1995–96 Dallas Stars season

The 1995–96 Dallas Stars season was the third National Hockey League season in Dallas, Texas (and 29th as a franchise), which would start off badly and finish badly, with a division worst 26-42-14. The Stars failed to qualify for the playoffs for the first time since 1993 when they were known as the Minnesota North Stars.

1995–96 Dallas Stars
Division6th Central
Conference11th Western
1995–96 record26–42–14
Home record14–18–9
Road record12–24–5
Goals for227
Goals against280
Team information
General managerBob Gainey
CoachBob Gainey (Oct-Jan)
Ken Hitchcock (Jan-Apr)
CaptainDerian Hatcher
ArenaReunion Arena
Average attendance15,572
Minor league affiliate(s)Michigan K-Wings
Dayton Bombers
Team leaders
GoalsMike Modano (36)
AssistsMike Modano (45)
PointsMike Modano (81)
Penalty minutesBill Huard (176)
Plus/minusJere Lehtinen (+5)
WinsAndy Moog (13)
Goals against averageAndy Moog (2.99)

Offseason

Regular season

On January 8, 1996, Bob Gainey resigned as head coach and was replaced by Michigan K-Wings head coach Ken Hitchcock. Gainey remained the team's general manager.[1]

On March 11, 1996, the Stars played in the final game at the Montreal Forum.

Final standings
Central Division
No. GP W L T GF GA Pts
1Detroit Red Wings8262137325181131
2Chicago Blackhawks8240281427322094
3Toronto Maple Leafs8234361224725280
4St. Louis Blues8232341621924880
5Winnipeg Jets823640627529178
6Dallas Stars8226421422728066

Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points
         Bolded teams qualified for the playoffs.

Western Conference[2]
R Div GP W L T GF GA Pts
1p – Detroit Red WingsCEN8262137325181131
2Colorado AvalanchePAC82472510326240104
3Chicago BlackhawksCEN8240281427322094
4Toronto Maple LeafsCEN8234361224725280
5St. Louis BluesCEN8232341621924880
6Calgary FlamesPAC8234371124124079
7Vancouver CanucksPAC8232351527827879
8Winnipeg JetsCEN823640627529178
9Mighty Ducks of AnaheimPAC823539823424778
10Edmonton OilersPAC823044824030468
11Dallas StarsCEN8226421422728066
12Los Angeles KingsPAC8224401825630266
13San Jose SharksPAC822055725235747

