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Winnipeg Jets
2011–12 Winnipeg Jets season
Conference Eastern
Division Southeast
Founded 1999
History Atlanta Thrashers
1999–2011
Winnipeg Jets
2011–present
Home arena MTS Centre
City Winnipeg, Manitoba
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Colours Polar Night Blue, White, Aviator Blue, Silver

                   
Media TSN
TSN Radio (1290 AM)
Owner(s) Canada True North Sports & Entertainment
(Mark Chipman, chairman)
General manager Canada Kevin Cheveldayoff
Head coach Canada Claude Noël
Captain Canada Andrew Ladd
Minor league affiliates St. John's IceCaps (AHL)
Colorado Eagles (ECHL)
Stanley Cups 0
Conference championships 0
Presidents' Trophies 0
Division championships 0

The Winnipeg Jets are a professional ice hockey team based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, and are members of the Southeast Division of the National Hockey League's Eastern Conference. The team is owned by True North Sports & Entertainment, who purchased the former Atlanta Thrashers franchise in Spring 2011 and relocated to Winnipeg prior to the 2011-12 NHL season (the first NHL franchise relocation since the Hartford Whalers became the Carolina Hurricanes in 1997).[1][2] The Jets play their home games at the MTS Centre in Downtown Winnipeg, and take their name from Winnipeg's original WHA/NHL team, which became the Phoenix Coyotes in 1996.

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[edit] History

[edit] Atlanta Thrashers (1999–2011)

Main article: Atlanta Thrashers

The City of Atlanta was awarded an NHL expansion franchise, named the Atlanta Thrashers, on June 25, 1997. It was the second NHL franchise for Atlanta (their first being the Atlanta Flames, established in 1972, who departed for Calgary in 1980 to become the Calgary Flames). The Thrashers began play in the 1999–2000 season.

In their 12 years, the Thrashers qualified for the Stanley Cup playoffs only once, during the 2006–07 season. Partially due to their lack of playoff success, the team had difficulty drawing fans to attend their games over their final seasons.[3]

[edit] Winnipeg Jets (2011–present)

Crowds gather at The Forks in Winnipeg on May 31, 2011 for the official announcement that the Atlanta Thrashers would relocate to Winnipeg pending the approval of the NHL Board of Governors.

As early as in October 2009, there were rumours that True North Sports & Entertainment, the company which owns both Winnipeg's MTS Centre and the American Hockey League (AHL)'s Manitoba Moose, was purchasing the Atlanta Thrashers with the intention of moving the team to Winnipeg. True North's chairman, Mark Chipman, was on very good terms with NHL owners.[4] On November 27, 2010, Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly conducted an exclusive interview with The Illegal Curve Hockey Show on Sports Radio 1290 (now TSN Radio 1290) in Winnipeg and officially brought the Atlanta Thrashers into the conversation. By May 28, 2011, multiple reports had confirmed that the deal to purchase and move the Atlanta Thrashers to Winnipeg was done, and all that was left was for the NHL to decide the right time to officially announce the relocation.[5] According to The Globe and Mail, a deal was finalized on May 20, 2011 to relocate the Atlanta Thrashers to Winnipeg.[6] The league later denied the report, but acknowledged that advanced negotiations between the two teams were underway and that commissioner Gary Bettman supported the move.[7] On May 20, 2011, the Winnipeg Sun confirmed that an agreement in principle has been reached,[8] while Winnipeg's mayor Sam Katz announced that he was confident that Atlanta Thrashers relocation to Winnipeg would soon be officially announced.[9] On May 31, 2011, at a press conference at the MTS Centre, NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman confirmed that the Atlanta Thrashers had been sold to True North, and would relocate to Winnipeg for the 2011–12 season pending the approval of the sale and relocation by the NHL Board of Governors;[10] the Board of Governors gave formal approval of the sale and relocation at their June 21, 2011 meeting.[11] The reported purchase price was $170 million, with $60 million going to the NHL as a relocation fee.[9] After the sale announcement, True North made preparations to move the Moose franchise to St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador; that team's move was formally approved and announced by the American Hockey League on June 10, 2011, returning the AHL to Atlantic Canada after a six-year absence.[12]

