_ _ _ _ | | ____ ___ | | ____ ___ | | ____ ___ | | ____ ___ | |/ _ / __| | |/ _ / __| | |/ _ / __| | |/ _ / __| | | (_ \__ \ | | (_ \__ \ | | (_ \__ \ | | (_ \__ \ |_|\____\___/ |_|\____\___/ |_|\____\___/ |_|\____\___/ GUIDE TO HOCKEY GUIDE TO HOCKEY GUIDE TO HOCKEY GUIDE TO HOCKEY ================================================================ Five Star - ELECTRONIC EDITION - * * * * * ================================================================ Issue 24 June 13 - June 20 Uh, it's free ---------------------------------------------------------------- DETROIT RETURNS TO FINALS The Detroit Red Wings will make their first appearance in the Stanley Cup Finals since 1966 thanks to a double overtime goal by Slava Kozlov. The 23- year old Russian winger scored 2:25 into the second overtime period of Game Five against the Chicago Blackhawks to give the Wings a 2-1 victory in the game, and a 4-1 series win. Kozlov scored the game winner by faking Chris Chelios to the outside before slamming on the brakes and firing a quick shot from the high slot between the pads of Ed Belfour. As Belfour was being consoled by his teammates after an incredible 45 save performance, the crowd at Joe Louis Arena erupted, realizing the Red Wings will finally get another shot at the Stanley Cup after 29 long years. Detroit lost to Montreal in six games the last time they made it to the Finals. The Red Wings have not won the Cup since 1954-55 when Gordie Howe and the Production Line edged Montreal in seven games. This year's version of the Red Wings definitely earned their chance at glory by getting past a very tough Chicago team led by the spectacular goaltending of Ed Belfour. Despite winning the series in five games, the Red Wings only outscored Chicago by one goal for the series. Three of their four victories came in overtime, and the other one was decided on a late third period goal. The Wings will have to wait to find out who their opponent will be in the Finals as Philadelphia and New Jersey continue to battle each other in the Eastern Conference Final. The Devils currently hold a 3-2 series lead with a shot at closing out the Flyers in New Jersey Tuesday night. For more on both series, read the Team Reports later in this issue. ---------------------------------------------------- Panthers Plan Plenty of Changes ---------------------------------------------------- In a bit of shocking news this past week, the Florida Panthers fired Head Coach Roger Neilson. The announcement came as a complete surprise to everyone, including Neilson. "When your team underachieves and doesn't live up to expectations, the coach often takes the hit. But everyone thinks they overachieved, and we certainly set records for an expansion team," Neilson said. "We were a very hard-working, competitive team and you still get fired ... when you do well it's tough. It was really a shock and we're very disappointed." Under Neilson, the Panthers compiled a record of 53-56-23 in their first two seasons in the NHL, missing the playoffs in both years by only one point. The Panthers stated the reason Neilson was fired was because the team wanted to go in a new direction, one that Neilson would not agree with. Neison didn't exactly buy that excuse, and said he would have been willing to change his defensive coaching style if necessary. "To me the real reason must be something more. The only thing that we can really draw from it is we had a new {general) manager coming in this year and it looks as though he wants his own guys in there." The General Manager Neilson was referring to was Bryan Murray, the former main man in Detroit. Murray replaced Bobby Clarke as GM this season after Clarke moved on to Philadelphia. It would appear that Murray and the rest of the Florida management are planning to alter the trapping defensive Panthers into more of an exciting, entertaining club. Despite not understanding why he was fired, and not agreeing with the decision, Neilson truly enjoyed his time in Florida. "Everything about the situation here couldn't have been any better. Of all the places I've been, these two years were perhaps the happiest of all the time. It was just such a great coaching situation. You were really looking forward every day to getting to work. I'm going to miss it." The departure of Neilson has left one Panther in particular uncertain about his future in Florida. Earlier in the season, John Vanbiesbrouck said that he would love to finish his career with the Panthers, but once he heard of Neilson's firing and the change of directions the club was taking, he quickly began to rethink his position. The Beezer is a restricted free-agent and is seeking an offer in the neighborhood of $10 million over four years. The Panthers have yet to make him a contract offer. It's hard to believe the Panthers' new direction won't include John Vanbiesbrouck in goal, but this summer will definitely be a time of change in Florida. _____________________________________________________ CREDITS Michael Dell........................Editor-in-Chief Zippy the Wonder Chimp.................Computer Boy Jim Iovino.............................Ace Reporter Matthew Secosky..........................Town Drunk Dan Hurwitz.............Force for Cultural Hegemony Dan Glovier...................Chicago Correspondent Brian Wishnow.................Detroit Correspondent Matt Brown.....................Boston Correspondent Thom Borland...................Dallas Correspondent Matt Moore................Los Angeles Correspondent Mark Spiegel.................San Jose Correspondent Brad Ross.....................Toronto Correspondent Steve Eitzen.................Winnipeg Correspondent Brad Murray................................Stat Guy ---------------------------------------------------- LCS guide to hockey issue 24 June 1995. Email address: bh397@freenet.carleton.ca Good ol' postal address: 632 Hempfield Street, Greensburg, PA 15601. June 15th is LCS's one year anniversary. Help us celebrate by sending gifts, or by stopping by the Taco Bell just past Greengate Mall on good ol' Route 30 in Greensburg, Pennsylvania. We'll be there between 8:00 and 11:00 PM talking hockey and eating tacos. We'll be the group of weasels in the back corner acting like drunken sailors. Taco Bell may not sound like an exciting place, but there's lots we can do. We can play "Guess What's In The meat", or "How Old Is This Lettuce". Then we can place bets on how many packs of hot sauce Zippy can suck dry before passing out...I believe the current record is 32. So if all that sounds like fun, head on out to the Route 30 Taco Bell on June 15th. We'll be waitin'! ------------------------------------------------------ The Original Hey, Hey, Hey...NEWS! ---------------------------------- by Zippy The Wonder Chimp * The New Jersey Devils may not be allowed to move to Nashville even if owner John McMullen decides to try and move the team. Under NHL bylaws, a club cannot be relocated if there is a prospective buyer that is willing to keep the the club where it is, even if it means absorbing losses. This past week, that criteria was met when Robert Brennan, the chairman of the International Thoroughbred Breeders Inc. (ITB), made an offer to McMullen to buy the team and keep it in New Jersey. The ITB would even be willing to step right into the current lease with the Meadowlands Arena. Owning two race tracks in New Jersey, the ITB thinks it is essential to keep the club in the great state of New Jersey. However, McMullen rejected the offer which was reportedly between $65 million and $75 million. Meanwhile, Nashville continues to plan for the Devils' arrival. The plans for a new 20,000 seat arena continues right on schedule, and upon completion it will be allowed to serve liquor thanks to a recent Metro Council decision. The council voted to exempt the new arena from an ordinance that bans the sale of alcohol within 100 feet of a church. So now at least if the Devils don't move, the fine citizens of Nashville can gather around the ol' Arena and get all liquored up. * NHL Arbitrator Richard Bloch awarded Edmonton's Doug Weight $750,000 (Canadian) for the 1995 season. The figure was reached after both sides presented their offers. Weight was looking for $950,000 (U.S.) while the Oilers were offering $575,000 (Canadian). The Oilers were satisfied with the decision, especially because Weight's salary will be payed in Canadian currency. * LCS hero Bernie Nicholls scored his first goal since March 31 (29 games) after recording 22 goals in the previous 32 games. Congratulations, Bernie. * The Denver NHL franchise has been without a new nickname since Comsat Video purchased the Quebec Nordiques a few weeks back. However, that all could change soon as they are rumored (hopefully untrue) to be seeking the approval of Gary Bettman to change the nickname to 'Extreme'. A decision from Bettman is expected within a week. Because of the new nickname I have decided to take a quick LCS Poll. The results have been analyzed and with a margin o' error of 52% (that ain't bad for a poll of four people) I have found the proposed nickname to be described in one word...gay. * Penguins GM Craig Patrick has told Ed Johnston he is welcome back next season as head coach of the Pens. Patrick says he doesn't blame the teams' recent playoff failures on Johnston and believes E.J. has been doing a satisfactory job as coach. Instead, Patrick actually has accepted the blame for the losses, claiming that he hasn't acquired the players needed to bring a championship back to Pittsburgh. Not only was Patrick a great guy for accepting the blame, he was also correct. * In case you were wondering, the Rochester Americans, the Buffalo Sabres AHL affiliate, were sold to a group o' investors led by the Amerks' president, Steve Donner, for around $1.3 million. * It's getting harder to be an NHL rookie everyday. Now the NHL and the NHLPA have agreed to minimum requirements for entry level performance bonuses. The minimums will cover all areas of the game, including such things as ice time, goals, assists, trophies, goals against average, shutouts, etc. So, now in order to earn over the league maximum rookie salary, players must meet these criteria. In effect this new agreement should keep rookie salaries low by setting standards for bonuses. However, players and their teams may still decide on the amount of the bonus the player will earn for achieving these goals. Seems fair to me, stay tuned for future details. * Florida signed their 1994 first round draft pick, Ed Jovanovski, to a four year, $5.7 million contract. This season with the Windsor Spitfires (OHL) Ed had 23 goals and 42 assists. Of course, Jovanovski still has that nagging sexual assault charge waiting to be resolved. Don't worry, though, in the remote chance that he does go to jail, the Panthers will pay him in cigarettes. * Transactions - Boston: Signed defenseman Don Sweeney to a five year contract on June 6. In 47 games last season Sweeney had 22 points. Anaheim: The Ducks signed Shaun Van Allen, center, to a three year contract. Last season he was second in team scoring with 8 goals and 21 assists in 45 games. Hartford: Hartford signed Brian Mueller, Scott Daniels, and Mike Harding to contracts this past week. Mueller, who lead defensemen in the ECAC in scoring last season while playing for Clarkson University, signed a multiyear contract. Left Wing Scott Daniels saw limited action with the Whale last season and was inked to a one year, $250,000 deal. Mike Harding, right wing, agreed to terms on a two year contract. He was the Whales 6th round pick in 1991 and is out of Northern Michigan. * Rumors are circulating that the Ottawa Senators may trade Radek Bonk, their number one pick last year, to the New York Islanders for the Isle's nummber one pick this year. If the deal is made, the Senators would own the first two picks in this season's Draft. It would be the first time in history that a team had the top two picks in the opening round of the Entry Draft. In other Senator news, Marty Straka has given the team his final offer on a new contract. Straka is looking for $3.2 million over three years. The Senators have offered $2.7 million. The 22 year-old Czech center scored four points in six games with the Sens last season after coming over in a late season trade. . * Visit the LCS: Guide to Hockey Web Site at http://www.pitt.edu/~pfsst2/sportif.html and check it out. Get a good look cause it'll be changing soon...maybe, if I get time, all in preparation for LCS's 1 year anniversary on June 15. --------------------------------------------------------- ===================================================================== 1995 NHL FREE AGENCY LIST (June 9, 1995) --------------------------------------------------------------------- FREE AGENCY TYPES --------------------------------------------------------------------- Type II: Restricted; becomes unrestricted if no qualifying offer made. Type III: Age 32 or older by June 30. Type IV: Defected free agent (never signed NHL contract). Type V: 10 years of experience, earning less than league average. Type VI: 25 or older, less than 80 games played (28 GP for goalies). --------------------------------------------------------------------- TYPE II COMPENSATION --------------------------------------------------------------------- SALARY: COMPENSATION: Under $400,000 None $401,000-$550,000 3rd Round Choice $551,000-$650,000 2nd Round Choice $651,000-$800,000 1st Round