1980–81 Winnipeg Jets season

1980–81 Winnipeg Jets
Division	6th Smythe
1980–81 record	9–57–14
Goals for	246
Goals against	400
Team information
General manager	John Ferguson
Coach	Tom McVie
Captain	Morris Lukowich
Arena	Winnipeg Arena
Team leaders
Goals	Morris Lukowich (33)
Assists	Dave Christian (43)
Points	Dave Christian (71)
Penalty minutes	Jimmy Mann (105)
Wins	Markus Mattsson Michel Dion Pierre Hamel (3)
Goals against average	Markus Mattsson (4.50)

The 1980–81 Winnipeg Jets season was their 9th season and 2nd in the National Hockey League. The Jets finished 6th in the Smythe Division and did not qualify for the playoffs.

Regular Season

The Jets were coached by Tom McVie (1 win, 20 losses and 7 ties), Bill Sutherland (6 wins, 20 losses and 3 ties) and Mike Smith (2 wins, 17 losses and 4 ties).

Final Standings

Smythe Division

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
St. Louis Blues	80	45	18	14	352	281	107
Chicago Black Hawks	80	31	33	16	304	315	78
Vancouver Canucks	80	28	32	20	289	301	76
Edmonton Oilers	80	29	35	16	328	327	74
Colorado Rockies	80	22	45	13	258	344	57
Winnipeg Jets	80	9	57	14	246	400	32

