1995–96 Winnipeg Jets season

NHLTeamSeason
Season=1995–96
Team=Winnipeg Jets
Conference=Western
ConferenceRank=8th
Division=Central
DivisionRank=5th
Record=36–40–6
HomeRecord=22–16–3
RoadRecord=14–24–3
GoalsFor=275
GoalsAgainst=291
GeneralManager=John Paddock
Coach=Terry Simpson
Captain=Kris King Keith Tkachuk (last game only)
AltCaptain=
Arena=Winnipeg Arena
Attendance=
GoalsLeader=Keith Tkachuk (50)
AssistsLeader=Keith Tkachuk (48) Teemu Selanne (48)
PointsLeader=Keith Tkachuk (98)
PIMLeader=Jim McKenzie (202)
WinsLeader=Nikolai Khabibulin (26)
GAALeader=Nikolai Khabibulin (3.13)The 1995–96 Winnipeg Jets season was the team's 24th and their final season in Winnipeg before the franchise moved to Phoenix and renamed to the Phoenix Coyotes.

Offseason

NHL entry draft

Player stats

Forwards

"Note: GP= Games played; G= Goals; AST= Assists; PTS = Points; PIM = Points"

coring by Goalies

"Note: GP= Games played; G= Goals; AST= Assists; PTS = Points; PIM = Points"

Relocation to Phoenix

As the NHL expanded in the United States, operating costs and salaries grew rapidly; this development hit the league's Canadian teams particularly hard. As Winnipeg was the league's second-smallest market (eventually becoming the smallest market after the Québec Nordiques moved to Denver in 1995), the Jets were unable to retain their best players. Various schemes were devised to save the team through a tremendous grassroots effort and government funds, but in the end the efforts were not enough.

Despite strong fan support, the Winnipeg Jets were at a financial disadvantage with many American franchises. The team was sold to Phoenix businessmen Steven Gluckstern and Richard Burke, and in 1996, the club moved to Arizona and became the Phoenix Coyotes. In the summer that the move took place, the franchise saw the exit of Jets stars like Teemu Selanne and Alexei Zhamnov, while the team added established superstar Jeremy Roenick from the Chicago Blackhawks. Roenick teamed up with power wingers Keith Tkachuk and Rick Tocchet to form a dynamic 1–2–3 offensive punch that led the Coyotes through their first years in Arizona. Also impressive were young players like Shane Doan (the last remaining original Jet), Oleg Tverdovsky, and goaltender Nikolai Khabibulin, whom the fans nicknamed the "Bulin Wall."

References

* [http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/leagues/seasons/teams/0000421996.html Jets on Hockey Database]