1992-93 NHL season
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The 1992-93 NHL season was the 76th regular season of the National Hockey League. Each player wore a patch on their jersey throughout the 1992-93 regular season and playoffs to commemorate the one hundredth anniversary of the Stanley Cup. Twenty-four teams played 84 games each. The Stanley Cup champions were the Montreal Canadiens, who won their league-leading 24th Cup by beating the Los Angeles Kings 4–1 in the best-of-seven Finals.
This was the first season of play for expansion teams the Ottawa Senators and Tampa Bay Lightning.
Manon Rheaume became the first female athlete in history to play for a major sports league in North America as she tended goal for the Tampa Bay Lightning in an exhibition game on September 23, 1992 versus the St. Louis Blues.
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[edit] Regular season
[edit] Final standings
Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points
[edit] Prince of Wales Conference
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[edit] Clarence Campbell Conference
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Note: x = clinched playoff berth, z = won Presidents' Trophy
[edit] League leaders
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[edit] Stanley Cup Playoffs
The 1993 Stanley Cup Playoffs started on April 18, and ended on June 9. The Presidents' Trophy-winning Pittsburgh Penguins, who had won the cup the two previous years, were the favourite to "three-peat".
[edit] Bracket
| Division Semifinals | Division Finals | Conference Finals | Stanley Cup Finals | |||||||||||||||
| 1 | Boston | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Buffalo | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Montreal | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Buffalo | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Quebec | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Montreal | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| A3 | Montreal | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Prince of Wales Conference | ||||||||||||||||||
| P3 | NY Islanders | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Pittsburgh | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| 4 | New Jersey | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Pittsburgh | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | NY Islanders | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Washington | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | NY Islanders | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| A3 | Montreal | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| S3 | Los Angeles | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Chicago | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| 4 | St. Louis | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Toronto | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| 4 | St. Louis | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Detroit | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Toronto | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| N3 | Toronto | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Clarence Campbell Conference | ||||||||||||||||||
| S3 | Los Angeles | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Vancouver | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Winnipeg | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Vancouver | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Los Angeles | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Calgary | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Los Angeles | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
[edit] Division Semifinals
[edit] Boston vs. Buffalo
Buffalo's four-game sweep of the Bruins ended with a memorable overtime goal by Brad May at Buffalo's Memorial Auditorium, leading to Swords play-by-play announcer Rick Jeanneret's famous "May Day! May Day! May Day!" call.
- April 18 - Buffalo 5 Boston 4 (OT)
- April 20 - Buffalo 4 Boston 0
- April 22 - Boston 3 Buffalo 4 (OT)
- April 24 - Boston 5 Buffalo 6 (OT)
Buffalo wins best-of-seven series 4-0
[edit] Quebec vs. Montreal
Montreal coach Jacques Demers held himself to a promise he made to goaltender Patrick Roy earlier in the season and kept him as the starting goalie despite a couple of weak goals allowed in the first two games of the series against the Nordiques. With the Canadiens staring a potential 3-0 series deficit to the rival Nords (Roy's hometown team) in the face, overtime in Game 3 was marked by two disputed goals that were reviewed by the video goal judge. The first review ruled that Stephan Lebeau had knocked the puck in with a high stick, but the second upheld the Habs' winning goal, as it was directed in by the skate of Quebec defenceman Alexei Gusarov, and not that of a Montreal player.
- April 18 - Montreal 2 Quebec 3 (OT)
- April 20 - Montreal 1 Quebec 4
- April 22 - Quebec 1 Montreal 2 (OT)
- April 24 - Quebec 2 Montreal 3
- April 26 - Montreal 5 Quebec 4 (OT)
- April 28 - Quebec 2 Montreal 6
Montreal wins best-of-seven series 4-2
[edit] Pittsburgh vs. New Jersey
The Devils had chiefly been a struggling team prior to the 1992-93 season, and in the first round of the playoffs, they met the Presidents' Trophy winners from Steeltown. New Jersey just could not seem to generate anything against the powerhouse Penguins, who were riding a wave of emotion after team captain "Super Mario" Lemieux missed 24 of the season's 84 games due to Hodgkin's disease and yet still came back to win the league scoring title.
