1980–81 Winnipeg Jets season

The 1980–81 Winnipeg Jets season was their 9th season and 2nd in the National Hockey League. The Jets finished 6th in the Smythe Division and did not qualify for the playoffs.
==Off-season==
==Regular Season==
The Jets were coached by Tom McVie (1 win, 20 losses and 7 ties), Bill Sutherland (6 wins, 20 losses and 3 ties) and Mike Smith (2 wins, 17 losses and 4 ties).
===Final Standings===
===Game Log===
Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results 	Regular Season Results
No. 	R 	Date 	Score 	Opponent 	Record
1 	L 	October 10, 1980 	1–4 	@ Washington Capitals (1980–81) 	0–1–0
2 	L 	October 11, 1980 	4–5 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1980–81) 	0–2–0
3 	W 	October 17, 1980 	6–2 	Chicago Black Hawks (1980–81) 	1–2–0
4 	T 	October 19, 1980 	4–4 	Quebec Nordiques (1980–81) 	1–2–1
5 	L 	October 22, 1980 	4–7 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1980–81) 	1–3–1
6 	L 	October 25, 1980 	1–4 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1980–81)	1–4–1
7 	T 	October 26, 1980 	7–7 	Boston Bruins (1980–81) 	1–4–2
8 	L 	October 29, 1980 	4–8 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1980–81) 	1–5–2
9 	L 	October 31, 1980 	5–6 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1980–81) 	1–6–2
10 	T 	November 2, 1980 	4–4 	Washington Capitals (1980–81) 	1–6–3
11 	T 	November 5, 1980 	5–5 	Calgary Flames (1980–81) 	1–6–4
12 	L 	November 7, 1980 	2–4 	Edmonton Oilers (1980–81) 	1–7–4
13 	L 	November 9, 1980 	4–7 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1980–81) 	1–8–4
14 	L 	November 12, 1980 	1–5 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1980–81) 	1–9–4
15 	T 	November 13, 1980 	5–5 	@ Boston Bruins (1980–81) 	1–9–5
16 	L 	November 16, 1980 	1–5 	Montreal Canadiens (1980–81) 	1–10–5
17 	L 	November 18, 1980 	1–6 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1980–81) 	1–11–5
18 	L 	November 19, 1980 	2–7 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1980–81) 	1–12–5
19 	L 	November 21, 1980 	2–4 	Buffalo Sabres (1980–81) 	1–13–5
20 	L 	November 23, 1980 	1–3 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1980–81) 	1–14–5
21 	T 	November 25, 1980 	4–4 	@ New York Islanders (1980–81) 	1–14–6
22 	L 	November 26, 1980 	4–8 	@ Hartford Whalers (1980–81) 	1–15–6
23 	T 	November 28, 1980 	1–1 	St. Louis Blues (1980–81) 	1–15–7
24 	L 	November 30, 1980 	1–4 	Calgary Flames (1980–81) 	1–16–7
25 	L 	December 3, 1980 	3–4 	New York Rangers (1980–81) 	1–17–7
26 	L 	December 4, 1980 	1–3 	@ Calgary Flames (1980–81) 	1–18–7
27 	L 	December 6, 1980 	2–5 	@ St. Louis Blues (1980–81) 	1–19–7
28 	L 	December 10, 1980 	5–8 	Hartford Whalers (1980–81) 	1–20–7
29 	L 	December 13, 1980 	3–4 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1980–81)	1–21–7
30 	L 	December 14, 1980 	4–5 	New York Islanders (1980–81) 	1–22–7
31 	L 	December 16, 1980 	2–6 	@ New York Islanders (1980–81) 	1–23–7
32 	L 	December 17, 1980 	2–8 	@ New York Rangers (1980–81) 	1–24–7
33 	L 	December 20, 1980 	2–5 	@ St. Louis Blues (1980–81) 	1–25–7
34 	W 	December 23, 1980 	5–4 	Colorado Rockies (1980–81) 	2–25–7
35 	L 	December 26, 1980 	3–5 	Minnesota North Stars (1980–81) 	2–26–7
36 	L 	December 28, 1980 	3–4 	Detroit Red Wings (1980–81) 	2–27–7
37 	L 	December 31, 1980 	3–5 	Washington Capitals (1980–81) 	2–28–7
38 	W 	January 2, 1981 	4–3 	Philadelphia Flyers (1980–81) 	3–28–7