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, 1980	1–4	@ Washington Capitals (1980–81)	0–1–0
2	L	October 11, 1980	4–5	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1980–81)	0–2–0
3	W	October 17, 1980	6–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1980–81)	1–2–0
4	T	October 19, 1980	4–4	Quebec Nordiques (1980–81)	1–2–1
5	L	October 22, 1980	4–7	@ Buffalo Sabres (1980–81)	1–3–1
6	L	October 25, 1980	1–4	@ Minnesota North Stars (1980–81)	1–4–1
7	T	October 26, 1980	7–7	Boston Bruins (1980–81)	1–4–2
8	L	October 29, 1980	4–8	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1980–81)	1–5–2
9	L	October 31, 1980	5–6	Pittsburgh Penguins (1980–81)	1–6–2
10	T	November 2, 1980	4–4	Washington Capitals (1980–81)	1–6–3
11	T	November 5, 1980	5–5	Calgary Flames (1980–81)	1–6–4
12	L	November 7, 1980	2–4	Edmonton Oilers (1980–81)	1–7–4
13	L	November 9, 1980	4–7	Toronto Maple Leafs (1980–81)	1–8–4
14	L	November 12, 1980	1–5	@ Quebec Nordiques (1980–81)	1–9–4
15	T	November 13, 1980	5–5	@ Boston Bruins (1980–81)	1–9–5
16	L	November 16, 1980	1–5	Montreal Canadiens (1980–81)	1–10–5
17	L	November 18, 1980	1–6	@ Vancouver Canucks (1980–81)	1–11–5
18	L	November 19, 1980	2–7	@ Los Angeles Kings (1980–81)	1–12–5
19	L	November 21, 1980	2–4	Buffalo Sabres (1980–81)	1–13–5
20	L	November 23, 1980	1–3	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1980–81)	1–14–5
21	T	November 25, 1980	4–4	@ New York Islanders (1980–81)	1–14–6
22	L	November 26, 1980	4–8	@ Hartford Whalers (1980–81)	1–15–6
23	T	November 28, 1980	1–1	St. Louis Blues (1980–81)	1–15–7
24	L	November 30, 1980	1–4	Calgary Flames (1980–81)	1–16–7
25	L	December 3, 1980	3–4	New York Rangers (1980–81)	1–17–7
26	L	December 4, 1980	1–3	@ Calgary Flames (1980–81)	1–18–7
27	L	December 6, 1980	2–5	@ St. Louis Blues (1980–81)	1–19–7
28	L	December 10, 1980	5–8	Hartford Whalers (1980–81)	1–20–7
29	L	December 13, 1980	3–4	@ Minnesota North Stars (1980–81)	1–21–7
30	L	December 14, 1980	4–5	New York Islanders (1980–81)	1–22–7
31	L	December 16, 1980	2–6	@ New York Islanders (1980–81)	1–23–7
32	L	December 17, 1980	2–8	@ New York Rangers (1980–81)	1–24–7
33	L	December 20, 1980	2–5	@ St. Louis Blues (1980–81)	1–25–7
34	W	December 23, 1980	5–4	Colorado Rockies (1980–81)	2–25–7
35	L	December 26, 1980	3–5	Minnesota North Stars (1980–81)	2–26–7
36	L	December 28, 1980	3–4	Detroit Red Wings (1980–81)	2–27–7
37	L	December 31, 1980	3–5	Washington Capitals (1980–81)	2–28–7
38	W	January 2, 1981	4–3	Philadelphia Flyers (1980–81)	3–28–7
39	L	January 5, 1981	1–4	Boston Bruins (1980–81)	3–29–7
40	W	January 7, 1981	8–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1980–81)	4–29–7
41	T	January 9, 1981	4–4	Vancouver Canucks (1980–81)	4–29–8
42	L	January 10, 1981	3–5	Hartford Whalers (1980–81)	4–30–8
43	T	January 13, 1981	3–3	@ Quebec Nordiques (1980–81)	4–30–9
44	L	January 15, 1981	3–7	@ Montreal Canadiens (1980–81)	4–31–9
45	L	January 17, 1981	2–4	@ Calgary Flames (1980–81)	4–32–9
46	L	January 18, 1981	4–5	Toronto Maple Leafs (1980–81)	4–33–9
47	W	January 21, 1981	5–1	New York Rangers (1980–81)	5–33–9
48	T	January 23, 1981	2–2	@ Colorado Rockies (1980–81)	5–33–10
49	L	January 27, 1981	3–4	@ Washington Capitals (1980–81)	5–34–10
50	L	January 29, 1981	6–7	@ Boston Bruins (1980–81)	5–35–10
51	W	January 31, 1981	2–0	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1980–81)	6–35–10
52	L	February 1, 1981	0–4	@ Buffalo Sabres (1980–81)	6–36–10
53	L	February 4, 1981	2–3	Pittsburgh Penguins (1980–81)	6–37–10
54	L	February 6, 1981	4–10	@ Edmonton Oilers (1980–81)	6–38–10
55	L	February 8, 1981	1–9	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1980–81)	6–39–10
56	L	February 12, 1981	6–8	@ New York Rangers (1980–81)	6–40–10
57	W	February 15, 1981	4–3	Quebec Nordiques (1980–81)	7–40–10
58	L	February 17, 1981	4–6	@ Detroit Red Wings (1980–81)	7–41–10
59	T	February 18, 1981	3–3	@ Hartford Whalers (1980–81)	7–41–11
60	L	February 20, 1981	3–5	Minnesota North Stars (1980–81)	7–42–11
61	L	February 21, 1981	1–5	Edmonton Oilers (1980–81)	7–43–11
62	L	February 25, 1981	3–4	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1980–81)	7–44–11
63	L	February 27, 1981	3–6	Philadelphia Flyers (1980–81)	7–45–11
64	T	March 1, 1981	4–4	Detroit Red Wings (1980–81)	7–45–12
65	L	March 4, 1981	3–9	@ Montreal Canadiens (1980–81)	7–46–12
66	L	March 5, 1981	1–10	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1980–81)	7–47–12
67	W	March 7, 1981	4–2	Montreal Canadiens (1980–81)	8–47–12
68	L	March 8, 1981	1–4	Los Angeles Kings (1980–81)	8–48–12
69	L	March 11, 1981	3–6	New York Islanders (1980–81)	8–49–12
70	L	March 13, 1981	2–5	Buffalo Sabres (1980–81)	8–50–12
71	L	March 15, 1981	2–8	Chicago Black Hawks (1980–81)	8–51–12
72	W	March 18, 1981	4–3	Colorado Rockies (1980–81)	9–51–12
73	L	March 21, 1981	4–5	@ Detroit Red Wings (1980–81)	9–52–12
74	L	March 22, 1981	5–7	Los Angeles Kings (1980–81)	9–53–12
75	L	March 27, 1981	2–10	Vancouver Canucks (1980–81)	9–54–12
76	L	March 29, 1981	1–2	@ Colorado Rockies (1980–81)	9–55–12
77	L	March 31, 1981	3–7	@ Los Angeles Kings (1980–81)	9–56–12
78	T	April 1, 1981	4–4	@ Vancouver Canucks (1980–81)	9–56–13
79	L	April 4, 1981	2–7	@ Edmonton Oilers (1980–81)	9–57–13
80	T	April 5, 1981	5–5	St. Louis Blues (1980–81)	9–57–14

