# 1995–96 Winnipeg Jets season

The 1995–96 Winnipeg Jets season was the team's 24th and their final season in Winnipeg before the franchise was moved to Phoenix, Arizona, and renamed the Phoenix Coyotes then the Arizona Coyotes (now the Utah NHL Team). The NHL returned to Winnipeg following the 2010–11 season, when the Atlanta Thrashers became the "new" Winnipeg Jets.
The Jets managed to qualify for the eighth and final playoff Western Conference playoff berth in their final season in Winnipeg. The Jets were eliminated in the first round in six games by the Presidents' Trophy winners, the Detroit Red Wings.

## Off-season

The interim label was removed from head coach Terry Simpson's title on June 20.
The Jets picked Shane Doan of the Kamloops Blazers as their first-round pick, seventh overall.
Due to contractual disagreements, Keith Tkachuk was replaced as captain by Kris King.

## Regular season

Their 36 wins were the highest since the Jets won 40 games during the 1992–93 season.

### Season standings

Central Division :
| No. | | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts |
| 1 | Detroit Red Wings | 82 | 62 | 13 | 7 | 325 | 181 | 131 |
| 2 | Chicago Blackhawks | 82 | 40 | 28 | 14 | 273 | 220 | 94 |
| 3 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 82 | 34 | 36 | 12 | 247 | 252 | 80 |
| 4 | St. Louis Blues | 82 | 32 | 34 | 16 | 219 | 248 | 80 |
| 5 | Winnipeg Jets | 82 | 36 | 40 | 6 | 275 | 291 | 78 |
| 6 | Dallas Stars | 82 | 26 | 42 | 14 | 227 | 280 | 66 |
Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points Bolded teams qualified for the playoffs.
Western Conference :
| R | | Div | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts |
| 1 | p – Detroit Red Wings | CEN | 82 | 62 | 13 | 7 | 325 | 181 | 131 |
| 2 | Colorado Avalanche | PAC | 82 | 47 | 25 | 10 | 326 | 240 | 104 |
| 3 | Chicago Blackhawks | CEN | 82 | 40 | 28 | 14 | 273 | 220 | 94 |
| 4 | Toronto Maple Leafs | CEN | 82 | 34 | 36 | 12 | 247 | 252 | 80 |
| 5 | St. Louis Blues | CEN | 82 | 32 | 34 | 16 | 219 | 248 | 80 |
| 6 | Calgary Flames | PAC | 82 | 34 | 37 | 11 | 241 | 240 | 79 |
| 7 | Vancouver Canucks | PAC | 82 | 32 | 35 | 15 | 278 | 278 | 79 |
| 8 | Winnipeg Jets | CEN | 82 | 36 | 40 | 6 | 275 | 291 | 78 |
| 9 | Mighty Ducks of Anaheim | PAC | 82 | 35 | 39 | 8 | 234 | 247 | 78 |
| 10 | Edmonton Oilers | PAC | 82 | 30 | 44 | 8 | 240 | 304 | 68 |
| 11 | Dallas Stars | CEN | 82 | 26 | 42 | 14 | 227 | 280 | 66 |
| 12 | Los Angeles Kings | PAC | 82 | 24 | 40 | 18 | 256 | 302 | 66 |
| 13 | San Jose Sharks | PAC | 82 | 20 | 55 | 7 | 252 | 357 | 47 |
Divisions: CEN – Central, PAC – Pacific
bold – Qualified for playoffs; p – Won Presidents' Trophy

## Playoffs

The Jets lost their first round series 4–2 to the Detroit Red Wings. Winnipeg played their last-ever game on April 28, 1996, a home playoff loss to the Red Wings, 4–1. Norm Maciver scored the last goal in original Jets history.

