1982–83 Winnipeg Jets season

Offseason

After a very successful 1981-82 season, in which the club made the playoffs for the first time since joining the NHL in 1979, the Jets had a quiet off-season. With the Colorado Rockies moving to East Rutherford, New Jersey and becoming the New Jersey Devils, the NHL underwent realignment, and the Jets were shifted from the Norris Division back to the Smythe Division, where the team spent their first two seasons from 1979-81. Winnipeg joined the Calgary Flames, Edmonton Oilers, Los Angeles Kings and Vancouver Canucks to form the five team division.

Contents

• Offseason
• Final standings
• Playoffs
• Draft picks
• Farm teams
• References

On May 9, 1982, the team signed undrafted free agent goaltender Brian Hayward, who had spent the past four seasons with the Cornell Big Red, going 42-27-2 with a 3.88 GAA in his time with the team. On June 9, 1982, the Jets participated in the 1982 NHL Entry Draft, and with the 12th overall pick in the draft, the team picked defenseman Jim Kyte from the Cornwall Royals of the OHL. Kyte, a big, stay-at-home defenseman, had four goals and 17 points in 52 games in his rookie season with Cornwall in 1981-82.

Final standings

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.

Playoffs

The Jets would face the Smythe Division champion Edmonton Oilers. The Oilers swept the Jets in three games.

Regular Season

1. Player Name Age Pos. GP G A Pts PIM

Dale Hawerchuk 19 C 79 40 51 91 31 Paul MacLean 24 F 80 32 44 76 121 Dave Babych 21 D 79 13 61 74 56 Thomas Steen 22 F 75 26 33 59 60 Lucien DeBlois 25 F 79 27 27 54 69 Brian Mullen 20 F 80 24 26 50 14 Dave Christian 23 R 55 18 26 44 23 Doug Smail F 80 15 29 44 32 Morris Lukowich 26 L 69 22 21 43 67 Bengt Lundholm 27 F 58 14 28 42 16 Norm Dupont 25 L 39 7 16 23 6 Tim Watters 23 D 77 5 18 23 98 Bryan Maxwell 26 D 54 7 13 20 131 Serge Savard 36 D 76 4 16 20 29 Scott Arniel 19 L 75 13 5 18 46 Don Spring 23 D 80 0 16 16 37 Ron Wilson 26 C 12 6 3 9 4 Craig Levie 23 D 22 4 5 9 31 Jerry Butler 31 F 43 3 6 9 14 Moe Mantha 21 D 21 2 7 9 6 Murray Eaves 22 F 26 2 7 9 2 Larry Hopkins 28 L 12 3 1 4 4 Wade Campbell 21 D 42 1 2 3 50 Ed Staniowski 27 G 17 0 1 1 0 Brian Hayward 22 G 24 0 1 1 0 Jimmy Mann 23 R 40 0 1 1 73 Doug Soetaert 26 G 44 0 1 1 10 Jim Kyte 18 D 2 0 0 0 0 Tim Trimper 23 F 5 0 0 0 0

Draft picks

Winnipeg selected the following players at the 1982 NHL Entry Draft, which was held at the Montreal Forum in Montreal, Quebec on June 9, 1982.

Farm teams

Sherbrooke Jets