Choice $801,000-$1,000,000 1st and 3rd Round Choices $1,000,000-$1,200,000 1st and 2nd Round Choices $1,200,000-$1,400,000 2 1st Round Choices $1,400,000-$1,700,000 2 1st and 1 2nd Round Choices $1,700,000-$2,700,000 3 1st Round Choices $2,700,000-$3,700,000 4 1st Round Choices $3,700,000+ 5 1st Round Choices NOTES: + Canadian team contracts in U.S. dollars * 1994-95 salary to be determined in arbitration. For each player their 94-95 stats are given as follows, Skaters (Games, Goals, Assists, Points) Goaltenders (Games, Record, Goals Against Average) If signed, team signed with will be listed instead of stats. --------------------------------------------------------------------- UNRESTRICTED FREE AGENTS --------------------------------------------------------------------- BOSTON POS AGE TYPE $ 1994-1995 94-95 STAT Mats Naslund RW 35 III $325,000 (34-8-14-22) Craig Billington G 28 V $300,000 (17 5-6-2 3.60) BUFFALO Dale Hawerchuk C 32 III $1,325,000* (23-5-11-16) Charlie Huddy D 36 Term $550,000 (41-2-5-7) Wayne Presley RW 30 V $410,000 (46-14-5-19) Doug Houda D 29 Term $410,000 (28-1-2-3) CALGARY Joel Otto C 33 III $550,000+ (47-8-13-21) Andrei Trefilov G 26 VI $175,000 (6 0-3-0 3.98) CHICAGO Gerald Diduck D 30 V $575,000 (35-2-3-5) Greg Smyth D 29 V $300,000 (22-0-3-3) DALLAS Peter Zezel C 30 V $550,000 (30-6-5-11) Mike McPhee LW 34 III $500,000 Injured Gord Donnelly RW 33 Term $315,000 (16-1-0-1) DENVER Bob Bassen LW 30 V $425,000 (47-12-15-27) Paul MacDermid RW 32 Term $300,000 (14-3-1-4) DETRIOT Mike Vernon G 32 III $1,100,000 (30 19-6-4 2.50) Slava Fetisov D 37 III $544,000 (18-3-12-15) Mark Howe D 40 Term $500,000 (18-1-5-6) Mike Ramsey D 34 Term $320,000 (33-1-2-3) Mike Krushelnyski LW 35 Term $275,000 (20-2-3-5) Doug Brown RW 31 Term $250,000 (45-9-12-21) EDMONTON Dean Kennedy D 32 Term $450,000 (40-2-8-10) FLORIDA Gaetan Duchesne LW 32 III $430,000 (46-3-9-12) HARTFORD Brad McCrimmon D 36 Term $700,000 (33-0-1-1) LOS ANGELES Grant Fuhr G 32 III $1,740,000 (17 2-9-3 3.88) MONTREAL Bryan Fogarty D 26 Term $250,000+ (21-5-2-7) NEW JERSEY Bruce Driver D 33 III $650,000* (41-4-12-16) Bobby Carpenter C 31 V $300,000 (41-5-11-16) NY ISLANDERS Ron Sutter C 31 V $500,000 (27-1-4-5) NY RANGERS Kevin Lowe D 36 III $1,000,000 (44-1-7-8) Nick Kypreos LW 29 V $525,000 (40-1-3-4) Joey Kocur RW 30 V $450,000 (48-1-2-3) Mark Osborne LW 33 III $425,000 (37-1-3-4) Brian Noonan RW 30 V $400,000 (45-14-13-27) Troy Loney LW 31 V $370,000* (30-5-4-9) Joby Messier D 25 VI $210,000 (10-0-2-2) OTTAWA Sylvain Turgeon LW 30 V $400,000 (33-11-8-19) PHILADELPHIA Dave Brown RW 32 Term $310,000 (28-1-2-3) PITTSBURGH Joe Mullen RW 38 III $901,000 (45-16-21-37) Kjell Samuelsson D 36 Term $750,000 (41-1-6-7) Troy Murray C 32 III $500,000 (46-4-12-16) Wendell Young G 31 Term $375,000 (10 3-6-0 3.24) Francois Leroux D 25 VI $251,000 (40-0-2-2) ST. LOUIS Glenn Anderson RW 34 III $450,000 (36-12-14-26) Adam Creighton C 30 Term $425,000 (48-14-20-34) Vitali Karamnov RW 26 Term $325,000 (26-3-7-10) TAMPA BAY Darren Puppa G 30 V $563,000* (36 14-19-2 2.67) Rob Zamuner LW 25 Term $275,000 (43-9-6-15) Bob Halkidis D 29 Term $250,000 (31-1-4-5) TORONTO Rich Sutter RW 31 Term $350,000+ (37-0-3-3) Grant Jennings D 30 V $331,000 (35-0-6-6) VANCOUVER Geoff Courtnall LW 32 III $650,000+* (45-16-18-34) WASHINGTON Olaf Kolzig G 25 VI $250,000 (14 2-8-2 2.47) WINNIPEG Randy Gilhen C 32 Term $275,000+ (44-5-6-11) --------------------------------------------------------------------- RESTRICTED FREE AGENTS (TYPE II) --------------------------------------------------------------------- ANAHEIM POS AGE $ 1994-1995 94-95 STAT Todd Ewen RW 28 $385,000* (24-0-0-0) Garry Valk LW 27 $300,000* (36-3-6-9) Joe Sacco RW 26 $295,000 (41-10-8-18) David Williams D 27 $250,000 (21-2-2-4) BOSTON Cam Neely RW 30 $1,150,000 (42-27-14-41) Al Iafrate D 29 $900,000 Injured Brent Hughes LW 29 $325,000 (44-6-6-12) Steve Heinze RW 25 $200,000 (26-7-9-16) Jozef Stumpel C 22 $200,000 (44-5-13-18) Glen Murray LW 22 $180,000 (35-5-2-7) Ted Donato C 26 $175,000* (47-10-10-20) BUFFALO Doug Bodger D 27 $880,000 (44-3-17-20) Yuri Khmylev LW 30 $400,000 (48-8-17-25) Donald Audette RW 25 $400,000* (46-24-13-37) Rob Ray LW 27 $350,000 (46-0-3-3) Scott Pearson LW 25 $320,000 (42-3-5-8) Richard Smehlik D 25 $300,000* (39-4-7-11) Viktor Gordiouk LW 25 $250,000 (10-0-2-2) CALGARY Zarley Zalapski D 27 $1,200,000+ (48-4-24-28) Joe Nieuwendyk C 28 $925,000+* (46-21-29-50) Theoren Fleury RW 26 $870,000 (47-29-29-58) Robert Reichel C 24 $700,000 (48-18-17-35) Frank Musil D 30 $475,000+ (35-0-5-5) Rick Tabaracci G 26 $421,000+ (13 3-3-3 2.08) Nikolai Borchevsky RW 30 $390,000 (27-0-10-10) Alan May LW 30 $360,000+ (34-2-3-5) Mike Sullivan LW 27 $315,000+ (38-4-7-11) Sheldon Kennedy RW 26 $300,000+ (30-7-8-15) Dan Keczmer D 27 $250,000+ (28-2-3-5) Wes Walz LW 25 $250,000 (39-6-12-18) CHICAGO Dirk Graham RW 35 $690,000 (40-4-9-13) Eric Weinrich D 28 $550,000 (48-3-10-13) Jimmy Waite G 26 $465,000* (2 1-1-0 2.50) Jeff Hackett G 27 $450,000 (7 1-3-2 2.37) Roger Johansson D 28 $325,000 (11-1-0-1) Tony Amonte LW 24 $240,000 (48-15-20-35) Keith Carney D 25 $230,000 (18-1-0-1) Patrick Poulin LW 22 $180,000 (45-15-15-30) DALLAS Dave Gagner C 30 $850,000 (48-14-28-42) Brent Gilchrist LW 28 $385,000* Signed by Dallas 5-30-95 Paul Broten RW 29 $325,000* Signed by Dallas 5-30-95 Darcy Wakaluk G 29 $325,000* (15 4-8-0 3.17) Trent Klatt RW 24 $225,000* (47-12-10-22) DENVER Valeri Kamensky LW 29 $1,000,000 (40-10-20-30) Scott Young RW 27 $600,000 (48-18-21-39) Curtis Leschyshyn D 25 $600,000 (44-2-13-15) Martin Rucinsky LW 24 $400,000 (20-3-6-9) Bill Huard LW 28 $200,000 (33-3-3-6) Garth Snow G 26 $200,000 (2 1-1-0 5.50) Dwayne Norris RW 25 $200,000 (13-1-2-3) DETROIT Stu Grimson LW 30 $300,000 (42-0-1-1) Tim Taylor LW 26 $185,000* (22-0-4-4) EDMONTON Bill Ranford G 28 $3,000,000 (40 15-20-3 3.59) Shayne Corson LW 28 $850,000 (48-12-24-36) Igor Kravchuk D 28 $502,000* (36-7-11-18) Ken Sutton D 26 $400,000+ (24-4-3-7) Louie DeBrusk LW 24 $400,000 (34-2-0-2) Mike Stapleton RW 29 $350,000 (46-6-11-17) Ryan McGill D 26 $300,000+ (20-0-0-0) Doug Weight C 24 $275,000+* (48-7-33-40) Iain Fraser C 25 $225,000 (13-3-0-3) Micah Aivazoff LW 25 $225,000 (21-0-1-1) Jiri Slegr D 24 $185,000 (31-2-10-12) Kirk Maltby RW 22 $170,000 (47-8-3-11) FLORIDA John Vanbiesbrouck G 31 $950,000* (37 14-15-4 2.45) HARTFORD Jim Sandlak RW 28 $400,000* (13-0-0-0) Glen Featherstone D 26 $374,000 (19-2-1-3) Jocelyn Lemieux RW 27 $350,000 (41-6-5-11) Kelly Chase RW 27 $285,000 (28-0-4-4) Robert Kron RW 28 $275,000 Signed by Whalers LOS ANGELES Randy Burridge LW 29 $513,000 (40-4-15-19) Troy Crowder LW 27 $425,000 (29-1-2-3) Dan Quinn RW 30 $400,000 (44-14-17-31) MONTREAL Ron Tugnutt G 27 $525,000+ (8 1-3-1 3.12) Patrice Brisebois D 24 $400,000 (35-4-8-12) Ed Ronan RW 27 $250,000 (30-1-4-5) Peter Popovic D 27 $200,000 (33-0-5-5) NEW JERSEY Chris Terreri G 30 $600,000 (15 3-7-2 2.54) Shawn Chambers D 28 $525,000* (45-4-17-21) Mike Peluso LW 29 $398,000 (46-2-9-11) Danton Cole LW 28 $350,000* (38-4-5-9) Bill Guerin RW 24 $215,000 (48-12-13-25) Martin Brodeur G 23 $140,000* (40 19-11-6 2.42) NY ISLANDERS Steve Thomas RW 31 $877,000 (47-11-15-26) Ray Ferraro C 30 $675,000 (47-22-21-43) Darius Kasparitus D 22 $475,000 (13-0-1-1) Rich Pilon D 27 $400,000 (20-1-1-2) Dennis Vaske D 27 $300,000 (41-1-11-12) Scott Lachance D 22 $278,000 (26-6-7-13) Marty McInnis LW 25 $210,000 (41-9-7-16) Jamie McLennan G 24 $200,000 (21 6-11-2 3.37) Chris Luongo D 28 $190,000 (47-1-3-4) NY RANGERS Pat Verbeek RW 31 $1,150,000 (48-17-16-33) Stephane Matteau LW 25 $450,000* (41-1-7-8) OTTAWA Martin Straka C 22 $350,000 (37-5-13-18) Sean Hill D 25 $300,000+* (45-1-14-15) Scott Levins RW 25 $225,000 (24-5-6-11) Dave Archibald C 26 $200,000+ (14-2-2-4) PHILADELPHIA Kevin Dineen RW 31 $742,000 (40-8-5-13) Dominic Roussel G 25 $400,000 (19 11-6-0 2.34) Brent Fedyk LW 28 $275,000* (30-8-4-12) Rob DiMaio C 27 $275,000 (36-3-1-4) Dimitri Yushkevich D 23 $240,000 (40-5-9-14) PITTSBURGH Ulf Samuelsson D 31 $750,000 (44-1-15-16) Jim McKenzie LW 25 $375,000 (39-2-1-3) Greg Hawgood D 26 $350,000 (21-1-4-5) Drake Berehowsky D 23 $325,000 (29-0-2-2) Chris Joseph D 25 $260,000* (33-5-10-15) Shawn McEachern RW 26 $200,000* (44-13-13-26) ST. LOUIS Curtis Joseph G 28 $1,100,000 (36 20-10-1 2.79) Todd Elik C 29 $675,000 (35-9-14-23) Murray Baron D 28 $325,000 (39-0-5-5) SAN JOSE Arturs Irbe G 28 $685,000 (38 13-19-3 3.20) Jayson More D 26 $350,000* (45-0-6-6) Viacheslav Butsayev C 25 $350,000 (6-2-0-2) Jeff Odgers D 26 $285,000 (48-4-3-7) Tom Pederson D 25 $250,000* (47-5-11-16) Ray Whitney LW 23 $230,000 (39-13-12-25) Sandis Ozolinsh D 22 $220,000 (48-9-16-25) Ilya Byakin D 32 $208,000 (13-0-5-5) TORONTO Randy Wood LW 31 $575,000+ (48-13-11-24) Dimitri Mironov D 29 $404,000 (33-5-12-17) Tie Domi RW 25 $400,000+ (40-4-5-9) Damian Rhodes G 26 $300,000* (13-0-0-0) Pat Jablonski G 28 $250,000+ Did not play VANCOUVER Trevor Linden C 25 $1,000,000 (48-18-22-40) Russ Courtnall RW 30 $800,000+ (45-11-24-35) Christian Ruuttu C 31 $550,000+ (45-7-11-18) Kay Whitmore G 28 $550,000 (11 0-6-2 3.85) WASHINGTON Michal Pivonka C 29 $836,000 (46-10-23-33) Calle Johansson D 28 $625,000 (46-5-26-31) Peter Bondra RW 27 $445,000 (47-34-9-43) Craig Berube RW 29 $360,000 (43-2-4-6) Igor Ulanov D 25 $225,000 (22-1-4-5) WINNIPEG Teemu Selanne RW 24 $2,000,000 (45-22-26-48) Keith Tkachuk LW 23 $2,000,000 (48-22-29-51) Neil Wilkinson D 27 $525,000+ (40-1-4-5) Stephane Quintal D 26 $450,000+ (43-6-17-23) Kris King LW 29 $325,000+* (48-4-2-6) ============================================================ Behind the Scenes at the Eastern Conference Finals by Dan Hurwitz Ever wonder what the players you all worship are really like? What goes right and wrong with game coverage? How about what announcers do when they're not announcing? Well, here is your chance. An insider's look from a guy who has covered the Eastern Conference Finals from both buildings.... Following the bizarre occurrence in Game One in which Martin Brodeur, irked at Gilbert Dionne's crease interference, slashed him and pounced on him, I had the chance to talk to both guys about what happened. Dionne: "I though it was our goalie who was supposed to do that!" Brodeur: "I think I'm going to take lessons from [Hextall]." Dionne: "He was sending a message. He doesn't want anyone in front of his net and he's right....and I'll probably do it again!" Brodeur: "I don't know what happened. I never do anything like that. I guess in the heat of the game...man, that had to hurt!" Shortly after these hard to believe quotes were generated, a beat writer covering the Devils began telling Brodeur, the league's lowest-paid player, about the lobster lunch general manager Lou Lamoriello treated the Devils' press corps to. "I guess Lou takes care of some of us, eh?" the writer quipped. Brodeur simply dashed a winning smile... Okay, so for all you ladies out there who think Martin is a hearthrob, well, he's pretty cool the further off camera you catch him. ESPN play-by-play announcer Gary Thorne asked Brodeur if he had seen the end of the Detroit Chicago Game 2 in which the Hawks rang the would-be tying goal off the post from their own end with one second left to play. Martin's response was "_OH_ my God! That would have been one of the classic chokes in sports." Speaking of hearthrobs...the biggest, most imposing figure I've ever seen belongs to Devils' tough guy Mike Peluso. Peluso happens to be a mad man, however. After the morning skate before Game 2 and then just prior to game time, he continued to scream through an ear-to-ear grin, "I haven't got TIIIIIIIME for pain!!!!!!" Man, that guy's crazy. Speaking of mad men...after the Flyers' morning skate that same day, a tense moment occurred in their dressing room. Some idiot in charge of layout in the Phildelphia Daily News that morning had put a cover on the paper which read: "Open memo to the Flyers: there is already one circus at the Spectrum. Quit clowning around!" Flyers enforcer Shawn Antoski, who was in the shower, found out that Daily News writer Les Bowen was in the locker room. Wearing nothing but lots of soap, Antoski charged out of the shower like a male gorilla, staring down Bowen and saying, "I've got a bone to pick with you." Even though Bowen explained he himself thought that page was in poor taste and didn't write it, the argument continued. Bowen went a bit far, too, asking the hulking winger where he was on the game-winning goal in Game 1. That did not go over well. Antoski returned to the shower, but not before saying he doesn't believe glasses are reason enough not to hit a guy. Whoah, that was scary! Gary Thorne is clearly playing favorites in this series. Before becoming ESPN's main man on national broadcasts, he was the Devils' announcer for several years, and his loyalties are still there. He was enjoying teasing Devils players after that same morning skate. Sporting a shiny new bandaid where he had cut himself shaving, Thorne told everyone who would listen that he had gotten injured in a fight with Claude Lemieux. Lemieux decided to take the bait and a mock fight developed. Lemieux hurled tape across the locker room at Thorne, asking him when the stitches are coming out. Thorne responded by accusing Claude of hitting him from behind. As the "fight" went on, such heated phrases as "At least _I_ got up!" were tossed around. Oh, those cooky guys! Meanwhile, Thorne's partner-in-crime Al