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
Division	7th Northeast
Conference	14th Eastern
1993–94 record	14–61–9
Home record	8–30–4
Road record	6–31–5
Goals for	201
Goals against	397
Team information
General manager	Randy Sexton
Coach	Rick Bowness
Captain	Mark Lamb (Oct-Mar) Brad Shaw (Oct-Mar) Gord Dineen (Mar-Apr)
Alternate captains	Norm MacIver
Arena	Ottawa Civic Centre
Average attendance	426,320 (10,396 per game)
Team leaders
Goals	Alexei Yashin (30)
Assists	Alexei Yashin (49)
Points	Alexei Yashin (79)
Penalty minutes	Dennis Vial (214)
Plus/minus	Troy Murray (1)
Wins	Craig Billington (11)
Goals against average	Darrin Madeley (4.36)

Team business

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]

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).[2][3]

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
1	2	Pittsburgh Penguins	84	44	27	13	299	285	101
2	4	Boston Bruins	84	42	29	13	289	252	97
3	5	Montreal Canadiens	84	41	29	14	283	248	96
4	6	Buffalo Sabres	84	43	32	9	282	218	95
5	11	Quebec Nordiques	84	34	42	8	277	292	76
6	13	Hartford Whalers	84	27	48	9	227	288	63
7	14	Ottawa Senators	84	14	61	9	201	397	37

