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This is a complete list of ice hockey players who have been drafted in the National Hockey League Entry Draft by the Winnipeg Jets. It includes every player who was drafted, regardless of whether they played for the team. Mark Scheifele was the Jets first ever draft pick taken 7th overall in 2011.
The Jets selected Dale Hawerchuk 1st overall in the 1981 NHL Entry Draft. This is a list of ice hockey players who were drafted in the National Hockey League Entry Draft by the Winnipeg Jets (1972–1996). It includes every player who was drafted, regardless of whether they played for the team.
The organization created the Winnipeg Jets Hall of Fame in 2016 to honour the impact and accomplishments of the original Winnipeg Jets, and the history of professional hockey in the city. [98] The inaugural inductees were the "HOT Line" consisting of Anders Hedberg, Bobby Hull and Ulf Nilsson, who were inducted on October 19, 2016. [99]
The original Winnipeg Jets retired two numbers in their history. When the Jets relocated to Arizona, the banners of these players also made the move, and these numbers originally remain retired with the Arizona Coyotes, in Jets' colors. Beginning with the 2014–15 season, those numbers were unretired and brought back to circulation; they were ...
In the end, the NHL decided to allow Winnipeg to reclaim its former name, but not its pre-1996 history. The pre-1996 Jets history, therefore, remained with the Arizona franchise while the Winnipeg franchise retained the Thrashers' history; aside from Gretzky's No. 99 that was retired league-wide in 2000, the Thrashers did not officially retire ...
The 1979 NHL expansion draft was held on June 13, 1979. The draft took place to fill the rosters of the National Hockey League's new teams for the 1979–80 season: the Edmonton Oilers, Hartford Whalers, Quebec Nordiques and Winnipeg Jets. These four teams had joined the NHL after a merger agreement was reached with the World Hockey Association ...
The Winnipeg Jets set a record for best start in NHL history, downing the Dallas Stars 4-1 on Saturday to become the league's first team to win 14 of its opening 15 games. The Ottawa Senators won ...
McVie became the Jets head coach late in the 1978–79 season, going 11-8-0 in nineteen games, followed by a record of 8–2 in the playoffs to lead Winnipeg to the Avco Cup. McVie had head coaching experience in the NHL , as he coached the Washington Capitals to a 49-122-33 record from 1975 to 1978.