Season ticket sales began June 1, 2011, with Manitoba Moose season ticket holders having priority. The team sought to sell 13,000 season tickets in an effort to prove its viability.[13] Within the first three and a half hours the new franchise sold 1,870 packages to Moose season ticket holders.[14] The number of season tickets sold jumped to 4,170 on June 2 and 7,158 on June 3.[15] Season tickets opened to the general public on June 4 and sold out in just 17 minutes.[16] Once the 'Drive to 13,000' was completed, TNSE started a season ticket waiting list, which was shut down after 8,000 people had signed up in two hours.[17] In July 2011, tickets for the Oct 9 home opener versus the Montreal Canadiens were listed for an average price of $1,711 on Stubhub, with an average selling price of $713[18]

True North stated that the announcement of the team's name would not be made until after the successful completion of the season ticket drive at the absolute earliest.[19] The team was not to be named the Thrashers, since True North did not acquire the name in the transaction, and the rights to that name and the Thrashers logo were retained by the ownership group in Atlanta.[20]

There was considerable support in Winnipeg to re-use the "Winnipeg Jets" name, which was the moniker for the city's original WHA and NHL franchise as well as the original name for a junior hockey team that had begun play in 1967. [21] The rights to the name "Winnipeg Jets" belonged to the league (through the league's ownership of the Phoenix Coyotes), but Bettman stated that True North would be permitted to use it if it wished.[22] True North did consider other nicknames for the franchise (including those incorporating "Manitoba" instead of "Winnipeg"), but kept their nickname selection a secret until the 2011 NHL Entry Draft in St. Paul on June 24, when during the announcement of the 7th overall selection, Chipman introduced general manager Kevin Cheveldayoff to "make our first pick, on behalf of the Winnipeg Jets"—True North's first official announcement of the franchise's nickname.[23]

2011–12 NHL season schedules were prepared to accommodate the Thrashers' move to Winnipeg after the sale's announcement.[24] The Jets' schedule was formally released on June 23, 2011; their first on-ice appearance was in a pair of split-squad pre-season games with the Columbus Blue Jackets on September 20, 2011 (at both MTS Centre and Columbus' Nationwide Arena).[25] The Jets' made their formal regular season debut on October 9, 2011, when a sellout crowd at MTS Centre (who greeted the Jets with thunderous applause) saw the visiting Montreal Canadiens defeat the Jets, 5-1, with Nik Antropov scoring the first-ever Jets goal.[26] Other highlights on the first Jets' schedule have included a home-and-home set with the Phoenix Coyotes, Winnipeg's previous NHL franchise (including a December 1 game in Winnipeg, the Coyotes' first regular season appearance in Winnipeg since vacating the city), as well as a December 17 home game against the Anaheim Ducks, which was former Jet Teemu Selanne's first playing appearance in Winnipeg since being traded from the Jets in February 1996.[27]

The Jets inherited the Thrashers' position in the Southeast Division for at least the 2011–12 season, with the NHL considering realignment plans for the following season, including one plan that had the Jets (who as part of the Southeast Division face long road trips to their division opponents in the Southeastern U.S.) joining what is currently the Central Division alongside such geographically-favourable teams as Chicago, Detroit, and Minnesota).[28] The NHL Players Association rejected the proposed realignment, however, which will force the Jets to stay in the Southeast Division for at least the 2012-2013 NHL season.[29]

[edit] Personnel changes

Before the franchise relocation was officially completed, True North bought out the remaining years of General Manager Rick Dudley's contract on June 4, 2011.[30] Thrashers president Don Waddell, who had been with the franchise since its inception, had earlier announced he would not be moving with the team.[20] Kevin Cheveldayoff, a former GM of the Chicago Wolves and former assistant GM of the Chicago Blackhawks, was hired to replace Dudley four days later.[31]

On June 12, 2011, Cheveldayoff had Thrashers coach Craig Ramsay reinterview for his position, then formally dismissed him as head coach eight days later.[32][33] Claude Noël, who had been the head coach of the former Manitoba Moose, was named head coach four days later; the other finalist for the job had been Blackhawks assistant Mike Haviland.[34] Charlie Huddy, Pascal Vincent and Wade Flaherty, formerly of the Dallas Stars and Blackhawks, were named the other assistants.

[edit] Team information

[edit] Jerseys

The main and secondary logos of the Winnipeg Jets, unveiled in 2011.

