1993-94 Results

After the two previous seasons, the common refrain was "sure, the Canucks have proved that they can do it in the regular season, but it's the playoffs that count". They started the 1993-94 season with an impressive 7-1-0 record, but finished the season only one game above .500. Pavel Bure scored another 60 goals, Geoff Courtnall, Cliff Ronning, Trevor Linden, Kirk McLean, Gino Odjick, Jyrki Lumme, Dana Murzyn and others had good seasons, but it seemed that the team was focusing on just making the playoffs. The Canucks finished seventh in the newly named Western Conference and met up with the Calgary Flames in the first round (again). After falling behind three games to one, the Canucks proceeded to win the next three games in overtime to take the series. Geoff Courtnall, Trevor Linden and Pavel Bure scored the overtime markers.

In the second round, the Canucks polished off the rested -- and possibly rusty -- Dallas Stars in five games. In the Conference Finals, the Canucks met up with the Toronto Maple Leafs. After losing the first game in overtime, the Canucks won the next four games, including two straight shutouts by Kirk McLean (he recorded four in the playoffs that spring). Game five of the series took just over four periods to decide when Greg Adams scored the series ending goal.

For the second time in their history, the Canucks were in the Stanley Cup finals, but this time many believed that they could actually win it all. The Canucks travelled to New York to take on the Rangers and Greg Adams was the hero scoring another overtime goal (the team's sixth of the post-season). The Canucks lost the next three games, setting up game five in New York. Ranger fans were already celebrating their Stanley Cup Championship when the Canucks came up with a 6-3 victory. Game six in Vancouver will probably go down as the most exciting NHL game ever played in Vancouver. The Canucks won that one as well, forcing game seven in New York. Okay, you know what happened next, so let's not dwell on it. Just remember that Trevor Linden scored twice in that game.

