Winnipeg Jets (1972–96)
The Winnipeg Jets ( IPA: [ wɪnɪpɛg dʒɛts ] ) was a Canadian ice hockey franchise in Winnipeg, Manitoba. They played from 1972 to 1979 in the World Hockey Association and from 1979 to 1996 in the National Hockey League. The team colors were blue, red and white. In summer 1996, the team moved due to ongoing financial problems in the near Phoenix to Glendale in Arizona around and called since Phoenix Coyotes. Since summer 2011, there is a 15 - year break a franchise of that name in the NHL, but the only bears the same nickname and otherwise is in no way affiliated with the former Jets.
Their most successful period lived by the Jets during their time in the World Hockey Association. There they won between 1976 and 1979 three times within four years of the Avco World Trophy. With the change in the National Hockey League, the success did not materialize.
- 2.1 Sporting achievements
- 2.2 Awards and All- Star Team nominations
- 2.3 NHL All -Star Game nominations
- 2.4 season statistics 2.4.1 World Hockey Association
- 2.4.2 National Hockey League
- 2.5.1 career
- 2.5.2 season
- 5.1 team captains
- 5.2 Members of the Hockey Hall of Fame
- 5.3 Locked jersey numbers
- 5.4 Top 10 voting rights 5.4.1 WHA Amateur Draft
- 5.4.2 NHL Entry Draft
History
The time in the WHA ( 1972-1979 )
1972, a franchise of the World Hockey Association was established that called Winnipeg Jets and one of the twelve founding members of the WHA was in Winnipeg. The National Hockey League had now increased to 16 teams, so teams were re-founded in Los Angeles, Oakland and Atlanta, but there was only one Canadian team. The World Hockey Association, however, brought high-class hockey to Edmonton, Quebec City, Ottawa, Winnipeg, and later Calgary.
The founder and first owner of the Jets was Ben Hatskin, a Canadian businessman. When WHA General Player Draft in February 1972 in Anaheim, California, he chose the first option from the NHL star Bobby Hull and a little later, among others, Ted Green, Ted Irvine and Ernie Wakely other NHL players. First, usually dismissed as wishful thinking to Hatskin had consistently opted for Bobby Hull, who at that time was the second best scorer in NHL history with the first option. This was not satisfied with the management of the Chicago Blackhawks and the contract negotiations were as in previous years, always tedious, because the contracts had to be renegotiated almost a year. Quick succeeded Hatskin to move the striker to the signing of the contract as player-coach for ten years with a total of 2.5 million U.S. dollars, including a signature bonus of one million dollars. Hull signed this contract in June 1972. His commitment in ensuring that the WHA would at least survive the first season. Hull's commitment and many more of this type showed that the WHA has established itself as a serious competitor to the NHL.
On October 12, 1972, the Jets denied their first game in the World Hockey Association, which they won 6-4 at the New York Raiders. The first home game was played three days later and ended with a 2:5 defeat against the Alberta Oilers. In the season premiere Star Bobby Hull made an effective attack series with Christian Bordeleau and Norm Beaudin. The trio was critical to the successful performance of the aircraft involved, since all three each scored over 100 points. In the back row, however, lacked punch and no other actor came to more than 20 goals. The good defensive work as well as the balanced occupied Torwartduo Joe Daley and Ernie Wakely made it possible that the Jets on the first place in the Western Division ended the 1972/73 season. Bobby Hull, who contributed 51 goals to this success, was chosen most valuable player of the regular season and awarded the Gary L. Davidson Award. In the playoffs, the Jets initially banked through against the Minnesota Fighting Saints and Houston Aeros. In the final series to the Avco World Trophy subject to the Jets in five games to the New England Whalers. As critical to winning the Whalers proved their excellent exploitation of scoring chances, while the Jets had more chances to score in four of five games.
The Winnipeg Jets were one of the first teams from North America, which used Europe as a source of talented hockey players. The team was able to undertake the Swedish striker Anders Hedberg and Ulf Nilsson. In addition, the franchise also took defender Lars -Erik Sjöberg, later captain of the Jets and once honored as the best defender of the WHA with the Dennis A. Murphy Trophy, under contract. Starting in 1977, came up with Kent Nilsson another Swedish scorer in the squad.
After the dissolution of the WHA in 1979, the Winnipeg Jets were recorded along with the New England Whalers, the Edmonton Oilers and Quebec Nordiques in the NHL.
