1993-94 AHL season in review
Bri Farenell
This post contains everything pertaining to the 1993-94 American Hockey
League season, both on the ice and off; both for the season and the
off-season. All info compiled by Brian Farenell unless otherwise noted.
If you have any corrections, suggested additions or other comments
about this file, feel free to send me email. These are things which
I've compiled throughout the whole year. I'm pretty sure that everything
is up-to-date as far timeliness, verb tense and the like. However,
if I've missed something, please let me know. To rec.sport.hockey
readers, I will break this up into a couple of separate postings,
for easier reading, sometime soon. Enjoy! ---BRI
Version 1.3
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Section 1- 1993-94 regular season standings
Section 2- Regular season scoring and goalie leaders
Section 3- Other statistical leaders
Section 4- 1993-94 season analysis (off-ice)
Section 5- 1993-94 season analysis (on-ice)
Section 6- AHL trophy and award winners
Section 7- AHL first and second team all-stars
Section 8- Calder Cup playoff review
Section 8a- Game by Game Calder Cup Finals review
Section 9- Calder Cup playoff scoring and goalie leaders
Section 10- Butterfield Trophy winner profile
Section 11- Recent Butterfield Trophy winners
Section 12- Complete list of Calder Cup winners
Section 13- Complete Game by Game Calder Cup playoff game results
Section 14- Offseason news
SECTION 1- FULL 1993-94 AMERICAN HOCKEY LEAGUE REGULAR SEASON STANDINGS
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NORTHERN DIVISION W L T PTS GF GA
Adirondack Red Wings 45 27 8 98 333 273
Portland Pirates 43 27 10 96 328 269
Albany River Rats 38 34 8 84 312 315
Springfield Indians 29 38 13 71 309 327
Providence Bruins 28 39 13 69 283 319
SOUTHERN DIVISION W L T PTS GF GA
Hershey Bears 38 31 11 87 306 298
Hamilton Canucks 36 37 7 79 302 305
Cornwall Aces 33 36 11 77 294 295
Rochester Americans 31 34 15 77 277 300
Binghamton Rangers 33 38 9 75 312 322
ATLANTIC DIVISION W L T PTS GF GA
St John's Maple Leafs 43 23 12 102 360 287
Saint John Flames 37 33 10 84 304 305
Moncton Hawks 37 36 7 81 310 303
Cape Breton Oilers 32 35 13 77 316 339
Fredericton Canadiens 31 42 7 69 294 296
PEI Senators 23 49 8 54 269 356
SECTION 2- REGULAR SEASON SCORING AND GOALTENDING LEADERS
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1993-94 AMERICAN HOCKEY LEAGUE STATISTICAL LEADERS
GMS G A PTS PIM
Tim Taylor, ADR 79 36 81 117 86
Rich Chernomaz, STJ 78 45 65 110 199
Stephane Morin, HAM 69 38 71 109 48
Jeff Nelson, POR 80 34 73 107 92
Yanic Perreault, STJ 62 45 60 105 38
Mitch Lamereoux, HER 80 45 60 105 92
Mike Tomlak, SPR 79 44 56 100 53
Mark Pederson, ADR 62 52 45 97 37
Patrik Augusta, STJ 77 53 43 96 105
Chris Snell, STJ 75 22 74 96 92
Jay Mazur, HAM 78 40 55 95 40
Tim Tookey, HER 66 32 57 89 43
Mark Freer, SJF 77 33 53 86 45
Michel Picard, POR 61 41 44 85 99
Todd Simon, ROC 55 33 52 85 79
Steve Maltais, ADR 73 35 49 84 79
Cory Stillman, SJF 79 35 48 83 52
Claude Vilgrain, HER 76 30 53 83 45
Bill Armstrong, ALB 74 32 50 82 188
Yvon Corriveau, SPR 71 42 39 81 53
Robert Guillet, FRE 78 38 40 78 48
Ken Hodge, BIN 79 22 56 78 51
Rene Corbet, COR 68 37 40 77 56
Jeff Christian, ALB 76 34 43 77 227
Shawn McCosh, BIN 75 31 44 75 68
Jason Miller, ALB 77 22 53 75 65
GMS W-L-T GAA SV%
Frederic Chabot, HER 31 13-6-7 2.80 .914
Kevin Hodson, ADR 37 20-10-5 2.94 .905
Martin Brochu, FRE 32 10-11-3 3.03 .904
Olaf Kolzig, POR 29 16-8-5 3.06 .906
Byron Dafoe, POR 47 24-16-4 3.34 .891
Andrei Trefilov, SJF 28 10-10-7 3.42 .894
Scott Lagrand, HER 40 16-13-3 3.45 .880
Steph Beauregard, MON 37 18-11-6 3.49 .885
Bill Horn, ROC 25 9-9-5 3.49 .873
Marcel Cousineau, STJ 37 13-11-9 3.51 .885
SECTION 3- OTHER LEAGUE LEADERS
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GOALS ASSISTS
53-Patrik Augusta, STJ 81-Tim Taylor, ADR
52-Mark Pederson, ADR 74-Chris Snell, STJ
45-Rich Chernomaz, STJ 73-Jeff Nelson, POR
Yanic Perreault, STJ 71-Stephane Morin, HAM
Mitch Lamereoux, HER 65-Rich Chernomaz, STJ
PIM SAVE % (min 1000 min)
356-John Badduke, HAM .914-Frederic Chabot, HER
327-Darren Langdon, BIN .906-Olaf Kolzig, POR