Divisions: CEN – Central, PAC – Pacific

bold – Qualified for playoffs; p – Won Presidents' Trophy

Schedule and results
1995–96 regular season[3]
October: 5–4–2 (home: 4–3–1; road: 1–1–1)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
1LOctober 7, 19955–7@ Winnipeg Jets (1995–96)0–1–0Recap
2WOctober 10, 19957–3Calgary Flames (1995–96)1–1–0Recap
3LOctober 12, 19951–3St. Louis Blues (1995–96)1–2–0Recap
4WOctober 14, 19956–5Boston Bruins (1995–96)2–2–0Recap
5LOctober 17, 19953–4Washington Capitals (1995–96)2–3–0Recap
6TOctober 19, 19951–1 OT@ St. Louis Blues (1995–96)2–3–1Recap
7TOctober 21, 19953–3 OTTampa Bay Lightning (1995–96)2–3–2Recap
8WOctober 24, 19953–0Buffalo Sabres (1995–96)3–3–2Recap
9WOctober 26, 19955–2Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1995–96)4–3–2Recap
10WOctober 28, 19954–3@ San Jose Sharks (1995–96)5–3–2Recap
11LOctober 30, 19951–6Colorado Avalanche (1995–96)5–4–2Recap
November: 3–3–3 (home: 3–0–2; road: 0–3–1)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
12TNovember 1, 19951–1 OTChicago Blackhawks (1995–96)5–4–3Recap
13LNovember 4, 19951–5@ Detroit Red Wings (1995–96)5–5–3Recap
14TNovember 8, 19953–3 OTLos Angeles Kings (1995–96)5–5–4Recap
15TNovember 9, 19951–1 OT@ Colorado Avalanche (1995–96)5–5–5Recap
16LNovember 14, 19952–4@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1995–96)5–6–5Recap
17LNovember 15, 19951–2@ Buffalo Sabres (1995–96)5–7–5Recap
18WNovember 17, 19952–1San Jose Sharks (1995–96)6–7–5Recap
19WNovember 22, 19954–3Vancouver Canucks (1995–96)7–7–5Recap
20WNovember 25, 19952–0New Jersey Devils (1995–96)8–7–5Recap
December: 2–10–2 (home: 1–4–1; road: 1–6–1)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
21TDecember 2, 19952–2 OT@ Los Angeles Kings (1995–96)8–7–6Recap
22WDecember 3, 19957–6@ Colorado Avalanche (1995–96)9–7–6Recap
23LDecember 5, 19954–6@ Boston Bruins (1995–96)9–8–6Recap
24LDecember 7, 19951–3@ Detroit Red Wings (1995–96)9–9–6Recap
25LDecember 9, 19951–3@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1995–96)9–10–6Recap
26LDecember 11, 19952–3@ New York Rangers (1995–96)9–11–6Recap
27LDecember 13, 19954–8Calgary Flames (1995–96)9–12–6Recap
28LDecember 15, 19951–5Pittsburgh Penguins (1995–96)9–13–6Recap
29WDecember 17, 19954–2San Jose Sharks (1995–96)10–13–6Recap
30TDecember 21, 19953–3 OTNew York Islanders (1995–96)10–13–7Recap
31LDecember 23, 19950–2Chicago Blackhawks (1995–96)10–14–7Recap
32LDecember 26, 19953–5@ Chicago Blackhawks (1995–96)10–15–7Recap
33LDecember 28, 19951–4@ St. Louis Blues (1995–96)10–16–7Recap
34LDecember 29, 19951–2Detroit Red Wings (1995–96)10–17–7Recap
January: 4–7–4 (home: 1–4–3; road: 3–3–1)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
35LJanuary 1, 19960–1Toronto Maple Leafs (1995–96)10–18–7Recap
36TJanuary 3, 19963–3 OT@ Detroit Red Wings (1995–96)10–18–8Recap
37WJanuary 5, 19965–4Winnipeg Jets (1995–96)11–18–8Recap
38LJanuary 7, 19962–5@ Chicago Blackhawks (1995–96)11–19–8Recap
39TJanuary 8, 19964–4 OTLos Angeles Kings (1995–96)11–19–9Recap
40LJanuary 10, 19960–4Detroit Red Wings (1995–96)11–20–9Recap
41TJanuary 12, 19966–6 OTFlorida Panthers (1995–96)11–20–10Recap
42LJanuary 14, 19962–7@ New Jersey Devils (1995–96)11–21–10Recap
43LJanuary 15, 19961–6@ Philadelphia Flyers (1995–96)11–22–10Recap
44LJanuary 17, 19963–4Edmonton Oilers (1995–96)11–23–10Recap
45WJanuary 22, 19966–4@ Vancouver Canucks (1995–96)12–23–10Recap
46WJanuary 24, 19965–3@ Edmonton Oilers (1995–96)13–23–10Recap
47WJanuary 26, 19964–2@ Calgary Flames (1995–96)14–23–10Recap
48LJanuary 29, 19961–2Winnipeg Jets (1995–96)14–24–10Recap
49TJanuary 31, 19961–1 OTNew York Rangers (1995–96)14–24–11Recap
February: 5–7–1 (home: 2–4–1; road: 3–3–0)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
50LFebruary 2, 19964–5Vancouver Canucks (1995–96)14–25–11Recap
51LFebruary 4, 19963–5@ New York Islanders (1995–96)14–26–11Recap
52WFebruary 6, 19965–2@ St. Louis Blues (1995–96)15–26–11Recap
53LFebruary 7, 19962–4Montreal Canadiens (1995–96)15–27–11Recap
54LFebruary 10, 19963–6St. Louis Blues (1995–96)15–28–11Recap
55LFebruary 11, 19963–5Hartford Whalers (1995–96)15–29–11Recap
56WFebruary 16, 19966–1Edmonton Oilers (1995–96)16–29–11Recap
57LFebruary 18, 19964–6@ Florida Panthers (1995–96)16–30–11Recap
58LFebruary 19, 19962–4@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1995–96)16–31–11Recap
59WFebruary 22, 19963–2Ottawa Senators (1995–96)17–31–11Recap
60WFebruary 24, 19963–2@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1995–96)18–31–11Recap
61WFebruary 25, 19966–2@ Hartford Whalers (1995–96)19–31–11Recap
62TFebruary 28, 19964–4 OTPhiladelphia Flyers (1995–96)19–31–12Recap
March: 5–7–1 (home: 3–1–0; road: 2–6–1)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
63WMarch 2, 19965–1Toronto Maple Leafs (1995–96)20–31–12Recap
64WMarch 5, 19963–1@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1995–96)21–31–12Recap
65WMarch 6, 19962–1@ San Jose Sharks (1995–96)22–31–12Recap
66LMarch 11, 19961–4@ Montreal Canadiens (1995–96)22–32–12Recap
67LMarch 13, 19961–4@ Ottawa Senators (1995–96)22–33–12Recap
68LMarch 15, 19960–3@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1995–96)22–34–12Recap
69LMarch 17, 19961–2@ Washington Capitals (1995–96)22–35–12Recap
70WMarch 20, 19962–1St. Louis Blues (1995–96)23–35–12Recap
71LMarch 22, 19962–5@ Vancouver Canucks (1995–96)23–36–12Recap
72TMarch 23, 19964–4 OT@ Los Angeles Kings (1995–96)23–36–13Recap
73LMarch 26, 19962–8Winnipeg Jets (1995–96)23–37–13Recap
74WMarch 28, 19963–1Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1995–96)24–37–13Recap
75LMarch 31, 19963–5@ Chicago Blackhawks (1995–96)24–38–13Recap
April: 2–4–1 (home: 0–2–1; road: 2–2–0)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
76LApril 3, 19961–3@ Winnipeg Jets (1995–96)24–39–13Recap
77TApril 5, 19963–3 OTChicago Blackhawks (1995–96)24–39–14Recap
78LApril 7, 19961–4Colorado Avalanche (1995–96)24–40–14Recap
79WApril 9, 19964–3 OT@ Calgary Flames (1995–96)25–40–14Recap
80WApril 10, 19964–2@ Edmonton Oilers (1995–96)26–40–14Recap
81LApril 12, 19963–5@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1995–96)26–41–14Recap
82LApril 14, 19961–5Detroit Red Wings (1995–96)26–42–14Recap
Legend:

  Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Tie (1 point)

Player statistics

Scoring
  • Position abbreviations: C = Center; D = Defense; G = Goaltender; LW = Left wing; RW = Right wing
  • † = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Stars only.
  • ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Stars only.
Regular season
No. Player Pos GP G A Pts +/- PIM
9Mike ModanoC78364581−1263
23Greg AdamsLW66222143−2133
41Brent GilchristLW77202242−1136
4Kevin HatcherD74152641−2458
25Joe Nieuwendyk†C52141832−1741
2Derian HatcherD7982331−12129
10Todd HarveyRW6992029−13136
29Grant MarshallRW70919280111
26Jere LehtinenRW5762228516
15Dave Gagner‡C45141327−1744
33Benoit Hogue†C3472027436
39Mike KennedyC6191726−748
12Grant LedyardD7351924−1520
21Guy CarbonneauC7181523−238
24Richard MatvichukD7361622471
20Brent Fedyk†LW4110919−1730
17Bill HuardLW5166123176
22Trent Klatt‡RW22448023
6Darryl Sydor†D26268−141
27Shane Churla‡RW343474168
6Corey Millen‡C1334708
11Mike DonnellyLW24257−210
5Doug Zmolek‡D42156165
44Randy Wood†LW30145−1126
16Jamie LangenbrunnerRW12224−26
20Nikolai Borschevsky‡RW12134−76
18Mike LalorD63123−1031
3Craig LudwigD65123−1770
43Jim StormLW10123−117
22Robert Petrovicky†C511210
28Bob BassenC13011−615
38Mark LawrenceRW13011017
45Allan Bester†G100002
37Zac BoyerRW200000
14Paul Cavallini‡D8000−36
40Patrick CoteLW2000−25
30Manny FernandezG50000
25Dan Kesa‡RW3000−10
40Pat MacLeodD200000
14Daniel MaroisRW300002
35Andy MoogG4100028
32Travis RichardsD1000−12
34Darcy WakalukG370006
31Jordan WillisG10000

