1986–87 Winnipeg Jets season

1986–87 Winnipeg Jets (1972–96)
Division	3rd Smythe
1986–87 record	40–32–8
Goals for	279
Goals against	271
Team information
General Manager	John Ferguson
Coach	Dan Maloney
Captain	Dale Hawerchuk
Team leaders

The 1987–88 Winnipeg Jets season was the fifteenth season of the Winnipeg Jets. The Jets placed third in the Smythe to qualify for the playoffs. The Jets defeated the Calgary Flames in the first round but lost the Division Final to the Edmonton Oilers.

Offseason

After a poor 1985-86 season, in which the Jets fired head coach Barry Long and replaced him on an interim basis with general manager John Ferguson, the team hired Dan Maloney to become the new head coach on June 20, 1986. Maloney had previously been the head coach of the Toronto Maple Leafs from 1984–86, posting a 45-100-15 record with the Leafs during that span.

On June 21, 1986, the Jets selected forward Pat Elynuik with their first round, eighth overall draft pick at the 1986 NHL Entry Draft. Elynuik spent the 1985-86 season with the Prince Albert Raiders, scoring 53 goals and 106 points in 68 games. In the second round, Winnipeg selected defenseman Teppo Numminen from Tappara Tampere of the SM-liiga.

On August 15, 1986, the Jets made a trade with the Montreal Canadiens, acquiring goaltender Steve Penney and Jan Ingman for goaltender Brian Hayward. Penney had a 6-8-2 record with a 4.36 GAA with Montreal during the 1985-86 season as the back-up to Patrick Roy.

Regular season

Final standings

Smythe Division

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Edmonton Oilers	80	50	24	6	372	284	106
Calgary Flames	80	46	31	3	318	289	95
Winnipeg Jets	80	40	32	8	279	271	88
Los Angeles Kings	80	31	41	8	318	341	70
Vancouver Canucks	80	29	43	8	282	314	66

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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.

