The 1993–94

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season was the Canucks' 24th

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season. Vancouver finished the season second in their division and qualified for the playoffs as the number seven seed. In the playoffs, the Canucks pulled several upsets and reached the

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for the second time in franchise history. In the finals they fell behind the

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three games to one before making a comeback to force a Game 7. Vancouver fell short in its bid to capture the franchise's first

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losing Game 7 by a final of 3–2. During the regular season,

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tied his own club record for goals in a season, originally set in the 1992–93 season. Bure's 60 goals led the NHL and as a result he was named a First Team NHL All-Star.

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won a team leading 23 games during the regular season, only 8 more than the 15 he recorded in the post-season games. Jeff Brown officially led the team in assists, but did not join the team till after the trade deadline when he was acquired from

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. In the playoffs, both Bure and captain

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were very productive. Bure led all forwards in playoff scoring finishing second overall to

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. However, Bure led the league in playoff goals with Linden tied for second. McLean led the playoffs in minutes played, shots against and saves while he and the Rangers Mike Richter tied for the lead in playoff

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. McLean finished fourth in

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and

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Regular season

Schedule and results

Regular season

, - , 1, , October 6, , Vancouver, , 5–2, ,

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Calgary Calgary () is a major city in the Canadian province of Alberta. As of 2021, the city proper had a population of 1,306,784 and a metropolitan population of 1,481,806 making it the third-largest city and fifth-largest metropolitan area in C ...

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, , –, , 8–5–0, , 16 , , , - , 14, , November 7, , Vancouver, , 5–2, ,

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, , 6–3, , Vancouver, , –, , 12–7–0, , 24 , , , - , 20, , November 22, ,

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, , 5–2, , Vancouver, , –, , 12–8–0, , 24 , , , - , 21, , November 24, ,

Detroit Detroit ( , ) is the List of municipalities in Michigan, most populous city in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is situated on the bank of the Detroit River across from Windsor, Ontario. It had a population of 639,111 at the 2020 United State ...

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Winnipeg Winnipeg () is the capital and largest city of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Manitoba. It is centred on the confluence of the Red River of the North, Red and Assiniboine River, Assiniboine rivers. , Winnipeg h ...

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, , 6–3, , Vancouver, , –, , 14–11–0, , 28 , , , - , 26, , December 4, , Vancouver, , 1–3, ,

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, , –, , 14–12–0, , 28 , , , - , 27, , December 6, , Vancouver, , 3–4, ,

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, , OT, , 14–13–0, , 28 , , , - , 28, , December 8, , Vancouver, , 4–1, ,

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, , 3–2, , Vancouver, , –, , 19–19–0, , 38 , , , - , 39, , January 5, , Vancouver, , 7–2, ,

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, , –, , 32–29–3, , 67 , , , - , 65, , March 7, ,

, , 2–1, , Vancouver, , –, , 32–30–3, , 67 , , , - , 66, , March 9, , NY Islanders, , 4–5, , Vancouver, , –, , 33–30–3, , 69 , , , - , 67, , March 11, , Vancouver, , 4–5, ,

, , –, , 34–30–3, , 71 , , , - , 68, , March 13, , Vancouver, , 2–5, ,

, , –, , 34–31–3, , 71 , , , - , 69, , March 15, , Vancouver, , 2–5, ,

, , –, , 34–32–3, , 71 , , , - , 70, , March 16, , Vancouver, , 2–5, ,

, , –, , 35–32–3, , 73 , , , - , 71, , March 19, , Vancouver, , 4–5, ,

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, , OT, , 35–34–3, , 73 , , , - , 73, , March 23, , Vancouver, , 6–3, ,

, , –, , 36–34–3, , 75 , , , - , 74, , March 25, , NY Rangers, , 5–2, , Vancouver, , –, , 36–35–3, , 75 , , , - , 75, , March 27, ,

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, , 3–1, , Vancouver, , –, , 38–36–3, , 79 , , , - , - , 78, , April 1, ,

, , 1–5, , Vancouver, , –, , 39–36–3, , 81 , , , - , 79, , April 2, , Vancouver, , 4–7, , San Jose, , –, , 39–37–3, , 81 , , , - , 80, , April 5, ,

, , 8–3, , Vancouver, , –, , 39–38–3, , 81 , , , - , 81, , April 7, , San Jose, , 2–3, , Vancouver, , –, , 40–38–3, , 83 , , , - , 82, , April 9, ,

, , 3–1, , Vancouver, , –, , 40–39–3, , 83 , , , - , 83, , April 10, , Vancouver, , 1–3, , San Jose, , –, , 40–40–3, , 83 , , , - , 84, , April 13, , Vancouver, , 2–1, ,

, , –, , 41–40–3, , 85 , , , - , - , ''Legend'':

Playoffs

, - , 1 , , April 18 , , Vancouver , , 5 – 0 , ,

, , , , McLean , , 17,764 , , 1 – 0 , , , - , 2 , , April 20 , , Vancouver , , 5 – 7 , , Calgary , , , , McLean , , 18,318 , , 1 – 1 , , , - , 3 , , April 22 , , Calgary , , 4 – 2 , , Vancouver , , , , McLean , , 16,150 , , 1 – 2 , , , - , 4 , , April 24 , , Calgary , , 3 – 2 , , Vancouver , , , , McLean , , 16,150 , , 1 – 3 , , , - , 5 , , April 26 , , Vancouver , , 2 – 1 , , Calgary , , OT , , McLean , , 19,059 , , 2 – 3 , , , - , 6 , , April 28 , , Calgary , , 2 – 3 , , Vancouver , , OT , , McLean , , 16,150 , , 3 – 3 , , , - , 7 , , April 30 , , Vancouver , , 4 – 3 , , Calgary , , 2OT , , McLean , , 20,230 , , 4 – 3 , , , - , - , 1 , , May 2 , , Vancouver , , 6 – 4 , ,

