1988–89 Winnipeg Jets season

1988–89 Winnipeg Jets (197296)
Division 5th Smythe
Conference 9th Campbell
1988–89 record 26-42-12
Goals for 300
Goals against 355
Team information
General Manager John Ferguson
Mike Smith
Coach Dan Maloney and Rick Bowness
Captain Dale Hawerchuk
Arena Winnipeg Arena
Team leaders
Goals Dale Hawerchuk (41)
Assists Thomas Steen (61)
Points Dale Hawerchuk (96)
Penalties in minutes Gord Donnelly (228)
Wins Pokey Reddick (11)
Goals against average Bob Essensa (3.70)

The 198889 Winnipeg Jets season saw the Jets finish in fifth place in the Smythe Division with a record of 26 wins, 42 losses, and 12 ties for 64 points.

Off-season

After two seasons of leading the Jets into the playoffs, the club re-signed head coach Don Maloney to a contract extension through the 1990-91 season on May 16, 1988. At the 1988 NHL Entry Draft held on June 11, 1988, the Jets selected forward Teemu Selanne with their first round draft pick, tenth overall. Selanne spent the 1987-88 playing with Jokerit junior hockey team, where in 33 games, he recorded 43 goals and 66 points.

On June 13, 1988, the Jets acquired Brent Ashton from the Detroit Red Wings in exchange for Paul MacLean. Ashton had 26 goals and 53 points in 73 games with the Red Wings in 1987-88. MacLean, who had been with Winnipeg since the 1981-82 season, had 40 goals and 79 points in 77 games. In total, MacLean broke the 40 goal plateau three times as a member with the Jets.

On July 19, 1988, Winnipeg made a trade with the New Jersey Devils, acquiring goaltender Alain Chevrier and the Devils seventh round draft pick in the 1989 NHL Entry Draft for Steve Rooney and the Jets third round pick in the 1990 NHL Entry Draft. Chevrier had a record of 18-19-3 with a 3.77 GAA in 45 games with the Devils in 1987-88, while Steve Rooney had seven goals and 13 points, along with 217 penalty minutes in 56 games with the Jets in 1987-88.

Late in training camp, on September 29, 1988, the Jets acquired Kent Carlson and the St. Louis Blues tenth round draft pick in the 1989 NHL Entry Draft and fourth round pick in the 1990 NHL Entry Draft for Peter Douris. Carlson would be traded away a week into the 1988-89 season to the Washington Capitals. On October 3, 1988, the Jets picked Dave Hunter from the Edmonton Oilers in the NHL Waiver Draft. Hunter split the 1987-88 season between the Edmonton Oilers and Pittsburgh Penguins, scoring 14 goals and 35 points in 80 games.

Regular season

Despite finishing last in goals allowed (355), the Jets had the league's fifth-best power-play percentage in the league (22.13%).[2]

Final standings

Smythe Division
GP W L T GF GA Pts
Calgary Flames 80 54 17 9 354 226 117
Los Angeles Kings 80 42 31 7 376 335 91
Edmonton Oilers 80 38 34 8 325 306 84
Vancouver Canucks 80 33 39 8 251 253 74
Winnipeg Jets 80 26 42 12 300 355 64

