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Selected 31st overall by the Detroit Red Wings in the 1978 NHL Entry Draft, Jensen only played one game for the Red Wings before he was traded to the Washington Capitals in July 1981 in exchange for Mark Lofthouse. It was with the Capitals that he was given the chance to blossom into a starting goaltender, and would help guide the team to its first playoff appearance in the 1982-83 NHL season. The next season Jensen would achieve even more as he was a co-winner of the William M. Jennings Trophy with teammate Pat Riggin. The Detroit Red Wings are a professional ice hockey team based in Detroit, Michigan, USA. They play in the National Hockey League (NHL). ... The 1978 NHL Amateur Draft occurred at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal, Quebec on June 15, 1978. ... The Washington Capitals are a professional ice hockey team based in Washington, D.C.. They play in the National Hockey League (NHL). ... The classic NHL shield logo The 1982-83 NHL season was the 66th season of the National Hockey League. ... William M. Jennings Trophy at the Hockey Hall of Fame The William M. Jennings Trophy is an annual award given to the goaltender(s) having played a minimum of 25 games for the team in the National Hockey League with the fewest goals scored against it. ... Pat Riggin (born May 26, 1959 in Kincardine, Ontario) is a retired former NHL goaltender who played for the Atlanta Flames, Calgary Flames, Washington Capitals, Boston Bruins and Pittsburgh Penguins, as well as the Birmingham Bulls of the WHA. He was originally drafted from the London Knights, and was recently...

Jensen would play almost six seasons with the Capitals before he was traded to the Los Angeles Kings in the middle of the 1986-87 NHL season in exchange for defenseman Garry Galley. He would play one season with the New Haven Nighthawks of the AHL before retiring from active professional play. The Los Angeles Kings are a professional ice hockey team based in Los Angeles, California, USA. They play in the National Hockey League (NHL). ... The 1986-87 NHL season was the 70th regular season of the National Hockey League (NHL). ... Garry Galley (born 16 April 1963 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada) is a retired professional ice hockey defenseman who played in the National Hockey League from 1984 to 2001. ... The New Haven Nighthawks are a former ice hockey team that played in the American Hockey League from 1972 to 1993. ... AHL might be an acronym or abbreviation for: American Hockey League acylated homoserine lactones This page concerning a three-letter acronym or abbreviation is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...

In 179 NHL games, Jensen posted a 95-53-18 regular season record.

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