1994–95 Winnipeg Jets season

1994–95 Winnipeg Jets
Division6th Central
Conference10th Western
1994–95 record16–25–7
Home record10–10–4
Road record6–15–3
Goals for157
Goals against177
Team information
General managerJohn Paddock
CoachJohn Paddock (Oct.–Apr.)
Terry Simpson (Apr.–May)
CaptainKeith Tkachuk
ArenaWinnipeg Arena
Average attendance13,012
Minor league affiliate(s)Springfield Falcons
Team leaders
GoalsAlexei Zhamnov (30)
AssistsAlexei Zhamnov (35)
PointsAlexei Zhamnov (65)
Penalty minutesKeith Tkachuk (152)
Plus/minusTeppo Numminen (+12)
WinsTim Cheveldae, Nikolai Khabibulin (8)
Goals against averageNikolai 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

Central Division
No. CR GP W L T GF GA Pts
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

[4]

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.

Western Conference[5]
R Div GP W L T GF GA Pts
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

1994–95 regular season[6]
January: 1–4–1 (home: 1–1–1; road: 0–3–0)
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Attendance Recap
1 T January 20, 1995 3–3 OT Calgary Flames (1994–95) 0–0–1 13,382 Recap
2 L January 21, 1995 3–4 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1994–95) 0–1–1 9,725 Recap
3 W January 23, 1995 5–3 Chicago Blackhawks (1994–95) 1–1–1 8,794 Recap
4 L January 25, 1995 0–4 @ San Jose Sharks (1994–95) 1–2–1 17,190 Recap
5 L January 27, 1995 2–3 @ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1994–95) 1–3–1 17,174 Recap
6 L January 28, 1995 2–4 @ Los Angeles Kings (1994–95) 1–4–1 15,115 Recap
February: 5–6–2 (home: 1–4–1; road: 4–2–1)
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Attendance Recap
7 L February 2, 1995 4–5 OT St. Louis Blues (1994–95) 1–5–1 13,611 Recap
8 T February 4, 1995 3–3 OT San Jose Sharks (1994–95) 1–5–2 13,525 Recap
9 W February 6, 1995 5–4 @ Calgary Flames (1994–95) 2–5–2 17,706 Recap
10 T February 8, 1995 3–3 OT @ Edmonton Oilers (1994–95) 2–5–3 10,308 Recap
11 L February 9, 1995 1–5 @ Vancouver Canucks (1994–95) 2–6–3 10,630 Recap
12 W February 11, 1995 3–2 @ St. Louis Blues (1994–95) 3–6–3 20,262 Recap
13 W February 13, 1995 7–4 @ Dallas Stars (1994–95) 4–6–3 15,379 Recap
14 L February 15, 1995 1–5 Detroit Red Wings (1994–95) 4–7–3 12,299 Recap
15 L February 17, 1995 3–4 St. Louis Blues (1994–95) 4–8–3 12,770 Recap
16 W February 22, 1995 4–1 @ Vancouver Canucks (1994–95) 5–8–3 16,072 Recap
17 W February 24, 1995 4–2 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1994–95) 6–8–3 12,843 Recap
18 L February 25, 1995 2–5 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1994–95) 6–9–3 15,746 Recap
19 L February 28, 1995 0–4 Dallas Stars (1994–95) 6–10–3 10,573 Recap
March: 3–8–2 (home: 3–2–2; road: 0–6–0)
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Attendance Recap
20 L March 2, 1995 1–6 @ Detroit Red Wings (1994–95) 6–11–3 19,875 Recap
21 W March 4, 1995 4–2 San Jose Sharks (1994–95) 7–11–3 11,217 Recap
22 W March 5, 1995 3–2 Calgary Flames (1994–95) 8–11–3 11,197 Recap
23 W March 10, 1995 4–3 Dallas Stars (1994–95) 9–11–3 11,603 Recap
24 L March 11, 1995 2–4 Los Angeles Kings (1994–95) 9–12–3 15,255 Recap
25 T March 14, 1995 3–3 OT Vancouver Canucks (1994–95) 9–12–4 15,556 Recap
26 L March 17, 1995 4–8 @ Calgary Flames (1994–95) 9–13–4 18,781 Recap
27 L March 19, 1995 2–3 Chicago Blackhawks (1994–95) 9–14–4 12,005 Recap
28 L March 22, 1995 3–6 @ Detroit Red Wings (1994–95) 9–15–4 19,807 Recap
29 L March 24, 1995 2–3 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1994–95) 9–16–4 15,746 Recap
30 T March 25, 1995 3–3 OT Toronto Maple Leafs (1994–95) 9–16–5 15,397 Recap
31 L March 28, 1995 5–6 OT @ San Jose Sharks (1994–95) 9–17–5 17,190 Recap
32 L March 30, 1995 1–3 @ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1994–95) 9–18–5 17,174 Recap
April: 7–5–2 (home: 5–2–0; road: 2–3–2)
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Attendance Recap
33 T April 1, 1995 7–7 OT @ Los Angeles Kings (1994–95) 9–18–6 16,005 Recap
34 W April 5, 1995 4–1 Chicago Blackhawks (1994–95) 10–18–6 11,334 Recap
35 W April 7, 1995 7–4 Vancouver Canucks (1994–95) 11–18–6 15,565 Recap
36 L April 8, 1995 3–4 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1994–95) 11–19–6 15,746 Recap
37 L April 11, 1995 5–7 @ St. Louis Blues (1994–95) 11–20–6 18,969 Recap
38 W April 13, 1995 5–2 St. Louis Blues (1994–95) 12–20–6 13,250 Recap
39 W April 15, 1995 5–1 Toronto Maple Leafs (1994–95) 13–20–6 15,261 Recap
40 L April 17, 1995 5–6 Edmonton Oilers (1994–95) 13–21–6 14,501 Recap
41 T April 19, 1995 5–5 OT @ Detroit Red Wings (1994–95) 13–21–7 19,875 Recap
42 W April 21, 1995 2–1 @ Chicago Blackhawks (1994–95) 14–21–7 21,213 Recap
43 L April 23, 1995 2–5 @ Dallas Stars (1994–95) 14–22–7 16,924 Recap
44 L April 25, 1995 3–5 Edmonton Oilers (1994–95) 14–23–7 12,994 Recap
45 W April 27, 1995 4–3 Detroit Red Wings (1994–95) 15–23–7 14,081 Recap
46 W April 29, 1995 5–1 @ Edmonton Oilers (1994–95) 16–23–7 15,219 Recap
May: 0–2–0 (home: 0–1–0; road: 0–1–0)
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Attendance Recap
47 L May 1, 1995 2–3 @ Chicago Blackhawks (1994–95) 16–24–7 19,403 Recap
48 L May 2, 1995 1–2 Los Angeles Kings (1994–95) 16–25–7 15,562 Recap
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.
No. Player Pos Regular season
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