Morganti, who gets such wonderful insights as "the guy who just got hauled off the ice with his arm dislodged appears to be in pain," is a former Flyers beat writer. He has so much as appeared on the air wearing a Lindros jersey. Furthermore, he is disgusted by Claude Lemieux, and let his disdain show over the egregious offense Lemieux committed prior to Game 3: Lemieux was tossing a football with an equipment boy, and for some reason, this really upset Morganti. The nerve of that Lemieux guy acting like some kind of athlete... In an effort to spruce up the feel of the game at the Meadowlands arena, Devils fans have begun to be entertained by our favorite costumed disco troupe, the Village People, during TV timeouts. The classic number "YMCA" is played once a game. But it isn't the fans who are enjoying this the most. Sitting up in the halo with Devils scratches during Game 3, I was throroughly entertained by how the players embraced the new tradition. Standing in a row, Jim Dowd, Brian Rolston, Kevin Dean and Chris McAlpine each took a letter, "Y-M-C-A," and at the appropriate time made the appropriate sign. Oh, they are some funny guys. LCS readers in Canada who watched Hockey Night in Canada's telecast of Game 3 have, unbeknownst to them, gotten a glimpse of Force for Cultural Hegemony Dan Hurwitz. It seems the HNIC crew didn't bother telling anyone they were shotting from the Meadowlands press hallway during the first intermission. I stepped out of the SportsChannel studio where we taped an interview with New Jersey governor Christine Todd Whitman and right into the HNIC broadcast. Like a deer looking at headlights, I froze and stared the camera down until I heard the words, "we'll be back after these messages." Whoops! "I haven't got _TIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIME_ for pain!" Man, the Peluso is a cool one. Just had to reiterate. Just prior to the production meeting for SportsChannel's pre and postgame shows for Game 3, the Meadowlands press lounge was showing the local Fox station, channel 5 in New York. Airing was "The Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers" (don't pretend you don't know what I'm talking about). SportChannel/Fox announcer Mike Emrick, seeing his favorite show on TV, commented, "these are the only Rangers still on TV." No wonder Fox picked him up! SportsChannel (the New York version, that is), has not been making friends in this series. After Game 1, SCNY's interviewer, Stan Fischler, grabbed Brodeur in the hallway to shoot a post-game piece. However, their presence blocked the entire press corps from leaving the lower press area and getting to their assignments in the locker rooms and press conference areas. Furthermore, the station has been airing cheap-shot pieces on how dumb a move to Nashville would be, even though they realize such coverage would upset the Devils' top brass. Commentator Peter McNab said during the production meeting of Game 2 that they would be lucky if the Devils let them broadcast from the New Jersey Turnpike tollbooths for Game 3. A member of the crew then chimed in, saying, "on your way out to your car after the game, don't forget to run in a zig zag so it's harder to aim for you." No respect. That's what they get. None. So there you have it. And as I get set to attend games in the Finals at one end of the Turnpike or another, I feel good knowing that my experiences with a press pass have now been passed on to you, our reading public. ====================================================== PLAYOFF TEAM REPORTS ====================================================== EASTERN CONFERENCE ====================================================== ------------------------------------------------------ PHILADELPHIA FLYERS ------------------------------------------------------ Head Coach: Terry Murray Roster: C - Eric Lindros, Craig MacTavish, Rod Brind'Amour, Jim Montgomery, Anatoli Semenov. LW - Mikael Renberg, Rob Dimaio, Shawn Antoski, Yanick Dupre, John LeClair. RW - Shjon Podein, Patrick Juhlin, Dave Brown, Gilbert Dionne, Kevin Dineen. D - Dmitri Yushkevich, Petr Svoboda, Dan Kordic, Rob Zettler, Chris Therien, Stewart Malgunas, Jason Bowen, Karl Dykhuis, Eric Desjardins, Kevin Haller. G - Dominic Roussel, Ron Hextall. Injuries: Brent Fedyk, lw (achy all over, out for playoffs). Transactions: None. Playoff Game Results 1st round - Philadelphia vs. Buffalo Philadelphia won series 4-1 5/07 - Buffalo W 4-3 OT 5/08 - Buffalo W 3-1 5/10 - at Buffalo L 3-1 5/12 - at Buffalo W 4-2 5/14 - Buffalo W 6-4 2nd round - Philadelphia vs. N.Y. Rangers Philadelphia won series 4-0 5/21 - Rangers W 5-4 OT 5/22 - Rangers W 5-4 OT 5/24 - at Rangers W 5-2 5/26 - at Rangers W 4-1 3rd round - Philadelphia vs. New Jersey New Jersey leads series 3-2 6/03 - New Jersey L 4-1 6/05 - New Jersey L 5-2 6/07 - at New Jersey W 3-2 OT 6/10 - at New Jersey W 4-2 6/11 - New Jersesy L 3-2 TEAM NEWS After dropping the first two games of the series to the Devils at home, the Flyers knew they had their work cut out for them. They needed to win the next two games in New Jersey to have any chance of winning the series. This just didn't seem possible with the way Martin Brodeur was playing in goal, and the way the Devils dominated in Game Two. In order to take the next two games, the Flyers were going to need some luck...or maybe a bouncing puck. Game Three opened up in the worst possible way for Philadelphia. After Martin Brodeur made yet another big save, Scott Stevens gathered the puck and sent Claude Lemieux out of the zone with a lead pass. Lemieux streaked through the neutral zone and fired a slapshot from the right wing boards. The puck found its way through Ron Hextall's legs and the Flyers were trailing 1-0 just 1:32 into the first period. Terry Murray's decision to start Hextall after he was picked apart in Game Two definitely raised some eyebrows. When the first shot on goal lit the lamp, it appeared as though the Flyers were in for a long night. The Flyers needed to respond to the Lemieux goal quickly before the suffocating New Jersey defense choked all the life out of them. Enter Karl Dykhuis. Before the playoffs started, Dykhuis was looked upon as an unproven commodity and maybe even a weakness on the Flyer team. However, the 22-year old defender has been one of the Flyers best performers during the post- season. With his club needing a big play, Dykhuis delivered. After taking a pass from his defensive partner Petr Svoboda, Dykhuis weaved his way through the New Jersey neutral zone trap and gained the Devil blueline. Before the New Jersey defense could collapse on him, Dykhuis made some nifty moves with the puck and managed to fire it on net. Brodeur stopped the shot, but gave a rebound out in the slot. A late charging Kevin Dineen snapped the puck over a flopping Brodeur to tie the game 1-1, less than three minutes after Lemieux scored. The game remained tied at 1-1 until early in the second period. That's when New Jersey's Randy McKay picked up the puck behind the Flyer goal and quickly wrapped it in behind Hextall for the 2-1 lead. With another chance to protect a one goal lead, the Devils appeared ready to take a commanding 3-0 lead in the series. For the remainder of the second period and the first half of the third, the Devils frustrated the Flyers and denied them any strong scoring chances. As the clock continued to tick away, the combination of the airtight Devil defense and the effortless goaltending of Brodeur seemed too much for the Flyers to overcome. That's when the bouncing puck went to work. With less than seven minutes remaining in the third period, the Flyers were desperately trying to generate some offense in the New Jersey zone. The puck was forced high to the left wing boards. Rod Brind'Amour beat his man to the puck, turned, and floated a shot towards the goal. As the puck innocently made its way to the net, Brodeur was concentrating in the slot and never picked up the shot until it was only inches away from him. When he finally realized where the puck was, it bounced off the ice, off his pad, and straight up into the net. The Devils and the sold out Meadowlands Arena were stunned. The Flyers finally got the break they were looking for, and took advantage of it 4:19 into overtime. Mikael Renberg pulled up inside the Devil blueline, and surveyed the scene. John LeClair bulled his way to the net, taking New Jersey defenders with him. This left a whole lot of open ice for Eric Lindros coming late on the play. Renberg featherd a perfect pass to Lindros driving down the slot, and the Flyer captain wasted little time in ripping a shot just inside the left post for the 3-2 Flyer victory. The come from behind win was a tremendous emotional lift for the Flyers. This new found confidence carried over into Game Four. After falling behind 1-0, the Flyers rattled off four straight goals on way to the 4-2 victory. The turning point in the game was when Brind'Amour scored a shorthanded breakaway goal to extend the Flyers lead to 3-1. Brodeur attempted to poke-check the puck away, but Brind'Amour cut to his left and somehow managed to slip the puck under Brodeur's outstretched right pad. The win evened the series at two games apiece and set the stage for a crucial Game Five. The fact that the fifth game of the series was being played in Philadelphia was hardly an advantage to the Flyers, seeing how the home team has lost every game so far. The Devils did their best to keep this tradition going by getting two first period goals from John MacLean and Bobby Carpenter to take a 2-1 lead into the first intermission. The score remained that way until early in the third period when Kevin Dineen scored his second goal of the game, and sixth of the playoffs, to knot the score at 2-2. The second overtime game of the series seemed an inevitability as the clock ticked down to less than a minute remaining in the third. The puck squirted loose in the left wing corner of the New Jersey zone. Claude Lemieux shook free of an Eric Lindros check and began to carry the puck out of his own end. As he raced through the neutral zone it brought back memories of his goal in Game Three. This time, however, Lemieux let the shot go the moment he crossed the blueline. The results were the same. The puck seemed to fool Hextall, and the Flyer goalie could only wave his blocker helplessly at the shot which already nestled itself just inside the far post. The goal came with only forty-five seconds remaining in the game and proved to be the game winner. The Flyers have come a great distance to work their way back into the series. However, the bottom line is that they will be facing elimination the next time they take the ice. Despite the loss in Game Five, Ron Hextall has been playing well and has restored his team's confidence in him. Another strong performance from Hextall will be needed in Game Six to keep the Flyers dreams of a Stanley Cup alive. However, the guy that has to come through the most is Eric Lindros. With only two goals in the series, and only four in the playoffs, Lindros needs to elevate his game to another level. He only registered one shot on goal in Game Five, another performance like that and the Flyers will be shaking hands with the Devils after Game Six. -------------------------------------------------------- NEW JERSEY DEVILS -------------------------------------------------------- Head Coach: Jacques Lemaire Roster: C - Neal Broten, Bob Carpenter, Brian Rolston, Sergei Brylin, Jim Dowd. LW - Mike Peluso, Bobby Holik, Tom Chorske, Danton Cole, Valeri Zelepukin. RW - Bill Guerin, John MacLean, Claude Lemieux, Stephane Richer, Randy McKay. D - Scott Stevens, Jaroslav Modry, Tommy Albelin, Scott Niedermayer, Chris McAlpine, Shawn Chambers, Jason Smith, Ken Daneyko. G - Martin Brodeur, Chris Terreri. Injuries: Bruce Driver, d (achy all over, day-to-day). Transactions: None. Playoff Game Results 1st round - New Jersey vs. Boston New Jersey won series 4-1 5/07 - at Boston W 5-0 5/08 - at Boston W 3-0 5/10 - Boston L 3-2 5/12 - Boston W 1-0 OT 5/14 - at Boston W 3-2 2nd round - New Jersey vs. Pittsburgh New Jersey won series 4-1 5/20 - at Pittsburgh L 3-2 5/22 - at Pittsburgh W 4-2 5/24 - Pittsburgh W 5-1 5/26 - Pittsburgh W 2-1 OT 5/28 - at Pittsburgh W 4-1 3rd round - New Jersey vs. Philadelphia New Jersey leads series 3-2 6/03 - at Philadelphia W 4-1 6/05 - at Philadelphia W 5-2 6/07 - Philadelphia L 3-2 OT 6/10 - Philadelphia L 4-2 6/11 - at Philadelphia W 3-2 TEAM NEWS by Dan Hurwitz "There's no easy way for this team to win," said a dour-faced Bobby Holik after the Devils took a 3-2 series lead in the Eastern Conference Final Sunday afternoon by registering a 3-2 win at the Spectrum. Holik's serious expression was the norm for the Devils' locker room. Only Claude Lemieux, whose goal with 45 seconds left in the third period proved to be the game-winner, showed any excitement whatsoever. Hardly the way you would envision a team one win away from its first-ever Stanley Cup Final. More like the way you would envision a team who was in the same situation last year but saw the lead slip away and ended up watching the Finals on TV. The Devils have experience, and in the playoffs, that is supposed to count for something. With the sixth game scheduled for Tuesday night at the Meadowlands Arena, that experience is going to be their only advantage. No team has won a game in their home building this series. As Devils defenseman Ken Daneyko, one