1982–83 Winnipeg Jets season

1982–83 Winnipeg Jets (1972–96)
Division 4th Smythe
1982–83 record 33–39–8
Goals for 311
Goals against 333
Team information
General Manager John Ferguson
Coach Tom Watt
Captain Dave Christian
Lucien DeBlois
Alternate captains None

The 1982–83 Winnipeg Jets season was the 11th season of the Winnipeg Jets, their fourth season in the National Hockey League.

Offseason

After a very successful 1981-82 season, in which the club made the playoffs for the first time since joining the NHL in 1979, the Jets had a quiet off-season. With the Colorado Rockies moving to East Rutherford, New Jersey and becoming the New Jersey Devils, the NHL underwent realignment, and the Jets were shifted from the Norris Division back to the Smythe Division, where the team spent their first two seasons from 1979-81. Winnipeg joined the Calgary Flames, Edmonton Oilers, Los Angeles Kings and Vancouver Canucks to form the five team division.

On May 9, 1982, the team signed undrafted free agent goaltender Brian Hayward, who had spent the past four seasons with the Cornell Big Red, going 42-27-2 with a 3.88 GAA in his time with the team. On June 9, 1982, the Jets participated in the 1982 NHL Entry Draft, and with the 12th overall pick in the draft, the team picked defenseman Jim Kyte from the Cornwall Royals of the OHL. Kyte, a big, stay-at-home defenseman, had four goals and 17 points in 52 games in his rookie season with Cornwall in 1981-82.

Regular season

Final standings

Smythe Division
GP W L T GF GA PTS
Edmonton Oilers80472112424315106
Calgary Flames8032341432131678
Vancouver Canucks8030351530330975
Winnipeg Jets803339831133374
Los Angeles Kings8027411230836566