, , , , McLean , , 16,914 , , 1 – 0 , , , - , 2 , , May 4 , , Vancouver , , 3 – 0 , , Dallas , , , , McLean , , 16,914 , , 2 – 0 , , , - , 3 , , May 6 , , Dallas , , 4 – 3 , , Vancouver , , , , McLean , , 16,150 , , 2 – 1 , , , - , 4 , , May 8 , , Dallas , , 1 – 2 , , Vancouver , , OT , , McLean , , 16,150 , , 3 – 1 , , , - , 5 , , May 10 , , Dallas , , 2 – 4 , , Vancouver , , , , McLean , , 16,150 , , 4 – 1 , , , - , - , 1 , , May 16 , , Vancouver , , 2 – 3 , ,

, , OT , , McLean , , 15,728 , , 0 – 1 , , , - , 2 , , May 18 , , Vancouver , , 4 – 3 , , Toronto , , , , McLean , , 15,728 , , 1 – 1 , , , - , 3 , , May 20 , , Toronto , , 0 – 4 , , Vancouver , , , , McLean , , 16,150 , , 2 – 1 , , , - , 4 , , May 22 , , Toronto , , 0 – 2 , , Vancouver , , , , McLean , , 16,150 , , 3 – 1 , , , - , 5 , , May 24 , , Toronto , , 3 – 4 , , Vancouver , , 2OT , , McLean , , 16,150 , , 4 – 1 , , , - , - , 1 , , May 31 , , Vancouver , , 3 – 2 , ,

New York New York most commonly refers to: * New York (state), a state in the northeastern United States * New York City, the most populous city in the United States, located in the state of New York New York may also refer to: Places United Kingdom * ...

, , OT , , McLean , , 18,200 , , 1 – 0 , , , - , 2 , , June 2 , , Vancouver , , 1 – 3 , , New York , , , , McLean , , 18,200 , , 1 – 1 , , , - , 3 , , June 4 , , New York , , 5 – 1 , , Vancouver , , , , McLean , , 16,150 , , 1 – 2 , , , - , 4 , , June 7 , , New York , , 4 – 2 , , Vancouver , , , , McLean , , 16,150 , , 1 – 3 , , , - , 5 , , June 9 , , Vancouver , , 6 – 3 , , New York , , , , McLean , , 18,200 , , 2 – 3 , , , - , 6 , , June 11 , , New York , , 1 – 4 , , Vancouver , , , , McLean , , 16,150 , , 3 – 3 , , , - , 7 , , June 14 , , Vancouver , , 2 – 3 , , New York , , , , McLean , , 18,200 , , 3 – 4 , , , - , - , ''Legend'':

Player statistics

Scoring

* ''Position abbreviations: C =

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; D =

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; G =

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; LW =

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; RW =

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'' * '' = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Canucks only.'' * '' = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Canucks only.''

Goaltending

Awards and records

* Clarence S. Campbell Bowl *

, NHL Leader, Goals (60) * Pavel Bure, Club Record, Goals in a Season (60) * Pavel Bure,

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(Most game star selections for Vancouver Canucks) * Pavel Bure, Cyclone Taylor Award (MVP of the Canucks)

Transactions

Trades

Expansion draft

Vancouver's losses at the 1993 NHL expansion draft in

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Draft picks

Vancouver's picks at the 1993 NHL entry draft in

Farm teams

Hamilton Canucks The Hamilton Canucks were a professional ice hockey team in the American Hockey League (AHL). They played in Hamilton, Ontario, at Copps Coliseum. They were the AHL affiliate of the Vancouver Canucks of the National Hockey League (NHL). The te ...

AHL affiliate based in

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and whose home arena was

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. This was the team's second and final season as an affiliate of the Canucks. In the

1993–94 AHL season The 1993–94 AHL season was the 58th season of the American Hockey League. Sixteen teams played 80 games each in the schedule. The St. John's Maple Leafs finished first overall in the regular season. The Portland Pirates won their first Calde ...

, Hamilton finished in 2nd place in the South Division, but was eliminated in the first round of the AHL playoffs by the

Cornwall Aces The Cornwall Aces were the American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate of the National Hockey League's Quebec Nordiques from 1993 to 1995 and the relocated Colorado Avalanche in 1995–96. They were based in the eastern Ontario city of Cornwall and p ...

in four straight games. After the season, the franchise was relocated as the

Syracuse Crunch The Syracuse Crunch are a professional ice hockey team based in Syracuse, New York. They are the American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate of the National Hockey League's Tampa Bay Lightning. They play in they home games at the Upstate Medical Univer ...

, which kept its affiliation with Vancouver.

Columbus Chill The Columbus Chill were a professional ice hockey team that played in the East Coast Hockey League from October 1991 through the 1998–99 season. They played at the Ohio Expo Center Coliseum in Columbus, Ohio. The Chill left Columbus in 1999 an ...

ECHL The ECHL (formerly the East Coast Hockey League) is a minor professional ice hockey league based in Shrewsbury, New Jersey, with teams across the United States and Canada. Competitively, it is a tier below the American Hockey League (AHL). The ...

affiliate based in

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, and whose home arena was the

Ohio Expo Center Coliseum The Taft Coliseum is a 5,003-permanent seat multi-purpose arena located at the Ohio Expo Center and State Fairgrounds in Columbus, Ohio. History It opened in 1918 and is nicknamed "The Barn". The facility hosted the 1929 NCAA Wrestling Champion ...

Notes

References

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