- April 18 - New Jersey 3 Pittsburgh 6
- April 20 - New Jersey 0 Pittsburgh 7
- April 22 - Pittsburgh 4 New Jersey 3
- April 25 - Pittsburgh 1 New Jersey 4
- April 26 - New Jersey 2 Pittsburgh 5
Pittsburgh wins best-of-seven series 4-1
[edit] Washington vs. New York Islanders
Game 5 of this series was marred by a vicious hit by the Capitals' Dale Hunter on the Islanders' leading scorer, Pierre Turgeon, moments after the latter had scored a third-period goal to put the game and the series out of reach for Washington. Hunter received a 21-game suspension for the hit, which carried over into the 1993-94 season.
- April 18 - New York Islanders 1 Washington 3
- April 20 - New York Islanders 5 Washington 4 (2OT)
- April 22 - Washington 3 New York Islanders 4 (OT)
- April 24 - Washington 3 New York Islanders 4 (2OT)
- April 26 - New York Islanders 4 Washington 6
- April 28 - Washington 3 New York Islanders 5
NYI win best-of-seven series 4-2
[edit] Chicago vs. St. Louis
The Blackhawks, on an overtime goal in Game 4, became the second division champion to be swept in the first round of the playoffs. Chicago goaltender Eddie “The Eagle” Belfour claimed he had been interfered with by St. Louis star “The Golden Brett” Hull on the play, but to no avail as the tally stood as the game- and series-winner. Belfour famously went on a rampage after the game, breaking a hot tub and coffee maker (among other things) in the visitors' locker room at the St. Louis Arena.
- April 18 - St. Louis 4 Chicago 3
- April 21 - St. Louis 2 Chicago 0
- April 23 - Chicago 0 St. Louis 3
- April 25 - Chicago 3 St. Louis 4 (OT)
St. Louis wins best-of-seven series 4-0'
[edit] Detroit vs. Toronto
In a revival of the heated Original Six rivalry, Nikolai Borschevsky's Game 7 overtime goal gave Toronto the series and made them the sixth club to eliminate a team with a better regular season record in the first round of the playoffs. This was also Toronto's first win over Detroit since the Leafs beat the Wings in the full seven games back in the 1964 Stanley Cup Finals.
- April 19 - Toronto 3 Detroit 6
- April 21 - Toronto 2 Detroit 6
- April 23 - Detroit 2 Toronto 4
- April 25 - Detroit 2 Toronto 3
- April 27 - Toronto 5 Detroit 4 (OT)
- April 29 - Detroit 7 Toronto 3
- May 1 - Toronto 4 Detroit 3 (OT)
Toronto wins best-of-seven series 4-3
[edit] Vancouver vs. Winnipeg
Winnipeg had just squeaked into the 1993 playoffs and had never done as well in the NHL as they had in the now-defunct World Hockey Association. The Smythe Division champions from Vancouver shot down the Jets quite easily in six games (expression due to the Canucks’ “Star Wars” logo).
- April 19 - Winnipeg 2 Vancouver 4
- April 21 - Winnipeg 2 Vancouver 3
- April 23 - Vancouver 4 Winnipeg 5
- April 25 - Vancouver 3 Winnipeg 1
- April 27 - Winnipeg 4 Vancouver 3 (OT)
- April 29 - Vancouver 4 Winnipeg 3 (OT)
Vancouver wins best-of-seven series 4-2
[edit] Calgary vs. Los Angeles
“Royal” LA bench boss Barry Melrose was not about to let Cowtown’s Fire melt his superstar forwards (Wayne Gretzky and Luc Robitaille).
