1982–83 Winnipeg Jets season



The 1982–83 Winnipeg Jets season was their 11th season and 4th in the National Hockey League. The Jets finished 4th in the Smythe Division and lost in the Division Semi-finals to the Edmonton Oilers 3 games to 0.

Off-season
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.

Player Stats
Regular Season 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
 * 1) Player Name Age Pos. GP G A Pts PIM

Awards and Records

 * The Jets did not win any awards this season.