[3]Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against

Note: Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Schedule and results

No. R Date Score Opponent Record
1TOctober 6, 19882–2 OT @ Vancouver Canucks (1988–89) 0–0–1
2LOctober 9, 19884–5 @ Edmonton Oilers (1988–89) 0–1–1
3LOctober 12, 19881–10 @ Chicago Blackhawks (1988–89) 0–2–1
4WOctober 14, 19884–3 OT Vancouver Canucks (1988–89) 1–2–1
5TOctober 16, 19883–3 OT Edmonton Oilers (1988–89) 1–2–2
6LOctober 19, 19882–5 Boston Bruins (1988–89) 1–3–2
7WOctober 23, 19883–2 Washington Capitals (1988–89) 2–3–2
8LOctober 28, 19884–7 Los Angeles Kings (1988–89) 2–4–2
9WOctober 30, 19888–4 Los Angeles Kings (1988–89) 3–4–2
10WNovember 1, 19888–1 @ New York Islanders (1988–89) 4–4–2
11TNovember 3, 19883–3 OT @ New Jersey Devils (1988–89) 4–4–3
12LNovember 5, 19882–7 @ Montreal Canadiens (1988–89) 4–5–3
13WNovember 8, 19888–4 @ Quebec Nordiques (1988–89) 5–5–3
14LNovember 11, 19885–6 OT Chicago Blackhawks (1988–89) 5–6–3
15WNovember 13, 19887–3 Montreal Canadiens (1988–89) 6–6–3
16WNovember 16, 19882–1 OT @ Edmonton Oilers (1988–89) 7–6–3
17WNovember 18, 19883–0 Toronto Maple Leafs (1988–89) 8–6–3
18WNovember 20, 19887–4 Edmonton Oilers (1988–89) 9–6–3
19LNovember 25, 19883–6 @ Detroit Red Wings (1988–89) 9–7–3
20TNovember 26, 19884–4 OT @ St. Louis Blues (1988–89) 9–7–4
21LNovember 29, 19883–4 New York Rangers (1988–89) 9–8–4
22WDecember 2, 19886–3 Vancouver Canucks (1988–89) 10–8–4
23LDecember 4, 19883–6 Calgary Flames (1988–89) 10–9–4
24WDecember 6, 19885–4 OT @ Los Angeles Kings (1988–89) 11–9–4
25TDecember 8, 19885–5 OT @ Los Angeles Kings (1988–89) 11–9–5
26WDecember 10, 19887–6 @ Edmonton Oilers (1988–89) 12–9–5
27LDecember 11, 19886–8 @ Vancouver Canucks (1988–89) 12–10–5
28WDecember 14, 19884–3 Buffalo Sabres (1988–89) 13–10–5
29LDecember 17, 19883–6 @ Washington Capitals (1988–89) 13–11–5
30LDecember 18, 19881–5 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1988–89) 13–12–5
31TDecember 21, 19885–5 OT New Jersey Devils (1988–89) 13–12–6
32LDecember 23, 19884–5 Quebec Nordiques (1988–89) 13–13–6
33LDecember 26, 19881–5 @ Minnesota North Stars (1988–89) 13–14–6
34WDecember 28, 19886–2 St. Louis Blues (1988–89) 14–14–6
35TDecember 31, 19884–4 OT @ Calgary Flames (1988–89) 14–14–7
36WJanuary 4, 19894–2 Vancouver Canucks (1988–89) 15–14–7
37TJanuary 6, 19894–4 OT Los Angeles Kings (1988–89) 15–14–8
38TJanuary 8, 19894–4 OT Los Angeles Kings (1988–89) 15–14–9
39LJanuary 10, 19891–2 Hartford Whalers (1988–89) 15–15–9
40LJanuary 11, 19893–8 @ Calgary Flames (1988–89) 15–16–9
41WJanuary 13, 19893–1 @ Vancouver Canucks (1988–89) 16–16–9
42LJanuary 15, 19891–4 Minnesota North Stars (1988–89) 16–17–9
43LJanuary 18, 19894–9 Edmonton Oilers (1988–89) 16–18–9
44WJanuary 20, 19897–3 Pittsburgh Penguins (1988–89) 17–18–9
45LJanuary 21, 19893–7 Philadelphia Flyers (1988–89) 17–19–9
46LJanuary 25, 19894–5 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1988–89) 17–20–9
47LJanuary 26, 19896–8 @ New York Islanders (1988–89) 17–21–9
48WJanuary 28, 19894–3 @ Boston Bruins (1988–89) 18–21–9
49LJanuary 31, 19893–5 @ St. Louis Blues (1988–89) 18–22–9
50LFebruary 1, 19894–7 @ Chicago Blackhawks (1988–89) 18–23–9
51LFebruary 3, 19892–4 Boston Bruins (1988–89) 18–24–9
52LFebruary 5, 19892–6 Detroit Red Wings (1988–89) 18–25–9
53LFebruary 9, 19893–4 @ New York Rangers (1988–89) 18–26–9
54LFebruary 11, 19893–7 @ Hartford Whalers (1988–89) 18–27–9
55TFebruary 13, 19892–2 OT @ Detroit Red Wings (1988–89) 18–27–10
56LFebruary 15, 19891–6 Calgary Flames (1988–89) 18–28–10
57WFebruary 17, 19893–2 OT New Jersey Devils (1988–89) 19–28–10
58WFebruary 19, 19897–6 OT Hartford Whalers (1988–89) 20–28–10
59LFebruary 21, 19893–4 @ Quebec Nordiques (1988–89) 20–29–10
60LFebruary 22, 19893–6 @ Montreal Canadiens (1988–89) 20–30–10
61LFebruary 24, 19894–5 @ Buffalo Sabres (1988–89) 20–31–10
62WFebruary 26, 19891–0 Calgary Flames (1988–89) 21–31–10
63TMarch 1, 19894–4 OT Philadelphia Flyers (1988–89) 21–31–11
64LMarch 3, 19894–7 Edmonton Oilers (1988–89) 21–32–11
65LMarch 5, 19893–4 New York Islanders (1988–89) 21–33–11
66LMarch 7, 19895–9 @ Calgary Flames (1988–89) 21–34–11
67LMarch 8, 19890–3 @ Vancouver Canucks (1988–89) 21–35–11
68LMarch 10, 19891–5 Pittsburgh Penguins (1988–89) 21–36–11
69WMarch 12, 19899–7 Toronto Maple Leafs (1988–89) 22–36–11
70LMarch 14, 19893–6 @ Washington Capitals (1988–89) 22–37–11
71WMarch 15, 19896–3 @ New York Rangers (1988–89) 23–37–11
72WMarch 18, 198910–2 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1988–89) 24–37–11
73LMarch 20, 19891–4 Buffalo Sabres (1988–89) 24–38–11
74LMarch 23, 19894–5 @ Edmonton Oilers (1988–89) 24–39–11
75WMarch 24, 19894–3 OT Calgary Flames (1988–89) 25–39–11
76LMarch 26, 19893–7 Vancouver Canucks (1988–89) 25–40–11
77TMarch 28, 19893–3 OT @ Los Angeles Kings (1988–89) 25–40–12
78LMarch 29, 19891–2 OT @ Los Angeles Kings (1988–89) 25–41–12
79LMarch 31, 19891–4 @ Calgary Flames (1988–89) 25–42–12
80WApril 2, 19893–2 Minnesota North Stars (1988–89) 26–42–12

