1993–94 Quebec Nordiques season

The 1993–94 Quebec Nordiques season was the Nordiques' 22nd season of operation and its 15th in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Nordiques failed to qualify for the 1994 Stanley Cup playoffs.

1993–94 Quebec Nordiques
Division	5th Northeast
Conference	11th Eastern
1993–94 record	34–42–8
Home record	19–17–6
Road record	15–25–2
Goals for	277
Goals against	292
Team information
General manager	Pierre Page
Coach	Pierre Page
Captain	Joe Sakic
Alternate captains	Steven Finn Mike Ricci
Arena	Colisée de Québec
Average attendance	14,564 (94.6%) [1]
Minor league affiliate(s)	Cornwall Aces (AHL)
Team leaders
Goals	Mats Sundin (32)
Assists	Joe Sakic (64)
Points	Joe Sakic (92)
Penalty minutes	Steven Finn (159)
Plus/minus	Craig Wolanin (+16)
Wins	Stephane Fiset (20)
Goals against average	Jocelyn Thibault (3.31)
← 1992–93 1994–95 →

Off-season

Regular season

Final standings

Northeast Division

No.	CR		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1	2	Pittsburgh Penguins	84	44	27	13	299	285	101
2	4	Boston Bruins	84	42	29	13	289	252	97
3	5	Montreal Canadiens	84	41	29	14	283	248	96
4	6	Buffalo Sabres	84	43	32	9	282	218	95
5	11	Quebec Nordiques	84	34	42	8	277	292	76
6	13	Hartford Whalers	84	27	48	9	227	288	63
7	14	Ottawa Senators	84	14	61	9	201	397	37

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Note: No. = Division rank, CR = Conference rank, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points
       Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Eastern Conference^[3]

R		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1	p-New York Rangers *	84	52	24	8	299	231	112
2	x-Pittsburgh Penguins *	84	44	27	13	299	285	101
3	New Jersey Devils	84	47	25	12	306	220	106
4	Boston Bruins	84	42	29	13	289	252	97
5	Montreal Canadiens	84	41	29	14	283	248	96
6	Buffalo Sabres	84	43	32	9	282	218	95
7	Washington Capitals	84	39	35	10	277	263	88
8	New York Islanders	84	36	36	12	282	264	84
9	Florida Panthers	84	33	34	17	233	233	83
10	Philadelphia Flyers	84	35	39	10	294	314	80
11	Quebec Nordiques	84	34	42	8	277	292	76
12	Tampa Bay Lightning	84	30	43	11	224	251	71
13	Hartford Whalers	84	27	48	9	227	288	63
14	Ottawa Senators	84	14	61	9	201	397	37

Final standings

bold – Qualified for playoffs; x – Won division; p – Won Presidents' Trophy (and division); * – Division leader

