Trivia! - Winnipeg Jets Edition
20 absolutely true Winnipeg Jets facts guaranteed to blow your mind!
The first goal in Jets history was scored by Nikolaj Antropov.
The Jets’ first draft pick was Mark Scheifele.
The Jets had their highest season point total in 1985-86, when they finished 43-27-10 and beat the Calgary Flames in the first round of the playoffs.
On November 24, 2018, Patrik Laine scored five goals against the St. Louis Blues!
Nikolaj Ehlers played his junior hockey for the Halifax Mooseheads.
The team the Jets have lost to more than any other in the regular season is the Edmonton Oilers.
Dustin Byfuglien holds the top four spots for most penalty minutes in a season.
A total of nine goalies have seen regular season action for the Jets: Laurent Brossoit, Eric Comrie, Connor Hellebuyck, Michael Hutchinson, Peter Mannino, Chris Mason, Steve Mason, Al Montoya, and Ondrej Pavelec.
Nine different Jets have scored hat tricks: Kyle Connor (twice), Nikolaj Ehlers (four times), Patrik Laine (eight times), Bryan Little, Mathieu Perreault (it was a four-goal game), Jack Roslovic, Mark Scheifele (three times), Brandon Tanev, and Blake Wheeler (one hat trick and one four-goal game).
The Jets’ current mascot is Mick E. Moose.
In their previous incarnation their mascot was Benny, named for the Elton John song “Benny and the Jets”.
In 1995 Dave Babych was traded to the Hartford Whalers for Ray Neufeld in what many consider the most infamous trade in Jets history.
Dale Hawerchuk holds the Jets record for most playoff power play goals in a single season with three.
Hawerchuk went on to become the head coach of the Barrie Bolts.
Dave Hanson, who played Jack Hanson in the classic movie Slap Shot, once pulled Bobby Hull’s toupee off during a brawl!
The original owner of the Jets when they were in the renegade WHA was Ben Haskin, a local businessman who’d made his wealth in cardboard shipping containers.
In 2004 Ilya Kovalchuk became the first Jet to win the Maurice “Rocket” Richard Trophy as the league’s leading goal-scorer.
In 1993 Kris Draper was sold to the Detroit Red Wings… for one dollar!
The attendance at the Jets’ first home game was 8,123.
The anthem at that game was sung by Doug Crossley.
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