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. It proved, at the time, to be the highest-scoring
regular season in NHL history, as a total of 7,311 goals were
scored over 1,008 games for an average of 7.25 per game. Twenty of
the twenty-four teams scored three goals or more per game, and only
two teams, the
Toronto Maple
Leafs and the
Chicago
Blackhawks, allowed fewer than three goals per game. Only 68
shutouts were recorded during the regular season. Twenty-one
players reached the 100-point plateau and 14 reached the 50-goal
plateau. The
Montreal Canadiens
won their league-leading 24th Cup by defeating the
Los Angeles Kings four games to one. As of
the end of the
2008–09
season, this is the last time that a Canadian team has won the
Stanley Cup. This was also the first of
three seasons wherein Canada's representation in the NHL hit eight
teams.
League business
This was the final season that the two conferences were known as
the Wales and Campbell Conferences, and that the four divisions
bore the names
Adams,
Patrick,
Norris, and
Smythe. Both the conferences and the
divisions would be renamed to reflect geography rather than the
league's history for the following season. This was also the last
year in which the playoff structure bracketed and seeded teams by
division; they would be bracketed and seeded by conference (as in
the
NBA) for
1993–94.
This season saw two new clubs join the league: the
Ottawa Senators and the
Tampa Bay Lightning.
The Senators were a
revival of a previous NHL team of the same name and brought
professional hockey back to Canada
's capital,
while the Tampa Bay franchise (headed by Hockey Hall of
Fame
brothers Phil and
Tony Esposito) strengthened the NHL's
presence in the U.S. Sun
Belt
, which had first started with the birth of the
Los Angeles Kings in 1967.
All teams wore a commemorative patch this year celebrating the
100th anniversary of the
Stanley
Cup.
On February 1, 1993,
Gary Bettman
became the first NHL Commissioner. Prior to this the title of the
NHL's chief executive was "President."
Teemu Selanne of the
Winnipeg Jets shattered the rookie scoring
record by scoring 76 goals and 56 assists for 132 points this
season. He was easily named the winner of the
Calder Memorial Trophy as the NHL
Rookie of the Year, and his goals and points marks remain the NHL
rookie records to this day.
For the first time in his NHL career, Wayne Gretzky did not finish
in the top 3 in scoring. A back injury limited Gretzky to 45 games
in which he scored 65 points.
Regular season
Final standings
Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF =
Goals for, GA = Goals against, Pts = Points
Prince of Wales Conference
Clarence Campbell Conference
Note: x = clinched playoff
berth, z = won Presidents' Trophy
Head coaches of the Prince of Wales Conference
Head coaches of the Clarence Campbell Conference
Scoring leaders
Leading goaltenders
Playoffs
Bracket
Final
Montreal vs. Los Angeles
| Date |
Away |
Score |
Home |
Score |
Notes |
| June 1 |
Los Angeles |
4 |
Montreal |
1 |
|
| June 3 |
Los Angeles |
2 |
Montreal |
3 |
(OT) |
| June 5 |
Montreal |
4 |
Los Angeles |
3 |
(OT) |
| June 7 |
Montreal |
3 |
Los Angeles |
2 |
(OT) |
| June 9 |
Los Angeles |
1 |
Montreal |
4 |
|
Montreal wins best-of-seven series 4–1. Patrick Roy (Montreal) wins Conn Smythe Trophy
Notable events
- Manon Rheaume became the first
female 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,
- Ottawa Senators and Tampa Bay Lightning added, bringing the
league to 24 teams. Both teams would win their opening games and
briefly sit atop their respective Divisions, which led to Harry
Neale jokingly proclaiming before the end of Ottawa's first win
that both the Senators and Lightning would reach the Stanley Cup
finals in May.
- 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 1993 Stanley Cup playoffs marked the 100th anniversary of
the Stanley Cup.
- As a part of the strike settlement, the NHL and Bruce McNall's
Multivision Marketing and Public Relations Co. organized 24 regular
season games in cities without a franchise. These games were seen
as a litmus test for future expansion, and several of the cities
chosen - Phoenix, Atlanta, Dallas and Miami - were eventually indeed the sites of
expansion or relocations.
Complete list of neutral-site games
The
Hartford-St. Louis game was originally scheduled to be played on
December 29, 1992 in Birmingham, Alabama
.
Records broken/tied
Regular season
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)
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)
Playoffs
Team
- Most overtime games, one playoff year: 28
- Most overtime wins, one playoff year: Montreal
Canadiens (10)
- Most consecutive overtime wins, one playoff
year: Montreal Canadiens (10)
- Most consecutive wins, one playoff year:
Montreal Canadiens (11)*
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
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.