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
Christian, DaveDave Christian	RW	80	28	43	71	22	-54	9	1	0
Lukowich, MorrisMorris Lukowich	LW	80	33	34	67	90	-39	9	2	2
Dupont, NormNorm Dupont	LW	80	27	26	53	8	-57	8	0	1
Wilson, RonRon Wilson	C	77	18	33	51	55	-34	4	1	0
Geoffrion, DannyDanny Geoffrion	RW	78	20	26	46	82	-32	3	0	0
Babych, DaveDave Babych	D	69	6	38	44	90	-61	3	0	0
Lindstrom, WillyWilly Lindstrom	RW	72	22	13	35	45	-28	7	0	1
Trimper, TimTim Trimper	LW	56	15	14	29	28	-31	1	0	1
Bowness, RickRick Bowness	RW	45	8	17	25	45	-35	0	0	1
Mantha, MoeMoe Mantha	D	58	2	23	25	35	-33	1	0	0
Lecuyer, DougDoug Lecuyer	LW	45	6	17	23	66	-27	0	0	1
Long, BarryBarry Long	D	65	6	17	23	42	-47	0	0	0
Sullivan, PeterPeter Sullivan	C	47	4	19	23	20	-17	2	0	0
Manery, KrisKris Manery	C/RW	47	13	9	22	24	-15	4	1	0
Spring, DonDon Spring	D	80	1	18	19	18	-40	0	0	0
Smail, DougDoug Smail	LW	30	10	8	18	45	-7	1	3	1
Steen, AndersAnders Steen	C	42	5	11	16	22	-22	3	0	1
Marsh, PeterPeter Marsh	RW	24	6	7	13	9	-17	3	0	0
Dudley, RickRick Dudley	LW	30	5	5	10	28	-12	0	0	0
Mann, JimmyJimmy Mann	RW	37	3	3	6	105	-18	0	0	0
Plantery, MarkMark Plantery	D	25	1	5	6	14	-10	0	0	0
Legge, BarryBarry Legge	D	38	0	6	6	69	-33	0	0	0
Campbell, ScottScott Campbell	D	14	1	4	5	55	3	0	0	0
Bladon, TomTom Bladon	D	9	0	5	5	10	-10	0	0	0
Markell, JohnJohn Markell	LW	14	1	3	4	15	-11	1	0	0
Mulhern, RichardRichard Mulhern	D	19	0	4	4	14	-9	0	0	0
Cameron, AlAl Cameron	D	29	1	2	3	21	-19	0	0	0
Eaves, MurrayMurray Eaves	C	12	1	2	3	5	-7	1	0	0
Melrose, BarryBarry Melrose	D	18	1	1	2	40	-12	0	0	0
Beadle, SandySandy Beadle	LW	6	1	0	1	2	-2	0	0	0
Hoyda, DaveDave Hoyda	LW	9	1	0	1	7	0	0	0	0
Cory, RossRoss Cory	D	5	0	1	1	9	-8	0	0	0
Hamel, PierrePierre Hamel	G	29	0	1	1	4	0	0	0	0
Mattsson, MarkusMarkus Mattsson	G	31	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0
Chartier, DaveDave Chartier	C	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Whelton, BillBill Whelton	D	2	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
Daley, PatPat Daley	LW	7	0	0	0	9	-3	0	0	0
Drouin, JudeJude Drouin	C	7	0	0	0	4	-2	0	0	0
Loustel, RonRon Loustel	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Middlebrook, LindsayLindsay Middlebrook	G	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dion, MichelMichel Dion	G	14	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Dion, MichelMichel Dion	757	14	3	6	3	61	4.83	0
Hamel, PierrePierre Hamel	1623	29	3	20	4	128	4.73	0
Mattsson, MarkusMarkus Mattsson	1707	31	3	21	4	128	4.50	1
Loustel, RonRon Loustel	60	1	0	1	0	10	10.00	0
Middlebrook, LindsayLindsay Middlebrook	653	14	0	9	3	65	5.97	0
Team:	4800	80	9	57	14	392	4.90	1

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 19, 1980	To St. Louis Blues Craig Norwich	To Winnipeg Jets Rick Bowness
August 6, 1980	To New York Rangers Gord Smith	To Winnipeg Jets Cash
September 26, 1980	To Montreal Canadiens 2nd round pick in 1982 - David Maley	To Winnipeg Jets Norm Dupont
October 8, 1980	To Quebec Nordiques Cash	To Winnipeg Jets Danny Geoffrion
October 31, 1980	To Detroit Red Wings Cash	To Winnipeg Jets Barry Long
December 1, 1980	To Chicago Black Hawks Peter Marsh	To Winnipeg Jets Tim Trimper Doug Lecuyer
December 2, 1980	To Toronto Maple Leafs Cash	To Winnipeg Jets Richard Mulhern
February 10, 1981	To Quebec Nordiques Cash	To Winnipeg Jets Michel Dion

Waivers

January 12, 1981

From Buffalo Sabres Rick Dudley

Free Agents

Player Former Team Don Spring Undrafted Free Agent Tom Bladon Edmonton Oilers

Player New Team Tom Bladon Detroit Red Wings

See Also

• 1980–81 NHL season

External Links

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