1988–89 Winnipeg Jets season

1988–89 Winnipeg Jets (1972–96)
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 1988–89 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

• January 13, 1989: In a victory over the Vancouver Canucks, Winnipeg Jets goaltender Eldon Reddick became the first goaltender in NHL history to not register a shutout in the first 100 games of his career.^[1]

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
1	T	October 6, 1988	2–2 OT	@ Vancouver Canucks (1988–89)	0–0–1
2	L	October 9, 1988	4–5	@ Edmonton Oilers (1988–89)	0–1–1
3	L	October 12, 1988	1–10	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1988–89)	0–2–1
4	W	October 14, 1988	4–3 OT	Vancouver Canucks (1988–89)	1–2–1
5	T	October 16, 1988	3–3 OT	Edmonton Oilers (1988–89)	1–2–2
6	L	October 19, 1988	2–5	Boston Bruins (1988–89)	1–3–2
7	W	October 23, 1988	3–2	Washington Capitals (1988–89)	2–3–2
8	L	October 28, 1988	4–7	Los Angeles Kings (1988–89)	2–4–2
9	W	October 30, 1988	8–4	Los Angeles Kings (1988–89)	3–4–2
10	W	November 1, 1988	8–1	@ New York Islanders (1988–89)	4–4–2
11	T	November 3, 1988	3–3 OT	@ New Jersey Devils (1988–89)	4–4–3
12	L	November 5, 1988	2–7	@ Montreal Canadiens (1988–89)	4–5–3
13	W	November 8, 1988	8–4	@ Quebec Nordiques (1988–89)	5–5–3
14	L	November 11, 1988	5–6 OT	Chicago Blackhawks (1988–89)	5–6–3
15	W	November 13, 1988	7–3	Montreal Canadiens (1988–89)	6–6–3
16	W	November 16, 1988	2–1 OT	@ Edmonton Oilers (1988–89)	7–6–3
17	W	November 18, 1988	3–0	Toronto Maple Leafs (1988–89)	8–6–3
18	W	November 20, 1988	7–4	Edmonton Oilers (1988–89)	9–6–3
19	L	November 25, 1988	3–6	@ Detroit Red Wings (1988–89)	9–7–3
20	T	November 26, 1988	4–4 OT	@ St. Louis Blues (1988–89)	9–7–4
21	L	November 29, 1988	3–4	New York Rangers (1988–89)	9–8–4
22	W	December 2, 1988	6–3	Vancouver Canucks (1988–89)	10–8–4
23	L	December 4, 1988	3–6	Calgary Flames (1988–89)	10–9–4
24	W	December 6, 1988	5–4 OT	@ Los Angeles Kings (1988–89)	11–9–4
25	T	December 8, 1988	5–5 OT	@ Los Angeles Kings (1988–89)	11–9–5
26	W	December 10, 1988	7–6	@ Edmonton Oilers (1988–89)	12–9–5
27	L	December 11, 1988	6–8	@ Vancouver Canucks (1988–89)	12–10–5
28	W	December 14, 1988	4–3	Buffalo Sabres (1988–89)	13–10–5
29	L	December 17, 1988	3–6	@ Washington Capitals (1988–89)	13–11–5
30	L	December 18, 1988	1–5	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1988–89)	13–12–5
31	T	December 21, 1988	5–5 OT	New Jersey Devils (1988–89)	13–12–6
32	L	December 23, 1988	4–5	Quebec Nordiques (1988–89)	13–13–6
33	L	December 26, 1988	1–5	@ Minnesota North Stars (1988–89)	13–14–6
34	W	December 28, 1988	6–2	St. Louis Blues (1988–89)	14–14–6
35	T	December 31, 1988	4–4 OT	@ Calgary Flames (1988–89)	14–14–7
36	W	January 4, 1989	4–2	Vancouver Canucks (1988–89)	15–14–7
37	T	January 6, 1989	4–4 OT	Los Angeles Kings (1988–89)	15–14–8
38	T	January 8, 1989	4–4 OT	Los Angeles Kings (1988–89)	15–14–9
39	L	January 10, 1989	1–2	Hartford Whalers (1988–89)	15–15–9
40	L	January 11, 1989	3–8	@ Calgary Flames (1988–89)	15–16–9
41	W	January 13, 1989	3–1	@ Vancouver Canucks (1988–89)	16–16–9
42	L	January 15, 1989	1–4	Minnesota North Stars (1988–89)	16–17–9
