The 1991–92 Winnipeg Jets season was the Jets' 20th season, their 13th in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Jets placed fourth in the Smythe Division and qualified for the 1992 Stanley Cup playoffs, where they lost the Division Semi-final to the Vancouver Canucks, four games to three.
Offseason
On June 17, 1991, the Jets introduced John Paddock as the new head coach of the team, as Bob Murdoch was not brought back after Winnipeg failed to qualify for the 1991 Stanley Cup playoffs. This would be Paddock's first head coaching job in the NHL, although he had six years of head coaching experience in the American Hockey League (AHL) and had led the Hershey Bears to the 1988 Calder Cup. Paddock was the head coach of the Binghamton Rangers in the 1990–91 season, leading the team to a 44–30–6 record.
With the fifth overall pick at the 1991 NHL Entry Draft held on June 22, 1991, the Jets selected defenceman Aaron Ward from the University of Michigan. In 46 games, Ward had 8 goals and 19 points. Some other notable picks that Winnipeg made were Juha Ylönen in the fifth round and Igor Ulanov in the tenth round.
On July 22, 1991, the Jets acquired Troy Murray and Warren Rychel from the Chicago Blackhawks in exchange for Bryan Marchment and Chris Norton. Murray was coming off a 14-goal, 37-point season in 75 games with the Blackhawks in 1990–91, and would be named the captain of the Jets for 1991–92. Rychel spent the 1990–91 season with the Indianapolis Ice of the AHL, recording 33 goals and 63 points in 68 games, as well as 338 penalty minutes.
The Smythe Division added a sixth team for the 1991–92 season, as the expansion team San Jose Sharks joined the division.
Troy Murray was named captain, replacing Randy Carlyle and Thomas Steen.
Regular season
The Jets finished the regular season third in goaltending, allowing only 244 goals.[1] They also tied the Montreal Canadiens for the most shutouts, with 7.[2]
Final standings
GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts | |
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Vancouver Canucks | 80 | 42 | 26 | 12 | 285 | 250 | 96 |
Los Angeles Kings | 80 | 35 | 31 | 14 | 287 | 250 | 84 |
Edmonton Oilers | 80 | 36 | 34 | 10 | 295 | 297 | 82 |
Winnipeg Jets | 80 | 33 | 32 | 15 | 251 | 244 | 81 |
Calgary Flames | 80 | 31 | 37 | 12 | 296 | 305 | 74 |
San Jose Sharks | 80 | 17 | 58 | 5 | 219 | 359 | 39 |
R | Div | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts | |
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1 | Detroit Red Wings | NRS | 80 | 43 | 25 | 12 | 320 | 256 | 98 |
2 | Vancouver Canucks | SMY | 80 | 42 | 26 | 12 | 285 | 250 | 96 |
3 | Chicago Blackhawks | NRS | 80 | 36 | 29 | 15 | 257 | 236 | 87 |
4 | Los Angeles Kings | SMY | 80 | 35 | 31 | 14 | 287 | 296 | 84 |
5 | St. Louis Blues | NRS | 80 | 36 | 33 | 11 | 279 | 266 | 83 |
6 | Edmonton Oilers | SMY | 80 | 36 | 34 | 10 | 295 | 297 | 82 |
7 | Winnipeg Jets | SMY | 80 | 33 | 32 | 15 | 251 | 244 | 81 |
8 | Calgary Flames | SMY | 80 | 31 | 37 | 12 | 296 | 305 | 74 |
9 | Minnesota North Stars | NRS | 80 | 32 | 42 | 6 | 246 | 278 | 70 |
10 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NRS | 80 | 30 | 43 | 7 | 234 | 294 | 67 |
11 | San Jose Sharks | SMY | 80 | 17 | 58 | 5 | 219 | 359 | 39 |
Divisions: NRS – Norris, SMY – Smythe
bold – Qualified for playoffs
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Legend: Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Tie (1 point) |
Playoffs
The Jets lost to the Vancouver Canucks in seven games, in the Division semi-finals.
