Johnstown Jets

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Johnstown Jets
City: Johnstown, Pennsylvania
League: EAHL 1950–53
IHL 1953–55
EHL, 1955–73
NAHL 1973–77
Operated: 1950–1977
Home Arena: Cambria County War Memorial Arena
Championships
Regular Season Titles: EHL (4)
(1950–51, 1951–52, 1959–60, 1963–64)
Division Championships: EHL (4)
(1950–51, 1951–52, 1959–60, 1963–64)
NAHL (1)
(1975–76)
Playoff Championships: EHL (5)
(1951–52, 1952–53, 1959–60, 1960–61, 1961–62)
NAHL (1)
(1974–75)

The Johnstown Jets were a professional ice hockey team from Johnstown, Pennsylvania. The Jets were founded in the Eastern Amateur Hockey League for the 1950–51 season, playing at the newly constructed Cambria County War Memorial Arena. The Jets won consecutive EHL championships in 1951–52 and 1952–53.

When the EAHL suspended operations in 1953, the Jets transferred to the International Hockey League, were they played two seasons. Johnstown were Turner Cup finalists in 1953–54, losing 4 games to 2, to the Cincinnati Mohawks.

In 1955, the Jets joined the Eastern Hockey League (a league founded from the EAHL), and won three consecutive EHL championships in 1959–60, 1960–61 and 1961–62. Johnstown remained in the league until its demise in 1973.

The Jets then joined the new North American Hockey League in 1973. Dick Roberge coached the Johnstown to the Lockhart Cup championship 1974–75, defeating the Broome Dusters. That season's playoff run included the Carlson brothers, Jeff, Jack and Steve, who became the basis for the Hanson Brothers in the movie Slap Shot. Jeff and Steve Carlson portrayed their fictional selves in the movie, while former Jet Dave Hanson portrayed Jack. The Jets played four seasons total in the NAHL before the league folded in 1977. The team itself folded in the offseason, when the Johnstown flood of 1977 that damaged the arena's ice making equipment.

[edit] Season-by-season results

Season League Games Won Lost Tied Points Winning % Goals
for		 Goals
against		 Standing
1950–51 EHL 54 26 25 3 55 0.509 195 194 1st, EHL
1951–52 EHL 65 39 21 5 83 0.638 264 186 1st, EHL
1952–53 EHL 60 28 29 3 59 0.492 226 244 2nd, EHL
1953–54 IHL 65 35 27 3 73 0.562 254 221 3rd, IHL
1954–55 IHL 60 25 34 1 51 0.425 188 215 5th, IHL
1955–56 EHL 64 32 32 0 64 0.500 312 298 4th, EHL
1956–57 EHL 64 31 33 0 62 0.484 320 290 4th, EHL
1957–58 EHL 64 31 30 3 65 0.508 228 225 4th, EHL
1958–59 EHL 64 33 28 3 69 0.539 252 223 2nd, EHL
1959–60 EHL 64 45 18 1 91 0.711 255 176 1st, South
1960–61 EHL 64 40 22 2 82 0.641 273 215 2nd, South
1961–62 EHL 68 41 26 1 83 0.610 296 255 2nd, North
1962–63 EHL 68 34 31 3 71 0.522 254 309 3rd, North
1963–64 EHL 72 41 26 5 87 0.604 297 245 1st, North
1964–65 EHL 72 41 31 0 82 0.569 330 294 3rd, North
1965–66 EHL 72 39 31 2 80 0.556 303 267 3rd, North
1966–67 EHL 72 34 36 2 70 0.486 267 290 3rd, North
1967–68 EHL 72 38 25 9 85 0.590 386 273 3rd, North
1968–69 EHL 72 42 23 7 91 0.632 358 230 2nd, North
1969–70 EHL 74 27 33 14 68 0.459 318 344 3rd, North
1970–71 EHL 74 30 29 15 75 0.507 273 297 3rd, North
1971–72 EHL 75 33 28 14 80 0.533 290 269 2nd, North
1972–73 EHL 76 36 28 12 84 0.553 283 255 2nd, North
1973–74 NAHL 74 32 38 4 68 0.459 265 303 5th, NAHL
1974–75 NAHL 74 38 32 4 80 0.541 274 255 4th, NAHL
1975–76 NAHL 74 47 25 2 96 0.649 346 257 1st, West
1976–77 NAHL 73 22 49 2 46 0.315 253 334 7th, NAHL

[edit] NHL alumni

Jets logo in NAHL, 1976
Jets logo in NAHL, 1976

List of Johnstown Jets who played in the National Hockey League, 46 in total.

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