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This was the first season for two expansion teams, the Mighty Ducks Of Anaheim and the Florida Panthers . One major change this season drew the ire of some hockey purists: the names of the conferences were changed from Campbell and Wales to Western and Eastern respectively, and the divisions' names from Adams, Patrick, Norris and Smythe to Northeast, Atlantic, Central and Pacific respectively. New league commissioner Gary Bettman , who had previously worked in the NBA , thought the old names could be confusing to non-traditional fans and believed that a change to geographically-named divisions, as used in the NBA and most other North American professional sports, would be more easily understandable to new fans. In addition, the playoff format was slightly altered to resemble that of the NBA; where playoffs had previously been bracketed and seeded by division, the playoffs were now broken down only by conference: the division winners were seeded one-two by order of point finish, then the top six remaining teams were seeded three through eight. REGULAR SEASON Final standings ''Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points'' Eastern Conference Western Conference Scoring leaders ''Note: GP = Games Played, G = Goals, A = Assists, Pts = Points'' STANLEY CUP PLAYOFFS ''']] ''Note: All dates in 1994'' Conference quarterfinals Eastern Conference
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