No new logo and colours for the Jets accompanied the team's nickname announcement at the 2011 NHL Entry Draft (draft pick Mark Scheifele was presented with a generic black and silver NHL jersey and cap),[35] but True North confirmed that they were in the process of conceiving a logo and colour scheme for the Jets, with True North's chairman, Mark Chipman, stating that the previous Jets' blue and red colours would be incorporated.[36] The Jets unveiled their new logos and colours on July 22, 2011, three days before the team had scheduled to release them (this after team merchandise containers were broken into and a crude picture of a Jets' T-shirt made the rounds on the internet).[37] While blue and silver are the main colour palette, the insignias are a dramatic departure from the previous Jets' logos and pay homage to the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF), particularly Winnipeg's 17 Wing; the primary logo is patterned after the roundels used by the RCAF and includes a silhouette of a McDonnell Douglas CF-18 Hornet.[37] The logo and design are also very similar to the logo of the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum. (Red is a secondary part of the colour scheme due to a maple leaf, the incorporation of which came with the permission of the Toronto Maple Leafs.)[37] Game uniforms for the new Jets were unveiled in September at 17 Wing;[38] no third jersey will be used in the 2011–12 season as its design faced a limited timetable.[37][39]

The logo was designed by Reebok and the NHL, with participation of the Department of National Defence.[40] Reebok's lead uniform and team identity designer Dominique Fillion has been associated with the identity design,[41] although True North has not revealed specific design credits.[42]

[edit] Mascot

On October 7, 2011, True North announced they had recalled their former mascot Mick E. Moose from the AHL.

Mick E. had spent the past 15 seasons with the Manitoba Moose of the International and American Hockey Leagues, entertaining kids and adults alike at Moose games and community events. Mick E. Moose, a fan favourite, had averaged over 100 community appearances per season for the past 15 years in Winnipeg and rural Manitoba. Slight modifications to the costume were made, including a new vintage leather aviator helmet. Mick E. Moose has a mascot zone at all Winnipeg Jets home games, presented by Recycle Everywhere.[43]

[edit] Players

[edit] Current roster

Updated February 13, 2012.[44]

# Nat Player Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace
80 Kazakhstan Antropov, NikNik Antropov C L 32 2009 Ust-Kamenogorsk, Soviet Union
4 United States Bogosian, ZachZach Bogosian D R 21 2008 Massena, New York
8 Russia Burmistrov, AlexanderAlexander Burmistrov C L 20 2010 Kazan, Soviet Union
33 United States Byfuglien, DustinDustin Byfuglien (A) D R 26 2010 Minneapolis, Minnesota
39 Sweden Enstrom, TobiasTobias Enstrom (A) D L 27 2003 Nordingra, Sweden
17 Canada Fehr, EricEric Fehr RW R 26 2011 Winkler, Manitoba
36 Canada Flood, MarkMark Flood D R 27 2011 Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
15 Canada Glass, TannerTanner Glass LW L 28 2011 Regina, Saskatchewan
6 United States Hainsey, RonRon Hainsey D L 30 2008 Bolton, Connecticut
12 Canada Jones, RandyRandy Jones D L 30 2011 Quispamsis, New Brunswick
9 Canada Kane, EvanderEvander Kane LW L 20 2009 Vancouver, British Columbia
16 Canada Ladd, AndrewAndrew Ladd (C) LW L 26 2010 Maple Ridge, British Columbia
18 Canada Little, BryanBryan Little C R 24 2006 Edmonton, Alberta
50 Canada Mason, ChrisChris Mason G L 35 2010 Red Deer, Alberta
20 Finland Miettinen, AnttiAntti Miettinen RW L 31 2011 Hämeenlinna, Finland
29 Sweden Oduya, JohnnyJohnny Oduya D L 30 2010 Stockholm, Sweden
31 Czech Republic Pavelec, OndrejOndrej Pavelec G L 24 2005 Kladno, Czechoslovakia
19 United States Slater, JimJim Slater C L 29 2002 Petoskey, Michigan
14 United States Stapleton, TimTim Stapleton RW R 29 2010 La Grange, Illinois
5 United States Stuart, MarkMark Stuart (A) D L 27 2011 Rochester, Minnesota
22 Canada Thorburn, ChrisChris Thorburn (A) RW R 28 2007 Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
13 Canada Wellwood, KyleKyle Wellwood C R 28 2011 Oldcastle, Ontario
26 United States Wheeler, BlakeBlake Wheeler RW R 25 2011 Plymouth, Minnesota

[edit] Retired numbers

  • 99 - Wayne Gretzky, number retired league-wide February 6, 2000.