No. Player Regular season
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
League
(annual) 		NHL Second All-Star team Keith Tkachuk (Left Wing) [7]
Alexei Zhamnov (Centre)
Team Molson Cup Alexei Zhamnov

Milestones

Milestone Player Date Ref
First game Nikolai Khabibulin January 21, 1995 [8]
Craig Martin February 24, 1995
Tavis Hansen April 7, 1995

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.[9]

Round Pick Player Nationality College/junior/club team
2 30 Deron Quint (D)  United States Seattle Thunderbirds (WHL)
3 56 Dorian Anneck (C)  Canada Victoria Cougars (WHL)
3 58 Tavis Hansen (RW)  Canada Tacoma Rockets (WHL)
4 82 Steve Cheredaryk (D)  Canada Medicine Hat Tigers (WHL)
5 108 Craig Mills (RW)  Canada Belleville Bulls (OHL)
6 143 Steve Vezina (G)  Canada Beauport Harfangs (QMJHL)
6 146 Chris Kibermanis (D)  Canada Red Deer Rebels (MJHL)
8 186 Ramil Saifullin (C)  Russia Avangard Omsk (Russia)
9 212 Henrik Smangs (G)  Sweden Leksands IF (Sweden)
10 238 Mike Mader (RW)  United States Loomis Chaffee School (USHS-MA)
11 264 Jason Issel (LW)  Canada Prince Albert Raiders (WHL)
S 4 Randy Stevens (RW)  United States Michigan Technological University (WCHA)

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