Winnipeg Jets | Winnipeg NHL Franchise

The Winnipeg Jets are a professional ice hockey team, based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. The team came into existence after True North Sports and Entertainment purchased the then Atlanta Thrashers and obtained league permission to move them to Winnipeg, where the team was renamed the Jets in honour of the original hockey team in Winnipeg. The team will play its home games at the MTS Centre in Downtown Winnipeg beginning in the fall of 2011.

Winnipeg will continue as a member of the Southeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL) for at least the 2011–12 NHL season. Prior to the start of the 2011–12 season, after playing as the Atlanta Thrashers since 1999, the franchise was contingently acquired by True North with the intent to move the team to Winnipeg. The new franchise and relocation were unanimously approved by the NHL Board of Governors on June 21, 2011