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Hawerchuk, DaleDale Hawerchuk C 75 41 55 96 28-301434
Steen, ThomasThomas Steen C 80 27 61 88 8014912
McBain, AndrewAndrew McBain RW 80 37 40 77 71-352013
Ashton, BrentBrent Ashton LW 75 31 37 68 36-5711
Olausson, FredrikFredrik Olausson D 75 15 47 62 326401
Ellett, DaveDave Ellett D 75 22 34 56 62-18925
Elynuik, PatPat Elynuik RW 56 26 25 51 295506
Duncan, IainIain Duncan LW 57 14 30 44 74-17100
Carlyle, RandyRandy Carlyle D 78 6 38 44 78-19202
Boschman, LaurieLaurie Boschman C 70 10 26 36 163-17301
Smail, DougDoug Smail LW 47 14 15 29 5212020
Fenton, PaulPaul Fenton LW 59 14 9 23 33-15100
Donnelly, GordGord Donnelly D 57 6 10 16 228-12000
Numminen, TeppoTeppo Numminen D 69 1 14 15 36-11010
Taglianetti, PeterPeter Taglianetti D 66 1 14 15 226-23100
Kyte, JimJim Kyte D 74 3 9 12 190-25000
Jones, BradBrad Jones LW 22 6 5 11 60010
Jarvenpaa, HannuHannu Jarvenpaa RW 53 4 7 11 41-14100
Berry, BradBrad Berry D 38 0 9 9 45-8000
Gilhen, RandyRandy Gilhen C 64 5 3 8 38-24011
Neufeld, RayRay Neufeld RW 31 5 2 7 52-9000
Hughes, BrentBrent Hughes LW 28 3 2 5 82-7010
Hunter, DaveDave Hunter LW 34 3 1 4 61-3010
Turcotte, AlfieAlfie Turcotte C 14 1 3 4 2-6000
Chevrier, AlainAlain Chevrier G 22 0 4 4 20000
Kulak, StuStu Kulak RW 18 2 0 2 24-6100
Marois, MarioMario Marois D 7 1 1 2 17-6100
Kyllonen, MarkkuMarkku Kyllonen RW 9 0 2 2 2-3000
Joseph, TonyTony Joseph RW 2 1 0 1 01000
Lemay, MoeMoe Lemay LW 10 1 0 1 14-3000
Larose, GuyGuy Larose C 3 0 1 1 6-1000
Reddick, PokeyPokey Reddick G 41 0 1 1 60000
Berthiaume, DanielDaniel Berthiaume G 9 0 0 0 00000
Boutilier, PaulPaul Boutilier D 3 0 0 0 42000
Boyko, DarrenDarren Boyko C 1 0 0 0 0-1000
Draper, TomTom Draper G 2 0 0 0 00000
Essensa, BobBob Essensa G 20 0 0 0 20000
Fletcher, StevenSteven Fletcher LW/D 3 0 0 0 5-1000
Flichel, ToddTodd Flichel D 1 0 0 0 0-1000
Hamel, GillesGilles Hamel LW 1 0 0 0 00000
Hervey, MattMatt Hervey D 2 0 0 0 42000
Marchment, BryanBryan Marchment D 2 0 0 0 20000
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO SA SV SV%
Reddick, PokeyPokey Reddick 2109 41 11 17 7 144 4.10 01132988.873
Chevrier, AlainAlain Chevrier 1092 22 8 8 2 78 4.29 1554476.859
Essensa, BobBob Essensa 1102 20 6 8 3 68 3.70 1574506.882
Draper, TomTom Draper 120 2 1 1 0 12 6.00 06654.818
Berthiaume, DanielDaniel Berthiaume 443 9 0 8 0 44 5.96 0255211.827
Team: 4866 80 26 42 12 346 4.27 225812235.866