[1]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
1LOctober 6, 19824–5Minnesota North Stars (1982–83)0–1–0
2WOctober 9, 19828–0@ Detroit Red Wings (1982–83)1–1–0
3WOctober 10, 19825–3@ Chicago Black Hawks (1982–83)2–1–0
4LOctober 12, 19823–5Los Angeles Kings (1982–83)2–2–0
5WOctober 14, 19825–2@ St. Louis Blues (1982–83)3–2–0
6TOctober 17, 19825–5Calgary Flames (1982–83)3–2–1
7WOctober 22, 19823–1New Jersey Devils (1982–83)4–2–1
8WOctober 24, 19829–5Edmonton Oilers (1982–83)5–2–1
9WOctober 27, 19827–3Los Angeles Kings (1982–83)6–2–1
10LOctober 31, 19822–3Philadelphia Flyers (1982–83)6–3–1
11LNovember 3, 19822–7@ Edmonton Oilers (1982–83)6–4–1
12LNovember 4, 19825–7@ Calgary Flames (1982–83)6–5–1
13WNovember 7, 19825–2Calgary Flames (1982–83)7–5–1
14WNovember 13, 19823–2Vancouver Canucks (1982–83)8–5–1
15WNovember 14, 19826–5Vancouver Canucks (1982–83)9–5–1
16LNovember 17, 19822–7Buffalo Sabres (1982–83)9–6–1
17TNovember 19, 19823–3Washington Capitals (1982–83)9–6–2
18LNovember 24, 19825–7Chicago Black Hawks (1982–83)9–7–2
19LNovember 26, 19825–6Edmonton Oilers (1982–83)9–8–2
20WNovember 27, 19826–3@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1982–83)10–8–2
21LNovember 29, 19824–9@ Montreal Canadiens (1982–83)10–9–2
22LNovember 30, 19826–8@ Quebec Nordiques (1982–83)10–10–2
23WDecember 3, 19824–2New York Islanders (1982–83)11–10–2
24LDecember 4, 19821–4@ Minnesota North Stars (1982–83)11–11–2
25WDecember 6, 19825–3@ New Jersey Devils (1982–83)12–11–2
26TDecember 7, 19823–3@ Washington Capitals (1982–83)12–11–3
27LDecember 10, 19824–6Calgary Flames (1982–83)12–12–3
28WDecember 11, 19824–3Los Angeles Kings (1982–83)13–12–3
29WDecember 14, 19824–3@ St. Louis Blues (1982–83)14–12–3
30LDecember 15, 19823–10@ Chicago Black Hawks (1982–83)14–13–3
31LDecember 17, 19820–2Hartford Whalers (1982–83)14–14–3
32LDecember 19, 19822–3New Jersey Devils (1982–83)14–15–3
33WDecember 21, 19824–2@ Los Angeles Kings (1982–83)15–15–3
34LDecember 26, 19822–3Minnesota North Stars (1982–83)15–16–3
35TDecember 28, 19824–4@ Vancouver Canucks (1982–83)15–16–4
36WDecember 29, 19824–3@ Los Angeles Kings (1982–83)16–16–4
37LJanuary 1, 19833–5@ Edmonton Oilers (1982–83)16–17–4
38WJanuary 2, 19836–4Boston Bruins (1982–83)17–17–4
39LJanuary 5, 19833–8Edmonton Oilers (1982–83)17–18–4
40LJanuary 6, 19831–5@ Calgary Flames (1982–83)17–19–4
41WJanuary 9, 19834–3Pittsburgh Penguins (1982–83)18–19–4
42LJanuary 11, 19831–4@ New York Islanders (1982–83)18–20–4
43TJanuary 12, 19835–5@ New York Rangers (1982–83)18–20–5
44LJanuary 14, 19832–4St. Louis Blues (1982–83)18–21–5
45LJanuary 16, 19834–6@ Vancouver Canucks (1982–83)18–22–5
46WJanuary 19, 19836–3Toronto Maple Leafs (1982–83)19–22–5
47WJanuary 21, 19834–1New York Rangers (1982–83)20–22–5
48LJanuary 23, 19832–5@ Buffalo Sabres (1982–83)20–23–5
49LJanuary 25, 19833–6@ Quebec Nordiques (1982–83)20–24–5
50LJanuary 27, 19832–5@ Philadelphia Flyers (1982–83)20–25–5
51TJanuary 29, 19832–2@ Hartford Whalers (1982–83)20–25–6
52TJanuary 31, 19832–2@ Boston Bruins (1982–83)20–25–7
53LFebruary 2, 19833–6Philadelphia Flyers (1982–83)20–26–7
54WFebruary 4, 19836–4Pittsburgh Penguins (1982–83)21–26–7
55LFebruary 6, 19830–2Montreal Canadiens (1982–83)21–27–7
56LFebruary 10, 19833–5@ Montreal Canadiens (1982–83)21–28–7
57WFebruary 12, 19834–2@ Detroit Red Wings (1982–83)22–28–7
58LFebruary 13, 19831–6@ Washington Capitals (1982–83)22–29–7
59WFebruary 15, 19837–4Vancouver Canucks (1982–83)23–29–7
60WFebruary 18, 19836–5Boston Bruins (1982–83)24–29–7
61LFebruary 20, 19834–9@ New York Rangers (1982–83)24–30–7
62TFebruary 22, 19832–2@ New York Islanders (1982–83)24–30–8
63LFebruary 23, 19834–6@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1982–83)24–31–8
64WFebruary 25, 19835–3Hartford Whalers (1982–83)25–31–8
65LFebruary 27, 19830–3@ Edmonton Oilers (1982–83)25–32–8
66LMarch 2, 19830–3Vancouver Canucks (1982–83)25–33–8
67LMarch 5, 19834–5@ Vancouver Canucks (1982–83)25–34–8
68LMarch 6, 19832–6@ Vancouver Canucks (1982–83)25–35–8
69WMarch 9, 19836–0Buffalo Sabres (1982–83)26–35–8
70LMarch 10, 19833–6@ Calgary Flames (1982–83)26–36–8
71WMarch 13, 19836–5@ Los Angeles Kings (1982–83)27–36–8
72LMarch 15, 19833–4@ Los Angeles Kings (1982–83)27–37–8
73WMarch 18, 19837–3Toronto Maple Leafs (1982–83)28–37–8
74WMarch 20, 19833–2Quebec Nordiques (1982–83)29–37–8
75WMarch 23, 19837–4Edmonton Oilers (1982–83)30–37–8
76WMarch 26, 19835–2@ Calgary Flames (1982–83)31–37–8
77LMarch 27, 19833–4Calgary Flames (1982–83)31–38–8
78WMarch 30, 198310–5Los Angeles Kings (1982–83)32–38–8
79LApril 1, 19832–7@ Edmonton Oilers (1982–83)32–39–8
80WApril 3, 19838–3Detroit Red Wings (1982–83)33–39–8

Playoffs

The Jets faced the Smythe Division champion Edmonton Oilers in the Division semi-finals. The Oilers swept the Jets in three games.

