1994–95 Winnipeg Jets season

The 1994–95 Winnipeg Jets season was the team's 23rd season in Winnipeg and their 16th season in the National Hockey League. Despite missing the playoffs for the second year in a row, the Jets featured the second-best forward line in the NHL that season, as Keith Tkachuk, Teemu Selanne and Alexei Zhamnov scored a collective 74 goals in 48 games. This total was second only to the Philadelphia Flyers' top-line total of 80 (scored collectively by the "Legion of Doom").

1994–95 Winnipeg Jets
Division6th Central
Conference10th Western
1994–95 record16–25–7
Home record10–10–4
Road record6–15–3
Goals for157
Goals against177
Team information
General managerJohn Paddock
CoachJohn Paddock (Oct-Apr)
Terry Simpson (Apr-May)
CaptainKeith Tkachuk
ArenaWinnipeg Arena
Average attendance13,012
Minor league affiliate(s)Springfield Falcons
Team leaders
GoalsAlexei Zhamnov (30)
AssistsAlexei Zhamnov (35)
PointsAlexei Zhamnov (65)
Penalty minutesKeith Tkachuk (152)
Plus/minusTeppo Numminen (+12)
WinsTim Cheveldae, Nikolai Khabibulin (8)
Goals against averageNikolai Khabibulin (3.41)

Offseason

Regular season

Two major highlights of the regular season occurred in April. On April 1, 1995, Alexei Zhamnov tied a franchise record by scoring five goals in the Jets' 7–7 tie with Los Angeles Kings.[1] Six days later, the Jets established an NHL record by scoring four short-handed goals in a 7–4 win against the Vancouver Canucks.[2]

General manager John Paddock resigned as head coach on April 5. Assistant coach Terry Simpson was named interim head coach.[3]

Season standings
Central Division
No. CR GP W L T GF GA Pts
11Detroit Red Wings483311418011770
22St. Louis Blues482815517813561
34 Chicago Blackhawks482419515611553
45Toronto Maple Leafs482119813514650
58Dallas Stars481723813613542
610Winnipeg Jets481625715717739

[4]

Note: No. = Division rank, CR = Conference rank, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points
       Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Western Conference[5]
R Div GP W L T GF GA Pts
1p – Detroit Red WingsCEN483311418011770
2x – Calgary FlamesPAC482417716313555
3St. Louis BluesCEN482815517813561
4Chicago BlackhawksCEN482419515611553
5Toronto Maple LeafsCEN482119813514650
6Vancouver CanucksPAC4818181215314848
7San Jose SharksPAC481925412916142
8Dallas StarsCEN481723813613542
9Los Angeles KingsPAC481623914217441
10Winnipeg JetsCEN481625715717739
11Edmonton OilersPAC481727413618338
12Mighty Ducks of AnaheimPAC481627512516437

