1985–86 Winnipeg Jets season

1985–86 Winnipeg Jets
1985–86 Winnipeg Jets
Division	3rd Smythe
1985–86 record	26–47–7
Goals for	295
Goals against	372
Team information
General manager	John Ferguson
Coach	Barry Long 19-41-6; John Ferguson 7-6-1
Captain	Dale Hawerchuk
	← 1984–85 1986–87 →

The 1985–86 Winnipeg Jets season was the 14th season of the Winnipeg Jets, their seventh season in the National Hockey League. General Manager John Ferguson replaced coach Barry Long late in the season and guided the club on an interim basis to a 7-6-1 record. The Jets placed third in the Smythe, and despite their dismal 26-47-7 record, qualified for the playoffs only to lose to the Calgary Flames in the first round.

Offseason[]

After a record breaking 1984-85 season, in which the Jets posted 43-27-10 record, earning 96 points, the team had a very quiet off-season. Winnipeg participated in the 1985 NHL Entry Draft on June 15, 1985, and with their first round pick, 18th overall, the Jets selected Ryan Stewart from the Kamloops Blazers of the WHL. Stewart had 33 goals and 70 points in 54 games with the Blazers during the 1984-85 season. Some other notable selections by the Jets were goaltender Daniel Berthiaume in the third round, defenseman Fredrik Olausson in the fourth round and forward Danton Cole in the sixth round.

On June 25, 1985, the Jets signed team captain Dale Hawerchuk to an eight year, $3.2 million contract. Hawerchuk, who was the first overall draft pick by Winnipeg in the 1981 NHL Entry Draft was coming off a 53 goal and 130 point season with the club in the 1984-85 season. The club signed undrafted free agent goaltender Pokey Reddick on September 25, 1985. Reddick spent the 1984-85 season with the Brandon Wheat Kings, going 14-30-1 with a 5.64 GAA in 47 games.

Regular season[]

Final standings[]

Smythe Division^[1]
	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Edmonton Oilers	80	56	17	7	426	310	119
Calgary Flames	80	40	31	9	354	315	89
Winnipeg Jets	80	26	47	7	295	372	59
Vancouver Canucks	80	23	44	13	282	333	59
Los Angeles Kings	80	23	49	8	284	389	54

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[]