39 	L 	January 5, 1981 	1–4 	Boston Bruins (1980–81) 	3–29–7
40 	W 	January 7, 1981 	8–2 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1980–81) 	4–29–7
41 	T 	January 9, 1981 	4–4 	Vancouver Canucks (1980–81) 	4–29–8
42 	L 	January 10, 1981 	3–5 	Hartford Whalers (1980–81) 	4–30–8
43 	T 	January 13, 1981 	3–3 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1980–81) 	4–30–9
44 	L 	January 15, 1981 	3–7 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1980–81) 	4–31–9
45 	L 	January 17, 1981 	2–4 	@ Calgary Flames (1980–81) 	4–32–9
46 	L 	January 18, 1981 	4–5 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1980–81) 	4–33–9
47 	W 	January 21, 1981 	5–1 	New York Rangers (1980–81) 	5–33–9
48 	T 	January 23, 1981 	2–2 	@ Colorado Rockies (1980–81) 	5–33–10
49 	L 	January 27, 1981 	3–4 	@ Washington Capitals (1980–81) 	5–34–10
50 	L 	January 29, 1981 	6–7 	@ Boston Bruins (1980–81) 	5–35–10
51 	W 	January 31, 1981 	2–0 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1980–81) 	6–35–10
52 	L 	February 1, 1981 	0–4 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1980–81) 	6–36–10
53 	L 	February 4, 1981 	2–3 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1980–81) 	6–37–10
54 	L 	February 6, 1981 	4–10 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1980–81) 	6–38–10
55 	L 	February 8, 1981 	1–9 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1980–81) 	6–39–10
56 	L 	February 12, 1981 	6–8 	@ New York Rangers (1980–81) 	6–40–10
57 	W 	February 15, 1981 	4–3 	Quebec Nordiques (1980–81) 	7–40–10
58 	L 	February 17, 1981 	4–6 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1980–81) 	7–41–10
59 	T 	February 18, 1981 	3–3 	@ Hartford Whalers (1980–81) 	7–41–11
60 	L 	February 20, 1981 	3–5 	Minnesota North Stars (1980–81) 	7–42–11
61 	L 	February 21, 1981 	1–5 	Edmonton Oilers (1980–81) 	7–43–11
62 	L 	February 25, 1981 	3–4 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1980–81) 	7–44–11
63 	L 	February 27, 1981 	3–6 	Philadelphia Flyers (1980–81) 	7–45–11
64 	T 	March 1, 1981 	4–4 	Detroit Red Wings (1980–81) 	7–45–12
65 	L 	March 4, 1981 	3–9 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1980–81) 	7–46–12
66 	L 	March 5, 1981 	1–10 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1980–81) 	7–47–12
67 	W 	March 7, 1981 	4–2 	Montreal Canadiens (1980–81) 	8–47–12
68 	L 	March 8, 1981 	1–4 	Los Angeles Kings (1980–81) 	8–48–12
69 	L 	March 11, 1981 	3–6 	New York Islanders (1980–81) 	8–49–12
70 	L 	March 13, 1981 	2–5 	Buffalo Sabres (1980–81) 	8–50–12
71 	L 	March 15, 1981 	2–8 	Chicago Black Hawks (1980–81) 	8–51–12
72 	W 	March 18, 1981 	4–3 	Colorado Rockies (1980–81) 	9–51–12
73 	L 	March 21, 1981 	4–5 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1980–81) 	9–52–12
74 	L 	March 22, 1981 	5–7 	Los Angeles Kings (1980–81) 	9–53–12
75 	L 	March 27, 1981 	2–10 	Vancouver Canucks (1980–81) 	9–54–12
76 	L 	March 29, 1981 	1–2 	@ Colorado Rockies (1980–81) 	9–55–12
77 	L 	March 31, 1981 	3–7 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1980–81) 	9–56–12
78 	T 	April 1, 1981 	4–4 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1980–81) 	9–56–13
79 	L 	April 4, 1981 	2–7 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1980–81) 	9–57–13
80 	T 	April 5, 1981 	5–5 	St. Louis Blues (1980–81) 	9–57–14
==Playoffs==
*The Jets did not qualify for the post season.
