1979–80 Winnipeg Jets season

1979–80 Winnipeg Jets
Division	5th Smythe
Conference	10th Campbell
1979–80 record	20–49–11
Goals for	214 (21st)
Goals against	314 (19th)
Team information
General manager	John Ferguson
Coach	Tom McVie Bill Sutherland
Captain	Lars-Erik Sjoberg
Arena	Winnipeg Arena
Average attendance	13,284
Team leaders
Goals	Morris Lukowich (35)
Assists	Morris Lukowich (39)
Points	Morris Lukowich (74)
Penalty minutes	Jimmy Mann (287)
Wins	Pierre Hamel (9)
Goals against average	Markus Mattsson (3.25)

The 1979–80 Winnipeg Jets season was their 8th season and 1st in the National Hockey League. The Jets finished 5th in the Smythe Division and did not qualify for the playoffs.

Regular Season

Final Standings

Smythe Division

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Chicago Black Hawks	80	34	27	19	241	250	87
St. Louis Blues	80	34	34	12	266	278	80
Vancouver Canucks	80	27	37	16	256	281	70
Edmonton Oilers	80	28	39	13	301	322	69
Winnipeg Jets	80	20	49	11	214	314	51
Colorado Rockies	80	19	48	13	234	308	51

Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points
Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Game Log