309-Kerry Clark, POR .905-Kevin Hodson, ADR
303-Matt Ruchty, ALB .904-Martin Brochu, FRE
WINS LOSSES
34-Mike Fountain, HAM 28-Mike Fountain, HAM
27-Corey Schwab, ALB 26-Boris Rousson, BIN
26-Boris Rousson, BIN 25-Mark Laforest, PEI
SECTION 4- ANALYSIS OF THE 1993-94 SEASON (off-ice)
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HAMILTON OWNERSHIP COLLAPSES
The owners of the Hamilton Canucks decided in midseason that they will
cease to operate the ailing franchise. Double Hitch Enterprises, which
operated the Hamilton team, informed the Copps Coliseum that it was
closing up shop.
Fortunately for the AHL, the Vancouver Canucks stepped in and operated
the club for the rest of the season.
The Hamilton franchise moved to Syracuse, NY, for the 1994-95 season.
THIS YEAR, WORKERS STRIKE HITS MONCTON
After a public workers strike hit St John's last year, another one
is affecting the New Brunswick capital of Moncton, this year. Last
year, the strike forced the Baby Leafs to play most of the second half
of their season and the first round of the playoffs elsewhere. It got
very violent and strikers even rocked a players' bus at one point. This
year, as the AHL list's Paul Dunn explains:
"Our strike here in Moncton is similar to the one in St. John's last year in
that it is the same group of [public] workers who have gone on strike. It is
different, however, in that they have not (as yet) disrupted any of the
activities at the Moncton Colliseum, other than some nails in the parking
lot. It appears that they know that it would be a public relations
disaster for them to do otherwise. The local owners of the Hawks have
stated publicly that it would be the end of the franchise if they were
unable to play any of the remaining home games. All Colliseum functions
are being performed by management and supervisory staff."
The strike lingered on into the playoffs but didn't disrupt any games.
AHL'S LONGEST RUNNING CITY LOSES TEAM... AND GAINS ANOTHER
Late season reports, which hinted that the league's oldest franchise might move,
turned out to be true. The Springfield Indians were sold by owner Peter Cooney
to a group/indivdual who will move he team to Worcester, Mass. Springfield
was the only franchise remaining from when the AHL was originally formed in
1936.
However, the city was granted an expansion franchise to
be owned by former Indians' GM Bruce Landon. The team
will be called the Falcons.
SYRACUSE FINALLY GETS TEAM
Much like last year, there are rumors circulating that an AHL
team will be in Syracuse's Onondaga War Memorial for next season.
After hosting a regular season Hershey-Binghamton game which drew
over 6000 fans there, officials in Syracuse were optimistic that a team
will be there for 1994-95.
Those hopes were satiated when it was announced that the Hamilton
Canucks would be moving its franchise to Syracuse for the 1994-95
season.
SECTION 5- RECAP OF THE 1993-94 SEASON (on-ice)
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NORTHERN DIVISION
The Northern Division provided a lot of excitement for fans.
Adirondack and Portland went down to the last game of the
season before the Red Wings emerged as division champions,
edging out the Pirates 98 points to 96. Adirondack was led
by scoring champion Tim Taylor and goal-scorer runner up
Mark Pederson. Jason York and youngster Jamie Pushor anchored
the AHL's #2 defense. A total of 9 players saw action in nets
for Adirondack with rookie Kevin Hodson getting the msot action
as he was runner up for the rookie of the year award. Portland's
offense was incredibly balanced, with each line contributing
significantly. Their forechecking was premier and defense was
also solid. Goaltending, with Byron Dafoe and Olaf Kolzig, was
the AHL's best. In their first season, the Albany Riverrats
entertained fans with a high octane offense. Predictably, their
defense was not as solid and it often left goalie Corey Schwab
out to dry. Springfield narrowly edged out Providence for the
final playoff spot. The Indians were led by second team
all-star defenseman Rob Cowie. Providence's offense wsa
down significantly from their league leading total of last year.