of the "big three" assigned to checking Flyers superstar Eric Lindros, said at his locker after the game, "maybe we can steal one at home." Clearly, the irony which is abundant in this series is not lost on the Devils. For the second straight year, the second-place Devils have made it to the penultimate round of the playoffs where they face the first-place team which owned them in the regular season. For the second straight year,they come home for the sixth game which can win the series for them. Being home, however, has not benefitted the Devils. On the other hand, their eight road wins ties them for the most road wins in a playoff year by any team. And the playoffs are not over yet. There is more to be concerned about. At this stage of the game last year, Rangers Captain Mark Messier, of whom Lindros is a self-professed disciple, made a bold move, guaranteeing a win for the Rangers in the press. Then he made a bolder move by backing up his statement with a third-period hat trick which erased the Devils' 2-1 lead and forced a seventh game, which the Rangers won in double overtime. This year, Lindros has supplanted Messier. In the Flyers' second round sweep of New York, Lindros manhandled, mauled and otherwise swatted his mentor around the ice. The title of proptypical hockey player, the torch of leadership, has been passed to Lindros, and that is who the Devils have to beat. Fans everywhere who only get their hockey via LCS (in this politically correct day and age, let's call them the "ESPN-deprived") will wonder how the Devils, who owned Game 1 at press time last week, were tied by Game 5 this week. So here goes the recap of how the series went: Games 1 and 2: Flyers goaltender Ron Hextall showed some glaring weaknesses, allowing some soft goals. After he was beaten by Ken Daneyko on a lob in Game 2, he was pulled for the first time in the postseason in favor of Dominic Roussel. The Devils' pesky neutral-zone trap stifled and stopped the Flyers. The trap was particularly effective because the heat and the Ringling Bros. circus have all but ruined the ice and on the road, there is less pressure to come out of a defensive shell. Martin Brodeur was brilliant for both games in the Devils' goal, allowing only three goals. Games 3 and 4: In Game 3, the Devils built a 2-1 lead on goals by Claude Lemieux and unlikely playoff hero Randy McKay. But lacking the killer instinct which also doomed them against the Rangers last year, the Devils failed to capitalize on a pair of third period power-plays and Brodeur let in a soft goal late in the game to force overtime. Then Lindros did his thing and put the game away with a wrist shot which completely fooled the young goaltender. Between the third and fourth games, Brodeur became a father for the first time, as his girlfriend gave birth to a son. His distraction continued in the fourth game, the weakest effort by the Devils, in which Brodeur was pulled after allowing the Flyers to build a 4-1 lead. Brodeur was the last goaltender to be pulled this year in the playoffs, and Chris Terreri was more than adequate, stopping all the shots he faced. But even if the game was out of reach, the series wasn't, and the Devils had a pair of late plays which, in retrospect, appeared to carry over to Game 5. For starters, Scott Stevens laid out Flyers pest Craig MacTavish with the most breathtaking hip check the league has seen in years. Lifting the helmetless one over his back, he flipped MacTavish over, smashing him into the boards over the Devils bench, and riding him down to the ice. Ouch. Then, Mike Peluso, that other guy on the Crash Line, netted his first of the playoffs, and momentum had appeared to have shifted in the Devils favor. Final score, however, was 4-2 Flyers. Game 5: 24 hours after the start of Game 4 was the start of Game 5. The Devils got on the board on the strength of a John MacLean goal. Then Flyers winger Kevin Dineen tied the score. Late in the first, as a Devils power play was coming to a close, head coach Jacques Lemaire put checking center Bobby Carpenter on the ice to cover the Lindros unit, but then, with 10 seconds left with the man advantage, Carpenter broke into the Flyers zone and chipped the puck up and off the inside of Hextall's pad, then down into the net for a 2-1 lead. The lead held until the third period when the line of Valeri Zelepukin, Bill Guerin and Jim Dowd tried too hard to finesse the puck out of their end and had it intercepted. Kevin Dineen fired his second of the game and sixth of the playoffs from the point, through a screen put on inadvertantly by Devils defenseman Kevin Dean, which beat Brodeur. Dean, captain of the Calder Cup-winning Albany River Rats, was playing in place of injured defenseman Bruce Driver. On that play, he looked like, well, a river rat. But all in all, he put in two solid games over the weekend. But, as Cam Neely says in his Nike comercial, "back to the ice." With less than a minute to play in the third period and overtime looking imminent, Claude Lemieux, whose teammates call him "Pepe," blew by Lindros who looked like a turnstile and fired the puck through a screen set up by Flyers defenseman Petr Svodboda and past Hextall on the stick side. It was the first game in which a dominant goaltender lost in this series. Brodeur was hardly tested and also could not have been faulted on either of Dineen's goals. The first defelected off his shin pad and the second was through the Dean screen. The defense did such a good job of shutting down the attack of the Flyers that the dreaded Legion of Doom line of Lindros, John LeClair and Mikael Renberg was broken up with Rod Brind'Amour taking LeClair's spot on the left side in the second half of the game. Essentially, the Devils came back and won one for the goalie who carried them through two rounds. Somehow, since the regular season ended, the Devils have figured out how to make their special teams work. Their power play is in the high 20 percent range and their penalty killing is in the mid nineties. Lessee....strong special teams, good defense, solid goaltending.....isn't that what a Cup winner needs? With no update yet on the Nashville situation, there has been some talk tossed around that the league wants the Devils to lose this series. The theory is that in a choice between Eric Lindros and the Trap being in the Finals, they'll take Lindros, and the prospect of a potential Cup-winner moving is distasteful. While it would be very sticky to say that a fix is going on, there has been some indication of leniency in the Flyers' favor. Lindros has committed two egregious spears, one against Claude Lemieux and one against John MacLean, right in full view of the officials and has only received a whopping two minutes in penalties as a total for the two incidents. So much for cutting down on stickwork, eh NHL? Then there was a confusing situation on Dineen's first goal of Game 5, in that the deflection off his leg caused the goal to be disallowed only to have it reallowed a minute later. Maybe it's time to go find Oliver Stone again... ====================================================== Zippy's Hero Comes Up Big in Playoffs by Jim Iovino Playing against Claude Lemieux can be one of the most frustrating things in all of hockey. More frustrating than watching Jon Casey trying to stop breakaways for an entire season. More frustrating than trying to figure out where Doug Gilmour disappeared to during the playoffs. And quite possibly even more frustrating than being a Whaler fan. But why? The answer is very simple. Because Lemieux has turned out to be one of the best "shadows" in the game today. He has all the tools needed to create havoc for the opposition's top line. He's fast enough to keep up with Jaromir Jagr, he's strong enough to battle Cam Neely and Eric Lindros and he's smart enough to realize when he can get away with a cheap shot and when he can't. But probably Lemieux's biggest asset is his ability to get under people's skin. The guy just has the knack for pissing off the best players in the game, causing them to lose their focus on scoring goals. Instead, they end up worrying more about what Lemieux is going to do to them next. Neely, for example, became so fed up with Lemieux's antics earlier this season that at one point he completly lost it, tossing Lemieux around in the corner like a rag doll and smashing his head numerous times against a Boston Globe ad along the boards until he showed no signs of life. But Lemieux, whose brother Jocelyn plays for the Whale, doesn't mind the abuse. He expects at least a few attempts on his life every year around playoff time because of his annoying attributes. Lemieux shows no restraint when it comes to who he'll hack or slash. It doesn't matter if the opponent is bigger, stronger or meaner, Lemieux will take them on. And when the native of Quebec isn't hacking, he'll probably be yapping away at someone either on the ice or on the bench. To put it simply, he doesn't shut up. Which is another reason why so many players around the league can't wait for Lemieux to retire. But it doesn't look like that will happen in the near future as long as the 29-year-old Lemieux can keep producing the outstanding playoff runs like he is this season. He has been the Devils' best defense against the rest of the Eastern Conference's offense, plus he has some incredible offensive skills that don't get much recognition. However, those skills usually don't come out until playoff time. After leading the Devils with 81 points during the 1992-93 season, Lemieux has only been able to muster 63 points in the last two seasons combined. Things looked to hit rock bottom this year, when Lemieux only scored six goals in 45 regular season games, a total much lower than what was expected from a man who scored 41 goals in 1991-'92. But his excellent performance in the playoffs has made people forget about his terrible showing in the regular season. So far, Lemieux has already surpassed his regular season goal total by scoring 10 goals (13 points) in 15 games, including two game winners. Lemieux has been a steady playoff performer his whole career, starting back in his days with Verdun of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. He won the Guy Lafleur Trophy in 1985 for being named the most valuable player during the playoffs. He led the league in the post-season with 40 points and 23 goals in just 14 games. The following season Lemieux was called up to the NHL by his original team, the Montreal Canadiens, for the last 10 games of the regular season. He scored three points in those 10 games, good enough to keep him with the club for the playoffs. And keeping with tradition, Lemieux exploded for 16 points (10 goals) in the playoffs, helping the Habs win the Stanley Cup. Lemieux scored a crucial goal in overtime of game seven against the Hartford Whalers in the second round of the playoffs, extinguishing the Whale's hopes of winning a Cup. After a torn stomach muscle kept Lemieux out of action for 41 games during the 1989-'90 season, he was dealt to the Devils in exchange for Sylvain Turgeon. While Turgeon has since moved on to the Ottawa Senators, Lemieux has been a mainstay in the Devils' system for the past five years. His fearless attitude has inspired his teammates to raise their intensity as well, and maybe, just maybe, Claude Lemieux will be able to help New Jersey win their first Cup in team history. ------------------------------------------------------- What's All the Flap About the Trap? ------------------------------------------------------- You can't turn on a hockey game these days without hearing something about the Neutral Zone Trap. Are you, like millions of others, sitting at home scratching your head about all this Trap talk. You probably have lots of questions that you would like answered, like... What is the Trap? How does it work? How do you beat the Trap? Why didn't Don Knotts win an Oscar for that talking fish movie? Well, LCS is here to answer all your questions! The Neutral Zone Trap is a defensive system that tries to limit the amount of time and space a team has to operate with in the neutral zone. If performed properly, the result is a dump-and-chase game that features very little skating and passing. Teams that do not have offensive superstars often adapt this style of play. The way the Trap works is simple. The puck is shot into the attacking zone and chased by only one forechecker, the other four players stay out in the neutral zone. Once the opposing team's defenseman takes control of the puck, the lone forechecker's job is to force him to one side of the ice or the other while denying the cross-ice pass. The forechecker doesn't have to be all over the defenseman, he just has to guide him into the Trap. In most cases, the defenseman will take the bait and try to carry the puck through the neutral zone. As soon as he crosses his own blueline, the Trap is sprung. The two forwards waiting back in the neutral zone collapse on the player carrying the puck. If done properly, the puck carrier will be surrounded by three defenders forming the shape of a triangle. At this point, the puck carriers lone option is to dump the puck in the zone. If he tries to stickhandle through the triangle of defenders, a turnover will be forced. If he tries to pass, a turnover will be forced. With the likes of Barry Melrose ranting about how the Trap is killing the game, it would seem like there is no way to beat it, but that's