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

Schedule and results

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	W	October 9, 1986	3–2	Buffalo Sabres (1986–87)	1–0–0
2	W	October 12, 1986	5–3	Edmonton Oilers (1986–87)	2–0–0
3	L	October 14, 1986	1–2	Boston Bruins (1986–87)	2–1–0
4	T	October 16, 1986	4–4 OT	@ Hartford Whalers (1986–87)	2–1–1
5	L	October 18, 1986	3–5	@ Montreal Canadiens (1986–87)	2–2–1
6	L	October 19, 1986	1–3	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1986–87)	2–3–1
7	W	October 24, 1986	5–2	Calgary Flames (1986–87)	3–3–1
8	L	October 26, 1986	4–8	Chicago Blackhawks (1986–87)	3–4–1
9	W	October 29, 1986	6–2	Calgary Flames (1986–87)	4–4–1
10	L	November 1, 1986	4–7	@ New York Islanders (1986–87)	4–5–1
11	W	November 2, 1986	5–4 OT	@ New York Rangers (1986–87)	5–5–1
12	W	November 4, 1986	6–3	@ Quebec Nordiques (1986–87)	6–5–1
13	W	November 7, 1986	2–0	St. Louis Blues (1986–87)	7–5–1
14	W	November 9, 1986	8–1	New Jersey Devils (1986–87)	8–5–1
15	L	November 11, 1986	3–4	@ Los Angeles Kings (1986–87)	8–6–1
16	W	November 13, 1986	6–5	@ Los Angeles Kings (1986–87)	9–6–1
17	W	November 14, 1986	3–2	@ Vancouver Canucks (1986–87)	10–6–1
18	W	November 16, 1986	3–1	New York Islanders (1986–87)	11–6–1
19	W	November 18, 1986	3–1	Pittsburgh Penguins (1986–87)	12–6–1
20	L	November 21, 1986	1–4	Los Angeles Kings (1986–87)	12–7–1
21	W	November 23, 1986	3–2	Los Angeles Kings (1986–87)	13–7–1
22	L	November 26, 1986	3–4	@ Edmonton Oilers (1986–87)	13–8–1
23	W	November 27, 1986	4–3	@ Calgary Flames (1986–87)	14–8–1
24	W	November 29, 1986	6–3	@ Vancouver Canucks (1986–87)	15–8–1
25	T	December 3, 1986	3–3 OT	Washington Capitals (1986–87)	15–8–2
26	L	December 5, 1986	3–6	New York Rangers (1986–87)	15–9–2
27	L	December 7, 1986	1–3	Vancouver Canucks (1986–87)	15–10–2
28	L	December 10, 1986	4–7	Edmonton Oilers (1986–87)	15–11–2
29	L	December 12, 1986	1–6	@ Edmonton Oilers (1986–87)	15–12–2
30	L	December 14, 1986	1–4	Philadelphia Flyers (1986–87)	15–13–2
31	L	December 17, 1986	1–5	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1986–87)	15–14–2
32	T	December 18, 1986	3–3 OT	@ St. Louis Blues (1986–87)	15–14–3
33	T	December 21, 1986	4–4 OT	Quebec Nordiques (1986–87)	15–14–4
34	W	December 23, 1986	2–1	@ Edmonton Oilers (1986–87)	16–14–4
35	L	December 26, 1986	2–4	@ Minnesota North Stars (1986–87)	16–15–4
36	W	December 28, 1986	5–4	Minnesota North Stars (1986–87)	17–15–4
37	L	December 31, 1986	1–6	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1986–87)	17–16–4
38	W	January 2, 1987	6–3	@ Buffalo Sabres (1986–87)	18–16–4
39	W	January 4, 1987	4–2	Vancouver Canucks (1986–87)	19–16–4
40	L	January 7, 1987	2–4	Buffalo Sabres (1986–87)	19–17–4
41	W	January 9, 1987	3–0	Hartford Whalers (1986–87)	20–17–4
42	W	January 10, 1987	5–2	@ Detroit Red Wings (1986–87)	21–17–4
43	W	January 13, 1987	3–2	@ Washington Capitals (1986–87)	22–17–4
44	W	January 14, 1987	4–3	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1986–87)	23–17–4
45	W	January 16, 1987	5–4	@ New Jersey Devils (1986–87)	24–17–4
46	W	January 18, 1987	5–3	Minnesota North Stars (1986–87)	25–17–4
47	W	January 19, 1987	5–4	Vancouver Canucks (1986–87)	26–17–4
48	L	January 21, 1987	3–5	Edmonton Oilers (1986–87)	26–18–4
49	W	January 23, 1987	7–5	Toronto Maple Leafs (1986–87)	27–18–4
50	T	January 27, 1987	2–2 OT	@ New York Islanders (1986–87)	27–18–5
51	W	January 28, 1987	2–1	@ New York Rangers (1986–87)	28–18–5
52	L	January 31, 1987	3–6	@ Boston Bruins (1986–87)	28–19–5
53	L	February 1, 1987	4–6	@ Washington Capitals (1986–87)	28–20–5
54	W	February 4, 1987	5–3	Philadelphia Flyers (1986–87)	29–20–5
55	W	February 6, 1987	6–1	Los Angeles Kings (1986–87)	30–20–5
56	W	February 8, 1987	3–1	Los Angeles Kings (1986–87)	31–20–5
57	L	February 14, 1987	2–5	@ Montreal Canadiens (1986–87)	31–21–5
58	T	February 17, 1987	3–3 OT	@ Quebec Nordiques (1986–87)	31–21–6
59	L	February 18, 1987	2–5	@ Detroit Red Wings (1986–87)	31–22–6
60	W	February 20, 1987	6–2	Boston Bruins (1986–87)	32–22–6
61	W	February 22, 1987	5–2	Edmonton Oilers (1986–87)	33–22–6
62	L	February 24, 1987	3–8	@ Los Angeles Kings (1986–87)	33–23–6
63	W	February 26, 1987	4–3	@ Los Angeles Kings (1986–87)	34–23–6
64	L	February 28, 1987	3–5	@ Calgary Flames (1986–87)	34–24–6
65	W	March 1, 1987	6–3	Calgary Flames (1986–87)	35–24–6
66	L	March 4, 1987	2–3	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1986–87)	35–25–6
67	T	March 5, 1987	1–1 OT	@ St. Louis Blues (1986–87)	35–25–7
68	L	March 8, 1987	3–5	Pittsburgh Penguins (1986–87)	35–26–7
69	W	March 11, 1987	2–1	Montreal Canadiens (1986–87)	36–26–7
70	L	March 13, 1987	0–3	Hartford Whalers (1986–87)	36–27–7
71	T	March 15, 1987	1–1 OT	Detroit Red Wings (1986–87)	36–27–8
72	W	March 18, 1987	4–3 OT	New Jersey Devils (1986–87)	37–27–8
73	L	March 20, 1987	5–6 OT	@ Vancouver Canucks (1986–87)	37–28–8
74	W	March 22, 1987	3–2	Vancouver Canucks (1986–87)	38–28–8
75	W	March 25, 1987	10–1	Calgary Flames (1986–87)	39–28–8
76	L	March 26, 1987	1–3	@ Calgary Flames (1986–87)	39–29–8
77	L	March 29, 1987	2–6	Toronto Maple Leafs (1986–87)	39–30–8
78	L	March 31, 1987	4–5 OT	@ Edmonton Oilers (1986–87)	39–31–8
79	L	April 3, 1987	4–6	@ Vancouver Canucks (1986–87)	39–32–8
80	W	April 5, 1987	3–1	@ Calgary Flames (1986–87)	40–32–8

