1994–95 Winnipeg Jets season

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").

1994–95 Winnipeg Jets (1972–96)
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 Terry Simpson
Captain	Keith Tkachuk
Arena	Winnipeg Arena
Team leaders
Goals	Alexei Zhamnov (30)
Assists	Alexei Zhamnov (35)
Points	Alexei Zhamnov (65)
Penalty minutes	Keith Tkachuk (152)
Wins	Tim Cheveldae, Nikolai Khabibulin (8)
Goals against average	Nikolai Khabibulin (3.41)

Offseason

NHL Draft

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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Regular season

Two major highlights of the regular season occurred in April. On April 1, 1995, Alexei Zhamnov scored five goals in the Jets' 7–7 tie with Los Angeles Kings. Six days later, the Jets established a modern-day record by scoring four short-handed goals in a 7–4 win against the Vancouver Canucks.[2]

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

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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.

Western Conference[4]

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

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	T	January 20, 1995	3–3 OT	Calgary Flames (1994–95)	0–0–1
2	L	January 21, 1995	3–4	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1994–95)	0–1–1
3	W	January 23, 1995	5–3	Chicago Blackhawks (1994–95)	1–1–1
4	L	January 25, 1995	0–4	@ San Jose Sharks (1994–95)	1–2–1
5	L	January 27, 1995	2–3	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1994–95)	1–3–1
6	L	January 28, 1995	2–4	@ Los Angeles Kings (1994–95)	1–4–1
7	L	February 2, 1995	4–5 OT	St. Louis Blues (1994–95)	1–5–1
8	T	February 4, 1995	3–3 OT	San Jose Sharks (1994–95)	1–5–2
9	W	February 6, 1995	5–4	@ Calgary Flames (1994–95)	2–5–2
10	T	February 8, 1995	3–3 OT	@ Edmonton Oilers (1994–95)	2–5–3
11	L	February 9, 1995	1–5	@ Vancouver Canucks (1994–95)	2–6–3
12	W	February 11, 1995	3–2	@ St. Louis Blues (1994–95)	3–6–3
13	W	February 13, 1995	7–4	@ Dallas Stars (1994–95)	4–6–3
14	L	February 15, 1995	1–5	Detroit Red Wings (1994–95)	4–7–3
15	L	February 17, 1995	3–4	St. Louis Blues (1994–95)	4–8–3
16	W	February 22, 1995	4–1	@ Vancouver Canucks (1994–95)	5–8–3
17	W	February 24, 1995	4–2	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1994–95)	6–8–3
18	L	February 25, 1995	2–5	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1994–95)	6–9–3
19	L	February 28, 1995	0–4	Dallas Stars (1994–95)	6–10–3
20	L	March 2, 1995	1–6	@ Detroit Red Wings (1994–95)	6–11–3
21	W	March 4, 1995	4–2	San Jose Sharks (1994–95)	7–11–3
22	W	March 5, 1995	3–2	Calgary Flames (1994–95)	8–11–3
23	W	March 10, 1995	4–3	Dallas Stars (1994–95)	9–11–3
24	L	March 11, 1995	2–4	Los Angeles Kings (1994–95)	9–12–3
25	T	March 14, 1995	3–3 OT	Vancouver Canucks (1994–95)	9–12–4
26	L	March 17, 1995	4–8	@ Calgary Flames (1994–95)	9–13–4
27	L	March 19, 1995	2–3	Chicago Blackhawks (1994–95)	9–14–4
28	L	March 22, 1995	3–6	@ Detroit Red Wings (1994–95)	9–15–4
29	L	March 24, 1995	2–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1994–95)	9–16–4
30	T	March 25, 1995	3–3 OT	Toronto Maple Leafs (1994–95)	9–16–5
31	L	March 28, 1995	5–6 OT	@ San Jose Sharks (1994–95)	9–17–5
32	L	March 30, 1995	1–3	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1994–95)	9–18–5
33	T	April 1, 1995	7–7 OT	@ Los Angeles Kings (1994–95)	9–18–6
34	W	April 5, 1995	4–1	Chicago Blackhawks (1994–95)	10–18–6
35	W	April 7, 1995	7–4	Vancouver Canucks (1994–95)	11–18–6
36	L	April 8, 1995	3–4	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1994–95)	11–19–6
37	L	April 11, 1995	5–7	@ St. Louis Blues (1994–95)	11–20–6
38	W	April 13, 1995	5–2	St. Louis Blues (1994–95)	12–20–6
39	W	April 15, 1995	5–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (1994–95)	13–20–6
40	L	April 17, 1995	5–6	Edmonton Oilers (1994–95)	13–21–6
41	T	April 19, 1995	5–5 OT	@ Detroit Red Wings (1994–95)	13–21–7
42	W	April 21, 1995	2–1	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1994–95)	14–21–7
43	L	April 23, 1995	2–5	@ Dallas Stars (1994–95)	14–22–7
44	L	April 25, 1995	3–5	Edmonton Oilers (1994–95)	14–23–7
45	W	April 27, 1995	4–3	Detroit Red Wings (1994–95)	15–23–7
46	W	April 29, 1995	5–1	@ Edmonton Oilers (1994–95)	16–23–7
47	L	May 1, 1995	2–3	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1994–95)	16–24–7
48	L	May 2, 1995	1–2	Los Angeles Kings (1994–95)	16–25–7