hardly the case. One way the Flyers have tried is by going behind and around the Trap. They'll have their first defenseman that picks up the puck carry it out as if he were going to fall into the Trap. When the forechecker commits to him, the Flyer defenseman has dropped the puck back to his partner who is trailing the play. The second defenseman then tries a quick cross-ice pass in hopes of catching the Trap moving the other way. This tactic has been successful at times during the series, but it needs perfect execution to work. Another way to beat the Trap is by not letting it get set up in the first place. For the Trap to work the puck needs to be dumped in and forechecked. One way to stop this is to let the Trapping team gain the offensive blueline with little resistance. They will likely carry the puck in and try to score the old fashioned way, through hard work, and not as the result of a neutral zone turnover. Sure it's a risk, but let's face it, if a team uses the Trap their not exactly the 1986 Edmonton Oilers and some defensive chances can be taken. Once the trapping team gets suckered into carrying the puck in, a more traditional, faster paced game will result. Another defensive system that gained popularity this season was the Left Wing Lock. The Lock was used for many years by the Czech National Teams and turned the once defensively impaired Detroit Red Wings into Stanley Cup contenders. While the Lock isn't as boring as the Trap, since it doesn't rely on having the puck dumped in, it is every bit as effective. The main key in the Left Wing Lock is the left wing...who would of guessed? It's the left wing's job to stay high in the defensive zone, giving Detroit three men back on defense at all times. The Left winger is supposed to "lock" off the left side of the ice, and not allow anyone behind him. The result is very few, if any, odd-man breaks against. How much longer before every team in the league adopts either the Trap or the Lock? With Detroit already in, and New Jersey only one game away from the Finals, the future of the NHL is on stage for everyone to see. ====================================================== PLAYOFF TEAM REPORTS ====================================================== WESTERN CONFERENCE ======================================================-- -------------------------------------------------------- DETROIT RED WINGS -------------------------------------------------------- Head Coach: Scotty Bowman Roster: C - Steve Yzerman, Shawn Burr, Mike Krushelnyski, Greg Johnson, Kris Draper, Keith Primeau, Sergei Fedorov. LW - Vyacheslav Kozlov, Martin Lapointe, Bob Errey, Stu Grimson. RW - Dino Ciccarelli, Ray Sheppard, Doug Brown, Darren McCarty, Tim Taylor. D - Terry Carkner, Bob Rouse, Mark Howe, Nicklas Lidstrom, Aaron Ward, Mike Ramsey, Vladimir Konstantinov, Mark Ferner, Slava Fetisov, Paul Coffey. G - Mike Vernon, Chris Osgood. Injuries: None. Transactions: None. Playoff Game Results 1st round - Detroit vs. Dallas Detroit won series 4-1 5/07 - Dallas W 4-3 5/09 - Dallas W 4-1 5/11 - at Dallas W 5-1 5/14 - at Dallas L 4-1 5/16 - Dallas W 3-1 2nd round - Detroit vs. San Jose Detroit won series 4-0 5/21 - San Jose W 6-0 5/23 - San Jose W 6-2 5/25 - at San Jose W 6-2 5/27 - at San Jose W 6-2 3rd round - Detroit vs. Chicago Detroit won series 4-1 6/01 - Chicago W 2-1 OT 6/04 - Chicago W 3-2 6/06 - at Chicago W 4-3 OT 6/08 - at Chicago L 5-2 6/11 - Chicago W 2-1 OT TEAM NEWS by Brian Wishnow Game Three opened with another Blackhawk goal back at the United Center. A Chris Chelios slapshot (err.. pass) was perfectly directed between Vernon's legs by Denis Savard. The Red Wings tied the score on a rebound goal by Keith Primeau. The much-utilized point combination of Coffey to Lidstrom initiated the play yet again during these playoffs. Lidstrom's slapshot made it just under a diving Blackhawk, and Eddie Belfour made a great save with the toe of his extended left pad. Primeau, roaming just outside of the crease, put the puck off the top of Belfour's pad and into the net. Bernie Nicholls put Chicago up 2-1 in the second period. Following Vernon's save on Brent Sutter's shot, the rebound rolled out of Vernon's reach. Vernon, unable to recover from his first save, was only able to flail his gloves in the air as Nicholls' shot sailed high inside the left post. Unlikely goal-scorer #1 of the game tied it up for Detroit at 2-2. Tim Taylor created a 2-on-1 break by bouncing off an attempted hip check by Steve Smith. Staying near the boards, Taylor passed the puck over the stick of a diving Hawk defender. On his first shift of the game, Stu Grimson deftly tipped Taylor's pass over the right pad of Belfour. Detroit utilized a 5-on-3 powerplay to take a 3-2 lead into the second intermission. Coffey was on the receiving end of the "point connection" pass from Lidstrom. His slapshot from the right point, aided by the screen set by Keith Primeau, squeezed between Belfour's glove, pad, and jersey. Chicago tied the score at 3-3 on a Jeff Shantz wrist shot from the slot. The game would need overtime to be decided. The first half of the first OT period was extremely offensive. The latter part of the period came back down to Earth. At 5:23 of the period, Detroit lost center Sergei Fedorov for the rest of the game, as well as Game Four. Cross-checked by Gerald Diduck, Fedorov injured his shoulder enough to render him incapable of playing. Facewash city ensued near the end of the period: Chelios got Burr, Primeau got Chelios, Murphy got Primeau, Primeau got Amonte, Amonte got Primeau, and Coffey got Amonte. Still, 24 shots were taken in the period; 16 by Detroit, 8 by Chicago. Fatigue then set in. There were only 5 total shots taken in the 9:25 of the second overtime period. Unlikely goal-scorer #2 of the game picked up the puck in the neutral zone, and skated into the Chicago zone. Hooked and cross-checked by Hawks everywhere, Vladimir Konstantinov decided to let go a wrist shot from 40 feet out and hurry back on defense. The fiftieth shot on Eddie Belfour was routine, but the play was not. As he attempted to stop the puck with his blocker, he mistakingly redirected the puck down into the net off the edge of his blocker. Konstantinov did not know he had scored until his teammate Dino Ciccarelli mobbed him in celebration. Vladdy did not believe Dino at first, but eventually said: "Unbelievable, guys!" Game Four was unlike the others from the outset. Sergei Fedorov was scratched for starters. Sergei Krivokrasov ran over Mike Vernon on the first shift. No matter. Chicago killed off the penalty, as both teams did all night. Fourteen of fifteen powerplays resulted in no goals. Chicago struck first, after Detroit allowed Murray Craven to fool around with the puck in the slot. Craven's backhanded pass to Denis Savard, set up the shot that beat Vernon between his legs. Barely over four minutes later, Joe Murphy chased down a loose puck high in the Detroit zone. His slapshot from the top of the faceoff circle beat Vernon low to his glove side. Vernon had been standing just inside the faceoff circle, and was motionless against Murphy's shot, ala Jon Casey. Murray Craven battled Bob Rouse along the endboards for the puck, and was able to pass out to Dirk Graham in the low slot. Vernon had just moved across the crease, and Graham's shot blew by Vernon to his left. Over four minutes into the second period, Chris Chelios fed Savard with a breakaway pass. Savard evaded Vernon's attempted poke-check by taking the puck to his forehand. He was able to easily put the puck in the half-empty net, as Vernon fell to his right. The 4-0 score prompted Scotty Bowman to lift Vernon from the game, and give Chris Osgood his first playoff action since Game 7 vs. San Jose, 1994. Osgood was welcomed by Savard, who from low in the left face-off circle, passed to Joe Murphy lurking at the far side of the crease. Fumbling with the puck, Murphy was still easily able to put it into the net, as Osgood could take no blame. When was the last time Detroit trailed 5-0 after two periods of play? Kris Draper finally put the Red Wings on the scoreboard with his fourth goal of the playoffs. After skating wide around Eric Weinrich, Draper dumped the puck towards the front of the net. The puck deflected off the blade of Chris Chelios' stick, past a surprised Belfour. Ray Sheppard later took a Bob Rouse pass and went wide on Cam Russell. Belfour came out as to poke-check, but the ever cool Sheppard slipped a backhand past the committed Belfour. The final score was 5-2, as Chicago evidently outplayed Detroit. The game also marked the first time the Red Wings were outshot in the playoffs, as the totals were 24-23. Game Five scoring began as did every game of the series: a Chicago goal first. A broken stick slapshot at the point fluttered to the slot, where Denis Savard took another slapshot. The puck knuckle-balled over Vernon's glove, as he appeared to be slightly screened. Eddie Belfour's glove stole the show during the second period. In only it's second game, Belfour's new white glove made two great saves. The first came after a Primeau redirection. The puck landed a few feet out from the goal line, and was bouncing into the net. Belfour quickly reached over with his glove, and barely prevented the puck from crossing the goal line. Later, following a Denis Savard turnover, Doug Brown fed Sergei Fedorov with a nice pass. Fedorov one timed it, and Belfour made an amazing glove save in midair, as Fedorov's shot proved not high enough. Steve Yzerman was finally able to dent Belfour's armor in the second period. From the top-corner of the faceoff circle, Yzerman unleashed a decent wrist shot. Aided by the screen of Bob Errey, Yzerman's shot cleared the right shoulder of Belfour, and hit the rear post in the top of the net (ala Sergei Fedorov, vs. Jon Casey & the Minnesota North Stars in 1991). By far the most lopsided period of the series, Chicago was outshot 20-2. Only the terrific goaltending of Eddie Belfour kept them in the game. The game remained tied 1-1 at the end of regulation and once again the two clubs headed to overtime. Not much action transpired in the first OT period, unlike Game Three. The second OT proved crucial, once again. On the first shift, a hard Joe Murphy shot clanked off the goalpost to Vernon's left. That was as close as Chicago would get to scoring. Slava Kozlov (following plenty of criticism from Don Cherry, comparing him to Alexei Kovalev) netted the series-winner. On a 1-on-1 against Chris Chelios, Kozlov applied the brakes in the slot, spinning Chelios around. His slapshot hit the inside of Belfour's right leg, and made it to the net. Following the game, Coach Scotty Bowman was very complimentary about Chicago. He gave Ed Belfour the credit he deserved, saying he could have won the series by himself. He also credited Chelios on his job well done amid so much ice time. The 4-1 series victory was identical to the 4-1 regular season record vs. Chicago. Detroit, by the way, subbed Mark Howe into the Game Five lineup for the tired veteran Mike Ramsey. Those tired, veteran legs will have a chance to rest all week, aided by the hyberbaric chamber. The Red Wings will host either the Devils or the Flyers on Saturday night. The fact that Detroit is the Western Confernce representative in the Stanley Cup Finals, also means that all Eastern Conference teams never played a game outside of the eastern time zone all season long. -------------------------------------------------------- CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS -------------------------------------------------------- Head Coach: Darryl Sutter Roster: C - Jeremy Roenick, Jeff Shantz, Brent Sutter, Steve Dubinsky, Bernie Nicholls, Denis Savard. LW - Jim Cummins, Tony Horacek, Patrick Poulin, Murray Craven, Eric Daze. RW - Dirk Graham, Tony Amonte, Sergei Krivokrasov, Darin Kimble, Joe Murphy. D - Eric Weinrich, Greg Smyth, Keith Carney, Steve Smith, Cam Russell, Chris Chelios, Roger Johansson, Gerald Diduck, Gary Suter. G - Ed Belfour, Jeff Hackett, Jimmy Waite. Injuries: Bob Probert, lw (attending drug and alcohol rehab, will return next season). Brent Grieve, lw (knee, indefinite). Transactions: None. Playoff Game Results 1st round - Chicago vs. Toronto Chicago won series 4-3 5/07 - Toronto L 5-3 5/09 - Toronto L 3-0 5/11 - at Toronto W 3-2 5/13 - at Toronto W 3-1 5/15 - Toronto W 4-2 5/17 - at Toronto L 5-4 OT 5/19 - Toronto W 5-2 2nd round - Chicago vs. Vancouver Chicago won series 4-0 5/21 - Vancouver W 2-1 OT 5/23 - Vancouver W 2-0 5/25 - at Vancouver W 3-2 OT 5/27 - at Vancouver W 4-3 OT 3rd round - Chicago vs. Detroit Detroit won series 4-1 6/01 - at Detroit L 2-1 OT 6/04 - at Detroit L 3-2 6/06 - Detroit L 4-3 OT 6/08 - Detroit W 5-2 6/11 - at Detroit L 2-1 OT TEAM NEWS * When Slava Kozlov's wrist shot found Ed Belfour's five-hole 2:25 into the second overtime in Game Five the Chicago Blackhawks were officially eliminated from the Staanley Cup Playoffs. While some might look at the final results and once again bring into question Belfour's ability to win the big game, if it weren't for Eddie, the Hawks would have been humiliated, let alone beaten. In what should be remembered as one of the greatest goaltending performances in playoff history, Ed Belfour singlehandedly kept Chicago in the series when they were getting beaten at both ends of the ice. Despite Belfour's heroics, Chicago could only manage a 5-2 win in Game Four. It was by