Major transactions
NHL Awards
| Presidents' Trophy: |
Pittsburgh Penguins |
| Prince of Wales
Trophy: |
Montreal Canadiens |
| Clarence S. Campbell Bowl: |
Los Angeles Kings |
| Art Ross Trophy: |
Mario Lemieux, Pittsburgh Penguins |
| Bill Masterton
Memorial Trophy: |
Mario Lemieux, Pittsburgh Penguins |
| Calder Memorial
Trophy: |
Teemu Selanne, Winnipeg Jets |
| Conn Smythe Trophy: |
Patrick Roy, Montreal Canadiens |
| Frank J. Selke Trophy: |
Doug Gilmour, Toronto Maple Leafs |
| Hart Memorial Trophy: |
Mario Lemieux, Pittsburgh Penguins |
| Jack Adams Award: |
Pat Burns, Toronto Maple Leafs |
| James Norris Memorial
Trophy: |
Chris Chelios, Chicago Blackhawks |
| King Clancy Memorial
Trophy: |
Dave Poulin, Boston Bruins |
| Lady Byng Memorial
Trophy: |
Pierre Turgeon, New York Islanders |
| Lester B. Pearson Award: |
Mario Lemieux, Pittsburgh Penguins |
| NHL Plus/Minus Award: |
Mario Lemieux, Pittsburgh Penguins |
| Vezina Trophy: |
Ed Belfour, Chicago Blackhawks |
| William M. Jennings Trophy: |
Ed Belfour, Chicago Blackhawks |
| Lester Patrick
Trophy: |
Frank Boucher, Mervyn "Red" Dutton, Bruce
McNall, Gil Stein |
All-Star teams
| First team |
Position |
Second team |
| Ed Belfour, Chicago Blackhawks |
G |
Tom Barrasso, Pittsburgh Penguins |
| Chris Chelios, Chicago Blackhawks |
D |
Larry Murphy, Pittsburgh Penguins |
| Ray Bourque, Boston Bruins |
D |
Al Iafrate, Washington Capitals |
| Mario Lemieux, Pittsburgh Penguins |
C |
Pat LaFontaine, Buffalo Sabres |
| Teemu Selanne, Winnipeg Jets |
RW |
Alexander Mogilny, Buffalo Sabres |
| Luc Robitaille, Los Angeles Kings |
LW |
Kevin Stevens, Pittsburgh Penguins |
|
Debuts
The following is a list of players of note who played their first
NHL game in 1992–93 (listed with their first team):
Last games
The following is a list of players of note that played their last
game in the NHL in 1992–93 (listed with their last team):
- Laurie Boschman, Ottawa
Senators
- Brian Hayward, San Jose
Sharks
- Brian Lawton, San Jose Sharks
- Petri Skriko, San Jose Sharks
- Doug Wilson, San Jose
Sharks
- Rick Wamsley, Toronto Maple
Leafs
- Steve Kasper, Tampa Bay
Lightning
- Ryan Walter, Vancouver Canucks
- Rod Langway, Washington
Capitals
- Randy Carlyle, Winnipeg Jets
1993 trading deadline
Trading deadline: March 22, 1993.
- March 22, 1993: Mark Hardy and Ottawa's fifth round choice in
1993 Entry Draft (previously acquired from Ottawa) traded from NY
Rangers to Los Angeles for John McIntyre.
- March 22, 1993: Jim Hrivnak and future considerations traded
from Washington to Winnipeg for Rick Tabaracci.
- March 22, 1993: Peter
Taglianetti traded from Tampa Bay to Pittsburgh for
Pittsburgh's third round choice in 1993 Entry Draft.
- March 22, 1993: Steve Konroyd traded from Hartford to Detroit
for Detroit's sixth round choice in 1993 Entry Draft.
- March 22, 1993: Vancouver's ninth round choice in 1993 Entry
Draft traded from Vancouver to Winnipeg for Dan Ratushny.
- March 22, 1993: Mike Hartman traded from Tampa Bay to New York
Rangers for Randy Gilhen.
- March 22, 1993: Murray Craven and
Vancouver's fifth round choice in 1993 Entry Draft (previously
acquired from Vancouver) traded from Hartford to Vancouver for
Robert Kron, Vancouver's third round
choice in 1993 Entry Draft and future considerations.
- March 22, 1993: Mike
Ramsey traded from Buffalo to Pittsburgh for Bob Errey.
- March 22, 1993: Craig Muni traded from Edmonton to Chicago for
Mike Hudson.
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