Regular Season Results
No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	L	October 10, 1979	2–4	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1979–80)	0–1–0
2	L	October 11, 1979	0–4	@ Boston Bruins (1979–80)	0–2–0
3	W	October 14, 1979	4–2	Colorado Rockies (1979–80)	1–2–0
4	L	October 17, 1979	1–5	Detroit Red Wings (1979–80)	1–3–0
5	W	October 19, 1979	3–2	Minnesota North Stars (1979–80)	2–3–0
6	L	October 20, 1979	1–4	@ Colorado Rockies (1979–80)	2–4–0
7	L	October 24, 1979	0–4	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1979–80)	2–5–0
8	W	October 26, 1979	3–2	Boston Bruins (1979–80)	3–5–0
9	T	October 28, 1979	2–2	St. Louis Blues (1979–80)	3–5–1
10	W	October 31, 1979	5–2	@ Quebec Nordiques (1979–80)	4–5–1
11	T	November 2, 1979	1–1	Washington Capitals (1979–80)	4–5–2
12	T	November 4, 1979	4–4	New York Islanders (1979–80)	4–5–3
13	L	November 6, 1979	0–8	@ Atlanta Flames (1979–80)	4–6–3
14	L	November 7, 1979	3–6	@ Washington Capitals (1979–80)	4–7–3
15	L	November 10, 1979	4–8	Toronto Maple Leafs (1979–80)	4–8–3
16	W	November 14, 1979	3–2	Hartford Whalers (1979–80)	5–8–3
17	L	November 16, 1979	2–3	Quebec Nordiques (1979–80)	5–9–3
18	L	November 18, 1979	2–3	Pittsburgh Penguins (1979–80)	5–10–3
19	W	November 21, 1979	6–4	@ New York Rangers (1979–80)	6–10–3
20	L	November 22, 1979	0–7	@ Montreal Canadiens (1979–80)	6–11–3
21	W	November 24, 1979	5–3	Vancouver Canucks (1979–80)	7–11–3
22	L	November 27, 1979	3–5	@ Los Angeles Kings (1979–80)	7–12–3
23	L	November 28, 1979	2–4	@ Vancouver Canucks (1979–80)	7–13–3
24	T	December 1, 1979	4–4	@ Minnesota North Stars (1979–80)	7–13–4
25	L	December 2, 1979	0–4	New York Islanders (1979–80)	7–14–4
26	W	December 4, 1979	4–2	@ St. Louis Blues (1979–80)	8–14–4
27	L	December 5, 1979	4–6	@ Detroit Red Wings (1979–80)	8–15–4
28	W	December 7, 1979	8–3	Edmonton Oilers (1979–80)	9–15–4
29	L	December 9, 1979	4–5	Atlanta Flames (1979–80)	9–16–4
30	L	December 12, 1979	0–5	@ Quebec Nordiques (1979–80)	9–17–4
31	W	December 15, 1979	6–2	Montreal Canadiens (1979–80)	10–17–4
32	W	December 16, 1979	4–3	@ Edmonton Oilers (1979–80)	11–17–4
33	L	December 19, 1979	2–3	Buffalo Sabres (1979–80)	11–18–4
34	W	December 21, 1979	4–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1979–80)	12–18–4
35	L	December 26, 1979	0–6	@ Minnesota North Stars (1979–80)	12–19–4
36	L	December 28, 1979	3–5	Philadelphia Flyers (1979–80)	12–20–4
37	L	December 29, 1979	1–6	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1979–80)	12–21–4
38	L	December 31, 1979	2–6	@ Buffalo Sabres (1979–80)	12–22–4
39	L	January 4, 1980	1–2	Boston Bruins (1979–80)	12–23–4
40	T	January 6, 1980	4–4	Los Angeles Kings (1979–80)	12–23–5
41	L	January 8, 1980	0–2	@ Atlanta Flames (1979–80)	12–24–5
42	L	January 10, 1980	4–5	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1979–80)	12–25–5
43	L	January 12, 1980	0–3	New York Rangers (1979–80)	12–26–5
44	W	January 13, 1980	5–3	Los Angeles Kings (1979–80)	13–26–5
45	L	January 15, 1980	2–5	@ New York Islanders (1979–80)	13–27–5
46	L	January 16, 1980	1–4	@ New York Rangers (1979–80)	13–28–5
47	L	January 18, 1980	0–5	Detroit Red Wings (1979–80)	13–29–5
48	L	January 21, 1980	2–7	@ Hartford Whalers (1979–80)	13–30–5
49	L	January 22, 1980	4–5	@ Washington Capitals (1979–80)	13–31–5
50	L	January 25, 1980	4–5	Philadelphia Flyers (1979–80)	13–32–5
51	T	January 27, 1980	6–6	St. Louis Blues (1979–80)	13–32–6
52	W	January 29, 1980	7–3	@ Los Angeles Kings (1979–80)	14–32–6
53	L	February 1, 1980	2–9	@ Edmonton Oilers (1979–80)	14–33–6
54	T	February 2, 1980	2–2	@ Colorado Rockies (1979–80)	14–33–7
55	L	February 8, 1980	3–6	Washington Capitals (1979–80)	14–34–7
56	T	February 10, 1980	2–2	Edmonton Oilers (1979–80)	14–34–8
57	T	February 12, 1980	0–0	@ New York Islanders (1979–80)	14–34–9
58	L	February 14, 1980	1–5	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1979–80)	14–35–9
59	L	February 15, 1980	4–5	@ Hartford Whalers (1979–80)	14–36–9
60	W	February 17, 1980	6–5	Quebec Nordiques (1979–80)	15–36–9
61	L	February 20, 1980	3–4	@ Buffalo Sabres (1979–80)	15–37–9
62	L	February 21, 1980	0–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (1979–80)	15–38–9
63	L	February 23, 1980	3–9	Toronto Maple Leafs (1979–80)	15–39–9
64	L	February 27, 1980	2–3	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1979–80)	15–40–9
65	T	February 29, 1980	3–3	Vancouver Canucks (1979–80)	15–40–10
66	L	March 2, 1980	2–3	Chicago Black Hawks (1979–80)	15–41–10
67	L	March 4, 1980	1–2	@ Vancouver Canucks (1979–80)	15–42–10
68	L	March 9, 1980	2–5	Atlanta Flames (1979–80)	15–43–10
69	T	March 12, 1980	3–3	Buffalo Sabres (1979–80)	15–43–11
70	L	March 14, 1980	3–4	Montreal Canadiens (1979–80)	15–44–11
71	W	March 16, 1980	6–2	@ Detroit Red Wings (1979–80)	16–44–11
72	L	March 19, 1980	1–9	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1979–80)	16–45–11
73	W	March 21, 1980	4–2	New York Rangers (1979–80)	17–45–11
74	L	March 23, 1980	2–4	Pittsburgh Penguins (1979–80)	17–46–11
75	W	March 26, 1980	7–0	Hartford Whalers (1979–80)	18–46–11
76	L	March 28, 1980	1–2	Minnesota North Stars (1979–80)	18–47–11
77	L	March 30, 1980	1–3	@ Boston Bruins (1979–80)	18–48–11
78	W	April 2, 1980	5–2	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1979–80)	19–48–11
79	L	April 5, 1980	0–6	@ St. Louis Blues (1979–80)	19–49–11
80	W	April 6, 1980	3–2	Colorado Rockies (1979–80)	20–49–11

Playoffs

• The Jets did not qualify for the post season.