## Schedule and results
### Regular season

1995–96 regular season :
October: 6–4–2 (home: 4–0–2; road: 2–4–0)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordAttendanceRecap
1WOctober 7, 19957–5Dallas Stars (1995–96)1–0–013,914Recap
2WOctober 9, 19954–3Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1995–96)2–0–07,856Recap
3LOctober 11, 19954–6@ New York Rangers (1995–96)2–1–018,200Recap
4LOctober 12, 19951–4@ New Jersey Devils (1995–96)2–2–010,392Recap
5TOctober 15, 19955–5 OTDetroit Red Wings (1995–96)2–2–19,399Recap
6WOctober 17, 19955–2Tampa Bay Lightning (1995–96)3–2–16,770Recap
7TOctober 19, 19953–3 OTSan Jose Sharks (1995–96)3–2–29,001Recap
8LOctober 22, 19952–6@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1995–96)3–3–217,033Recap
9WOctober 25, 19956–1@ San Jose Sharks (1995–96)4–3–217,190Recap
10LOctober 27, 19955–7@ Edmonton Oilers (1995–96)4–4–210,527Recap
11WOctober 28, 19954–1@ Vancouver Canucks (1995–96)5–4–218,184Recap
12WOctober 30, 19953–2Detroit Red Wings (1995–96)6–4–27,905Recap :
November: 6–6–0 (home: 4–3–0; road: 2–3–0)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordAttendanceRecap
13LNovember 1, 19952–4Toronto Maple Leafs (1995–96)6–5–28,219Recap
14LNovember 3, 19952–5Colorado Avalanche (1995–96)6–6–213,111Recap
15WNovember 5, 19954–3@ Buffalo Sabres (1995–96)7–6–210,772Recap
16LNovember 10, 19952–3@ St. Louis Blues (1995–96)7–7–218,303Recap
17WNovember 14, 19956–5 OTChicago Blackhawks (1995–96)8–7–29,716Recap
18WNovember 17, 19956–3New York Rangers (1995–96)9–7–211,306Recap
19LNovember 18, 19951–2@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1995–96)9–8–215,746Recap
20LNovember 21, 19954–5@ Boston Bruins (1995–96)9–9–217,167Recap
21WNovember 22, 19953–1@ Ottawa Senators (1995–96)10–9–28,426Recap
22WNovember 26, 19954–0Edmonton Oilers (1995–96)11–9–210,070Recap
23WNovember 28, 19954–3Toronto Maple Leafs (1995–96)12–9–29,694Recap
24LNovember 30, 19951–4St. Louis Blues (1995–96)12–10–29,222Recap :
December: 4–9–1 (home: 4–3–1; road: 0–6–0)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordAttendanceRecap
25TDecember 2, 19952–2 OTChicago Blackhawks (1995–96)12–10–310,770Recap
26WDecember 3, 19955–2Calgary Flames (1995–96)13–10–38,721Recap
27LDecember 6, 19953–6@ Los Angeles Kings (1995–96)13–11–312,105Recap
28LDecember 7, 19953–5@ San Jose Sharks (1995–96)13–12–317,190Recap
29LDecember 10, 19951–6Washington Capitals (1995–96)13–13–38,317Recap
30LDecember 12, 19955–6Montreal Canadiens (1995–96)13–14–314,321Recap
31WDecember 15, 19959–4Edmonton Oilers (1995–96)14–14–38,504Recap
32LDecember 17, 19951–3@ Chicago Blackhawks (1995–96)14–15–318,385Recap
33LDecember 19, 19953–6@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1995–96)14–16–316,581Recap
34LDecember 21, 19951–6@ Florida Panthers (1995–96)14–17–313,601Recap
35WDecember 23, 19952–1St. Louis Blues (1995–96)15–17–39,527Recap
36LDecember 28, 19953–4@ Chicago Blackhawks (1995–96)15–18–321,701Recap
37WDecember 29, 19955–3New Jersey Devils (1995–96)16–18–313,003Recap
38LDecember 31, 19953–5Boston Bruins (1995–96)16–19–315,513Recap :
January: 5–5–1 (home: 1–3–0; road: 4–2–1)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordAttendanceRecap
39WJanuary 3, 19965–4@ Los Angeles Kings (1995–96)17–19–312,675Recap
40LJanuary 5, 19964–5@ Dallas Stars (1995–96)17–20–315,412Recap