SOUTHERN DIVISION
In the most balanced race in recent AHL memory, the Hershey Bears
pulled ahead to win a 5 team race for the Southern Division title.
The Bears, with 87 points, were the only south team to have won more
games than it lost. The Bears were backstopped by the Bastien
Trophy-winning goaltending of Frederic Chabot and offensive
contributions of veterans Mitch Lameroux and Tim Tookey.
The Hamilton Canucks also had solid netminding, lead by
first team all-star Mike Fountain. Stephane Morin was a serious
MVP candidate. Cornwall's Rene Corbet was the star of the Aces
lineup, although their team was more physical oriented. Rochester's
John Van Boxmeer did an excellent job with the Amerks, a team
which was deprived of a lot of talent by the Sabres and was hit
by injuries. The last place Rangers, who were only 4 points
out of second place, suffered a significant drop from last season's
record breaking 126 point campaign. Most of their offensive and
defensive stallwarts had left through free agency or trade.
ATLANTIC DIVISION
The Baby Leafs of St John's ran away with their 2nd Atlantic
Division title in 3 years. Offensively, they were very deep
led by such stars as Cunningham Plaque winner Rich Chernomaz
and goal scoring champion Patrik Augusta. Defensively, it
was mainly the OFFENSIVE contributions of Shore Plaque winner
Chris Snell that got most of the attention. Snell smashed the
record for points by a blueliner. After a slow start, the rest
of the defense and goaltending clamped down. Rookie Cory Stillman
was the flashiest player on the Saint John Flames and Mark Freer
led them with 86 points. Rookies Andrei Trefilov and Jason
Muzzati saw the action in net. Moncton had no particular guns
but a lot of balance and solid defense. Stephane Beauregard saw
a lot of action in nets for the now defunct Hawks. After their
Calder Cup season of last year, the Cape Breton Oilers could not
have been happy with a mere 77 points. However, they were hurt
by very poor management of their parent team in Edmonton and
that Edmonton was going with a lot of youth. For the first
time since the early 1980s, the AHL's Montreal farm team missed
the playoffs. After winning the division title more than half
the time since 1984-85, the Canadiens farm team, now in Fredericton,
missed the postseason this year with 69 points. A young team
with little offense and less-strong than usual defense and
goaltending did not make the job of coach Paulin Bourdeleau
any easier. Not surprisingly, the Senators first season in
Prince Edward Island was little more sucessful than their campaign
in New Haven last year. ALthough, 59 points was a decent job
considreing their all around lack of talent, but it was not
good enough to save the job of head coach Don Macadam.
SEVERAL LEAGUE RECORDS BROKEN
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Several league records fell during this year's AHL regular season
MOST POINTS, DEFENSEMAN: Chris Snell, STJ (96)
MOST ASSISTS, DEFENSEMAN: Chris Snell, STJ (74)
MOST POWER PLAY GOALS: Mitch Lamereoux, HER (27)
HIGHEST SHOOTING PCT: Martin Lapointe, ADR (26.9%)
HIGHEST SAVE %: Frederic Chabot, HER (.914)
MOST SAVES: Mike Fountain, HAM (1869)
HIGHEST POWER PLAY PCT: Springfield (26.8%)
LONGEST STREAK W/O BEING SHUTOUT AT HOME: Rochester (231 gms)
LEAGUE ATTENDANCE: 2.759,545
MOST PENALTY SHOTS: 21
SECTION 6- AWARD WINNERS
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LES CUNNINGHAM PLAQUE (Most valuable player)
WINNER: Rich Chernomaz, St John's Maple Leafs
RUNNER UP: Tim Taylor, Adirondack Red Wings
EDDIE SHORE PLAQUE (Top defenseman)
WINNER: Chris Snell, St John's Maple Leafs
RUNNER UP: Jason York, Adirondack Red Wings
ALDEGE "BAZ" BASTIEN TROPHY (Top goaltender)
WINNER: Frederic Chabot, Hershey Bears
RUNNER UP: Mike Fountain, Hamilton Canucks
HARRY "HAP" HOLMES TROPHY (Lowest GA)
WINNERS: Byron Dafoe and Olaf Kolzig, Portland Pirates
RUNNER UP: Kevin Hodson and 8 others, Adirondack Red Wings
DUDLEY "RED" GARRETT TROPHY (Rookie of the year)
WINNER: Rene Corbet, Cornwall Aces
RUNNER UP: Kevin Hodson, Adirondack Red Wings
JOHN SOLLENBERGER TROPHY (Scoring champion)
