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Broken ribs and popcorn : how the Winnipeg Jets became the best team in the NHL's most offensive era to not win the Stanley Cup Cover Image Book Book

Broken ribs and popcorn : how the Winnipeg Jets became the best team in the NHL's most offensive era to not win the Stanley Cup

Kirbyson, Geoff 1968- (author.).

Summary: The Winnipeg Jets were decimated when the WHA merged with the NHL in the spring of 1979, losing most of the players who led them to the team's third AVCO Cup victory that spring - Kent Nilsson, Terry Ruskowski, Rich Preston, Kim Clackson and Barry Long. They were only able to protect two skaters - Morris Lukowich and Scott Campbell - and a single goalie, Markus Mattsson. General manager John Ferguson used a patchwork of players for the first couple of years but after drafting Dave Babych No. 2 overall in 1980 and Dale Hawerchuk first overall the year after, he had the core around which he would build his team for the rest of the decade.

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  • ISBN: 9781772803211 (paperback)
  • Physical Description: 440 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm
    regular print
    print
  • Publisher: [Winnipeg, Manitoba] : [Great Plains Publications], [2020]

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Subject: Winnipeg Jets (Hockey team : 1972-1996)
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Legislative Library, Vaughan Street GV 848 .W55 Kir (Text) 36970100313131 Manitoba Heritage Collection Not holdable Onsite consultation -
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