- April 18 - Los Angeles 6 Calgary 3
- April 21 - Los Angeles 4 Calgary 9
- April 23 - Calgary 5 Los Angeles 2
- April 25 - Calgary 1 Los Angeles 3
- April 27 - Los Angeles 9 Calgary 4
- April 29 - Calgary 6 Los Angeles 9
Los Angeles wins best-of-seven series 4-2
[edit] Division Finals
[edit] Montreal vs. Buffalo
The long-awaited series between Patrick Roy and Grant Fuhr had finally arrived. Roy came out the winner with a 2.76 goals-against average, while Fuhr, his average never his strong suit, finished off the series with a 3.45 GAA. The battle had been a one-sided one, and “The King” definitely seemed “The Fury’s” better. The Habs avenged their rivals from Beantown in the perfect way — “an eye for an eye”.
- May 2 - Buffalo 3 Montreal 4
- May 4 - Buffalo 3 Montreal 4 (OT)
- May 6 - Montreal 4 Buffalo 3 (OT)
- May 8 - Montreal 4 Buffalo 3 (OT)
Montreal wins best-of-seven series 4-0
[edit] Pittsburgh vs. New York Islanders
The Isles' improbable upset of the Penguins was capped off by David Volek's series-winning goal at 5:16 of overtime in Game 7. Neither Lemieux nor his young right-winger, Jaromir Jagr, could really keep their offensive game.
- May 2 - New York Islanders 3 Pittsburgh 2
- May 4 - New York Islanders 0 Pittsburgh 3
- May 6 - Pittsburgh 3 New York Islanders 1
- May 8 - Pittsburgh 5 New York Islanders 6
- May 10 - New York Islanders 3 Pittsburgh 6
- May 12 - Pittsburgh 5 New York Islanders 7
- May 14 - New York Islanders 4 Pittsburgh 3 (OT)
NYI win best-of-seven series 4-3
[edit] Toronto vs. St. Louis
Brett Hull did not manage to score as easy a goal on the Leafs' sharp young goaltender Felix Potvin as he did on Ed Belfour in the first round. However, "The Eagle" got the last laugh, as he got the nod for the Vezina Trophy over "The Cat" at the end of the playoffs.
- May 3 - St. Louis 1 Toronto 2 (2OT)
- May 5 - St. Louis 2 Toronto 1 (2OT)
- May 7 - Toronto 3 St. Louis 4
- May 9 - Toronto 3 St. Louis 1
- May 11 - St. Louis 1 Toronto 5
- May 13 - Toronto 1 St. Louis 2
- May 15 - St. Louis 0 Toronto 6
Toronto wins best-of-seven series 4-3
[edit] Vancouver vs. Los Angeles
Even with “The Great One”, the Kings hadn’t easily edged the Canucks in the 92-93 regular season. But Melrose refused to let Vancouver’s aggressive blaze get to him, and so Hollywood came out on top again.
- May 2 - Los Angeles 2 Vancouver 5
- May 5 - Los Angeles 6 Vancouver 3
- May 7 - Vancouver 4 Los Angeles 7
- May 9 - Vancouver 7 Los Angeles 2
- May 11 - Los Angeles 4 Vancouver 3 (2OT)
- May 13 - Vancouver 3 Los Angeles 5
Los Angeles wins best-of-seven series 4-2
[edit] Conference Finals
[edit] Montreal vs. NY Isles
Montreal's win in game three was their eleventh straight, tying the single-playoff record set a year earlier by Pittsburgh and Chicago.