WINNER: Tim Taylor, Adirondack Red Wings
RUNNER UP: Rich Chernomaz, St John's Maple Leafs
FRED HUNT TROPHY (Sportsmanship, perserverance and dedication)
WINNER: Jim Nesich, Cape Breton Oilers
RUNNER UP: Tim Taylor, Adirondack Red Wings
LOUIS A.R. PIERI TROPHY (Coach of the year)
WINNER: Barry Trotz, Portland Pirates
RUNNER UP: John Van Boxmeer, Rochester
JACK BUTTERFIELD TROPHY (Playoff MVP)
WINNER: Olaf Kolzig, Portland Pirates
CALDER CUP (Playoff champions)
WINNER: Portland Pirates
RUNNER UP: Moncton Hawks
SECTION 7- AHL FIRST AND SECOND TEAM ALL-STARS
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AHL FIRST TEAM ALL-STARS
Goalie: Byron Dafoe, Portland
Forwards: Mark Pederson, Adirondack
Tim Taylor, Adirondack
Rich Chernomaz, St John's
Defense: Chris Snell, St John's
Jason York, Adirondack
SECOND TEAM ALL-STARS
Goalie: Mike Fountain, Hamilton
Forwards: Stephane Morin, Hamilton
Michel Picard, Portland
Patrik Augusta, St John's
Defense: Rob Cowie, Springfield
Bob Wilkie, Hershey
SECTION 8- CALDER CUP PLAYOFF REVIEW
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NORTHERN DIVISION
In the semifinals, Springfield shocked Adirondack by winning games
1 and 2 in Glens Falls, knocking out goalie Kevin Hodson both
times in the process. However, Adirondack rebounded to win 4
straight in front of Daniel Berthiaume. After splitting with
the Riverrats in Portland, the Pirates proceeded to win 3
straight in the New York capital. The finals was a pretty
evenly matched series but the obscene goaltending of
Portland's Olaf Kolzig, who had Adirondack's number all
year, was the difference. Portland wrapped up the series
on a Jeff Sirikka goal in overtime of Game 6.
SOUTHERN DIVISION
For the first time in history (it was reported), the Hershey
Bears defeated the Rochester Americans in a playoff series.
The Bears did in style: a sweep. This fact is quite amazing
since the Bears have been around since the late 1930s and
Rochester since the 1950s and have one of the biggest rivalries
in the AHL. Cornwall dispatched of Hamilton in the other semifinal
in another sweep. The Aces were buoyed by the netminding of
Garth Snow. The finals appeared to be a thrilling series.
The final five games were all decided by one goal, with
Cornwall winning three of them, including the series clinching
Game 7.
ATLANTIC DIVISION
In the semis, St John's easily dispatched of Cape Breton in 5,
thus getting revenge for their loss to the Oilers in last
year's Atlantic Finals. In the Saint John/Moncton series,
the home team won every game... except for the final one:
a 3-1 victory by Moncton. In the finals, Moncton was
again led by goalie Stephane Beauregard and shocked
the AHL regular season champion Maple Leafs in 6 games.
AHL SEMIFINALS
The solid goaltending of Beauregard again propelled Moncton,
this time to an easy 2 game series win over Cornwall.
SECTION 8a- CALDER CUP FINALS REVIEW, GAME BY GAME
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Below, I've included analyses of each of the games of
the Calder Cup Finals. They were posted to the AHL
mailing list and I thank James Konkel and Paul
Dunn for the use of their posts.
GAME 1 IN PORTLAND, Portland wins, 5-1
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[by James Konkel, jko...@ducks2.win.net]
Just home from Game 1 of the Calder Cup Championships! Portland won
5-1! A handsome victory in front of 6,751 screaming fans. Another
sellout. Saturday's game is also soldout with SRO tickets going on
sale @ 10:00am.
A few quick thoughts and notes on the game:
Portland was 0-1 on the Power Play
Moncton was 0-4 on the Power Play
The last half of the 3rd perios saw a lot of groping and grabbing by
both teams with Portland getting called for the penalties. All
penalties were minors.
Kerry Clark has shaved his head!
Goals for Portland were scored by:
Michel Picard
Mike Boback
Jason Allison
Jason Wooley
Kevin Kaminski
Olaf Kolzig was outstanding with 32 saves. He heard the
refrain: "OLLIE,OLLIE,OLLIE.... several times.
It was an extremely physical game as was predicted, but Portland was
definately the dominate force!!