41WJanuary 8, 19966–4@ Detroit Red Wings (1995–96)18–20–319,825Recap
42WJanuary 10, 19964–1Buffalo Sabres (1995–96)19–20–39,326Recap
43LJanuary 12, 19962–3Hartford Whalers (1995–96)19–21–39,709Recap
44LJanuary 14, 19964–6Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1995–96)19–22–310,661Recap
45TJanuary 16, 19961–1 OT@ Washington Capitals (1995–96)19–22–410,316Recap
46WJanuary 17, 19964–2@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1995–96)20–22–415,746Recap
47LJanuary 24, 19965–6St. Louis Blues (1995–96)20–23–412,049Recap
48LJanuary 27, 19961–4@ Montreal Canadiens (1995–96)20–24–417,576Recap
49WJanuary 29, 19962–1@ Dallas Stars (1995–96)21–24–415,207Recap :
February: 5–6–0 (home: 4–3–0; road: 1–3–0)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordAttendanceRecap
50LFebruary 1, 19964–6@ Colorado Avalanche (1995–96)21–25–416,061Recap
51LFebruary 4, 19962–4Vancouver Canucks (1995–96)21–26–410,472Recap
52WFebruary 8, 19966–2Ottawa Senators (1995–96)22–26–48,673Recap
53WFebruary 10, 19963–2@ Calgary Flames (1995–96)23–26–417,556Recap
54LFebruary 13, 19964–5@ Vancouver Canucks (1995–96)23–27–416,355Recap
55LFebruary 16, 19960–1Pittsburgh Penguins (1995–96)23–28–415,563Recap
56LFebruary 18, 19960–3@ St. Louis Blues (1995–96)23–29–420,017Recap
57LFebruary 21, 19963–5Vancouver Canucks (1995–96)23–30–48,592Recap
58WFebruary 23, 19961–0 OTChicago Blackhawks (1995–96)24–30–413,741Recap
59WFebruary 26, 19964–3Los Angeles Kings (1995–96)25–30–413,107Recap
60WFebruary 28, 19964–3Toronto Maple Leafs (1995–96)26–30–413,518Recap :
March: 7–8–1 (home: 2–4–0; road: 5–4–1)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordAttendanceRecap
61WMarch 1, 19965–2@ Hartford Whalers (1995–96)27–30–411,552Recap
62WMarch 3, 19967–5@ New York Islanders (1995–96)28–30–413,107Recap
63LMarch 5, 19964–9@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1995–96)28–31–415,980Recap
64WMarch 7, 19965–3Florida Panthers (1995–96)29–31–411,322Recap
65LMarch 9, 19962–4New York Islanders (1995–96)29–32–412,647Recap
66LMarch 10, 19962–5Detroit Red Wings (1995–96)29–33–414,757Recap
67LMarch 12, 19962–5@ Detroit Red Wings (1995–96)29–34–419,983Recap
68TMarch 13, 19963–3 OT@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1995–96)29–34–515,746Recap
69LMarch 16, 19960–3@ Philadelphia Flyers (1995–96)29–35–517,380Recap
70LMarch 20, 19961–7San Jose Sharks (1995–96)29–36–510,800Recap
71WMarch 22, 19964–1Philadelphia Flyers (1995–96)30–36–515,565Recap
72LMarch 24, 19962–5Colorado Avalanche (1995–96)30–37–515,518Recap
73WMarch 26, 19968–2@ Dallas Stars (1995–96)31–37–516,184Recap
74WMarch 27, 19963–1@ Colorado Avalanche (1995–96)32–37–516,061Recap
75LMarch 29, 19962–3@ Edmonton Oilers (1995–96)32–38–516,437Recap
76WMarch 31, 19964–1@ Calgary Flames (1995–96)33–38–518,155Recap :
April: 3–2–1 (home: 3–0–0; road: 0–2–1)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordAttendanceRecap
77WApril 3, 19963–1Dallas Stars (1995–96)34–38–511,958Recap
78WApril 6, 19964–3Calgary Flames (1995–96)35–38–515,557Recap
79TApril 8, 19962–2 OT@ St. Louis Blues (1995–96)35–38–620,514Recap
80LApril 10, 19962–5@ Detroit Red Wings (1995–96)35–39–619,983Recap
81WApril 12, 19965–3Los Angeles Kings (1995–96)36–39–615,567Recap
82LApril 14, 19962–5@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1995–96)36–40–617,174Recap :
Legend:
  Win (2 points)
  Loss (0 points)
  Tie (1 point) :

