# 1982–83 Winnipeg Jets season

The 1982–83 Winnipeg Jets season was the 11th season of the Winnipeg Jets, their fourth season in the National Hockey League.

## Offseason

After a very successful 1981–82 season, in which the club made the playoffs for the first time since joining the NHL in 1979, the Jets had a quiet off-season. With the Colorado Rockies moving to East Rutherford, New Jersey and becoming the New Jersey Devils, the NHL underwent realignment, and the Jets were shifted from the Norris Division back to the Smythe Division, where the team spent their first two seasons from 1979 to 1981. Winnipeg joined the Calgary Flames, Edmonton Oilers, Los Angeles Kings and Vancouver Canucks to form the five team division.
On May 9, 1982, the team signed undrafted free agent goaltender Brian Hayward, who had spent the past four seasons with the Cornell Big Red, going 42-27-2 with a 3.88 GAA in his time with the team. On June 9, 1982, the Jets participated in the 1982 NHL Entry Draft, and with the 12th overall pick in the draft, the team picked defenseman Jim Kyte from the Cornwall Royals of the OHL. Kyte, a big, stay-at-home defenseman, had four goals and 17 points in 52 games in his rookie season with Cornwall in 1981–82.

## Regular season
### Final standings

Smythe Division :
| | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts |
| Edmonton Oilers | 80 | 47 | 21 | 12 | 424 | 315 | 106 |
| Calgary Flames | 80 | 32 | 34 | 14 | 321 | 316 | 78 |
| Vancouver Canucks | 80 | 30 | 35 | 15 | 303 | 309 | 75 |
| Winnipeg Jets | 80 | 33 | 39 | 8 | 311 | 333 | 74 |
| Los Angeles Kings | 80 | 27 | 41 | 12 | 308 | 365 | 66 |
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. Smythe Division
1982–83 NHL records
Team
CGY
EDM
LAK
VAN
WIN
Total
Calgary
—2−4−23−3−25−2−15−2−115−11−6
Edmonton
4−2−2—5−1−25−2−16−220−7−5
Los Angeles
3−3−21−5−2—3−3−22−69−17−6
Vancouver
2−5−12−5−13−3−2—4−3−111−16−5
Winnipeg
2−5−12−66−23−4−1—13−17−2
Vs. Norris Division
1982–83 NHL records
Team
CHI
DET
MIN
STL
TOR
Total
Calgary
2−12−11−1−12−11−1−18−5−2
Edmonton
1−1−12−12−12−0−12−0−19−3−3
Los Angeles
0−2−11−0−21−21−22−15−7−3
Vancouver
1−0−21−1−10−2−13−01−26−5−4
Winnipeg
1−23−00−32−13−09−6−0
Vs. Wales Conference
Vs. Adams Division
1982–83 NHL records
Team
BOS
BUF
HFD
MTL
QUE
Total
Calgary
0−2−11−21−0−21−20−2−13−8−4
Edmonton
0−2−12−12−0−12−11−1−17−5−3
Los Angeles
2−11−22−11−21−1−17−7−1
Vancouver
1−21−1−12−10−33−07−7−1
Winnipeg
2−0−11−21−1−10−31−25−8−2
Vs. Patrick Division
1982–83 NHL records
Team
NJD
NYI
NYR
PHI
PIT
WSH
Total
Calgary
2−10−2−10−2−10−33−01−26−10−2
Edmonton
3−00−33−01−22−12−0−111−6−1
Los Angeles
2−10−31−1−11−21−21−1−16−10−2
Vancouver
0−1−21−21−1–11−1−12−11−1−16−7−5
Winnipeg
2−11−1−11−1−10−32−10−1−26−8−4 :

