The Columbus Blue Jackets is a professional ice hockey team based in Columbus, Ohio. They are members of the Eastern Hockey League (NHL) Eastern Conference Eastern Conference Division.
Blue Jackets was established as an expansion team in 2000. The team qualified for the Stanley Cup playoffs for the first time in 2009. They are currently the only team in the league that has never won a play-off series. Furthermore, they are also the only team that has never advanced to at least the semifinals of the Stanley Cup playoffs.
The name and logo of the Blue Jackets are inspired by the Ohio Civil War history. The Blue Jackets played their home game at the Nationwide Arena in downtown Columbus, which opened in 2000. They are affiliated with Monster Cleveland from AHL.
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Prior to the formation of the Blue Jackets, the last NHL team in the state of Ohio was the Cleveland Barons, who played from 1976 to 1978. In Columbus, Blue Jackets replaced the Columbus Chill of ECHL, who played in the city from 1991-1999. The Chill is played at the Ohio Expo Center Coliseum where they have a 83-game-selling streak, which is a small hockey league record at the time.
In November 1996, five investors formed a partnership called Columbus Hockey Limited, which then applied and cost $ 100,000 to the NHL office. Columbus voters are considering a referendum on building a publicly funded arena, a major step towards approval of their NHL offer. When League Commissioner Gary Bettman visits Columbus to meet with community leaders about franchise proposals, there are fears that voters may not pass the referendum needed. Civil leaders told Bettman that they would not be willing to pay bills for the team if the referendum failed. However, shortly after the meeting was postponed, John H. McConnell (one of those entering the tender) personally secured Bettman that an arena would be built, a referendum or not.
Columbus's hopes for a bid were dimmed when the referendum in May failed. However, Nationwide announced on May 31, 1997, that it would finance the $ 150-million arena. Subsequently, on June 25, 1997, the NHL announced that Columbus would receive a new franchise. Thereafter the "Team Name" contest was held with help from Wendy's throughout central Ohio during August 1997. Of the 14,000 submitted entries, the franchise with the assistance of the NHL narrowed down 14,000 entries to 10 names. Then with information received from McConnell's owners on Columbus's history, the League and the franchise narrow down the list of potential names into two - Blue Jackets and Justice. The first, which referred to Ohio's contribution to the American Civil War, was finally announced as a team name in November.
On June 23, 2000, two new NHL teams, Blue Jackets and Minnesota Wild, took part in the 2000 NHL Expansion Exposure in Calgary, Alberta. Under draft rules, 26 of the 28 NHL active teams are allowed to protect one goaltender, five defensemen, and nine forward, or two goaltenders, three defensemen, and seven forward. Atlanta Thrashers and Nashville Predators have their full list of protected names because they are the newest two teams, only there for one and two years, respectively. Both Blue Jackets and Wild must use their first 24 choices on three goaltenders, eight defensemen, and thirteen forwards. The last two options they can become players from any position.
With the first-overall option, the Blue Jackets chose Rick Tabaracci's goaltender from Colorado Avalanche. During the draft trip, Columbus took on Dwayne Roloson's goalkeeper, defending Lyle Odelein and Mathieu Schneider, and forwards Geoff Sanderson, Turner Stevenson and Dallas Drake, among others. Instead of joining Columbus, Roloson signed a contract with the Worcester IceCats American Hockey League, Schneider left for the Los Angeles Kings, and St. Louis Blues signed Drake. Columbus also swapped Stevenson with the New Jersey Devils to complete the previous deal.
Blue and Wild Jackets are granted concessions by some franchises that can not protect their full list of names. The San Jose Sharks trades Jan Caloun, picks the ninth round in the 2000 Draft Entry NHL, and the 2001 conditional pick to Columbus; In return, Blue Jackets agreed not to vote for Shrek's unprotected Evgeni Nabokov shark. On June 24, in 2000 NHL Draft Entry, Columbus voted Rostislav Klesla fourth overall.