GAME 2 IN PORTLAND, Moncton wins 6-2
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[again courtesy of James Konkel]
Game #2 is now in the books and the series is tied at 1 apiece.
Moncton defeated the Pirates 6-2 tonight here in Portland. There
were a number of contributing factors.
#1. The Pirates didn't seem to play with any real intensity.
They seemed to have come to play but not to win.
#2. The fan fave of referees had the game calling duties
tonight. Mr. LaRue who can't seem to call a fair game if the Pirates
are in it! He let a lot of stuff that was called during the regular
season go "unnoticed". He was particularly heavy handed with the
whistle against the Pirates.
#3. Moncton opened the game up with a Power Play goal. Sorry
but I don't remember who scored it. An assist was awarded to Andy
Brickley though. He had 2 assists tonight.
#4. 7,009 fans tried to help the Pirates but to no avail.
Actually there were probably 100 Moncton fans in attendance.
GAME 3 IN MONCTON, Portland wins, 4-3
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[Courtesy of Paul Dunn, du...@nbnet.nb.ca]
Portland squeaked past Moncton tonight by a score of 4-3 to take a 2 game
to 1 series lead. Portland took a 2-0 lead in the first period on goals by
Longo and Jenson. The second period was scoreless until Wilson scored for
Moncton with about two minutes remaining in the period to bring Moncton
within one goal. The third period opened with two quick tallies for
Portland by Jeff Nelson and Pearce and the game appeared to be over for the
Hawks. However, at about the fourteen minute mark of the third period,
Brickley scored for Moncton to bring the team and the 5,500 fans at the
Coliseum to life. The Hawks went on the offensive and after buzzing the
Portland goal, Tichy slid a loose puck under Kolzig to bring Moncton to
within one goal of tying the score. Beauregard was pulled with just over a
minute remaining, but the Hawks were unable to put another into the
Portland net. The Hwaks had the edge in play tonight as reflected by the
shots on goal - 40 for the Hawks versus 20 for the Pirates.
Three stars were Longo (3), Wilson (2) and Kolzig was deservedly named the
game's first star.
Game 4 in Moncton-- Portland wins 2-1 in 2 OT
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[courtesy of James Konkel]
The Portland Pirates did it again!!! They beat Moncton 2-1 infront
of 4,512 during a marathon of a game. 4 hours and 2 OT's!
Jeff Nelson got it going @ the 0:20 mark of the first period to let
the Pirates establish a 1-0 lead. This held until the 6:53 mark of
the 3rd period when LeBlanc from Romanuik and Tomlinson sneaked the
puck past Olie Kolzig.
Kent Hulst scored @ 1:41 of 2OT from Boback & Jiraneck to give the
Pirates the win!!
Penalties:
1st Period - NONE
2nd Period - POR Mathieson (trip) &
POR Curran (hold) missed the times, sorry.
3rd Period - POR Hulst (hold)
1OT Period - POR Picard (trip)
MON Shanon (trip) both @ 12:10
2OT Period - NONE
***PERSONAL NOTE: Does this look somewhat strange???***
SHOTS:
PORTLAND - 11, 4, 5, 5,1 = 26
MONCTON - 7,17,15,10,1 = 50
That is a 2-1 ratio!!!
POWER PLAYS:
PORTLAND: 0-0
MONCTON: 0-3
REFEREE: vanMassenhoven
Linesmen: Devorski & ?
GAME 5 IN MONCTON
[from BF]
Portland must have started its celebration a little to early.
In Game 5, they kind of forgot to score but Stephane Beauregard
had a little something to do with that. The Hawks staved
off elimination with a 4-0 blanking of the Pirates, thus sending
the series back to Portland for Game 6.
GAME 6 IN PORTLAND, Portland wins 4-1
[from James Konkel]
The Portland Pirates achieved what only 2 other teams had ever done.
They won the Calder Cup in the Inagural season by taking Game 6 over
Moncton 4-1 last night. They also won by breaking another stat from
this series. The did not score first! Actually they did but the
goal was disallowed when Linesman Harry Ammian said that the puck
went in aff Jeff Nelson's skate. So, Referee Stephen Walkom
dis-allowed it. Personally I don't believe that it was directed.
The shot came from just inside the blue line and given the
trajectory and speed, there is no way it was touched. Guess that is
why I am not a ref.
