1980–81 Winnipeg Jets season – Wikipedia

NHL hockey team season

The 1980–81 Winnipeg Jets season was the Winnipeg Jets’ second season in the National Hockey League. In the 1980-81 season they finished fifth (and last) in the NHL’s Smythe Division. The team scored 246 goals and conceded 400 goals. The Jets won 9 games, lost 57 games and tied 14 games. They scored 32 points.

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).

Offseason[edit]

The Jets named Morris Lukowich as team captain during the off-season, as former captain Lars-Erik Sjöberg announced his retirement at the end of the 1979-80 season. Lukowich had been with Winnipeg since their final season in the WHA, helping the club win the Avco Cup in 1979.

On June 11, 1980, Winnipeg selected defenseman Dave Babych with the second overall pick in the 1980 NHL Entry Draft. Babych was a high scoring defenseman with the Portland Winterhawks of the WHL, recording 22 goals and 82 points in 50 games with Portland. With their second pick, the Jets selected Moe Mantha from the Toronto Marlboros of the OMJHL, and in the seventh round, the team selected Brian Mullen from the United States national ice hockey team.

Winnipeg made a few small trades during the off-season, most notably acquiring Rick Bowness from the St. Louis Blues in exchange for Craig Norwich. The Jets also acquired Norm Dupont from the Montreal Canadiens for the Jets second round pick in the 1982 NHL Entry Draft. Dupont was selected by the Canadiens in the first round of the 1977 NHL amateur draft, however, he picked up only a goal and four points in 35 games with Montreal in the 1979-80 season.

Regular season[edit]

Final standings[edit]

^[1]Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against
Note: Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Schedule and results[edit]

