Johnstown Jets

The Johnstown Jets were a professional ice hockey team from Johnstown, Pennsylvania. The Jets were founded in the Eastern Amateur Hockey League for the 1950–51 season, playing at the newly constructed Cambria County War Memorial Arena. The Jets won consecutive EHL championships in 1951–52 and 1952–53.
When the EAHL suspended operations in 1953, the Jets transferred to the International Hockey League, were they played two seasons. Johnstown were Turner Cup finalists in 1953–54, losing 4 games to 2, to the Cincinnati Mohawks.
In 1955, the Jets joined the Eastern Hockey League (a league founded from the EAHL), and won three consecutive EHL championships in 1959–60, 1960–61 and 1961–62. Johnstown remained in the league until its demise in 1973.
The Jets then joined the new North American Hockey League in 1973. Dick Roberge coached the Johnstown to the Lockhart Cup championship 1974–75, defeating the Broome Dusters. That season's playoff run included the Carlson brothers, Jeff, Jack and Steve, who became the basis for the Hanson Brothers in the movie Slap Shot. Jeff and Steve Carlson portrayed their fictional selves in the movie, while former Jet Dave Hanson portrayed Jack. The Jets played four seasons total in the NAHL before the league folded in 1977. The team itself folded in the offseason, when the Johnstown flood of 1977 that damaged the arena's ice making equipment. 
==Season-by-season results==
Season 	League	Games	Won	Lost	Tied	Points	Winning %	Goalsfor	Goalsagainst	Standing
1950–51	EHL 	54 	26 	25 	3 	55 	0.509 	195 	194 	1st, EHL
1951–52	EHL 	65 	39 	21 	5 	83 	0.638 	264 	186 	1st, EHL
1952–53	EHL 	60 	28 	29 	3 	59 	0.492 	226 	244 	2nd, EHL
1953–54	IHL 	65 	35 	27 	3 	73 	0.562 	254 	221 	3rd, IHL
1954–55	IHL 	60 	25 	34 	1 	51 	0.425 	188 	215 	5th, IHL
1955–56	EHL 	64 	32 	32 	0 	64 	0.500 	312 	298 	4th, EHL
1956–57	EHL 	64 	31 	33 	0 	62 	0.484 	320 	290 	4th, EHL
1957–58	EHL 	64 	31 	30 	3 	65 	0.508 	228 	225 	4th, EHL
1958–59	EHL 	64 	33 	28 	3 	69 	0.539 	252 	223 	2nd, EHL
1959–60	EHL 	64 	45 	18 	1 	91 	0.711 	255 	176 	1st, South
1960–61	EHL 	64 	40 	22 	2 	82 	0.641 	273 	215 	2nd, South
1961–62	EHL 	68 	41 	26 	1 	83 	0.610 	296 	255 	2nd, North
1962–63	EHL 	68 	34 	31 	3 	71 	0.522 	254 	309 	3rd, North
1963–64	EHL 	72 	41 	26 	5 	87 	0.604 	297 	245 	1st, North
1964–65	EHL 	72 	41 	31 	0 	82 	0.569 	330 	294 	3rd, North
1965–66	EHL 	72 	39 	31 	2 	80 	0.556 	303 	267 	3rd, North
1966–67	EHL 	72 	34 	36 	2 	70 	0.486 	267 	290 	3rd, North
1967–68	EHL 	72 	38 	25 	9 	85 	0.590 	386 	273 	3rd, North
1968–69	EHL 	72 	42 	23 	7 	91 	0.632 	358 	230 	2nd, North
1969–70	EHL 	74 	27 	33 	14 	68 	0.459 	318 	344 	3rd, North
1970–71	EHL 	74 	30 	29 	15 	75 	0.507 	273 	297 	3rd, North
1971–72	EHL 	75 	33 	28 	14 	80 	0.533 	290 	269 	2nd, North
1972–73	EHL 	76 	36 	28 	12 	84 	0.553 	283 	255 	2nd, North
1973–74	NAHL 	74 	32 	38 	4 	68 	0.459 	265 	303 	5th, NAHL
1974–75	NAHL 	74 	38 	32 	4 	80 	0.541 	274 	255 	4th, NAHL
1975–76	NAHL 	74 	47 	25 	2 	96 	0.649 	346 	257 	1st, West
1976–77	NAHL 	73 	22 	49 	2 	46 	0.315 	253 	334 	7th, NAHL
==NHL alumni==
List of Johnstown Jets who played in the National Hockey League, 46 in total.
* Lloyd Ailsby 
* Wayne Bianchin 
* Bruce Boudreau 
* Ross Brooks 
* Andy Brown 
* Fred Burchell 
* Jack Carlson 
* Steve Carlson 
* Dwight Carruthers 
* Mike Chernoff 
* Gary Collins 
* Joe Daley	
* Nick Damore 
* Bob Dawes 
* Norm Defelice 
* Guy Delparte 
* Marv Edwards 
* Rocky Farr 
* Harry Frost 
* Gary Gambucci 
* Bob Gryp 
* Dave Hanson 
* Galen Head 
* Paul Holmgren	
* Eddie Johnston 
* Larry Johnston 
* Ed Kachur 
* Ken Kilrea 
* Ted Lanyon 
* Jean-Louis Levasseur 
* Dave Lucas 
* Ralph MacSweyn 
* Jim Mair 
* Brian Marchinko 
* Jack McIntyre	
* Don McLean 
* Jim Mikol 
* Jim Murray 
* Joe Schaefer 
* Don Simmons 
* Bob Sneddon 
* Morris Stefaniw 
* Gilles Villemure 
* Bob Warner 
* Bob Whitlock 
* Joe Zanussi
==External links==
* Johnstown Jets - www.officialgamepuck.com
* Old-time hockey indeed - Jets history
* How the Johnstown Jets were turned into the Charlestown Chiefs
* EHL standings and statistics
* IHL standings and statistics
* NAHL standings and statistics
Category:American ice hockey teams
Category:International Hockey League (1945-2001) team
Category:North American Hockey League (1973-1977) team
Category:Eastern Hockey League team