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8 unusual facts about Winnipeg Jets


CJOB

CJOB, which had been the flagship station for the WHA/NHL incarnation of the Winnipeg Jets, bid for broadcast rights to the current NHL Jets, but lost out to CFRW.

Clifford Wright

Wright's grandson James Wright is an ice hockey forward, who currently plays for the NHL's Winnipeg Jets.

Craven, Saskatchewan

Craven is the hometown of NHL hockey player Tanner Glass formerly of the Winnipeg Jets and now with the Pittsburgh Penguins, and of runner Kendra Schaaf.

Geoffrey Connor

He went on to complete his fellowship at the Atlanta Sports Medicine and Orthopedic Center, where he provided services for the Atlanta Falcons of the NFL and the Atlanta Thrashers of the NHL (which have now become the Winnipeg Jets).

Ken Cheveldayoff

His younger brother Kevin is a former professional hockey player and currently the general manager of the Winnipeg Jets of the National Hockey League.

Pro Sport Hockey

Although the Winnipeg Jets are used in the game, they are not considered to be the current form of the team (which used to be the Atlanta Thrashers).

Stirling-Rawdon

The NHL announced on June 17, 2013 that Stirling will host a pre-season game between the Washington Capitals and Winnipeg Jets at Yardmen Arena on September 14, 2013.

Zachary Sanford

The Capitals chose to trade three other draft picks (84th, 114th and 127th) for the 61st overall pick from the Winnipeg Jets.


1972–73 WHA season

After 70 rounds the Winnipeg Jets selected Soviet premier Alexei Kosygin and then stop participating in the draft, while the other teams continued making selections.

1986 Stanley Cup playoffs

This would happen again the following year and in 1999, by which time 3 of those teams had moved, the Quebec Nordiques to Denver, the Winnipeg Jets to Phoenix, and the Hartford Whalers to Raleigh, North Carolina.

1995–96 NHL season

It was also the last season of existence for the Winnipeg Jets, as they announced that they would be moving from Manitoba to Arizona and become the Phoenix Coyotes at the season's end.

Alain Beaulé

Alain Beaulé (born April 7, 1946) is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman who played 183 games in the World Hockey Association for the Winnipeg Jets and Quebec Nordiques.

Dallas Drake

The following season he was part of a trade that saw him shipped to the Winnipeg Jets along with goaltender Tim Cheveldae.

Denis Morel

On Saturday, October 16, 1993, in the Chicago Blackhawks-Winnipeg Jets game in Winnipeg, Morel was the referee who allowed the controversial overtime goal by Jets forward Nelson Emerson to stand.

Jim Hrivnak

Selected by the Washington Capitals in the 1986 NHL Draft, Hrivnak played parts of four seasons with the Capitals before he was traded to the Winnipeg Jets in exchange for Rick Tabaracci.

Kevin Cheveldayoff

On June 8, 2011, Cheveldayoff was unveiled as the new general manager of the new Winnipeg Jets, replacing Rick Dudley.

Sergei Bautin

Sergei Vladimirovich Bautin (born March 11, 1967 in Rahachow, Byelorussian SSR, Soviet Union) is a retired ice hockey player who played in the National Hockey League for the Winnipeg Jets, Detroit Red Wings and the San Jose Sharks.

Wayne Simmonds

Later that same week, on February 23, 2013 Simmonds recorded yet another Gordie Howe hat trick in a 5–3 win against the Winnipeg Jets at Wells Fargo Center, fighting Chris Thorburn assisting on the Flyers first goal and scoring the game-winning goal.


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Aaron Harstad

His team, the Winnipeg Jets, had just completed a move from Atlanta to Winnipeg.

Brent Ashton

His brother, Ron Ashton, was also a professional hockey player, appearing for the Winnipeg Jets during their WHA incarnation.

Norris Division

The Winnipeg Jets return to the Smythe Division when the Colorado Rockies move to East Rutherford, New Jersey, to become the New Jersey Devils; the Devils are moved from the Smythe Division to the Patrick Division.

Shawn Cronin

Upon scoring his first goal (against the Quebec Nordiques in November 1990), McDonald's commemorated the feat by donating $44,000 to the Winnipeg Jets Goals for Kids Charity.