Former professional minor league ice hockey team in Johnstown, Pennsylvania
Johnstown Jets City Johnstown, Pennsylvania League EAHL 1950–53IHL 1953–55EHL , 1955–73NAHL 1973–77Operated 1950–1977 Home arena Cambria County War Memorial Arena Regular season titles EHL (4) (1950–51, 1951–52, 1959–60, 1963–64)Division titles EHL (4) (1950–51, 1951–52, 1959–60, 1963–64)NAHL (1) (1975–76)Playoff championships EHL (5) (1951–52, 1952–53, 1959–60, 1960–61, 1961–62)NAHL (1)
The Johnstown Jets were a professional ice hockey team from Johnstown, Pennsylvania . The Jets were founded in the Eastern Amateur Hockey League for the 1950–51 season, playing at the newly constructed Cambria County War Memorial Arena . The Jets won consecutive EHL championships in 1951–52 and 1952–53.
When the EAHL suspended operations in 1953, the Jets transferred to the International Hockey League , where they played two seasons. Johnstown were Turner Cup finalists in 1953–54, losing four games to two, to the Cincinnati Mohawks .
In 1955, the Jets joined the Eastern Hockey League (a league founded from the EAHL), and won three consecutive EHL championships in 1959–60, 1960–61 and 1961–62. Johnstown remained in the league until its demise in 1973.
The Jets then joined the new North American Hockey League in 1973. Dick Roberge coached Johnstown to the Lockhart Cup championship 1974–75, defeating the Broome Dusters . That season's playoff run included the Carlson brothers, Jeff , Jack and Steve , who became the basis for the Hanson Brothers in the movie Slap Shot Dave Hanson portrayed Jack. The Jets played four seasons total in the NAHL before the league folded in 1977. The team itself folded in the offseason, when the Johnstown flood of 1977 damaged the arena's ice making equipment.
Johnstown was later represented by the Johnstown Wings (later Red Wings) from 1978 to 1980. The Red Wings folded after two seasons, but hockey returned to Johnstown in 1988 with the Johnstown Chiefs , which named itself after the Jets' fictional counterpart from Slap Shot
Season-by-season results
Season
League
Games
Won
Lost
Tied
Points
Winning %
Goals
Goals
Standing
1950–51
EAHL
54
26
25
3
55
0.509
195
194
1st, EAHL
1951–52
EAHL
65
39
21
5
83
0.638
264
186
1st, EAHL
1952–53
EAHL
60
28
29
3
59
0.492
226
244
2nd, EAHL
1953–54
IHL 65
35
27
3
73
0.562
254
221
3rd, IHL
1954–55
IHL 60
25
34
1
51
0.425
188
215
5th, IHL
1955–56
EHL
64
32
32
0
64
0.500
312
298
4th, EHL
1956–57
EHL
64
31
33
0
62
0.484
320
290
4th, EHL
1957–58
EHL
64
31
30
3
65
0.508
228
225
4th, EHL
1958–59
EHL
64
33
28
3
69
0.539
252
223
2nd, EHL
1959–60
EHL
64
45
18
1
91
0.711
255
176
1st, South
1960–61
EHL
64
40
22
2
82
0.641
273
215
2nd, South
1961–62
EHL
68
41
26
1
83
0.610
296
255
2nd, North
1962–63
EHL
68
34
31
3
71
0.522
254
309
3rd, North
1963–64
EHL
72
41
26
5
87
0.604
297
245
1st, North
1964–65
EHL
72
41
31
0
82
0.569
330
294
3rd, North
1965–66
EHL
72
39
31
2
80
0.556
303
267
3rd, North
1966–67
EHL
72
34
36
2
70
0.486
267
290
3rd, North
1967–68
EHL
72
38
25
9
85
0.590
386
273
3rd, North
1968–69
EHL
72
42
23
7
91
0.632
358
230
2nd, North
1969–70
EHL
74
27
33
14
68
0.459
318
344
3rd, North
1970–71
EHL
74
30
29
15
75
0.507
273
297
3rd, North
1971–72
EHL
75
33
28
14
80
0.533
290
269
2nd, North
1972–73
EHL
76
36
28
12
84
0.553
283
255
2nd, North
1973–74
NAHL 74
32
38
4
68
0.459
265
303
5th, NAHL
1974–75
NAHL 74
38
32
4
80
0.541
274
255
4th, NAHL
1975–76
NAHL 74
47
25
2
96
0.649
346
257
1st, West
1976–77
NAHL 73
22
49
2
46
0.315
253
334
7th, NAHL
NHL alumni
Jets logo in NAHL, 1976 List of Johnstown Jets who played in the National Hockey League , 46 in total.
League All-Stars
The following players were named to the league's respective All-Star team, announced at the end of the season.
