1994–95 Winnipeg Jets season
1994–95 Winnipeg Jets | |
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Division | 6th Central |
Conference | 10th Western |
1994–95 record | 16–25–7 |
Home record | 10–10–4 |
Road record | 6–15–3 |
Goals for | 157 |
Goals against | 177 |
Team information | |
General manager | John Paddock |
Coach | John Paddock (Oct-Apr) Terry Simpson (Apr-May) |
Captain | Keith Tkachuk |
Arena | Winnipeg Arena |
Average attendance | 13,012 |
Minor league affiliate(s) | Springfield Falcons |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Alexei Zhamnov (30) |
Assists | Alexei Zhamnov (35) |
Points | Alexei Zhamnov (65) |
Penalty minutes | Keith Tkachuk (152) |
Plus/minus | Teppo Numminen (+12) |
Wins | Tim Cheveldae, Nikolai Khabibulin (8) |
Goals against average | Nikolai Khabibulin (3.41) |
The 1994–95 Winnipeg Jets season was the team's 23rd season in Winnipeg and their 16th season in the National Hockey League. Despite missing the playoffs for the second year in a row, the Jets featured the second-best forward line in the NHL that season, as Keith Tkachuk, Teemu Selanne and Alexei Zhamnov scored a collective 74 goals in 48 games. This total was second only to the Philadelphia Flyers' top-line total of 80 (scored collectively by the "Legion of Doom").
Offseason
Regular season
Two major highlights of the regular season occurred in April. On April 1, 1995, Alexei Zhamnov tied a franchise record by scoring five goals in the Jets' 7–7 tie with Los Angeles Kings.[1] Six days later, the Jets established an NHL record by scoring four short-handed goals in a 7–4 win against the Vancouver Canucks.[2]
General manager John Paddock resigned as head coach on April 5. Assistant coach Terry Simpson was named interim head coach.[3]
Season standings
No. | CR | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts | |
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1 | 1 | Detroit Red Wings | 48 | 33 | 11 | 4 | 180 | 117 | 70 |
2 | 2 | St. Louis Blues | 48 | 28 | 15 | 5 | 178 | 135 | 61 |
3 | 4 | Chicago Blackhawks | 48 | 24 | 19 | 5 | 156 | 115 | 53 |
4 | 5 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 48 | 21 | 19 | 8 | 135 | 146 | 50 |
5 | 8 | Dallas Stars | 48 | 17 | 23 | 8 | 136 | 135 | 42 |
6 | 10 | Winnipeg Jets | 48 | 16 | 25 | 7 | 157 | 177 | 39 |
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Note: No. = Division rank, CR = Conference rank, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points
Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.
R | Div | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts | |
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1 | p – Detroit Red Wings | CEN | 48 | 33 | 11 | 4 | 180 | 117 | 70 |
2 | x – Calgary Flames | PAC | 48 | 24 | 17 | 7 | 163 | 135 | 55 |
3 | St. Louis Blues | CEN | 48 | 28 | 15 | 5 | 178 | 135 | 61 |
4 | Chicago Blackhawks | CEN | 48 | 24 | 19 | 5 | 156 | 115 | 53 |
5 | Toronto Maple Leafs | CEN | 48 | 21 | 19 | 8 | 135 | 146 | 50 |
6 | Vancouver Canucks | PAC | 48 | 18 | 18 | 12 | 153 | 148 | 48 |
7 | San Jose Sharks | PAC | 48 | 19 | 25 | 4 | 129 | 161 | 42 |
8 | Dallas Stars | CEN | 48 | 17 | 23 | 8 | 136 | 135 | 42 |
9 | Los Angeles Kings | PAC | 48 | 16 | 23 | 9 | 142 | 174 | 41 |
10 | Winnipeg Jets | CEN | 48 | 16 | 25 | 7 | 157 | 177 | 39 |
11 | Edmonton Oilers | PAC | 48 | 17 | 27 | 4 | 136 | 183 | 38 |
12 | Mighty Ducks of Anaheim | PAC | 48 | 16 | 27 | 5 | 125 | 164 | 37 |
Divisions: CEN – Central, PAC – Pacific
bold – Qualified for playoffs; x – Won division; p – Won Presidents' Trophy
Schedule and results
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January: 1–4–1 (home: 1–1–1; road: 0–3–0)