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	L	October 10, 1985	3–4	@ Edmonton Oilers (1985–86)	0–1–0
2	L	October 11, 1985	3–8	@ Calgary Flames (1985–86)	0–2–0
3	L	October 13, 1985	2–5	Quebec Nordiques (1985–86)	0–3–0
4	W	October 16, 1985	4–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1985–86)	1–3–0
5	W	October 19, 1985	4–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1985–86)	2–3–0
6	W	October 20, 1985	8–5	Calgary Flames (1985–86)	3–3–0
7	W	October 23, 1985	9–3	Edmonton Oilers (1985–86)	4–3–0
8	T	October 25, 1985	7–7 OT	Washington Capitals (1985–86)	4–3–1
9	W	October 27, 1985	5–3	Detroit Red Wings (1985–86)	5–3–1
10	L	October 30, 1985	3–7	@ Edmonton Oilers (1985–86)	5–4–1
11	W	November 2, 1985	3–1	@ Minnesota North Stars (1985–86)	6–4–1
12	L	November 3, 1985	3–4 OT	St. Louis Blues (1985–86)	6–5–1
13	L	November 6, 1985	3–7	@ Buffalo Sabres (1985–86)	6–6–1
14	L	November 8, 1985	3–7	New York Rangers (1985–86)	6–7–1
15	L	November 9, 1985	2–7	Vancouver Canucks (1985–86)	6–8–1
16	T	November 13, 1985	3–3 OT	@ Calgary Flames (1985–86)	6–8–2
17	W	November 15, 1985	5–3	New Jersey Devils (1985–86)	7–8–2
18	L	November 17, 1985	4–5	Calgary Flames (1985–86)	7–9–2
19	W	November 20, 1985	3–1	St. Louis Blues (1985–86)	8–9–2
20	L	November 22, 1985	1–8	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1985–86)	8–10–2
21	L	November 23, 1985	1–8	@ Hartford Whalers (1985–86)	8–11–2
22	L	November 26, 1985	3–4	@ New Jersey Devils (1985–86)	8–12–2
23	L	November 27, 1985	1–6	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1985–86)	8–13–2
24	L	November 29, 1985	1–4	New York Islanders (1985–86)	8–14–2
25	W	December 1, 1985	2–1	Philadelphia Flyers (1985–86)	9–14–2
26	T	December 3, 1985	4–4 OT	@ New York Islanders (1985–86)	9–14–3
27	L	December 4, 1985	4–7	@ New York Rangers (1985–86)	9–15–3
28	L	December 7, 1985	2–3	Los Angeles Kings (1985–86)	9–16–3
29	L	December 8, 1985	1–4	Los Angeles Kings (1985–86)	9–17–3
30	W	December 11, 1985	6–3	@ Vancouver Canucks (1985–86)	10–17–3
31	L	December 13, 1985	3–6	Edmonton Oilers (1985–86)	10–18–3
32	T	December 15, 1985	3–3 OT	Toronto Maple Leafs (1985–86)	10–18–4
33	L	December 17, 1985	6–8	@ St. Louis Blues (1985–86)	10–19–4
34	L	December 18, 1985	4–5	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1985–86)	10–20–4
35	W	December 20, 1985	7–4	Washington Capitals (1985–86)	11–20–4
36	W	December 22, 1985	7–5	@ Edmonton Oilers (1985–86)	12–20–4
37	L	December 23, 1985	3–5	@ Vancouver Canucks (1985–86)	12–21–4
38	L	December 26, 1985	5–6	Minnesota North Stars (1985–86)	12–22–4
39	L	December 28, 1985	4–5	@ Los Angeles Kings (1985–86)	12–23–4
40	L	December 30, 1985	2–4	@ Los Angeles Kings (1985–86)	12–24–4
41	L	January 3, 1986	3–7	Montreal Canadiens (1985–86)	12–25–4
42	W	January 5, 1986	4–0	Vancouver Canucks (1985–86)	13–25–4
43	T	January 7, 1986	2–2 OT	Vancouver Canucks (1985–86)	13–25–5
44	L	January 11, 1986	4–8	@ Boston Bruins (1985–86)	13–26–5
45	W	January 14, 1986	5–4	@ Quebec Nordiques (1985–86)	14–26–5
46	L	January 15, 1986	0–4	@ Montreal Canadiens (1985–86)	14–27–5
47	W	January 17, 1986	5–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1985–86)	15–27–5
48	L	January 19, 1986	1–2	Boston Bruins (1985–86)	15–28–5
49	L	January 22, 1986	3–6	@ Buffalo Sabres (1985–86)	15–29–5
50	L	January 23, 1986	5–7	@ Boston Bruins (1985–86)	15–30–5
51	L	January 25, 1986	2–7	@ Hartford Whalers (1985–86)	15–31–5
52	W	January 29, 1986	5–3	Buffalo Sabres (1985–86)	16–31–5
53	L	February 1, 1986	6–9	Los Angeles Kings (1985–86)	16–32–5
54	W	February 2, 1986	6–3	Los Angeles Kings (1985–86)	17–32–5
55	L	February 7, 1986	2–5	@ Vancouver Canucks (1985–86)	17–33–5
56	T	February 9, 1986	3–3 OT	@ Vancouver Canucks (1985–86)	17–33–6
57	L	February 12, 1986	2–4	@ Calgary Flames (1985–86)	17–34–6
58	W	February 14, 1986	5–4	Hartford Whalers (1985–86)	18–34–6
59	L	February 17, 1986	4–8	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1985–86)	18–35–6
60	L	February 19, 1986	2–5	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1985–86)	18–36–6
61	L	February 21, 1986	2–5	Chicago Black Hawks (1985–86)	18–37–6
62	W	February 23, 1986	4–2	Quebec Nordiques (1985–86)	19–37–6
63	L	February 26, 1986	2–8	Edmonton Oilers (1985–86)	19–38–6
64	L	February 28, 1986	3–6	New York Islanders (1985–86)	19–39–6
65	L	March 2, 1986	4–6	@ New Jersey Devils (1985–86)	19–40–6
66	L	March 3, 1986	1–6	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1985–86)	19–41–6
67	W	March 5, 1986	4–1	New York Rangers (1985–86)	20–41–6
68	W	March 8, 1986	4–2	@ Minnesota North Stars (1985–86)	21–41–6
69	W	March 9, 1986	5–3	Pittsburgh Penguins (1985–86)	22–41–6
70	L	March 12, 1986	5–8	Edmonton Oilers (1985–86)	22–42–6
71	W	March 16, 1986	6–0	Detroit Red Wings (1985–86)	23–42–6
72	L	March 18, 1986	2–6	@ Edmonton Oilers (1985–86)	23–43–6
73	W	March 19, 1986	6–4	Montreal Canadiens (1985–86)	24–43–6
74	L	March 21, 1986	3–5	@ Washington Capitals (1985–86)	24–44–6
75	L	March 23, 1986	4–7	Calgary Flames (1985–86)	24–45–6
76	W	March 24, 1986	8–4	Vancouver Canucks (1985–86)	25–45–6
77	L	March 28, 1986	3–6	@ Calgary Flames (1985–86)	25–46–6
78	W	March 31, 1986	5–2	@ Los Angeles Kings (1985–86)	26–46–6
79	T	April 2, 1986	4–4 OT	@ Los Angeles Kings (1985–86)	26–46–7
80	L	April 6, 1986	4–6	Calgary Flames (1985–86)	26–47–7

Playoffs[]

The Jets lost the Division Semi-Finals in three-straight against the Calgary Flames.