Player statistics
Regular season
- Scoring
Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG |
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Phil Housley | D | 74 | 23 | 63 | 86 | 92 | -5 | 11 | 0 | 4 |
Eddie Olczyk | C | 64 | 32 | 33 | 65 | 67 | 11 | 12 | 0 | 7 |
Fredrik Olausson | D | 77 | 20 | 42 | 62 | 34 | -31 | 13 | 1 | 2 |
Pat Elynuik | RW | 60 | 25 | 25 | 50 | 65 | -2 | 9 | 0 | 1 |
Troy Murray | C | 74 | 17 | 30 | 47 | 69 | -13 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
Darrin Shannon | LW | 68 | 13 | 26 | 39 | 41 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
Teppo Numminen | D | 80 | 5 | 34 | 39 | 32 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
Thomas Steen | C | 38 | 13 | 25 | 38 | 29 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
Luciano Borsato | C | 56 | 15 | 21 | 36 | 45 | -6 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
Paul MacDermid | RW | 59 | 10 | 11 | 21 | 151 | -8 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Stu Barnes | C | 46 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 26 | -2 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Mike Eagles | C/LW | 65 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 118 | -17 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Mark Osborne | LW | 43 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 65 | -8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Doug Evans | LW | 30 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 68 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Danton Cole | C/RW | 52 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 32 | -15 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
Igor Ulanov | D | 27 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 67 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Randy Carlyle | D | 66 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 54 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Aaron Broten | LW/C | 25 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Mike Hartman | LW | 75 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 264 | -10 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Russell Romaniuk | LW | 27 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
Keith Tkachuk | LW | 17 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 28 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
John LeBlanc | RW | 16 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 6 | -6 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
Evgeny Davydov | LW | 12 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Phil Sykes | LW | 52 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 72 | -12 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Bryan Erickson | RW | 10 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Dean Kennedy | D | 18 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Mike Lalor | D | 15 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Petri Skriko | RW | 15 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mario Marois | D | 34 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 34 | -8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Shawn Cronin | D | 65 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 271 | -11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Moe Mantha | D | 12 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Lucien DeBlois | C | 11 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Don Barber | W | 11 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Kris Draper | C | 10 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Dave McLlwain | C/RW | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bob Essensa | G | 47 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Brent Ashton | LW | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rob Murray | C | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 18 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rick Tabaracci | G | 18 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Stephane Beauregard | G | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Jason Cirone | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Gord Donnelly | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bob Joyce | LW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mike O'Neill | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Kent Paynter | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rudy Poeschek | RW/D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- Goaltending
Player | MIN | GP | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SO | SA | SV | SV% |
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Bob Essensa | 2627 | 47 | 21 | 17 | 6 | 126 | 2.88 | 5 | 1407 | 1281 | .910 |
Stephane Beauregard | 1267 | 26 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 61 | 2.89 | 2 | 611 | 550 | .900 |
Rick Tabaracci | 966 | 18 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 52 | 3.23 | 0 | 470 | 418 | .889 |
Mike O'Neill | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4.62 | 0 | 7 | 6 | .857 |
Team: | 4873 | 80 | 33 | 32 | 15 | 240 | 2.96 | 7 | 2495 | 2255 | .904 |
Playoffs
- Scoring
Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | PPG | SHG | GWG |
