The Winnipeg Jets’ record book just got a lot bigger.
In a move announced Wednesday by the club and the NHL, the franchise’s statistical history will now fold together both Jets eras in Winnipeg, plus the years the team spent as the Atlanta Thrashers. That means the organization’s official numbers will stretch from the original Winnipeg Jets’ run from 1979 to 1996, through the Atlanta years from 1999 to 2011, and into the current Winnipeg chapter that began in 2011-12.
The inactive Coyotes franchise is being handled separately. Its statistical history will cover only its Arizona years from 1996 to 2024, and those numbers will not be absorbed into the Jets’ totals.
The change is already showing up across NHL.com, the NHL app and the Jets’ website.
“Statistics and records are more than numbers - they capture the milestones, achievements and memories that define the history of our game and the communities that support it,” said NHL Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly. “We respect the Jets’ commitment to honoring their franchise’s journey and are pleased that the full history of NHL hockey in Winnipeg now can be celebrated as one continuous story.”
The biggest ripple effect comes in the franchise record book. Dale Hawerchuk is now the all-time goals leader at 379, Thomas Steen holds the assists mark at 553, and Hawerchuk also sits atop points with 929.
That reshuffling puts current Jets forward Mark Scheifele right in the middle of the story. Scheifele enters with 372 goals, 535 assists and 907 points, and he had previously owned the franchise lead in goals and points while ranking second in assists. He’ll have a shot to chase all three records in 2026-27.
The updated records are available through the Jets’ franchise section on Records.NHL.com.
For Winnipeg, the announcement was framed as more than a bookkeeping adjustment.
“Today’s announcement is meaningful for our organization, our alumni and generations of Winnipeg Jets fans,” said Mark Chipman, Executive Chairman of True North Sports & Entertainment and the Winnipeg Jets. “The Jets teams from 1979 to 1996 helped build the identity and tradition that we proudly carry forward today. For our fans, these players and these moments always have been part of the same Winnipeg Jets story, and we’re pleased that our official records now will reflect that.”
The timing lands as the club prepares for its 16th season back in Winnipeg since relocating from Atlanta in 2011. Add that to the original 17 seasons the first Jets spent in the city after joining the NHL in 1979, and the franchise’s Winnipeg history now reads as one continuous line.
On the ice, the current Jets have piled up wins at a strong clip. They rank 10th in the NHL in regular-season victories since 2011-12 with 610, sit seventh since 2016-17 with 434, and led the league with 154 regular-season wins over the three-year span from 2022-23 through 2024-25.
They’ve also reached the Stanley Cup Playoffs in seven of the past nine seasons, and Winnipeg will get one of the marquee dates of the 2026-27 season when the Jets host the Montreal Canadiens in the 2026 Tim Hortons NHL Heritage Classic at Princess Auto Stadium on Sunday, Oct. 25 at 6 p.m. CT / 7 p.m. ET.
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