Player statistics[]

Regular season[]

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Dale Hawerchuk	C	80	46	59	105	44	-27	18	2	2
Laurie Boschman	C	77	27	42	69	241	-29	3	2	2
Thomas Steen	C	78	17	47	64	76	-29	2	3	1
Brian Mullen	RW	79	28	34	62	38	-17	13	0	3
Paul MacLean	RW	69	27	29	56	74	-14	11	0	2
Perry Turnbull	C	80	20	31	51	183	-18	6	0	2
Randy Carlyle	D	68	16	33	49	93	-12	3	0	2
Ray Neufeld	RW	60	20	28	48	62	-17	7	0	4
Dave Ellett	D	80	15	31	46	96	-38	2	0	1
Scott Arniel	LW	80	18	25	43	40	-8	3	0	0
Doug Smail	LW	73	16	26	42	32	-10	1	3	4
Mario Marois	D	56	4	28	32	110	-22	0	0	0
Dave Babych	D	19	4	12	16	14	-1	2	0	0
Jim Nill	RW	61	6	8	14	75	-6	0	0	1
Tim Watters	D	56	6	8	14	97	-10	0	0	0
Ron Wilson	C	54	6	7	13	16	-2	0	2	0
Bill Derlago	C	27	5	5	10	6	-13	1	0	0
Bengt Lundholm	LW	16	3	5	8	6	-4	0	1	0
Robert Picard	D	20	2	5	7	17	-2	0	0	1
Andrew McBain	RW	28	3	3	6	17	-11	0	0	0
Dave Silk	RW	32	2	4	6	63	4	0	0	1
Bobby Dollas	D	46	0	5	5	66	-3	0	0	0
Jim Kyte	D	71	1	3	4	126	-21	0	0	0
Anssi Melametsa	RW	27	0	3	3	2	-5	0	0	0
Brian Hayward	G	52	0	2	2	25	0	0	0	0
Brad Berry	D	13	1	0	1	10	1	0	0	0
Murray Eaves	C	4	1	0	1	0	-2	0	0	0
Ryan Stewart	C	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Dan Bouchard	G	32	0	1	1	38	0	0	0	0
Wade Campbell	D	24	0	1	1	27	-12	0	0	0
Dan McFall	D	7	0	1	1	0	-3	0	0	0
Paul Pooley	C	3	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0
Marc Behrend	G	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Peter Douris	RW	11	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
Tom Martin	LW	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Peter Taglianetti	D	18	0	0	0	48	-1	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Brian Hayward	2721	52	13	28	5	217	4.79	0	1373	1156	.842
Dan Bouchard	1696	32	11	14	2	107	3.79	2	790	683	.865
Marc Behrend	422	9	2	5	0	41	5.83	0	220	179	.814
Team:	4839	80	26	47	7	365	4.53	2	2383	2018	.847

Playoffs[]

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG
Mario Marois	D	3	1	4	5	6	-2	1	0
Brian Mullen	RW	3	1	2	3	6	-1	1	0
Dale Hawerchuk	C	3	0	3	3	0	-2	0	0
Ray Neufeld	RW	3	2	0	2	10	-5	1	0
Thomas Steen	C	3	1	1	2	4	0	0	1
Bill Derlago	C	3	1	0	1	0	1	0	0
Paul MacLean	RW	2	1	0	1	7	-2	0	0
Doug Smail	LW	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Laurie Boschman	C	3	0	1	1	6	-7	0	0
Dave Ellett	D	3	0	1	1	0	-4	0	0
Perry Turnbull	C	3	0	1	1	11	-5	0	0
Scott Arniel	LW	3	0	0	0	12	-2	0	0
Marc Behrend	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Brad Berry	D	3	0	0	0	0	-5	0	0
Daniel Berthiaume	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dan Bouchard	G	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Bobby Dollas	D	3	0	0	0	2	-2	0	0
Brian Hayward	G	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jim Kyte	D	3	0	0	0	12	-2	0	0
Bengt Lundholm	LW	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Jim Nill	RW	3	0	0	0	4	-3	0	0
Dave Silk	RW	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0
Peter Taglianetti	D	3	0	0	0	2	-1	0	0
Ron Wilson	C	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	L	GA	GAA	SA	SV	SV%
Marc Behrend	12	1	0	0	0.00	7	7	1.000
Daniel Berthiaume	68	1	1	4	3.53	43	39	.907
Dan Bouchard	40	1	1	5	7.50	22	17	.773
Brian Hayward	68	2	1	6	5.29	31	25	.806
Team:	188	3	3	15	4.79	103	88	.854

