1995–96 Winnipeg Jets | |
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Division | 5th Central |
Conference | 8th Western |
1995–96 record | 36–40–6 |
Home record | 22–16–3 |
Road record | 14–24–3 |
Goals for | 275 |
Goals against | 291 |
Team information | |
General manager | John Paddock |
Coach | Terry Simpson |
Captain | Kris King |
Arena | Winnipeg Arena |
Average attendance | 11,316 |
Minor league affiliate(s) | Springfield Falcons |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Keith Tkachuk (50) |
Assists | Keith Tkachuk (48) Teemu Selanne (48) |
Points | Keith Tkachuk (98) |
Penalty minutes | Jim McKenzie (202) |
Plus/minus | Keith Tkachuk (+11) |
Wins | Nikolai Khabibulin (26) |
Goals against average | Nikolai Khabibulin (3.13) |
The 1995–96 Winnipeg Jets season was the team's 24th and their final season in Winnipeg before the franchise was moved to Phoenix, Arizona, and renamed the Phoenix Coyotes (now the Arizona Coyotes). The NHL returned to Winnipeg following the 2010–11 season, when the Atlanta Thrashers became the "new" Winnipeg Jets.
The Jets managed to qualify for the eighth and final playoff Western Conference playoff berth in their final season in Winnipeg. The Jets were eliminated in the first round in six games by the Presidents' Trophy winners, the Detroit Red Wings.
Off-season
The interim label was removed from head coach Terry Simpson's title on June 20.[1]
The Jets picked Shane Doan of the Kamloops Blazers as their first-round pick, seventh overall.
Due to contractual disagreements, Keith Tkachuk was replaced as captain by Kris King.[2]
Regular season
Their 36 wins were the highest since the Jets won 40 games during the 1992–93 season.
Season standings
No. | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts | |
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1 | Detroit Red Wings | 82 | 62 | 13 | 7 | 325 | 181 | 131 |
2 | Chicago Blackhawks | 82 | 40 | 28 | 14 | 273 | 220 | 94 |
3 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 82 | 34 | 36 | 12 | 247 | 252 | 80 |
4 | St. Louis Blues | 82 | 32 | 34 | 16 | 219 | 248 | 80 |
5 | Winnipeg Jets | 82 | 36 | 40 | 6 | 275 | 291 | 78 |
6 | Dallas Stars | 82 | 26 | 42 | 14 | 227 | 280 | 66 |
Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points
Bolded teams qualified for the playoffs.
R | Div | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts | |
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1 | p – Detroit Red Wings | CEN | 82 | 62 | 13 | 7 | 325 | 181 | 131 |
2 | Colorado Avalanche | PAC | 82 | 47 | 25 | 10 | 326 | 240 | 104 |
3 | Chicago Blackhawks | CEN | 82 | 40 | 28 | 14 | 273 | 220 | 94 |
4 | Toronto Maple Leafs | CEN | 82 | 34 | 36 | 12 | 247 | 252 | 80 |
5 | St. Louis Blues | CEN | 82 | 32 | 34 | 16 | 219 | 248 | 80 |
6 | Calgary Flames | PAC | 82 | 34 | 37 | 11 | 241 | 240 | 79 |
7 | Vancouver Canucks | PAC | 82 | 32 | 35 | 15 | 278 | 278 | 79 |
8 | Winnipeg Jets | CEN | 82 | 36 | 40 | 6 | 275 | 291 | 78 |
9 | Mighty Ducks of Anaheim | PAC | 82 | 35 | 39 | 8 | 234 | 247 | 78 |
10 | Edmonton Oilers | PAC | 82 | 30 | 44 | 8 | 240 | 304 | 68 |
11 | Dallas Stars | CEN | 82 | 26 | 42 | 14 | 227 | 280 | 66 |
12 | Los Angeles Kings | PAC | 82 | 24 | 40 | 18 | 256 | 302 | 66 |
13 | San Jose Sharks | PAC | 82 | 20 | 55 | 7 | 252 | 357 | 47 |
Divisions: CEN – Central, PAC – Pacific
bold – Qualified for playoffs; p – Won Presidents' Trophy
Playoffs
The Jets lost their first round series 4–2 to the Detroit Red Wings. Winnipeg played their last-ever game on April 28, 1996, a home playoff loss to the Red Wings, 4–1. Norm Maciver scored the last goal in original Jets history.
