1984–85 Winnipeg Jets season

The 1984–85 Winnipeg Jets season was the 13th season of the Winnipeg Jets, sixth season in the National Hockey League. The Jets tied an NHL record for most 30-goal scorers in a season (6) (first accomplished by the Buffalo Sabres in the 1974–75 season, and equaled by the NY Islanders in the 1977–78 season) and placed second in the Smythe Division to qualify for the playoffs. The Jets defeated the Calgary Flames three games to one in the first round, but lost to the defending and eventual Stanley Cup champion Edmonton Oilers in the second round in a four-game sweep.

1984–85 Winnipeg Jets
Division2nd Smythe
ConferenceCampbell
1984–85 record43–27–10
Goals for358
Goals against332
Team information
General managerJohn Ferguson
CoachBarry Long
CaptainDale Hawerchuk
Alternate captainsNone

Offseason

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The Jets began the off-season by sending Moe Mantha to the Pittsburgh Penguins to complete a trade on March 5, 1984, in which Winnipeg acquired Randy Carlyle for the Jets first round draft pick in the 1984 NHL Entry Draft and future considerations. Mantha, who had been with the team since the 1980–81 season, was coming off a 16-goal and 54 point season with the Jets. The club announced that interim head coach Barry Long would be retained, after he led the Jets to a 25–25–9 record after replacing Tom Watt.

On June 9, 1984, the Jets participated in the 1984 NHL Entry Draft, but did not draft until the second round, 30th overall, when they selected Peter Douris from the University of New Hampshire. Douris scored 19 goals and 34 points in 37 games with New Hampshire during the 1983–84 season. On June 13, 1984, Winnipeg traded team captain Lucien DeBlois to the Montreal Canadiens for Perry Turnbull. Turnbull split the 1983–84 season between the St. Louis Blues and Montreal Canadiens, scoring 20 goals and 35 points in 72 games. DeBlois was the Jets captain since midway through the 1982–83 season, and in 1983–84, DeBlois had 39 goals and 79 points in 80 games. The Jets named Dale Hawerchuk as DeBlois' replacement as team captain.

Regular season

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  • February 23, 1985: Patrick Roy earned the first victory of his NHL career. It was a 6–4 victory over the Winnipeg Jets.[1]

Final standings

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Smythe Division
GP W L T GF GA Pts
Edmonton Oilers 80 49 20 11 401 298 109
Winnipeg Jets 80 43 27 10 358 332 96
Calgary Flames 80 41 27 12 363 302 94
Los Angeles Kings 80 34 32 14 339 326 82
Vancouver Canucks 80 25 46 9 284 401 59

[2]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.

Record vs. opponents

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Smythe Division record vs. opponents