Playoffs

The Jets won the Division Semi-Finals (4-2) versus Calgary Flames to advance to the Division Finals, which they lost 4-0 to the eventual Stanley Cup champion Edmonton Oilers.

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Hawerchuk, DaleDale Hawerchuk	C	80	47	53	100	52	3	10	0	4
MacLean, PaulPaul MacLean	RW	72	32	42	74	75	12	10	0	6
Mullen, BrianBrian Mullen	RW	69	19	32	51	20	-2	7	0	4
Steen, ThomasThomas Steen	C	75	17	33	50	59	7	3	3	1
Hamel, GillesGilles Hamel	LW	79	27	21	48	24	3	1	1	4
Ellett, DaveDave Ellett	D	78	13	31	44	53	19	5	0	2
Marois, MarioMario Marois	D	79	4	40	44	106	-1	1	0	0
Smail, DougDoug Smail	LW	78	25	18	43	36	18	0	2	4
Carlyle, RandyRandy Carlyle	D	71	16	26	42	93	-6	5	0	4
Boschman, LaurieLaurie Boschman	C	80	17	24	41	152	-17	1	1	2
Neufeld, RayRay Neufeld	RW	80	18	18	36	105	-13	5	0	2
Olausson, FredrikFredrik Olausson	D	72	7	29	36	24	-3	1	0	2
McBain, AndrewAndrew McBain	RW	71	11	21	32	106	6	1	1	0
Watters, TimTim Watters	D	63	3	13	16	119	5	0	0	0
Wilson, RonRon Wilson	C	80	3	13	16	13	10	0	0	0
Kyte, JimJim Kyte	D	72	5	5	10	162	4	0	0	1
Berry, BradBrad Berry	D	52	2	8	10	60	6	0	0	0
Derlago, BillBill Derlago	C	30	3	6	9	12	-3	1	0	1
Jarvenpaa, HannuHannu Jarvenpaa	RW	20	1	8	9	8	-4	0	0	0
Nill, JimJim Nill	RW	36	3	4	7	52	1	1	0	2
Turnbull, PerryPerry Turnbull	C	26	1	5	6	44	-2	0	0	0
Rooney, SteveSteve Rooney	LW	30	2	3	5	57	-4	0	0	1
Duncan, IainIain Duncan	LW	6	1	2	3	0	1	0	0	0
Jones, BradBrad Jones	LW	4	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0
Martin, TomTom Martin	LW	11	1	0	1	49	1	0	0	0
Baillargeon, JoelJoel Baillargeon	LW	11	0	1	1	15	-3	0	0	0
Endean, CraigCraig Endean	LW	2	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0
Berthiaume, DanielDaniel Berthiaume	G	31	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Douris, PeterPeter Douris	RW	6	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
Gilhen, RandyRandy Gilhen	C	2	0	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0
Penney, SteveSteve Penney	G	7	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0
Reddick, PokeyPokey Reddick	G	48	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0
Taglianetti, PeterPeter Taglianetti	D	3	0	0	0	12	-4	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Reddick, PokeyPokey Reddick	2762	48	21	21	4	149	3.24	0	1256	1107	.881
Berthiaume, DanielDaniel Berthiaume	1758	31	18	7	3	93	3.17	1	810	717	.885
Penney, SteveSteve Penney	327	7	1	4	1	25	4.59	0	134	109	.813
Team:	4847	80	40	32	8	267	3.31	1	2200	1933	.879