Early years (2000-2005)
The Blue Jackets played their first regular season game on October 7, 2000, losing 5-3 to the Chicago Blackhawks. Bruce Gardiner scored the first goal of the franchise. Columbus finished with a 28-39-9-6 record for 71 points, last in the Central Division, and failed to qualify for the playoffs. Geoff Sanderson became the first player in the history of the team to score 30 goals. Ron Tugnutt, signed in the summer of 2000, gave a strong goal with 22 wins, tying the 74-year-old League record to victory by the expansion team goalkeeper (New York Rangers' Lorne Chabot also had 22 wins in 1926 -27).
The Blue Jackets finished next-to-last in the NHL the following season, with just 57 points. Ray Whitney, obtained from the Florida Panthers the previous season, led the team in scoring with 61 points, setting a franchise record. Tragedy struck the Blue Jackets organization in March 2002 when 13-year-old Brittanie Cecil was killed after a deflected shot by Espen Knutsen hit her head while she was in the stands at the Nationwide Arena. As a result of his death, a large nylon net is mounted behind the goal in all NHL arenas to protect the audience from pucks that pass through the glass. The team also wore a small red heart with the initials "BNC" on their helmets.
During the off-season, the Blue Jackets traded pick the second round (32 overall) and Ron Tugnutt to the Dallas Stars. In return, Columbus received Dallas's first-round pick (overall 20) in Draft Entry 2002. On draft morning morning, Columbus traded a third overall pick and option for a flip draft spot in 2003 to the Florida Panthers; in return, Columbus received the first overall choice, which they used to choose Rick Nash.
The 2002-03 season started with Columbus setting up a 7-5-1-1 record after the first 14 games. However, as the expectations of their fans grew higher, the team returned to mediocrity, last ending in the Central Division for a third straight season with 69 points and losing the playoffs once again. Dave King, who has been the head coach of the team since their debut in 2000, was sacked mid-season and was replaced by General Manager Doug MacLean. Marc Denis was named start goalkeeper; he played 77 franchise games that season and set a League record with 4.511 minutes playing in 2002-03. He is tied for the second all-time for a game played in the season by the goaltender, just two shy of the League record held by St. Louis Blues' Grant Fuhr in season 1995-96.
The 2003-04 season was a losing season for the Blue Jackets despite having extra locks out of season. The inspection center Todd Marchant signed for a five-year contract in July from Edmonton Oilers. Defenseman Darryl Sydor, known for his powerful violation play as well, was obtained from Dallas Stars for Mike Sillinger and draft pick. MacLean stepped aside as head coach in mid-season, giving way to Gerard Gallant. The Blue Jackets finished with just 62 points (the second-lowest total in their short history), but that was enough to help them get out of last place in the Central Division for the first time, finishing ahead of the Chicago Blackhawks. Nash is one of the few bright spots for the team; His 41 goals tied Jarome Iginla and Ilya Kovalchuk to Maurice "Rocket" Richard Trophy (as League leaders in goals scored).
In off-season 2004, the NHL Players' Association (NHLPA) and the NHL administration failed to renew their collective bargaining agreement. September 14, 2004, marked the start of the 2004-05 season. No matches were played and the Stanley Cup was not awarded for the first time since the 1919 flu epidemic. The agreement was made on July 13, 2005, and the official lockout ended nine days later on July 22, 2005.
In the summer of 2005, Colorado Avalanche defenseman Adam Foote approved a three-year deal with the team. Heading into the 2005-06 season, it seems Blue Jackets will finally take the next step and make the playoffs. Instead, Rick Nash's injuries, Rostislav Klesla and Gilbert Brule, first-choice teams in the first round of 2005, put the team on a gloomy 9-25-1 record through their first 35 games. Superstar Sergei Fedorov was acquired from Anaheim Mighty Ducks; Anaheim accepted Tyler Wright and FranÃÆ'§ois Beauchemin, and then claimed Todd Marchant's relief. While again failing to make the playoffs, Columbus managed to improve. They have the best overtime records in the NHL (14-4) and end the season with a franchise record for victory (35) and point (74). For the first time, they grabbed third place in the Central Division, behind Detroit and Nashville.