far the Hawks' best game of the series, as they actually outshot the Wings 24-23. The 23 shots against were a nice change of pace for Belfour, in the three prior games he faced an average of 37 shots. He saved his best performance for last in Game Five. At one point in the second period the Hawks were leading 1-0 despite being outshot at the time 24-6. Not only was he making saves, but he could have quite possibly made the greatest save in playoff history. It started when Detroit's Doug Brown stole the puck just inside the Chicago blueline. With everyone expecting the puck to leave the zone, this left Brown and Sergei Fedorov 2-on-1 against Chris Chelios. As Brown skated in from the left side of the slot, Fedorov quietly drifted over to the fight face-off circle. As Chelios turned to take the puck carrier, Brown slid a perfect pass across to Fedorov who one-timed a quick snap shot towards the right side of the net. Belfour dove from a few feet in front of his right post at an angle towards his left post with his catching glove extended. While falling to the ice he somehow was able to glove the puck and leave Fedorov and all of Joe Louis Arena shaking their heads. Shortly after the save on Fedorov, Steve Yzerman zipped a perfectly placed wrist shot over Belfour's right shoulder to tie the game 1-1. The Eagle did his best to keep Detroit off the scoreboard the rest of the way, but finally cracked on Kozlov's shot which was the 47th of the game. For the series, Belfour finished with a save percentage of .928, which is even more impressive when realized he faced an average of 36 shots a game. Unfortunately, most people will only remember that Chicago lost in five games, and they'll remember the soft overtime goals by Nicklas Lidstrom and Vladimir Konstantinov. What should be remembered, however, is that Ed Belfour's performance was one for the ages. * While Belfour did his best to keep the puck out of his net, the Chicago forwards had plenty of trouble finding the Detroit goal. Denis Savard was the main offensive force for the Hawks, netting four goals and adding two assists in the five games. Joe Murphy was second in scoring with three goals. After that, Jeremy Roenick, Bernie Nicholls, Tony Amonte, Patrick Poulin, and Murray Craven combined for two goals. Not exactly the balanced scoring Chicago desperately needed to beat Detroit. ====================================================== I Got Your Octopus Right Here by Jim Iovino Game one of the series between Chicago and Detroit was just another step towards stardom for Red Wings defenseman Nicklas Lidstrom. As soon as Lidstrom's slapshot from the point beat Eddie Belfour low to the glove side to win the game in overtime for the Red Wings, it just furthered the growth of the young defenseman's game ever so slightly. But even though the kid has only been in the league for four seasons, from now on, there will be no more big hills to climb for Lidstrom. He has all the skills needed to be an outstanding defenseman in the NHL, and once he polishes his game, he will be considered one of the best in the league. When he first arrived in the NHL, scouts loved him. He had an excellent shot, played both ends of the ice well, had excellent vision and could both pass and stickhandle quite well. But what most scouts would say first about Lidstrom was that he was mature beyond his years. Even in his first season in the league, he never looked out of place. He was cool, calm and collected on the blue line, rarely making a mistake. Lidstrom, who is from Vasteras, Sweden, finished second in voting for rookie of the year honors to Pavel Bure in 1991-92, posting a +36 plus/minus record, which was good enough for third overall in the league, along with 11 goals and 60 points. His 49 assists that season were the most recorded by a rookie defenseman since Gary Suter's 50 in 1985-86. The next season, Lidstrom's production dropped off, but he was still one of the brightest young talents on the blueline that the NHL had seen in quite some time. And he was still only 22 years old. But once again, the talk wasn't how much potential he had, but how mature he played for his age. He didn't take stupid penalties like a lot of rookies do during their first few seasons in the league. He has accumulated just 82 penalty minutes in his four years in the league. That's 82 penalty minutes in 291 career games. The low number of penalty minutes are rarely seen associated with defenseman in the NHL. Neither is the close to 300 games he has played in his four years in the league (Actually, that number should be higher if you add games on to account for the strike-shortened season). Lidstrom has missed a total of five games in his career, and all of those were during this season. He played in all 80 games for the Red Wings in his rookie campaign, and 84 games in the two years prior to this season. With all that experience, Lidstrom can be considered an NHL veteran right now at the age of 25. Add in the fact that he's been learning the fine art of his position from a few of the best defensemen in the history of the game in teammates Paul Coffey and Mark Howe, and this kid has got it made. Someday, when his partner Paul Coffey hangs up the skates, Lidstrom will be able to step right in and take over the leadership of the defensive unit in Detroit. And when it's his turn to be in the spotlight, there is little doubt as to whether or not he'll be ready for the challenge. --------------------------------------------------------- This is not Zippy's column formerly known as NHL News NHL News NHL News NHL News NHL News NHL News... By Jim Iovino *Around halfway through the regular season, I noticed that Devils defenseman Scott Stevens was nowhere to be found, either penciled in on the scoresheet or involved on the ice. But towards the end of the year, his game came around, and now he's back in full force in the playoffs. Stevens has been a rock on defense for the Devils throughout the playoffs, and in the semi's against the Flyers, he has proved to everyone why he's gettin' paid the big bucks. His play against Lindros has been pivotal in the series. He has pretty much kept Lindros in check (no pun intended), not giving him any open ice to work with. And Stevens is also starting to throw his weight around with some regularity. His hip checks have been very effective against the Doom line. On one shift Stevens submarined Lindros in the corner, then just seconds later he did the same to John Leclair along the boards. When Stevens is on his game, there isn't anyone better in the business. I had almost forgotten what a great player he really is, but his play against Lindros and the Flyers refreshed my memory instantly and left me wanting more. *After Eddie Belfour let in the overtime goal by Slava Kozlov in game five of the Detroit/Chicago series, he didn't wait around long enough to partake in the traditional end-of-series handshake, opting to go straight to the locker room instead. The announcers of the game stated that they understood why he would want to do that and didn't think there was anything wrong with it, but I did. Belfour played a great series, and there was nothing else that he could have done to win the game. Without Eddie in net, the games would have gotten a lot uglier, perhaps as bad as the Wings second round series against the Sharks. The blame for the Hawks loss should not fall on the shoulders of Belfour. Every game of the series was close, and the better team won in the end. Belfour should have accepted the defeat and faced his opposition afterwards with the rest of his teammates. Hockey is a team game, and no one single person can be blamed for a loss. *A word of advice for the new ownership of the team in Denver, formally known as the Nordiques. People are sick of purple. They are sick of black. They are sick from the vertical stripes, and they are most certainly sick of teal. If I were you, I'd bring back the old Colorado Rockies jerseys for next season. That's right, give me each one of the 30-odd colors on the jersey. Add some more if you'd like. Heck, while you're at it, make Joe Sakic and Co. wear long pants as well. If that don't bring the fans in, nothing will. *One year for LCS. Who would have thunk it? I figured that after that lady took our press passes away up in Hartford, we wouldn't last long. Ah, but Czar Delly pulled us together, loaded us up with Slush Puppies and didn't let us look back on that humbling defeat. All hail Delly! Delly is God!...Oh, wait. I forgot. Theo is God. Anyway, we've had a lot of fun putting out this publication for you to enjoy. A tremendous amount of work goes into every issue (especially from Delly, who's up until daybreak at every deadline putting it all together), but I really think that it's worth it so the real hockey fans out there can have the information that counts, and perhaps a little humour as well. A big THANK YOU goes out to all of you who have subscribed to LCS: guide to hockey. It's really amazing to see just how many hockey fans there really are out there who enjoy reading everything we throw at you. 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Take it easy. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1995 NHL PLAYOFF SCHEDULE ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- All Times EDT CONFERENCE FINALS (Best-of-7) Tuesday, June 13 Philadelphia at New Jersey, 7:30 p.m. Thursday, June 15 New Jersey at Philadelphia, 7:30 p.m. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1995 NHL PLAYOFF LEADERS Through Sunday, June 11 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1995 PLAYOFF POINT LEADERS Player Team GP G A Pts +/- PIM PP SH GW GT S PCT RON FRANCIS PIT 12 6 13 19 3 4 2 0 0 0 30 20.0 SERGEI FEDOROV DET 13 4 15 19 12 6 2 0 0 0 41 9.8 DENIS SAVARD CHI 16 7 11 18 12 10 3 0 0 0 39 17.9 PAUL COFFEY DET 14 5 11 16 7 10 2 0 0 0 61 8.2 JAROMIR JAGR PIT 12 10 5 15 3 6 2 1 1 0 55 18.2 VYACHESLAV KOZLOV DET 14 8 7 15 13 10 0 0 4 1 43 18.6 ROD BRIND'AMOUR PHI 14 6 9 15 7 8 2 1 1 0 28 21.4 STEPHANE RICHER NJD 14 3 12 15 8 0 1 1 2 0 44 6.8 LARRY MURPHY PIT 12 2 13 15 3 0 1 0 0 0 35 5.7 THEOREN FLEURY CAL 7 7 7 14 8 2 2 1 0 0 40 17.5 BRIAN LEETCH NYR 10 6 8 14 -1 8 3 0 1 0 46 13.0 ERIC LINDROS PHI 11 4 10 14 8 18 0 0 1 1 27 14.8 NICKLAS LIDSTROM DET 14 4 10 14 10 8 3 0 2 1 32 12.5 CLAUDE LEMIEUX NJD 15 10 3 13 9 14 0 0 2 0 46 21.7 PAVEL BURE VAN 11 7 6 13 -1 10 2 2 0 0 39 17.9 JOHN MACLEAN NJD 15 4 9 13 3 14 2 0 0 0 44 9.1 MARK MESSIER NYR 10 3 10 13 -11 8 2 0 1 0 26 11.5 JOE MURPHY CHI 16 9 3 12 -1 29 3 0 3 1 69 13.0 MIKAEL RENBERG PHI 14 5 7 12 6 6 1 0 0 0 43 11.6 RUSS COURTNALL VAN 11 4 8 12 1 21 0 2 1 0 27 14.8 NEAL BROTEN NJD 15 4 8 12 9 2 1 0 2 1 36 11.1 BERNIE NICHOLLS CHI 16 1 11 12 0 8 1 0 0 0 28 3.6 1995 PLAYOFF GOAL LEADERS Name Team GP G JAROMIR JAGR PITTSBURGH 12 10 CLAUDE LEMIEUX NEW JERSEY 15 10 JOE MURPHY CHICAGO 16 9 DINO CICCARELLI DETROIT 12 8 VYACHESLAV KOZLOV DETROIT 14 8 THEOREN FLEURY CALGARY 7 7 PAVEL BURE VANCOUVER 11 7 LUC ROBITAILLE PITTSBURGH 12 7 DENIS SAVARD CHICAGO 16 7 BRETT HULL ST LOUIS 7 6 BRIAN LEETCH NY RANGERS 10 6 RON FRANCIS PITTSBURGH 12 6 ROD BRIND'AMOUR PHILADELPHIA 14 6 KEVIN DINEEN PHILADELPHIA 14 6 RANDY MCKAY NEW JERSEY 14 6 1995 PLAYOFF ASSIST GOAL LEADERS Name Team GP A SERGEI FEDOROV DETROIT 13 15 RON FRANCIS PITTSBURGH 12 13 LARRY MURPHY PITTSBURGH 12 13 STEPHANE RICHER NEW JERSEY 14 12 PAUL COFFEY DETROIT 14 11 BERNIE NICHOLLS CHICAGO 16 11 DENIS SAVARD CHICAGO 16 11 MARK MESSIER NY RANGERS 10 10 ERIC LINDROS PHILADELPHIA 11 10 NICKLAS LIDSTROM DETROIT 14 10 PHIL HOUSLEY CALGARY 7 9 ROD BRIND'AMOUR PHILADELPHIA 14 9 JOHN MACLEAN NEW JERSEY 15 9 1995 PLAYOFF POWER PLAY GOAL LEADERS Name Team GP PP MIKE RATHJE SAN JOSE 11 5 DINO CICCARELLI DETROIT 12 5 BRIAN LEETCH NY RANGERS 10 3 PAT VERBEEK NY RANGERS 10 3 GEOFF COURTNALL VANCOUVER 11 3 ULF DAHLEN SAN JOSE 11 3 KEVIN STEVENS PITTSBURGH 12 3 NICKLAS LIDSTROM DETROIT 14 3 JOE MURPHY CHICAGO 16 3 DENIS SAVARD CHICAGO 16 3 1995 PLAYOFF GAME WINNING GOALS LEADERS Name Team GP GW VYACHESLAV KOZLOV DETROIT 14 4 CHRIS CHELIOS CHICAGO 16 3 JOE MURPHY CHICAGO 16 3 CLIFF RONNING VANCOUVER 11 2 DINO CICCARELLI DETROIT 12 2 LUC ROBITAILLE PITTSBURGH 12 2 ERIC DESJARDINS PHILADELPHIA 14 2 STEPHANE RICHER NEW JERSEY 14 2 KARL DYKHUIS PHILADELPHIA 14 2 NICKLAS LIDSTROM DETROIT 14 2 NEAL BROTEN NEW JERSEY 15 2 CLAUDE LEMIEUX NEW JERSEY 15 2 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1995 NHL PLAYOFF GOALTENDING LEADERS Through Sunday, June 11 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1995 PLAYOFF GOALS AGAINST AVERAGE LEADERS (Minimum 7 played) Goaltender Team GP MIN GA AVG MARTIN BRODEUR NEW JERSEY 15 922 25 1.63 MIKE VERNON DETROIT 14 857 27 1.89 ED BELFOUR CHICAGO 16 1014 37 2.19 RON HEXTALL PHILADELPHIA 14 838 38 2.72 FELIX POTVIN TORONTO 7 424 20 2.83 1995 PLAYOFF SAVE PERCENTAGE LEADERS Goaltender Tea GP Min GA SA SPCT W L MARTIN BRODEUR NJD 15 922 25 372 .933 11 4 ED BELFOUR CHI 16 1014 37 479 .923 9 7 FELIX POTVIN TOR 7 424 20 253 .920 3 4 RON HEXTALL PHI 14 838 38 408 .907 10 4 KEN WREGGET PIT 11 661 33 349 .905 5 6 1995 PLAYOFF WIN LEADERS Goaltender Team GP Min W L MIKE VERNON DETROIT 14 857 12 2 MARTIN BRODEUR NEW JERSEY 15 922 11 4 RON HEXTALL PHILADELPHIA 14 838 10 4 ED BELFOUR CHICAGO 16 1014 9 7 KEN WREGGET PITTSBURGH 11 661 5 6 1995 PLAYOFF SHUTOUT LEADERS Goaltender Team GP Min SO W L MARTIN BRODEUR NEW JERSEY 15 922 3 11 4 FELIX POTVIN TORONTO 7 424 1 3 4 TREVOR KIDD CALGARY 