## Schedule and results

| No. | R | Date | Score | Opponent | Record | Attendance |
| 1 | L | October 6, 1982 | 4–5 | Minnesota North Stars (1982–83) | 0–1–0 | 14,347 |
| 2 | W | October 9, 1982 | 8–0 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1982–83) | 1–1–0 | 10,509 |
| 3 | W | October 10, 1982 | 5–3 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1982–83) | 2–1–0 | 14,564 |
| 4 | L | October 12, 1982 | 3–5 | Los Angeles Kings (1982–83) | 2–2–0 | 10,491 |
| 5 | W | October 14, 1982 | 5–2 | @ St. Louis Blues (1982–83) | 3–2–0 | 10,153 |
| 6 | T | October 17, 1982 | 5–5 | Calgary Flames (1982–83) | 3–2–1 | 11,526 |
| 7 | W | October 22, 1982 | 3–1 | New Jersey Devils (1982–83) | 4–2–1 | 12,534 |
| 8 | W | October 24, 1982 | 9–5 | Edmonton Oilers (1982–83) | 5–2–1 | 13,965 |
| 9 | W | October 27, 1982 | 7–3 | Los Angeles Kings (1982–83) | 6–2–1 | 12,325 |
| 10 | L | October 31, 1982 | 2–3 | Philadelphia Flyers (1982–83) | 6–3–1 | 10,986 |
| 11 | L | November 3, 1982 | 2–7 | @ Edmonton Oilers (1982–83) | 6–4–1 | 17,498 |
| 12 | L | November 4, 1982 | 5–7 | @ Calgary Flames (1982–83) | 6–5–1 | 7,242 |
| 13 | W | November 7, 1982 | 5–2 | Calgary Flames (1982–83) | 7–5–1 | 11,226 |
| 14 | W | November 13, 1982 | 3–2 | Vancouver Canucks (1982–83) | 8–5–1 | 12,441 |
| 15 | W | November 14, 1982 | 6–5 | Vancouver Canucks (1982–83) | 9–5–1 | 12,838 |
| 16 | L | November 17, 1982 | 2–7 | Buffalo Sabres (1982–83) | 9–6–1 | 10,651 |
| 17 | T | November 19, 1982 | 3–3 | Washington Capitals (1982–83) | 9–6–2 | 11,555 |
| 18 | L | November 24, 1982 | 5–7 | Chicago Black Hawks (1982–83) | 9–7–2 | 12,450 |
| 19 | L | November 26, 1982 | 5–6 | Edmonton Oilers (1982–83) | 9–8–2 | 15,639 |
| 20 | W | November 27, 1982 | 6–3 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1982–83) | 10–8–2 | 16,382 |
| 21 | L | November 29, 1982 | 4–9 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1982–83) | 10–9–2 | 15,992 |
| 22 | L | November 30, 1982 | 6–8 | @ Quebec Nordiques (1982–83) | 10–10–2 | 14,828 |
| 23 | W | December 3, 1982 | 4–2 | New York Islanders (1982–83) | 11–10–2 | 14,853 |
| 24 | L | December 4, 1982 | 1–4 | @ Minnesota North Stars (1982–83) | 11–11–2 | 15,351 |
| 25 | W | December 6, 1982 | 5–3 | @ New Jersey Devils (1982–83) | 12–11–2 | 8,862 |
| 26 | T | December 7, 1982 | 3–3 | @ Washington Capitals (1982–83) | 12–11–3 | 8,612 |
| 27 | L | December 10, 1982 | 4–6 | Calgary Flames (1982–83) | 12–12–3 | 12,550 |
| 28 | W | December 11, 1982 | 4–3 | Los Angeles Kings (1982–83) | 13–12–3 | 11,526 |
| 29 | W | December 14, 1982 | 4–3 | @ St. Louis Blues (1982–83) | 14–12–3 | 10,015 |
| 30 | L | December 15, 1982 | 3–10 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1982–83) | 14–13–3 | 16,436 |
| 31 | L | December 17, 1982 | 0–2 | Hartford Whalers (1982–83) | 14–14–3 | 10,561 |
| 32 | L | December 19, 1982 | 2–3 | New Jersey Devils (1982–83) | 14–15–3 | 10,815 |
| 33 | W | December 21, 1982 | 4–2 | @ Los Angeles Kings (1982–83) | 15–15–3 | 10,164 |
| 34 | L | December 26, 1982 | 2–3 | Minnesota North Stars (1982–83) | 15–16–3 | 15,752 |
| 35 | T | December 28, 1982 | 4–4 | @ Vancouver Canucks (1982–83) | 15–16–4 | 14,980 |
| 36 | W | December 29, 1982 | 4–3 | @ Los Angeles Kings (1982–83) | 16–16–4 | 11,700 |
| 37 | L | January 1, 1983 | 3–5 | @ Edmonton Oilers (1982–83) | 16–17–4 | 17,498 |
| 38 | W | January 2, 1983 | 6–4 | Boston Bruins (1982–83) | 17–17–4 | N/A |
| 39 | L | January 5, 1983 | 3–8 | Edmonton Oilers (1982–83) | 17–18–4 | 14,825 |
| 40 | L | January 6, 1983 | 1–5 | @ Calgary Flames (1982–83) | 17–19–4 | 7,242 |
