1987–88 Winnipeg Jets season

1987–88 Winnipeg Jets (1972–96)
Division	3rd Smythe
1987–88 record	33–36–11
Goals for	292
Goals against	310
Team information
General Manager	John Ferguson
Coach	Dan Maloney
Captain	Dale Hawerchuk
Team leaders

The 1987–88 Winnipeg Jets season was the sixteenth season of the Winnipeg Jets. The Jets placed third in the Smythe to qualify for the playoffs. The Jets lost to the Edmonton Oilers in the first round.

Offseason

On June 5, 1987, the Jets traded away Perry Turnbull to the St. Louis Blues in exchange for a fifth round draft pick in the 1987 NHL Entry Draft. Turnbull had an injury plagued 1986-87 season, scoring a goal and six points in 26 games. From 1984-86, he had back-to-back 20+ goal seasons in his first two years with Winnipeg.

Three days later, on June 8, 1987, the Jets traded away Brian Mullen and a tenth round draft pick in the 1987 NHL Entry Draft to the New York Rangers for the Rangers fifth round pick in the 1988 NHL Entry Draft and their third round pick in the 1989 NHL Entry Draft. Mullen had been with Winnipeg since the 1982-83 season, and was coming off a 19 goal and 51 point season in 1986-87.

On June 13, 1987, the Jets participated in the 1987 NHL Entry Draft, and with their first round selection, 16th overall, Winnipeg selected defenseman Bryan Marchment from the Belleville Bulls of the OHL. Marchment had six goals and 44 points in 52 games with the Bulls in 1986-87.

During training camp, on September 30, 1987, the Jets made another trade with the New York Rangers, acquiring George McPhee from the Rangers for the Jets fourth round draft pick in the 1989 NHL Entry Draft. One week later, the Jets sent McPhee to the New Jersey Devils for the Devils seventh round draft pick in the 1989 NHL Entry Draft.

Regular season

Final standings

Smythe Division

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Calgary Flames	80	48	23	9	397	305	105
Edmonton Oilers	80	44	25	11	363	288	99
Winnipeg Jets	80	33	36	11	292	310	77
Los Angeles Kings	80	30	42	8	318	359	68
Vancouver Canucks	80	25	46	9	272	320	59

