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1994–95 San Jose Sharks season

1994–95 San Jose Sharks
Division 3rd Pacific
Conference 7th Western
1994–95 record 19–25–4
Home record 10–13–1
Road record 9–12–3
Goals for 129
Goals against 161
Team information
General Manager Chuck Grillo
Dean Lombardi
Coach Kevin Constantine
Captain Bob Errey (Oct–Feb)
Jeff Odgers (Feb–May)
Alternate captains Ulf Dahlén
Igor Larionov
Arena San Jose Arena
Team leaders
Goals Jeff Friesen (15)
Assists Ulf Dahlen (23)
Points Ulf Dahlen (34)
Penalties in minutes Jeff Odgers (117)
Wins Arturs Irbe (14)
Goals against average Wade Flaherty (3.10)
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In the 1994–95 San Jose Sharks season, the Sharks once again qualified for the playoffs and won their first-round series before losing in the second round to the Detroit Red Wings.

The Sharks chose Jeff Friesen with their first-round pick, eleventh over-all. Friesen would play for the Sharks for nearly seven seasons.

The Sharks got off to a good start in the lockout-shortened season, winning 5 of their first 6 games. In their first win of the season on January 21, 1995, 18-year-old rookie Jeff Friesen scored his very first NHL goal, a shorthanded game-winner against the Toronto Maple Leafs as the Sharks won 3-2. Their streak soon came to an end, and the team lost 5 straight from February 18 to 26. Although he had 4 shutouts, goaltender Arturs Irbe struggled, going 14-19-3 with a GAA of 3.26 and a SV% of .895. Friesen went on to lead the Sharks in goals with 15. During the season, the team acquired forwards Craig Janney and Kevin Miller in a trade with the St. Louis Blues for forward Todd Elik and defenseman Jeff Norton. Captain Bob Errey is traded to the Detroit Red Wings, forward Jeff Odgers is named team captain.

The Sharks finished last in shots on goal (1,152) during the regular season.

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.

Divisions: CEN – Central, PAC – Pacific

bold – Qualified for playoffs; x – Won division; p – Won Presidents' Trophy


In the first round of playoffs, the Sharks once again upset the team with the better record, as they edged the Calgary Flames 4 games to 3. The Sharks allowed 5 shorthanded goals and gave up 35 total goals in the series. In the second round, the Sharks faced the Detroit Red Wings, whom they had defeated in 7 games in the first round of the 1994 Stanley Cup Playoffs. This time around, it was no contest, as Detroit blanked San Jose 6-0 in game 1, and won games 2, 3 and 4 by identical scores of 6-2. Detroit forward Vyacheslav Kozlov scored 4 goals and had 5 assists for 9 points in the 4 games. The Red Wings' special teams dominated the Sharks, scoring 7 power-play goals and adding two shorthanded goals. The Sharks were outscored 24-6 in the series, and were outshot 147-61.


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