The 1993–94 Montreal Canadiens

Montreal Canadiens

The Montreal Canadiens are a professional ice hockey team based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. They are members of the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . The club is officially known as ...

 season was the club's 85th

Montreal Canadiens seasons

This is a list of seasons completed by the Montreal Canadiens professional ice hockey club. This list documents the records and playoff results for all seasons the Canadiens completed in both the National Hockey Association and the National Hockey League .-NHA :Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins,...

 season

Season (sports)

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 of play. The defending Stanley Cup

Stanley Cup

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 champions could not repeat, being eliminated in the Eastern Conference Quarter-finals by the Boston Bruins

Boston Bruins

The Boston Bruins are a professional ice hockey team based in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. They are members of the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . The team has been in existence since 1924, and is the league's third-oldest team and its oldest in the...

 4 games to 3. It was the last time at the Forum that the playoffs were played. In addition, it was the first time in eleven years that the Canadiens did not get past the first round of the playoffs.

Offseason

• In the offseason, Patrick Roy signed a four year contract worth sixteen million dollars.

Regular season

For the season, Roy had 35 wins, 17 losses and 11 ties. Without him in net, the Canadiens had 6 wins, 12 losses and 3 ties. The Canadiens ended the season with 3 wins and 9 losses in their last 12 games, including a 9-0 loss to the Detroit Red Wings.

Neutral Site Games

Date	Score	City	Arena	Attendance
November 18, 1993	New York Islanders 5, Montreal Canadiens 1	Hamilton Hamilton, Ontario Hamilton is a port city in the Canadian province of Ontario. Conceived by George Hamilton when he purchased the Durand farm shortly after the War of 1812, Hamilton has become the centre of a densely populated and industrialized region at the west end of Lake Ontario known as the Golden Horseshoe... , ON	Copps Coliseum Copps Coliseum Copps Coliseum is a sports and entertainment arena, on the corner of Bay Street North and York Boulevard, in Hamilton, Ontario. Depending on event, the Copps Coliseum has a capacity of up to 19,000.It is named after the former Hamilton mayor, Victor K...	17,008
January 5, 1994	Montreal Canadiens 2, Quebec Nordiques 0	Phoenix Phoenix, Arizona Phoenix is the capital, and largest city, of the U.S. state of Arizona, as well as the sixth most populated city in the United States. Phoenix is home to 1,445,632 people according to the official 2010 U.S. Census Bureau data... , AZ	America West Arena	11,393

