1988–89 Winnipeg Jets season

1988–89 Winnipeg Jets
Division	5th Smythe
Conference	9th Campbell
1988–89 record	26-42-12
Goals for	300
Goals against	355
Team information
General manager	John Ferguson, Sr. Mike Smith
Coach	Dan Maloney Rick Bowness
Captain	Dale Hawerchuk
Arena	Winnipeg Arena
Team leaders
Goals	Dale Hawerchuk (41)
Assists	Thomas Steen (61)
Points	Dale Hawerchuk (96)
Penalty minutes	Gord Donnelly (228)
Wins	Pokey Reddick (11)
Goals against average	Bob Essensa (3.70)

The 1988–89 Winnipeg Jets season was their 17th season and 10th in the National Hockey League. The Jets finished 5th in the Smythe Division and did not qualify for the playoffs.

Regular Season

In a victory over the Vancouver Canucks on January 13, 1989, Winnipeg Jets goaltender Pokey Reddick became the first goaltender in NHL history to not register a shutout in the first 100 games of his career.

Final Standings

Smythe Division

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Calgary Flames	80	54	17	9	354	226	117
Los Angeles Kings	80	42	31	7	376	335	91
Edmonton Oilers	80	38	34	8	325	306	83
Vancouver Canucks	80	33	39	8	251	253	74
Winnipeg Jets	80	26	42	12	300	355	64