^[1]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	W	October 10, 1987	5–1	@ Calgary Flames (1987–88)	1–0–0
2	W	October 12, 1987	3–2	Calgary Flames (1987–88)	2–0–0
3	W	October 17, 1987	5–2	@ Minnesota North Stars (1987–88)	3–0–0
4	L	October 18, 1987	4–6	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1987–88)	3–1–0
5	L	October 20, 1987	2–6	@ St. Louis Blues (1987–88)	3–2–0
6	W	October 23, 1987	4–3	Los Angeles Kings (1987–88)	4–2–0
7	L	October 25, 1987	1–2	Los Angeles Kings (1987–88)	4–3–0
8	L	October 28, 1987	1–5	Detroit Red Wings (1987–88)	4–4–0
9	W	October 30, 1987	3–2 OT	Washington Capitals (1987–88)	5–4–0
10	W	November 1, 1987	7–3	Vancouver Canucks (1987–88)	6–4–0
11	L	November 4, 1987	3–7	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1987–88)	6–5–0
12	W	November 6, 1987	6–3	Chicago Blackhawks (1987–88)	7–5–0
13	W	November 8, 1987	3–1	Vancouver Canucks (1987–88)	8–5–0
14	W	November 10, 1987	4–3 OT	Calgary Flames (1987–88)	9–5–0
15	T	November 12, 1987	1–1 OT	@ New Jersey Devils (1987–88)	9–5–1
16	L	November 14, 1987	3–7	@ New York Islanders (1987–88)	9–6–1
17	L	November 15, 1987	4–6	@ New York Rangers (1987–88)	9–7–1
18	L	November 18, 1987	3–4	Boston Bruins (1987–88)	9–8–1
19	L	November 20, 1987	3–4	New York Rangers (1987–88)	9–9–1
20	W	November 22, 1987	4–3 OT	Edmonton Oilers (1987–88)	10–9–1
21	L	November 25, 1987	8–10	@ Detroit Red Wings (1987–88)	10–10–1
22	L	November 26, 1987	3–5	@ Boston Bruins (1987–88)	10–11–1
23	L	November 28, 1987	3–7	Montreal Canadiens (1987–88)	10–12–1
24	W	December 1, 1987	7–6 OT	@ Los Angeles Kings (1987–88)	11–12–1
25	W	December 3, 1987	5–4 OT	@ Los Angeles Kings (1987–88)	12–12–1
26	L	December 9, 1987	0–2	@ Edmonton Oilers (1987–88)	12–13–1
27	T	December 11, 1987	3–3 OT	Quebec Nordiques (1987–88)	12–13–2
28	L	December 13, 1987	3–4	Philadelphia Flyers (1987–88)	12–14–2
29	L	December 16, 1987	4–5	@ Calgary Flames (1987–88)	12–15–2
30	T	December 18, 1987	5–5 OT	@ Edmonton Oilers (1987–88)	12–15–3
31	W	December 20, 1987	4–1	New Jersey Devils (1987–88)	13–15–3
32	W	December 22, 1987	5–2	New York Islanders (1987–88)	14–15–3
33	W	December 26, 1987	5–4 OT	Minnesota North Stars (1987–88)	15–15–3
34	W	December 28, 1987	5–2	@ Los Angeles Kings (1987–88)	16–15–3
35	L	December 30, 1987	4–6	@ Los Angeles Kings (1987–88)	16–16–3
36	L	December 31, 1987	1–2	@ Vancouver Canucks (1987–88)	16–17–3
37	T	January 3, 1988	4–4 OT	Detroit Red Wings (1987–88)	16–17–4
38	L	January 6, 1988	1–6	@ Calgary Flames (1987–88)	16–18–4
39	T	January 8, 1988	4–4 OT	Edmonton Oilers (1987–88)	16–18–5
40	W	January 10, 1988	4–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1987–88)	17–18–5
41	W	January 12, 1988	5–3	@ Vancouver Canucks (1987–88)	18–18–5
42	L	January 13, 1988	2–8	@ Vancouver Canucks (1987–88)	18–19–5
43	T	January 15, 1988	4–4 OT	@ Edmonton Oilers (1987–88)	18–19–6
44	L	January 17, 1988	5–6	Vancouver Canucks (1987–88)	18–20–6
45	W	January 19, 1988	3–0	St. Louis Blues (1987–88)	19–20–6
46	W	January 22, 1988	5–3	Los Angeles Kings (1987–88)	20–20–6
47	L	January 24, 1988	1–2	Los Angeles Kings (1987–88)	20–21–6
48	W	January 26, 1988	3–2	@ Washington Capitals (1987–88)	21–21–6
49	W	January 27, 1988	4–1	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1987–88)	22–21–6
50	L	January 30, 1988	3–4	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1987–88)	22–22–6
51	T	January 31, 1988	4–4 OT	@ Buffalo Sabres (1987–88)	22–22–7
52	W	February 3, 1988	9–0	Calgary Flames (1987–88)	23–22–7
53	T	February 5, 1988	1–1 OT	Chicago Blackhawks (1987–88)	23–22–8
54	T	February 6, 1988	8–8 OT	@ Minnesota North Stars (1987–88)	23–22–9
55	W	February 12, 1988	7–5	Buffalo Sabres (1987–88)	24–22–9
56	W	February 14, 1988	3–2	Quebec Nordiques (1987–88)	25–22–9
57	W	February 16, 1988	7–3	@ Quebec Nordiques (1987–88)	26–22–9
58	L	February 17, 1988	3–4	@ Hartford Whalers (1987–88)	26–23–9
59	L	February 19, 1988	0–6	Washington Capitals (1987–88)	26–24–9
60	L	February 21, 1988	3–4 OT	Edmonton Oilers (1987–88)	26–25–9
61	W	February 23, 1988	4–3 OT	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1987–88)	27–25–9
62	W	February 24, 1988	3–1	@ New Jersey Devils (1987–88)	28–25–9
63	L	February 27, 1988	0–6	@ Montreal Canadiens (1987–88)	28–26–9
64	L	February 28, 1988	3–5	@ Buffalo Sabres (1987–88)	28–27–9
65	W	March 1, 1988	6–3	Hartford Whalers (1987–88)	29–27–9
66	W	March 3, 1988	4–3	Vancouver Canucks (1987–88)	30–27–9
67	W	March 5, 1988	10–1	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1987–88)	31–27–9
68	L	March 7, 1988	0–6	Edmonton Oilers (1987–88)	31–28–9
69	T	March 9, 1988	6–6 OT	Calgary Flames (1987–88)	31–28–10
70	L	March 10, 1988	3–5	@ Calgary Flames (1987–88)	31–29–10
71	L	March 13, 1988	4–5	Pittsburgh Penguins (1987–88)	31–30–10
72	L	March 16, 1988	1–4	Montreal Canadiens (1987–88)	31–31–10
73	L	March 18, 1988	1–4	@ Edmonton Oilers (1987–88)	31–32–10
74	L	March 20, 1988	0–6	New York Islanders (1987–88)	31–33–10
75	L	March 22, 1988	3–4	@ Hartford Whalers (1987–88)	31–34–10
76	L	March 24, 1988	3–4 OT	@ Boston Bruins (1987–88)	31–35–10
77	L	March 26, 1988	0–6	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1987–88)	31–36–10
78	W	March 29, 1988	3–2	@ Vancouver Canucks (1987–88)	32–36–10
79	T	April 1, 1988	6–6 OT	New York Rangers (1987–88)	32–36–11
80	W	April 3, 1988	5–4 OT	St. Louis Blues (1987–88)	33–36–11