Game log

#	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	W	Oct 6, 1993	4–3	Hartford Whalers	1–0–0
2	L	Oct 7, 1993	1–2 OT	@ Pittsburgh Penguins	1–1–0
3	W	Oct 9, 1993	7–4	Buffalo Sabres	2–1–0
4	T	Oct 11, 1993	1–1 OT	@ Boston Bruins	2–1–1
5	L	Oct 13, 1993	3–4	@ Hartford Whalers	2–2–1
6	L	Oct 16, 1993	2–5	Quebec Nordiques	2–3–1
7	W	Oct 18, 1993	4–2	@ Quebec Nordiques	3–3–1
8	W	Oct 20, 1993	5–2	Dallas Stars	4–3–1
9	W	Oct 23, 1993	4–1	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	5–3–1
10	W	Oct 26, 1993	2–0	@ New Jersey Devils	6–3–1
11	T	Oct 28, 1993	3–3 OT	@ New York Rangers	6–3–2
12	W	Oct 30, 1993	5–2	Toronto Maple Leafs	7–3–2
13	W	Nov 3, 1993	1–0	Tampa Bay Lightning	8–3–2
14	L	Nov 6, 1993	3–4	Calgary Flames	8–4–2
15	L	Nov 10, 1993	1–3	Florida Panthers	8–5–2
16	L	Nov 13, 1993	2–3 OT	Ottawa Senators	8–6–2
17	W	Nov 15, 1993	4–2	@ Ottawa Senators	9–6–2
18	W	Nov 17, 1993	3–1	Edmonton Oilers	10–6–2
19	L	Nov 18, 1993	1–5	New York Islanders	10–7–2
20	T	Nov 20, 1993	2–2 OT	Pittsburgh Penguins	10–7–3
21	L	Nov 23, 1993	4–5	@ New York Rangers	10–8–3
22	L	Nov 24, 1993	2–9	@ Philadelphia Flyers	10–9–3
23	W	Nov 27, 1993	4–0	Los Angeles Kings	11–9–3
24	L	Dec 1, 1993	3–6	Ottawa Senators	11–10–3
25	T	Dec 3, 1993	2–2 OT	@ Washington Capitals	11–10–4
26	W	Dec 4, 1993	8–1	@ Boston Bruins	12–10–4
27	W	Dec 6, 1993	4–3 OT	Vancouver Canucks	13–10–4
28	L	Dec 8, 1993	2–4	New Jersey Devils	13–11–4
29	L	Dec 11, 1993	3–5	Washington Capitals	13–12–4
30	T	Dec 14, 1993	1–1 OT	@ Tampa Bay Lightning	13–12–5
31	T	Dec 15, 1993	3–3 OT	@ Florida Panthers	13–12–6
32	W	Dec 18, 1993	8–1	Detroit Red Wings	14–12–6
33	L	Dec 22, 1993	3–5	New York Islanders	14–13–6
34	L	Dec 23, 1993	0–5	@ Buffalo Sabres	14–14–6
35	W	Dec 27, 1993	5–2	@ St. Louis Blues	15–14–6
36	L	Dec 29, 1993	3–6	@ Edmonton Oilers	15–15–6
37	W	Dec 31, 1993	5–2	@ Calgary Flames	16–15–6
38	W	Jan 2, 1994	3–2	@ Vancouver Canucks	17–15–6
39	T	Jan 4, 1994	2–2 OT	@ San Jose Sharks	17–15–7
40	W	Jan 5, 1994	4–0	@ Quebec Nordiques	18–15–7
41	W	Jan 8, 1994	3–2	New York Rangers	19–15–7
42	W	Jan 10, 1994	4–2	Winnipeg Jets	20–15–7
43	W	Jan 12, 1994	3–2	New Jersey Devils	21–15–7
44	L	Jan 14, 1994	2–5	@ New York Islanders	21–16–7
45	L	Jan 15, 1994	2–5	Florida Panthers	21–17–7
46	W	Jan 17, 1994	3–1	Washington Capitals	22–17–7
47	T	Jan 19, 1994	3–3 OT	Boston Bruins	22–17–8
48	L	Jan 24, 1994	3–8	@ Florida Panthers	22–18–8
49	W	Jan 26, 1994	3–0	@ Hartford Whalers	23–18–8
50	L	Jan 29, 1994	2–3	Buffalo Sabres	23–19–8
51	W	Jan 30, 1994	5–4 OT	Philadelphia Flyers	24–19–8
52	W	Feb 2, 1994	9–2	Hartford Whalers	25–19–8
53	W	Feb 4, 1994	4–0	@ Washington Capitals	26–19–8
54	W	Feb 5, 1994	4–3	@ Ottawa Senators	27–19–8
55	W	Feb 7, 1994	4–1	@ Pittsburgh Penguins	28–19–8
56	W	Feb 9, 1994	4–3 OT	New York Rangers	29–19–8
57	L	Feb 11, 1994	1–5	@ Buffalo Sabres	29–20–8
58	W	Feb 12, 1994	5–2	Quebec Nordiques	30–20–8
59	L	Feb 17, 1994	3–4	@ Tampa Bay Lightning	30–21–8
60	W	Feb 19, 1994	4–1	Pittsburgh Penguins	31–21–8
61	L	Feb 21, 1994	7–8	@ Philadelphia Flyers	31–22–8
62	W	Feb 23, 1994	3–1	San Jose Sharks	32–22–8
63	W	Feb 26, 1994	3–0	@ Toronto Maple Leafs	33–22–8
64	T	Feb 28, 1994	3–3 OT	@ Los Angeles Kings	33–22–9
65	W	Mar 2, 1994	5–2	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	34–22–9
66	T	Mar 6, 1994	2–2 OT	@ Dallas Stars	34–22–10
67	W	Mar 9, 1994	7–2	St. Louis Blues	35–22–10
68	T	Mar 10, 1994	4–4 OT	@ Quebec Nordiques	35–22–11
69	T	Mar 12, 1994	4–4 OT	Philadelphia Flyers	35–22–12
70	W	Mar 14, 1994	5–4	Boston Bruins	36–22–12
71	W	Mar 16, 1994	5–3	Chicago Blackhawks	37–22–12
72	W	Mar 19, 1994	5–2	Quebec Nordiques	38–22–12
73	L	Mar 23, 1994	1–3	@ Winnipeg Jets	38–23–12
74	T	Mar 24, 1994	5–5 OT	@ Chicago Blackhawks	38–23–13
75	L	Mar 26, 1994	3–6	@ Boston Bruins	38–24–13
76	W	Mar 28, 1994	3–2	Ottawa Senators	39–24–13
77	L	Mar 29, 1994	2–5	@ New Jersey Devils	39–25–13
78	L	Apr 1, 1994	2–5	@ New York Islanders	39–26–13
79	T	Apr 2, 1994	3–3 OT	New York Islanders	39–26–14
80	L	Apr 6, 1994	1–3	Tampa Bay Lightning	39–27–14
81	L	Apr 8, 1994	0–1	@ Buffalo Sabres	39–28–14
82	W	Apr 9, 1994	9–1	Pittsburgh Penguins	40–28–14
83	W	Apr 11, 1994	3–1	@ Hartford Whalers	41–28–14
84	L	Apr 13, 1994	0–9	@ Detroit Red Wings	41–29–14