Schedule and results
Regular season
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October: 6–4–2 (home: 4–0–2; road: 2–4–0)
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November: 6–6–0 (home: 4–3–0; road: 2–3–0)
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December: 4–9–1 (home: 4–3–1; road: 0–6–0)
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January: 5–5–1 (home: 1–3–0; road: 4–2–1)
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February: 5–6–0 (home: 4–3–0; road: 1–3–0)
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March: 7–8–1 (home: 2–4–0; road: 5–4–1)
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April: 3–2–1 (home: 3–0–0; road: 0–2–1)
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Legend:
Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Tie (1 point) |
Playoffs
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Western Conference Quarterfinals vs. (1) Detroit Red Wings – Red Wings win 4–2
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Legend:
Win Loss |
Player statistics
Scoring
- Position abbreviations: C = Centre; D = Defence; G = Goaltender; LW = Left Wing; RW = Right Wing
- † = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Jets only.
- ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Jets only.
Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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No. | Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM |
7 | Keith Tkachuk | LW | 76 | 50 | 48 | 98 | 11 | 156 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 22 |
8 | Teemu Selanne‡ | RW | 51 | 24 | 48 | 72 | 3 | 18 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
10 | Alexei Zhamnov | C | 58 | 22 | 37 | 59 | −4 | 65 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
27 | Teppo Numminen | D | 74 | 11 | 43 | 54 | −4 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 |
23 | Igor Korolev | C | 73 | 22 | 29 | 51 | 1 | 42 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | −2 | 0 |
16 | Ed Olczyk | C | 51 | 27 | 22 | 49 | 0 | 65 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
11[lower-alpha 1] | Dallas Drake | RW | 69 | 19 | 20 | 39 | −7 | 36 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 |
89 | Darren Turcotte‡ | C | 59 | 16 | 16 | 32 | −3 | 26 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
4 | Dave Manson | D | 82 | 7 | 23 | 30 | 8 | 205 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 30 |
44[lower-alpha 2] | Norm Maciver† | D | 39 | 5 | 25 | 30 | −6 | 26 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
32 | Mike Eastwood | C | 80 | 14 | 14 | 28 | −14 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 |
14 | Mike Stapleton | C | 58 | 10 | 14 | 24 | −4 | 37 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 21 |
34 | Darrin Shannon | LW | 63 | 5 | 18 | 23 | −5 | 28 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
17 | Kris King | LW | 81 | 9 | 11 | 20 | −7 | 151 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
29 | Craig Janney† | C | 13 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
5 | Deron Quint | D | 51 | 5 | 13 | 18 | −2 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
19[lower-alpha 3] | Shane Doan | RW | 74 | 7 | 10 | 17 | −9 | 101 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
24 | Darryl Shannon‡ | D | 48 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 72 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
20[lower-alpha 4] | Oleg Tverdovsky† | D | 31 | 0 | 8 | 8 | −7 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 0 |
33 | Jim McKenzie | LW | 73 | 4 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 202 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
26 | Jeff Finley | D | 65 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −2 | 81 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 4 |
15 | Randy Gilhen | C | 22 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
18[lower-alpha 5] | Chad Kilger† | LW | 29 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
2 | Neil Wilkinson‡ | D | 21 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 33 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
28[lower-alpha 6] | Craig Muni† | D | 25 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 37 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 2 |
55[lower-alpha 7] | Jason Doig | D | 15 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −2 | 28 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
39 | Iain Fraser† | C | 12 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
22 | Craig Mills | RW | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
36 | Stewart Malgunas‡ | D | 29 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −10 | 32 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
3 | Brent Thompson | D | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 21 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
21 | Denis Chasse† | RW | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
29 | Tim Cheveldae‡ | G | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
37 | Tom Draper† | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
6 | Dallas Eakins† | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
75 | Michal Grosek‡ | LW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
43[lower-alpha 8] | Ravil Gusmanov‡ | LW | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
35 | Nikolai Khabibulin | G | 53 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
31 | Scott Langkow | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
12 | Rob Murray | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
30 | Ed Ronan† | RW | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
37 | Dominic Roussel† | G | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Goaltending
- † = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Jets only.
- ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Jets only.