43	L	January 18, 1989	4–9	Edmonton Oilers (1988–89)	16–18–9
44	W	January 20, 1989	7–3	Pittsburgh Penguins (1988–89)	17–18–9
45	L	January 21, 1989	3–7	Philadelphia Flyers (1988–89)	17–19–9
46	L	January 25, 1989	4–5	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1988–89)	17–20–9
47	L	January 26, 1989	6–8	@ New York Islanders (1988–89)	17–21–9
48	W	January 28, 1989	4–3	@ Boston Bruins (1988–89)	18–21–9
49	L	January 31, 1989	3–5	@ St. Louis Blues (1988–89)	18–22–9
50	L	February 1, 1989	4–7	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1988–89)	18–23–9
51	L	February 3, 1989	2–4	Boston Bruins (1988–89)	18–24–9
52	L	February 5, 1989	2–6	Detroit Red Wings (1988–89)	18–25–9
53	L	February 9, 1989	3–4	@ New York Rangers (1988–89)	18–26–9
54	L	February 11, 1989	3–7	@ Hartford Whalers (1988–89)	18–27–9
55	T	February 13, 1989	2–2 OT	@ Detroit Red Wings (1988–89)	18–27–10
56	L	February 15, 1989	1–6	Calgary Flames (1988–89)	18–28–10
57	W	February 17, 1989	3–2 OT	New Jersey Devils (1988–89)	19–28–10
58	W	February 19, 1989	7–6 OT	Hartford Whalers (1988–89)	20–28–10
59	L	February 21, 1989	3–4	@ Quebec Nordiques (1988–89)	20–29–10
60	L	February 22, 1989	3–6	@ Montreal Canadiens (1988–89)	20–30–10
61	L	February 24, 1989	4–5	@ Buffalo Sabres (1988–89)	20–31–10
62	W	February 26, 1989	1–0	Calgary Flames (1988–89)	21–31–10
63	T	March 1, 1989	4–4 OT	Philadelphia Flyers (1988–89)	21–31–11
64	L	March 3, 1989	4–7	Edmonton Oilers (1988–89)	21–32–11
65	L	March 5, 1989	3–4	New York Islanders (1988–89)	21–33–11
66	L	March 7, 1989	5–9	@ Calgary Flames (1988–89)	21–34–11
67	L	March 8, 1989	0–3	@ Vancouver Canucks (1988–89)	21–35–11
68	L	March 10, 1989	1–5	Pittsburgh Penguins (1988–89)	21–36–11
69	W	March 12, 1989	9–7	Toronto Maple Leafs (1988–89)	22–36–11
70	L	March 14, 1989	3–6	@ Washington Capitals (1988–89)	22–37–11
71	W	March 15, 1989	6–3	@ New York Rangers (1988–89)	23–37–11
72	W	March 18, 1989	10–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1988–89)	24–37–11
73	L	March 20, 1989	1–4	Buffalo Sabres (1988–89)	24–38–11
74	L	March 23, 1989	4–5	@ Edmonton Oilers (1988–89)	24–39–11
75	W	March 24, 1989	4–3 OT	Calgary Flames (1988–89)	25–39–11
76	L	March 26, 1989	3–7	Vancouver Canucks (1988–89)	25–40–11
77	T	March 28, 1989	3–3 OT	@ Los Angeles Kings (1988–89)	25–40–12
78	L	March 29, 1989	1–2 OT	@ Los Angeles Kings (1988–89)	25–41–12
79	L	March 31, 1989	1–4	@ Calgary Flames (1988–89)	25–42–12
80	W	April 2, 1989	3–2	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	-30	14	3	4
Steen, ThomasThomas Steen	C	80	27	61	88	80	14	9	1	2
McBain, AndrewAndrew McBain	RW	80	37	40	77	71	-35	20	1	3
Ashton, BrentBrent Ashton	LW	75	31	37	68	36	-5	7	1	1
Olausson, FredrikFredrik Olausson	D	75	15	47	62	32	6	4	0	1
Ellett, DaveDave Ellett	D	75	22	34	56	62	-18	9	2	5
Elynuik, PatPat Elynuik	RW	56	26	25	51	29	5	5	0	6
Duncan, IainIain Duncan	LW	57	14	30	44	74	-17	1	0	0
Carlyle, RandyRandy Carlyle	D	78	6	38	44	78	-19	2	0	2
Boschman, LaurieLaurie Boschman	C	70	10	26	36	163	-17	3	0	1
Smail, DougDoug Smail	LW	47	14	15	29	52	12	0	2	0
Fenton, PaulPaul Fenton	LW	59	14	9	23	33	-15	1	0	0
Donnelly, GordGord Donnelly	D	57	6	10	16	228	-12	0	0	0
Numminen, TeppoTeppo Numminen	D	69	1	14	15	36	-11	0	1	0
