Recap of the Washington Capitals’ 1992-93 Season | Sports

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With the Washington Capitals celebrating their fiftieth anniversary, NoVa Caps is summarizing every season of the crew, from earliest to most up-to-date. The collection continues with the 1992-1993 season, their nineteenth season.

The Capitals report was 43-34-7 in 80 video games for 93 factors and second place in the Patrick Division. They ranked 10^th out of 24 for objectives scored and 10^th out of 24 for objectives given up. [Note: the NHL added two new expansion teams, the Ottawa Senators and the Tampa Bay Lightning.]

Positive information: This was amongst the most balanced assaults in Capitals historical past. Nine gamers scored at the least 20 objectives, and Kelly Miller was simply shy of that with 18. Three of them had been defensemen: Kevin Hatcher, Al Iafrate, and Sylvain Cote.

The draw back is that there’s only one play anybody remembers from this 12 months, and it occurred in the season-ending loss to the Islanders in Game 6 of the opening spherical. After Pierre Turgeon scored to offer the Islanders a 5-1 lead and all however finish the aggressive portion of the collection, he raised his arms in the air to have a good time. Dale Hunter took that as a sign to stage Turgeon from behind.

That hit sidelined Turgeon for the subsequent collection (although he returned for the Eastern Conference finals in opposition to Montreal), and the ensuing suspension value Hunter the first 21 video games in 1993-94.

On the transactions entrance, the Capitals acquired Kevin Miller earlier than the begin of the season, which you assume would have made alternate captain Kelly Miller comfortable since they’re brothers. But the Kevin Miller period lasted simply 10 video games earlier than he was shipped off to St. Louis, which felt extra painful as a result of the Caps despatched future Hall of Famer Dino Ciccarelli to Detroit to amass Miller and acquired Paul Cavallini once they despatched him on to St. Louis. Shockingly sufficient, this instance of asset administration doesn't seem on GM David Poile’s Hall of Fame profile.

Notable Draftees in 1992 NHL Draft

• Sergei Gonchar (D) – (1^st spherical — #14 total)
• Jim Carey (G) – (2^nd spherical — #32 total)
• Stefan Ustorf (LW) – (3^rd spherical choose — #53 total)
• Martin Gendron (RW) – (3^rd spherical choose — #71 total)

General Manager: David Poile

Head Coach: Terry Murray

Captain: Rod Langway

Leaders

Goals: Peter Bondra (37), Kevin Hatcher (34), Dmitri Khristich (31)
Assists: Dale Hunter (59), Mike Ridley (56), Michal Pivonka (53)
Points: Peter Bondra (85), Mike Ridley (82)
Penalty Minutes: Alan May (268), Dale Hunter (198)

Major Trades 

• June 15, 1992
  • Capitals purchase: Mark Hunter
  • Whalers purchase: Nick Kypreos
• June 20, 1992
  • Capitals purchase: Kevin Miller
  • Detroit Red Wings purchase: Dino Ciccarelli
• June 20, 1992
  • Capitals purchase: 1992 2^nd spherical choose (#32 used to choose Jim Carey), 1992 3^rd spherical choose (#53 used to choose Stefan Ustorf), and 1993 4^th spherical choose
  • Toronto Maple Leafs purchase: 1992 1^st spherical choose (#23 used to choose Grant Marshall), 1992 4^th spherical choose
• October 1, 1993
  • Capitals purchase: Pat Elynuik
  • Winnipeg Jets purchase: John Druce
• November 1, 1992
  • Capitals purchase: Paul Cavallini
  • St. Louis Blues purchase: Kevin Miller
• March 22, 1993
  • Capitals purchase: Rick Tabaracci
  • Winnipeg Jets purchase: Jiri Hrivnak, 1993 2^nd spherical choose

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By Ethan Berman