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Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Alexei Zhamnov	C	48	30	35	65	20	5	9	0	4
Keith Tkachuk	LW	48	22	29	51	152	-4	7	2	2
Teemu Selanne	RW	45	22	26	48	2	1	8	2	1
Nelson Emerson	RW	48	14	23	37	26	-12	4	1	1
Igor Korolev	C	45	8	22	30	10	1	1	0	1
Dallas Drake	RW	43	8	18	26	30	-6	0	0	1
Stephane Quintal	D	43	6	17	23	78	0	3	0	2
Teppo Numminen	D	42	5	16	21	16	12	2	0	0
Dave Manson	D	44	3	15	18	139	-20	2	0	1
Thomas Steen	C	31	5	10	15	14	-13	2	0	0
Darryl Shannon	D	40	5	9	14	48	1	0	1	0
Randy Gilhen	C	44	5	6	11	52	-17	0	1	1
Ed Olczyk	C	13	2	8	10	8	1	1	0	0
Mike Eastwood	C	13	3	6	9	4	3	0	0	0
Darrin Shannon	LW	19	5	3	8	14	-6	3	0	1
Tie Domi	RW	31	4	4	8	128	-6	0	0	0
Kris King	LW	48	4	2	6	85	0	0	0	0
Neil Wilkinson	D	40	1	4	5	75	-26	0	0	0
Michal Grosek	LW	24	2	2	4	21	-3	0	0	1
Igor Ulanov	D	19	1	3	4	27	-2	0	0	0
Mike Eagles	C/LW	27	2	1	3	40	-13	0	0	0
Greg Brown	D	9	0	3	3	17	1	0	0	0
Oleg Mikulchik	D	25	0	2	2	12	10	0	0	0
Rob Murray	C	10	0	2	2	2	1	0	0	0
Tim Cheveldae	G	30	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0
Nikolai Khabibulin	G	26	0	1	1	4	0	0	0	0
Craig Martin	RW	20	0	1	1	19	-4	0	0	0
Arto Blomsten	D	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Luciano Borsato	C	4	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
Tavis Hansen	RW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
John LeBlanc	RW	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Russell Romaniuk	LW	6	0	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0
Brent Thompson	D	29	0	0	0	78	-17	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Tim Cheveldae	1571	30	8	16	3	97	3.70	0	818	721	.881
Nikolai Khabibulin	1339	26	8	9	4	76	3.41	0	723	647	.895
Team:	2910	48	16	25	7	173	3.57	0	1541	1368	.888

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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 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

Roster

1994-95 Winnipeg Jets
Goaltenders 29 – Tim Cheveldae  35 – Nikolai Khabibulin		Defensemen 2 – Neil Wilkinson  3 – Dave Manson  4 – Stephane Quintal  5 – Igor Ulanov  22 – Brent Thompson  24 – Darryl Shannon  27 – Teppo Numminen  36 – Greg Brown  42 – Oleg Mikulchik  55 – Arto Blomsten		Wingers 7 – Keith Tkachuk  - C 13 – Teemu Selanne  15 – Randy Gilhen  16 – Ed Olczyk  17 – Kris King  18 – Dallas Drake  20 – Tie Domi  21 – Russell Romaniuk  23 – Igor Korolev  28 – Craig Martin  34 – Darrin Shannon  37 – John LeBlanc  75 – Michal Grosek		Centres 10 – Alexei Zhamnov  12 – Rob Murray  19 – Nelson Emerson  25 – Thomas Steen  32 – Mike Eastwood  36 – Mike Eagles  38 – Luciano Borsato  47 – Tavis Hansen  GM: John Paddock Coach: John Paddock (9-18-6) Coach: Terry Simpson (7-7-1)

References

1. http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/draft/nhl1994e.html
2. https://www.hockey-reference.com/boxscores/199504070WPG.html
3. 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.
4. "1994-1995 Conference Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". NHL.
5. "1994–95 Winnipeg Jets Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-21.
6. "1994-95 Winnipeg Jets Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-28.

External links

• Jets on Hockey Database