| 41 | W | January 9, 1983 | 4–3 | Pittsburgh Penguins (1982–83) | 18–19–4 | 12,001 |
| 42 | L | January 11, 1983 | 1–4 | @ New York Islanders (1982–83) | 18–20–4 | 15,230 |
| 43 | T | January 12, 1983 | 5–5 | @ New York Rangers (1982–83) | 18–20–5 | 17,431 |
| 44 | L | January 14, 1983 | 2–4 | St. Louis Blues (1982–83) | 18–21–5 | 13,650 |
| 45 | L | January 16, 1983 | 4–6 | @ Vancouver Canucks (1982–83) | 18–22–5 | 12,501 |
| 46 | W | January 19, 1983 | 6–3 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1982–83) | 19–22–5 | 11,941 |
| 47 | W | January 21, 1983 | 4–1 | New York Rangers (1982–83) | 20–22–5 | 14,301 |
| 48 | L | January 23, 1983 | 2–5 | @ Buffalo Sabres (1982–83) | 20–23–5 | 10,613 |
| 49 | L | January 25, 1983 | 3–6 | @ Quebec Nordiques (1982–83) | 20–24–5 | 15,193 |
| 50 | L | January 27, 1983 | 2–5 | @ Philadelphia Flyers (1982–83) | 20–25–5 | 16,702 |
| 51 | T | January 29, 1983 | 2–2 | @ Hartford Whalers (1982–83) | 20–25–6 | 10,416 |
| 52 | T | January 31, 1983 | 2–2 | @ Boston Bruins (1982–83) | 20–25–7 | 11,432 |
| 53 | L | February 2, 1983 | 3–6 | Philadelphia Flyers (1982–83) | 20–26–7 | 13,027 |
| 54 | W | February 4, 1983 | 6–4 | Pittsburgh Penguins (1982–83) | 21–26–7 | 11,068 |
| 55 | L | February 6, 1983 | 0–2 | Montreal Canadiens (1982–83) | 21–27–7 | 15,372 |
| 56 | L | February 10, 1983 | 3–5 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1982–83) | 21–28–7 | 15,834 |
| 57 | W | February 12, 1983 | 4–2 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1982–83) | 22–28–7 | 13,828 |
| 58 | L | February 13, 1983 | 1–6 | @ Washington Capitals (1982–83) | 22–29–7 | 9,582 |
| 59 | W | February 15, 1983 | 7–4 | Vancouver Canucks (1982–83) | 23–29–7 | 11,009 |
| 60 | W | February 18, 1983 | 6–5 | Boston Bruins (1982–83) | 24–29–7 | 14,399 |
| 61 | L | February 20, 1983 | 4–9 | @ New York Rangers (1982–83) | 24–30–7 | 17,423 |
| 62 | T | February 22, 1983 | 2–2 | @ New York Islanders (1982–83) | 24–30–8 | 15,090 |
| 63 | L | February 23, 1983 | 4–6 | @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1982–83) | 24–31–8 | 4,965 |
| 64 | W | February 25, 1983 | 5–3 | Hartford Whalers (1982–83) | 25–31–8 | 11,828 |
| 65 | L | February 27, 1983 | 0–3 | @ Edmonton Oilers (1982–83) | 25–32–8 | 17,498 |
| 66 | L | March 2, 1983 | 0–3 | Vancouver Canucks (1982–83) | 25–33–8 | 11,776 |
| 67 | L | March 5, 1983 | 4–5 | @ Vancouver Canucks (1982–83) | 25–34–8 | 14,728 |
| 68 | L | March 6, 1983 | 2–6 | @ Vancouver Canucks (1982–83) | 25–35–8 | 16,053 |
| 69 | W | March 9, 1983 | 6–0 | Buffalo Sabres (1982–83) | 26–35–8 | 12,528 |
| 70 | L | March 10, 1983 | 3–6 | @ Calgary Flames (1982–83) | 26–36–8 | 7,242 |
| 71 | W | March 13, 1983 | 6–5 | @ Los Angeles Kings (1982–83) | 27–36–8 | 12,502 |
| 72 | L | March 15, 1983 | 3–4 | @ Los Angeles Kings (1982–83) | 27–37–8 | 10,271 |
| 73 | W | March 18, 1983 | 7–3 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1982–83) | 28–37–8 | 14,762 |
| 74 | W | March 20, 1983 | 3–2 | Quebec Nordiques (1982–83) | 29–37–8 | 15,075 |
| 75 | W | March 23, 1983 | 7–4 | Edmonton Oilers (1982–83) | 30–37–8 | 15,807 |
| 76 | W | March 26, 1983 | 5–2 | @ Calgary Flames (1982–83) | 31–37–8 | 7,242 |
| 77 | L | March 27, 1983 | 3–4 | Calgary Flames (1982–83) | 31–38–8 | 15,120 |
| 78 | W | March 30, 1983 | 10–5 | Los Angeles Kings (1982–83) | 32–38–8 | 13,039 |
| 79 | L | April 1, 1983 | 2–7 | @ Edmonton Oilers (1982–83) | 32–39–8 | 17,498 |
| 80 | W | April 3, 1983 | 8–3 | Detroit Red Wings (1982–83) | 33–39–8 | 12,293 |