The time in the NHL ( 1979-1996 )
After the great success in the WHA, the claims had to be screwed down. In the first two years of the collection was missed in the play-offs, but could pick in the NHL Entry Draft in 1979 with Dale Hawerchuk a great talent into the team.
Mid-eighties, the team had a solid core team with Hawerchuck, Thomas Steen, Paul MacLean and many other To fight and the potential for the Stanley Cup. To the disadvantage was that the team with the Edmonton Oilers in a Division played who could win the Stanley Cup with Wayne Gretzky total of five times until the end of the eighties. The Jets eliminated regularly by the Oilers from the playoffs.
1987 was the last time that the Winnipeg Jets were able to win a playoff round. A negative run of the franchise, which still persists today in Phoenix.
The NHL continues to spread in the United States, it always created higher costs, and especially the players' salaries skyrocketed. The Jets got financial problems and had to give the best players. There were several attempts to save the Jets by loans from the province of Manitoba or by banks, but the problems did not decrease. On 28 April 1996, the Winnipeg Jets completed their last game in Winnipeg.
The team was sold and in the summer of 1996, a new location for the team in Phoenix, Arizona has been found. Connected to the move has also changed its name to Phoenix Coyotes. The blocked jersey numbers 9 (Bobby Hull) and 25 ( Thomas Steen ) were taken from Winnipeg and hang out in the Glendale Arena. At the beginning of the season 2005/ 06 the number of 9 Bobby Hull was released to allow his son Brett can wear them. After Brett Hull had five games for Phoenix denied, he announced his resignation, and the number has since been blocked again.
Achievements and honors
Sporting successes
Awards and All- Star Team nominations
* changed during the season for the Edmonton Oilers
NHL All -Star Game nominations
A total of 19 players of the Winnipeg Jets have been voted by the fans due to their popularity in the All-Star Game or nominated by the coaches because of their achievements. In the years 1985 and 1993 respectively attended a record number of three players in the game selection.
Season statistics
World Hockey Association
Note: GP = Games, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals Scored, GA = Goals against, PIM = Penalty minutes
National Hockey League
Note: GP = Games, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals Scored, GA = Goals against, PIM = Penalty minutes
Franchise Records
The following players selected records of the franchises in the National Hockey League are listed both on the entire career as well as on individual seasons.
Career
Season
Coach
Abbreviations: GC = Matches, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OTL = low - were after overtime, Pts = Points, Win % win rate =
* Change during the current season; Players Coaches **; Interim coach ***
In the history of the Winnipeg Jets, there were 15 different people, who held the post of head coach. Bobby Hull was 1972-1974 player-coach of the team, said, winning more than half of the games under his leadership.
General Manager
* Change during the current season
Player
Team captains
In the history of the Winnipeg Jets, there were 13 different players who held the office of the team captain.
Members of the Hockey Hall of Fame
So far, three players and a coach of the Winnipeg Jets in the located in Toronto Hockey Hall of Fame were taken.
Locked jersey numbers
In its franchise history, the Winnipeg Jets two jersey numbers of players have earned officially closed. In addition, another is no longer officially awarded.
Already on February 19, 1989 closed the Winnipeg Jets jersey with Bobby Hull's number 9 In April 1994, also followed the jersey with the number 25 of the Swede Thomas Steen. Despite moving the franchise from Winnipeg to Phoenix and the Phoenix Coyotes kept the two locked number of predecessors. They are thus the only former World Hockey Association franchise that this is so practiced. The banners of the two locked jerseys are therefore blue in the club colors, white and red kept the Jets.
Meanwhile, Bobby Hull was the season 2005/ 06 the number 9 free again, so that his son Brett Hull could wear these for the Coyotes. After five games Brett Hull ended his career and the number has been blocked again.
Furthermore, the famous 99 Canadian Wayne Gretzky no longer awarded to a player, as it is officially closed since 6 February 2000 through the league.
Top 10 voting rights
WHA Amateur Draft
NHL Entry Draft
Top points scorer
The ten best points scorer in the history of the Winnipeg Jets during their time in the National Hockey League until the end of the regular season 1995/96 and the playoffs in 1996.
Abbreviations: Pos = Position, GP = Games, B = Goals, A = Assists, Pts = Points P / G = Points per game
Regular Season
Playoffs