The 2006-07 season saw some changes made to the team. Outside of the season, Marc Denis is handled by Tampa Bay Lightning to continue Fredrik Modin and the winning prospect, Fredrik Norrena, making Pascal Leclaire take on early work. The Blue Jackets also signed Anson Carter when it looked as though Nikolay Zherdev would play this season in Russia; at the end of September, however, Zherdev and General Manager Doug MacLean were able to reach a compromise. In mid-season, on 13 November 2006, Gerard Gallant was relieved of his duties as head coach. The next day, Gary Agnew was named as a temporary replacement. On November 22, Ken Hitchcock, a former Dallas Star and Philadelphia Flyers coach, was named the new head coach, effective the next day. Under the first year of Hitchcock, two milestones were set: on December 10, 2006, Blue Jackets scored five goals in a team winning record in a 6-2 victory over Ottawa senator, and on 3 April 2007, the Blue Jackets broke the modern record for some big times closed in season (16) with a 3-0 loss to Detroit Red Wings.
On April 18, 2007, Doug MacLean, general manager and first team president, was sacked after nine years and six seasons at the helm without a playoff spot. Mike Priest, President of the parent company Blue Jackets, JMAC, Inc., was appointed President of the club, while Assistant General Manager Jim Clark served as general manager until Blue Jackets named Edmonton Oilers Assistant General Manager Scott Howson as the new general manager on June 15, 2007 On October 4, 2007, Blue Jackets announced their affiliation with Elmira Jackals, who replaced their old affiliation with Dayton Bombers as an ECHL affiliate club.
The 2007-08 season, the club's first full season under Hitchcock, started well when the Jackets got off to the best start in franchise history, starting with a 4-0 win from defending champion Stanley Cup Anaheim Ducks. At the time limit of trading on February 26, 2008, however, apparently unable to approve a new contract and amid some controversy, Blue Jackets captain Adam Foote requested a trade to the Colorado Landslide, which was awarded. The Blue Jackets received a pair of conditional picks in return. A few weeks later, on March 12, 2008, former Blue Jackets number one nominee Rick Nash was named the new team captain. Nevertheless, Columbus managed to record his best season to date, staying above the.500 game won the average until the final game of the season and finish fourth in the Central Division with 80 points. After the season, Nash was announced as the closing player for Take-Two Interactive's NHL 2K9 video game.
In the 2008 NHL Entry Draft, Blue Jackets chose Nikita Filatov with a sixth overall pick. They also traded the 19th overall pick (obtained from Colorado Avalanche in exchange for Adam Foote) for R. J. Umberger. The Blue Jackets made a lot of trade in the 2008 season. Gilbert Brule traded to Edmonton Oilers for Raffi Torres. Enigmatic forward Nikolay Zherdev and Dan Fritsche are traded to the New York Rangers in return for defending Fedor Tyutin and Christian Backman. The Blue Jackets also signed free agents Kristian Huselius and Mike Commodore for a multi-year contract. On July 9, 2008, Blue Jackets announced they signed Hitchcock with a three-year extension to remain as head coach.
During the 2008-09 season, the Blue Jackets did two very lucrative trades. Forward Jason Williams earned from Atlanta Thrashers in exchange for defenseman Clay Wilson and a six-lap pick draft. The Blue Jackets were also involved with the first major deal of the 2009 NHL trade deadline, with goaltender Pascal Leclaire trading and a second-round draft pick to the Ottawa Senator for the skill center Antoine Vermette. Changes in scenery benefit both players and Jackets; Williams scored 28 points in his first 36 games as a Jacket, while Vermette scored 11 points in his first 14 games with the team. Rick Nash scored 79 points throughout the season, setting a franchise record.
On April 8, 2009, the Columbus Blue Jackets secured the first place of the Stanley Cup playoff in an eight-year history of the franchise with a 4-3 penalty shoot-out over the Chicago Blackhawks. However, they were swept in the first round by the Detroit Red Wings in four games, and will not qualify for the playoffs for the next four seasons. With 21 games remaining and sitting four points from eighth in the Western Conference, the Blue Jackets spent long periods of defenseman Rostislav Klesla and Dane Byers to Phoenix Coyotes instead of Scottie Upshall and Sami Lepisto at the deadline of trading on 28 February 2011.