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Note:

Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals
Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Transactions

Trades

July 19, 1988 To New Jersey Devils
Steve Rooney
3rd round pick in 1990 - Brad Bombardir
To Winnipeg Jets
Alain Chevrier
7th round pick in 1989 - Doug Evans
July 29, 1988 To Quebec Nordiques
Joel Baillargeon
To Winnipeg Jets
Future Considerations
September 29, 1988 To St. Louis Blues
Peter Douris
To Winnipeg Jets
Kent Carlson
12th round pick in 1989 - Sergei Kharin
4th round pick in 1990 - Scott Levins
October 12, 1988 To Washington Capitals
Kent Carlson
To Winnipeg Jets
Future Considerations
November 25, 1988 To Los Angeles Kings
Gilles Hamel
To Winnipeg Jets
Paul Fenton
December 6, 1988 To Quebec Nordiques
Mario Marois
To Winnipeg Jets
Gord Donnelly
December 10, 1988 To Philadelphia Flyers
Steven Fletcher
To Winnipeg Jets
Future Considerations
December 30, 1988 To Boston Bruins
Ray Neufeld
To Winnipeg Jets
Moe Lemay
January 19, 1989 To Chicago Blackhawks
Alain Chevrier
To Winnipeg Jets
4th round pick in 1989 - Allain Roy
February 9, 1989 To Vancouver Canucks
Jamie Husgen
To Winnipeg Jets
Future Considerations
June 17, 1989 To Pittsburgh Penguins
Randy Gilhen
Andrew McBain
Jim Kyte
To Winnipeg Jets
Randy Cunneyworth
Rick Tabaracci
Dave McLlwain
June 17, 1989 To St. Louis Blues
3rd round pick in 1989 - Denny Felsner
2nd round pick in 1991 - Steve Staios
To Winnipeg Jets
Greg Paslawski
3rd round pick in 1989 - Kris Draper

Waivers

October 3, 1988 From Edmonton Oilers
Dave Hunter
January 14, 1989 To Edmonton Oilers
Dave Hunter

Free agents

Player Former Team
Steven Fletcher Montreal Canadiens
Matt Hervey Undrafted Free Agent

Roster

1988-89 Winnipeg Jets
Goaltenders

Defensemen

Wingers

Centres

References

  1. Hockey’s Book of Firsts, p.17, James Duplacey, JG Press, ISBN 978-1-57215-037-9
  2. http://www.hockey-reference.com/leagues/NHL_1989.html
  3. Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 153. ISBN 9781894801225.
  4. "1988-89 Winnipeg Jets Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-04.
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