1993–94 Ottawa Senators season

The 1993–94 Ottawa Senators season was the National Hockey League (NHL) club's second season. It was an improvement by the club, as they finished with 13 more points than in the 1992–93 expansion season, as the club ended the season with a 14–61–9 record for 37 points. Even so, they had the worst record in hockey for the second consecutive year.

1993–94 Ottawa Senators
Division7th Northeast
Conference14th Eastern
1993–94 record14–61–9
Home record8–30–4
Road record6–31–5
Goals for201
Goals against397
Team information
General managerRandy Sexton
CoachRick Bowness
CaptainMark Lamb (Oct–Mar)
Brad Shaw (Oct–Mar)
Gord Dineen (Mar–Apr)
Alternate captainsNorm MacIver
ArenaOttawa Civic Centre
Average attendance10,396 (426,320 total)
Minor league affiliate(s)Prince Edward Island Senators
Thunder Bay Senators
Team leaders
GoalsAlexei Yashin (30)
AssistsAlexei Yashin (49)
PointsAlexei Yashin (79)
Penalty minutesDennis Vial (214)
Plus/minusTroy Murray (1)
WinsCraig Billington (11)
Goals against averageDarrin Madeley (4.36)

Off-season

On April 15, 1993, one day after the end of the 1992–93 season, general manager Mel Bridgman was fired. Randy Sexton became the general manager. Sexton would select Alexandre Daigle first overall in the 1993 NHL Entry Draft. On May 12, head coach Rick Bowness' contract was extended by three years.[1]

On August 17, 1993, the Bruce Firestone era ended. Firestone sells his shares to Rod Bryden and resigned as chairman and governor of the Senators.[1]

Draft picks

Ottawa's draft picks at the 1993 NHL Entry Draft in Quebec City, Quebec.

Round # Player Nationality College/Junior/Club team (League)
11Alexandre Daigle CanadaVictoriaville Tigres (QMJHL)
227Radim Bicanek Czech RepublicDukla Jihlava (Czech.)
353Patrick Charbonneau CanadaVictoriaville Tigres (QMJHL)
491Cosmo DuPaul CanadaVictoriaville Tigres (QMJHL)
6131Rick Bodkin CanadaSudbury Wolves (OHL)
7157Sergei Polischuk RussiaKrylja Sovetov (Russia)
8183Jason Disher CanadaKingston Frontenacs (OHL)
9209Toby Kvalevog United StatesUniversity of North Dakota (NCAA)
9227Pavol Demitra SlovakiaDukla Trencin (Czech.)
10235Rick Schuhwerk United StatesHingham High School (US HS)
S1Eric Flinton CanadaUniversity of New Hampshire (Hockey East)

May 1993
May 7 Acquired the rights of Robert Burakovsky from the New York Rangers for future considerations (11th round pick in the 1993 NHL Entry Draft - (Pavel Komarov)).
May 27 Signed free agent Greg Pankewicz from the New Haven Senators of the AHL.

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June 1993
June 20 Acquired Craig Billington, Troy Mallette and a 4th round pick in the 1993 NHL Entry Draft - (Cosmo Dupaul) from the New Jersey Devils for Peter Sidorkiewicz, Mike Peluso and a 5th round pick in the 1994 NHL Entry Draft - (Nils Ekman).
June 24 Lost Marc Labelle to the Florida Panthers and Mark Ferner to the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim in the 1993 NHL Expansion Draft.
June 25 Signed free agent Hank Lammens from the Canadian National Team.
Selected Dennis Vial from the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim in Phase II of the 1993 NHL Expansion Draft.
June 26 Signed Alexandre Daigle to a 5-year, $12.25 million (CAD) contract.
June 30 Signed free agent Bill Huard from the Boston Bruins. Acquired the rights to Jeff Finley from the New York Islanders for Chris Luongo.

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July 1993
July 30 Lost free agent Jeff Finley to the Philadelphia Flyers. Lost unrestricted free agent Shawn McCosh to the New York Rangers.

Source[4]

August 1993
August 2 Lost free agent Rob Murphy to the Los Angeles Kings.
August 10 Lost free agent Jody Hull to the Florida Panthers and Mark Freer to the Calgary Flames.
August 12 Signed free agent Vladimír Růžička from the Boston Bruins to a 1-year, $425,000 (CAD) contract.
August 13 Signed free agent Jarmo Kekäläinen from Tappara of SM-I to a 1-year, $200,000 (CAD) contract.
August 18 Lost free agent Jamie Baker to the San Jose Sharks.
August 24 Signed free agent Graeme Townshend from the New York Islanders to a 1-year contract.