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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
1	T	October 6, 1993	5–5 OT	Quebec Nordiques (1993–94)	0–0–1	10,525
2	L	October 9, 1993	5–7	@ St. Louis Blues (1993–94)	0–1–1	12,132
3	L	October 14, 1993	4–5	@ Florida Panthers (1993–94)	0–2–1	13,906
4	L	October 16, 1993	1–4	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1993–94)	0–3–1	18,238
5	L	October 21, 1993	5–6 OT	Dallas Stars (1993–94)	0–4–1	10,078
6	T	October 23, 1993	5–5 OT	@ New York Islanders (1993–94)	0–4–2	9,423
7	W	October 25, 1993	4–1	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1993–94)	1–4–2	10,206
8	L	October 27, 1993	2–5	Philadelphia Flyers (1993–94)	1–5–2	10,547
9	L	October 28, 1993	2–6	@ Boston Bruins (1993–94)	1–6–2	12,637
10	W	October 30, 1993	5–4 OT	@ Dallas Stars (1993–94)	2–6–2	16,211
11	W	November 3, 1993	7–5	@ Edmonton Oilers (1993–94)	3–6–2	11,382
12	W	November 5, 1993	7–6 OT	@ Winnipeg Jets (1993–94)	4–6–2	12,652
13	L	November 10, 1993	3–4 OT	@ Hartford Whalers (1993–94)	4–7–2	7,232
14	L	November 11, 1993	4–5	Florida Panthers (1993–94)	4–8–2	10,227
15	W	November 13, 1993	3–2 OT	@ Montreal Canadiens (1993–94)	5–8–2	16,903
16	L	November 15, 1993	2–4	Montreal Canadiens (1993–94)	5–9–2	10,575
17	L	November 17, 1993	1–8	New York Islanders (1993–94)	5–10–2	10,132
18	L	November 18, 1993	2–5	New Jersey Devils (1993–94)	5–11–2	10,122
19	L	November 22, 1993	2–5	Buffalo Sabres (1993–94)	5–12–2	10,155
20	L	November 24, 1993	1–7	New York Rangers (1993–94)	5–13–2	10,411
21	L	November 26, 1993	2–5	@ Buffalo Sabres (1993–94)	5–14–2	14,648
22	T	November 27, 1993	2–2 OT	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1993–94)	5–14–3	17,537
23	L	November 29, 1993	2–4	Hartford Whalers (1993–94)	5–15–3	10,075
24	W	December 1, 1993	6–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (1993–94)	6–15–3	16,242
25	L	December 3, 1993	1–8	@ Detroit Red Wings (1993–94)	6–16–3	19,875
26	L	December 4, 1993	1–6	Washington Capitals (1993–94)	6–17–3	10,435
27	L	December 6, 1993	1–6	Calgary Flames (1993–94)	6–18–3	10,338
28	L	December 8, 1993	1–3	Buffalo Sabres (1993–94)	6–19–3	10,111
29	L	December 9, 1993	1–6	@ Dallas Stars (1993–94)	6–20–3	14,058
30	L	December 11, 1993	2–5	@ Quebec Nordiques (1993–94)	6–21–3	14,707
31	W	December 13, 1993	5–2	Los Angeles Kings (1993–94)	7–21–3	10,575
32	L	December 15, 1993	3–4	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1993–94)	7–22–3	16,155
33	L	December 17, 1993	2–11	@ Washington Capitals (1993–94)	7–23–3	15,189
34	L	December 19, 1993	3–6	@ New York Rangers (1993–94)	7–24–3	17,935
35	W	December 21, 1993	2–1	Quebec Nordiques (1993–94)	8–24–3	10,503
36	L	December 23, 1993	1–2	Hartford Whalers (1993–94)	8–25–3	10,357
37	L	December 26, 1993	2–3 OT	@ Hartford Whalers (1993–94)	8–26–3	10,825
38	L	December 27, 1993	3–5	Boston Bruins (1993–94)	8–27–3	10,575
39	L	December 30, 1993	0–3	Tampa Bay Lightning (1993–94)	8–28–3	10,504
40	L	January 1, 1994	1–7	New Jersey Devils (1993–94)	8–29–3	10,317
41	L	January 3, 1994	1–4	Pittsburgh Penguins (1993–94)	8–30–3	10,474
42	L	January 5, 1994	2–7	Vancouver Canucks (1993–94)	8–31–3	10,288
43	L	January 6, 1994	3–6	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1993–94)	8–32–3	15,728
44	L	January 8, 1994	2–3	Winnipeg Jets (1993–94)	8–33–3	10,378
45	T	January 10, 1994	3–3 OT	New York Islanders (1993–94)	8–33–4	10,275
46	L	January 11, 1994	1–4	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1993–94)	8–34–4	17,212
47	T	January 14, 1994	2–2 OT	@ Vancouver Canucks (1993–94)	8–34–5	14,458
48	L	January 15, 1994	0–10	@ Calgary Flames (1993–94)	8–35–5	19,366
49	W	January 18, 1994	4–3 OT	Edmonton Oilers (1993–94)	9–35–5	10,410
50	L	January 25, 1994	2–4	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1993–94)	9–36–5	15,121
51	T	January 27, 1994	1–1 OT	Hartford Whalers (1993–94)	9–36–6	10,137
52	T	January 29, 1994	3–3 OT	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1993–94)	9–36–7	18,041
53	L	January 31, 1994	0–1	Chicago Blackhawks (1993–94)	9–37–7	10,534
54	L	February 2, 1994	1–4	Florida Panthers (1993–94)	9–38–7	10,186
55	L	February 4, 1994	2–5	@ New Jersey Devils (1993–94)	9–39–7	12,861
56	L	February 5, 1994	3–4	Montreal Canadiens (1993–94)	9–40–7	10,575
57	T	February 8, 1994	3–3 OT	Philadelphia Flyers (1993–94)	9–40–8	10,509
58	L	February 10, 1994	2–6	Tampa Bay Lightning (1993–94)	9–41–8	10,295
59	L	February 12, 1994	3–4 OT	New York Rangers (1993–94)	9–42–8	10,575
60	L	February 18, 1994	0–3	@ New York Rangers (1993–94)	9–43–8	18,200
61	L	February 19, 1994	0–4	@ New York Islanders (1993–94)	9–44–8	10,623
62	W	February 24, 1994	6–4	San Jose Sharks (1993–94)	10–44–8	10,403
63	L	February 26, 1994	1–11	St. Louis Blues (1993–94)	10–45–8	10,575
64	L	February 28, 1994	1–4	Toronto Maple Leafs (1993–94)	10–46–8	10,575
65	L	March 2, 1994	2–7	Buffalo Sabres (1993–94)	10–47–8	10,404
66	L	March 4, 1994	1–6	Winnipeg Jets (1993–94)	10–48–8	6,388
67	L	March 5, 1994	1–6	@ Boston Bruins (1993–94)	10–49–8	14,135
68	L	March 8, 1994	2–5	@ Quebec Nordiques (1993–94)	10–50–8	14,584
69	L	March 10, 1994	2–8	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1993–94)	10–51–8	17,000
70	L	March 13, 1994	1–5	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1993–94)	10–52–8	17,174
71	L	March 15, 1994	0–7	@ Los Angeles Kings (1993–94)	10–53–8	16,005
72	W	March 17, 1994	2–1	@ San Jose Sharks (1993–94)	11–53–8	17,190
73	L	March 20, 1994	2–6	@ Buffalo Sabres (1993–94)	11–54–8	14,135
74	W	March 23, 1994	5–4	Detroit Red Wings (1993–94)	12–54–8	10,575
75	L	March 24, 1994	1–5	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1993–94)	12–55–8	16,058
76	L	March 28, 1994	2–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (1993–94)	12–56–8	16,643
77	W	March 30, 1994	6–4	Quebec Nordiques (1993–94)	13–56–8	10,546
78	T	April 2, 1994	2–2 OT	@ Florida Panthers (1993–94)	13–56–9	14,694
79	W	April 6, 1994	6–5	Washington Capitals (1993–94)	14–56–9	10,458
80	L	April 7, 1994	4–5	@ Boston Bruins (1993–94)	14–57–9	13,942
81	L	April 9, 1994	4–8	@ Washington Capitals (1993–94)	14–58–9	17,412
82	L	April 11, 1994	0–4	Pittsburgh Penguins (1993–94)	14–59–9	10,575
83	L	April 13, 1994	0–8	Boston Bruins (1993–94)	14–60–9	10,575
84	L	April 14, 1994	1–4	@ New Jersey Devils (1993–94)	14–61–9	13,507