SCORING & PENALTIES:
Period 1: Wilson - Mon from Blomsten & LeBlanc @ 19:07
Jensen - Prt (boarding) @ 7:22
LeBlanc -Mon (high-stick) @ 12:26
Murray - Mon (interference) @ 14:38
Matheison - Prt (boarding) @ 18:31
Period 2: Jensen - Prt from Allison @ 2:31
J. Nelson - Prt unassisted @ 15:25 GAME WINNER
Blysma - Mon (hooking) @ 3:11
Murray - Mon (roughing) @ 18:39
Kaminski - Prt (roughing) @ 18:39
Hulst - Prt (roughing) @ 20:00 DUMB PENALTY
Period 3: Picard - Prt unassisted @ 13:48
Allison - Prt from Hulst & Kaminski @ 16:12
Wilson - Mon (roughing) @ 11:14
J. Nelson - Prt (roughing) @ 11:14
Copeland - Mon (elbowing) @ 14:01
Picard - Prt (hooking) @ 16:48
SHOTS ON GOAL
Moncton - 08-08-14=30
Portland - 10-11-10=31
POWER PLAY
Moncton - 1 of 4
Portland - 0 of 4
GOALIES:
Beauregard (31 shots, 27 saves)
Kolzig (30 shots, 29 saves)
ATTENDANCE:
7,142
SECTION 9- FULL CALDER CUP PLAYOFF STATS
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GMS G A PTS PIM
Mike Boback, POR 17 10 17 27 4
Andy Brickley, MON 19 8 19 27 4
Craig Fisher, MON 21 11 11 22 28
Michel Picard, POR 17 11 10 21 22
Ross Wilson, MON 21 10 9 19 18
Yanic Perreault, STJ 11 12 6 18 14
Chris Jensen, POR 14 5 10 15 16
Rich Chernomaz, STJ 11 5 11 16 18
Steve Maltais, ADR 12 5 11 16 14
Chris Snell, ADR 11 1 15 16 10
Joe Frederick, ADR 12 11 4 15 22
Jeff Nelson, POR 17 10 5 15 20
GMS W-L GAA SV%
Olaf Kolzig, POR 17 12-5 2.55 .918
Steph Beauregard, MON 21 12-9 2.64 .906
Jason Muzzati, SJF 7 3-4 2.75 .903
Daniel Berthiaume, ADR 11 6-4 2.85 .898
Frederic Chabot, HER 11 7-6 2.89 .898
Garth Snow, COR 13 8-5 3.19 .894
SECTION 10- BUTTERFIELD TROPHY WINNER PROFILE
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Olaf Kolzig, the native of South Africa, has been around
pro hockey as a Capitals prospect for several years. After
several uninspiring seasons, he turned in an excellent postseason
last year while on loan to the Rochester Americans. Kolzig played
very well and was instrumental in the Amerks run to the 1993
Calder Cup Finals. He was even more important this year, to
Portland's 1994 Calder Cup title. In the Northern Division
Finals, Kolzig was the single difference between two otherwise
evenly matched squads. Actually, Kolzig split time this year
in Portland with Byron Dafoe. It seemed like coach Barry Trotz
was grooming Dafoe to be the #1 in the playoffs until Byron
got called up to, and actually played in the playoffs for,
Washington. Kolzig stepped in, got hot, and was the difference
for Portland. It certainly must have been reassuring to Trotz
to have two #1 goalies on his bench: Kolzig, the playoff MVP and
Dafoe, the first team all-star.
[If Jim Konkel or any other Portland fan wants to submit
something better than this, feel free. I'd be more than happy
to run it in the next version.]