Vs. Campbell Conference

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Vs. Wales Conference


Schedule and results

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No. R Date Score Opponent Record Attendance
1 W October 14, 1984 5–2 Toronto Maple Leafs (1984–85) 1–0–0 12,158
2 L October 17, 1984 4–7 @ Calgary Flames (1984–85) 1–1–0 16,863
3 L October 19, 1984 4–7 Edmonton Oilers (1984–85) 1–2–0 15,441
4 W October 21, 1984 3–2 Boston Bruins (1984–85) 2–2–0 13,126
5 W October 24, 1984 8–4 Hartford Whalers (1984–85) 3–2–0 10,442
6 T October 27, 1984 2–2 OT Los Angeles Kings (1984–85) 3–2–1 10,232
7 L October 29, 1984 3–5 Los Angeles Kings (1984–85) 3–3–1 10,945
8 W November 1, 1984 7–4 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1984–85) 4–3–1 16,076
9 T November 2, 1984 3–3 OT @ Detroit Red Wings (1984–85) 4–3–2 15,094
10 L November 4, 1984 1–2 Edmonton Oilers (1984–85) 4–4–2 14,176
11 L November 6, 1984 3–5 @ Quebec Nordiques (1984–85) 4–5–2 13,384
12 W November 7, 1984 3–0 @ Hartford Whalers (1984–85) 5–5–2 9,871
13 W November 9, 1984 7–5 Vancouver Canucks (1984–85) 6–5–2 12,879
14 W November 11, 1984 3–2 Buffalo Sabres (1984–85) 7–5–2 11,208
15 L November 14, 1984 3–4 OT Pittsburgh Penguins (1984–85) 7–6–2 9,879
16 L November 16, 1984 2–6 Calgary Flames (1984–85) 7–7–2 14,309
17 W November 17, 1984 5–3 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1984–85) 8–7–2 16,182
18 L November 21, 1984 5–7 @ Edmonton Oilers (1984–85) 8–8–2 17,498
19 W November 23, 1984 5–1 @ Vancouver Canucks (1984–85) 9–8–2 9,879
20 W November 24, 1984 9–5 @ Los Angeles Kings (1984–85) 10–8–2 16,005
21 W November 27, 1984 5–3 @ Los Angeles Kings (1984–85) 11–8–2 8,990
22 L November 30, 1984 2–5 New York Islanders (1984–85) 11–9–2 14,015
23 W December 2, 1984 8–6 Calgary Flames (1984–85) 12–9–2 11,386
24 T December 4, 1984 2–2 OT @ St. Louis Blues (1984–85) 12–9–3 10,153
25 W December 7, 1984 7–5 @ Washington Capitals (1984–85) 13–9–3 12,072
26 W December 9, 1984 4–2 Minnesota North Stars (1984–85) 14–9–3 10,797
27 W December 11, 1984 5–4 OT Philadelphia Flyers (1984–85) 15–9–3 12,034
28 L December 12, 1984 2–9 @ Calgary Flames (1984–85) 15–10–3 16,683
29 W December 14, 1984 6–4 Toronto Maple Leafs (1984–85) 16–10–3 12,662
30 W December 16, 1984 5–2 Detroit Red Wings (1984–85) 17–10–3 12,036
31 L December 18, 1984 4–7 @ New York Islanders (1984–85) 17–11–3 15,462
32 W December 19, 1984 5–4 @ New York Rangers (1984–85) 18–11–3 17,252
33 W December 22, 1984 6–2 Los Angeles Kings (1984–85) 19–11–3 12,556
34 T December 23, 1984 4–4 OT Los Angeles Kings (1984–85) 19–11–4 14,751
35 L December 26, 1984 0–4 @ Minnesota North Stars (1984–85) 19–12–4 14,249
36 L December 28, 1984 0–4 @ Buffalo Sabres (1984–85) 19–13–4 16,433
37 L December 30, 1984 3–5 Boston Bruins (1984–85) 19–14–4 14,862
38 L January 1, 1985 3–5 Calgary Flames (1984–85) 19–15–4 N/A
39 L January 4, 1985 4–7 @ Edmonton Oilers (1984–85) 19–16–4 17,498
40 L January 6, 1985 2–7 Edmonton Oilers (1984–85) 19–17–4 14,846
41 W January 9, 1985 6–5 OT New York Rangers (1984–85) 20–17–4 13,547
42 L January 12, 1985 4–6 @ Los Angeles Kings (1984–85) 20–18–4 16,005
43 W January 13, 1985 6–5 @ Los Angeles Kings (1984–85) 21–18–4 10,666
44 L January 16, 1985 3–6 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1984–85) 21–19–4 15,681
45 L January 18, 1985 2–6 St. Louis Blues (1984–85) 21–20–4 13,990
46 W January 19, 1985 8–5 @ Detroit Red Wings (1984–85) 22–20–4 19,112
47 W January 21, 1985 7–6 Pittsburgh Penguins (1984–85) 23–20–4 11,398
48 W January 23, 1985 6–4 @ Vancouver Canucks (1984–85) 24–20–4 8,916
49 L January 25, 1985 4–7 @ Vancouver Canucks (1984–85) 24–21–4 11,244
50 W January 27, 1985 6–2 Philadelphia Flyers (1984–85) 25–21–4 13,618
51 T January 29, 1985 6–6 OT @ St. Louis Blues (1984–85) 25–21–5 10,107
52 W January 30, 1985 6–3 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1984–85) 26–21–5 15,392
53 W February 2, 1985 4–3 @ Boston Bruins (1984–85) 27–21–5 12,523
54 L February 3, 1985 2–6 @ Washington Capitals (1984–85) 27–22–5 12,528
55 W February 6, 1985 6–2 Edmonton Oilers (1984–85) 28–22–5 13,998
56 T February 8, 1985 5–5 OT Vancouver Canucks (1984–85) 28–22–6 13,994
57 L February 10, 1985 3–5 Vancouver Canucks (1984–85) 28–23–6 12,503
58 W February 13, 1985 5–3 Washington Capitals (1984–85) 29–23–6 13,104
59 L February 16, 1985 4–8 @ Calgary Flames (1984–85) 29–24–6 16,683
60 T February 17, 1985 2–2 OT New Jersey Devils (1984–85) 29–24–7 10,626
61 L February 19, 1985 2–6 Hartford Whalers (1984–85) 29–25–7 10,501
62 W February 21, 1985 3–2 @ New York Islanders (1984–85) 30–25–7 15,721
63 L February 23, 1985 4–6 @ Montreal Canadiens (1984–85) 30–26–7 17,907
64 W February 25, 1985 12–5 @ New York Rangers (1984–85) 31–26–7 17,401
65 W February 27, 1985 6–4 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1984–85) 32–26–7 7,622
66 W March 3, 1985 6–3 @ Edmonton Oilers (1984–85) 33–26–7 17,498
67 L March 6, 1985 2–4 Montreal Canadiens (1984–85) 33–27–7 15,693
68 W March 8, 1985 6–3 Quebec Nordiques (1984–85) 34–27–7 13,918
69 W March 10, 1985 7–1 New Jersey Devils (1984–85) 35–27–7 12,818
70 W March 12, 1985 6–3 @ New Jersey Devils (1984–85) 36–27–7 9,168
71 W March 14, 1985 4–1 @ Montreal Canadiens (1984–85) 37–27–7 16,900
72 W March 15, 1985 3–2 OT @ Quebec Nordiques (1984–85) 38–27–7 15,182
73 W March 17, 1985 5–3 Buffalo Sabres (1984–85) 39–27–7 15,466
74 W March 20, 1985 5–2 Minnesota North Stars (1984–85) 40–27–7 12,846
75 W March 23, 1985 6–4 Vancouver Canucks (1984–85) 41–27–7 13,640
76 W March 27, 1985 5–3 @ Vancouver Canucks (1984–85) 42–27–7 10,512
77 T March 29, 1985 5–5 OT Chicago Black Hawks (1984–85) 42–27–8 15,650
78 T March 31, 1985 4–4 OT Calgary Flames (1984–85) 42–27–9 15,642
79 W April 6, 1985 6–5 @ Edmonton Oilers (1984–85) 43–27–9 17,498
80 T April 7, 1985 4–4 OT @ Calgary Flames (1984–85) 43–27–10 16,843