Schedule and results

1993–94 regular season[4]
October: 5–6–1 (home: 2–3–0; road: 3–3–1) Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Attendance Recap 1 T October 6, 1993 5–5 @ Ottawa Senators (1993–94) 0–0–1 10,525 Recap 2 L October 9, 1993 3–7 @ Boston Bruins (1993–94) 0–1–1 13,633 Recap 3 W October 10, 1993 7–4 Pittsburgh Penguins (1993–94) 1–1–1 14,731 Recap 4 L October 13, 1993 4–6 @ New York Rangers (1993–94) 1–2–1 16,451 Recap 5 W October 16, 1993 5–2 @ Montreal Canadiens (1993–94) 2–2–1 17,959 Recap 6 L October 18, 1993 2–4 Montreal Canadiens (1993–94) 2–3–1 14,892 Recap 7 W October 20, 1993 5–2 @ Hartford Whalers (1993–94) 3–3–1 7,315 Recap 8 L October 21, 1993 2–3 @ Chicago Blackhawks (1993–94) 3–4–1 16,876 Recap 9 W October 23, 1993 3–2 Dallas Stars (1993–94) 4–4–1 14,149 Recap 10 L October 26, 1993 2–4 Philadelphia Flyers (1993–94) 4–5–1 14,787 Recap 11 W October 28, 1993 7–3 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1993–94) 5–5–1 17,097 Recap 12 L October 30, 1993 3–5 Detroit Red Wings (1993–94) 5–6–1 14,098 Recap
November: 3–6–3 (home: 2–3–3; road: 1–3–0) Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Attendance Recap 13 W November 2, 1993 8–2 Tampa Bay Lightning (1993–94) 6–6–1 13,635 Recap 14 L November 4, 1993 1–4 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1993–94) 6–7–1 17,301 Recap 15 L November 6, 1993 2–4 New York Rangers (1993–94) 6–8–1 14,602 Recap 16 L November 7, 1993 1–3 Florida Panthers (1993–94) 6–9–1 14,726 Recap 17 L November 9, 1993 1–2 @ Washington Capitals (1993–94) 6–10–1 10,267 Recap 18 L November 13, 1993 3–4 @ Tampa Bay Lightning (1993–94) 6–11–1 19,691 Recap 19 W November 14, 1993 5–2 @ Florida Panthers (1993–94) 7–11–1 12,735 Recap 20 T November 20, 1993 5–5 OT Winnipeg Jets (1993–94) 7–11–2 14,416 Recap 21 T November 23, 1993 1–1 OT New Jersey Devils (1993–94) 7–11–3 14,120 Recap 22 W November 25, 1993 8–6 Los Angeles Kings (1993–94) 8–11–3 14,897 Recap 23 T November 27, 1993 2–2 OT Buffalo Sabres (1993–94) 8–11–4 14,043 Recap 24 L November 30, 1993 2–5 Boston Bruins (1993–94) 8–12–4 14,885 Recap
December: 8–5–1 (home: 5–2–1; road: 3–3–0) Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Attendance Recap 25 W December 3, 1993 3–2 @ New York Islanders (1993–94) 9–12–4 9,225 Recap 26 W December 4, 1993 3–1 Vancouver Canucks (1993–94) 10–12–4 14,549 Recap 27 T December 7, 1993 4–4 OT Calgary Flames (1993–94) 10–12–5 14,228 Recap 28 W December 9, 1993 3–2 @ New Jersey Devils (1993–94) 11–12–5 10,892 Recap 29 W December 11, 1993 5–2 Ottawa Senators (1993–94) 12–12–5 14,707 Recap 30 W December 13, 1993 5–3 Washington Capitals (1993–94) 13–12–5 14,832 Recap 31 L December 16, 1993 2–3 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1993–94) 13–13–5 17,091 Recap 32 L December 18, 1993 2–6 New Jersey Devils (1993–94) 13–14–5 15,004 Recap 33 W December 19, 1993 7–5 San Jose Sharks (1993–94) 14–14–5 14,729 Recap 34 L December 21, 1993 1–2 @ Ottawa Senators (1993–94) 14–15–5 10,503 Recap 35 L December 23, 1993 2–5 @ Winnipeg Jets (1993–94) 14–16–5 12,802 Recap 36 L December 28, 1993 1–4 Tampa Bay Lightning (1993–94) 14–17–5 14,646 Recap 37 W December 29, 1993 5–3 New York Islanders (1993–94) 15–17–5 15,264 Recap 38 W December 31, 1993 5–4 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1993–94) 16–17–5 17,537 Recap