SECTION 11- RECENT BUTTERFIELD TROPHY WINNERS
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1984- Bud Stefanski, MAINE 1985- Brian Skrudland, SHERBROOKE
1986- Tim Tookey, HERSHEY 1987- Dave Fenvyes, ROCHESTER
1988- Wendell Young, HERSHEY 1989- Sam St. Laurent, ADIRONDACK
1990- Jeff Hackett, SPRINGFIELD 1991- Kay Whitmore, SPRINGFIELD
1992- Allan Bester, ADIRONDACK 1993- Bill McDougall, CAPE BRETON
1994- Olaf Kolzig, PORTLAND
SECTION 12- ALL PREVIOUS CALDER CUP WINNERS
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1938- Providence 1939- Cleveland 1940- Providence
1941- Cleveland 1942- Indianapolis 1943- Buffalo
1944- Buffalo 1945- Cleveland 1946- Buffalo
1947- Hershey 1948- Cleveland 1949- Providence
1950- Indiana 1951- Cleveland 1952- Pittsburgh
1953- Cleveland 1954- Cleveland 1955- Pittsburgh
1956- Providence 1957- Cleveland 1958- Hershey
1959- Hershey 1960- Springfield 1961- Springfield
1962- Springfield 1963- Buffalo 1964- Cleveland
1965- Rochester 1966- Rochester 1967- Pittsburgh
1968- Rochester 1969- Hershey 1970- Buffalo
1971- Springfield 1972- Nova Scotia 1973- Cincinnati
1974- Hershey 1975- Springfield 1976- Nova Scotia
1977- Nova Scotia 1978- Maine 1979- Maine
1980- Hershey 1981- Adirondack 1982- New Brunswick
1983- Rochester 1984- Maine 1985- Sherbrooke
1986- Adirondack 1987- Rochester 1988- Hershey
1989- Adirondack 1990- Springfield 1991- Springfield
1992- Adirondack 1993- Cape Breton 1994- Portland
SECTION 13- FULL GAME BY GAME CALDER CUP PLAYOFF RESULTS
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[Home team in CAPS]
DIVISIONAL SEMIFINALS
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ADIRONDACK RED WINGS VS SPRINGFIELD INDIANS (Northern Division Semis)
Gm 1: Springfield 7 ADIRODNACK 2
Gm 2: Springfield 5 ADIRONDACK 3
Gm 3: Adirondack 9 SPRINGFIELD 6
Gm 4: Adirondack 5 SPRINGFIELD 1
Gm 5: ADIRONDACK 3 Springfield 1
Gm 6: Adirondack 2 SPRINGFIELD 1
(Adirondack wins series, 4-2)
PORTLAND PIRATES VS ALBANY RIVER RATS (Northern Division Semis)
Gm 1: Albany 3 PORTLAND 1
Gm 2: PORTLAND 5 Albany 3
Gm 3: Portland 2 ALBANY 1
Gm 4: Portland 5 ALBANY 2
Gm 5: Portland 9 ALBANY 2
(Portland wins series, 4-1)
HERSHEY BEARS VS ROCHESTER AMERICANS (Southern Division Semis)
Gm 1: HERHSEY 5 Rochester 3
Gm 2: HERSHEY 5 Rochester 4
Gm 3: Hershey 4 ROCHESTER 1
Gm 4: Hershey 4 ROCHESTER 3
(Hershey wins series, 4-0)
HAMILTON CANUCKS VS CORNWALL ACES (Southern Division Semis)
Gm 1: Cornwall 8 HAMILTON 5
Gm 2: Cornwall 4 HAMILTON 3
Gm 3: CORNWALL 2 Hamilton 1 OT
Gm 4: CORNWALL 6 Hamilton 4
(Cornwall wins series, 4-0)
CAPE BRETON OILERS VS ST JOHN'S MAPLE LEAFS (Atlantic Division Semis)
Gm 1: ST JOHN'S 4 Cape Breton 2
Gm 2: ST JOHN'S 4 Cape Breton 3
Gm 3: CAPE BRETON 6 St John's 5
Gm 4: St John's 8 CAPE BRETON 2
Gm 5: St John's 4 CAPE BRETON 1
(St John's wins series, 4-1)
SAINT JOHN FLAMES VS MONCTON HAWKS (Atlantic Division Semis)
Gm 1: SAINT JOHN 3 Moncton 2
Gm 2: SAINT JOHN 5 Moncton 4
Gm 3: MONCTON 3 Saint John 2
Gm 4: MONCTON 3 Saint John 2
Gm 5: SAINT JOHN 5 Moncton 2
Gm 6: MONCTON 2 Saint John 1
Gm 7: Moncton 3 SAINT JOHN 1
(Moncton wins series, 4-3)
DIVISIONAL FINALS
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ADIRONDACK RED WINGS VS PORTLAND PIRATES (Northern Division FINALS)
Gm 1: ADIRONDACK 4 Portland 2
Gm 2: Portland 5 ADIRONDACK 3
Gm 3: PORTLAND 4 Adirondack 3
Gm 4: Adirondack 5 PORTLAND 1
Gm 5: PORTLAND 4 Adirondack 2
Gm 6: Portland 4 ADIRONDACK 3 OT
(Portland wins series, 4-2)
HERSHEY BEARS VS CORNWALL ACES (Southern Division FINALS)
Gm 1: HERSHEY 4 Cornwall 2
Gm 2: Cornwall 5 HERSHEY 1
Gm 3: Hershey 2 CORNWALL 1
Gm 4: CORNWALL 4 Hershey 3 OT
Gm 5: CORNWALL 3 Hershey 2 OT
Gm 6: HERSHEY 4 Cornwall 3
Gm 7: Cornwall 4 HERSHEY 3
(Cornwall wins series, 4-3)
ST JOHN'S MAPLE LEAFS VS MONCTON HAWKS (Atlantic Division FINALS)
Gm 1: ST JOHN'S 5 Moncton 3
Gm 2: Moncton 2 ST JOHN'S 1 OT
Gm 3: St John's 6 MONCTON 3
Gm 4: MONCTON 4 St John's 3 2 OT
Gm 5: MONCTON 5 St John's 0
Gm 6: Moncton 5 ST JOHN'S 4
(Moncton wins series, 4-2)
AHL SEMIFINALS
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MONCTON HAWKS VS CORNWALL ACES
