1987–88 Winnipeg Jets season

1987–88 Winnipeg Jets
Division3rd Smythe
ConferenceCampbell
1987–88 record33–36–11
Goals for292
Goals against310
Team information
General managerJohn Ferguson
CoachDan Maloney
CaptainDale Hawerchuk

The 1987–88 Winnipeg Jets season was the 16th season of the Winnipeg Jets, their ninth season in the National Hockey League. 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 to 1986, 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.

Record vs. opponents

Smythe Division record vs. opponents

Vs. Campbell Conference

Vs. Wales Conference


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
Dale Hawerchuk C 80 44 77 121 59 -9 20 3 4
Paul MacLean RW 77 40 39 79 76 -17 22 0 2
Andrew McBain RW 74 32 31 63 145 -10 20 0 5
Randy Carlyle D 78 15 44 59 210 -20 8 0 1
Dave Ellett D 68 13 45 58 106 -8 5 0 1
Thomas Steen C 76 16 38 54 53 -11 3 1 1
Mario Marois D 79 7 44 51 111 5 3 0 1
Laurie Boschman C 80 25 23 48 229 -24 10 1 3
Iain Duncan LW 62 19 23 42 73 -2 4 0 4
Ray Neufeld RW 78 18 18 36 169 -29 9 0 2
Doug Smail LW 71 15 16 31 34 5 0 3 5
Peter Taglianetti D 70 6 17 23 182 -13 2 0 1
Gilles Hamel LW 63 8 11 19 35 -16 1 0 0
Hannu Jarvenpaa RW 41 6 11 17 34 0 1 0 0
Fredrik Olausson D 38 5 10 15 18 3 2 0 2
Steve Rooney LW 56 7 6 13 217 2 0 0 0
Ron Wilson C 69 5 8 13 28 -1 0 2 0
Mark Kumpel RW 32 4 4 8 19 4 0 0 0
Brad Jones LW 19 2 5 7 15 2 0 0 1
Brad Berry D 48 0 6 6 75 -11 0 0 0
Randy Gilhen C 13 3 2 5 15 5 0 0 0
Pat Elynuik RW 13 1 3 4 12 2 0 0 0
Jim Kyte D 51 1 3 4 128 1 0 0 0
Daniel Berthiaume G 56 0 2 2 12 0 0 0 0
Peter Douris RW 4 0 2 2 0 -1 0 0 0
Joel Baillargeon LW 4 0 1 1 12 0 0 0 0
Jim Nill RW 24 0 1 1 44 -7 0 0 0
Paul Boutilier D 6 0 0 0 6 -2 0 0 0
Todd Flichel D 2 0 0 0 2 -4 0 0 0
Guy Gosselin D 5 0 0 0 6 -1 0 0 0
Steve Penney G 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pokey Reddick G 28 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0
Dwight Schofield D 18 0 0 0 33 -3 0 0 0
Alfie Turcotte C 3 0 0 0 0 -4 0 0 0
Tim Watters D 36 0 0 0 106 -12 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO SA SV SV%
Daniel Berthiaume 3010 56 22 19 7 176 3.51 2 1489 1313 .882
Pokey Reddick 1487 28 9 13 3 102 4.12 0 712 610 .857
Steve 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
Dale Hawerchuk C 5 3 4 7 16 2 0 0
Andrew McBain RW 5 2 5 7 29 0 1 0
Thomas Steen C 5 1 5 6 2 1 0 0
Ray Neufeld RW 5 2 2 4 6 1 0 0
Laurie Boschman C 5 1 3 4 9 0 0 0
Mario Marois D 5 0 4 4 6 0 0 0
Dave Ellett D 5 1 2 3 10 1 0 0
Paul MacLean RW 5 2 0 2 23 2 0 0
Fredrik Olausson D 5 1 1 2 0 0 0 0
Peter Taglianetti D 5 1 1 2 12 0 0 0
Randy Carlyle D 5 0 2 2 10 0 0 0
Randy Gilhen C 4 1 0 1 10 0 1 1
Steve Rooney LW 5 1 0 1 33 0 0 0
Doug Smail LW 5 1 0 1 22 0 0 0
Iain Duncan LW 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
Daniel Berthiaume G 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Paul Boutilier D 5 0 0 0 15 0 0 0
Peter Douris RW 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gilles Hamel LW 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Brad Jones LW 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mark Kumpel RW 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 0
Tim Watters D 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 0
Ron Wilson C 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO SA SV SV%
Daniel 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;

Awards and records

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

Draft picks

The Jets selected the following players at the 1987 NHL Entry Draft, which was held at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, on June 13, 1987.[4]

NHL Entry Draft

Round Pick Player Nationality College/Junior/Club team
1 16 Bryan Marchment (D)  Canada Belleville Bulls (OHL)
2 37 Patrik Erickson (C)  Sweden Brynäs IF (SEL)
4 79 Don McLennan (D)  Canada University of Denver (NCAA)
5 96 Ken Gernander (RW)  Canada Greenway (Coleraine, Minnesota) High School
5 100 Darrin Amundson (FWD)  United States Duluth East (MN) High School
6 121 Joe Harwell (D)  Canada Hill-Murray (Maplewood, Minnesota) High School
7 142 Tod Hartje (C)  United States Harvard University (NCAA)
8 163 Markku Kyllönen (LW)  Finland Oulun Kärpät (Fin D1)
9 184 Jim Fernholz (RW)  United States White Bear Lake (MN) High School
11 226 Roger Rougelot (G)  United States Madison Capitols (USHL)
12 247 Hans-Goran Elo (G)  Sweden Djurgardens IF (SEL)
S2 17 Rob Fowler (F)  United States Merrimack College (Hockey East)

Farm teams

See also

References

  1. ^ Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 153. ISBN 9781894801225.
  2. ^ "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
  3. ^ "1987-88 Winnipeg Jets Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 4, 2009.
  4. ^ "1987 NHL Entry Draft Picks at hockeydb.com". hockeyDB.com. Retrieved November 23, 2016.