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Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Alexei Yashin	C	83	30	49	79	22	-49	11	2	3
Alexandre Daigle	C	84	20	31	51	40	-45	4	0	2
Dave McLlwain	C/RW	66	17	26	43	48	-40	1	1	1
Bob Kudelski	RW	42	26	15	41	14	-25	12	0	1
Mark Lamb	C	66	11	18	29	56	-41	4	1	1
Sylvain Turgeon	LW	47	11	15	26	52	-25	7	0	2
Troy Mallette	LW	82	7	16	23	166	-33	0	0	0
Brad Shaw	D	66	4	19	23	59	-41	1	0	0
Norm Maciver	D	53	3	20	23	26	-26	0	0	0
Gord Dineen	D	77	0	21	21	89	-52	0	0	0
Andrew McBain	RW	55	11	8	19	64	-41	8	0	0
Dave Archibald	C/LW	33	10	8	18	14	-7	2	0	1
Vladimir Ruzicka	C	42	5	13	18	14	-21	4	0	0
Darren Rumble	D	70	6	9	15	116	-50	0	0	0
Brian Glynn	D	48	2	13	15	41	-15	1	0	0
Evgeny Davydov	LW	40	5	7	12	38	-6	1	0	0
Kerry Huffman	D	34	4	8	12	12	-30	2	1	0
Scott Levins	C/RW	33	3	5	8	93	-26	2	0	0
Dan Quinn	C	13	7	0	7	6	0	2	0	3
Brad Lauer	LW	30	2	5	7	6	-15	0	1	0
Dennis Vial	D/LW	55	2	5	7	214	-9	0	0	0
Jarmo Kekalainen	LW	28	1	5	6	14	-8	0	0	0
Phil Bourque	LW	11	2	3	5	0	-2	0	2	0
Robert Burakovsky	RW	23	2	3	5	6	-7	0	0	0
Troy Murray	C	15	2	3	5	4	1	0	1	0
Dmitri Filimonov	D	30	1	4	5	18	-10	0	0	0
Bill Huard	LW	63	2	2	4	162	-19	0	0	0
Derek Mayer	D	17	2	2	4	8	-16	1	0	0
Hank Lammens	D	27	1	2	3	22	-20	0	0	0
Darcy Loewen	LW	44	0	3	3	52	-11	0	0	0
Pavol Demitra	LW	12	1	1	2	4	-7	1	0	0
Steve Konroyd	D	8	0	2	2	2	-4	0	0	0
Claude Boivin	LW	15	1	0	1	38	-6	0	0	0
Francois Leroux	D	23	0	1	1	70	-4	0	0	0
Kent Paynter	D	9	0	1	1	8	-6	0	0	0
Daniel Berthiaume	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Craig Billington	G	63	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0
Radek Hamr	D	7	0	0	0	0	-10	0	0	0
Mark LaForest	G	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kevin MacDonald	D	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Darrin Madeley	G	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Greg Pankewicz	RW	3	0	0	0	2	-1	0	0	0
Chad Penney	LW	3	0	0	0	2	-2	0	0	0
Herb Raglan	RW	29	0	0	0	52	-13	0	0	0
Andy Schneider	LW	10	0	0	0	15	-6	0	0	0
Graeme Townshend	RW	14	0	0	0	9	-7	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Craig Billington	3319	63	11	41	4	254	4.59	0	1801	1547	.859
Darrin Madeley	1583	32	3	18	5	115	4.36	0	868	753	.868
Daniel Berthiaume	1	1	0	0	0	2	120.00	0	2	0	.000
Mark LaForest	182	5	0	2	0	17	5.60	0	96	79	.823
Team:	5085	84	14	61	9	388	4.58	0	2767	2379	.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

• Molson Cup - Alexei Yashin
• NHL All-Star Game selection - Alexei Yashin
• 1994 Olympic Games selection - Derek Mayer (Canada)