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	T	October 6, 1988	2–2 OT	@ Vancouver Canucks (1988–89)	0–0–1
2	L	October 9, 1988	4–5	@ Edmonton Oilers (1988–89)	0–1–1
4	W	October 14, 1988	4–3 OT	Vancouver Canucks (1988–89)	1–2–1
5	T	October 16, 1988	3–3 OT	Edmonton Oilers (1988–89)	1–2–2
6	L	October 19, 1988	2–5	Boston Bruins (1988–89)	1–3–2
7	W	October 23, 1988	3–2	Washington Capitals (1988–89)	2–3–2
8	L	October 28, 1988	4–7	Los Angeles Kings (1988–89)	2–4–2
9	W	October 30, 1988	8–4	Los Angeles Kings (1988–89)	3–4–2
10	W	November 1, 1988	8–1	@ New York Islanders (1988–89)	4–4–2
11	T	November 3, 1988	3–3 OT	@ New Jersey Devils (1988–89)	4–4–3
12	L	November 5, 1988	2–7	@ Montreal Canadiens (1988–89)	4–5–3
13	W	November 8, 1988	8–4	@ Quebec Nordiques (1988–89)	5–5–3
14	L	November 11, 1988	5–6 OT	Chicago Blackhawks (1988–89)	5–6–3
15	W	November 13, 1988	7–3	Montreal Canadiens (1988–89)	6–6–3
16	W	November 16, 1988	2–1 OT	@ Edmonton Oilers (1988–89)	7–6–3
17	W	November 18, 1988	3–0	Toronto Maple Leafs (1988–89)	8–6–3
18	W	November 20, 1988	7–4	Edmonton Oilers (1988–89)	9–6–3
19	L	November 25, 1988	3–6	@ Detroit Red Wings (1988–89)	9–7–3
20	T	November 26, 1988	4–4 OT	@ St. Louis Blues (1988–89)	9–7–4
21	L	November 29, 1988	3–4	New York Rangers (1988–89)	9–8–4
22	W	December 2, 1988	6–3	Vancouver Canucks (1988–89)	10–8–4
23	L	December 4, 1988	3–6	Calgary Flames (1988–89)	10–9–4
24	W	December 6, 1988	5–4 OT	@ Los Angeles Kings (1988–89)	11–9–4
25	T	December 8, 1988	5–5 OT	@ Los Angeles Kings (1988–89)	11–9–5
26	W	December 10, 1988	7–6	@ Edmonton Oilers (1988–89)	12–9–5
27	L	December 11, 1988	6–8	@ Vancouver Canucks (1988–89)	12–10–5
28	W	December 14, 1988	4–3	Buffalo Sabres (1988–89)	13–10–5
29	L	December 17, 1988	3–6	@ Washington Capitals (1988–89)	13–11–5
30	L	December 18, 1988	1–5	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1988–89)	13–12–5
31	T	December 21, 1988	5–5 OT	New Jersey Devils (1988–89)	13–12–6
32	L	December 23, 1988	4–5	Quebec Nordiques (1988–89)	13–13–6
33	L	December 26, 1988	1–5	@ Minnesota North Stars (1988–89)	13–14–6
34	W	December 28, 1988	6–2	St. Louis Blues (1988–89)	14–14–6
35	T	December 31, 1988	4–4 OT	@ Calgary Flames (1988–89)	14–14–7
36	W	January 4, 1989	4–2	Vancouver Canucks (1988–89)	15–14–7
37	T	January 6, 1989	4–4 OT	Los Angeles Kings (1988–89)	15–14–8
38	T	January 8, 1989	4–4 OT	Los Angeles Kings (1988–89)	15–14–9
39	L	January 10, 1989	1–2	Hartford Whalers (1988–89)	15–15–9
40	L	January 11, 1989	3–8	@ Calgary Flames (1988–89)	15–16–9
41	W	January 13, 1989	3–1	@ Vancouver Canucks (1988–89)	16–16–9
42	L	January 15, 1989	1–4	Minnesota North Stars (1988–89)	16–17–9
43	L	January 18, 1989	4–9	Edmonton Oilers (1988–89)	16–18–9
44	W	January 20, 1989	7–3	Pittsburgh Penguins (1988–89)	17–18–9
45	L	January 21, 1989	3–7	Philadelphia Flyers (1988–89)	17–19–9
46	L	January 25, 1989	4–5	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1988–89)	17–20–9
47	L	January 26, 1989	6–8	@ New York Islanders (1988–89)	17–21–9
48	W	January 28, 1989	4–3	@ Boston Bruins (1988–89)	18–21–9
49	L	January 31, 1989	3–5	@ St. Louis Blues (1988–89)	18–22–9
50	L	February 1, 1989	4–7	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1988–89)	18–23–9
51	L	February 3, 1989	2–4	Boston Bruins (1988–89)	18–24–9
52	L	February 5, 1989	2–6	Detroit Red Wings (1988–89)	18–25–9
53	L	February 9, 1989	3–4	@ New York Rangers (1988–89)	18–26–9
54	L	February 11, 1989	3–7	@ Hartford Whalers (1988–89)	18–27–9
55	T	February 13, 1989	2–2 OT	@ Detroit Red Wings (1988–89)	18–27–10
56	L	February 15, 1989	1–6	Calgary Flames (1988–89)	18–28–10
57	W	February 17, 1989	3–2 OT	New Jersey Devils (1988–89)	19–28–10
58	W	February 19, 1989	7–6 OT	Hartford Whalers (1988–89)	20–28–10
59	L	February 21, 1989	3–4	@ Quebec Nordiques (1988–89)	20–29–10
60	L	February 22, 1989	3–6	@ Montreal Canadiens (1988–89)	20–30–10
61	L	February 24, 1989	4–5	@ Buffalo Sabres (1988–89)	20–31–10
62	W	February 26, 1989	1–0	Calgary Flames (1988–89)	21–31–10
63	T	March 1, 1989	4–4 OT	Philadelphia Flyers (1988–89)	21–31–11
64	L	March 3, 1989	4–7	Edmonton Oilers (1988–89)	21–32–11
65	L	March 5, 1989	3–4	New York Islanders (1988–89)	21–33–11
66	L	March 7, 1989	5–9	@ Calgary Flames (1988–89)	21–34–11
67	L	March 8, 1989	0–3	@ Vancouver Canucks (1988–89)	21–35–11
68	L	March 10, 1989	1–5	Pittsburgh Penguins (1988–89)	21–36–11
69	W	March 12, 1989	9–7	Toronto Maple Leafs (1988–89)	22–36–11
70	L	March 14, 1989	3–6	@ Washington Capitals (1988–89)	22–37–11
71	W	March 15, 1989	6–3	@ New York Rangers (1988–89)	23–37–11
72	W	March 18, 1989	10–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1988–89)	24–37–11
73	L	March 20, 1989	1–4	Buffalo Sabres (1988–89)	24–38–11
74	L	March 23, 1989	4–5	@ Edmonton Oilers (1988–89)	24–39–11
75	W	March 24, 1989	4–3 OT	Calgary Flames (1988–89)	25–39–11
76	L	March 26, 1989	3–7	Vancouver Canucks (1988–89)	25–40–11
77	T	March 28, 1989	3–3 OT	@ Los Angeles Kings (1988–89)	25–40–12
78	L	March 29, 1989	1–2 OT	@ Los Angeles Kings (1988–89)	25–41–12
79	L	March 31, 1989	1–4	@ Calgary Flames (1988–89)	25–42–12
80	W	April 2, 1989	3–2	Minnesota North Stars (1988–89)	26–42–12