Divisions: CEN – Central, PAC – Pacific

bold – Qualified for playoffs; x – Won division; p – Won Presidents' Trophy

Schedule and results
1994–95 regular season[6]
January: 1–4–1 (home: 1–1–1; road: 0–3–0)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordAttendanceRecap
1TJanuary 20, 19953–3 OTCalgary Flames (1994–95)0–0–113,382Recap
2LJanuary 21, 19953–4Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1994–95)0–1–19,725Recap
3WJanuary 23, 19955–3Chicago Blackhawks (1994–95)1–1–18,794Recap
4LJanuary 25, 19950–4@ San Jose Sharks (1994–95)1–2–117,190Recap
5LJanuary 27, 19952–3@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1994–95)1–3–117,174Recap
6LJanuary 28, 19952–4@ Los Angeles Kings (1994–95)1–4–115,115Recap
February: 5–6–2 (home: 1–4–1; road: 4–2–1)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordAttendanceRecap
7LFebruary 2, 19954–5 OTSt. Louis Blues (1994–95)1–5–113,611Recap
8TFebruary 4, 19953–3 OTSan Jose Sharks (1994–95)1–5–213,525Recap
9WFebruary 6, 19955–4@ Calgary Flames (1994–95)2–5–217,706Recap
10TFebruary 8, 19953–3 OT@ Edmonton Oilers (1994–95)2–5–310,308Recap
11LFebruary 9, 19951–5@ Vancouver Canucks (1994–95)2–6–310,630Recap
12WFebruary 11, 19953–2@ St. Louis Blues (1994–95)3–6–320,262Recap
13WFebruary 13, 19957–4@ Dallas Stars (1994–95)4–6–315,379Recap
14LFebruary 15, 19951–5Detroit Red Wings (1994–95)4–7–312,299Recap
15LFebruary 17, 19953–4St. Louis Blues (1994–95)4–8–312,770Recap
16WFebruary 22, 19954–1@ Vancouver Canucks (1994–95)5–8–316,072Recap
17WFebruary 24, 19954–2Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1994–95)6–8–312,843Recap
18LFebruary 25, 19952–5@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1994–95)6–9–315,746Recap
19LFebruary 28, 19950–4Dallas Stars (1994–95)6–10–310,573Recap
March: 3–8–2 (home: 3–2–2; road: 0–6–0)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordAttendanceRecap
20LMarch 2, 19951–6@ Detroit Red Wings (1994–95)6–11–319,875Recap
21WMarch 4, 19954–2San Jose Sharks (1994–95)7–11–311,217Recap
22WMarch 5, 19953–2Calgary Flames (1994–95)8–11–311,197Recap
23WMarch 10, 19954–3Dallas Stars (1994–95)9–11–311,603Recap
24LMarch 11, 19952–4Los Angeles Kings (1994–95)9–12–315,255Recap
25TMarch 14, 19953–3 OTVancouver Canucks (1994–95)9–12–415,556Recap
26LMarch 17, 19954–8@ Calgary Flames (1994–95)9–13–418,781Recap
27LMarch 19, 19952–3Chicago Blackhawks (1994–95)9–14–412,005Recap
28LMarch 22, 19953–6@ Detroit Red Wings (1994–95)9–15–419,807Recap
29LMarch 24, 19952–3@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1994–95)9–16–415,746Recap
30TMarch 25, 19953–3 OTToronto Maple Leafs (1994–95)9–16–515,397Recap
31LMarch 28, 19955–6 OT@ San Jose Sharks (1994–95)9–17–517,190Recap
32LMarch 30, 19951–3@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1994–95)9–18–517,174Recap
April: 7–5–2 (home: 5–2–0; road: 2–3–2)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordAttendanceRecap
33TApril 1, 19957–7 OT@ Los Angeles Kings (1994–95)9–18–616,005Recap
34WApril 5, 19954–1Chicago Blackhawks (1994–95)10–18–611,334Recap
35WApril 7, 19957–4Vancouver Canucks (1994–95)11–18–615,565Recap
36LApril 8, 19953–4@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1994–95)11–19–615,746Recap
37LApril 11, 19955–7@ St. Louis Blues (1994–95)11–20–618,969Recap
38WApril 13, 19955–2St. Louis Blues (1994–95)12–20–613,250Recap
39WApril 15, 19955–1Toronto Maple Leafs (1994–95)13–20–615,261Recap
40LApril 17, 19955–6Edmonton Oilers (1994–95)13–21–614,501Recap
41TApril 19, 19955–5 OT@ Detroit Red Wings (1994–95)13–21–719,875Recap
42WApril 21, 19952–1@ Chicago Blackhawks (1994–95)14–21–721,213Recap
43LApril 23, 19952–5@ Dallas Stars (1994–95)14–22–716,924Recap
44LApril 25, 19953–5Edmonton Oilers (1994–95)14–23–712,994Recap
45WApril 27, 19954–3Detroit Red Wings (1994–95)15–23–714,081Recap
46WApril 29, 19955–1@ Edmonton Oilers (1994–95)16–23–715,219Recap
May: 0–2–0 (home: 0–1–0; road: 0–1–0)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordAttendanceRecap
47LMay 1, 19952–3@ Chicago Blackhawks (1994–95)16–24–719,403Recap
48LMay 2, 19951–2Los Angeles Kings (1994–95)16–25–715,562Recap
Legend:

  Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Tie (1 point)

Player statistics

Scoring
  • Position abbreviations: C = Centre; D = Defence; G = Goaltender; LW = Left Wing; RW = Right Wing
  • † = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Jets only.
  • ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Jets only.
Regular season
No. Player Pos GP G A Pts +/- PIM
10Alexei ZhamnovC48303565520
7Keith TkachukLW48222951−4152
8Teemu SelanneRW4522264812
19Nelson EmersonRW48142337−1226
23Igor KorolevC4582230110
18Dallas DrakeRW4381826−630
4Stephane QuintalD4361723078
27Teppo NumminenD42516211216
3Dave MansonD4431518−20139
25Thomas SteenC3151015−1314
24Darryl ShannonD405914148
15Randy GilhenC445611−1752
16Ed Olczyk†C13281018
32Mike Eastwood†C1336934
34Darrin ShannonLW19538−614
20Tie Domi‡RW31448−6128
17Kris KingLW48426085
2Neil WilkinsonD40145−2675
75Michal GrosekLW24224−321
5Igor Ulanov‡D19134−227
36Mike Eagles‡C27213−1340
36Greg Brown†D9033117
42Oleg MikulchikD250221012
12Rob MurrayC1002212
29Tim CheveldaeG300112
35Nikolai KhabibulinG260114
28Craig MartinRW20011−419
55Arto Blomsten‡D100002
38Luciano BorsatoC4000−10
47Tavis HansenRW100000
37John LeBlancRW200000
21Russ RomaniukLW6000−30
22Brent ThompsonD29000−1778

