1979–80 Winnipeg Jets season

The 1979–80 Winnipeg Jets season was their 8th season and 1st in the National Hockey League. The Jets finished 5th in the Smythe Division and did not qualify for the playoffs.
==Off-season==
==Regular Season==
===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, 1979 	2–4 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1979–80) 	0–1–0
2 	L 	October 11, 1979 	0–4 	@ Boston Bruins (1979–80) 	0–2–0
3 	W 	October 14, 1979 	4–2 	Colorado Rockies (1979–80) 	1–2–0
4 	L 	October 17, 1979 	1–5 	Detroit Red Wings (1979–80) 	1–3–0
5 	W 	October 19, 1979 	3–2 	Minnesota North Stars (1979–80) 	2–3–0
6 	L 	October 20, 1979 	1–4 	@ Colorado Rockies (1979–80) 	2–4–0
7 	L 	October 24, 1979 	0–4 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1979–80) 	2–5–0
8 	W 	October 26, 1979 	3–2 	Boston Bruins (1979–80) 	3–5–0
9 	T 	October 28, 1979 	2–2 	St. Louis Blues (1979–80) 	3–5–1
10 	W 	October 31, 1979 	5–2 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1979–80) 	4–5–1
11 	T 	November 2, 1979 	1–1 	Washington Capitals (1979–80) 	4–5–2
12 	T 	November 4, 1979 	4–4 	New York Islanders (1979–80) 	4–5–3
13 	L 	November 6, 1979 	0–8 	@ Atlanta Flames (1979–80) 	4–6–3
14 	L 	November 7, 1979 	3–6 	@ Washington Capitals (1979–80) 	4–7–3
15 	L 	November 10, 1979 	4–8 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1979–80) 	4–8–3
16 	W 	November 14, 1979 	3–2 	Hartford Whalers (1979–80) 	5–8–3
17 	L 	November 16, 1979 	2–3 	Quebec Nordiques (1979–80) 	5–9–3
18 	L 	November 18, 1979 	2–3 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1979–80) 	5–10–3
19 	W 	November 21, 1979 	6–4 	@ New York Rangers (1979–80) 	6–10–3
20 	L 	November 22, 1979 	0–7 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1979–80) 	6–11–3
21 	W 	November 24, 1979 	5–3 	Vancouver Canucks (1979–80) 	7–11–3
22 	L 	November 27, 1979 	3–5 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1979–80) 	7–12–3
23 	L 	November 28, 1979 	2–4 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1979–80) 	7–13–3
24 	T 	December 1, 1979 	4–4 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1979–80)	7–13–4
25 	L 	December 2, 1979 	0–4 	New York Islanders (1979–80) 	7–14–4
26 	W 	December 4, 1979 	4–2 	@ St. Louis Blues (1979–80) 	8–14–4
27 	L 	December 5, 1979 	4–6 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1979–80) 	8–15–4
28 	W 	December 7, 1979 	8–3 	Edmonton Oilers (1979–80) 	9–15–4
29 	L 	December 9, 1979 	4–5 	Atlanta Flames (1979–80) 	9–16–4
30 	L 	December 12, 1979 	0–5 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1979–80) 	9–17–4
31 	W 	December 15, 1979 	6–2 	Montreal Canadiens (1979–80) 	10–17–4
32 	W 	December 16, 1979 	4–3 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1979–80) 	11–17–4
33 	L 	December 19, 1979 	2–3 	Buffalo Sabres (1979–80) 	11–18–4
34 	W 	December 21, 1979 	4–1 	Chicago Black Hawks (1979–80) 	12–18–4
35 	L 	December 26, 1979 	0–6 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1979–80)	12–19–4
36 	L 	December 28, 1979 	3–5 	Philadelphia Flyers (1979–80) 	12–20–4
37 	L 	December 29, 1979 	1–6 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1979–80) 	12–21–4
38 	L 	December 31, 1979 	2–6 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1979–80) 	12–22–4
39 	L 	January 4, 1980 	1–2 	Boston Bruins (1979–80) 	12–23–4
40 	T 	January 6, 1980 	4–4 	Los Angeles Kings (1979–80) 	12–23–5
41 	L 	January 8, 1980 	0–2 	@ Atlanta Flames (1979–80) 	12–24–5
42 	L 	January 10, 1980 	4–5 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1979–80) 	12–25–5
43 	L 	January 12, 1980 	0–3 	New York Rangers (1979–80) 	12–26–5
44 	W 	January 13, 1980 	5–3 	Los Angeles Kings (1979–80) 	13–26–5
45 	L 	January 15, 1980 	2–5 	@ New York Islanders (1979–80) 	13–27–5
46 	L 	January 16, 1980 	1–4 	@ New York Rangers (1979–80) 	13–28–5
47 	L 	January 18, 1980 	0–5 	Detroit Red Wings (1979–80) 	13–29–5
48 	L 	January 21, 1980 	2–7 	@ Hartford Whalers (1979–80) 	13–30–5
49 	L 	January 22, 1980 	4–5 	@ Washington Capitals (1979–80) 	13–31–5