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No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Attendance
1	L	October 10, 1980	1–4	@ Washington Capitals (1980–81)	0–1–0	12,984
2	L	October 11, 1980	4–5	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1980–81)	0–2–0	9,240
3	W	October 17, 1980	6–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1980–81)	1–2–0	12,236
4	T	October 19, 1980	4–4	Quebec Nordiques (1980–81)	1–2–1	12,728
5	L	October 22, 1980	4–7	@ Buffalo Sabres (1980–81)	1–3–1	16,433
6	L	October 25, 1980	1–4	@ Minnesota North Stars (1980–81)	1–4–1	15,383
7	T	October 26, 1980	7–7	Boston Bruins (1980–81)	1–4–2	15,198
8	L	October 29, 1980	4–8	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1980–81)	1–5–2	8,136
9	L	October 31, 1980	5–6	Pittsburgh Penguins (1980–81)	1–6–2	11,536
10	T	November 2, 1980	4–4	Washington Capitals (1980–81)	1–6–3	12,095
11	T	November 5, 1980	5–5	Calgary Flames (1980–81)	1–6–4	10,500
12	L	November 7, 1980	2–4	Edmonton Oilers (1980–81)	1–7–4	12,744
13	L	November 9, 1980	4–7	Toronto Maple Leafs (1980–81)	1–8–4	15,743
14	L	November 12, 1980	1–5	@ Quebec Nordiques (1980–81)	1–9–4	N/A
15	T	November 13, 1980	5–5	@ Boston Bruins (1980–81)	1–9–5	8,089
16	L	November 16, 1980	1–5	Montreal Canadiens (1980–81)	1–10–5	15,744
17	L	November 18, 1980	1–6	@ Vancouver Canucks (1980–81)	1–11–5	12,176
18	L	November 19, 1980	2–7	@ Los Angeles Kings (1980–81)	1–12–5	7,572
19	L	November 21, 1980	2–4	Buffalo Sabres (1980–81)	1–13–5	12,837
20	L	November 23, 1980	1–3	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1980–81)	1–14–5	17,077
21	T	November 25, 1980	4–4	@ New York Islanders (1980–81)	1–14–6	14,087
22	L	November 26, 1980	4–8	@ Hartford Whalers (1980–81)	1–15–6	10,741
23	T	November 28, 1980	1–1	St. Louis Blues (1980–81)	1–15–7	11,200
24	L	November 30, 1980	1–4	Calgary Flames (1980–81)	1–16–7	12,867
25	L	December 3, 1980	3–4	New York Rangers (1980–81)	1–17–7	13,380
26	L	December 4, 1980	1–3	@ Calgary Flames (1980–81)	1–18–7	7,077
27	L	December 6, 1980	2–5	@ St. Louis Blues (1980–81)	1–19–7	14,546
28	L	December 10, 1980	5–8	Hartford Whalers (1980–81)	1–20–7	11,623
29	L	December 13, 1980	3–4	@ Minnesota North Stars (1980–81)	1–21–7	12,371
30	L	December 14, 1980	4–5	New York Islanders (1980–81)	1–22–7	14,549
31	L	December 16, 1980	2–6	@ New York Islanders (1980–81)	1–23–7	14,106
32	L	December 17, 1980	2–8	@ New York Rangers (1980–81)	1–24–7	17,361
33	L	December 20, 1980	2–5	@ St. Louis Blues (1980–81)	1–25–7	11,115
34	W	December 23, 1980	5–4	Colorado Rockies (1980–81)	2–25–7	11,587
35	L	December 26, 1980	3–5	Minnesota North Stars (1980–81)	2–26–7	15,776
36	L	December 28, 1980	3–4	Detroit Red Wings (1980–81)	2–27–7	14,040
37	L	December 31, 1980	3–5	Washington Capitals (1980–81)	2–28–7	14,167
38	W	January 2, 1981	4–3	Philadelphia Flyers (1980–81)	3–28–7	15,481
39	L	January 5, 1981	1–4	Boston Bruins (1980–81)	3–29–7	13,405
40	W	January 7, 1981	8–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1980–81)	4–29–7	16,485
41	T	January 9, 1981	4–4	Vancouver Canucks (1980–81)	4–29–8	13,239
42	L	January 10, 1981	3–5	Hartford Whalers (1980–81)	4–30–8	11,233
43	T	January 13, 1981	3–3	@ Quebec Nordiques (1980–81)	4–30–9	9,425
44	L	January 15, 1981	3–7	@ Montreal Canadiens (1980–81)	4–31–9	15,386
45	L	January 17, 1981	2–4	@ Calgary Flames (1980–81)	4–32–9	7,243
46	L	January 18, 1981	4–5	Toronto Maple Leafs (1980–81)	4–33–9	15,286
47	W	January 21, 1981	5–1	New York Rangers (1980–81)	5–33–9	12,010
48	T	January 23, 1981	2–2	@ Colorado Rockies (1980–81)	5–33–10	8,048
49	L	January 27, 1981	3–4	@ Washington Capitals (1980–81)	5–34–10	7,440
50	L	January 29, 1981	6–7	@ Boston Bruins (1980–81)	5–35–10	8,023
51	W	January 31, 1981	2–0	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1980–81)	6–35–10	16,485
52	L	February 1, 1981	0–4	@ Buffalo Sabres (1980–81)	6–36–10	16,370
53	L	February 4, 1981	2–3	Pittsburgh Penguins (1980–81)	6–37–10	11,968
54	L	February 6, 1981	4–10	@ Edmonton Oilers (1980–81)	6–38–10	17,455
55	L	February 8, 1981	1–9	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1980–81)	6–39–10	12,329
56	L	February 12, 1981	6–8	@ New York Rangers (1980–81)	6–40–10	17,343
57	W	February 15, 1981	4–3	Quebec Nordiques (1980–81)	7–40–10	13,352
58	L	February 17, 1981	4–6	@ Detroit Red Wings (1980–81)	7–41–10	10,235
59	T	February 18, 1981	3–3	@ Hartford Whalers (1980–81)	7–41–11	14,096
60	L	February 20, 1981	3–5	Minnesota North Stars (1980–81)	7–42–11	13,498
61	L	February 21, 1981	1–5	Edmonton Oilers (1980–81)	7–43–11	14,873
62	L	February 25, 1981	3–4	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1980–81)	7–44–11	6,655
63	L	February 27, 1981	3–6	Philadelphia Flyers (1980–81)	7–45–11	14,302
64	T	March 1, 1981	4–4	Detroit Red Wings (1980–81)	7–45–12	12,815
65	L	March 4, 1981	3–9	@ Montreal Canadiens (1980–81)	7–46–12	16,790
66	L	March 5, 1981	1–10	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1980–81)	7–47–12	17,077
67	W	March 7, 1981	4–2	Montreal Canadiens (1980–81)	8–47–12	15,648
68	L	March 8, 1981	1–4	Los Angeles Kings (1980–81)	8–48–12	13,992
69	L	March 11, 1981	3–6	New York Islanders (1980–81)	8–49–12	12,035
70	L	March 13, 1981	2–5	Buffalo Sabres (1980–81)	8–50–12	12,936
71	L	March 15, 1981	2–8	Chicago Black Hawks (1980–81)	8–51–12	11,913
72	W	March 18, 1981	4–3	Colorado Rockies (1980–81)	9–51–12	10,936
73	L	March 21, 1981	4–5	@ Detroit Red Wings (1980–81)	9–52–12	12,232
74	L	March 22, 1981	5–7	Los Angeles Kings (1980–81)	9–53–12	12,849
75	L	March 27, 1981	2–10	Vancouver Canucks (1980–81)	9–54–12	14,022
76	L	March 29, 1981	1–2	@ Colorado Rockies (1980–81)	9–55–12	7,875
77	L	March 31, 1981	3–7	@ Los Angeles Kings (1980–81)	9–56–12	9,748
78	T	April 1, 1981	4–4	@ Vancouver Canucks (1980–81)	9–56–13	12,209
79	L	April 4, 1981	2–7	@ Edmonton Oilers (1980–81)	9–57–13	17,490
80	T	April 5, 1981	5–5	St. Louis Blues (1980–81)	9–57–14	14,173

Playoffs[edit]

For the second straight season, the Jets failed to qualify for the playoffs, as they had an NHL worst record of 9-57-14, earning 32 points, 39 points behind the Toronto Maple Leafs for the final playoff position.

Player statistics[edit]

Regular season[edit]

Scoring

Goaltending

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Awards and records[edit]

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Transactions[edit]

Trades[edit]

Waivers[edit]

Free agents[edit]

Draft picks[edit]

Winnipeg selected the following players at the 1980 NHL Entry Draft, which was held at the Montreal Forum in Montreal, Quebec on June 11, 1980.^[4]

NHL Amateur Draft[edit]

Farm teams[edit]

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See also[edit]

References[edit]

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