7 434 1 3 4 KEN WREGGET PITTSBURGH 11 661 1 5 6 MIKE VERNON DETROIT 14 857 1 12 2 ED BELFOUR CHICAGO 16 1014 1 9 7 ------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1995 NHL TEAM PLAYOFF STATS ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Boston ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- POS NO. PLAYER GP G A PTS +/- PIM PP SH GW GT S PCTG D 77 RAY BOURQUE 5 0 3 3 5- 0 0 0 0 0 15 .0 R 8 CAM NEELY 5 2 0 2 4- 2 1 0 1 0 13 15.4 L 26 MATS NASLUND 5 1 0 1 3- 0 0 0 0 0 7 14.3 C 12 ADAM OATES 5 1 0 1 6- 2 1 0 0 0 7 14.3 R 19 MARIUSZ CZERKAWSKI 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 9.1 D 34 DAVID SHAW 5 0 1 1 2- 4 0 0 0 0 9 .0 C 20 BRYAN SMOLINSKI 5 0 1 1 2- 4 0 0 0 0 12 .0 G 1 CRAIG BILLINGTON 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .0 R 44 GLEN MURRAY 2 0 0 0 1- 2 0 0 0 0 2 .0 C 41 GUY LAROSE 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .0 L 48 FRED KNIPSCHEER 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .0 L 18 BRENT HUGHES 5 0 0 0 2- 4 0 0 0 0 7 .0 D 28 JAMIE HUSCROFT 5 0 0 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 .0 D 6 ALEXEI KASATONOV 5 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 .0 L 17 DAVE REID 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .0 D 32 DON SWEENEY 5 0 0 0 4- 4 0 0 0 0 8 .0 C 21 TED DONATO 5 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 5 .0 R 23 STEVE HEINZE 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 .0 D 38 JON ROHLOFF 5 0 0 0 1- 6 0 0 0 0 3 .0 R 22 JOZEF STUMPEL 5 0 0 0 1- 0 0 0 0 0 8 .0 G 31 BLAINE LACHER 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Buffalo ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- POS NO. PLAYER GP G A PTS +/- PIM PP SH GW OT S PCTG R 89 ALEXANDER MOGILNY 5 3 2 5 6- 2 0 0 0 0 18 16.7 R 18 WAYNE PRESLEY 5 3 1 4 3 8 0 1 1 0 14 21.4 C 16 PAT LAFONTAINE 5 2 2 4 2- 2 1 0 0 0 11 18.2 D 8 DOUG BODGER 5 0 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 12 .0 C 19 BRIAN HOLZINGER 4 2 1 3 3- 2 1 0 0 0 6 33.3 L 43 JASON DAWE 5 2 1 3 2- 6 0 0 0 0 10 20.0 D 3 GARRY GALLEY 5 0 3 3 3- 4 0 0 0 0 12 .0 R 28 DONALD AUDETTE 5 1 1 2 2- 4 1 0 0 0 12 8.3 C 14 DAVE HANNAN 5 0 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 .0 D 5 CRAIG MUNI 5 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 .0 D 44 ALEXEI ZHITNIK 5 0 1 1 7- 14 0 0 0 0 12 .0 L 13 YURI KHMYLEV 5 0 1 1 1- 8 0 0 0 0 7 .0 C 10 DALE HAWERCHUK 2 0 0 0 1- 0 0 0 0 0 3 .0 D 33 MARK ASTLEY 2 0 0 0 2- 0 0 0 0 0 0 .0 D 22 CHARLIE HUDDY 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 .0 L 27 BRAD MAY 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 4 .0 G 39 DOMINIK HASEK 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .0 L 29 SCOTT PEARSON 5 0 0 0 1- 4 0 0 0 0 9 .0 L 32 ROB RAY 5 0 0 0 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 .0 C 20 BOB SWEENEY 5 0 0 0 1- 4 0 0 0 0 5 .0 D 42 RICHARD SMEHLIK 5 0 0 0 1- 2 0 0 0 0 3 .0 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Calgary --------------------------------------------------------------------------- POS NO. PLAYER GP G A PTS +/- PIM PP SH GW OT S PCTG R 14 THEOREN FLEURY 7 7 7 14 8 2 2 1 0 0 40 17.5 D 6 PHIL HOUSLEY 7 0 9 9 5 0 0 0 0 0 22 .0 C 13 GERMAN TITOV 7 5 3 8 1 10 0 1 0 0 14 35.7 C 32 MIKE SULLIVAN 7 3 5 8 5 2 0 1 1 0 12 25.0 C 25 JOE NIEUWENDYK 5 4 3 7 0 0 2 0 1 0 21 19.0 L 12 PAUL KRUSE 7 4 2 6 2 10 0 1 0 0 18 22.2 C 26 ROBERT REICHEL 7 2 4 6 1 4 0 0 1 0 20 10.0 C 92 MICHAEL NYLANDER 6 0 6 6 3- 2 0 0 0 0 13 .0 C 11 KELLY KISIO 7 3 2 5 0 19 1 0 0 0 11 27.3 R 23 SHELDON KENNEDY 7 3 1 4 3 16 0 1 0 0 19 15.8 R 22 RONNIE STERN 7 3 1 4 4 8 1 1 0 0 19 15.8 D 33 ZARLEY ZALAPSKI 7 0 4 4 7 4 0 0 0 0 7 .0 D 21 STEVE CHIASSON 7 1 2 3 9 9 1 0 0 0 16 6.3 C 29 JOEL OTTO 7 0 3 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 12 .0 D 3 FRANK MUSIL 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .0 D 5 JAMES PATRICK 5 0 1 1 2- 0 0 0 0 0 4 .0 R 15 SANDY MCCARTHY 6 0 1 1 2- 17 0 0 0 0 0 .0 D 39 DAN KECZMER 7 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 6 .0 G 31 RICK TABARACCI 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .0 C 17 WES WALZ 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .0 C 38 TODD HLUSHKO 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .0 D 18 TRENT YAWNEY 2 0 0 0 4- 2 0 0 0 0 1 .0 D 4 KEVIN DAHL 3 0 0 0 1- 0 0 0 0 0 0 .0 G 37 TREVOR KIDD 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chicago -------------------------------------------------------------------------- POS NO. PLAYER GP G A PTS +/- PIM PP SH GW OT S PCTG C 18 DENIS SAVARD 16 7 11 18 12 10 3 0 0 0 39 17.9 R 17 JOE MURPHY 16 9 3 12 1- 29 3 0 3 1 69 13.0 C 92 BERNIE NICHOLLS 16 1 11 12 0 8 1 0 0 0 28 3.6 D 7 CHRIS CHELIOS 16 4 7 11 6 12 0 1 3 2 49 8.2 L 32 MURRAY CRAVEN 16 5 5 10 2 4 0 0 1 0 28 17.9 D 20 GARY SUTER 12 2 5 7 1- 10 1 0 0 0 43 4.7 R 10 TONY AMONTE 16 3 3 6 3 10 0 0 0 0 32 9.4 D 2 ERIC WEINRICH 16 1 5 6 8 4 0 0 0 0 14 7.1 L 44 PATRICK POULIN 16 4 1 5 1 8 1 0 0 0 30 13.3 R 33 DIRK GRAHAM 16 2 3 5 6 8 0 0 1 0 21 9.5 C 11 JEFF SHANTZ 16 3 1 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 16 18.8 D 6 GERALD DIDUCK 16 1 3 4 4- 22 0 0 0 0 21 4.8 C 27 JEREMY ROENICK 8 1 2 3 2- 16 0 0 0 0 13 7.7 C 12 BRENT SUTTER 16 1 2 3 1 4 0 0 0 0 23 4.3 D 8 CAM RUSSELL 16 0 3 3 4 8 0 0 0 0 5 .0 R 15 JIM CUMMINS 14 1 1 2 3 4 0 0 1 0 8 12.5 D 4 KEITH CARNEY 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .0 D 5 STEVE SMITH 16 0 1 1 2 26 0 0 0 0 11 .0 L 55 ERIC DAZE 16 0 1 1 4- 4 0 0 0 0 16 .0 G 31 JEFF HACKETT 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .0 R 25 SERGEI KRIVOKRASOV 10 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 4 .0 G 30 ED BELFOUR 16 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 .0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dallas ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- POS NO. PLAYER GP G A PTS +/- PIM PP SH GW GT S PCTG D 4 KEVIN HATCHER 5 2 1 3 4- 2 1 0 1 0 18 11.1 R 21 PAUL BROTEN 5 1 2 3 2- 2 0 0 0 0 6 16.7 C 16 DEAN EVASON 5 1 2 3 1 12 0 1 0 0 7 14.3 L 23 GREG ADAMS 5 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 14 14.3 C 15 DAVE GAGNER 5 1 1 2 0 4 1 0 0 0 10 10.0 D 14 PAUL CAVALLINI 5 0 2 2 2 6 0 0 0 0 8 .0 D 24 RICHARD MATVICHUK 5 0 2 2 3- 4 0 0 0 0 6 .0 C 25 PETER ZEZEL 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 33.3 C 6 COREY MILLEN 5 1 0 1 1- 2 0 0 0 0 2 50.0 R 22 TRENT KLATT 5 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 25.0 D 3 CRAIG LUDWIG 4 0 1 1 5 2 0 0 0 0 2 .0 L 11 MIKE DONNELLY 5 0 1 1 0 6 0 0 0 0 6 .0 C 41 BRENT GILCHRIST 5 0 1 1 1- 2 0 0 0 0 7 .0 G 34 DARCY WAKALUK 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .0 R 37 ZAC BOYER 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .0 D 18 MIKE LALOR 3 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 .0 D 12 GRANT LEDYARD 3 0 0 0 2- 2 0 0 0 0 4 .0 R 27 SHANE CHURLA 5 0 0 0 1- 20 0 0 0 0 2 .0 G 35 ANDY MOOG 5 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .0 D 5 DOUG ZMOLEK 5 0 0 0 2- 10 0 0 0 0 3 .0 L 39 MIKE KENNEDY 5 0 0 0 1- 9 0 0 0 0 3 .0 C 10 TODD HARVEY 5 0 0 0 1- 8 0 0 0 0 7 .0 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Detroit --------------------------------------------------------------------------- POS NO. PLAYER GP G A PTS +/- PIM PP SH GW OT S PCTG C 91 SERGEI FEDOROV 13 4 15 19 12 6 2 0 0 0 41 9.8 D 77 PAUL COFFEY 14 5 11 16 7 10 2 0 0 0 61 8.2 C 13 VYACHESLAV KOZLOV 14 8 7 15 13 10 0 0 4 1 43 18.6 D 5 NICKLAS LIDSTROM 14 4 10 14 10 8 3 0 2 1 32 12.5 C 19 STEVE YZERMAN 11 3 8 11 5 0 1 0 1 0 31 9.7 R 22 DINO CICCARELLI 12 8 1 9 1 16 5 0 2 0 43 18.6 R 17 DOUG BROWN 14 4 5 9 13 0 0 1 1 0 25 16.0 L 55 KEITH PRIMEAU 14 4 5 9 1 37 2 0 0 0 30 13.3 R 26 RAY SHEPPARD 14 4 2 6 3- 5 2 0 0 0 37 10.8 L 21 BOB ERREY 14 1 5 6 7 26 1 0 0 0 17 5.9 C 33 KRIS DRAPER 14 4 1 5 1 8 0 1 1 0 19 21.1 R 25 DARREN MCCARTY 14 3 2 5 6 10 0 0 0 0 29 10.3 D 44 VIACHESLAV FETISOV 14 0 5 5 6 14 0 0 0 0 26 .0 D 3 BOB ROUSE 14 0 3 3 4 8 0 0 0 0 14 .0 D 16 VLAD. KONSTANTINOV 14 1 1 2 7 14 0 0 1 1 22 4.5 L 11 SHAWN BURR 14 0 2 2 1- 6 0 0 0 0 19 .0 L 32 STU GRIMSON 9 1 0 1 1 24 0 0 0 0 3 33.3 C 37 TIM TAYLOR 4 0 1 1 3- 10 0 0 0 0 8 .0 D 15 MIKE RAMSEY 13 0 1 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 6 .0 D 4 MARK HOWE 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .0 C 23 GREG JOHNSON 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .0 G 30 CHRIS OSGOOD 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .0 C 18 MIKE KRUSHELNYSKI 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .0 G 29 MIKE VERNON 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .0 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- New Jersey --------------------------------------------------------------------------- POS NO. PLAYER GP G A PTS +/- PIM PP SH GW GT S PCTG R 44 STEPHANE RICHER 14 3 12 15 8 0 1 1 2 0 44 6.8 R 22 CLAUDE LEMIEUX 15 10 3 13 9 14 0 0 2 0 46 21.7 R 15 JOHN MACLEAN 15 4 9 13 3 14 2 0 0 0 44 9.1 C 9 NEAL BROTEN 15 4 8 12 9 2 1 0 2 1 36 11.1 R 21 RANDY MCKAY 14 6 4 10 4 11 2 0 1 1 26 23.1 R 12 BILL GUERIN 15 3 3 6 1 18 1 0 0 0 20 15.0 D 6 TOMMY ALBELIN 15 1 5 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 12 8.3 D 4 SCOTT STEVENS 15 1 5 6 3 20 0 0 1 0 48 2.1 L 16 BOBBY HOLIK 15 3 2 5 6 12 1 0 1 0 24 12.5 D 27 SCOTT NIEDERMAYER 15 3 2 5 6 10 2 0 1 0 44 6.8 D 29 SHAWN CHAMBERS 15 2 3 5 2- 2 2 0 0 0 30 6.7 L 17 TOM CHORSKE 13 1 3 4 3- 4 0 0 0 0 15 6.7 D 23 BRUCE DRIVER 13 0 4 4 9 8 0 0 0 0 13 .0 L 19 BOB CARPENTER 12 1 2 3 3- 4 1 0 0 0 12 8.3 L 8 MIKE PELUSO 15 1 2 3 4 8 0 0 0 0 7 14.3 L 25 VALERI ZELEPUKIN 15 1 2 3 2- 8 0 0 1 0 12 8.3 D 28 KEVIN DEAN 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .0 C 14 BRIAN ROLSTON 3 1 0 1 3 4 1 0 0 0 9 11.1 C 11 JIM DOWD 9 1 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 7 14.3 D 3 KEN DANEYKO 15 1 0 1 6 16 0 0 0 0 9 11.1 C 18 SERGEI BRYLIN 9 0 1 1 1- 0 0 0 0 0 9 .0 G 30 MARTIN BRODEUR 15 0 1 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 .0 R 20 DANTON COLE 1 0 0 0 1- 0 0 0 0 0 1 .0 G 31 CHRIS TERRERI 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .0 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- New York Rangers --------------------------------------------------------------------------- POS NO. PLAYER GP G A PTS +/- PIM PP SH GW GT S PCTG D 2 BRIAN LEETCH 10 6 8 14 1- 8 3 0 1 0 46 13.0 C 11 MARK MESSIER 10 3 10 13 11- 8 2 0 1 0 26 11.5 R 27 ALEXEI KOVALEV 10 4 7 11 2 10 0 0 0 0 23 17.4 D 21 SERGEI ZUBOV 10 3 8 11 9- 2 1 0 0 0 34 8.8 R 17 PAT VERBEEK 10 4 6 10 6- 20 3 0 0 0 29 13.8 C 13 SERGEI NEMCHINOV 10 4 5 9 6 2 0 0 1 0 14 28.6 R 9 ADAM GRAVES 10 4 4 8 13- 8 2 0 0 0 38 10.5 C 10 PETR NEDVED 10 3 2 5 5- 6 2 0 0 0 29 10.3 R 28 STEVE LARMER 10 2 2 4 5- 6 0 1 1 0 15 13.3 L 19 NICK KYPREOS 10 0 2 2 3 6 0 0 0 0 9 0.0 D 25 ALEXANDER KARPOVSTEV 8 1 0 1 1- 0 0 0 0 0 8 12.5 L 20 MARK OSBORNE 7 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 50.0 D 4 KEVIN LOWE 10 0 1 1 5- 12 0 0 0 0 7 0.0 L 32 STEPHANE MATTEAU 9 0 1 1 2- 10 0 0 0 0 9 0.0 D 23 JEFF BEUKEBOOM 9 0 0 0 1 10 0 0 0 0 11 0.0 G 30 GLENN HEALY 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 R 26 JOE KOCUR 10 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 1 0.0 C 22 NATHAN LAFAYETTE 8 0 0 0 1- 2 0 0 0 0 1 0.0 L 14 TROY LONEY 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 G 35 MIKE RICHTER 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 R 16 BRIAN NOONAN 5 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 5 0.0 D 5 MATTIAS NORSTROM 3 0 0 0 1- 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.0 D 24 JAY WELLS 10 0 0 0 4- 8 0 0 0 0 5 0.0 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Philadelphia --------------------------------------------------------------------------- POS NO. PLAYER GP G A PTS +/- PIM PP SH GW GT S PCTG C 17 ROD BRIND'AMOUR 14 6 9 15 7 8 2 1 1 0 28 21.4 C 88 ERIC LINDROS 11 4 10 14 8 18 0 0 1 1 27 14.8 L 19 MIKAEL RENBERG 14 5 7 12 6 6 1 0 0 0 43 11.6 C 10 JOHN LECLAIR 14 5 6 11 8 4 1 0 1 0 33 15.2 R 11 KEVIN DINEEN 14 6 4 10 3 16 1 0 1 0 22 27.3 D 37 ERIC DESJARDINS 14 4 4 8 12 10 1 0 2 1 35 11.4 D 5 KEVIN HALLER 14 4 4 8 10 10 0 1 1 1 14 28.6 D 24 KARL DYKHUIS 14 4 4 8 4 14 2 0 2 1 15 26.7 C 9 ROB DIMAIO 14 2 4 6 4 4 0 1 1 0 8 25.0 D 2 DIMITRI YUSHKEVICH 14 1 5 6 1- 12 0 0 0 0 25 4.0 C 44 ANATOLI SEMENOV 14 2 3 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 12 16.7 C 14 CRAIG MACTAVISH 14 1 4 5 1- 20 0 0 0 0 12 8.3 R 18 BRENT FEDYK 9 2 2 4 2 8 0 0 0 0 9 22.2 C 25 SHJON PODEIN 14 1 3 4 2 8 0 0 0 0 10 10.0 D 23 PETR SVOBODA 13 0 4 4 6 8 0 0 0 0 15 .0 L 12 PATRIK JUHLIN 12 1 0 1 1- 2 0 0 0 0 13 7.7 G 27 RON HEXTALL 14 0 1 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 .0 D 20 ROB ZETTLER 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 .0 G 33 DOMINIC ROUSSEL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .0 R 21 DAVE BROWN 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .0 L 45 GILBERT DIONNE 3 0 0 0 1- 4 0 0 0 0 2 .0 C 22 JIM MONTGOMERY 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .0 L 8 SHAWN ANTOSKI 12 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 3 .0 D 6 CHRIS THERIEN 14 0 0 0 1- 10 0 0 0 0 23 .0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Pittsburgh ------------------------------------------------------------------------ POS NO. PLAYER GP G A PTS +/- PIM PP SH GW GT S PCTG C 10 RON FRANCIS 12 6 13 19 3 4 2 0 0 0 31 19.4 R 68 JAROMIR JAGR 12 10 5 15 3 6 2 1 1 0 55 18.2 D 55 LARRY MURPHY 12 2 13 15 3 0 1 0 0 0 35 5.7 L 20 LUC ROBITAILLE 12 