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Winnipeg Jets
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Key facts
- Conference
- Western
- Division
- Central
- History
- Atlanta Thrashers , 1999 – 2011 , Winnipeg Jets , 2011 –present
- Home arena
- Canada Life Centre
- City
- Winnipeg , Manitoba
- Team colours
- Polar night blue, aviator blue, grey, red, white
- Media
- TSN3 , 680 CJOB , CJKR-FM (Power 97)
- Owner s
- True North Sports & Entertainment , ( Mark Chipman , executive chairman & governor)
- General manager
- Kevin Cheveldayoff
- Head coach
- Scott Arniel
- Captain
- Adam Lowry
- Minor league affiliates
- Manitoba Moose ( AHL ), Norfolk Admirals ( ECHL )
- Presidents trophies
- 1 ( 2024–25 )
- Division championships
- 1 ( 2024–25 )
- Official website
- nhl .com /jets
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- jet aircraft
- Country
- Canada
- Sport
- ice hockey
- League
- Q1215892
- Official website
- jets.nhl.com
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- Winnipeg Jets
- topic's main category
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- inception
- 1997-00-00
- head coach
- Scott Arniel
- home venue
- Canada Life Centre
- replaces
- Atlanta Thrashers
- social media followers
- 558076
- category for members of a team
- Category:Winnipeg Jets players
- different from
- Winnipeg Jets
- general manager
- Kevin Cheveldayoff
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Encyclopedic overview
The Winnipeg Jets are a professional ice hockey team based in Winnipeg. The Jets compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Central Division in the Western Conference. The team is owned by True North Sports & Entertainment, playing its home games at Canada Life Centre.
The franchise was established as the Atlanta Thrashers on June 25, 1997, and began play in the 1999–2000 NHL season. True North Sports & Entertainment then bought the team in May 2011, and relocated the Thrashers to Winnipeg prior to the 2011–12 season, making them the first NHL franchise to relocate since the Hartford Whalers became the Carolina Hurricanes in 1997. The team was renamed the Jets after Winnipeg's original WHA/NHL team, which relocated after the 1995–96 season due to financial issues to become the now-inactive Phoenix (later Arizona) Coyotes.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Winnipeg Jets” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.