Winnipeg Jets PR No. 44 – Josh Morrissey

Player Information

2022-23 Notes
  • Set franchise single-season records for a defenceman with 76 points and 60 assists
  • Also set career highs in goals (16), power play assists (26), and game-winning goals (6), and shooting percentage (9.3%)
  • Finished tied for second among NHL defencemen in scoring
  • Averaged a career high 24:14 of ice time per game
  • Just the third player in franchise history to register 60 assists in a season
  • Had an point in 11 consecutive games from Dec. 4-22, which included having an assist in all 11 games
  • Had 20 multi-point games, which was second on the Jets (Had 23 multi-point games in his career before the season started)
  • Set a career high with four points (2G, 2A) Feb. 28 vs. LAK
  • Tallied 46 points (14G, 32) in 40 games on home ice
  • Contributed 58 points (14G, 44A) in 44 wins
  • Racked up 13 points (2G, 11A) in the second game of back-to-backs
  • Had 17 points in each of November and December
Professional Career
  • Has played his first seven seasons in the Jets organization
  • Only missed one game in his first two seasons with the Jets
  • Helped the St. John’s IceCaps win the AHL’s Eastern Conference and reach the Calder Cup Final in 2013-14 by posting nine points (2G, 7A) in 20 playoff games
Amateur Career
  • Played four seasons in the WHL from 2011-2015 with the Prince Albert Raiders and Kelowna Rockets
  • Won a WHL championship with Kelowna in 2015 after netting 14 points (2G, 12A) in 13 playoff games
  • Selected to the WHL’s West Second All-Star Team in 2015
  • Led WHL defencemen in goals (28) in 2013-14 and was selected to the WHL’s East First All-Star Team
  • Named the WHL and CHL’s Scholastic Player of the Year in 2012-13 and played in the CHL’s Top Prospects Game
International Career
  • Played for Canada at the 2012 and 2013 U18 World Championships and 2014 and 2015 World Junior Championship, winning bronze in 2012, gold in 2013, and gold in 2015
  • Named the 2015 World Junior Championship All-Star Team
  • Led defencemen at the 2013 U18 World Championship in goals (3), points (7), and plus/minus (10)

Career Stats

Scoring Goals Assists Shots Ice Time
Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS +/- PIM EV PP SH GW EV PP SH S S% TSA TOI ATOI FOW FOL FO% BLK HIT TK GV Awards
2015-16 20 WPG NHL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.0 1 16 15:54 0 0 2 1 0 1
2016-17 21 WPG NHL 82 6 14 20 6 38 5 1 0 3 14 0 0 99 6.1 218 1598 19:29 0 0 139 145 15 39 Byng-53
2017-18 22 WPG NHL 81 7 19 26 15 47 7 0 0 0 18 1 0 102 6.9 215 1657 20:27 1 1 50.0 168 139 22 48
2018-19 23 WPG NHL 59 6 25 31 9 14 2 3 1 2 17 7 1 95 6.3 188 1322 22:24 0 0 107 55 33 32
2019-20 24 WPG NHL 65 5 26 31 1 24 4 1 0 0 15 11 0 120 4.2 258 1480 22:46 0 0 59 34 22 46
2020-21 25 WPG NHL 56 4 17 21 -1 25 3 1 0 0 9 8 0 116 3.4 246 1319 23:33 0 0 86 78 14 42
2021-22 26 WPG NHL 79 12 25 37 -3 66 6 6 0 3 16 9 0 173 6.9 351 1869 23:40 0 0 104 150 26 63
2022-23 27 WPG NHL 78 16 60 76 2 41 14 2 0 6 34 26 0 172 9.3 395 1890 24:14 0 0 119 89 36 59
Career 8 yrs NHL 501 56 186 242 29 255 41 14 1 14 123 62 1 878 6.4 1872 11151 22:15 1 1 50.0 784 691 168 330

Playoff Stats

Scoring Goals Shots Ice Time
Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TSA TOI ATOI FOW FOL FO% BLK HIT TK GV
2017-18 22 WPG NHL 16 1 1 2 2 6 1 0 0 0 26 3.8 51 326 20:23 0 0 41 27 7 10
2018-19 23 WPG NHL 6 0 1 1 -1 0 0 0 0 0 8 0.0 11 115 19:08 0 0 12 4 1 3
2019-20 24 WPG NHL 4 0 1 1 -4 4 0 0 0 0 3 0.0 12 77 19:12 0 0 4 4 2 3
2020-21 25 WPG NHL 8 1 4 5 -4 6 1 0 0 0 12 8.3 24 210 26:18 0 0 17 23 2 17
Career 4 yrs NHL 34 2 7 9 -7 16 2 0 0 0 49 4.1 98 728 21:25 0 0 74 58 12 33

Career Highs and Transactions

First NHL Game – 3/5/16 vs. MTL
First NHL Goal – 11/15/16 vs. CHI (Crawford)
First NHL Assist – 10/19/16 vs. TOR
Most Goals, Game – 2 (4x), Last: 3/4/23 vs. EDM
Most Assists, Game – 3 (3x), Last: 1/6/23 vs. TBL
Most Points, Game – 4, 2/28/23 vs. LAK (2G, 2A)
Most Penalty Minutes, Game – 10, 3/18/22 vs. BOS
Most Shots, Game – 9, 5/3/21 at OTT
Most Time On Ice, Game – 31:47, 3/4/22 vs. DAL
Longest Point Streak – 11 games, 12/4/22-12/22/22 (1G, 13A)
Longest Goal Streak – 2 games (4x), Last: 1/30/23-2/11/23 (3G)
Longest Assist Streak – 11 games, Last: 12/4/22-12/22/22 (13A)
Hat Tricks – None
Multiple-Point Games – 43, (1, 4-point; 6, 3-point; 36, 2-point)
Penalty Shots – 0.0, 0.0%
Shootout Attempts – 0.0, 0.0%

Transactions

October 9, 2013 – Signed by the Winnipeg Jets to a three-year, $925,000 AAV entry-level contract.
September 16, 2018 – Signed by the Winnipeg Jets to a two-year, $3,150,000 AAV contract extension.
September 12, 2019 – Signed by the Winnipeg Jets to an eight-year, $6,250,000 AAV contract extension.

Pro and Amateur Stats