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

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Attendance
1	T	October 6, 1993	5–5	@ Ottawa Senators (1993–94)	0–0–1	10,525
2	L	October 9, 1993	3–7	@ Boston Bruins (1993–94)	0–1–1	13,633
3	W	October 10, 1993	7–4	Pittsburgh Penguins (1993–94)	1–1–1	14,731
4	L	October 13, 1993	4–6	@ New York Rangers (1993–94)	1–2–1	16,451
5	W	October 16, 1993	5–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (1993–94)	2–2–1	17,959
6	L	October 18, 1993	2–4	Montreal Canadiens (1993–94)	2–3–1	14,892
7	W	October 20, 1993	5–2	@ Hartford Whalers (1993–94)	3–3–1	7,315
8	L	October 21, 1993	2–3	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1993–94)	3–4–1	16,876
9	W	October 23, 1993	3–2	Dallas Stars (1993–94)	4–4–1	14,149
10	L	October 26, 1993	2–4	Philadelphia Flyers (1993–94)	4–5–1	14,787
11	W	October 28, 1993	7–3	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1993–94)	5–5–1	17,097
12	L	October 30, 1993	3–5	Detroit Red Wings (1993–94)	5–6–1	14,098
13	W	November 2, 1993	8–2	Tampa Bay Lightning (1993–94)	6–6–1	13,635
14	L	November 4, 1993	1–4	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1993–94)	6–7–1	17,301
15	L	November 6, 1993	2–4	New York Rangers (1993–94)	6–8–1	14,602
16	L	November 7, 1993	1–3	Florida Panthers (1993–94)	6–9–1	14,726
17	L	November 9, 1993	1–2	@ Washington Capitals (1993–94)	6–10–1	10,267
18	L	November 13, 1993	3–4	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1993–94)	6–11–1	19,691
19	W	November 14, 1993	5–2	@ Florida Panthers (1993–94)	7–11–1	12,735
20	T	November 20, 1993	5–5 OT	Winnipeg Jets (1993–94)	7–11–2	14,416
21	T	November 23, 1993	1–1 OT	New Jersey Devils (1993–94)	7–11–3	14,120
22	W	November 25, 1993	8–6	Los Angeles Kings (1993–94)	8–11–3	14,897
23	T	November 27, 1993	2–2 OT	Buffalo Sabres (1993–94)	8–11–4	14,043
24	L	November 30, 1993	2–5	Boston Bruins (1993–94)	8–12–4	14,885
25	W	December 3, 1993	3–2	@ New York Islanders (1993–94)	9–12–4	9,225
26	W	December 4, 1993	3–1	Vancouver Canucks (1993–94)	10–12–4	14,549
27	T	December 7, 1993	4–4 OT	Calgary Flames (1993–94)	10–12–5	14,228
28	W	December 9, 1993	3–2	@ New Jersey Devils (1993–94)	11–12–5	10,892
29	W	December 11, 1993	5–2	Ottawa Senators (1993–94)	12–12–5	14,707
30	W	December 13, 1993	5–3	Washington Capitals (1993–94)	13–12–5	14,832
31	L	December 16, 1993	2–3	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1993–94)	13–13–5	17,091
32	L	December 18, 1993	2–6	New Jersey Devils (1993–94)	13–14–5	15,004
33	W	December 19, 1993	7–5	San Jose Sharks (1993–94)	14–14–5	14,729
34	L	December 21, 1993	1–2	@ Ottawa Senators (1993–94)	14–15–5	10,503
35	L	December 23, 1993	2–5	@ Winnipeg Jets (1993–94)	14–16–5	12,802
36	L	December 28, 1993	1–4	Tampa Bay Lightning (1993–94)	14–17–5	14,646
37	W	December 29, 1993	5–3	New York Islanders (1993–94)	15–17–5	15,264
38	W	December 31, 1993	5–4	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1993–94)	16–17–5	17,537
39	W	January 2, 1994	6–4	@ Dallas Stars (1993–94)	17–17–5	15,207
40	L	January 4, 1994	1–5	@ Los Angeles Kings (1993–94)	17–18–5	16,005
41	L	January 5, 1994	0–4	Montreal Canadiens (1993–94)	17–19–5	11,393
42	L	January 7, 1994	4–6	@ Edmonton Oilers (1993–94)	17–20–5	15,057
43	L	January 11, 1994	0–1	@ Calgary Flames (1993–94)	17–21–5	18,560
44	L	January 12, 1994	3–4	@ Vancouver Canucks (1993–94)	17–22–5	15,640
45	L	January 15, 1994	0–4	Washington Capitals (1993–94)	17–23–5	14,198
46	W	January 18, 1994	6–3	Pittsburgh Penguins (1993–94)	18–23–5	14,229