Player Stats

Regular Season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Lukowich, MorrisMorris Lukowich	LW	78	35	39	74	77	-16	13	1	2
Sullivan, PeterPeter Sullivan	C	79	24	35	59	20	-45	5	0	3
Wilson, RonRon Wilson	C	79	21	36	57	28	-12	6	0	3
Lindstrom, WillyWilly Lindstrom	RW	79	23	26	49	20	-19	5	0	4
Norwich, CraigCraig Norwich	D	70	10	35	45	36	-11	7	0	0
Marsh, PeterPeter Marsh	RW	57	18	20	38	59	-38	9	0	0
Sjoberg, Lars-ErikLars-Erik Sjoberg	D	79	7	27	34	48	-35	3	1	0
Drouin, JudeJude Drouin	C	78	8	16	24	50	-38	1	2	1
Campbell, ScottScott Campbell	D	63	3	17	20	136	-39	0	0	2
Moffat, LyleLyle Moffat	LW	74	10	9	19	38	-24	0	0	1
Christian, DaveDave Christian	RW	15	8	10	18	2	-5	3	0	0
Markell, JohnJohn Markell	LW	38	10	7	17	21	-12	2	0	1
Stamler, LorneLorne Stamler	LW	62	8	7	15	12	-29	0	0	0
Cameron, AlAl Cameron	D	63	3	11	14	72	-26	0	0	0
Cory, RossRoss Cory	D	46	2	9	11	32	-16	1	0	0
Manery, KrisKris Manery	C/RW	16	6	4	10	6	-8	4	0	0
Hull, BobbyBobby Hull	LW	18	4	6	10	0	-7	1	0	0
Melrose, BarryBarry Melrose	D	74	4	6	10	124	-41	0	0	1
Mann, JimmyJimmy Mann	RW	72	3	5	8	287	-20	1	0	1
Graves, HilliardHilliard Graves	RW	35	1	5	6	15	-13	0	0	0
Riley, BillBill Riley	RW	14	3	2	5	7	0	2	0	1
McTavish, GordGord McTavish	C	10	1	3	4	2	4	0	0	0
Hoyda, DaveDave Hoyda	LW	15	1	1	2	35	-4	0	0	0
Bethel, JohnJohn Bethel	LW	17	0	2	2	4	-3	0	0	0
Hamel, PierrePierre Hamel	G	35	0	2	2	10	0	0	0	0
Daley, PatPat Daley	LW	5	1	0	1	4	-2	0	0	0
Guindon, BobbyBobby Guindon	LW	6	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0
Lesuk, BillBill Lesuk	LW	49	0	1	1	43	-15	0	0	0
Tomalty, GlennGlenn Tomalty	LW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hopkins, LarryLarry Hopkins	LW	5	0	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0
MacIver, DonDon MacIver	D	6	0	0	0	2	-5	0	0	0
Rioux, GerryGerry Rioux	RW	8	0	0	0	6	-2	0	0	0
Smith, GordGord Smith	D	13	0	0	0	8	-5	0	0	0
Dillon, WayneWayne Dillon	C	13	0	0	0	2	-6	0	0	0
Amodeo, MikeMike Amodeo	D	19	0	0	0	2	-15	0	0	0
Middlebrook, LindsayLindsay Middlebrook	G	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Smith, GaryGary Smith	G	20	0	0	0	25	0	0	0	0
Mattsson, MarkusMarkus Mattsson	G	21	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Hamel, PierrePierre Hamel	1947	35	9	19	3	130	4.01	0
Mattsson, MarkusMarkus Mattsson	1200	21	5	11	4	65	3.25	2
Smith, GaryGary Smith	1073	20	4	11	4	73	4.08	0
Middlebrook, LindsayLindsay Middlebrook	580	10	2	8	0	40	4.14	0
Team:	4800	80	20	49	11	308	3.85	2

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalty Minutes; PPG=Power-play goals; SHG=Short-handed goals; GWG=Game-winning goals

MIN=Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; SO = Shutouts

Awards and Records

• The Jets did not win any awards this season.