- May 16 - New York Islanders 1 Montreal 4
- May 18 - New York Islanders 3 Montreal 4 (2OT)
- May 20 - Montreal 2 New York Islanders 1 (OT)
- May 22 - Montreal 1 New York Islanders 4
- May 24 - New York Islanders 2 Montreal 5
Montreal wins best-of-seven series 4-1
[edit] Toronto vs. Los Angeles
This exciting and very heated seven-game series has long been remembered by hockey fans. The Toronto Maple Leafs iced a highly competitive team for the first time in years and were hoping to break their 26-year Stanley Cup drought. They hadn't even been to the finals since then. The Los Angeles Kings, led by captain Wayne Gretzky, also had high ambitions. With the series tied 2-2, Game 5 was played in Toronto. During the game Los Angeles blue-liner Marty McSorley delivered a serious open ice hit on Toronto's Doug Gilmour. Leafs captain Wendel Clark took exception to the hit and went after McSorley for striking their star player. Toronto coach Pat Burns tried scaling the bench to get at Los Angeles coach Barry Melrose because he thought he ordered the hit on Gilmour. Toronto eventually won Game 5 in overtime to take a 3-2 series lead. Game six went back west to the Great Western Forum in Los Angeles. Game 6 was not without controversy either and it too was decided on an overtime goal. In 92-93 there was a league wide crackdown on high sticking infractions, whether they were accidental or not. In overtime Gilmour was part of controversy once again as Gretzky accidentally clipped him in the face with the blade of his stick. Many thought that referee Kerry Fraser should have called a penalty on the play but Gretzky was not penalized and he went on to score the overtime goal moments later and to even the series at 3-3. It was classic Gretzky in Game 7 at Toronto. He would score three goals in the deciding game to give Los Angeles a berth in the Stanley Cup Final for the first time in franchise history. Gretzky has been quoted as saying that his performance in that Game seven was the best game of his career.
- May 17 - Los Angeles 1 Toronto 4
- May 19 - Los Angeles 3 Toronto 2
- May 21 - Toronto 2 Los Angeles 4
- May 23 - Toronto 4 Los Angeles 2
- May 25 - Los Angeles 2 Toronto 3 (OT)
- May 27 - Toronto 4 Los Angeles 5 (OT)
- May 29 - Los Angeles 5 Toronto 4
Los Angeles wins best-of-seven series 4-3
[edit] Stanley Cup Final
The 1993 Stanley Cup Finals were set and on the 100th anniversary of the Stanley Cup, it seemed right that the NHL's greatest franchise (the Montreal Canadiens) and the NHL's arguably greatest player (Wayne Gretzky) would play for Lord Stanley's Mug, even though Gretzky's late heroics would deny Canadian fans the dream matchup of Montreal vs. Toronto (the NHL's two oldest franchises). This would be the last Stanley Cup Finals series to be played in the Montreal Forum, and the last time Gretzky would play in the Finals as well. It was Montreal's first trip to the Finals in four years, while it was the first-ever trip to the Finals for the Los Angeles franchise in its 26-year history.
The most memorable moment of the series came late in the third period of game two. With the Kings leading by a score of 2-1, Canadiens coach Jacques Demers called for a measurement of Kings defenceman Marty McSorley's stick. The stick was deemed illegal, and Montreal's Eric Desjardins scored on the ensuing power play to force overtime. Desjardins scored his third goal of the game 51 seconds into overtime to give Montreal the win and some momentum heading toward games three and four at the Great Western Forum. John LeClair would score overtime goals in both of those games, making him the first player since Montreal legend Maurice "Rocket" Richard in 1951 to score playoff overtime goals in consecutive games (even though Toronto defeated Montreal in the final that year), and giving Montreal an NHL-record ten consecutive OT wins in the 1993 playoffs. Kirk Muller scored the series-winning goal at home in game five, and Patrick Roy was awarded his second Conn Smythe Trophy as Playoff MVP.
[edit] Montreal vs. Los Angeles
- June 1 - Los Angeles 4 at Montreal 1
- June 3 - Los Angeles 2 at Montreal 3 (OT)
- June 5 - Montreal 4 at Los Angeles 3 (OT)
- June 7 - Montreal 3 at Los Angeles 2 (OT)
- June 9 - Los Angeles 1 at Montreal 4
Montreal wins best-of-seven series 4-1. Patrick Roy (Montreal) wins Conn Smythe Trophy
[edit] Notable Events
- Ottawa Senators and Tampa Bay Lightning added, bringing the league to 24 teams.
- October 1992: Gil Stein named NHL President.
- February 1993: Gary Bettman named NHL Commissioner.
- Record set for most 100-point scorers and most 50-goal scorers in one season.