In the 2011 season, in an attempt to make serious playoffs, Blue Jackets traded Jakub Voracek, their first-round pick (Sean Couturier) and third-round pick (Nick Cousins) to Philadelphia Flyers for Jeff Carter's All-Star center. They also signed several free agents: James Wisniewski, Vaclav Prospal, and Radek Martinek. However, after a poor start to the 2011-12 season which witnessed the dismissal of head coach Scott Arniel, Carter was sold to the Los Angeles Kings for Jack Johnson and voted for a conditional first round after playing just 39 matches with the Blue Jackets. Blue Jackets also trafficked veteran centers Antoine Vermette and Samuel Pahlsson for goalscorers Curtis McElhinney and several draft picks at the deadline for trading. There is also great speculation that captain Rick Nash will be trading on a deadline. Although Nash was not traded, General Manager Scott Howson publicly announced that he personally requested a trade, a move that has caused much controversy. Nash was finally traded to New York Rangers on July 23, 2012, to Brandon Dubinsky, Artem Anisimov, prospect of Tim Erixon and a first-round draft of 2013. At the 2012 NHL Draft Entry, Blue Jackets traded their second and fourth rounds of choice to the Philadelphia Flyers for winner of Vezina Trophy 2013, goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky.
Locking and the 2012-13 season saw a change in the executive and front office of the organization. John Davidson was appointed president of hockey operations for the Blue Jackets on October 24th. On February 12, Scott Howson was released from his duties as general manager. Jarmo Kekalainen, who previously worked with Davidson at St. Louis, was hired from Jokerit from SM-liiga Finland to become the new general manager who became the first general manager of Europe in the NHL. The Blue Jackets are then traded for the advanced All-Star MariÃÆ'¡n GÃÆ'¡borÃÆ'k. The Blue Jackets just missed the playoffs through a tiebreak against Minnesota Wild, which has more rules and overtime victories (ROW).
Move to Eastern Region (2013-present)
The Blue Jackets moved to the Eastern Region Metropolitan Division in the 2013-14 season after spending 13 of his first seasons in the Western Conference Center Division. The other teams in the Metropolitan Division consist of the Carolina Hurricanes, the New Jersey Devils, the New York Islanders, the New York Rangers, the Philadelphia Flyers, the Pittsburgh Penguins and the Washington Capitals, the last six consisting of the old Patrick Division. On April 9, 2014, the Blue Jackets snatched their second playoff spot in franchise history by winning the 3-1 game against the Dallas Stars. This game is also known as a game that resumes after being postponed on March 10, 2014, due to a Rich Peverley heart event in which the Blue Jackets lead 1-0. NHL decided to keep goals scored by Nathan Horton and resume the game with 60 full minutes. Nathan Horton made history by being credited for scoring a goal when it was not suitable for the match.
The Blue Jackets face the Pittsburgh Penguins in the first round (Eastern Conference Quarter) from the 2014 Stanley Cup playoffs. This series has a notable trend to make 3-1 leads ending up as a 4-3 loss. Games 1 and 2 are at the Consol Energy Center in downtown Pittsburgh. The Blue Jackets made a big jump in history when Jack Johnson scored the first goal of the game. This is the first time in franchise history that Columbus ever led a post-season game. Jacket leads the game 3-1 at one point from goals by Mark Letestu and Derek MacKenzie. However, Penguins unite to win it 4-3. Game 2 is the opposite. Pittsburgh led 3-1 at one point, but Columbus rallied to win the 2nd 4-3 game with an overtime goal from Matt Calvert. This is the first playoff victory in franchise history. Pittsburgh won Game 3 with a score of 4-3. Game 4 is an unforgettable night at Nationwide Arena. Columbus fell 3-0, and 3-1 at the end of the first period. Boone Jenner and Ryan Johansen scored to make it 3-2 at the end of the second period. Brandon Dubinsky scored tying the game with 22.5 seconds left in the rules, having skipped-playing with a chip by Marc-Andre Fleury. Nick Foligno went on to score the winner in overtime. In the locker room during the break, he should have told the team that he would score the match winner. Pittsburgh, however, went on to win the next two games and take the best of seven series in six games.