January: 4–8–0 (home: 2–2–0; road: 2–6–0) Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Attendance Recap 39 W January 2, 1994 6–4 @ Dallas Stars (1993–94) 17–17–5 15,207 Recap 40 L January 4, 1994 1–5 @ Los Angeles Kings (1993–94) 17–18–5 16,005 Recap 41 L January 5, 1994 0–4 Montreal Canadiens (1993–94) 17–19–5 11,393 Recap 42 L January 7, 1994 4–6 @ Edmonton Oilers (1993–94) 17–20–5 15,057 Recap 43 L January 11, 1994 0–1 @ Calgary Flames (1993–94) 17–21–5 18,560 Recap 44 L January 12, 1994 3–4 @ Vancouver Canucks (1993–94) 17–22–5 15,640 Recap 45 L January 15, 1994 0–4 Washington Capitals (1993–94) 17–23–5 14,198 Recap 46 W January 18, 1994 6–3 Pittsburgh Penguins (1993–94) 18–23–5 14,229 Recap 47 W January 25, 1994 6–4 Philadelphia Flyers (1993–94) 19–23–5 13,949 Recap 48 L January 27, 1994 0–3 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1993–94) 19–24–5 16,234 Recap 49 W January 29, 1994 3–2 @ Hartford Whalers (1993–94) 20–24–5 11,743 Recap 50 L January 31, 1994 3–4 @ Boston Bruins (1993–94) 20–25–5 13,961 Recap
February: 4–8–0 (home: 1–5–0; road: 3–3–0) Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Attendance Recap 51 L February 1, 1994 1–2 Hartford Whalers (1993–94) 20–26–5 15,023 Recap 52 W February 3, 1994 4–3 @ St. Louis Blues (1993–94) 21–26–5 16,947 Recap 53 L February 5, 1994 2–3 New York Islanders (1993–94) 21–27–5 15,049 Recap 54 L February 8, 1994 1–6 Boston Bruins (1993–94) 21–28–5 15,038 Recap 55 L February 12, 1994 2–5 @ Montreal Canadiens (1993–94) 21–29–5 17,959 Recap 56 L February 14, 1994 2–4 New York Rangers (1993–94) 21–30–5 15,029 Recap 57 W February 17, 1994 8–2 @ San Jose Sharks (1993–94) 22–30–5 16,886 Recap 58 W February 18, 1994 1–0 @ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1993–94) 23–30–5 17,174 Recap 59 L February 21, 1994 1–2 @ Buffalo Sabres (1993–94) 23–31–5 13,601 Recap 60 W February 24, 1994 6–0 St. Louis Blues (1993–94) 24–31–5 14,630 Recap 61 L February 26, 1994 3–6 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1993–94) 24–32–5 15,032 Recap 62 L February 27, 1994 2–5 @ New York Islanders (1993–94) 24–33–5 11,545 Recap
March: 7–6–2 (home: 5–1–1; road: 2–5–1) Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Attendance Recap 63 L March 2, 1994 2–5 @ New York Rangers (1993–94) 24–34–5 18,200 Recap 64 W March 5, 1994 4–1 Toronto Maple Leafs (1993–94) 25–34–5 15,399 Recap 65 T March 7, 1994 2–2 OT @ New Jersey Devils (1993–94) 25–34–6 16,620 Recap 66 W March 8, 1994 5–2 Ottawa Senators (1993–94) 26–34–6 14,584 Recap 67 T March 10, 1994 4–4 OT Montreal Canadiens (1993–94) 26–34–7 15,399 Recap 68 W March 12, 1994 4–3 @ Washington Capitals (1993–94) 27–34–7 17,362 Recap 69 W March 14, 1994 5–1 Chicago Blackhawks (1993–94) 28–34–7 14,014 Recap 70 W March 17, 1994 4–1 Hartford Whalers (1993–94) 29–34–7 14,131 Recap 71 L March 19, 1994 2–5 @ Montreal Canadiens (1993–94) 29–35–7 17,959 Recap 72 L March 20, 1994 3–5 Edmonton Oilers (1993–94) 29–36–7 14,236 Recap 73 W March 22, 1994 5–3 Boston Bruins (1993–94) 30–36–7 14,293 Recap 74 L March 26, 1994 3–6 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1993–94) 30–37–7 15,728 Recap 75 L March 27, 1994 2–5 @ New Jersey Devils (1993–94) 30–38–7 6,222 Recap 76 L March 30, 1994 4–6 @ Ottawa Senators (1993–94) 30–39–7 10,546 Recap 77 W March 31, 1994 4–2 @ Detroit Red Wings (1993–94) 31–39–7 19,875 Recap
April: 3–3–1 (home: 2–1–1; road: 1–2–0) Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Attendance Recap 78 L April 2, 1994 2–6 Buffalo Sabres (1993–94) 31–40–7 15,097 Recap 79 W April 4, 1994 6–4 Buffalo Sabres (1993–94) 32–40–7 14,674 Recap 80 T April 5, 1994 3–3 OT Florida Panthers (1993–94) 32–40–8 15,049 Recap 81 W April 7, 1994 5–2 Hartford Whalers (1993–94) 33–40–8 15,324 Recap 82 L April 10, 1994 1–4 @ Buffalo Sabres (1993–94) 33–41–8 14,910 Recap 83 W April 12, 1994 5–2 @ Florida Panthers (1993–94) 34–41–8 14,704 Recap 84 L April 14, 1994 2–5 @ Tampa Bay Lightning (1993–94) 34–42–8 21,094 Recap
Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Tie (1 point)