50 	L 	January 25, 1980 	4–5 	Philadelphia Flyers (1979–80) 	13–32–5
51 	T 	January 27, 1980 	6–6 	St. Louis Blues (1979–80) 	13–32–6
52 	W 	January 29, 1980 	7–3 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1979–80) 	14–32–6
53 	L 	February 1, 1980 	2–9 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1979–80) 	14–33–6
54 	T 	February 2, 1980 	2–2 	@ Colorado Rockies (1979–80) 	14–33–7
55 	L 	February 8, 1980 	3–6 	Washington Capitals (1979–80) 	14–34–7
56 	T 	February 10, 1980 	2–2 	Edmonton Oilers (1979–80) 	14–34–8
57 	T 	February 12, 1980 	0–0 	@ New York Islanders (1979–80) 	14–34–9
58 	L 	February 14, 1980 	1–5 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1979–80) 	14–35–9
59 	L 	February 15, 1980 	4–5 	@ Hartford Whalers (1979–80) 	14–36–9
60 	W 	February 17, 1980 	6–5 	Quebec Nordiques (1979–80) 	15–36–9
61 	L 	February 20, 1980 	3–4 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1979–80) 	15–37–9
62 	L 	February 21, 1980 	0–3 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1979–80) 	15–38–9
63 	L 	February 23, 1980 	3–9 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1979–80) 	15–39–9
64 	L 	February 27, 1980 	2–3 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1979–80) 	15–40–9
65 	T 	February 29, 1980 	3–3 	Vancouver Canucks (1979–80) 	15–40–10
66 	L 	March 2, 1980 	2–3 	Chicago Black Hawks (1979–80) 	15–41–10
67 	L 	March 4, 1980 	1–2 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1979–80) 	15–42–10
68 	L 	March 9, 1980 	2–5 	Atlanta Flames (1979–80) 	15–43–10
69 	T 	March 12, 1980 	3–3 	Buffalo Sabres (1979–80) 	15–43–11
70 	L 	March 14, 1980 	3–4 	Montreal Canadiens (1979–80) 	15–44–11
71 	W 	March 16, 1980 	6–2 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1979–80) 	16–44–11
72 	L 	March 19, 1980 	1–9 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1979–80) 	16–45–11
73 	W 	March 21, 1980 	4–2 	New York Rangers (1979–80) 	17–45–11
74 	L 	March 23, 1980 	2–4 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1979–80) 	17–46–11
75 	W 	March 26, 1980 	7–0 	Hartford Whalers (1979–80) 	18–46–11
76 	L 	March 28, 1980 	1–2 	Minnesota North Stars (1979–80) 	18–47–11
77 	L 	March 30, 1980 	1–3 	@ Boston Bruins (1979–80) 	18–48–11
78 	W 	April 2, 1980 	5–2 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1979–80) 	19–48–11
79 	L 	April 5, 1980 	0–6 	@ St. Louis Blues (1979–80) 	19–49–11
80 	W 	April 6, 1980 	3–2 	Colorado Rockies (1979–80) 	20–49–11
==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
 	LW 	78	35	39	74 	77 	-16	13 	1 	2
 	C 	79	24	35	59 	20 	-45	5 	0 	3
 	C 	79	21	36	57 	28 	-12	6 	0 	3
 	RW 	79	23	26	49 	20 	-19	5 	0 	4
 	D 	70	10	35	45 	36 	-11	7 	0 	0
 	RW 	57	18	20	38 	59 	-38	9 	0 	0
 	D 	79	7 	27	34 	48 	-35	3 	1 	0
 	C 	78	8 	16	24 	50 	-38	1 	2 	1
 	D 	63	3 	17	20 	136	-39	0 	0 	2
 	LW 	74	10	9 	19 	38 	-24	0 	0 	1
 	RW 	15	8 	10	18 	2 	-5 	3 	0 	0
 	LW 	38	10	7 	17 	21 	-12	2 	0 	1
 	LW 	62	8 	7 	15 	12 	-29	0 	0 	0
 	D 	63	3 	11	14 	72 	-26	0 	0 	0
 	D 	46	2 	9 	11 	32 	-16	1 	0 	0
 	C/RW	16	6 	4 	10 	6 	-8 	4 	0 	0
 	LW 	18	4 	6 	10 	0 	-7 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	74	4 	6 	10 	124	-41	0 	0 	1
 	RW 	72	3 	5 	8 	287	-20	1 	0 	1
 	RW 	35	1 	5 	6 	15 	-13	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	14	3 	2 	5 	7 	0 	2 	0 	1
 	C 	10	1 	3 	4 	2 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	15	1 	1 	2 	35 	-4 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	17	0 	2 	2 	4 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	35	0 	2 	2 	10 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	5 	1 	0 	1 	4 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	6 	0 	1 	1 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	49	0 	1 	1 	43 	-15	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	5 	0 	0 	0 	0 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	6 	0 	0 	0 	2 	-5 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	8 	0 	0 	0 	6 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	13	0 	0 	0 	8 	-5 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	13	0 	0 	0 	2 	-6 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	19	0 	0 	0 	2 	-15	0 	0 	0