Gm 1: Moncton 4 CORNWALL 1
Gm 2: MONCTON 5 Cornwall 2
(Moncton wins series, 2-O)
1994 CALDER CUP FINALS
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MONCTON HAWKS VS PORTLAND PIRATES
Gm 1: PORTLAND 5 Moncton 1
Gm 2: Moncton 6 PORTLAND 2
Gm 3: Portland 4 MONCTON 3
Gm 4: Portland 2 MONCTON 1 (2 OT)
Gm 5: MONCTON 4 Portland 0
Gm 6: PORTLAND 4 Moncton 1
(Portland wins series, 4-2)
SECTION 14- OFFSEASON NEWS
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AHL ADOPTS LIMIT ON EXPERIENCED PLAYERS
This May, the AHL adopted a rule intended to limit
the number of experienced pros on each club.
According to the rule, for any game, 10 of a team's 18 players
much have less than 260 games of professional experience. That
is to say, 260 games as of the beginning of the season.
This is an attempt to do two things. First, the league wants
to accentuate itself development league, in contrast to the
International Hockey League, which is more of a veteran league.
Secondly, the AHL wants to avoid free agent bidding wars, that
have taken place in the IHL.
Critics charge that 260 games is too few, noting that it's
only a little more than 3 seasons.
MONCTON FRONT OFFICE CLEARED OF WRONG DOING
Apparently, opposing players complained that Moncton
officials deliberately deflated playoff attendance figures.
Playoff pay to players is based on the total playoff attendance
pool. The Professional Hockey Players Association, the
minor league players' union, investigated the complaints
but cleared the Hawks of any wrong doing. Commented Hawks'
business manager John MacAulay, "They [the PHPA] verified it at
our expense... I think it was sour grapes by the players. It started
after we beat Saint John. One of their plaeyrs said something. Then we knock
off St John's and one of their guys said something. Then we knocked of
Cornwall and one of their guys said something. If those teams won,
I don't think they would have said anything."
MORE SPRINGFIELD NEWS
After the Indians were sold to a group intending to move it to
Worcester, Mass., the AHL granted an expansion franchise to
former Indians' GM Bruce Landon. The team uniforms will be
black, silver, teal and gold and the team will named the Flacons.
Apparently, for the last several years, a pair of peregirine
falcons have been nesting near the top of one of the bank
buildings in dowtown Springfield. They've bcome so popular that a local
calbe tv station devotes a channel to a stationary camera view of
the nest 24 hours per day.
AHL ANNOUNCES INAUGURAL ALL-STAR GAME
[courtesy of Chris Lerch]
>From the 6/13 edition of the Rochester Democrat & Chronicle
"The first AHL All-Star game will be Tuesdat, January 17, 1995,
though the league is waiting to announce the site. This much is known: It won't
be played in Rochester, and Providence and Portland are the front-runners.
The format for the All-Star game has players from the seven Canadian-based
teams facing players from the ten American-based
teams.
Fans in each city will select one player from their team. A panel of
coaches will choose the balance of the rosters."
The article also mentions that Rochester will be a candidate for hosting a
future All-Star game once renovations are complete on the War
Memorial (a $15 million project that will increase seating to
12,000-15,000 and generally upgrade the place).
COACHING CHANGES
These are as current as I know of. If you know of any
additions/changes, don't hesitate to let me know and
I will make the appropriate modifications.
ST JOHN'S
OUT: Marc Crawford. Named head coach in Quebec.
IN: none
CORNWALL
OUT: Jacques Martin. Named ass't coach in Quebec.
IN: none
SPRINGFIELD
OUT: Joel Quenville. Named ass't coach in Quebec.
IN: none
CAPE BRETON
OUT: George Brunett. Named head coach in Edmonton.
IN: Peter Mahovlich.
PROVIDENCE
OUT: Mike O'Connell. Named ass't GM in Boston.
IN: Steve Kasper.
PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND
OUT: Don Macadam. Contract not renewed.
IN: Dave Allison.
WORCESTER (expansion team)
IN: Jim Roberts.
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