1994–95 Winnipeg Jets season

1994–95 Winnipeg Jets
1994–95 Winnipeg Jets
Division	6th Central
Conference	10th Western
1994–95 record	16–25–7
Home record	10–10–4
Road record	6–15–3
Goals for	157
Goals against	177
Team information
General manager	John Paddock
Coach	John Paddock (Oct.–Apr.); Terry Simpson (Apr.–May)
Captain	Keith Tkachuk
Arena	Winnipeg Arena
Average attendance	13,012
Minor league affiliate(s)	Springfield Falcons
Team leaders
Goals	Alexei Zhamnov (30)
Assists	Alexei Zhamnov (35)
Points	Alexei Zhamnov (65)
Penalty minutes	Keith Tkachuk (152)
Plus/minus	Teppo Numminen (+12)
Wins	Tim Cheveldae, Nikolai Khabibulin (8)
Goals against average	Nikolai Khabibulin (3.41)
	← 1993–94 1995–96 →

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").

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
1	1	Detroit Red Wings	48	33	11	4	180	117	70
2	2	St. Louis Blues	48	28	15	5	178	135	61
3	4	Chicago Blackhawks	48	24	19	5	156	115	53
4	5	Toronto Maple Leafs	48	21	19	8	135	146	50
5	8	Dallas Stars	48	17	23	8	136	135	42
6	10	Winnipeg Jets	48	16	25	7	157	177	39

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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
1	p – Detroit Red Wings	CEN	48	33	11	4	180	117	70
2	x – Calgary Flames	PAC	48	24	17	7	163	135	55
3	St. Louis Blues	CEN	48	28	15	5	178	135	61
4	Chicago Blackhawks	CEN	48	24	19	5	156	115	53
5	Toronto Maple Leafs	CEN	48	21	19	8	135	146	50
6	Vancouver Canucks	PAC	48	18	18	12	153	148	48
7	San Jose Sharks	PAC	48	19	25	4	129	161	42
8	Dallas Stars	CEN	48	17	23	8	136	135	42

9	Los Angeles Kings	PAC	48	16	23	9	142	174	41
10	Winnipeg Jets	CEN	48	16	25	7	157	177	39
11	Edmonton Oilers	PAC	48	17	27	4	136	183	38
12	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	PAC	48	16	27	5	125	164	37

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)

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Attendance	Recap
1	T	January 20, 1995	3–3 OT	Calgary Flames (1994–95)	0–0–1	13,382	Recap
2	L	January 21, 1995	3–4	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1994–95)	0–1–1	9,725	Recap
3	W	January 23, 1995	5–3	Chicago Blackhawks (1994–95)	1–1–1	8,794	Recap
4	L	January 25, 1995	0–4	@ San Jose Sharks (1994–95)	1–2–1	17,190	Recap
5	L	January 27, 1995	2–3	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1994–95)	1–3–1	17,174	Recap
6	L	January 28, 1995	2–4	@ Los Angeles Kings (1994–95)	1–4–1	15,115	Recap

February: 5–6–2 (home: 1–4–1; road: 4–2–1)

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Attendance	Recap
7	L	February 2, 1995	4–5 OT	St. Louis Blues (1994–95)	1–5–1	13,611	Recap
8	T	February 4, 1995	3–3 OT	San Jose Sharks (1994–95)	1–5–2	13,525	Recap
9	W	February 6, 1995	5–4	@ Calgary Flames (1994–95)	2–5–2	17,706	Recap
10	T	February 8, 1995	3–3 OT	@ Edmonton Oilers (1994–95)	2–5–3	10,308	Recap
11	L	February 9, 1995	1–5	@ Vancouver Canucks (1994–95)	2–6–3	10,630	Recap
12	W	February 11, 1995	3–2	@ St. Louis Blues (1994–95)	3–6–3	20,262	Recap
13	W	February 13, 1995	7–4	@ Dallas Stars (1994–95)	4–6–3	15,379	Recap
14	L	February 15, 1995	1–5	Detroit Red Wings (1994–95)	4–7–3	12,299	Recap
15	L	February 17, 1995	3–4	St. Louis Blues (1994–95)	4–8–3	12,770	Recap
16	W	February 22, 1995	4–1	@ Vancouver Canucks (1994–95)	5–8–3	16,072	Recap
17	W	February 24, 1995	4–2	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1994–95)	6–8–3	12,843	Recap
18	L	February 25, 1995	2–5	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1994–95)	6–9–3	15,746	Recap
19	L	February 28, 1995	0–4	Dallas Stars (1994–95)	6–10–3	10,573	Recap

