Johnstown Jets

Johnstown Jets
City Johnstown, Pennsylvania
League EAHL 1950–53
IHL 1953–55
EHL, 1955–73
NAHL 1973–77
Operated 1950–1977
Home arena Cambria County War Memorial Arena
Championships
Regular season titles EHL (4) (1950–51, 1951–52, 1959–60, 1963–64)
Division Championships EHL (4) (1950–51, 1951–52, 1959–60, 1963–64)
NAHL (1) (1975–76)
Playoff championships EHL (5) (1951–52, 1952–53, 1959–60, 1960–61, 1961–62)
NAHL (1)
(1974–75)

The Johnstown Jets were a professional ice hockey team from Johnstown, Pennsylvania. The Jets were founded in the Eastern Amateur Hockey League for the 1950–51 season, playing at the newly constructed Cambria County War Memorial Arena. The Jets won consecutive EHL championships in 1951–52 and 1952–53.

When the EAHL suspended operations in 1953, the Jets transferred to the International Hockey League, where they played two seasons. Johnstown were Turner Cup finalists in 1953–54, losing 4 games to 2, to the Cincinnati Mohawks.

In 1955, the Jets joined the Eastern Hockey League (a league founded from the EAHL), and won three consecutive EHL championships in 1959–60, 1960–61 and 1961–62. Johnstown remained in the league until its demise in 1973.

The Jets then joined the new North American Hockey League in 1973. Dick Roberge coached Johnstown to the Lockhart Cup championship 1974–75, defeating the Broome Dusters. That season's playoff run included the Carlson brothers, Jeff, Jack and Steve, who became the basis for the Hanson Brothers in the movie Slap Shot. Jeff and Steve Carlson portrayed their fictional selves in the movie, while former Jet Dave Hanson portrayed Jack. The Jets played four seasons total in the NAHL before the league folded in 1977. The team itself folded in the offseason, when the Johnstown flood of 1977 damaged the arena's ice making equipment.

Johnstown was later represented by the Johnstown Wings (later Red Wings) from 1978-80. The Red Wings folded after two seasons, but hockey returned to Johnstown in 1988 with the Johnstown Chiefs, which named itself after the Jets' fictional counterpart from Slap Shot.

Season-by-season results

SeasonLeagueGamesWonLostTiedPointsWinning %Goals
for		Goals
against		Standing
1950–51EAHL5426253550.5091951941st, EAHL
1951–52EAHL6539215830.6382641861st, EAHL
1952–53EAHL6028293590.4922262442nd, EAHL
1953–54IHL6535273730.5622542213rd, IHL
1954–55IHL6025341510.4251882155th, IHL
1955–56EHL6432320640.5003122984th, EHL
1956–57EHL6431330620.4843202904th, EHL
1957–58EHL6431303650.5082282254th, EHL
1958–59EHL6433283690.5392522232nd, EHL
1959–60EHL6445181910.7112551761st, South
1960–61EHL6440222820.6412732152nd, South
1961–62EHL6841261830.6102962552nd, North
1962–63EHL6834313710.5222543093rd, North
1963–64EHL7241265870.6042972451st, North
1964–65EHL7241310820.5693302943rd, North
1965–66EHL7239312800.5563032673rd, North
1966–67EHL7234362700.4862672903rd, North
1967–68EHL7238259850.5903862733rd, North
1968–69EHL7242237910.6323582302nd, North
1969–70EHL74273314680.4593183443rd, North
1970–71EHL74302915750.5072732973rd, North
1971–72EHL75332814800.5332902692nd, North
1972–73EHL76362812840.5532832552nd, North
1973–74NAHL7432384680.4592653035th, NAHL
1974–75NAHL7438324800.5412742554th, NAHL
1975–76NAHL7447252960.6493462571st, West
1976–77NAHL7322492460.3152533347th, NAHL

NHL alumni

Jets logo in NAHL, 1976

List of Johnstown Jets who played in the National Hockey League, 46 in total.

References

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