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February: 5–6–2 (home: 1–4–1; road: 4–2–1)
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March: 3–8–2 (home: 3–2–2; road: 0–6–0)
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April: 7–5–2 (home: 5–2–0; road: 2–3–2)
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May: 0–2–0 (home: 0–1–0; road: 0–1–0)
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Legend: Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Tie (1 point) |
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 | ||||||||
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No. | Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM |
10 | Alexei Zhamnov | C | 48 | 30 | 35 | 65 | 5 | 20 |
7 | Keith Tkachuk | LW | 48 | 22 | 29 | 51 | −4 | 152 |
8 | Teemu Selanne | RW | 45 | 22 | 26 | 48 | 1 | 2 |
19 | Nelson Emerson | RW | 48 | 14 | 23 | 37 | −12 | 26 |
23 | Igor Korolev | C | 45 | 8 | 22 | 30 | 1 | 10 |
18 | Dallas Drake | RW | 43 | 8 | 18 | 26 | −6 | 30 |
4 | Stephane Quintal | D | 43 | 6 | 17 | 23 | 0 | 78 |
27 | Teppo Numminen | D | 42 | 5 | 16 | 21 | 12 | 16 |
3 | Dave Manson | D | 44 | 3 | 15 | 18 | −20 | 139 |
25 | Thomas Steen | C | 31 | 5 | 10 | 15 | −13 | 14 |
24 | Darryl Shannon | D | 40 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 1 | 48 |
15 | Randy Gilhen | C | 44 | 5 | 6 | 11 | −17 | 52 |
16 | Ed Olczyk† | C | 13 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 8 |
32 | Mike Eastwood† | C | 13 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 4 |
34 | Darrin Shannon | LW | 19 | 5 | 3 | 8 | −6 | 14 |
20 | Tie Domi‡ | RW | 31 | 4 | 4 | 8 | −6 | 128 |
17 | Kris King | LW | 48 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 85 |
2 | Neil Wilkinson | D | 40 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −26 | 75 |
75 | Michal Grosek | LW | 24 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −3 | 21 |
5 | Igor Ulanov‡ | D | 19 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −2 | 27 |
36 | Mike Eagles‡ | C | 27 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −13 | 40 |
36 | Greg Brown† | D | 9 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 17 |
42 | Oleg Mikulchik | D | 25 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 12 |
12 | Rob Murray | C | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
29 | Tim Cheveldae | G | 30 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
35 | Nikolai Khabibulin | G | 26 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
28 | Craig Martin | RW | 20 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −4 | 19 |
55 | Arto Blomsten‡ | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
38 | Luciano Borsato | C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 |
47 | Tavis Hansen | RW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
37 | John LeBlanc | RW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
21 | Russ Romaniuk | LW | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 |
22 | Brent Thompson | D | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −17 | 78 |
Goaltending
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No. | Player | GP | W | L | T | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI |
29 | Tim Cheveldae | 30 | 8 | 16 | 3 | 818 | 97 | 3.70 | .881 | 0 | 1571 |
35 | Nikolai Khabibulin | 26 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 723 | 76 | 3.41 | .895 | 0 | 1339 |
Awards and records
Awards
Type | Award/honour | Recipient | Ref |
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League (annual) | NHL Second All-Star team | Keith Tkachuk (Left Wing) | [7] |
Alexei Zhamnov (Centre) | |||
Team | Molson Cup | Alexei Zhamnov |