Taglianetti, PeterPeter Taglianetti	D	66	1	14	15	226	-23	1	0	0
Kyte, JimJim Kyte	D	74	3	9	12	190	-25	0	0	0
Jones, BradBrad Jones	LW	22	6	5	11	6	0	0	1	0
Jarvenpaa, HannuHannu Jarvenpaa	RW	53	4	7	11	41	-14	1	0	0
Berry, BradBrad Berry	D	38	0	9	9	45	-8	0	0	0
Gilhen, RandyRandy Gilhen	C	64	5	3	8	38	-24	0	1	1
Neufeld, RayRay Neufeld	RW	31	5	2	7	52	-9	0	0	0
Hughes, BrentBrent Hughes	LW	28	3	2	5	82	-7	0	1	0
Hunter, DaveDave Hunter	LW	34	3	1	4	61	-3	0	1	0
Turcotte, AlfieAlfie Turcotte	C	14	1	3	4	2	-6	0	0	0
Chevrier, AlainAlain Chevrier	G	22	0	4	4	2	0	0	0	0
Kulak, StuStu Kulak	RW	18	2	0	2	24	-6	1	0	0
Marois, MarioMario Marois	D	7	1	1	2	17	-6	1	0	0
Kyllonen, MarkkuMarkku Kyllonen	RW	9	0	2	2	2	-3	0	0	0
Joseph, TonyTony Joseph	RW	2	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
Lemay, MoeMoe Lemay	LW	10	1	0	1	14	-3	0	0	0
Larose, GuyGuy Larose	C	3	0	1	1	6	-1	0	0	0
Reddick, PokeyPokey Reddick	G	41	0	1	1	6	0	0	0	0
Berthiaume, DanielDaniel Berthiaume	G	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Boutilier, PaulPaul Boutilier	D	3	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	0
Boyko, DarrenDarren Boyko	C	1	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
Draper, TomTom Draper	G	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Essensa, BobBob Essensa	G	20	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Fletcher, StevenSteven Fletcher	LW/D	3	0	0	0	5	-1	0	0	0
Flichel, ToddTodd Flichel	D	1	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
Hamel, GillesGilles Hamel	LW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hervey, MattMatt Hervey	D	2	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	0
Marchment, BryanBryan Marchment	D	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Reddick, PokeyPokey Reddick	2109	41	11	17	7	144	4.10	0	1132	988	.873
Chevrier, AlainAlain Chevrier	1092	22	8	8	2	78	4.29	1	554	476	.859
Essensa, BobBob Essensa	1102	20	6	8	3	68	3.70	1	574	506	.882
Draper, TomTom Draper	120	2	1	1	0	12	6.00	0	66	54	.818
Berthiaume, DanielDaniel Berthiaume	443	9	0	8	0	44	5.96	0	255	211	.827
Team:	4866	80	26	42	12	346	4.27	2	2581	2235	.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 30 – Daniel Berthiaume  31 – Alain Chevrier  33 – Pokey Reddick  35 – Bob Essensa  37 – Tom Draper		Defensemen 2 – Dave Ellett  3 – Bryan Marchment  4 – Fredrik Olausson  6 – Jim Kyte  8 – Randy Carlyle  22 – Mario Marois  27 – Teppo Numminen  29 – Brad Berry  32 – Peter Taglianetti  41 – Paul Boutilier  42 – Matt Hervey  47 – Todd Flichel		Wingers 7 – Brent Ashton  9 – Doug Smail  11 – Paul Fenton  11 – Gilles Hamel  12 – Dave Hunter  15 – Pat Elynuik  17 – Stu Kulak  18 – Markku Kyllonen  19 – Iain Duncan  20 – Andrew McBain  22 – Gord Donnelly  23 – Hannu Jarvenpaa  28 – Ray Neufeld  36 – Moe Lemay  38 – Brad Jones  40 – Steven Fletcher  46 – Brent Hughes  47 – Tony Joseph		Centres 10 – Dale Hawerchuk  - C 13 – Alfie Turcotte  15 – Darren Boyko  16 – Laurie Boschman  25 – Thomas Steen  26 – Guy Larose  39 – Randy Gilhen  GM: John Ferguson GM: Mike Smith Coach: Dan Maloney (18-25-9) Coach: Rick Bowness (8-17-3)

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.