7 4 11 5 26 0 0 2 0 33 21.2 L 25 KEVIN STEVENS 12 4 7 11 5- 21 3 0 1 0 32 12.5 R 17 TOMAS SANDSTROM 12 3 2 5 5- 16 1 0 0 0 21 14.3 D 22 NORM MACIVER 12 1 4 5 4- 8 0 0 1 0 16 6.3 C 12 TROY MURRAY 12 2 1 3 1- 12 0 0 0 0 12 16.7 R 7 JOE MULLEN 12 0 3 3 5- 4 0 0 0 0 12 0.0 D 23 CHRIS JOSEPH 10 1 1 2 3- 12 0 0 0 0 13 7.7 C 11 JOHN CULLEN 9 0 2 2 4- 8 0 0 0 0 7 0.0 D 18 FRANCOIS LEROUX 12 0 2 2 0 14 0 0 0 0 13 0.0 R 15 SHAWN MCEACHERN 11 0 2 2 2- 8 0 0 0 0 12 0.0 D 5 ULF SAMUELSSON 7 0 2 2 2 8 0 0 0 0 5 0.0 C 9 LEN BARRIE 4 1 0 1 6- 8 1 0 0 0 2 50.0 D 28 KJELL SAMUELSSON 11 0 1 1 4- 32 0 0 0 0 5 0.0 D 6 DRAKE BEREHOWSKY 2 0 0 0 1- 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 R 34 RUSTY FITZGERALD 5 0 0 0 1- 4 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 C 16 MIKE HUDSON 11 0 0 0 3- 6 0 0 0 0 2 0.0 R 33 JIM MCKENZIE 5 0 0 0 1- 4 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 D 37 IAN MORAN 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.0 C 15 RICHARD PARK 3 0 0 0 1- 2 0 0 0 0 5 0.0 G 35 TOM BARRASSO 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 D 32 PETER TAGLIANETTI 4 0 0 0 3- 2 0 0 0 0 3 0.0 D 2 CHRIS TAMER 4 0 0 0 4- 18 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 G 31 KEN WREGGET 11 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Quebec ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- POS NO. PLAYER GP G A PTS +/- PIM PP SH GW OT S PCTG R 48 SCOTT YOUNG 6 3 3 6 3 2 0 1 0 0 12 25.0 C 28 BOB BASSEN 5 2 4 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 10 20.0 C 21 PETER FORSBERG 6 2 4 6 2 4 1 0 0 0 13 15.4 C 19 JOE SAKIC 6 4 1 5 4- 0 1 1 1 0 15 26.7 R 11 OWEN NOLAN 6 2 3 5 2 6 0 0 0 0 12 16.7 C 9 MIKE RICCI 6 1 3 4 4 8 0 0 0 0 9 11.1 L 17 WENDEL CLARK 6 1 2 3 6- 6 0 0 0 0 18 5.6 D 6 CRAIG WOLANIN 6 1 1 2 5 4 0 0 0 0 8 12.5 L 12 CHRIS SIMON 6 1 1 2 1- 19 0 0 1 0 9 11.1 D 4 UWE KRUPP 5 0 2 2 2- 2 0 0 0 0 13 .0 D 2 SYLVAIN LEFEBVRE 6 0 2 2 5 2 0 0 0 0 7 .0 L 13 VALERI KAMENSKY 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 50.0 D 22 JANNE LAUKKANEN 6 1 0 1 2- 2 0 0 0 0 11 9.1 L 20 RENE CORBET 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .0 D 7 CURTIS LESCHYSHYN 3 0 1 1 1- 4 0 0 0 0 3 .0 D 29 STEVEN FINN 4 0 1 1 4- 2 0 0 0 0 2 .0 D 52 ADAM FOOTE 6 0 1 1 3- 14 0 0 0 0 6 .0 R 51 ANDREI KOVALENKO 6 0 1 1 3- 2 0 0 0 0 6 .0 R 18 ADAM DEADMARSH 6 0 1 1 3- 0 0 0 0 0 6 .0 L 15 BILL HUARD 1 0 0 0 1- 0 0 0 0 0 0 .0 G 1 GARTH SNOW 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .0 R 23 PAUL MACDERMID 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 .0 G 41 JOCELYN THIBAULT 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .0 G 35 STEPHANE FISET 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .0 C 47 CLAUDE LAPOINTE 5 0 0 0 1- 8 0 0 0 0 0 .0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- St. Louis ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- POS NO. PLAYER GP G A PTS +/- PIM PP SH GW GT S PCTG L 19 BRENDAN SHANAHAN 5 4 5 9 2 14 1 0 1 0 23 17.4 R 16 BRETT HULL 7 6 2 8 0 0 2 0 0 0 34 17.6 R 27 DENIS CHASSE 7 1 7 8 7 23 0 0 0 0 10 10.0 C 14 TODD ELIK 7 4 3 7 1 2 1 1 0 0 20 20.0 D 2 AL MACINNIS 7 1 5 6 3- 10 0 0 0 0 22 4.5 L 10 ESA TIKKANEN 7 2 2 4 1- 20 1 0 1 0 19 10.5 D 28 STEVE DUCHESNE 7 0 4 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 22 .0 C 22 IAN LAPERRIERE 7 0 4 4 3 21 0 0 0 0 10 .0 L 17 BASIL MCRAE 7 2 1 3 4 4 0 0 0 0 6 33.3 C 21 GUY CARBONNEAU 7 1 2 3 3 6 0 0 0 0 6 16.7 L 7 GREG GILBERT 7 0 3 3 0 6 0 0 0 0 9 .0 C 20 ADAM CREIGHTON 7 2 0 2 1- 16 1 0 1 0 17 11.8 D 33 BILL HOULDER 4 1 1 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 10 10.0 R 9 GLENN ANDERSON 6 1 1 2 0 49 0 0 0 0 3 33.3 D 34 MURRAY BARON 7 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 9 11.1 D 5 JEFF NORTON 7 1 1 2 1 11 0 0 0 0 13 7.7 G 31 CURTIS JOSEPH 7 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .0 L 18 TONY TWIST 1 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 1 .0 L 23 CRAIG JOHNSON 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .0 G 30 JON CASEY 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .0 L 12 VITALI KARAMNOV 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 .0 D 32 DONALD DUFRESNE 3 0 0 0 1- 4 0 0 0 0 2 .0 D 4 RICK ZOMBO 3 0 0 0 1- 2 0 0 0 0 2 .0 D 6 DOUG LIDSTER 4 0 0 0 6 2 0 0 0 0 1 .0 L 15 DAVID ROBERTS 6 0 0 0 5- 4 0 0 0 0 11 .0 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- San Jose --------------------------------------------------------------------------- POS NO. PLAYER GP G A PTS +/- PIM PP SH GW GT S PCTG R 22 ULF DAHLEN 11 5 4 9 13- 0 3 0 1 0 19 26.3 C 7 IGOR LARIONOV 11 1 8 9 4- 2 0 0 0 0 19 5.3 C 14 RAY WHITNEY 11 4 4 8 3- 2 0 0 1 0 15 26.7 D 40 MIKE RATHJE 11 5 2 7 15- 4 5 0 0 0 18 27.8 C 15 CRAIG JANNEY 11 3 4 7 13- 4 0 0 1 0 17 17.6 R 24 SERGEI MAKAROV 11 3 3 6 3- 4 0 0 0 0 8 37.5 R 39 JEFF FRIESEN 11 1 5 6 9- 4 0 0 0 0 21 4.8 D 6 SANDIS OZOLINSH 11 3 2 5 13- 6 1 0 0 0 15 20.0 D 41 TOM PEDERSON 10 0 5 5 15- 8 0 0 0 0 14 0.0 R 17 PAT FALLOON 11 3 1 4 6- 0 0 0 0 0 24 12.5 C 13 JAMIE BAKER 11 2 2 4 7- 12 0 0 1 0 20 10.0 D 4 JAYSON MORE 11 0 4 4 2- 6 0 0 0 0 11 0.0 R 36 JEFF ODGERS 11 1 1 2 0 23 0 0 0 0 5 20.0 R 18 CHRIS TANCILL 11 1 1 2 8- 8 0 0 0 0 16 6.3 D 2 JIM KYTE 11 0 2 2 0 14 0 0 0 0 8 0.0 R SHEAN DONOVAN 7 0 1 1 1- 6 0 0 0 0 7 0.0 D 44 SHAWN CRONIN 9 0 0 0 2 5 0 0 0 0 1 0.0 G 31 WADE FLAHERTY 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 G 32 ARTURS IRBE 6 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 D 26 VLASTIMIL KROUPA 6 0 0 0 3- 4 0 0 0 0 3 0.0 C 8 KEVIN MILLER 6 0 0 0 3- 2 0 0 0 0 7 0.0 R 23 ANDREI NAZAROV 6 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 3 0.0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Toronto ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- POS NO. PLAYER GP G A PTS +/- PIM PP SH GW OT S PCTG C 13 MATS SUNDIN 7 5 4 9 2- 4 2 0 1 0 27 18.5 C 93 DOUG GILMOUR 7 0 6 6 2 6 0 0 0 0 8 .0 L 14 DAVE ANDREYCHUK 7 3 2 5 3 25 2 0 0 0 19 15.8 C 7 MIKE RIDLEY 7 3 1 4 3- 2 1 0 1 0 11 27.3 R 11 MIKE GARTNER 5 2 2 4 4 2 0 0 0 0 10 20.0 D 15 DMITRI MIRONOV 6 2 1 3 1- 2 1 0 0 0 11 18.2 D 34 JAMIE MACOUN 7 1 2 3 0 8 0 0 0 0 15 6.7 D 23 TODD GILL 7 0 3 3 4- 6 0 0 0 0 16 .0 L 24 RANDY WOOD 7 2 0 2 2- 6 1 0 1 1 14 14.3 C 25 PAUL DIPIETRO 7 1 1 2 3- 0 0 0 0 0 9 11.1 D 4 DAVE ELLETT 7 0 2 2 5- 0 0 0 0 0 18 .0 R 28 TIE DOMI 7 1 0 1 2- 0 0 0 0 0 7 14.3 R 9 MIKE CRAIG 2 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 7 .0 L 10 BILL BERG 7 0 1 1 3- 4 0 0 0 0 6 .0 L 21 WARREN RYCHEL 3 0 0 0 2- 0 0 0 0 0 2 .0 D 3 GRANT JENNINGS 4 0 0 0 3- 0 0 0 0 0 4 .0 R 20 RICH SUTTER 4 0 0 0 3- 2 0 0 0 0 0 .0 D 19 KENNY JONSSON 4 0 0 0 2- 0 0 0 0 0 3 .0 C 32 BENOIT HOGUE 7 0 0 0 4- 6 0 0 0 0 6 .0 D 2 GARTH BUTCHER 7 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 6 .0 L 18 KENT MANDERVILLE 7 0 0 0 3- 6 0 0 0 0 6 .0 G 29 FELIX POTVIN 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .0 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Vancouver --------------------------------------------------------------------------- POS NO. PLAYER GP G A PTS +/- PIM PP SH GW GT S PCTG R 10 PAVEL BURE 11 7 6 13 1- 10 2 2 0 0 39 17.9 R 9 RUSS COURTNALL 11 4 8 12 1 9 0 2 1 0 27 14.8 C 7 CLIFF RONNING 11 3 5 8 5- 2 1 0 2 0 20 15.0 R 16 TREVOR LINDEN 11 2 6 8 1- 12 1 0 0 0 19 10.5 D 21 JYRKI LUMME 11 2 6 8 0 8 1 0 0 0 23 8.7 L 14 GEOFF COURTNALL 11 4 2 6 8- 34 3 1 1 0 31 12.9 R 28 ROMAN OKSIUTA 10 2 3 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 9 22.2 L 27 SERGIO MOMESSO 11 3 1 4 5- 16 1 0 0 0 11 27.3 D 44 DAVE BABYCH 11 2 2 4 8- 14 1 1 0 0 16 12.5 D 22 JEFF BROWN 5 1 3 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 11 9.1 C 42 JOSEF BERANEK 11 1 1 2 7- 12 0 0 0 0 21 4.8 C 20 CHRISTIAN RUUTTU 9 1 1 2 3- 0 0 1 0 0 12 8.3 D 3 BRET HEDICAN 11 0 2 2 5- 6 0 0 0 0 6 0.0 D 6 ADRIAN AUCOIN 4 1 0 1 1- 0 1 0 0 0 2 50.0 L 23 MARTIN GELINAS 3 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0.0 G 1 KIRK MCLEAN 11 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 D 5 DANA MURZYN 8 0 1 1 1- 17 0 0 0 0 9 0.0 C 33 MIKE PECA 5 0 1 1 0 8 0 0 0 0 7 0.0 D 34 JASSEN CULLIMORE 11 0 0 0 4- 12 0 0 0 0 9 0.0 R 19 TIM HUNTER 11 0 0 0 3- 22 0 0 0 0 3 0.0 R 36 DANE JACKSON 6 0 0 0 2- 10 0 0 0 0 2 0.0 D 2 JOHN NAMESTNIKOV 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 L 29 GINO ODJICK 5 0 0 0 2- 17 0 0 0 0 7 0.0 R 25 ALEK STOJANOV 5 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0.0 G 31 KAY WHITMORE 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 D 4 MARK WOTTON 5 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 2 0.0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Washington ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- POS NO. PLAYER GP G A PTS +/- PIM PP SH GW OT S PCTG R 12 PETER BONDRA 7 5 3 8 0 10 2 0 1 0 23 21.7 C 32 DALE HUNTER 7 4 4 8 0 24 2 0 0 0 13 30.8 R 26 KEITH JONES 7 4 4 8 1- 22 1 0 0 0 14 28.6 C 90 JOE JUNEAU 7 2 6 8 2- 2 0 0 0 0 16 12.5 C 22 STEVE KONOWALCHUK 7 2 5 7 2 12 0 1 0 0 18 11.1 L 8 DIMITRI KHRISTICH 7 1 4 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 13 7.7 C 20 MICHAL PIVONKA 7 1 4 5 2 21 0 0 0 0 9 11.1 D 6 CALLE JOHANSSON 7 3 1 4 6 0 1 0 0 0 21 14.3 D 17 SERGEI GONCHAR 7 2 2 4 8 2 0 0 1 0 15 13.3 D 3 SYLVAIN COTE 7 1 3 4 9- 2 0 0 0 0 16 6.3 L 10 KELLY MILLER 7 0 3 3 2- 4 0 0 0 0 5 .0 C 36 MIKE EAGLES 7 0 2 2 1 4 0 0 0 0 6 .0 D 4 JIM JOHNSON 7 0 2 2 3 8 0 0 0 0 9 .0 R 25 ROB PEARSON 3 1 0 1 0 17 0 0 1 0 5 20.0 D 24 MARK TINORDI 1 0 0 0 2- 2 0 0 0 0 2 .0 G 35 BYRON DAFOE 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .0 G 37 OLAF KOLZIG 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .0 C 9 DAVE POULIN 2 0 0 0 1- 0 0 0 0 0 3 .0 D 44 IGOR ULANOV 2 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 .0 C 23 KEVIN KAMINSKI 5 0 0 0 1- 36 0 0 0 0 1 .0 L 27 CRAIG BERUBE 7 0 0 0 3- 29 0 0 0 0 4 .0 D 29 JOE REEKIE 7 0 0 0 4- 2 0 0 0 0 3 .0 D 2 KEN KLEE 7 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 10 .0 G 30 JIM CAREY 7 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 .0 =========================================================================== --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1995 PLAYOFF GOALTENDING STATS --------------------------------------------------------------------------- GOALTENDER GPI MINS AVG W L T EN SO GA SA SPCTG G A PIM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CHRIS TERRERI 1 8 .00 0 0 0 0 0 2 1.000 0 0 0 MARTIN BRODEUR 15 922 1.63 11 4 0 3 25 372 .933 0 1 4 N.J TOTALS 15 932 1.61 11 4 0 3 25 374 .933 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CHRIS OSGOOD 1 36 1.67 0 0 0 0 1 14 .929 0 0 0 MIKE VERNON 14 857 1.89 12 2 0 1 27 274 .901 0 0 0 DET TOTALS 14 893 1.88 12 2 0 1 28 288 .903 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ED BELFOUR 16 1014 2.19 9 7 1 1 37 479 .923 0 0 6 JEFF HACKETT 2 26 2.31 0 0 0 0 1 11 .909 0 0 0 CHI TOTALS 16 1044 2.24 9 7 1 1 39 491 .921 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DOMINIC ROUSSEL 1 23 .00 0 0 0 0 0 8 1.000 0 0 0 RON HEXTALL 14 838 2.72 10 4 1 0 38 408 .907 0 1 4 PHI TOTALS 14 862 2.71 10 4 1 0 39 417 .906 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CRAIG BILLINGTON 1 25 2.40 0 0 0 0 1 10 .900 0 0 0 BLAINE LACHER 5 283 2.54 1 4 1 0 12 125 .904 0 0 0 BOS TOTALS 5 309 2.72 1 4 1 0 14 136 .897 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FELIX POTVIN 7 424 2.83 3 4 2 1 20 253 .921 0 0 0 TOR TOTALS 7 430 3.07 3 4 2 1 22 255 .914 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- KIRK MCLEAN 11 660 3.27 4 7 0 0 36 336 .893 0 1 0 KAY WHITMORE 1 20 6.00 0 0 0 0 2 18 .889 0 0 0 VAN TOTALS 11 683 3.34 4 7 0 0 38 354 .893 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DARCY WAKALUK 1 20 3.00 0 0 0 0 1 9 .889 0 0 0 ANDY MOOG 5 277 3.47 1 4 0 0 16 169 .905 0 0 2 DAL TOTALS 5 300 3.40 1 4 0 0 17 178 .904 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- RICK TABARACCI 1 19 .00 0 0 0 0 0 9 1.000 0 0 0 TREVOR KIDD 7 434 3.59 3 4 0 1 26 181 .856 0 0 0 CGY TOTALS 7 454 3.44 3 4 0 1 26 190 .863 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- KEN WREGGET 11 661 3.00 5 6 2 1 33 349 .905 0 0 7 TOM BARRASSO 2 80 6.00 0 1 0 0 8 41 .805 0 0 2 PIT TOTALS 12 743 3.47 5 7 2 1 43 392 .890 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DOMINIK HASEK 5 309 3.50 1 4 0 0 18 131 .863 0 0 0 BUF TOTALS 5 310 3.48 1 4 0 0 18 131 .863 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GLENN HEALY 5 230 3.39 2 1 0 0 13 93 .860 0 0 0 MIKE RICHTER 7 384 3.59 2 5 1 0 23 189 .878 0 0 0 NYR TOTALS 10 616 3.60 4 6 1 0 37 283 .869 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CURTIS JOSEPH 7 392 3.67 3 3 1 0 24 178 .865 0 1 0 JON CASEY 2 30 4.00 0 1 0 0 2 10 .800 0 0 0 STL TOTALS 7 422 3.84 3 4 1 0 27 189 .857 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- JOCELYN THIBAULT 3 148 3.24 1 2 0 0 8 76 .895 0 0 0 STEPHANE FISET 4 209 4.59 1 2 0 0 16 115 .861 0 0 0 GARTH SNOW 1 9 6.67 0 0 0 0 1 3 .667 0 0 0 QUE TOTALS 6 368 4.08 2 4 0 0 25 194 .871 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- OLAF KOLZIG 2 44 1.36 1 0 0 0 1 21 .952 0 0 0 BYRON DAFOE 1 20 3.00 0 0 0 0 1 3 .667 0 0 0 JIM CAREY 7 358 4.19 2 4 2 0 25 151 .834 0 0 4 WSH TOTALS 7 425 4.09 3 4 2 0 29 177 .836 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WADE FLAHERTY 7 377 4.93 2 3 0 0 31 221 .860 0 0 0 ARTURS IRBE 6 316 5.13 2 4 1 0 27 184 .853 0 0 10 S.J TOTALS 11 694 5.10 4 7 1 0 59 406 .855 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ===========================================================================