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Thomas Steen | C | 7 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Fredrik Olausson | D | 7 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Phil Housley | D | 7 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Aaron Broten | LW/C | 7 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Evgeny Davydov | LW | 7 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Pat Elynuik | RW | 7 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Keith Tkachuk | LW | 7 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Eddie Olczyk | C | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Randy Carlyle | D | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Lucien DeBlois | C | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Darrin Shannon | LW | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Phil Sykes | LW | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Luciano Borsato | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Shawn Cronin | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Kris Draper | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mike Eagles | C/LW | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bob Essensa | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Doug Evans | LW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mike Hartman | LW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Dean Kennedy | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mike Lalor | D | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Troy Murray | C | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Teppo Numminen | D | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rick Tabaracci | G | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Igor Ulanov | D | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- Goaltending
Player | MIN | GP | W | L | GA | GAA | SO | SA | SV | SV% |
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Rick Tabaracci | 387 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 26 | 4.03 | 0 | 212 | 186 | .877 |
Bob Essensa | 33 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5.45 | 0 | 17 | 14 | .824 |
Team: | 420 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 29 | 4.14 | 0 | 229 | 200 | .873 |
- 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
July 22, 1991 | To Chicago Blackhawks Bryan Marchment Jeff Norton |
To Winnipeg Jets Troy Murray Warren Rychel |
October 11, 1991 | To Buffalo Sabres Dave McLlwain Gord Donnelly 5th round pick in 1992 (Yuri Khmylev) Future Considerations |
To Winnipeg Jets Darrin Shannon Dean Kennedy Mike Hartman |
October 15, 1991 | To Minnesota North Stars Tony Joseph |
To Winnipeg Jets Tyler Larter |
October 22, 1991 | To Quebec Nordiques Sergei Kharin |
To Winnipeg Jets Shawn Anderson |
October 23, 1991 | To Washington Capitals Shawn Anderson |
To Winnipeg Jets Future Considerations |
October 29, 1991 | To Boston Bruins Brent Ashton |
To Winnipeg Jets Petri Skriko |
November 22, 1991 | To Boston Bruins Scott Arniel |
To Winnipeg Jets Future Considerations |
November 26, 1991 | To St. Louis Blues 8th round pick in 1992 (Igor Boldin) |
To Winnipeg Jets Mario Marois |
December 30, 1991 | To Minnesota North Stars Warren Rychel |
To Winnipeg Jets Tony Joseph Future Considerations |
February 27, 1992 | To Philadelphia Flyers Moe Mantha |
To Winnipeg Jets Future Considerations |
March 2, 1992 | To Washington Capitals Paul MacDermid |
To Winnipeg Jets Mike Lalor |
March 10, 1992 | To Toronto Maple Leafs Mark Osborne |
To Winnipeg Jets Lucien DeBlois |
June 10, 1992 | To Boston Bruins Doug Evans |
To Winnipeg Jets Daniel Berthiaume |
June 15, 1992 | To Buffalo Sabres Stephane Beauregard |
To Winnipeg Jets Christian Ruuttu Future Considerations |
June 19, 1992 | To Tampa Bay Lightning Danton Cole |
To Winnipeg Jets Future Considerations |
June 20, 1992 | To St. Louis Blues 11th round pick in 1993 (Christer Olsson) |
To Winnipeg Jets 11th round pick in 1992 (Ivan Vologjaninov) |
June 20, 1992 | To Chicago Blackhawks 1st round pick in 1992 (Sergei Krivokrasov) 2nd round pick in 1992 (Jeff Shantz) |
To Winnipeg Jets 1st round pick in 1992 (Sergei Bautin) 2nd round pick in 1992 (Boris Mironov) |
Waivers
November 12, 1991 | To Quebec Nordiques Don Barber |
Free agents
Player | Former Team |
Anatoli Fedotov | Undrafted Free Agent |
Rob Cowie | Undrafted Free Agent |
Aaron Broten | Toronto Maple Leafs |
Player | Former Team |
Matt Hervey | Boston Bruins |
Draft picks
Winnipeg's draft picks at the 1991 NHL Entry Draft held at the Buffalo Memorial Auditorium in Buffalo, New York.
Round | # | Player | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
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1 | 5 | Aaron Ward | ![]() |
University of Michigan (CCHA) |
3 | 49 | Dmitri Filimonov | ![]() |
Dynamo Moscow (Soviet Union) |
4 | 91 | Juha Ylonen | ![]() |
Kiekko-Espoo (Finland) |
5 | 99 | Yan Kaminsky | ![]() |
Dynamo Moscow (Soviet Union) |
6 | 115 | Jeff Sebastian | ![]() |
Seattle Thunderbirds (WHL) |
8 | 159 | Jeff Ricciardi | ![]() |
Ottawa 67's (OHL) |
9 | 181 | Sean Gauthier | ![]() |
Kingston Frontenacs (OHL) |
10 | 203 | Igor Ulanov | ![]() |
Khimik Voskresensk (Soviet Union) |
11 | 225 | Jason Jennings | ![]() |
Western Michigan University (CCHA) |
12 | 247 | Sergei Sorokin | ![]() |
Dynamo Moscow (Soviet Union) |
S | 5 | Brad Mullahy | ![]() |
Providence College (Hockey East) |
S | 11 | Jeff Jestadt | ![]() |
Ferris State University (CCHA) |
See also
References
- ^ "1991-92 NHL Summary".
- ^ "1991-92 NHL Goalie Statistics".
- ^ "1991-1992 Division Standings". National Hockey League. Retrieved March 25, 2012.
- ^ "1991-1992 Conference Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". NHL.
- ^ "1991-92 Winnipeg Jets Schedule". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved March 20, 2025.
- ^ "1991-92 Winnipeg Jets Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 4, 2009.