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No. | Player | GP | W | L | T | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI | GP | W | L | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI |
35 | Nikolai Khabibulin | 53 | 26 | 20 | 3 | 1656 | 152 | 3.13 | .908 | 2 | 2914 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 214 | 19 | 3.17 | .911 | 0 | 359 |
29 | Tim Cheveldae‡ | 30 | 8 | 18 | 3 | 948 | 111 | 3.93 | .883 | 0 | 1695 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
37 | Dominic Roussel† | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 134 | 16 | 3.37 | .881 | 0 | 285 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
37 | Tom Draper† | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 5.37 | .786 | 0 | 34 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
31 | Scott Langkow | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.000 | 0 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Awards and records
Awards
Type | Award/honour | Recipient | Ref |
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League (annual) |
King Clancy Memorial Trophy | Kris King | [5] |
League (in-season) |
NHL All-Star Game selection | Teemu Selanne | [6] |
Team | Molson Cup | Nikolai Khabibulin |
Transactions
Trades
Waivers
October 1, 1995 | From New York Islanders Jim McKenzie |
March 20, 1996 | From St. Louis Blues Dallas Eakins |
Free agents
Player | New Team |
Oleg Mikulchik | Mighty Ducks of Anaheim |
Stephane Beauregard | San Francisco Spiders (IHL) |
Draft picks
Winnipeg's draft picks at the 1995 NHL Entry Draft held at the Edmonton Coliseum in Edmonton, Alberta.[7]
Round | # | Player | Position | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team |
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1 | 7 | Shane Doan | Centre | Canada | Kamloops Blazers (WHL) |
2 | 32 | Marc Chouinard | Centre | Canada | Beauport Harfangs (QMJHL) |
2 | 34 | Jason Doig | Defence | Canada | Laval Titan College Francais (QMJHL) |
3 | 67 | Brad Isbister | Defence | Canada | Portland Winter Hawks (WHL) |
4 | 84 | Justin Kurtz | Defence | Canada | Brandon Wheat Kings (WHL) |
5 | 121 | Brian Elder | Goaltender | Canada | Brandon Wheat Kings (WHL) |
6 | 137 | Sylvain Daigle | Goaltender | Canada | Shawinigan Cataractes (QMJHL) |
7 | 162 | Paul Traynor | Defence | Canada | Kitchener Rangers (OHL) |
8 | 188 | Jaroslav Obsut | Right wing | Slovakia | Battlefords North Stars (SJHL) |
8 | 189 | Fredrik Lovén | Defence | Sweden | Djurgardens IF (SEL) |
9 | 214 | Rob DeCiantis | Centre | Canada | Kitchener Rangers (OHL) |
Relocation to Phoenix
As the National Hockey League (NHL) expanded into the United States, the team operating costs and salaries grew rapidly; this development put a high strain on the League's Canadian teams. As Winnipeg was the League's second-smallest market (eventually becoming the smallest market after the Quebec Nordiques moved to Denver, Colorado, in 1995), the Jets were unable to retain their best players. Various schemes were devised to save the team through a tremendous grassroots effort and government funds, but in the end, the efforts were not enough.
Despite strong fan support, the Winnipeg Jets were at a financial disadvantage with many American franchises. The team was sold to Phoenix businessmen Steven Gluckstern and Richard Burke, and in 1996, the club moved to Arizona and became the Phoenix Coyotes. In the summer that the move took place, the franchise saw the exit of Jets stars like Teemu Selanne and Alexei Zhamnov, while the team added established superstar Jeremy Roenick from the Chicago Blackhawks. Roenick teamed up with power wingers Keith Tkachuk and Rick Tocchet to form a dynamic 1–2–3 offensive punch that led the Coyotes through their first years in Arizona. Also impressive were young players Shane Doan (who was the last remaining original Jet active in the NHL), Oleg Tverdovsky and goaltender Nikolai Khabibulin, whom the fans nicknamed the "Bulin Wall."
Notes
- ↑ Drake wore number 18 through February 13.
- ↑ Maciver wore number 2 in his first game.
- ↑ Doan wore number 21 in his first five games.
- ↑ Tverdovsky wore number 6 in his first eight games.
- ↑ Kilger wore number 21 in his first three games.
- ↑ Muni wore number 24 in his first five games.
- ↑ Doig wore number 52 in his first ten games.
- ↑ Gusmanov wore number 50 in his first game.
References
- "Winnipeg Jets 1995-96 roster and scoring statistics at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved August 21, 2023.
- "1995-96 Winnipeg Jets Roster, Stats, Injuries, Scores, Results, Shootouts". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved August 21, 2023.
- ↑ "Simpson named Winnipeg head coach - UPI Archives". UPI. June 20, 1995. Retrieved September 9, 2023.
- ↑ "NHL UPDATE". Tampa Bay Times. October 6, 1995. Retrieved August 21, 2023.
Jets: Kris King replaces Keith Tkachuk as captain.
- ↑ "1995-1996 Conference Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". NHL.
- 1 2 "1995-96 Winnipeg Jets Schedule". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved August 21, 2023.
- ↑ "King Clancy Memorial Trophy". records.nhl.com. Retrieved August 28, 2023.
- ↑ "NHL All-Star Game Historical Summaries - 1996". NHL.com. Retrieved August 28, 2023.
- ↑ "1995 NHL Entry Draft Picks at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved August 28, 2023.