Playoffs

The Jets lost the Division Semi-Finals (4-1) to the Edmonton Oilers.

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Hawerchuk, DaleDale Hawerchuk	C	80	44	77	121	59	-9	20	3	4
MacLean, PaulPaul MacLean	RW	77	40	39	79	76	-17	22	0	2
McBain, AndrewAndrew McBain	RW	74	32	31	63	145	-10	20	0	5
Carlyle, RandyRandy Carlyle	D	78	15	44	59	210	-20	8	0	1
Ellett, DaveDave Ellett	D	68	13	45	58	106	-8	5	0	1
Steen, ThomasThomas Steen	C	76	16	38	54	53	-11	3	1	1
Marois, MarioMario Marois	D	79	7	44	51	111	5	3	0	1
Boschman, LaurieLaurie Boschman	C	80	25	23	48	229	-24	10	1	3
Duncan, IainIain Duncan	LW	62	19	23	42	73	-2	4	0	4
Neufeld, RayRay Neufeld	RW	78	18	18	36	169	-29	9	0	2
Smail, DougDoug Smail	LW	71	15	16	31	34	5	0	3	5
Taglianetti, PeterPeter Taglianetti	D	70	6	17	23	182	-13	2	0	1
Hamel, GillesGilles Hamel	LW	63	8	11	19	35	-16	1	0	0
Jarvenpaa, HannuHannu Jarvenpaa	RW	41	6	11	17	34	0	1	0	0
Olausson, FredrikFredrik Olausson	D	38	5	10	15	18	3	2	0	2
Rooney, SteveSteve Rooney	LW	56	7	6	13	217	2	0	0	0
Wilson, RonRon Wilson	C	69	5	8	13	28	-1	0	2	0
Kumpel, MarkMark Kumpel	RW	32	4	4	8	19	4	0	0	0
Jones, BradBrad Jones	LW	19	2	5	7	15	2	0	0	1
Berry, BradBrad Berry	D	48	0	6	6	75	-11	0	0	0
Gilhen, RandyRandy Gilhen	C	13	3	2	5	15	5	0	0	0
Elynuik, PatPat Elynuik	RW	13	1	3	4	12	2	0	0	0
Kyte, JimJim Kyte	D	51	1	3	4	128	1	0	0	0
Berthiaume, DanielDaniel Berthiaume	G	56	0	2	2	12	0	0	0	0
Douris, PeterPeter Douris	RW	4	0	2	2	0	-1	0	0	0
Baillargeon, JoelJoel Baillargeon	LW	4	0	1	1	12	0	0	0	0
Nill, JimJim Nill	RW	24	0	1	1	44	-7	0	0	0
Boutilier, PaulPaul Boutilier	D	6	0	0	0	6	-2	0	0	0
Flichel, ToddTodd Flichel	D	2	0	0	0	2	-4	0	0	0
Gosselin, GuyGuy Gosselin	D	5	0	0	0	6	-1	0	0	0
Penney, SteveSteve Penney	G	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Reddick, PokeyPokey Reddick	G	28	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0
Schofield, DwightDwight Schofield	D	18	0	0	0	33	-3	0	0	0
Turcotte, AlfieAlfie Turcotte	C	3	0	0	0	0	-4	0	0	0
Watters, TimTim Watters	D	36	0	0	0	106	-12	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Berthiaume, DanielDaniel Berthiaume	3010	56	22	19	7	176	3.51	2	1489	1313	.882
Reddick, PokeyPokey Reddick	1487	28	9	13	3	102	4.12	0	712	610	.857
Penney, SteveSteve Penney	385	8	2	4	1	30	4.68	0	186	156	.839
Team:	4882	80	33	36	11	308	3.79	2	2387	2079	.871