Goaltending
  • † = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Stars only.
Regular season
No. Player GP W L T SA GA GAA SV% SO TOI
35Andy Moog411319711061112.99.90012228
34Darcy Wakaluk3791659751063.39.89111875
45Allan Bester†10451297302.99.8990601
30Manny Fernandez5011121194.58.8430249
31Jordan Willis10101413.20.929019

Awards and records

Awards
Type Award/honor Recipient Ref
League
(in-season)		 NHL All-Star Game selection Kevin Hatcher [4]
NHL Rookie of the Month Jere Lehtinen (February) [5]
Team Star of the Game Award Mike Modano [6]

Milestones
Milestone Player Date Ref
1,000th game played Guy Carbonneau February 6, 1996 [7]
Craig Ludwig March 2, 1996 [8]

Draft picks

Dallas's draft picks at the 1995 NHL Entry Draft held at the Edmonton Coliseum in Edmonton, Alberta.[9]

Round # Player Nationality College/Junior/Club team (League)
111Jarome Iginla CanadaKamloops Blazers (WHL)
237Patrick Cote CanadaBeauport Harfangs (QMJHL)
363Petr Buzek Czech RepublicDukla Jihlava (Czech Republic)
369Sergei Gusev RussiaMayak Samara (Russia)
5115Wade Strand CanadaRegina Pats (WHL)
6141Dominic Marleau CanadaVictoriaville Tigres (QMJHL)
7173Jeff Dewar CanadaMoose Jaw Warriors (WHL)
8193Anatoli Koveshnikov UkraineSokil Kyiv (Ukraine)
8202Sergei Luchinkin RussiaDynamo Moscow (Russia)
9219Steve Lowe CanadaSault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL)

References
  • "Dallas Stars 1995-96 roster and scoring statistics at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved August 15, 2023.
  • "1995-96 Dallas Stars Roster, Stats, Injuries, Scores, Results, Shootouts". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved August 15, 2023.
  1. "Gainey quits as Stars coach". Tampa Bay Times. January 9, 1996. Retrieved August 15, 2023.
  2. "1995-1996 Conference Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". NHL.
  3. "1995-96 Dallas Stars Schedule". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved August 15, 2023.
  4. "NHL All-Star Game Historical Summaries - 1996". NHL.com. Retrieved August 28, 2023.
  5. "Lehtinen NHL Rookie of Month - UPI Archives". UPI. March 1, 1996. Retrieved August 28, 2023.
  6. Dallas Stars 2014–15 Organizational Compendium, p.269
  7. "Stars 5, Blues 2 - UPI Archives". UPI. February 7, 1996. Retrieved August 28, 2023. Dallas center Guy Carbonneau appeared in his 1,000th NHL game and assisted on Marshall's first goal.
  8. "Stars 5, Maple Leafs 1 - UPI Archives". UPI. March 3, 1996. Retrieved August 28, 2023. Dallas defenseman Craig Ludwig played the 1,000th game of his NHL career and was honored in a ceremony before the game.
  9. "1995 NHL Entry Draft Picks at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved August 28, 2023.
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