## Playoffs

The Jets faced the Smythe Division champion Edmonton Oilers in the Division semi-finals. The Oilers swept the Jets in three games.

## Player statistics

Regular Season :
| Player Name | Age | Pos. | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Dale Hawerchuk | 19 | C | 79 | 40 | 51 | 91 | 31 |
| Paul MacLean | 24 | F | 80 | 32 | 44 | 76 | 121 |
| Dave Babych | 21 | D | 79 | 13 | 61 | 74 | 56 |
| Thomas Steen | 22 | F | 75 | 26 | 33 | 59 | 60 |
| Lucien DeBlois | 25 | F | 79 | 27 | 27 | 54 | 69 |
| Brian Mullen | 20 | F | 80 | 24 | 26 | 50 | 14 |
| Dave Christian | 23 | R | 55 | 18 | 26 | 44 | 23 |
| Doug Smail | | F | 80 | 15 | 29 | 44 | 32 |
| Morris Lukowich | 26 | L | 69 | 22 | 21 | 43 | 67 |
| Bengt Lundholm | 27 | F | 58 | 14 | 28 | 42 | 16 |
| Norm Dupont | 25 | L | 39 | 7 | 16 | 23 | 6 |
| Tim Watters | 23 | D | 77 | 5 | 18 | 23 | 98 |
| Bryan Maxwell | 26 | D | 54 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 131 |
| Serge Savard | 36 | D | 76 | 4 | 16 | 20 | 29 |
| Scott Arniel | 19 | L | 75 | 13 | 5 | 18 | 46 |
| Don Spring | 23 | D | 80 | 0 | 16 | 16 | 37 |
| Ron Wilson | 26 | C | 12 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 4 |
| Craig Levie | 23 | D | 22 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 31 |
| Jerry Butler | 31 | F | 43 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 14 |
| Moe Mantha | 21 | D | 21 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 6 |
| Murray Eaves | 22 | F | 26 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 2 |
| Larry Hopkins | 28 | L | 12 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| Wade Campbell | 21 | D | 42 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 50 |
| Ed Staniowski | 27 | G | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Brian Hayward | 22 | G | 24 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Jimmy Mann | 23 | R | 40 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 73 |
| Doug Soetaert | 26 | G | 44 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| Jim Kyte | 18 | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tim Trimper | 23 | F | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## Transactions
### Trades

| March 7, 1983 | To Edmonton OilersWilly Lindstrom | To Winnipeg JetsLaurie Boschman |
| June 8, 1983 | To Washington CapitalsDave Christian | To Winnipeg Jets1st round pick in 1983 – Bobby Dollas |
| June 24, 1983 | To Hartford WhalersNorm Dupont | To Winnipeg Jets4th round pick in 1984 – Chris Mills |

### Waivers

| October 4, 1982 | To Pittsburgh PenguinsDoug Lecuyer |

### Free agents

| Player | Former Team |
| Brian Hayward | Undrafted Free Agent |
| Wade Campbell | Undrafted Free Agent |
| Jerry Butler | Vancouver Canucks |

## Draft picks

Winnipeg selected the following players at the 1982 NHL Entry Draft, which was held at the Montreal Forum in Montreal on June 9, 1982.

### NHL Amateur Draft

| Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team |
| 1 | 12 | Jim Kyte (D) | Canada | Cornwall Royals (OHL) |
| 4 | 74 | Tom Martin (LW) | Canada | Kelowna Buckaroos (BCJHL) |
| 4 | 75 | Dave Ellett (D) | Canada | Ottawa Tier II (COJHL) |
| 5 | 96 | Tim Mishler (C) | United States | East Grand Forks (ND) High School |
| 7 | 138 | Derek Ray (RW) | United States | Seattle Jr. B (NAJHL) |
| 8 | 159 | Guy Gosselin (D) | United States | Rochester (MN) John Marshall High School |
| 9 | 180 | Tom Ward (D) | United States | Richfield (MN) High School |
| 10 | 201 | Mike Savage (LW) | Canada | Sudbury Wolves (OHL) |
| 11 | 222 | Bob Shaw (RW) | Canada | Penticton Knights (BCJHL) |
| 12 | 243 | Jan Ericson (LW) | Sweden | AIK (SEL) |

## Farm teams

Sherbrooke Jets