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
Hawerchuk, DaleDale Hawerchuk	C	10	5	8	13	4	3	0	0
Ellett, DaveDave Ellett	D	10	0	8	8	2	0	0	0
MacLean, PaulPaul MacLean	RW	10	5	2	7	16	2	0	0
Steen, ThomasThomas Steen	C	10	3	4	7	8	0	1	1
Mullen, BrianBrian Mullen	RW	9	4	2	6	0	2	0	0
Carlyle, RandyRandy Carlyle	D	10	1	5	6	18	0	0	0
Boschman, LaurieLaurie Boschman	C	10	2	3	5	32	1	0	0
Olausson, FredrikFredrik Olausson	D	10	2	3	5	4	1	0	0
Smail, DougDoug Smail	LW	10	4	0	4	10	0	1	0
Marois, MarioMario Marois	D	10	1	3	4	23	0	0	1
Kyte, JimJim Kyte	D	10	0	4	4	36	0	0	0
Wilson, RonRon Wilson	C	10	1	2	3	0	0	0	0
Hamel, GillesGilles Hamel	LW	8	2	0	2	2	0	0	2
Neufeld, RayRay Neufeld	RW	8	1	1	2	30	0	0	0
Duncan, IainIain Duncan	LW	7	0	2	2	6	0	0	0
McBain, AndrewAndrew McBain	RW	9	0	2	2	10	0	0	0
Berry, BradBrad Berry	D	7	0	1	1	14	0	0	0
Berthiaume, DanielDaniel Berthiaume	G	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nill, JimJim Nill	RW	3	0	0	0	7	0	0	0
Reddick, PokeyPokey Reddick	G	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rooney, SteveSteve Rooney	LW	8	0	0	0	34	0	0	0
Turnbull, PerryPerry Turnbull	C	1	0	0	0	10	0	0	0
Watters, TimTim Watters	D	10	0	0	0	21	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Berthiaume, DanielDaniel Berthiaume	439	8	4	4	21	2.87	0	210	189	.900
Reddick, PokeyPokey Reddick	166	3	0	2	10	3.61	0	74	64	.865
Team:	605	10	4	6	31	3.07	0	284	253	.891

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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;

Transactions

Trades

June 21, 1986	To Buffalo Sabres Scott Arniel	To Winnipeg Jets Gilles Hamel
July 3, 1986	To Edmonton Oilers Murray Eaves	To Winnipeg Jets Future Considerations
August 15, 1986	To Montreal Canadiens Brian Hayward	To Winnipeg Jets Steve Penney Jan Ingman
January 5, 1987	To Quebec Nordiques Bill Derlago	To Winnipeg Jets 4th round pick in 1989 - Mark Brownschidle
January 8, 1987	To Montreal Canadiens 3rd round pick in 1987 - Francois Gravel	To Winnipeg Jets Steve Rooney
June 5, 1987	To St. Louis Blues Perry Turnbull	To Winnipeg Jets 5th round pick in 1987 - Ken Gernander
June 8, 1987	To New York Rangers Brian Mullen 10th round pick in 1987 - Brett Barnett	To Winnipeg Jets 5th round pick in 1988 - Ben Lebeau 3rd round pick in 1989 - Denny Felsner

Roster

1986-87 Winnipeg Jets
Goaltenders 30 – Daniel Berthiaume  33 – Pokey Reddick  37 – Steve Penney		Defensemen 2 – Dave Ellett  4 – Fredrik Olausson  6 – Jim Kyte  7 – Tim Watters  8 – Randy Carlyle  22 – Mario Marois  29 – Brad Berry  32 – Peter Taglianetti		Wingers 9 – Doug Smail  11 – Gilles Hamel  12 – Peter Douris  13 – Hannu Jarvenpaa  14 – Craig Endean  15 – Paul MacLean  17 – Jim Nill  18 – Steve Rooney  19 – Brian Mullen  20 – Andrew McBain  21 – Tom Martin  27 – Perry Turnbull  28 – Ray Neufeld  36 – Iain Duncan  38 – Brad Jones  40 – Joel Baillargeon		Centres 10 – Dale Hawerchuk  - C 16 – Laurie Boschman  18 – Bill Derlago  24 – Ron Wilson  25 – Thomas Steen  39 – Randy Gilhen  GM: John Ferguson Coach: Dan Maloney

See also

• 1986–87 NHL season

References

1. "1986-87 Winnipeg Jets Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-04.

External links