1995. On March 23, the team acquired Pat Verbeek through a trade with the Hartford Whalers. Verbeek would prove to be a handy addition to the club, scoring 10 goals in 19 games. The defending Cup champions finished the season 8th place in the Eastern Conference with a mediocre record of 22-23-3 for 47 points - just one point ahead of the Florida Panthers.

The Rangers faced the first-place Quebec Nordiques in the first round of the playoffs. They narrowly lost game 1 by a score of 5-4, as the Nordiques were powered by Joe Sakic's hat trick. New York came back in game 2, winning 8-3. Sergei Nemchinov and Petr Nedved each scored twice. After edging the Nordiques 4-3 in game 3, the Rangers found themselves trailing 2-0 in game 4. They would tie it up on goals by Brian Leetch and Alexei Kovalev. Steve Larmer scored the winner at 8:09 of the first overtime period. Facing elimination, the Nordiques played a determined game 5 at home and won 4-2 to cut New York's lead in the series to 3-2. The Rangers, at home for game 6, built up a 4-0 lead and ended up winning 4-2, to eliminate the Nordiques 4 games to 2. The Nordiques moved to Colorado almost immediately, as the announcement came on May 25, 1995.

In the second round, the Rangers faced a determined Philadelphia Flyers team that was led by the "Legion of Doom" line. In game 1, the Rangers jumped out to a 2-0 lead after the first period on power-play goals by Brian Leetch and Petr Nedved. With the help of John LeClair's hat trick, the Flyers took a 4-3 lead in the third period. With only 19 seconds remaining, Pat Verbeek tied the game a 4-4. However, it was the Flyers who would ultimately win the game, as Eric Desjardins scored at 7:03 of the first overtime period. Game 2 started nearly identically to game 1, as New York led 2-0 after the first period on power-play goals. Both were scored by Brian Leetch. Philadelphia re-gained control of the game as they had in game 1, leading 3-2 midway through the third period. With under 8 minutes to go, Leetch completed his hat trick to tie the score at 3-3. This game also went into overtime, and the Flyers needed only 25 seconds to win it, as defenseman Kevin Haller scored his 3rd of the playoffs to give Philadelphia a 2-0 lead in the series. The Flyers went on to dominate games 3 and 4 at Madison Square Garden in New York, winning 5-2 and 4-1 to complete the sweep.

[edit] Offseason

[edit] NHL Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	College/junior/club team
1	26	Dan Cloutier (G)	Canada	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL)
52	Rudolf Verčík (Forward)	Slovakia	New York Rangers	HC Slovan Bratislava (Slovakia)

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[edit] Regular season

[edit] Final standings

Atlantic Division
No.	CR		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1	2	Philadelphia Flyers	48	28	16	4	150	132	60
2	5	New Jersey Devils	48	22	18	8	136	121	52
3	6	Washington Capitals	48	22	18	8	136	120	52
4	8	New York Rangers	48	22	23	3	139	134	47
5	9	Florida Panthers	48	20	22	6	115	127	46
6	12	Tampa Bay Lightning	48	17	28	3	120	144	37
7	13	New York Islanders	48	15	28	5	126	158	35

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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.