Regular Season

 DATE  H/A OPPOSITION   SCORE OT GP  W  L  T  GF  GA PTS  AVG        HISTORICAL NOTES         
OCT  6  A  LOS ANGELES  5-2 W     1  1  0  0   5   2   2 1.000 Bure records three points      
OCT  9  H  CALGARY      1-5 L     2  1  1  0   6   7   2 0.500 Ronning ends shutout in third  
OCT 11  H  EDMONTON     4-1 W     3  2  1  0  10   8   4 0.667 Odjick scores a pair of goals  
OCT 16  A  EDMONTON     3-2 W     4  3  1  0  13  10   6 0.750 Adams in on all three goals    
OCT 19  H  BOSTON       5-4 W     5  4  1  0  18  14   8 0.800 Linden gets eventual winner    
OCT 21  A  CALGARY      6-3 W     6  5  1  0  24  17  10 0.833 Bure scores 100th goal         
OCT 23  A  SAN JOSE     6-4 W     7  6  1  0  30  21  12 0.857 Odjick records three points    
OCT 24  H  SAN JOSE     3-2 W OT  8  7  1  0  33  23  14 0.875 Courtnall in OT extends streak 
OCT 27  H  WASHINGTON   2-4 L     9  7  2  0  35  27  14 0.778 Momesso, Ward score            
OCT 30  H  BUFFALO      3-6 L    10  7  3  0  38  33  14 0.700 Canucks trail 5-1 in second    
NOV  2  A  NY ISLANDERS 2-1 W    11  8  3  0  40  34  16 0.727 Ronning scores one, adds assist
NOV  3  A  NY RANGERS   3-6 L    12  8  4  0  43  40  16 0.667 Canucks down 6-0 after second  
NOV  5  A  WASHINGTON   2-3 L    13  8  5  0  45  43  16 0.615 Babych assists on both goals   
NOV  7  A  PHILADELPHIA 5-2 W    14  9  5  0  50  45  18 0.643 Neil Eisenhut makes NHL debut  
NOV 10  H  LOS ANGELES  4-0 W    15 10  5  0  54  45  20 0.667 McLean makes 24 saves          
NOV 13  A  CALGARY      3-4 L    16 10  6  0  57  49  20 0.625 Linden scores a pair of goals  
NOV 14  H  ANAHEIM      3-2 W    17 11  6  0  60  51  22 0.647 First game against the Ducks   
NOV 16  H  ST. LOUIS    3-0 W    18 12  6  0  63  51  24 0.667 NHL refs and linesmen on strike
NOV 19  H  ANAHEIM      3-6 L    19 12  7  0  66  57  24 0.632 Courtnall records two points   
NOV 22  H  TORONTO      2-5 L    20 12  8  0  68  62  24 0.600 Linden, Craven score           
NOV 24  H  DETROIT      4-5 L OT 21 12  9  0  72  67  24 0.571 Momesso records 100th point    
NOV 26  A  WINNIPEG     5-3 W    22 13  9  0  77  70  26 0.591 Bure has a three point game    
NOV 27  A  EDMONTON     1-2 L    23 13 10  0  78  72  26 0.565 Dan Kesa makes his NHL debut   
NOV 29  H  CHICAGO      2-1 W OT 24 14 10  0  80  73  28 0.583 Ward scores 15 seconds into OT 
DEC  2  H  PHILADELPHIA 3-6 L    25 14 11  0  83  79  28 0.560 NHL officials return to work   
DEC  4  A  QUEBEC       1-3 L    26 14 12  0  84  82  28 0.538 Ronning scores lone marker     
DEC  6  A  MONTREAL     3-4 L OT 27 14 13  0  87  86  28 0.519 Mike Peca plays first NHL game 
DEC  8  A  HARTFORD     4-1 W    28 15 13  0  91  87  30 0.536 Ronning records three points   
DEC  9  A  BOSTON       3-2 W OT 29 16 13  0  94  89  32 0.552 Ronning last goal at Gardens   
DEC 14  A  CALGARY      4-8 L    30 16 14  0  98  97  32 0.533 Dane Jackson makes NHL debut   
DEC 15  A  EDMONTON     2-7 L    31 16 15  0 100 104  32 0.516 Lumme scores both goals        
DEC 17  H  WINNIPEG     6-1 W    32 17 15  0 106 105  34 0.531 Lumme records three assists    
DEC 19  H  DALLAS       1-3 L    33 17 16  0 107 108  34 0.515 Odjick scores lone goal        
DEC 21  H  EDMONTON     6-3 W    34 18 16  0 113 111  36 0.529 Craven scores two goals        
DEC 23 N-H CALGARY      4-3 W    35 19 16  0 117 114  38 0.543 Bure scores twice in Saskatoon 
DEC 28  A  LOS ANGELES  5-6 L    36 19 17  0 122 120  38 0.528 Ronning hits the 200 point mark
DEC 31  H  SAN JOSE     2-3 L    37 19 18  0 124 123  38 0.514 Ward, Craven score             
JAN  2  H  MONTREAL     2-3 L    38 19 19  0 126 126  38 0.500 Ronning, Babych score          
JAN  5  A  OTTAWA       7-2 W    39 20 19  0 133 128  40 0.513 Antoski scores first NHL goal  
JAN  8  A  TORONTO      3-5 L    40 20 20  0 136 133  40 0.500 Canucks trail 4-0 in second    
JAN  9  A  BUFFALO      3-5 L    41 20 21  0 139 138  40 0.488 Hunter opens the scoring       