Year
Player
Position
Team
Total (with Jets)
1951-52
Ivan Wamsley
Goalie
First Team
1st nomination
Larry Archambeault
Defense
First Team
1st nomination
Skip Burchell
Center
First Team
1st nomination
Reggie Grigg
Right Wing
Third Team
1st nomination
1952-53
Ivan Wamsley
Goalie
Second Team
2nd nomination (1x First Team, 1x Second Team)
Don Hall Left Wing
Second Team
1st nomination
1953-54
Don Hall
Left Wing
First Team
2nd nomination (1x First Team, 1x Second Team)
Arnie Schmaultz
Right Wing
Right Team
1st nomination
1954-55
Don Hall
Left Wing
First Team
3rd nomination (2x First Team, 1x Second Team)
John Horvath
Center
Second Team
1st nomination
1955-56
Don Hall
Left Wing
First Team
4th nomination (3x First Team, 1x Second Team)
Ken Coombes
Center
First Team
1st nomination
Dick Roberge Right
First Team
1st nomination
Alex Zubatiuk
Defense
Second Team
1st nomination
1956-57
Don Hall
Left Wing
First Team
5th nomination (4x First Team, 1x Second Team)
Lloyd Ailsby
Defense
First Team
1st nomination
Ken Coombes
Center
First Team
1st nomination
1957-58
Don Hall
Left Wing
First Team
6th nomination (5x First Team, 1x Second Team)
Ken Coombes
Center
First Team
2nd nomination (2x First Team)
Dick Roberge
Right Wing
Second Team
2nd nomination (1x First Team, 1x Second Team)
Dave Lucas
Defense
Second Team
1st nomination
1958-59
Dick Roberge
Right Wing
First Team
3rd nomination (2x First Team, 1x Second Team)
Steve Brklacich
Defense
First Team
First nomination
Don Hall
Left Wing
Second Team
7th nomination (5x First Team, 2x Second Team)
Jim Shirley
Goalie
Second Team
1st nomination
1959-60
Dick Roberge
Right Wing
First Team
4th nomination (3x First Team, 1x Second Team)
Ed Johnston Goalie
First Team
1st nomination
Steve Brklacich
Coach
First Team
2nd nomination (1x First Team Defense, 1x First Team Coach)
Steve Brklacich
Defense
Second Team
3rd nomination (1x First Team Defense, 1x Second Team Defense, 1x First Team Coach)
Don Hall
Left Wing
Second Team
8th nomination (5x First Team, 3x Second Team)
Dave Lucas
Defense
Second Team
2nd nomination (2x Second Team)
Ken Coombes
Center
Second Team
3rd nomination (2x First Team, 1x Second Team)
1960-61
Dick Roberge
Right Wing
First Team
4th nomination (3x First Team, 1x Second Team)
Don Hall
Left Wing
Second Team
9th nomination (5x First Team, 4x Second Team)
Ken Laufman
Center
Second Team
1st nomination
Steve Brklacich
Defense
Second Team
4th nomination (1x First Team Defense, 2x Second Team Defense, 1x First Team Coach)
1961-62
Dick Roberge
Right Wing
First Team
5th nomination (4x First Team, 1x Second Team)
Ken Laufman
Center
First Team
2nd nomination (2x First Team)
John Lumley
Left Wing
First Team
1st nomination
Dave Lucas
Defense
First Team
3rd nomination (1x First Team, 2x Second Team)
1962-63
Butch Martin
Coach
First Team
1st nomination
Butch Martin
Left Wing
Second Team
2nd nomination (1x First Team Coach, 1x Second Team Left Wing)
Dave Lucas
Defense
Second Team
4th nomination (1x First Team, 3x Second Team)
1963-64
Dave Lucas
Defense
First Team
5th nomination (2x First Team, 3x Second Team)
Butch Martin
Right Wing
Second Team
3rd nomination (1x First Team Coach, 1x Second Team Left Wing, 1x Second Team Right Wing)
Butch Martin
Coach
Second Team
3rd nomination (1x First Team Coach, 1x Second Team Left Wing, 1x Second Team Right Wing, 1x Second Team Coach)
1964-65
Dick Roberge
Right Wing
First Team
6th nomination (5x First Team, 1x Second Team)
Dave Lucas
Defense
Second Team
6th nomination (2x First Team, 4x Second Team)
Bill Ives
Left Wing
Second Team
1st nomination
1965-66
Dick Roberge
Right Wing
First Team
7th nomination (6x First Team, 1x Second Team)
Dave Lucas
Defense
Second Team
7th nomination (2x First Team, 5x Second Team)
Dave Lucas
Coach
Second Team
8th nomination (2x First Team Defense, 5x Second Team Defense, 1x Second Team Coach)
Andy Brown Goalie
Second Team
1st nomination
1966-67
Ralph McSweyn
Right Wing
First Team
1st nomination
Dick Roberge
Right Wing
Second Team
8th nomination (6x First Team, 2x Second Team)
1967-68
Reg Kent
Center
First Team
1st nomination
1968-69
Dick Roberge
Coach
First Team
9th nomination (6x First Team Right Wing, 2x Second Team Right Wing, 1x Coach)
Reg Kent
Center
First Team
2nd nomination (2x First Team)
Galen Head Right Wing
First Team
1st nomination
1972-73
Ted Lanyon
Defense
Second Team
1st nomination
1974-75
Ron Docken
Goaltender
Second Team
1st nomination
Brian Coughlin
Right Defense
Second Team
1st nomination
Most All-Star appearances
Player
Appearances
Notes
Don Hall
9
Dick Roberge
9
Includes one appearance as a coach
Dave Lucas
8
Includes one appearance as a coach
Steve Brklacich
4
Includes one appearance as a coach
Butch Martin
4
Includes one appearance as a coach.
Ken Coombes
3
Ken Laufman
2
Reg Kent
2
Ivan Wamsley
2
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