The 2014-15 season is the most famous for the amount of injuries experienced by Jackets. The Jackets lead the league in a men's match losing to 502. At one point, the wounded reserve list consisted of 15 players, including Sergei Bobrovsky's stars, Brandon Dubinsky, Jack Johnson, and Ryan Murray. When injured players start back in late February, they are able to collect victories as they had two seasons before and in the process, set a franchise record that earned nine consecutive wins. However, the Blue Jackets are still fifth in the Metropolitan Division and miss the playoffs with nine points despite a 42-35-5 record. On 20 May 2015, Nick Foligno was named the sixth captain in the team's history. The position has been vacant since Rick Nash traded to the New York Rangers in July 2012. On 30 June 2015, Markets Central Jackets Marko Dano and Artem Anisimov, along with wings Jeremy Morin and Corey Tropp, to Chicago Blackhawks for Brandon Saad. The move has been the subject of much controversy in Chicago since General Manager Blackhawks Stan Bowman has publicly said that Saad will be part of the organization for years to come. The Jackets also acquired Michael Paliotta and Alex Broadhurst in trading. The Jackets signed Gregory Campbell's center of the Boston Bruins a few days later.
John Tortorella era
The Blue Jackets initially went into the 2015-16 season with high hopes. However, the team started off with an unfavorable start with losing in their first eight regular-season games in regulation. This prompted the Jackets to fire head coach Todd Richards and employ John Tortorella in his place. On January 6, 2016, Blue Jackets traded Ryan Johansen to Nashville Predators in exchange for Defenseman Seth Jones. Blue Jackets record at the end of the season is 34-40-8, and is ranked 27th overall in NHL. They closed the season on a high note, as they won the season finals against defending champions Blackhawks, overcoming a 3-0 deficit after the first period to win 5-4 in extra time.
The Blue Jackets set three franchise records during the 2016-17 season. On November 4, 2016, Blue Jackets scored a record ten franchise goals in a 10-0 win against the Montreal Canadiens, becoming the first team to do since 2011 (when St. Louis Blues beat Detroit Red Wings 10 -3). In mid-November, the Blue Jackets got a franchise record of seventh consecutive wins at home. During the winning streak of 16 franchise successive wins that began in late November, Tortorella recorded his 500th career victory in a Blue Jackets 4-3 victory in a win against the Vancouver Canucks, becoming the first American-born head coach to reach 500 wins. The team has a 14-0-0 record in December. The team's winning streak ended in early January when they lost 5-0 to the Washington Capitals. The winning streak is the second longest in NHL history behind the 1992-93 Pittsburgh Penguins' 17 consecutive games. The team finished with a record of 50-24-8 and 108 points, setting a franchise record.
During the first round of the 2017 playoffs, the Blue Jackets were placed in a bout against the Pittsburgh Penguins. The team lost three straight games to start the series, but won the fourth game to save themselves from elimination. This game in which they won 5-4 marks the first win of the Blue Jackets regulations in the Playoffs Stanley Cup. Nevertheless, they will eventually lose the series in five games. The following season, on June 23, 2017, Jackets made another deal with Blackhawks sending Brandon Saad back to Chicago for Artemi Panarin and Tyler Motte.
Blue Jackets returns to the playoffs in 2018 as a wild card qualifier, going back to previous years for the first time. There they faced the Washington Capitals Metropolitan Division champions in the first half, winning the first two games in extra time and their first series. However, they lost in the next four games and the series in six games.
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Team information
Team name
The name "Blue Jackets" was chosen to celebrate "the rich patriotism, pride, and history of the Civil War in the state of Ohio and the city of Columbus." When President Abraham Lincoln requested that Ohio raise ten regiments during the outbreak of the Civil War, the state responded by collecting a total of 23 volunteer infantry regiments during the three months of service. Ohio also produced a remarkable number of Civil War figures, including William Tecumseh Sherman, Ulysses S. Grant, Philip Sheridan and George Custer. Columbus himself hosted a large military base, Camp Chase and Camp Thomas, who saw hundreds of thousands of Union soldiers and thousands of Confederate prisoners during the Civil War.