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
Hawerchuk, DaleDale Hawerchuk	C	75	41	55	96	28	-30	14	3	4
Steen, ThomasThomas Steen	C	80	27	61	88	80	14	9	1	2
McBain, AndrewAndrew McBain	RW	80	37	40	77	71	-35	20	1	3
Ashton, BrentBrent Ashton	LW	75	31	37	68	36	-5	7	1	1
Olausson, FredrikFredrik Olausson	D	75	15	47	62	32	6	4	0	1
Ellett, DaveDave Ellett	D	75	22	34	56	62	-18	9	2	5
Elynuik, PatPat Elynuik	RW	56	26	25	51	29	5	5	0	6
Duncan, IainIain Duncan	LW	57	14	30	44	74	-17	1	0	0
Carlyle, RandyRandy Carlyle	D	78	6	38	44	78	-19	2	0	2
Boschman, LaurieLaurie Boschman	C	70	10	26	36	163	-17	3	0	1
Smail, DougDoug Smail	LW	47	14	15	29	52	12	0	2	0
Fenton, PaulPaul Fenton	LW	59	14	9	23	33	-15	1	0	0
Donnelly, GordGord Donnelly	D	57	6	10	16	228	-12	0	0	0
Numminen, TeppoTeppo Numminen	D	69	1	14	15	36	-11	0	1	0
Taglianetti, PeterPeter Taglianetti	D	66	1	14	15	226	-23	1	0	0
Kyte, JimJim Kyte	D	74	3	9	12	190	-25	0	0	0
Jones, BradBrad Jones	LW	22	6	5	11	6	0	0	1	0
Jarvenpaa, HannuHannu Jarvenpaa	RW	53	4	7	11	41	-14	1	0	0
Berry, BradBrad Berry	D	38	0	9	9	45	-8	0	0	0
Gilhen, RandyRandy Gilhen	C	64	5	3	8	38	-24	0	1	1
Neufeld, RayRay Neufeld	RW	31	5	2	7	52	-9	0	0	0
Hughes, BrentBrent Hughes	LW	28	3	2	5	82	-7	0	1	0
Hunter, DaveDave Hunter	LW	34	3	1	4	61	-3	0	1	0
Turcotte, AlfieAlfie Turcotte	C	14	1	3	4	2	-6	0	0	0
Chevrier, AlainAlain Chevrier	G	22	0	4	4	2	0	0	0	0
Kulak, StuStu Kulak	RW	18	2	0	2	24	-6	1	0	0
Marois, MarioMario Marois	D	7	1	1	2	17	-6	1	0	0
Kyllonen, MarkkuMarkku Kyllonen	RW	9	0	2	2	2	-3	0	0	0
Joseph, TonyTony Joseph	RW	2	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
Lemay, MoeMoe Lemay	LW	10	1	0	1	14	-3	0	0	0
Larose, GuyGuy Larose	C	3	0	1	1	6	-1	0	0	0
Reddick, PokeyPokey Reddick	G	41	0	1	1	6	0	0	0	0
Boyko, DarrenDarren Boyko	C	1	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
Flichel, ToddTodd Flichel	D	1	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
Hamel, GillesGilles Hamel	LW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hervey, MattMatt Hervey	D	2	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	0
Marchment, BryanBryan Marchment	D	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Boutilier, PaulPaul Boutilier	D	3	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	0
Fletcher, StevenSteven Fletcher	LW/D	3	0	0	0	5	-1	0	0	0
Draper, TomTom Draper	G	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Berthiaume, DanielDaniel Berthiaume	G	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Essensa, BobBob Essensa	G	20	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Reddick, PokeyPokey Reddick	2109	41	11	17	7	144	4.10	0	1132	988	.873
Chevrier, AlainAlain Chevrier	1092	22	8	8	2	78	4.29	1	554	476	.859
Essensa, BobBob Essensa	1102	20	6	8	3	68	3.70	1	574	506	.882
Draper, TomTom Draper	120	2	1	1	0	12	6.00	0	66	54	.818
Berthiaume, DanielDaniel Berthiaume	443	9	0	8	0	44	5.96	0	255	211	.827
Team:	4866	80	26	42	12	346	4.27	2	2581	2235	.866

Note: Pos = Position; 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; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage

Awards and Records

• The Jets did not win any awards this season.

Transactions

Trades

July 19, 1988	To New Jersey Devils Steve Rooney 3rd round pick in 1990 - Brad Bombardir	To Winnipeg Jets Alain Chevrier 7th round pick in 1989 - Doug Evans
July 29, 1988	To Quebec Nordiques Joel Baillargeon	To Winnipeg Jets Future Considerations
September 29, 1988	To St. Louis Blues Peter Douris	To Winnipeg Jets Kent Carlson 12th round pick in 1989 - Sergei Kharin 4th round pick in 1990 - Scott Levins
October 12, 1988	To Washington Capitals Kent Carlson	To Winnipeg Jets Future Considerations
November 25, 1988	To Los Angeles Kings Gilles Hamel	To Winnipeg Jets Paul Fenton
December 6, 1988	To Quebec Nordiques Mario Marois	To Winnipeg Jets Gord Donnelly
December 10, 1988	To Philadelphia Flyers Steven Fletcher	To Winnipeg Jets Future Considerations
December 30, 1988	To Boston Bruins Ray Neufeld	To Winnipeg Jets Moe Lemay
January 19, 1989	To Chicago Blackhawks Alain Chevrier	To Winnipeg Jets 4th round pick in 1989 - Allain Roy
February 9, 1989	To Vancouver Canucks Jamie Husgen	To Winnipeg Jets Future Considerations
June 17, 1989	To Pittsburgh Penguins Randy Gilhen Andrew McBain Jim Kyte	To Winnipeg Jets Randy Cunneyworth Rick Tabaracci Dave McLlwain
June 17, 1989	To St. Louis Blues 3rd round pick in 1989 - Denny Felsner 2nd round pick in 1991 - Steve Staios	To Winnipeg Jets Greg Paslawski 3rd round pick in 1989 - Kris Draper

Waivers

October 3, 1988	From Edmonton Oilers Dave Hunter
January 14, 1989	To Edmonton Oilers Dave Hunter

Free Agents

Player Former Team Steven Fletcher Montreal Canadiens Matt Hervey Undrafted Free Agent

See Also

• 1988–89 NHL season