JAN 12  H  QUEBEC       4-3 W    42 21 21  0 143 141  42 0.500 Linden gets winner shorthanded 
JAN 14  H  OTTAWA       2-2 T OT 43 21 21  1 145 143  43 0.500 Momesso, Craven score          
JAN 16  A  ANAHEIM      4-3 W    44 22 21  1 149 146  45 0.511 Courtnall nets a pair of goals 
JAN 19  H  CALGARY      3-4 L    45 22 22  1 152 150  45 0.500 Gelinas makes his Canuck debut 
JAN 24 N-A EDMONTON     5-4 W OT 46 23 22  1 157 154  47 0.511 Bure scores three in Saskatoon 
JAN 25  H  ST. LOUIS    3-3 T OT 47 23 22  2 160 157  48 0.511 Gelinas scores a pair of goals 
JAN 27  H  DALLAS       2-3 L OT 48 23 23  2 162 160  48 0.500 McLean stops a penalty shot    
JAN 29  H  NEW JERSEY   6-3 W    49 24 23  2 168 163  50 0.510 Lumme records three points     
JAN 31  H  LOS ANGELES  3-1 W    50 25 23  2 171 164  52 0.520 Gelinas scores two, winner     
FEB  2  H  CHICAGO      6-4 W    51 26 23  2 177 168  54 0.529 Ronning scores two in first    
FEB  4  A  ANAHEIM      0-3 L    52 26 24  2 177 171  54 0.519 Duck Hebert gets the shutout   
FEB  6  H  HARTFORD     2-4 L    53 26 25  2 179 175  54 0.509 Courtnall, Bure score          
FEB  8  A  DETROIT      6-3 W    54 27 25  2 185 178  56 0.519 Brian Glynn debuts as a Canuck 
FEB 10  A  NEW JERSEY   3-7 L    55 27 26  2 188 185  56 0.509 Bure scores twice              
FEB 12  A  TAMPA BAY    3-2 W    56 28 26  2 191 187  58 0.518 Babych gets winner in second   
FEB 13  A  FLORIDA      1-2 L    57 28 27  2 192 189  58 0.509 Murzyn gets lone Canuck goal   
FEB 15  A  ST. LOUIS    2-3 L    58 28 28  2 194 192  58 0.500 Bure in on both goals          
FEB 17  A  CHICAGO      4-2 W    59 29 28  2 198 194  60 0.508 Lumme gets winner in second    
FEB 22  H  CALGARY      4-4 T OT 60 29 28  3 202 198  61 0.508 Ronning ties it in third       
FEB 26  H  TAMPA BAY    3-1 W    61 30 28  3 205 199  63 0.516 McLean outshot 29-19           
MAR  1  H  EDMONTON     4-7 L    62 30 29  3 209 206  63 0.508 Four different Canucks score   
MAR  3  A  ST. LOUIS    4-0 W    63 31 29  3 213 206  65 0.516 McLean makes 33 saves          
MAR  4  A  DALLAS       4-1 W    64 32 29  3 217 207  67 0.523 Whitmore makes 26 saves        
MAR  7  H  FLORIDA      1-2 L    65 32 30  3 218 209  67 0.515 Lumme scores lone goal         
MAR  9  H  NY ISLANDERS 5-4 W    66 33 30  3 223 213  69 0.523 Canucks trail 3-1 in second    
MAR 11  A  WINNIPEG     8-4 W    67 34 30  3 231 217  71 0.530 Bure gets the hat trick        
MAR 13  A  CHICAGO      2-5 L    68 34 31  3 233 222  71 0.522 Last Canuck game at the Stadium
MAR 15  A  DETROIT      2-5 L    69 34 32  3 235 227  71 0.514 McIntyre, Bure score           
MAR 16  A  TORONTO      4-1 W    70 35 32  3 239 228  73 0.521 Bure records three points      
MAR 19  A  PITTSBURGH   4-5 L    71 35 33  3 243 233  73 0.514 Pavel Bure scores twice        
MAR 20  A  DALLAS       1-2 L OT 72 35 34  3 244 235  73 0.507 Whitmore faces Stars again     
MAR 23  A  LOS ANGELES  6-3 W    73 36 34  3 250 238  75 0.514 Bure's 50th, Gretzky's 802nd   
MAR 25  H  NY RANGERS   2-5 L    74 36 35  3 252 243  75 0.507 Jeff Brown joins Canucks       
MAR 27  H  LOS ANGELES  4-3 W    75 37 35  3 256 246  77 0.513 Linden gets winner in third    
MAR 28  H  TORONTO      3-2 W OT 76 38 35  3 259 248  79 0.520 Canucks clinch playoff spot    
MAR 30  H  PITTSBURGH   1-3 L    77 38 36  3 260 251  79 0.513 Bure scores lone goal          
APR  1  H  WINNIPEG     5-1 W    78 39 36  3 265 252  81 0.519 Brown records three points     
APR  2  A  SAN JOSE     4-7 L    79 39 37  3 269 259  81 0.513 Shark Dahlen gets hat trick    
APR  5  H  DETROIT      3-8 L    80 39 38  3 272 267  81 0.506 Wing Ciccarelli gets hat trick 
APR  7  H  SAN JOSE     3-2 W    81 40 38  3 275 269  83 0.512 Bure scores two goals          
APR  9  H  ANAHEIM      1-3 L    82 40 39  3 276 272  83 0.506 Adams gets lone goal           
APR 10  A  SAN JOSE     1-3 L    83 40 40  3 277 275  83 0.500 Bure scores lone goal          
APR 13  A  ANAHEIM      2-1 W    84 41 40  3 279 276  85 0.506 Bure gets league leading 60th  