Goaltending
Regular season
No. Player GP W L T SA GA GAA SV% SO TOI
29Tim Cheveldae308163818973.70.88101571
35Nikolai Khabibulin26894723763.41.89501339

Awards and records

Awards
Type Award/honour Recipient Ref
League
(annual)		 NHL Second All-Star team Keith Tkachuk (Left Wing) [7]
Alexei Zhamnov (Centre)
Team Molson Cup Alexei Zhamnov

Transactions

Trades
July 8, 1994 To Buffalo Sabres
Kevin McClelland		 To Winnipeg Jets
Future Considerations
August 8, 1994 To Los Angeles Kings
Ruslan Batyrshin
6th round pick in 1995 (Brian Willsie)
2nd round pick in 1996 (Marian Cisar)		 To Winnipeg Jets
Brent Thompson
6th round pick in 1995 (Robert Esche)
Cash
March 27, 1995 To Los Angeles Kings
Arto Blomsten		 To Winnipeg Jets
8th round pick in 1995 (Fredrik Loven)
April 7, 1995 To Washington Capitals
Mike Eagles
Igor Ulanov		 To Winnipeg Jets
3rd round pick in 1995 (Sergei Gusev)
5th round pick in 1995 (Brian Elder)
April 7, 1995 To New York Rangers
5th round pick in 1995 (Alexei Vasiliev)		 To Winnipeg Jets
Ed Olczyk
April 7, 1995 To Pittsburgh Penguins
Cash		 To Winnipeg Jets
Greg Brown
April 7, 1995 To Toronto Maple Leafs
Tie Domi		 To Winnipeg Jets
Mike Eastwood
3rd round pick in 1995 (Brad Isbister)
June 27, 1995 To Philadelphia Flyers
Russ Romaniuk		 To Winnipeg Jets
Jeff Finley
July 8, 1995 To Montreal Canadiens
Stephane Quintal		 To Winnipeg Jets
2nd round pick in 1995 (Jason Doig)
July 8, 1995 To Dallas Stars
3rd round pick in 1995 (Sergei Gusev)		 To Winnipeg Jets
2nd round pick in 1996 (Remi Royer)

Waivers
January 18, 1995 To Edmonton Oilers
Dean Kennedy
January 18, 1995 To Calgary Flames
Sheldon Kennedy
January 18, 1995 From St. Louis Blues
Igor Korolev
January 20, 1995 From Detroit Red Wings
Craig Martin

Free agents
PlayerNew Team
Andy BrickleyNew York Islanders

Draft picks

Winnipeg's draft picks at the 1994 NHL Entry Draft held at the Hartford Civic Center in Hartford, Connecticut.[8]

Round Pick Player Nationality College/junior/club team
230Deron Quint (D) United StatesSeattle Thunderbirds (WHL)
356Dorian Anneck (C) CanadaVictoria Cougars (WHL)
358Tavis Hansen (RW) CanadaTacoma Rockets (WHL)
482Steve Cheredaryk (D) CanadaMedicine Hat Tigers (WHL)
5108Craig Mills (RW) CanadaBelleville Bulls (OHL)
6143Steve Vezina (G) CanadaBeauport Harfangs (QMJHL)
6146Chris Kibermanis (D) CanadaRed Deer Rebels (MJHL)
8186Ramil Saifullin (C) RussiaAvangard Omsk (Russia)
9212Henrik Smangs (G) SwedenLeksands IF (Sweden)
10238Mike Mader (RW) United StatesLoomis Chaffee School (USHS-MA)
11264Jason Issel (LW) CanadaPrince Albert Raiders (WHL)
S4Randy Stevens (RW) United StatesMichigan Technological University (WCHA)

References
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  • "1994-95 Winnipeg Jets Roster, Stats, Injuries, Scores, Results, Shootouts". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved September 9, 2023.
  1. "ARI Records". records.nhl.com. Retrieved September 9, 2023.
  2. "NHL Records". records.nhl.com. Retrieved September 9, 2023.
  3. "SPORTS PEOPLE: HOCKEY; Simpson Replaces Paddock in Winnipeg". The New York Times. April 6, 1995. Retrieved September 9, 2023.
  4. Standings: NHL Public Relations Department (2008). Dave McCarthy; et al. (eds.). THE NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE Official Guide & Record Book/2009. National Hockey League. p. 154. ISBN 978-1-894801-14-0.
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  6. "1994-95 Winnipeg Jets Schedule". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved September 9, 2023.
  7. "Postseason All-Star Teams". records.nhl.com. Retrieved September 12, 2023.
  8. "1994 NHL Entry Draft Picks at hockeydb.com".
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