47	W	January 25, 1994	6–4	Philadelphia Flyers (1993–94)	19–23–5	13,949
48	L	January 27, 1994	0–3	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1993–94)	19–24–5	16,234
49	W	January 29, 1994	3–2	@ Hartford Whalers (1993–94)	20–24–5	11,743
50	L	January 31, 1994	3–4	@ Boston Bruins (1993–94)	20–25–5	13,961
51	L	February 1, 1994	1–2	Hartford Whalers (1993–94)	20–26–5	15,023
52	W	February 3, 1994	4–3	@ St. Louis Blues (1993–94)	21–26–5	16,947
53	L	February 5, 1994	2–3	New York Islanders (1993–94)	21–27–5	15,049
54	L	February 8, 1994	1–6	Boston Bruins (1993–94)	21–28–5	15,038
55	L	February 12, 1994	2–5	@ Montreal Canadiens (1993–94)	21–29–5	17,959
56	L	February 14, 1994	2–4	New York Rangers (1993–94)	21–30–5	15,029
57	W	February 17, 1994	8–2	@ San Jose Sharks (1993–94)	22–30–5	16,886
58	W	February 18, 1994	1–0	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1993–94)	23–30–5	17,174
59	L	February 21, 1994	1–2	@ Buffalo Sabres (1993–94)	23–31–5	13,601
60	W	February 24, 1994	6–0	St. Louis Blues (1993–94)	24–31–5	14,630
61	L	February 26, 1994	3–6	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1993–94)	24–32–5	15,032
62	L	February 27, 1994	2–5	@ New York Islanders (1993–94)	24–33–5	11,545
63	L	March 2, 1994	2–5	@ New York Rangers (1993–94)	24–34–5	18,200
64	W	March 5, 1994	4–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (1993–94)	25–34–5	15,399
65	T	March 7, 1994	2–2 OT	@ New Jersey Devils (1993–94)	25–34–6	16,620
66	W	March 8, 1994	5–2	Ottawa Senators (1993–94)	26–34–6	14,584
67	T	March 10, 1994	4–4 OT	Montreal Canadiens (1993–94)	26–34–7	15,399
68	W	March 12, 1994	4–3	@ Washington Capitals (1993–94)	27–34–7	17,362
69	W	March 14, 1994	5–1	Chicago Blackhawks (1993–94)	28–34–7	14,014
70	W	March 17, 1994	4–1	Hartford Whalers (1993–94)	29–34–7	14,131
71	L	March 19, 1994	2–5	@ Montreal Canadiens (1993–94)	29–35–7	17,959
72	L	March 20, 1994	3–5	Edmonton Oilers (1993–94)	29–36–7	14,236
73	W	March 22, 1994	5–3	Boston Bruins (1993–94)	30–36–7	14,293
74	L	March 26, 1994	3–6	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1993–94)	30–37–7	15,728
75	L	March 27, 1994	2–5	@ New Jersey Devils (1993–94)	30–38–7	6,222
76	L	March 30, 1994	4–6	@ Ottawa Senators (1993–94)	30–39–7	10,546
77	W	March 31, 1994	4–2	@ Detroit Red Wings (1993–94)	31–39–7	19,875
78	L	April 2, 1994	2–6	Buffalo Sabres (1993–94)	31–40–7	15,097
79	W	April 4, 1994	6–4	Buffalo Sabres (1993–94)	32–40–7	14,674
80	T	April 5, 1994	3–3 OT	Florida Panthers (1993–94)	32–40–8	15,049
81	W	April 7, 1994	5–2	Hartford Whalers (1993–94)	33–40–8	15,324
82	L	April 10, 1994	1–4	@ Buffalo Sabres (1993–94)	33–41–8	14,910
83	W	April 12, 1994	5–2	@ Florida Panthers (1993–94)	34–41–8	14,704
84	L	April 14, 1994	2–5	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1993–94)	34–42–8	21,094

Playoffs

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.

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)

Farm teams

See also

• 1993–94 NHL season

References

1. "National Hockey League 1993-94 Attendance Graph". hockeydb.com.
2. Standings: NHL Public Relations Department (2008). Dave McCarthy; et al. (eds.). THE NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE Official Guide & Record Book/2009. National Hockey League. p. 154. ISBN 978-1-894801-14-0.
3. "NHL Hockey Standings". NHL.com. Retrieved August 17, 2024.
4. "1993-94 Quebec Nordiques Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved July 10, 2009.

External links

• "1993–94 Quebec Nordiques Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved May 7, 2009.