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September 1993
September 15 Acquired Brian Glynn from the Edmonton Oilers for an 8th round pick in the 1994 NHL Entry Draft - (Rob Guinn)

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Regular season

The Senators finished last in wins (14), losses (61) and points (37), goals for (201), goals against (397), even-strength goals against (273), power-play goals against (110), penalty-kill percentage (73.30%) and shutouts for (0).[7][8]

Alexei Yashin, the Senators first pick in the 1992 NHL Entry Draft, had a very promising rookie season, setting franchise records with 30 goals, 49 assists, and 79 points. Alexandre Daigle, whom the Senators drafted with the first overall pick in the 1993 NHL Entry Draft, also had a very solid rookie season, recording 20 goals, 31 assists and 51 points to finish second to Yashin in team scoring.

Midway through the season, the Senators traded Bob Kudelski, who was having the best season on the team, registering 41 points (26 goals and 15 assists) in 42 games, to the Florida Panthers for Evgeny Davydov and Scott Levins. The trade hurt the Senators as Davydov struggled with the team, while Levins production also dropped after the deal.

Craig Billington played the majority of games in the Senators net, as he was acquired from the New Jersey Devils in a deal that sent Peter Sidorkiewicz to New Jersey, and Billington set the team record for wins in a season with 11.

Final standings
Northeast Division
No. CR GP W L T GF GA Pts
12Pittsburgh Penguins84442713299285101
24Boston Bruins8442291328925297
35Montreal Canadiens8441291428324896
46Buffalo Sabres844332928221895
511Quebec Nordiques843442827729276
613Hartford Whalers842748922728863
714Ottawa Senators841461920139737