Transactions

Trades

May 7, 1993	To New York Rangers Ottawa's 11th round draft pick, 1993 Entry Draft (Pavel Komarov)	To Ottawa Senators Robert Burakovsky
June 20, 1993	To New Jersey Devils Peter Sidorkiewicz, future considerations (Mike Peluso)	To Ottawa Senators Craig Billington, Troy Mallette, New Jersey's fourth-round pick, 1993 Entry Draft (Cosmo Dupaul)
June 30, 1993	To New York Islanders Chris Luongo	To Ottawa Senators Jeff Finley
September 15, 1993	To Edmonton Oilers Ottawa's eighth-round pick 1994 Entry Draft (Rob Guinn)	To Ottawa Senators Brian Glynn
January 6, 1994	To Florida Panthers Bob Kudelski	To Ottawa Senators Scott Levins, Evgeny Davydov
March 5, 1994	To Philadelphia Flyers Mark Lamb	To Ottawa Senators Claude Boivin, Kirk Daubenspeck
March 11, 1994	To Chicago Blackhawks Ottawa's 11th-round pick 1994 Entry Draft (Rob Mara)	To Ottawa Senators Troy Murray Chicago's 11th-round pick 1994 Entry Draft (Antti Tormanen)
March 21, 1994	To New York Rangers future considerations	To Ottawa Senators Phil Bourque
March 21, 1994	To Detroit Red Wings Daniel Berthiaume	To Ottawa Senators Steve Konroyd

Waivers

October 3, 1993	From Toronto Maple Leafs Dave McLlwain
October 6, 1993	From Edmonton Oilers Francois Leroux
January 15, 1994	From Quebec Nordiques Kerry Huffman
January 18, 1994	To Pittsburgh Penguins Francois Leroux

Source: Ottawa Senators 2007–08 Media Guide. Ottawa Senators. 2007. p. 183.

Free agents

Player Former team Hank Lammens Canadian National Hockey Team Bill Huard Boston Bruins Vladimir Ruzicka Boston Bruins Jarmo Kekalainen Boston Bruins Brad Lauer Chicago Blackhawks Derek Mayer Canadian National Hockey Team

Player New team Jeff Finley Philadelphia Flyers Shawn McCosh New York Rangers Jody Hull Florida Panthers Mark Freer Calgary Flames

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Roster

1993-94 Ottawa Senators
Goaltenders 1 – Craig Billington  30 – Darrin Madeley  32 – Daniel Berthiaume  35 – Mark LaForest		Defencemen 2 – Kevin MacDonald  3 – Kent Paynter  4 – Brad Shaw  - C 5 – Radek Hamr  5 – Kerry Huffman  6 – Gord Dineen  - C 9 – Derek Mayer  21 – Dennis Vial  22 – Norm Maciver  - A 23 – Brian Glynn  24 – Steve Konroyd  27 – Hank Lammens  29 – Francois Leroux  34 – Darren Rumble  55 – Dmitri Filimonov		Wingers 9 – Andy Schneider  10 – Darcy Loewen  11 – Evgeny Davydov  11 – Jarmo Kekalainen  12 – Graeme Townshend  15 – Dave Archibald  16 – Brad Lauer  17 – Dave McLlwain  18 – Troy Mallette  20 – Andrew McBain  23 – Claude Boivin  24 – Robert Burakovsky  25 – Chad Penney  25 – Herb Raglan  26 – Bob Kudelski  27 – Phil Bourque  28 – Bill Huard  33 – Greg Pankewicz  61 – Sylvain Turgeon  78 – Pavol Demitra		Centres 7 – Mark Lamb  - C 7 – Dan Quinn  19 – Alexei Yashin  26 – Scott Levins  33 – Troy Murray  38 – Vladimir Ruzicka  91 – Alexandre Daigle  GM: Randy Sexton Coach: Rick Bowness

Draft picks

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

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1	1	Alexandre Daigle	Canada	Victoriaville Tigres (QMJHL)
2	27	Radim Bicanek	Czech Republic	Dukla Jihlava (Czech.)
3	53	Patrick Charbonneau	Canada	Victoriaville Tigres (QMJHL)
4	91	Cosmo DuPaul	Canada	Victoriaville Tigres (QMJHL)
6	131	Rick Bodkin	Canada	Sudbury Wolves (OHL)
7	157	Sergei Polischuk	Russia	Krylja Sovetov (Russia)
8	183	Jason Disher	Canada	Kingston Frontenacs (OHL)
9	209	Toby Kvalevog	United States	University of North Dakota (NCAA)
9	227	Pavol Demitra	Slovakia	Dukla Trencin (Czech.)
10	235	Rick Schuhwerk	United States	Hingham High School (US HS)
S	1	Eric Flinton	Canada	University of New Hampshire (Hockey East)

Farm teams

• Prince Edward Island Senators (American Hockey League)
• Thunder Bay Senators (Colonial Hockey League)

See also

• 1993–94 NHL season

References

• Ottawa Senators 2007–08 Media Guide. Ottawa Senators. 2007.
• Garrioch, Bruce (1998). "Ottawa Senators 1992–93 to Date". Total Hockey.
• "The Internet Hockey Database". Archived from the original on 1 May 2007. Retrieved 6 May 2007.
• National Hockey League Guide & Record Book 2007. National Hockey League. 2006.

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