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
Hawerchuk, DaleDale Hawerchuk	C	5	3	4	7	16	2	0	0
McBain, AndrewAndrew McBain	RW	5	2	5	7	29	0	1	0
Steen, ThomasThomas Steen	C	5	1	5	6	2	1	0	0
Neufeld, RayRay Neufeld	RW	5	2	2	4	6	1	0	0
Boschman, LaurieLaurie Boschman	C	5	1	3	4	9	0	0	0
Marois, MarioMario Marois	D	5	0	4	4	6	0	0	0
Ellett, DaveDave Ellett	D	5	1	2	3	10	1	0	0
MacLean, PaulPaul MacLean	RW	5	2	0	2	23	2	0	0
Olausson, FredrikFredrik Olausson	D	5	1	1	2	0	0	0	0
Taglianetti, PeterPeter Taglianetti	D	5	1	1	2	12	0	0	0
Carlyle, RandyRandy Carlyle	D	5	0	2	2	10	0	0	0
Gilhen, RandyRandy Gilhen	C	4	1	0	1	10	0	1	1
Rooney, SteveSteve Rooney	LW	5	1	0	1	33	0	0	0
Smail, DougDoug Smail	LW	5	1	0	1	22	0	0	0
Duncan, IainIain Duncan	LW	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
Berthiaume, DanielDaniel Berthiaume	G	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Boutilier, PaulPaul Boutilier	D	5	0	0	0	15	0	0	0
Douris, PeterPeter Douris	RW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hamel, GillesGilles Hamel	LW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jones, BradBrad Jones	LW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kumpel, MarkMark Kumpel	RW	4	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
Watters, TimTim Watters	D	4	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
Wilson, RonRon Wilson	C	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Berthiaume, DanielDaniel Berthiaume	300	5	1	4	25	5.00	0	154	129	.838
Team:	300	5	1	4	25	5.00	0	154	129	.838

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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

September 30, 1987	To New York Islanders 4th round pick in 1989 - Jim Cummins	To Winnipeg Jets George McPhee
October 7, 1987	To New Jersey Devils George McPhee	To Winnipeg Jets 7th round pick in 1989 - Doug Evans
December 16, 1987	To New York Rangers 5th round pick in 1989 - Aaron Miller	To Winnipeg Jets Paul Boutilier
January 10, 1988	To Detroit Red Wings Jim Nill	To Winnipeg Jets Mark Kumpel
January 14, 1988	To Montreal Canadiens Future Considerations	To Winnipeg Jets Alfie Turcotte
March 7, 1988	To Minnesota North Stars John Blue	To Winnipeg Jets 7th round pick in 1988 - Markus Akerblom
June 13, 1988	To Detroit Red Wings Paul MacLean	To Winnipeg Jets Brent Ashton

Free agents

Player Former Team Guy Larose Undrafted Free Agent Darren Boyko New Jersey Devils Brent Hughes Undrafted Free Agent

Roster

1987-88 Winnipeg Jets
Goaltenders 30 – Daniel Berthiaume  33 – Pokey Reddick  37 – Steve Penney		Defensemen 2 – Dave Ellett  4 – Fredrik Olausson  5 – Guy Gosselin  6 – Jim Kyte  7 – Tim Watters  8 – Randy Carlyle  22 – Mario Marois  29 – Brad Berry  32 – Peter Taglianetti  41 – Paul Boutilier  41 – Todd Flichel		Wingers 9 – Doug Smail  11 – Gilles Hamel  12 – Peter Douris  15 – Paul MacLean  17 – Dwight Schofield  17 – Jim Nill  18 – Steve Rooney  20 – Andrew McBain  21 – Mark Kumpel  23 – Hannu Jarvenpaa  28 – Ray Neufeld  34 – Pat Elynuik  36 – Iain Duncan  38 – Brad Jones  40 – Joel Baillargeon		Centres 10 – Dale Hawerchuk  - C 13 – Alfie Turcotte  16 – Laurie Boschman  24 – Ron Wilson  25 – Thomas Steen  39 – Randy Gilhen  GM: John Ferguson Coach: Dan Maloney

See also

• 1987–88 NHL season

References

External links

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