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
	C	84	40	51	91	75	0	13	0	10
	LW	77	33	38	71	36	9	13	0	2
	LW	76	23	34	57	96
9	2	3
	D	75	20	32	52	62	15	11	0	4
	RW	80	16	30	46	119	6	6	2	2
	LW	74	19	26	45	31
3	0	5
	LW	74	19	24	43	32	17	1	0	1
	D	79	11	29	40	276	8	6	0	2
	C	79	14	24	38	48	16	0	0	1
	D	84	12	23	35	97
6	1	3
	C	70	13	20	33	37
2	0	0
	LW	71	10	20	30	20	14	0	3	1
	RW	55	12	15	27	2	7	1	0	1
	D	53	2	21	23	63	5	1	0	0
	C	34	9	7	16	8	1	4	0	2
	RW	31	4	11	15	17	5	0	0	0
	RW	61	6	8	14	42	3	0	0	1
	D	68	2	12	14	73	16	0	0	1
	D	47	2	12	14	26	10	1	0	0
	D	68	4	9	13	118	3	0	0	1
	C	48	2	10	12	12
0	0	0
	LW	43	4	5	9	42	6	1	0	1
	LW	14	2	2	4	34	0	0	0	0
	D	13	1	2	3	10
0	0	0
	D	7	1	2	3	20	0	0	0	0
	LW	28	1	2	3	55
0	0	0
	LW	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	C	2	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0
	D	6	0	1	1	2
0	0	0
	G	68	0	1	1	30	0	0	0	0
	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	LW	5	0	0	0	25
0	0	0
	G	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
	G	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	RW	2	0	0	0	2
0	0	0
	G	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	D	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
	3867	68	35	17	11	161	2.50	7	1956	1795	.918
	302	6	2	2	0	16	3.18	0	130	114	.877
	500	11	2	6	2	37	4.44	0	246	209	.850
	378	8	2	3	1	24	3.81	0	172	148	.860
	60	1	0	1	0	5	5.00	0	24	19	.792
Team:	5107	84	41	29	14	243	2.85	7	2528	2285	.904

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
	LW	7	6	2	8	4	3	0	2
	C	7	2	4	6	2	2	0	1
	LW	7	1	4	5	16	0	0	0
	RW	6	3	1	4	4	0	0	0
	C	7	1	3	4	4	0	0	0
	D	7	0	4	4	6	0	0	0
	LW	7	2	1	3	8	1	0	0
	LW	6	1	2	3	2	0	0	0
	C	7	1	2	3	8	0	0	0
	LW	5	1	2	3	0	0	0	0
	D	7	1	1	2	19	0	0	0
	D	7	0	2	2	4	0	0	0
	LW	3	0	2	2	0	0	0	0
	RW	3	0	2	2	0	0	0	0
	RW	7	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
	D	7	0	1	1	12	0	0	0
	D	6	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
	LW	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
	LW	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	RW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	D	7	0	0	0	17	0	0	0
	RW	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	G	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	D	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	C	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
	375	6	3	3	16	2.56	0	228	212	.930
	59	1	0	1	5	5.08	0	25	20	.800
Team:	434	7	3	4	21	2.90	0	253	232	.917