==Player Stats==
===Regular Season===
;Scoring
Player	Pos 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	RW 	80	28	43	71 	22 	-54	9 	1 	0
 	LW 	80	33	34	67 	90 	-39	9 	2 	2
 	LW 	80	27	26	53 	8 	-57	8 	0 	1
 	C 	77	18	33	51 	55 	-34	4 	1 	0
 	RW 	78	20	26	46 	82 	-32	3 	0 	0
 	D 	69	6 	38	44 	90 	-61	3 	0 	0
 	RW 	72	22	13	35 	45 	-28	7 	0 	1
 	LW 	56	15	14	29 	28 	-31	1 	0 	1
 	RW 	45	8 	17	25 	45 	-35	0 	0 	1
 	D 	58	2 	23	25 	35 	-33	1 	0 	0
 	LW 	45	6 	17	23 	66 	-27	0 	0 	1
 	D 	65	6 	17	23 	42 	-47	0 	0 	0
 	C 	47	4 	19	23 	20 	-17	2 	0 	0
 	C/RW	47	13	9 	22 	24 	-15	4 	1 	0
 	D 	80	1 	18	19 	18 	-40	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	30	10	8 	18 	45 	-7 	1 	3 	1
 	C 	42	5 	11	16 	22 	-22	3 	0 	1
 	RW 	24	6 	7 	13 	9 	-17	3 	0 	0
 	LW 	30	5 	5 	10 	28 	-12	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	37	3 	3 	6 	105	-18	0 	0 	0
 	D 	25	1 	5 	6 	14 	-10	0 	0 	0
 	D 	38	0 	6 	6 	69 	-33	0 	0 	0
 	D 	14	1 	4 	5 	55 	3 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	9 	0 	5 	5 	10 	-10	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	14	1 	3 	4 	15 	-11	1 	0 	0
 	D 	19	0 	4 	4 	14 	-9 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	29	1 	2 	3 	21 	-19	0 	0 	0
 	C 	12	1 	2 	3 	5 	-7 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	18	1 	1 	2 	40 	-12	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	6 	1 	0 	1 	2 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	9 	1 	0 	1 	7 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	5 	0 	1 	1 	9 	-8 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	29	0 	1 	1 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	31	0 	1 	1 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	7 	0 	0 	0 	9 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	7 	0 	0 	0 	4 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	14	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	14	0 	0 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W	L 	T 	GA 	GAA 	SO
 	757 	14	3	6 	3 	61 	4.83 	0
 	1623	29	3	20	4 	128	4.73 	0
 	1707	31	3	21	4 	128	4.50 	1
 	60 	1 	0	1 	0 	10 	10.00	0
 	653 	14	0	9 	3 	65 	5.97 	0
Team: 	4800	80	9	57	14	392	4.90 	1
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalty Minutes; PPG=Power-play goals; SHG=Short-handed goals; GWG=Game-winning goals 
MIN=Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; SO = Shutouts 
==Awards and Records==
*The Jets did not win any awards this season.
==Transactions==
===Trades===
June 19, 1980 	To St. Louis BluesCraig Norwich 	To Winnipeg JetsRick Bowness
August 6, 1980 	To New York RangersGord Smith 	To Winnipeg JetsCash
September 26, 1980	To Montreal Canadiens2nd round pick in 1982 - David Maley	To Winnipeg JetsNorm Dupont
October 8, 1980 	To Quebec NordiquesCash 	To Winnipeg JetsDanny Geoffrion
October 31, 1980 	To Detroit Red WingsCash 	To Winnipeg JetsBarry Long
December 1, 1980 	To Chicago Black HawksPeter Marsh 	To Winnipeg JetsTim TrimperDoug Lecuyer
December 2, 1980 	To Toronto Maple LeafsCash 	To Winnipeg JetsRichard Mulhern
February 10, 1981 	To Quebec NordiquesCash 	To Winnipeg JetsMichel Dion
===Waivers===
January 12, 1981	From Buffalo SabresRick Dudley
===Free Agents===
{|class="wikitable"	
Player 	Former Team
Don Spring	Undrafted Free Agent
Tom Bladon	Edmonton Oilers
{|class="wikitable"	
Player 	New Team
Tom Bladon	Detroit Red Wings
==Draft Picks==
==Farm Teams==
==See Also==
*1980–81 NHL season
==References==
==External Links==
Winnipeg Jets season, 1980–81
Winnipeg Jets season, 1980–81
Category:Winnipeg Jets seasons