                         Canucks finish seventh in Western Conference              

Playoffs

 DATE  H/A OPPOSITION   SCORE OT GP  W  L  T  GF  GA PTS  AVG        HISTORICAL NOTES         
APR 18  A  CALGARY      5-0 W     1  1  0  0   5   0   2 1.000 McLean makes 31 saves          
APR 20  A  CALGARY      5-7 L     2  1  1  0  10   7   2 0.500 Flames get four on powerplay   
APR 22  H  CALGARY      2-4 L     3  1  2  0  12  11   2 0.333 Momesso, Adams score           
APR 24  H  CALGARY      2-3 L     4  1  3  0  14  14   2 0.250 Canucks up 2-1 after second    
APR 26  A  CALGARY      2-1 W OT  5  2  3  0  16  15   4 0.400 Courtnall keeps Canucks alive  
APR 28  H  CALGARY      3-2 W OT  6  3  3  0  19  17   6 0.500 Linden OT goal on powerplay    
APR 30  A  CALGARY      4-3 W OT  7  4  3  0  23  20   8 0.571 McLean "the save", Bure in OT  
                       VANCOUVER WINS BEST OF SEVEN SERIES FOUR GAMES TO THREE  

MAY  2  A  DALLAS       6-4 W     8  5  3  0  29  24  10 0.625 Six different Canucks score    
MAY  4  A  DALLAS       3-0 W     9  6  3  0  32  24  12 0.667 McLean outshot 39-30           
MAY  6  H  DALLAS       3-4 L    10  6  4  0  35  28  12 0.600 Linden scores two goals        
MAY  8  H  DALLAS       2-1 W OT 11  7  4  0  37  29  14 0.636 Momesso gets winner in overtime
MAY 10  H  DALLAS       4-2 W    12  8  4  0  41  31  16 0.667 Bure scores two more           
                        VANCOUVER WINS BEST OF SEVEN SERIES FOUR GAMES TO ONE   

MAY 16  A  TORONTO      2-3 L OT 13  8  5  0  43  34  16 0.615 Babych, Linden score           
MAY 18  A  TORONTO      4-3 W    14  9  5  0  47  37  18 0.643 Four different Canucks score   
MAY 20  H  TORONTO      4-0 W    15 10  5  0  51  37  20 0.667 Bure scores twice, adds assist 
MAY 22  H  TORONTO      2-0 W    16 11  5  0  53  37  22 0.688 McLean outshot 29-21           
MAY 24  H  TORONTO      4-3 W OT 17 12  5  0  57  40  24 0.706 Canucks trail 3-0 after first  
                        VANCOUVER WINS BEST OF SEVEN SERIES FOUR GAMES TO ONE   

MAY 31  A  NY RANGERS   3-2 W OT 18 13  5  0  60  42  26 0.722 McLean 52 saves, Adams in OT   
JUN  2  A  NY RANGERS   1-3 L    19 13  6  0  61  45  26 0.684 Momesso gets lone goal         
JUN  4  H  NY RANGERS   1-5 L    20 13  7  0  62  50  26 0.650 Bure gets only Canuck marker   
JUN  7  H  NY RANGERS   2-4 L    21 13  8  0  64  54  26 0.619 Bure misses penalty shot       
JUN  9  A  NY RANGERS   6-3 W    22 14  8  0  70  57  28 0.636 Canucks up 3-0, tied 3-3       
JUN 11  H  NY RANGERS   4-1 W    23 15  8  0  74  58  30 0.652 Video makes it 4-1, not 3-2    
JUN 14  A  NY RANGERS   2-3 L    24 15  9  0  76  61  30 0.625 Trevor Linden scores both goals
                       New York Rangers win Stanley Cup four games to three