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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
1TOctober 6, 19935–5 OTQuebec Nordiques (1993–94)0–0–110,525
2LOctober 9, 19935–7@ St. Louis Blues (1993–94)0–1–112,132
3LOctober 14, 19934–5@ Florida Panthers (1993–94)0–2–113,906
4LOctober 16, 19931–4@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1993–94)0–3–118,238
5LOctober 21, 19935–6 OTDallas Stars (1993–94)0–4–110,078
6TOctober 23, 19935–5 OT@ New York Islanders (1993–94)0–4–29,423
7WOctober 25, 19934–1Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1993–94)1–4–210,206
8LOctober 27, 19932–5Philadelphia Flyers (1993–94)1–5–210,547
9LOctober 28, 19932–6@ Boston Bruins (1993–94)1–6–212,637
10WOctober 30, 19935–4 OT@ Dallas Stars (1993–94)2–6–216,211
11WNovember 3, 19937–5@ Edmonton Oilers (1993–94)3–6–211,382
12WNovember 5, 19937–6 OT@ Winnipeg Jets (1993–94)4–6–212,652
13LNovember 10, 19933–4 OT@ Hartford Whalers (1993–94)4–7–27,232
14LNovember 11, 19934–5Florida Panthers (1993–94)4–8–210,227
15WNovember 13, 19933–2 OT@ Montreal Canadiens (1993–94)5–8–216,903
16LNovember 15, 19932–4Montreal Canadiens (1993–94)5–9–210,575
17LNovember 17, 19931–8New York Islanders (1993–94)5–10–210,132
18LNovember 18, 19932–5New Jersey Devils (1993–94)5–11–210,122
19LNovember 22, 19932–5Buffalo Sabres (1993–94)5–12–210,155
20LNovember 24, 19931–7New York Rangers (1993–94)5–13–210,411
21LNovember 26, 19932–5@ Buffalo Sabres (1993–94)5–14–214,648
22TNovember 27, 19932–2 OT@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1993–94)5–14–317,537
23LNovember 29, 19932–4Hartford Whalers (1993–94)5–15–310,075
24WDecember 1, 19936–3@ Montreal Canadiens (1993–94)6–15–316,242
25LDecember 3, 19931–8@ Detroit Red Wings (1993–94)6–16–319,875
26LDecember 4, 19931–6Washington Capitals (1993–94)6–17–310,435
27LDecember 6, 19931–6Calgary Flames (1993–94)6–18–310,338
28LDecember 8, 19931–3Buffalo Sabres (1993–94)6–19–310,111
29LDecember 9, 19931–6@ Dallas Stars (1993–94)6–20–314,058
30LDecember 11, 19932–5@ Quebec Nordiques (1993–94)6–21–314,707
31WDecember 13, 19935–2Los Angeles Kings (1993–94)7–21–310,575
32LDecember 15, 19933–4@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1993–94)7–22–316,155
33LDecember 17, 19932–11@ Washington Capitals (1993–94)7–23–315,189
34LDecember 19, 19933–6@ New York Rangers (1993–94)7–24–317,935
35WDecember 21, 19932–1Quebec Nordiques (1993–94)8–24–310,503
36LDecember 23, 19931–2Hartford Whalers (1993–94)8–25–310,357
37LDecember 26, 19932–3 OT@ Hartford Whalers (1993–94)8–26–310,825
38LDecember 27, 19933–5Boston Bruins (1993–94)8–27–310,575
39LDecember 30, 19930–3Tampa Bay Lightning (1993–94)8–28–310,504
40LJanuary 1, 19941–7New Jersey Devils (1993–94)8–29–310,317
41LJanuary 3, 19941–4Pittsburgh Penguins (1993–94)8–30–310,474
42LJanuary 5, 19942–7Vancouver Canucks (1993–94)8–31–310,288
43LJanuary 6, 19943–6@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1993–94)8–32–315,728
44LJanuary 8, 19942–3Winnipeg Jets (1993–94)8–33–310,378
45TJanuary 10, 19943–3 OTNew York Islanders (1993–94)8–33–410,275
46LJanuary 11, 19941–4@ Philadelphia Flyers (1993–94)8–34–417,212
47TJanuary 14, 19942–2 OT@ Vancouver Canucks (1993–94)8–34–514,458
48LJanuary 15, 19940–10@ Calgary Flames (1993–94)8–35–519,366
49WJanuary 18, 19944–3 OTEdmonton Oilers (1993–94)9–35–510,410
50LJanuary 25, 19942–4@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1993–94)9–36–515,121
51TJanuary 27, 19941–1 OTHartford Whalers (1993–94)9–36–610,137
52TJanuary 29, 19943–3 OT@ Chicago Blackhawks (1993–94)9–36–718,041
53LJanuary 31, 19940–1Chicago Blackhawks (1993–94)9–37–710,534
54LFebruary 2, 19941–4Florida Panthers (1993–94)9–38–710,186
55LFebruary 4, 19942–5@ New Jersey Devils (1993–94)9–39–712,861
56LFebruary 5, 19943–4Montreal Canadiens (1993–94)9–40–710,575
57TFebruary 8, 19943–3 OTPhiladelphia Flyers (1993–94)9–40–810,509
58LFebruary 10, 19942–6Tampa Bay Lightning (1993–94)9–41–810,295
59LFebruary 12, 19943–4 OTNew York Rangers (1993–94)9–42–810,575
60LFebruary 18, 19940–3@ New York Rangers (1993–94)9–43–818,200
61LFebruary 19, 19940–4@ New York Islanders (1993–94)9–44–810,623
62WFebruary 24, 19946–4San Jose Sharks (1993–94)10–44–810,403
63LFebruary 26, 19941–11St. Louis Blues (1993–94)10–45–810,575
64LFebruary 28, 19941–4Toronto Maple Leafs (1993–94)10–46–810,575
65LMarch 2, 19942–7Buffalo Sabres (1993–94)10–47–810,404
66LMarch 4, 19941–6Winnipeg Jets (1993–94)10–48–86,388
67LMarch 5, 19941–6@ Boston Bruins (1993–94)10–49–814,135
68LMarch 8, 19942–5@ Quebec Nordiques (1993–94)10–50–814,584
69LMarch 10, 19942–8@ Philadelphia Flyers (1993–94)10–51–817,000
70LMarch 13, 19941–5@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1993–94)10–52–817,174
71LMarch 15, 19940–7@ Los Angeles Kings (1993–94)10–53–816,005
72WMarch 17, 19942–1@ San Jose Sharks (1993–94)11–53–817,190
73LMarch 20, 19942–6@ Buffalo Sabres (1993–94)11–54–814,135
74WMarch 23, 19945–4Detroit Red Wings (1993–94)12–54–810,575
75LMarch 24, 19941–5@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1993–94)12–55–816,058
76LMarch 28, 19942–3@ Montreal Canadiens (1993–94)12–56–816,643
77WMarch 30, 19946–4Quebec Nordiques (1993–94)13–56–810,546
78TApril 2, 19942–2 OT@ Florida Panthers (1993–94)13–56–914,694
79WApril 6, 19946–5Washington Capitals (1993–94)14–56–910,458
80LApril 7, 19944–5@ Boston Bruins (1993–94)14–57–913,942
81LApril 9, 19944–8@ Washington Capitals (1993–94)14–58–917,412
82LApril 11, 19940–4Pittsburgh Penguins (1993–94)14–59–910,575
83LApril 13, 19940–8Boston Bruins (1993–94)14–60–910,575
84LApril 14, 19941–4@ New Jersey Devils (1993–94)14–61–913,507