March: 3–8–2 (home: 3–2–2; road: 0–6–0)

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Attendance	Recap
20	L	March 2, 1995	1–6	@ Detroit Red Wings (1994–95)	6–11–3	19,875	Recap
21	W	March 4, 1995	4–2	San Jose Sharks (1994–95)	7–11–3	11,217	Recap
22	W	March 5, 1995	3–2	Calgary Flames (1994–95)	8–11–3	11,197	Recap
23	W	March 10, 1995	4–3	Dallas Stars (1994–95)	9–11–3	11,603	Recap
24	L	March 11, 1995	2–4	Los Angeles Kings (1994–95)	9–12–3	15,255	Recap
25	T	March 14, 1995	3–3 OT	Vancouver Canucks (1994–95)	9–12–4	15,556	Recap
26	L	March 17, 1995	4–8	@ Calgary Flames (1994–95)	9–13–4	18,781	Recap
27	L	March 19, 1995	2–3	Chicago Blackhawks (1994–95)	9–14–4	12,005	Recap
28	L	March 22, 1995	3–6	@ Detroit Red Wings (1994–95)	9–15–4	19,807	Recap
29	L	March 24, 1995	2–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1994–95)	9–16–4	15,746	Recap
30	T	March 25, 1995	3–3 OT	Toronto Maple Leafs (1994–95)	9–16–5	15,397	Recap
31	L	March 28, 1995	5–6 OT	@ San Jose Sharks (1994–95)	9–17–5	17,190	Recap
32	L	March 30, 1995	1–3	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1994–95)	9–18–5	17,174	Recap

April: 7–5–2 (home: 5–2–0; road: 2–3–2)

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Attendance	Recap
33	T	April 1, 1995	7–7 OT	@ Los Angeles Kings (1994–95)	9–18–6	16,005	Recap
34	W	April 5, 1995	4–1	Chicago Blackhawks (1994–95)	10–18–6	11,334	Recap
35	W	April 7, 1995	7–4	Vancouver Canucks (1994–95)	11–18–6	15,565	Recap
36	L	April 8, 1995	3–4	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1994–95)	11–19–6	15,746	Recap
37	L	April 11, 1995	5–7	@ St. Louis Blues (1994–95)	11–20–6	18,969	Recap
38	W	April 13, 1995	5–2	St. Louis Blues (1994–95)	12–20–6	13,250	Recap
39	W	April 15, 1995	5–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (1994–95)	13–20–6	15,261	Recap
40	L	April 17, 1995	5–6	Edmonton Oilers (1994–95)	13–21–6	14,501	Recap
41	T	April 19, 1995	5–5 OT	@ Detroit Red Wings (1994–95)	13–21–7	19,875	Recap
42	W	April 21, 1995	2–1	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1994–95)	14–21–7	21,213	Recap
43	L	April 23, 1995	2–5	@ Dallas Stars (1994–95)	14–22–7	16,924	Recap
44	L	April 25, 1995	3–5	Edmonton Oilers (1994–95)	14–23–7	12,994	Recap
45	W	April 27, 1995	4–3	Detroit Red Wings (1994–95)	15–23–7	14,081	Recap
46	W	April 29, 1995	5–1	@ Edmonton Oilers (1994–95)	16–23–7	15,219	Recap

May: 0–2–0 (home: 0–1–0; road: 0–1–0)

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Attendance	Recap
47	L	May 1, 1995	2–3	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1994–95)	16–24–7	19,403	Recap
48	L	May 2, 1995	1–2	Los Angeles Kings (1994–95)	16–25–7	15,562	Recap

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.