Transactions

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NHL Entry Draft

Round	#	Player	Position	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team
1	21	Saku Koivu Saku Koivu Saku Antero Koivu is a Finnish professional ice hockey player and an alternate captain of the Anaheim Ducks of the National Hockey League . He began his NHL career with the Montreal Canadiens in 1995–96 after three seasons with TPS of the Finnish SM-liiga...	Center		TPS TPS -Math, science, and engineering:*Theorem Proving System, an automated theorem proving system for first-order and higher-order logic*Twin Prime Search, a distributed computing project that looks for large twin primes...  (Finland)
2	47	Rory Fitzpatrick Rory Fitzpatrick Rory B. Fitzpatrick is a former American professional ice hockey defenseman who played 10 seasons in the National Hockey League for the Montreal Canadiens, St. Louis Blues, Nashville Predators, Buffalo Sabres, Vancouver Canucks and Philadelphia Flyers...	Defence		Sudbury Wolves Sudbury Wolves The Sudbury Wolves are the name of the ice hockey team from Sudbury, Ontario. Sudbury has had a hockey team known as the "Wolves" nearly every year since World War I. The Sudbury Wolves, the senior men's AAA team, have twice been chosen to be Canada's representatives at the Ice Hockey World...  (OHL)
3	73	Sebastien Bordeleau Sebastien Bordeleau Sébastien Bordeleau is a Canadian-born French professional ice hockey forward, who plays for EHC Biel. His father is retired NHL player Paulin Bordeleau.-Playing career:...	Center		Hull Olympiques (QMJHL)
4	85	Adam Wiesel	Defence		Springfield Olympics (NEJHL)
4	99	Jean-Francois Houle	Left Wing		Northwood Prep. (N.Y)
5	113	Jeff Lank Jeff Lank Jeff Lank is a retired professional ice hockey player. He played 2 NHL games with the Philadelphia Flyers during the 1999–2000 season.-External links:...	Defense		Prince Albert Raiders Prince Albert Raiders The Prince Albert Raiders are a major junior ice hockey team in the Western Hockey League. The Raiders play in the East Division of the Eastern Conference. They are based in the Saskatchewan city of Prince Albert...  (WHL)
5	125	Dion Darling	Defence		Spokane Chiefs Spokane Chiefs The Spokane Chiefs are a major junior ice hockey team that plays in the Western Hockey League based out of Spokane, Washington. The team plays its home games at the Spokane Arena. Their uniforms are similar to those of the NHL's Montreal Canadiens. Spokane consistently ranks in the top 10 in the...  (WHL)
6	151	Darcy Tucker Darcy Tucker Darcy Tucker is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey player, who played most of his National Hockey League career with the Toronto Maple Leafs. A sixth round draft choice, Tucker began his NHL career with the Montreal Canadiens...	Right Wing		Kamloops Blazers Kamloops Blazers The Kamloops Blazers are a junior ice hockey team in the Western Hockey League based out of Kamloops, British Columbia. They play their home games at Interior Savings Centre.-History:...  (WHL)
7	177	David Ruhly	Left Wing		Culver Military Academy (Ind)
8	203	Alan Letang Alan Letang Alan Letang is a Canadian professional ice hockey player who currently plays for Croatian team KHL Medveščak Zagreb in the Austrian Hockey League.-Playing career:...	Defenceman		Newmarket Royals Newmarket Royals The Newmarket Royals were a junior ice hockey team in the Ontario Hockey League from 1992 to 1994. They played out of Newmarket, Ontario, Canada.-History:...  (OHL)
9	229	Alexandre Duchesne	Left Wing		Drummondville Voltigeurs Drummondville Voltigeurs The Drummondville Voltigeurs are a junior ice hockey team of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. The franchise was originally granted for the 1982–83 season, and are based out of Drummondville, Quebec. The team plays its home games at the Centre Marcel Dionne...  (QMJHL)
10	255	Brian Larochelle	Goalie		Phillips Exeter Academy Phillips Exeter Academy Phillips Exeter Academy is a private secondary school located in Exeter, New Hampshire, in the United States.Exeter is noted for its application of Harkness education, a system based on a conference format of teacher and student interaction, similar to the Socratic method of learning through asking...  (N.H)
11	281	Russell Guzior	Center		Culver Military Academy (Ind)