Transactions
Trades
July 8, 1994 | To Buffalo Sabres Kevin McClelland | To Winnipeg Jets Future Considerations |
August 8, 1994 | To Los Angeles Kings Ruslan Batyrshin 6th round pick in 1995 (Brian Willsie) 2nd round pick in 1996 (Marian Cisar) | To Winnipeg Jets Brent Thompson 6th round pick in 1995 (Robert Esche) Cash |
March 27, 1995 | To Los Angeles Kings Arto Blomsten | To Winnipeg Jets 8th round pick in 1995 (Fredrik Loven) |
April 7, 1995 | To Washington Capitals Mike Eagles Igor Ulanov | To Winnipeg Jets 3rd round pick in 1995 (Sergei Gusev) 5th round pick in 1995 (Brian Elder) |
April 7, 1995 | To New York Rangers 5th round pick in 1995 (Alexei Vasiliev) | To Winnipeg Jets Ed Olczyk |
April 7, 1995 | To Pittsburgh Penguins Cash | To Winnipeg Jets Greg Brown |
April 7, 1995 | To Toronto Maple Leafs Tie Domi | To Winnipeg Jets Mike Eastwood 3rd round pick in 1995 (Brad Isbister) |
June 27, 1995 | To Philadelphia Flyers Russ Romaniuk | To Winnipeg Jets Jeff Finley |
July 8, 1995 | To Montreal Canadiens Stephane Quintal | To Winnipeg Jets 2nd round pick in 1995 (Jason Doig) |
July 8, 1995 | To Dallas Stars 3rd round pick in 1995 (Sergei Gusev) | To Winnipeg Jets 2nd round pick in 1996 (Remi Royer) |
Waivers
January 18, 1995 | To Edmonton Oilers Dean Kennedy |
January 18, 1995 | To Calgary Flames Sheldon Kennedy |
January 18, 1995 | From St. Louis Blues Igor Korolev |
January 20, 1995 | From Detroit Red Wings Craig Martin |
Free agents
Player | New Team |
Andy Brickley | New York Islanders |
Draft picks
Winnipeg's draft picks at the 1994 NHL Entry Draft held at the Hartford Civic Center in Hartford, Connecticut.[8]
Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | College/junior/club team |
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2 | 30 | Deron Quint (D) | ![]() | Seattle Thunderbirds (WHL) |
3 | 56 | Dorian Anneck (C) | ![]() | Victoria Cougars (WHL) |
3 | 58 | Tavis Hansen (RW) | ![]() | Tacoma Rockets (WHL) |
4 | 82 | Steve Cheredaryk (D) | ![]() | Medicine Hat Tigers (WHL) |
5 | 108 | Craig Mills (RW) | ![]() | Belleville Bulls (OHL) |
6 | 143 | Steve Vezina (G) | ![]() | Beauport Harfangs (QMJHL) |
6 | 146 | Chris Kibermanis (D) | ![]() | Red Deer Rebels (MJHL) |
8 | 186 | Ramil Saifullin (C) | ![]() | Avangard Omsk (Russia) |
9 | 212 | Henrik Smangs (G) | ![]() | Leksands IF (Sweden) |
10 | 238 | Mike Mader (RW) | ![]() | Loomis Chaffee School (USHS-MA) |
11 | 264 | Jason Issel (LW) | ![]() | Prince Albert Raiders (WHL) |
S | 4 | Randy Stevens (RW) | ![]() | Michigan Technological University (WCHA) |
References
- "Winnipeg Jets 1994-95 roster and scoring statistics at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved September 9, 2023.
- "1994-95 Winnipeg Jets Roster, Stats, Injuries, Scores, Results, Shootouts". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved September 9, 2023.
- ^ "ARI Records". records.nhl.com. Retrieved September 9, 2023.
- ^ "NHL Records". records.nhl.com. Retrieved September 9, 2023.
- ^ "SPORTS PEOPLE: HOCKEY; Simpson Replaces Paddock in Winnipeg". The New York Times. April 6, 1995. Retrieved September 9, 2023.
- ^ Standings: NHL Public Relations Department (2008). Dave McCarthy; et al. (eds.). THE NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE Official Guide & Record Book/2009. National Hockey League. p. 154. ISBN 978-1-894801-14-0.
- ^ "1994-1995 Conference Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". NHL.
- ^ "1994-95 Winnipeg Jets Schedule". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved September 9, 2023.
- ^ "Postseason All-Star Teams". records.nhl.com. Retrieved September 12, 2023.
- ^ "1994 NHL Entry Draft Picks at hockeydb.com".