1994–95 Winnipeg Jets season explained

League:	NHL
Season:	1994–95
Year:	1994
Team:	Winnipeg Jets (1972–1996)Winnipeg Jets
Conferencerank:	10th
Divisionrank:	6th
Record:	16–25–7
Homerecord:	10–10–4
Roadrecord:	6–15–3
Goalsfor:	157
Goalsagainst:	177
Coach:	John Paddock (Oct-Apr) Terry Simpson (Apr-May)
Attendance:	13,012
Goalsleader:	Alexei Zhamnov (30)
Assistsleader:	Alexei Zhamnov (35)
Pointsleader:	Alexei Zhamnov (65)
Pimleader:	Keith Tkachuk (152)
Plusminusleader:	Teppo Numminen (+12)
Winsleader:	Tim Cheveldae, Nikolai Khabibulin (8)
Gaaleader:	Nikolai Khabibulin (3.41)
Next Season:	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").

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

Schedule and results

|- align="center"|1||T||January 20, 1995||3–3 OT|| align="left"| Calgary Flames (1994–95) ||0–0–1 ||13,382 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|2||L||January 21, 1995||3–4 || align="left"| Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1994–95) ||0–1–1 ||9,725 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"|3||W||January 23, 1995||5–3 || align="left"| Chicago Blackhawks (1994–95) ||1–1–1 ||8,794 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|4||L||January 25, 1995||0–4 || align="left"| @ San Jose Sharks (1994–95) ||1–2–1 ||17,190 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|5||L||January 27, 1995||2–3 || align="left"| @ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1994–95) ||1–3–1 ||17,174 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|6||L||January 28, 1995||2–4 || align="left"| @ Los Angeles Kings (1994–95) ||1–4–1 ||15,115 || |-|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|7||L||February 2, 1995||4–5 OT|| align="left"| St. Louis Blues (1994–95) ||1–5–1 ||13,611 || |- align="center"|8||T||February 4, 1995||3–3 OT|| align="left"| San Jose Sharks (1994–95) ||1–5–2 ||13,525 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"|9||W||February 6, 1995||5–4 || align="left"| @ Calgary Flames (1994–95) ||2–5–2 ||17,706 || |- align="center"|10||T||February 8, 1995||3–3 OT|| align="left"| @ Edmonton Oilers (1994–95) ||2–5–3 ||10,308 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|11||L||February 9, 1995||1–5 || align="left"| @ Vancouver Canucks (1994–95) ||2–6–3 ||10,630 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"|12||W||February 11, 1995||3–2 || align="left"| @ St. Louis Blues (1994–95) ||3–6–3 ||20,262 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"|13||W||February 13, 1995||7–4 || align="left"| @ Dallas Stars (1994–95) ||4–6–3 ||15,379 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|14||L||February 15, 1995||1–5 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1994–95) ||4–7–3 ||12,299 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|15||L||February 17, 1995||3–4 || align="left"| St. Louis Blues (1994–95) ||4–8–3 ||12,770 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"|16||W||February 22, 1995||4–1 || align="left"| @ Vancouver Canucks (1994–95) ||5–8–3 ||16,072 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"|17||W||February 24, 1995||4–2 || align="left"| Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1994–95) ||6–8–3 ||12,843 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|18||L||February 25, 1995||2–5 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1994–95) ||6–9–3 ||15,746 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|19||L||February 28, 1995||0–4 || align="left"| Dallas Stars (1994–95) ||6–10–3 ||10,573 || |-|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|20||L||March 2, 1995||1–6 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1994–95) ||6–11–3 ||19,875 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"|21||W||March 4, 1995||4–2 || align="left"| San Jose Sharks (1994–95) ||7–11–3 ||11,217 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"|22||W||March 5, 1995||3–2 || align="left"| Calgary Flames (1994–95) ||8–11–3 ||11,197 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"|23||W||March 10, 1995||4–3 || align="left"| Dallas Stars (1994–95) ||9–11–3 ||11,603 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|24||L||March 11, 1995||2–4 || align="left"| Los Angeles Kings (1994–95) ||9–12–3 ||15,255 || |- align="center"|25||T||March 14, 1995||3–3 OT|| align="left"| Vancouver Canucks (1994–95) ||9–12–4 ||15,556 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|26||L||March 17, 1995||4–8 || align="left"| @ Calgary Flames (1994–95) ||9–13–4 ||18,781 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|27||L||March 19, 1995||2–3 || align="left"| Chicago Blackhawks (1994–95) ||9–14–4 ||12,005 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|28||L||March 22, 1995||3–6 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1994–95) ||9–15–4 ||19,807 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|29||L||March 24, 1995||2–3 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1994–95) ||9–16–4 ||15,746 || |- align="center"|30||T||March 25, 1995||3–3 OT|| align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1994–95) ||9–16–5 ||15,397 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|31||L||March 28, 1995||5–6 OT|| align="left"| @ San Jose Sharks (1994–95) ||9–17–5 ||17,190 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|32||L||March 30, 1995||1–3 || align="left"| @ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1994–95) ||9–18–5 ||17,174 || |-|- align="center"|33||T||April 1, 1995||7–7 OT|| align="left"| @ Los Angeles Kings (1994–95) ||9–18–6 ||16,005 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"|34||W||April 5, 1995||4–1 || align="left"| Chicago Blackhawks (1994–95) ||10–18–6 ||11,334 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"|35||W||April 7, 1995||7–4 || align="left"| Vancouver Canucks (1994–95) ||11–18–6 ||15,565 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|36||L||April 8, 1995||3–4 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1994–95) ||11–19–6 ||15,746 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|37||L||April 11, 1995||5–7 || align="left"| @ St. Louis Blues (1994–95) ||11–20–6 ||18,969 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"|38||W||April 13, 1995||5–2 || align="left"| St. Louis Blues (1994–95) ||12–20–6 ||13,250 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"|39||W||April 15, 1995||5–1 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1994–95) ||13–20–6 ||15,261 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|40||L||April 17, 1995||5–6 || align="left"| Edmonton Oilers (1994–95) ||13–21–6 ||14,501 || |- align="center"|41||T||April 19, 1995||5–5 OT|| align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1994–95) ||13–21–7 ||19,875 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"|42||W||April 21, 1995||2–1 || align="left"| @ Chicago Blackhawks (1994–95) ||14–21–7 ||21,213 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|43||L||April 23, 1995||2–5 || align="left"| @ Dallas Stars (1994–95) ||14–22–7 ||16,924 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|44||L||April 25, 1995||3–5 || align="left"| Edmonton Oilers (1994–95) ||14–23–7 ||12,994 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"|45||W||April 27, 1995||4–3 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1994–95) ||15–23–7 ||14,081 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"|46||W||April 29, 1995||5–1 || align="left"| @ Edmonton Oilers (1994–95) ||16–23–7 ||15,219 || |-|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|47||L||May 1, 1995||2–3 || align="left"| @ Chicago Blackhawks (1994–95) ||16–24–7 ||19,403 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|48||L||May 2, 1995||1–2 || align="left"| Los Angeles Kings (1994–95) ||16–25–7 ||15,562 || |-|-| Legend:

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
	Player
10		C	48	30	35	65	5	20
7		LW	48	22	29	51	−4	152
8		RW	45	22	26	48	1	2
19		RW	48	14	23	37	−12	26
23		C	45	8	22	30	1	10
18		RW	43	8	18	26	−6	30
4		D	43	6	17	23	0	78
27		D	42	5	16	21	12	16
3		D	44	3	15	18	−20	139
25		C	31	5	10	15	−13	14
24		D	40	5	9	14	1	48
15		C	44	5	6	11	−17	52
16		C	13	2	8	10	1	8
32		C	13	3	6	9	3	4
34		LW	19	5	3	8	−6	14
20		RW	31	4	4	8	−6	128
17		LW	48	4	2	6	0	85
2		D	40	1	4	5	−26	75
75		LW	24	2	2	4	−3	21
5		D	19	1	3	4	−2	27
36		C	27	2	1	3	−13	40
36		D	9	0	3	3	1	17
42		D	25	0	2	2	10	12
12		C	10	0	2	2	1	2
29		G	30	0	1	1		2
35		G	26	0	1	1		4
28		RW	20	0	1	1	−4	19
55		D	1	0	0	0	0	2
38		C	4	0	0	0	−1	0
47		RW	1	0	0	0	0	0
37		RW	2	0	0	0	0	0
21		LW	6	0	0	0	−3	0
22		D	29	0	0	0	−17	78

Goaltending

	Regular season
	Player
29		30	8	16	3	818	97	3.70	.881	0	1571
35		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)	^[4]
League (annual)	NHL Second All-Star team	Alexei Zhamnov (Centre)	^[4]
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

Player	New Team
	New York Islanders

Draft picks

Winnipeg's draft picks at the 1994 NHL Entry Draft held at the Hartford Civic Center in Hartford, Connecticut.^[5]

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

References

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

Notes and References

Web site: ARI Records . records.nhl.com . September 9, 2023.
Web site: NHL Records . records.nhl.com . September 9, 2023.
Web site: SPORTS PEOPLE: HOCKEY; Simpson Replaces Paddock in Winnipeg . The New York Times . September 9, 2023 . April 6, 1995.
Web site: Postseason All-Star Teams . records.nhl.com . September 12, 2023.
Web site: 1994 NHL Entry Draft Picks at hockeydb.com.