The 1978–79 Winnipeg Jets season was the franchise's seventh and final season in the World Hockey Association. The WHA folded after the season. Head coach...
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the Winnipeg Jets of the Western Canada Hockey League. The Jets' first signing was Norm Beaudin (earning the player the moniker of "the Original Jet"),...
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the WHA. The goal was given up by the Winnipeg Jets Gary Smith. 1978–79 NHL season 1979 NHL Expansion Draft 1978 in sports 1979 in sports McLelland and...
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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...
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and made it to the Avco Cup Final, losing to the Winnipeg Jets. This was the organization's last season in the WHA before joining the National Hockey League...
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Scott Arniel (category Winnipeg Jets (1979–1996) draft picks)
and Winnipeg Jets. After entering the major junior ranks with the Kingston Canadians of the Ontario Major Junior Hockey League (OMJHL) in 1978–79, Arniel...
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The 1978–79 Quebec Nordiques season was the Nordiques' seventh season in the WHA, were coming off of a 40–37–3 record in the 1977–78 season and a loss...
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Rick Bowness (category Winnipeg Jets (1972–1996) coaches)
with the Winnipeg Jets. Bowness became the first head coach of the Winnipeg Jets' new AHL affiliate, the Sherbrooke Jets, in the 1982–83 AHL season, as a...
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with the oldest of them being the Winnipeg Jets/Arizona Coyotes franchise (43 seasons). Toronto's active 56-season drought from the Finals is the longest...
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including the Winnipeg Blue Bombers (Canadian football), Winnipeg Jets (ice hockey), Manitoba Moose (ice hockey), Valour FC (soccer), Winnipeg Sea Bears (basketball)...
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Bobby Hull (redirect from Golden Jet)
the Stanley Cup in 1961. He also led the WHA's Winnipeg Jets to Avco Cup championships in 1976 and 1978. He led the NHL in goals seven times, the second...
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the NHL for the 1979–80 season: the Edmonton Oilers, New England (renamed Hartford) Whalers, Quebec Nordiques, and Winnipeg Jets. Of these four teams, two...
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bye into the finals. New England Whalers 4, Quebec Nordiques 1 Winnipeg Jets 4, New England Whalers 0 1977 WHA Amateur Draft 1977–78 NHL season HockeyDB...
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Hockey Association, which ceased operations after the season. The Whalers (along with the Winnipeg Jets, the Edmonton Oilers, and the Quebec Nordiques) were...
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Thomas Steen (category Winnipeg Jets (1972–1996) captains)
Ontario Hockey League in 1978, but never played for the team. Steen was drafted by the National Hockey League's Winnipeg Jets in 1979, as their fifth-round...
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Joe Daley (ice hockey) (category Winnipeg Jets (WHA) players)
for Winnipeg in the WHA. Daley's longest stint in major league hockey was with Winnipeg from 1972–79. He won three league championships with the Jets (1975-76...
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Ed Staniowski (category Winnipeg Jets (1979–1996) players)
Louis Blues, Winnipeg Jets and Hartford Whalers in the National Hockey League. He won the Charlie Conacher Humanitarian Award in 1978-79. He played 219...
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Dale Yakiwchuk (category Winnipeg Jets (WHA) players)
World Hockey Association with the Winnipeg Jets during the 1978–79 season, going scoreless. He starred for five seasons with the Milwaukee Admirals of the...
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The 1978–79 New York Rangers season was the franchise's 53rd season. The highlight of the season was participating in the Stanley Cup Finals, as the Rangers...
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World Hockey Association as expansion franchises. The Edmonton Oilers, Winnipeg Jets, New England Whalers (later renamed "Hartford Whalers" at the insistence...
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acquired Jamie Hislop from the Winnipeg Jets in exchange for Barry Legge. Hislop played with the Cincinnati Stingers in the 1978–79, as he scored 30 goals and...
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Ted Green (category Winnipeg Jets (WHA) players)
the World Hockey Association (WHA) for the New England Whalers and Winnipeg Jets, and was noted for his physical play. Green served as a head coach with...
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Indianapolis Racers (category Sports clubs and teams disestablished in 1978)
15, 1978, ending major league hockey in Indianapolis.[citation needed] The other six WHA teams finished the season, and before the Winnipeg Jets won the...
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Randy Carlyle (category Winnipeg Jets (1972–1996) captains)
joining the club in 1978. With the Penguins rebuilding, on March 5, Carlyle was traded to the Winnipeg Jets in exchange for the Jets' first-round draft...
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1996–97 season, the original Winnipeg Jets relocated to become the Phoenix Coyotes. The team remained in the Central Division. For the 1997–98 season, the...
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Bill Derlago (category Winnipeg Jets (1979–1996) players)
the National Hockey League from 1978 to 1987 with the Vancouver Canucks, Toronto Maple Leafs, Boston Bruins, Winnipeg Jets and Quebec Nordiques. Derlago...
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Gord McTavish (category Winnipeg Jets (1979–1996) players)
Winnipeg Jets of the World Hockey Association. He played eleven games in his National Hockey League career: one with the St. Louis Blues in the 1978–79...
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Dale Hawerchuk (category Winnipeg Jets (1972–1996) captains)
by the Winnipeg Jets in the 1981 NHL Entry Draft, Hawerchuk played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for 16 seasons as a member of the Jets, Buffalo...
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Lars-Erik Sjöberg (category Winnipeg Jets (1972–1996) captains)
for the Winnipeg Jets during their first season in the NHL. He was nicknamed "The Professor" and "The Little General" while playing for the Jets. Sjöberg...
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1979 NHL expansion (category History of the Winnipeg Jets)
Quebec Nordiques, and Winnipeg Jets – entered the NHL as expansion teams who commenced play in the NHL in the 1979–80 season. The agreement officially...
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