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October 1993
October 3 Claimed Dave McLlwain from the Toronto Maple Leafs in the 1993 NHL Waiver Draft.
October 6 Claimed François Leroux from the Edmonton Oilers off waivers.

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December 1993
December 22 Signed free agent Kevin MacDonald from the PEI Senators (AHL) to a 1-year contract.

Source[12]

January 1994
January 1 Signed free agent Herb Raglan from the Kalamazoo Wings (IHL) to a 1-year, $250,000 (CAD) contract.
January 3 Signed free agent Brad Lauer from the Las Vegas Thunder (IHL) to a 1-year contract.
January 6 Acquired Scott Levins, Evgeny Davydov, 6th round pick in the 1994 NHL Entry Draft - (Mike Gaffney) and a 4th round pick in the 1995 NHL Entry Draft - (Kevin Bolibruck from the Florida Panthers for Bob Kudelski.
January 15 Claimed Kerry Huffman from the Quebec Nordiques off of waivers.

Source[13]

February 1994
February 5 Lost Brian Glynn off of waivers by the Vancouver Canucks.

Source[14]

March 1994
March 4 Signed free agent Derek Mayer from the Canadian National Team to a 1-year contract.
March 5 Acquired Claude Boivin and the rights to Kirk Daubenspeck from the Philadelphia Flyers for Mark Lamb.
March 11 Acquired Troy Murray and an 11th round pick in the 1994 NHL Entry Draft - (Antti Tormanen) from the Chicago Blackhawks for an 11th round pick in the 1994 NHL Entry Draft - (Rob Mara).
March 21 Acquired Phil Bourque from the New York Rangers for future considerations.
Acquired Steve Konroyd from the Detroit Red Wings for Daniel Berthiaume.

Source[15]

Player statistics

Regular season
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Alexei YashinC8330497922−491123
Alexandre DaigleC8420315140−45402
Dave McLlwainC/RW6617264348−40111
Bob KudelskiRW4226154114−251201
Mark LambC6611182956−41411
Sylvain TurgeonLW4711152652−25702
Troy MalletteLW8271623166−33000
Brad ShawD664192359−41100
Norm MaciverD533202326−26000
Gord DineenD770212189−52000
Andrew McBainRW551181964−41800
Dave ArchibaldC/LW331081814−7201
Vladimir RuzickaC425131814−21400
Darren RumbleD706915116−50000
Brian GlynnD482131541−15100
Evgeny DavydovLW40571238−6100
Kerry HuffmanD34481212−30210
Scott LevinsC/RW3335893−26200
Dan QuinnC1370760203
Brad LauerLW302576−15010
Dennis VialD/LW55257214−9000
Jarmo KekalainenLW2815614−8000
Phil BourqueLW112350−2020
Robert BurakovskyRW232356−7000
Troy MurrayC1523541010
Dmitri FilimonovD3014518−10000
Bill HuardLW63224162−19000
Derek MayerD172248−16100
Hank LammensD2712322−20000
Darcy LoewenLW4403352−11000
Pavol DemitraLW121124−7100
Steve KonroydD80222−4000
Claude BoivinLW1510138−6000
Francois LerouxD2301170−4000
Kent PaynterD90118−6000
Daniel BerthiaumeG100000000
Craig BillingtonG6300080000
Radek HamrD70000−10000
Mark LaForestG500000000
Kevin MacDonaldD100020000
Darrin MadeleyG3200000000
Greg PankewiczRW30002−1000
Chad PenneyLW30002−2000
Herb RaglanRW2900052−13000
Andy SchneiderLW1000015−6000
Graeme TownshendRW140009−7000
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO SA SV SV%
Craig Billington331963114142544.59018011547.859
Darrin Madeley15833231851154.360868753.868
Daniel Berthiaume110002120.00020.000
Mark LaForest1825020175.6009679.823
Team:508584146193884.58027672379.860

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Note:
Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals
Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Awards and records

Farm teams

See also

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