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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[]

Transactions[]

Trades[]

October 14, 1985	To Quebec Nordiques 7th round pick in 1986 - Mark Vermette Cash	To Winnipeg Jets Dan Bouchard
November 21, 1985	To Hartford Whalers Dave Babych	To Winnipeg Jets Ray Neufeld
November 27, 1985	To Quebec Nordiques Robert Picard	To Winnipeg Jets Mario Marois
January 31, 1986	To Boston Bruins Wade Campbell	To Winnipeg Jets Bill Derlago

Free agents[]

Player	Former Team
Pokey Reddick	Undrafted Free Agent
Dave Silk	Detroit Red Wings
Randy Gilhen	Hartford Whalers

Roster[]

1985-86 Winnipeg Jets

Goaltenders

Defensemen

2 – Dave Ellett
3 – Dan McFall
3 – Robert Picard
4 – Wade Campbell
5 – Bobby Dollas
6 – Jim Kyte
7 – Tim Watters
8 – Randy Carlyle
22 – Mario Marois
29 – Brad Berry
32 – Peter Taglianetti
44 – Dave Babych

Wingers

4 – Bengt Lundholm
9 – Doug Smail
11 – Scott Arniel
12 – Peter Douris
14 – Anssi Melametsa
15 – Paul MacLean
17 – Jim Nill
19 – Brian Mullen
20 – Andrew McBain
21 – Tom Martin
27 – Perry Turnbull
28 – Ray Neufeld
28 – Ryan Stewart
34 – Dave Silk

Centres

10 – Dale Hawerchuk - C
16 – Laurie Boschman
18 – Bill Derlago
23 – Paul Pooley
24 – Ron Wilson
25 – Thomas Steen
26 – Murray Eaves
GM: John Ferguson
Coach: Barry Long (19-41-6)
Coach: John Ferguson (7-6-1)

Draft picks[]

The Jets selected the following players at the 1985 NHL Entry Draft, which was held at the Toronto Convention Centre in Toronto, Ontario on June 15, 1985.^[3]

NHL Amateur Draft[]

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team
1	18	Ryan Stewart (C)	Canada	Kamloops Blazers (WHL)
2	39	Roger Ohman (D)	Sweden	Leksands IF (SEL)
3	60	Daniel Berthiaume (G)	Canada	Chicoutimi Saguenéens (QMJHL)
4	81	Fredrik Olausson (D)	Sweden	Farjestads BK (SEL)
5	102	John Borrell (RW)	United States	Burnsville (MN) High School
6	123	Danton Cole (RW)	United States	Aurora Tigers (OJHL)
7	144	Brent Mowery (C)	Canada	Summerland Buckaroos (BCJHL)
8	165	Tom Draper (G)	Canada	University of Vermont (NCAA)
9	186	Neven Kardum (C)	Canada	Father Henry Carr Catholic Secondary School
10	207	Dave Quigley (G)	Canada	Université de Moncton (CIAU)
11	228	(D)	Canada	Cornell University (NCAA)
12	249	Anssi Melametsa (C)	Finland	HIFK Helsinki (SM-liiga)

Farm teams[]

References[]

^ Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 153. ISBN 9781894801225.
^ "1985-86 Winnipeg Jets Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-04.
^ "1985 NHL Entry Draft Picks at hockeydb.com". hockeyDB.com. Retrieved November 23, 2016.

External links[]

[nhl-gd-standings-1] Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 153. ISBN 9781894801225.

[2] "1985-86 Winnipeg Jets Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-04.

[3] "1985 NHL Entry Draft Picks at hockeydb.com". hockeyDB.com. Retrieved November 23, 2016.

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Contents

Offseason[]

Regular season[]

Final standings[]

Schedule and results[]

Playoffs[]

Player statistics[]

Regular season[]

Playoffs[]

Awards and records[]

Transactions[]

Trades[]

Free agents[]

Roster[]

Draft picks[]

NHL Amateur Draft[]

Farm teams[]

See also[]

References[]

External links[]