 	G 	10	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	20	0 	0 	0 	25 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	21	0 	0 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T 	GA 	GAA 	SO
 	1947	35	9 	19	3 	130	4.01	0
 	1200	21	5 	11	4 	65 	3.25	2
 	1073	20	4 	11	4 	73 	4.08	0
 	580 	10	2 	8 	0 	40 	4.14	0
Team: 	4800	80	20	49	11	308	3.85	2
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 28, 1979 	To Quebec NordiquesJamie Hislop 	To Winnipeg JetsBarry Legge
July 25, 1979 	To New York RangersFuture Considerations 	To Winnipeg JetsWayne Dillon
August 1, 1979 	To Atlanta FlamesPaul Terbenche 	To Winnipeg JetsFuture Considerations
October 4, 1979 	To Montreal CanadiensCash 	To Winnipeg JetsRon Wilson
October 15, 1979 	To New York RangersCashFuture Considerations	To Winnipeg JetsBud Stefanski
February 27, 1980	To Hartford WhalersBobby Hull 	To Winnipeg JetsFuture Considerations
===Waivers===
February 27, 1980	From Vancouver CanucksKris Manery
===Free Agents===
{|class="wikitable"	
Player 	Former Team
Willy Lindstrom	Winnipeg Jets (WHA)
Larry Hopkins 	Toronto Maple Leafs
John Bethel 	Undrafted Free Agent
Benoit Gosselin	New York Rangers
Gerry Rioux 	Undrafted Free Agent
Glenn Tomalty 	Undrafted Free Agent
Ross Cory 	Undrafted Free Agent
Jude Drouin 	New York Islanders
Mark Plantery 	Undrafted Free Agent
Don MacIver 	Undrafted Free Agent
Anders Steen 	Undrafted Free Agent
==Draft Picks==
===NHL Amateur Draft===
Round	Pick	Player 	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team
1 	19. 	Jimmy Mann (RW)	 	Sherbrooke Castors (QMJHL)
2 	40. 	Dave Christian 	 	University of North Dakota (NCAA)
===Expansion Draft===
====Reclaimed Players====
Reclaiming of Players: The 17 existing NHL teams were allowed to reclaim any rights to former WHA players they held. The four incoming franchises, however, were allowed to protect up to two goaltenders and two skaters, voiding their NHL rights. These players were considered "priority selections" in the expansion draft. Gordie Howe was one of two special cases (the other being Wayne Gretzky), as a gentlemen's agreement between the Hartford Whalers and the Detroit Red Wings, which held his rights, led to the Wings declining to reclaim Howe.
These are Winnipeg players whose NHL rights were reclaimed when the WHA merged with the NHL. This list is incomplete.
# 	Player 	Reclaimed From	Reclaimed By
4.	Bobby Hull (LW)	Winnipeg Jets 	Chicago Black Hawks
====Jets Selections====
# 	Player 	Drafted From 	Drafted By
1. 	Peter Marsh (LW) 	Pittsburgh Penguins 	Winnipeg Jets
2. 	Lindsay Middlebrook (G)	New York Rangers 	Winnipeg Jets
3. 	Bobby Hull (LW) 	Chicago Black Hawks 	Winnipeg Jets
4. 	Al Cameron (D) 	Detroit Red Wings 	Winnipeg Jets
5. 	Dave Hoyda (LW) 	Philadelphia Flyers 	Winnipeg Jets
6. 	Jim Roberts (LW) 	Minnesota North Stars	Winnipeg Jets
7. 	Lorne Stamler (LW) 	Toronto Maple Leafs 	Winnipeg Jets
8. 	Mark Heaslip (RW) 	Los Angeles Kings 	Winnipeg Jets
9. 	Pierre Hamel (G) 	Toronto Maple Leafs 	Winnipeg Jets
10.	Gord McTavish (F) 	St. Louis Blues 	Winnipeg Jets
11.	Gord Smith (D) 	Washington Capitals 	Winnipeg Jets
12.	Clark Hamilton (C) 	Detroit Red Wings 	Winnipeg Jets
13.	Jim Cunningham (LW) 	Philadelphia Flyers 	Winnipeg Jets
14.	Dennis Abgrall (RW) 	Los Angeles Kings 	Winnipeg Jets
15.	Bill Riley (W) 	Washington Capitals 	Winnipeg Jets
16.	Gene Carr (C) 	Atlanta Flames 	Winnipeg Jets
17.	Hilliard Graves (RW) 	Vancouver Canucks 	Winnipeg Jets
==Trivia==
*Jets who recorded a Hat trick this season include:
**Dave Christian during the 7-0 win over the Hartford Whalers on March 26, 1980.
==Game Ads==
79-80JetsSaskatoonAd.jpg|Ad in Saskatoon for a train trip and game.
79-80JetsReginaAd.jpg|Regina
==References==
*Jets on Hockey Database
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