Playoffs

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The Jets beat the Calgary Flames in the Division semi-finals, 3 games to 1. The Jets were swept in 4 games by the Edmonton Oilers in the Division finals.

Player statistics

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Regular season

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Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Dale Hawerchuk C 80 53 77 130 74 22 17 3 4
Paul MacLean RW 79 41 60 101 119 5 14 0 6
Thomas Steen C 79 30 54 84 80 -1 7 2 4
Laurie Boschman C 80 32 44 76 180 -8 5 2 4
Brian Mullen RW 69 32 39 71 32 15 8 0 4
Doug Smail LW 80 31 35 66 45 12 0 3 5
Dave Babych D 78 13 49 62 78 -16 6 0 1
Randy Carlyle D 71 13 38 51 98 23 6 0 2
Scott Arniel LW 79 22 22 44 81 7 3 0 3
Perry Turnbull C 66 22 21 43 130 9 2 0 1
Dave Ellett D 80 11 27 38 85 20 3 0 0
Robert Picard D 78 12 22 34 107 31 0 0 3
Bengt Lundholm LW 78 12 18 30 20 8 1 0 1
Andrew McBain RW 77 7 15 22 45 -2 0 0 0
Tim Watters D 63 2 20 22 74 20 0 0 1
Ron Wilson C 75 10 9 19 31 -8 1 1 1
Jim Nill RW 20 8 8 16 38 2 1 0 1
Morris Lukowich LW 47 5 9 14 31 -13 1 0 2
Wade Campbell D 40 1 6 7 21 1 0 1 0
Brian Hayward G 61 0 4 4 10 0 0 0 0
Murray Eaves C 3 0 3 3 0 3 0 0 0
Jim Kyte D 71 0 3 3 111 -26 0 0 0
Jordy Douglas LW 7 0 2 2 0 -6 0 0 0
Paul Pooley C 12 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0
Tom Martin LW 8 1 0 1 42 1 0 0 0
Mark Holden G 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Marc Behrend G 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bobby Dollas D 9 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0
Dan McFall D 2 0 0 0 0 -3 0 0 0
Peter Taglianetti D 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO
Brian Hayward 3436 61 33 17 7 220 3.84 0
Marc Behrend 1218 24 8 10 3 87 4.29 1
Mark Holden 213 4 2 0 0 15 4.23 0
Team: 4867 80 43 27 10 322 3.97 1