[edit] Game log

#	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	L	Jan 20, 1995	1–2	Buffalo Sabres	0–1–0
2	W	Jan 21, 1995	5–2	Montreal Canadiens	1–1–0
3	L	Jan 23, 1995	1–2	Boston Bruins	1–2–0
4	L	Jan 25, 1995	2–3	Pittsburgh Penguins	1–3–0
5	L	Jan 28, 1995	0–2	@ Quebec Nordiques	1–4–0
6	W	Jan 30, 1995	6–2	Ottawa Senators	2–4–0
7	L	Feb 1, 1995	3–4	@ Pittsburgh Penguins	2–5–0
8	T	Feb 2, 1995	3–3 OT	Tampa Bay Lightning	2–5–1
9	W	Feb 4, 1995	2–1	@ Ottawa Senators	3–5–1
10	W	Feb 8, 1995	5–4	Washington Capitals	4–5–1
11	L	Feb 9, 1995	1–4	@ New Jersey Devils	4–6–1
12	W	Feb 11, 1995	3–2	@ Tampa Bay Lightning	5–6–1
13	W	Feb 15, 1995	2–1	@ Buffalo Sabres	6–6–1
14	T	Feb 16, 1995	2–2 OT	Montreal Canadiens	6–6–2
15	L	Feb 18, 1995	2–5	@ Montreal Canadiens	6–7–2
16	W	Feb 20, 1995	3–1	@ Tampa Bay Lightning	7–7–2
17	W	Feb 21, 1995	5–3	@ Florida Panthers	8–7–2
18	L	Feb 24, 1995	1–2	Hartford Whalers	8–8–2
19	W	Feb 26, 1995	4–2	@ Buffalo Sabres	9–8–2
20	T	Feb 28, 1995	0–0 OT	Florida Panthers	9–8–3
21	W	Mar 1, 1995	5–2	@ Hartford Whalers	10–8–3
22	W	Mar 3, 1995	5–3	Philadelphia Flyers	11–8–3
23	L	Mar 5, 1995	2–4	@ Washington Capitals	11–9–3
24	W	Mar 6, 1995	4–3	Ottawa Senators	12–9–3
25	W	Mar 8, 1995	6–4	New Jersey Devils	13–9–3
26	L	Mar 11, 1995	1–3	@ Montreal Canadiens	13–10–3
27	L	Mar 15, 1995	3–4	Philadelphia Flyers	13–11–3
28	L	Mar 18, 1995	1–4	@ Washington Capitals	13–12–3
29	L	Mar 22, 1995	2–5	New Jersey Devils	13–13–3
30	L	Mar 23, 1995	0–1	@ New York Islanders	13–14–3
31	L	Mar 25, 1995	1–2	@ Quebec Nordiques	13–15–3
32	L	Mar 30, 1995	4–5	Quebec Nordiques	13–16–3
33	W	Apr 1, 1995	3–2	@ Boston Bruins	14–16–3
34	L	Apr 2, 1995	2–4	@ Philadelphia Flyers	14–17–3
35	W	Apr 5, 1995	5–0	@ Florida Panthers	15–17–3
36	L	Apr 7, 1995	3–4	New York Islanders	15–18–3
37	L	Apr 9, 1995	0–2	@ New Jersey Devils	15–19–3
38	W	Apr 12, 1995	3–1	Buffalo Sabres	16–19–3
39	W	Apr 14, 1995	5–3	Boston Bruins	17–19–3
40	W	Apr 16, 1995	3–2	@ New York Islanders	18–19–3
41	L	Apr 18, 1995	5–6	@ Pittsburgh Penguins	18–20–3
42	W	Apr 20, 1995	3–2	Hartford Whalers	19–20–3
43	L	Apr 23, 1995	4–5	@ Boston Bruins	19–21–3
44	W	Apr 24, 1995	5–4	Washington Capitals	20–21–3
45	W	Apr 26, 1995	6–4	Tampa Bay Lightning	21–21–3
46	L	Apr 28, 1995	2–4	New York Islanders	21–22–3
47	W	Apr 30, 1995	2–0	@ Philadelphia Flyers	22–22–3
48	L	May 2, 1995	3–4	Florida Panthers	22–23–3

[edit] Player stats

[edit] Forwards

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM

[edit] Defencemen

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM

[edit] Goaltending

Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals against average

Player	GP	W	L	T	SO	GAA

[edit] Transactions

July 24, 1994 - Doug Lidster was traded by the New York Rangers, along with Esa Tikkanen, to the St. Louis Blues in exchange for Petr Nedvěd.
March 23, 1995 - Hartford obtained D Glen Featherstone, D Michael Stewart and a first-round pick in the 1995 Entry Draft (Jean Sebastien Giguere) and a fourth-round pick in the 1996 Entry Draft for RW Pat Verbeek. ^[3]

[edit] Playoffs

Quebec vs. NY Rangers
Date	Away	Home
May 6	NY Rangers 4	5 Quebec
May 8	NY Rangers 8	3 Quebec
May 10	Quebec 3	4 NY Rangers
May 12	Quebec 2	3 NY Rangers	OT
May 14	NY Rangers 2	4 Quebec
May 16	Quebec 2	4 NY Rangers
NY Rangers wins series 4–2

Philadelphia vs. NY Rangers
Date	Away	Home
May 21	NY Rangers 4	5 Philadelphia	OT
May 22	NY Rangers 3	4 Philadelphia	OT
May 24	Philadelphia 5	2 NY Rangers
May 26	Philadelphia 4	1 NY Rangers
Philadelphia wins series 4–0

[edit] References

Rangers on Hockey Database

^ http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/draft/nhl1994e.html
^ Standings: NHL Public Relations Department (2008). Dave McCarthy et al. ed. THE NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE Official Guide & Record Book/2009. National Hockey League. p. 154. ISBN 978-1-894801-14-0.
^ NHL.com - 2008 Trade Deadline

[0] ttp://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/draft/nhl1994e.html

[1] Standings: NHL Public Relations Department (2008). Dave McCarthy et al. ed. THE NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE Official Guide & Record Book/2009. National Hockey League. p. 154. ISBN 978-1-894801-14-0.

[2] NHL.com - 2008 Trade Deadline

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