No.	Player	Pos	Regular season
No.	Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
10	Alexei Zhamnov	C	48	30	35	65	5	20
7	Keith Tkachuk	LW	48	22	29	51	−4	152
8	Teemu Selanne	RW	45	22	26	48	1	2
19	Nelson Emerson	RW	48	14	23	37	−12	26
23	Igor Korolev	C	45	8	22	30	1	10
18	Dallas Drake	RW	43	8	18	26	−6	30
4	Stephane Quintal	D	43	6	17	23	0	78
27	Teppo Numminen	D	42	5	16	21	12	16
3	Dave Manson	D	44	3	15	18	−20	139
25	Thomas Steen	C	31	5	10	15	−13	14
24	Darryl Shannon	D	40	5	9	14	1	48
15	Randy Gilhen	C	44	5	6	11	−17	52
16	Ed Olczyk†	C	13	2	8	10	1	8
32	Mike Eastwood†	C	13	3	6	9	3	4
34	Darrin Shannon	LW	19	5	3	8	−6	14
20	Tie Domi‡	RW	31	4	4	8	−6	128
17	Kris King	LW	48	4	2	6	0	85
2	Neil Wilkinson	D	40	1	4	5	−26	75
75	Michal Grosek	LW	24	2	2	4	−3	21
5	Igor Ulanov‡	D	19	1	3	4	−2	27
36	Mike Eagles‡	C	27	2	1	3	−13	40
36	Greg Brown†	D	9	0	3	3	1	17
42	Oleg Mikulchik	D	25	0	2	2	10	12
12	Rob Murray	C	10	0	2	2	1	2
29	Tim Cheveldae	G	30	0	1	1		2
35	Nikolai Khabibulin	G	26	0	1	1		4
28	Craig Martin	RW	20	0	1	1	−4	19
55	Arto Blomsten‡	D	1	0	0	0	0	2
38	Luciano Borsato	C	4	0	0	0	−1	0
47	Tavis Hansen	RW	1	0	0	0	0	0
37	John LeBlanc	RW	2	0	0	0	0	0
21	Russ Romaniuk	LW	6	0	0	0	−3	0
22	Brent Thompson	D	29	0	0	0	−17	78

Goaltending

No.	Player	Regular season
No.	Player	GP	W	L	T	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI
29	Tim Cheveldae	30	8	16	3	818	97	3.70	.881	0	1571
35	Nikolai Khabibulin	26	8	9	4	723	76	3.41	.895	0	1339

Awards and records

Awards

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

Milestones

Milestone	Player	Date	Ref
First game	Nikolai Khabibulin	January 21, 1995	^[8]
	Craig Martin	February 24, 1995
	Tavis Hansen	April 7, 1995

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

Player	New Team
Andy Brickley	New York Islanders

Draft picks

Winnipeg's draft picks at the 1994 NHL Entry Draft held at the Hartford Civic Center in Hartford, Connecticut.^[9]

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	College/junior/club team
2	30	Deron Quint (D)	United States	Seattle Thunderbirds (WHL)
3	56	Dorian Anneck (C)	Canada	Victoria Cougars (WHL)
3	58	Tavis Hansen (RW)	Canada	Tacoma Rockets (WHL)
4	82	Steve Cheredaryk (D)	Canada	Medicine Hat Tigers (WHL)
5	108	Craig Mills (RW)	Canada	Belleville Bulls (OHL)
6	143	Steve Vezina (G)	Canada	Beauport Harfangs (QMJHL)
6	146	Chris Kibermanis (D)	Canada	Red Deer Rebels (MJHL)
8	186	Ramil Saifullin (C)	Russia	Avangard Omsk (Russia)
9	212	Henrik Smangs (G)	Sweden	Leksands IF (Sweden)
10	238	Mike Mader (RW)	United States	Loomis Chaffee School (USHS-MA)
11	264	Jason Issel (LW)	Canada	Prince Albert Raiders (WHL)
S	4	Randy Stevens (RW)	United States	Michigan Technological University (WCHA)

References

"Winnipeg Jets 1994-95 roster and scoring statistics at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved September 9, 2023.
"1994-95 Winnipeg Jets Roster, Stats, Injuries, Scores, Results, Shootouts". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved September 9, 2023.

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[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.

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[5] "1994-1995 Conference Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". NHL.

[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.

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[9] "1994 NHL Entry Draft Picks at hockeydb.com".

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