Transactions

Trades

June 28, 1979	To Quebec Nordiques Jamie Hislop	To Winnipeg Jets Barry Legge
July 25, 1979	To New York Rangers Future Considerations	To Winnipeg Jets Wayne Dillon
August 1, 1979	To Atlanta Flames Paul Terbenche	To Winnipeg Jets Future Considerations
October 4, 1979	To Montreal Canadiens Cash	To Winnipeg Jets Ron Wilson
October 15, 1979	To New York Rangers Cash Future Considerations	To Winnipeg Jets Bud Stefanski
February 27, 1980	To Hartford Whalers Bobby Hull	To Winnipeg Jets Future Considerations

Waivers

February 27, 1980

From Vancouver Canucks Kris Manery

Free Agents

Player Former Team Willy Lindstrom Winnipeg Jets (WHA) Larry Hopkins Toronto Maple Leafs John Bethel Undrafted Free Agent Benoit Gosselin New York Rangers Gerry Rioux Undrafted Free Agent Glenn Tomalty Undrafted Free Agent Ross Cory Undrafted Free Agent Jude Drouin New York Islanders Mark Plantery Undrafted Free Agent Don MacIver Undrafted Free Agent Anders Steen Undrafted Free Agent

Draft Picks

NHL Amateur Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team
1	19.	Jimmy Mann (RW)	Canada	Sherbrooke Castors (QMJHL)
2	40.	Dave Christian	United States	University of North Dakota (NCAA)

Expansion Draft

Reclaimed Players

Reclaiming of Players: The 17 existing NHL teams were allowed to reclaim any rights to former WHA players they held. The four incoming franchises, however, were allowed to protect up to two goaltenders and two skaters, voiding their NHL rights. These players were considered "priority selections" in the expansion draft. Gordie Howe was one of two special cases (the other being Wayne Gretzky), as a gentlemen's agreement between the Hartford Whalers and the Detroit Red Wings, which held his rights, led to the Wings declining to reclaim Howe.

These are Winnipeg players whose NHL rights were reclaimed when the WHA merged with the NHL. This list is incomplete.

#	Player	Reclaimed From	Reclaimed By
4.	Bobby Hull (LW)	Winnipeg Jets	Chicago Black Hawks

Jets Selections

#	Player	Drafted From	Drafted By
1.	Peter Marsh (LW)	Pittsburgh Penguins	Winnipeg Jets
2.	Lindsay Middlebrook (G)	New York Rangers	Winnipeg Jets
3.	Bobby Hull (LW)	Chicago Black Hawks	Winnipeg Jets
4.	Al Cameron (D)	Detroit Red Wings	Winnipeg Jets
5.	Dave Hoyda (LW)	Philadelphia Flyers	Winnipeg Jets
6.	Jim Roberts (LW)	Minnesota North Stars	Winnipeg Jets
7.	Lorne Stamler (LW)	Toronto Maple Leafs	Winnipeg Jets
8.	Mark Heaslip (RW)	Los Angeles Kings	Winnipeg Jets
9.	Pierre Hamel (G)	Toronto Maple Leafs	Winnipeg Jets
10.	Gord McTavish (F)	St. Louis Blues	Winnipeg Jets
11.	Gord Smith (D)	Washington Capitals	Winnipeg Jets
12.	Clark Hamilton (C)	Detroit Red Wings	Winnipeg Jets
13.	Jim Cunningham (LW)	Philadelphia Flyers	Winnipeg Jets
14.	Dennis Abgrall (RW)	Los Angeles Kings	Winnipeg Jets
15.	Bill Riley (W)	Washington Capitals	Winnipeg Jets
16.	Gene Carr (C)	Atlanta Flames	Winnipeg Jets
17.	Hilliard Graves (RW)	Vancouver Canucks	Winnipeg Jets

Trivia

• Jets who recorded a Hat trick this season include:
  • Dave Christian during the 7-0 win over the Hartford Whalers on March 26, 1980.

Game Ads

Ad in Saskatoon for a train trip and game.

Regina

References

• Jets on Hockey Database