While not officially retired, Evander Kane sought (and received) permission from Bobby Hull to wear #9; the number had been retired by the previous Jets franchise. Kane had worn the number 9 during his time with the Thrashers, and the Jets organization encouraged him to keep the number. Number 25 was also retired by the previous Jets in honor Thomas Steen respectively and was worn by Brett MacLean, for five games, during his brief time with the Jets in the 2011-12 season. Both 9 and 25 remain retired with the Phoenix Coyotes, who later also retired Dale Hawerchuk's #10 for his accomplishments in Winnipeg. Bryan Little, who wore the number #10 in Atlanta, changed to #18 out of respect for Hawerchuk.[45] Also unknown is the status of number 37, unissued by the franchise since the death of Dan Snyder in an automobile crash in 2003.[46]

[edit] Team captains

Note: This list does not include captains from the Atlanta Thrashers.


[edit] Head coaches

Note: This list does not include head coaches from the Atlanta Thrashers.


[edit] Franchise records

[edit] Scoring leaders

These are the top-ten point, goal, and assist scorers in franchise history. Figures are updated after each completed NHL regular season.

These records include those accrued during the team's time as the Atlanta Thrashers.

Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games Played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; P/G = Points per game; G/G = Goals per game; A/G = Assists per game; * = current Winnipeg Jets player


Points Goals Assists
Player Pos GP G A Pts P/G
Ilya Kovalchuk LW 594 328 287 615 1.04
Vyacheslav Kozlov LW 537 145 271 416 0.77
Marian Hossa RW 222 108 140 248 1.11
Marc Savard C 184 63 133 196 1.07
Dany Heatley RW 190 80 101 181 0.95
Patrik Stefan C 414 59 118 177 0.43
Tobias Enstrom* D 318 26 145 171 0.54
Bryan Little* C 282 68 81 149 0.53
Ray Ferraro C 223 56 91 147 0.66
Todd White C 221 43 93 136 0.61
Player Pos G
Ilya Kovalchuk LW 328
Vyacheslav Kozlov LW 145
Marian Hossa RW 108
Dany Heatley RW 80
Bryan Little* C 68
Marc Savard C 63
Patrik Stefan C 59
Ray Ferraro C 56
Rich Peverley C 49
Jim Slater* C 47
Player Pos A
Ilya Kovalchuk LW 287
Vyacheslav Kozlov LW 271
Tobias Enstrom* D 145
Marian Hossa RW 140
Marc Savard C 133
Patrik Stefan C 118
Dany Heatley RW 101
Todd White C 93
Ray Ferraro C 91
Frantisek Kaberle D 82

[edit] Single-season leaders

  • Most goals in a season: Ilya Kovalchuk, 52 (2005–06, 2007–08)
  • Most assists in a season: Marc Savard, 69 (2005–06)
  • Most points in a season: Marian Hossa, 100 (2006–07)
  • Most penalty minutes in a season: Jeff Odgers, 226 (2000–01)
  • Most goals in a season, defenceman: Dustin Byfuglien, 20 (2010–11)
  • Most points in a season, defenceman: Dustin Byfuglien, 53 (2010–11)
  • Most goals in a season, rookie: Ilya Kovalchuk, 29 (2001–02)
  • Most assists in a season, rookie: Dany Heatley, 41 (2001–02)
  • Most points in a season, rookie: Dany Heatley, 67 (2001–02)
  • Most wins in a season: Kari Lehtonen, 34 (2006–07)
  • Most shutouts in a season: Kari Lehtonen, 4 (2006–07, 2007–08)

[edit] Broadcasters

On July 21, 2011, the Winnipeg Free Press reported that the Jets had reached a deal with Bell Media — where CFRW (which has since been rebranded as TSN Radio 1290) would be the team's official radio broadcaster, and TSN would become the team's official television broadcaster.[47] The Press later indicated that former Jets play-by-play broadcaster Curt Keilback had been in contact with CFRW regarding the possibility of serving as the voice of the new Jets.[48] The Winnipeg Sun, however, indicated that True North had hired Dennis Beyak as their primary play-by-play personality, calling all Jets games including every regionally-televised match as well as a handful of radio broadcasts. Former Manitoba Moose announcer Brian Munz was retained as a part-time radio play-by-play announcer, filling in for Beyak on radio when the latter is calling televised matches.[49]

On August 31, 2011, the Jets and TSN confirmed this news, and noted that Shane Hnidy would provide colour commentary for Jets radio broadcasts, Rick Ralph and former Winnipeg Jets player Ray Neufeld handle pre-game and post-game coverage, while colour commentary for the television games would rotate between Brian Engblom and Mike Johnson. The agreement between Bell and the Jets lasts through 2021. Jets games not carried nationally on CBC, TSN, or TSN2 are carried on the newly established TSN Jets specialty channel, available regionally in Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Nunavut, the Northwest Territories and parts of Northwestern Ontario.[50]

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