Logo and T-shirt
The team logo is a version of the Ohio flag, which is a burgee (ie a swallow), in the form of "C" wrapped around a star, representing patriotism and Columbus's status as a state capital. Previously used as an alternative logo starting in 2003, this logo became the main logo as part of Reebok-sponsored redesign for the 2007-08 season. The original logo has a red ribbon with 13 stars representing 13 colonies, stretched in the form of team initials, CBJ, with electric gold hockey sticks cut through the center to represent "J." The extra star on the stick represents Columbus's status as the state capital. From 2003 to 2015, team jerseys featured alternative logos, Civil War hats with cross hockey sticks, on the shoulders.
The Blue Jackets launched a new third jersey in the 2010-11 season, using an antique hockey jersey design. In the spirit of the Civil War theme, he sports the union's blue base with white stripes on his arms and on the shoulder padding. Coat of arms features civil war era team. It respects the team's founder, John H. McConnell, with his initials on the neckline, and his slogan "We fought, we marched!" inside the collar. During the NHL Plan 2015, it was revealed that the cannon symbol has replaced the hat logo on the shoulders of home and away socks, with discoloration to adjust the color scheme of the T-shirt.
"The Cannon"
Prior to the start of the 2007-08 season, the Blue Jackets organization brought a handmade replica of 1857 Napoleon cannons to the National Arena. The cannon was "fired" at home games anytime:
- Blue Jackets takes ice early in the game
- The Blue Jacket scored
- Blue Jackets won the game
Fired 164 times in his inaugural season (41 home games, 20 home wins, 103 home goals). When the Blue Jackets scored, the title line "For Those About to Rock (We're Yours)" by AC/DC was played when the cannon was fired followed by the "Whip" chorus by Locksley.
Broadcast
At Fox Sports Ohio, Jeff Rimer serves as a television-by-play broadcaster alongside former Blue Jacket Jody Shelley who provides color analysis. Rimer started calling games on television in 2005 with Shelley joining Rimer in 2014-15 replacing previous analyst Bill Davidge. Blue Jackets Live , the pre-match, rest and post-match programs aired on television are hosted by Davidge and Brian Giesenschlag. In-game reporting is provided by Dave Maetzold.
At WBNS-FM (flagship) radio stations, WBNS, WWCD, and 34 other affiliates in Ohio and West Virginia, Bob McElligott provides playful coverage. McElligott joined Blue Jackets radio broadcast in July 2009 as a color analyst and became a play-by-play analyst for the 2013-14 season, taking over for George Matthews who has been calling the Blue Jackets game since the team's inception in 2000. McElligott, with Ryan Mitchell, organizing pre-match and post-game radio shows. Fans can interact via e-mail and Twitter with McElligott and Mitchell during and after the game.
Mascot
Stinger is the official mascot of Blue Jackets. Stinger is a bright 6-foot 9 inch green bug that runs between the crowd during games and ice skates between periods while wearing the Blue Jackets jersey. The stinger was originally yellow, but turned green, eventually mixing with the team blue. The Stinger image was in the original Blue Jackets jacket, finally removed in 2003. The team also has another mascot, an anthropomorphic cannon named Boomer, for half of the 2010-11 season.
season-by-season record
This is a partial list of the last five seasons completed by Blue Jackets. For season-by-season history, see Columbus Blue Jackets Season List
Note: GP = Game played, W = Win, L = Loss, T = Tie, OTL = Overtime Loss, Points = Points, GF = Goal for, GA = Goal Against
Player
List of current names
Updated April 23, 2018
team members achievement
Team captain
First round draft
Note
Dear Members
- John H. McConnell
Hall of Famers
- Sergei Fedorov, C, 2005-2008
Awards and trophies
Recordings
Leaders of franchise scores
This is the top ten points in franchise history in the 2017-18 season.
- Ã, * - current Blue Jackets player
Single-season record
See also: "Columbus Blue Jackets Record Book" (PDF) . Ã, Ã, (533 KB)
See also
- Columbus Chill
- Columbus Owls
- List of Columbus Blue Jackets General Managers
- List of Columbus Blue Jackets head coaches
References
External links
- Official website
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