### Playoffs

1996 Stanley Cup playoffs :
Western Conference Quarterfinals vs. (1) Detroit Red Wings – Red Wings win 4–2
GameResultDateScoreOpponentAttendanceSeriesRecap
1LApril 17, 19961–4@ Detroit Red Wings19,983Red Wings lead 1–0Recap
2LApril 19, 19960–4@ Detroit Red Wings19,983Red Wings lead 2–0Recap
3WApril 21, 19964–1Detroit Red Wings15,544Red Wings lead 2–1Recap
4LApril 23, 19961–6Detroit Red Wings15,557Red Wings lead 3–1Recap
5WApril 26, 19963–1@ Detroit Red Wings19,983Red Wings lead 3–2Recap
6LApril 28, 19961–4Detroit Red Wings15,567Red Wings win 4–2Recap :
Legend:
  Win
  Loss :

## Player statistics
### Scoring

* Position abbreviations: C = Centre; D = Defence; G = Goaltender; LW = Left Wing; RW = Right Wing
* † = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Jets only.
* ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Jets only.
| No. | Player | Pos | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs |
| No. | Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM |
| 7 | Keith Tkachuk | LW | 76 | 50 | 48 | 98 | 11 | 156 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 22 |
| 8 | Teemu Selanne‡ | RW | 51 | 24 | 48 | 72 | 3 | 18 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 10 | Alexei Zhamnov | C | 58 | 22 | 37 | 59 | −4 | 65 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
| 27 | Teppo Numminen | D | 74 | 11 | 43 | 54 | −4 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 |
| 23 | Igor Korolev | C | 73 | 22 | 29 | 51 | 1 | 42 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | −2 | 0 |
| 16 | Ed Olczyk | C | 51 | 27 | 22 | 49 | 0 | 65 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 11 | Dallas Drake | RW | 69 | 19 | 20 | 39 | −7 | 36 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 |
| 89 | Darren Turcotte‡ | C | 59 | 16 | 16 | 32 | −3 | 26 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 4 | Dave Manson | D | 82 | 7 | 23 | 30 | 8 | 205 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 30 |
| 44 | Norm Maciver† | D | 39 | 5 | 25 | 30 | −6 | 26 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| 32 | Mike Eastwood | C | 80 | 14 | 14 | 28 | −14 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 |
| 14 | Mike Stapleton | C | 58 | 10 | 14 | 24 | −4 | 37 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 21 |
| 34 | Darrin Shannon | LW | 63 | 5 | 18 | 23 | −5 | 28 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 17 | Kris King | LW | 81 | 9 | 11 | 20 | −7 | 151 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 29 | Craig Janney† | C | 13 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Deron Quint | D | 51 | 5 | 13 | 18 | −2 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 19 | Shane Doan | RW | 74 | 7 | 10 | 17 | −9 | 101 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 24 | Darryl Shannon‡ | D | 48 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 72 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 20 | Oleg Tverdovsky† | D | 31 | 0 | 8 | 8 | −7 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 0 |
| 33 | Jim McKenzie | LW | 73 | 4 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 202 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 26 | Jeff Finley | D | 65 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −2 | 81 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 4 |
| 15 | Randy Gilhen | C | 22 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 18 | Chad Kilger† | LW | 29 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Neil Wilkinson‡ | D | 21 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 33 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 28 | Craig Muni† | D | 25 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 37 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 2 |
| 55 | Jason Doig | D | 15 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −2 | 28 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 39 | Iain Fraser† | C | 12 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Craig Mills | RW | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | Stewart Malgunas‡ | D | 29 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −10 | 32 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 3 | Brent Thompson | D | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 21 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 21 | Denis Chasse† | RW | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 29 | Tim Cheveldae‡ | G | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 37 | Tom Draper† | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 6 | Dallas Eakins† | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 75 | Michal Grosek‡ | LW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 43 | Ravil Gusmanov‡ | LW | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 35 | Nikolai Khabibulin | G | 53 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 12 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 |
| 31 | Scott Langkow | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 12 | Rob Murray | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 30 | Ed Ronan† | RW | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 37 | Dominic Roussel† | G | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |

### Goaltending

* † = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Jets only.
* ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Jets only.
| No. | Player | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs |
| No. | Player | GP | W | L | T | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI | GP | W | L | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI |
| 35 | Nikolai Khabibulin | 53 | 26 | 20 | 3 | 1656 | 152 | 3.13 | .908 | 2 | 2914 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 214 | 19 | 3.17 | .911 | 0 | 359 |
| 29 | Tim Cheveldae‡ | 30 | 8 | 18 | 3 | 948 | 111 | 3.93 | .883 | 0 | 1695 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 37 | Dominic Roussel† | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 134 | 16 | 3.37 | .881 | 0 | 285 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 37 | Tom Draper† | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 5.37 | .786 | 0 | 34 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 31 | Scott Langkow | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.000 | 0 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |

## Awards and records
### Awards

| Type | Award/honour | Recipient |
| League (annual) | King Clancy Memorial Trophy | Kris King |
| League (in-season) | NHL All-Star Game selection | Teemu Selanne |
| Team | Molson Cup | Nikolai Khabibulin |

### Milestones

| Milestone | Player | Date |
| First game | Shane Doan | October 7, 1995 |
| First game | Jason Doig | October 7, 1995 |
| First game | Craig Mills | October 7, 1995 |
| First game | Deron Quint | October 7, 1995 |
| First game | Ravil Gusmanov | November 21, 1995 |
| First game | Scott Langkow | December 7, 1995 |