- The Los Angeles Kings played against Canadian teams all throughout the playoffs (Calgary Flames, Vancouver Canucks, Toronto Maple Leafs, Montreal Canadiens)
[edit] Records broken/equalled
[edit] Regular season
[edit] Team
- Most Losses, One Season: San Jose Sharks (71)
- Fewest Ties, One Season: San Jose Sharks (2)
- Most Home Losses, One Season: San Jose Sharks (32)
- Most Road Losses, One Season: Ottawa Senators (40)
- Fewest Road Wins, One Season: Ottawa Senators (1)*
- Longest Winning Streak: Pittsburgh Penguins (17)
- Longest Losing Streak: San Jose Sharks (17)*
- Longest Road Losing Streak: Ottawa Senators (38)
- Longest Road Winless Streak: Ottawa Senators (38)
- Most 100-or-more Point Scorers, One Season: Pittsburgh Penguins (4)
- Fastest Three Goals from the Start of Period, One Team: Calgary Flames (0:53, February 10, 1993)
[edit] Individual
- Most Goals, Including Playoffs: Wayne Gretzky (875)
- Most 30-Goal Seasons: Mike Gartner (14)*
- Most Consecutive 30-Goal Seasons: Mike Gartner (14)
- Most Goals, One Season, by a Left Winger: Luc Robitaille (63)
- Most Goals, One Season, by a Rookie: Teemu Selanne (76)
- Most Assists, One Season, by a Left Winger: Joe Juneau (70)
- Most Assists, One Season, by a Rookie: Joe Juneau (70)* (Note: Wayne Gretzky scored 86 assists in his first year, but he was not considered a rookie)
- Most Points, One Season, by a Left Winger: Luc Robitaille (125)
- Most Points, One Season, by a Rookie: Teemu Selanne (132) (Note: Wayne Gretzky scored 137 points in his first year, but he was not considered a rookie)
- Most Assists, One Game, by a Goaltender: Jeff Reese (3, February 10, 1993)
- Most Games Missed While Winning Art Ross Trophy: Mario Lemieux (24)
[edit] Playoffs
[edit] Team
- Most Overtime Games, One Playoff Year: 28
- Most Overtime Wins, One Playoff Year: Montreal Canadiens (10)
- Most Consecutive Wins, One Playoff Year: Montreal Canadiens (11)*
[edit] Individual
- Most Consecutive Wins, One Playoff Year: Patrick Roy (11)*
- Most Goals by a Defenceman, One Game: Eric Desjardins (3, June 3, 1993)*
- Most Power-Play Goals, One Game: Dino Ciccarelli (3, April 29, 1993)*
- Most Shorthanded Goals, One Game: Tom Fitzgerald (2, May 8, 1993)*
- Most Assists, One Period: Adam Oates (3, April 24, 1993)*
* Equalled existing record
[edit] Rule Changes
- Schedule length changed to 84 games. Two games in each team's schedule to be played in non-NHL cities.
- Instigating a fight results in a game misconduct penalty.
- Substitutions disallowed for coincidental minor penalties when teams are at full strength.
- Minor penalty for diving introduced.
- Wearing of a helmet made optional.
[edit] Major Transactions
- June 30, 1992: Eric Lindros traded from Quebec to Philadelphia for Peter Forsberg, Ron Hextall, Mike Ricci, Kerry Huffman, Steve Duchesne, a 1993 first-round draft pick and cash.
- August 7, 1992: Dominik Hasek traded from Chicago to Buffalo for Stephane Beauregard and a 1993 fourth-round draft pick (Eric Daze).
[edit] NHL Awards
[edit] See also
- List of Stanley Cup champions
- 1992 NHL Entry Draft
- 1992 NHL Expansion Draft
- 1992 NHL Supplemental Draft
- 44th National Hockey League All-Star Game
- National Hockey League All-Star Game
- NHL All-Rookie Team
- 1992 in sports
- 1993 in sports
[edit] References
- Hockey Database
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- (1993) NHL Official Guide & Record Book 1993-94. Toronto, ON: NHL Publishing. ISBN 0-920445-30-6.
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