Regular Season
  1. Player Name Age Pos. GP G A Pts PIM
Dale Hawerchuk            19 C 79 40 51 91 31  
Paul MacLean              24 F 80 32 44 76 121  
Dave Babych               21 D 79 13 61 74 56       
Thomas Steen              22 F 75 26 33 59 60         
Lucien DeBlois            25 F 79 27 27 54 69        
Brian Mullen              20 F 80 24 26 50 14        
Dave Christian            23 R 55 18 26 44 23      
Doug Smail                   F 80 15 29 44 32        
Morris Lukowich           26 L 69 22 21 43 67        
Bengt Lundholm            27 F 58 14 28 42 16 
Norm Dupont               25 L 39 7 16 23   6         
Tim Watters               23 D 77 5 18 23  98         
Bryan Maxwell             26 D 54 7 13 20 131       
Serge Savard              36 D 76 4 16 20  29           
Scott Arniel              19 L 75 13 5 18  46         
Don Spring                23 D 80 0 16 16  37           
Ron Wilson                26 C 12 6 3 9     4             
Craig Levie               23 D 22 4 5 9    31         
Jerry Butler              31 F 43 3 6 9    14            
Moe Mantha                21 D 21 2 7 9     6             
Murray Eaves              22 F 26 2 7 9     2       
Larry Hopkins             28 L 12 3 1 4     4          
Wade Campbell             21 D 42 1 2 3    50       
Ed Staniowski             27 G 17 0 1 1     0          
Brian Hayward             22 G 24 0 1 1     0           
Jimmy Mann                23 R 40 0 1 1    73          
Doug Soetaert             26 G 44 0 1 1    10       
Jim Kyte                  18 D 2 0 0 0      0         
Tim Trimper               23 F 5 0 0 0      0

Transactions

Trades

March 7, 1983 To Edmonton Oilers
Willy Lindstrom		 To Winnipeg Jets
Laurie Boschman
June 8, 1983 To Washington Capitals
Dave Christian		 To Winnipeg Jets
1st round pick in 1983 - Bobby Dollas
June 24, 1983 To Hartford Whalers
Norm Dupont		 To Winnipeg Jets
4th round pick in 1984 - Chris Mills

Waivers

October 4, 1982 To Pittsburgh Penguins
Doug Lecuyer

Free agents

PlayerFormer Team
Brian HaywardUndrafted Free Agent
Wade CampbellUndrafted Free Agent
Jerry ButlerVancouver Canucks

Roster

1982-83 Winnipeg Jets
Goaltenders

Defensemen

Wingers

Centres

Draft picks

Winnipeg selected the following players at the 1982 NHL Entry Draft, which was held at the Montreal Forum in Montreal, Quebec on June 9, 1982.[2]

NHL Amateur Draft

Round Pick Player Nationality College/Junior/Club Team
112Jim Kyte (D) CanadaCornwall Royals (OHL)
474Tom Martin (LW) CanadaKelowna Buckaroos (BCJHL)
475Dave Ellett (D) CanadaOttawa Tier II (COJHL)
596Tim Mishler (C) United StatesEast Grand Forks (ND) High School
7138Derek Ray (RW) United StatesSeattle Jr. B (NAJHL)
8159Guy Gosselin (D) United StatesRochester (MN) John Marshall High School
9180Tom Ward (D) United StatesRichfield (MN) High School
10201Mike Savage (LW) CanadaSudbury Wolves (OHL)
11222Bob Shaw (RW) CanadaPenticton Knights (BCJHL)
12243Jan Ericson (LW) SwedenAIK Solna (SEL)

Farm teams

Sherbrooke Jets

See also

References

  1. ↑ Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 152. ISBN 9781894801225.
  2. ↑ "1982 NHL Entry Draft Picks at hockeydb.com". hockeyDB.com. Retrieved November 23, 2016.
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