Player statistics

Regular season
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG Joe Sakic C 84 28 64 92 18 -8 10 1 9 Mats Sundin C 84 32 53 85 60 1 6 2 4 Valeri Kamensky LW 76 28 37 65 42 12 6 0 1 Mike Ricci C 83 30 21 51 113 -9 13 3 6 Scott Young RW 76 26 25 51 14 -4 6 1 1 Iain Fraser C 60 17 20 37 23 -5 2 0 2 Andrei Kovalenko RW 58 16 17 33 46 -5 5 0 4 Martin Rucinsky LW 60 9 23 32 58 4 4 0 1 Claude Lapointe LW/C 59 11 17 28 70 2 1 1 1 Alexei Gusarov D 76 5 20 25 38 3 0 1 0 Ron Sutter C 37 9 13 22 44 3 4 0 0 Curtis Leschyshyn D 72 5 17 22 65 -2 3 0 2 Bob Bassen C 37 11 8 19 55 -3 1 0 0 Dave Karpa D 60 5 12 17 148 0 2 0 0 Steven Finn D 80 4 13 17 159 -9 0 0 1 Craig Wolanin D 63 6 10 16 80 16 0 0 0 Mike McKee LW 48 3 12 15 41 5 2 0 0 Chris Lindberg LW 37 6 8 14 12 -1 0 0 0 Martin Gelinas LW 31 6 6 12 8 -2 0 0 0 Garth Butcher D 34 3 9 12 67 -1 0 1 1 Tommy Sjodin D 22 1 9 10 18 5 1 0 0 Chris Simon LW 37 4 4 8 132 -2 0 0 1 Adam Foote D 45 2 6 8 67 3 0 0 0 Reggie Savage C 17 3 4 7 16 3 1 0 0 Brad Werenka D 11 0 7 7 8 4 0 0 0 Kerry Huffman D 28 0 6 6 28 2 0 0 0 Paul MacDermid RW 44 2 3 5 35 -3 0 0 0 Owen Nolan RW 6 2 2 4 8 2 0 0 0 Tony Twist LW 49 0 4 4 101 -1 0 0 0 Stephane Fiset G 50 0 3 3 8 0 0 0 0 Rene Corbet LW 9 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 Dwayne Norris RW 4 1 1 2 4 1 0 0 0 Ed Ward RW 7 1 0 1 5 0 0 0 0 Jacques Cloutier G 14 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 Alain Cote D 6 0 0 0 4 -2 0 0 0 Mike Hurlbut D 1 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 Jon Klemm D 7 0 0 0 4 -1 0 0 0 Aaron Miller D 1 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 Paxton Schulte LW 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 Garth Snow G 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 Jocelyn Thibault G 29 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO SA SV SV% Stephane Fiset 2798 50 20 25 4 158 3.39 2 1434 1276 .890 Jocelyn Thibault 1504 29 8 13 3 83 3.31 0 768 685 .892 Jacques Cloutier 475 14 3 2 1 24 3.03 0 232 208 .897 Garth Snow 279 5 3 2 0 16 3.44 0 127 111 .874 Team: 5056 84 34 42 8 281 3.33 2 2561 2280 .890

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Note:

Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals

Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Awards and records

Transactions

The Nordiques were involved in the following transactions during the 1993–94 season.

Trades

September 7, 1993	To New York Rangers Alexander Karpovtsev	To Quebec Nordiques Mike Hurlbut
January 23, 1994	To St. Louis Blues Steve Duchesne Denis Chasse	To Quebec Nordiques Bob Bassen Garth Butcher Ron Sutter
February 13, 1994	To Dallas Stars Manny Fernandez	To Quebec Nordiques Tommy Sjodin 3rd round pick in 1994 (Chris Drury)
March 21, 1994	To Edmonton Oilers Steve Passmore	To Quebec Nordiques Brad Werenka
June 3, 1994	To New Jersey Devils 11th round pick in 1994 (Mike Hanson)	To Quebec Nordiques Stephane Yelle 11th round pick in 1994 (Steven Low)
June 28, 1994	To Toronto Maple Leafs Mats Sundin Garth Butcher Todd Warriner 1st round pick in 1994 (Nolan Baumgartner)	To Quebec Nordiques Wendel Clark Sylvain Lefebvre Landon Wilson 1st round pick in 1994 (Jeff Kealty)
June 28, 1994	To New York Islanders Ron Sutter 1st round pick in 1994 (Brett Lindros)	To Quebec Nordiques Uwe Krupp 1st round pick in 1994 (Wade Belak)

Waivers

January 15, 1994	To Ottawa Senators Kerry Huffman
January 15, 1994	To Vancouver Canucks Martin Gelinas

Free agents

Player Former Team Alain Cote Tampa Bay Lightning Iain Fraser New York Islanders Chris Lindberg Calgary Flames

Player New Team Mikhail Tatarinov Boston Bruins Len Esau Calgary Flames Gino Cavallini Milwaukee Admirals (AHL)

Draft picks

Quebec's draft picks at the 1993 NHL entry draft held at the Quebec Coliseum in Quebec City, Quebec.^[6]

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	10	Jocelyn Thibault	Canada	Sherbrooke Faucons (QMJHL)
1	14	Adam Deadmarsh	United States	Portland Winter Hawks (WHL)
2	49	Ashley Buckberger	Canada	Swift Current Broncos (WHL)
3	75	Bill Pierce	United States	Lawrence Academy (USHS-MA)
4	101	Ryan Tocher	Canada	Niagara Falls Thunder (OHL)
5	127	Anders Myrvold	Norway	Färjestad BK (Sweden)
6	137	Nicholas Checco	United States	Bloomington Jefferson High School (USHS-MN)
6	153	Christian Matte	Canada	Granby Bisons (QMJHL)
7	179	David Ling	Canada	Kingston Frontenacs (OHL)
8	205	Petr Franek	Czech Republic	Chemopetrol Litvínov (Czech Republic)
9	231	Vincent Auger	Canada	Hawkesbury Hawks (CJHL)
10	257	Mark Pivetz	Canada	Saskatoon Titans (SJHL)
11	283	John Hillman	United States	St. Paul Vulcans (USHL)

See also

• 1993–94 NHL season