Playoffs

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Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Dave Babych D 8 2 7 9 6 -3 2 0 0
Paul MacLean RW 8 3 4 7 4 -2 2 0 0
Ron Wilson C 8 4 2 6 2 4 0 0 1
Randy Carlyle D 8 1 5 6 13 -4 1 0 0
Dave Ellett D 8 1 5 6 4 -3 1 0 0
Thomas Steen C 8 2 3 5 17 -13 2 0 0
Bengt Lundholm LW 5 2 2 4 8 -4 0 2 0
Robert Picard D 8 2 2 4 8 -5 1 0 0
Laurie Boschman C 8 2 1 3 21 -3 0 1 0
Dale Hawerchuk C 3 2 1 3 4 1 1 0 0
Doug Smail LW 8 2 1 3 4 -5 0 1 0
Scott Arniel LW 8 1 2 3 9 -2 0 0 1
Brian Mullen RW 8 1 2 3 4 -1 0 0 1
Andrew McBain RW 7 1 0 1 0 -1 0 0 0
Murray Eaves C 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
Jim Nill RW 8 0 1 1 28 -4 0 0 0
Perry Turnbull C 8 0 1 1 26 -7 0 0 0
Tim Watters D 8 0 1 1 16 -2 0 0 0
Marc Behrend G 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wade Campbell D 3 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0
Brian Hayward G 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jim Kyte D 8 0 0 0 14 -2 0 0 0
Tom Martin LW 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Peter Taglianetti D 1 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO
Brian Hayward 309 6 2 4 23 4.47 0
Marc Behrend 179 4 1 1 10 3.35 0
Team: 488 8 3 5 33 4.06 0

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Note:
Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals
Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Awards and records

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Transactions

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Trades

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October 9, 1984 To Montreal Canadiens
Doug Soetaert
To Winnipeg Jets
Mark Holden
October 16, 1984 To Philadelphia Flyers
Tim Young
To Winnipeg Jets
Future Considerations
February 2, 1985 To Boston Bruins
Morris Lukowich
To Winnipeg Jets
Jim Nill

Draft picks

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The Jets selected the following players at the 1984 NHL Entry Draft, which was held at the Montreal Forum in Montreal on June 9, 1984.[6]

NHL Amateur Draft

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Round Pick Player Nationality College/Junior/Club team
2 30 Peter Douris (RW)   Canada University of New Hampshire (NCAA)
4 68 Chris Mills (D)   Canada Bramalea Jr. B (MTJHL)
4 72 Sean Clement (D)   Canada Brockville Braves (CJHL)
5 93 Scott Schneider (C)   United States Colorado College (NCAA)
5 99 Brent Severyn (D)   Canada Seattle Breakers (WHL)
6 114 Gary Lorden (D)   United States Bishop Hendricken (RI) High School
7 135 Luciano Borsato (C)   Canada Bramalea Jr. B (MTJHL)
8 156 Brad Jones (LW)   United States University of Michigan (NCAA)
9 177 Gord Whitaker (RW)   United States Colorado College (NCAA)
10 197 Rick Forst (LW)   Canada Melville Millionaires (SJHL)
11 218 Mike Warus (RW)   Canada Lake Superior State University (NCAA)
12 238 Jim Edmands (G)   United States Cornell University (NCAA)

Farm teams

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Patrick Roy, winning, nothing else, p.135, by Michel Roy, translated by Charles Phillips, 2008, John Wiley & Sons, Mississauga, ON, ISBN 978-0-470-15616-2
  2. ^ Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 152. ISBN 9781894801225.
  3. ^ "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
  4. ^ "1984-85 Winnipeg Jets Results and Schedule". HockeyDB. Retrieved December 27, 2022.
  5. ^ "1984-85 Winnipeg Jets Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 5, 2009.
  6. ^ "1984 NHL Entry Draft Picks at hockeydb.com". hockeyDB.com. Retrieved November 23, 2016.