## Transactions
### Trades

| September 20, 1995 | To Philadelphia Flyers7th round pick in 1997 (Andrew Merrick) | To Winnipeg JetsAndre Faust |
| October 6, 1995 | To Hartford WhalersNelson Emerson | To Winnipeg JetsDarren Turcotte |
| December 28, 1995 | To Pittsburgh PenguinsNeil Wilkinson | To Winnipeg JetsNorm Maciver |
| February 7, 1996 | To Mighty Ducks of AnaheimTeemu Selanne Marc Chouinard 4th round pick in 1996 (Kim Staal) | To Winnipeg JetsChad Kilger Oleg Tverdovsky 3rd round pick in 1996 (Per-Anton Lundstrom) |
| February 15, 1996 | To Buffalo SabresMichal Grosek Darryl Shannon | To Winnipeg JetsCraig Muni 1st round pick in 1996 (Daniel Briere) |
| February 15, 1996 | To Washington CapitalsStewart Malgunas | To Winnipeg JetsDenis Chasse |
| February 27, 1996 | To Philadelphia FlyersTim Cheveldae 3rd round pick in 1996 (Chester Gallant) | To Winnipeg JetsDominic Roussel |
| March 18, 1996 | To San Jose SharksDarren Turcotte 2nd round pick in 1996 (Remi Royer) | To Winnipeg JetsCraig Janney |
| March 20, 1996 | To Chicago BlackhawksRavil Gusmanov | To Winnipeg Jets4th round pick in 1996 (Vladimir Antipov) |

### Waivers

| October 1, 1995 | From New York IslandersJim McKenzie |
| March 20, 1996 | From St. Louis BluesDallas Eakins |

### Free agents

| Player | Former Team |
| Parris Duffus | Undrafted Free Agent |
| Jason Simon | New York Islanders |
| Stewart Malgunas | Philadelphia Flyers |
| Chris Govedaris | Detroit Red Wings |
| Mike Stapleton | Edmonton Oilers |
| Iain Fraser | Edmonton Oilers |
| Ed Ronan | Montreal Canadiens |
| Tom Draper | New York Islanders |
| Player | New Team |
| Oleg Mikulchik | Mighty Ducks of Anaheim |
| Stephane Beauregard | San Francisco Spiders (IHL) |

## Draft picks

Winnipeg's draft picks at the 1995 NHL entry draft held at the Edmonton Coliseum in Edmonton, Alberta.
| Round | # | Player | Position | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team |
| 1 | 7 | Shane Doan | Centre | Canada | Kamloops Blazers (WHL) |
| 2 | 32 | Marc Chouinard | Centre | Canada | Beauport Harfangs (QMJHL) |
| 2 | 34 | Jason Doig | Defence | Canada | Laval Titan College Francais (QMJHL) |
| 3 | 67 | Brad Isbister | Defence | Canada | Portland Winter Hawks (WHL) |
| 4 | 84 | Justin Kurtz | Defence | Canada | Brandon Wheat Kings (WHL) |
| 5 | 121 | Brian Elder | Goaltender | Canada | Brandon Wheat Kings (WHL) |
| 6 | 137 | Sylvain Daigle | Goaltender | Canada | Shawinigan Cataractes (QMJHL) |
| 7 | 162 | Paul Traynor | Defence | Canada | Kitchener Rangers (OHL) |
| 8 | 188 | Jaroslav Obsut | Right wing | Slovakia | Battlefords North Stars (SJHL) |
| 8 | 189 | Fredrik Loven | Defence | Sweden | Djurgardens IF (SEL) |
| 9 | 214 | Rob DeCiantis | Centre | Canada | Kitchener Rangers (OHL) |

## Relocation to Phoenix

As the National Hockey League (NHL) expanded into the United States, the team operating costs and salaries grew rapidly; this development put a high strain on the League's Canadian teams. As Winnipeg was the League's second-smallest market (eventually becoming the smallest market after the Quebec Nordiques moved to Denver, Colorado, in 1995), the Jets were unable to retain their best players. Various schemes were devised to save the team through a tremendous grassroots effort and government funds, but in the end, the efforts were not enough.
Despite strong fan support, the Winnipeg Jets were at a financial disadvantage with many American franchises. The team was sold to Phoenix businessmen Steven Gluckstern and Richard Burke, and in 1996, the club moved to Arizona and became the Phoenix Coyotes. In the summer that the move took place, the franchise saw the exit of Jets stars like Teemu Selanne and Alexei Zhamnov, while the team added established superstar Jeremy Roenick from the Chicago Blackhawks. Roenick teamed up with power wingers Keith Tkachuk and Rick Tocchet to form a dynamic 1–2–3 offensive punch that led the Coyotes through their first years in Arizona. Also impressive were young players Shane Doan (who was the last remaining original Jet active in the NHL), Oleg Tverdovsky and goaltender Nikolai Khabibulin, whom the fans nicknamed the "Bulin Wall."