Winnipeg Jets

Founded:	1999	GM:	Kevin Cheveldayoff
Owned By:	Mark Chipman	Coach:	Rick Bowness
Home Rink:	Bell MTS Place	Captain:	Blake Wheeler

The Jets were established as the Atlanta Thrashers on June 25, 1997 and became the League’s 28th franchise when it began play in the 1999–2000 NHL season. True North Sports & Entertainment then bought the team in May 2011 and relocated the franchise from Atlanta to Winnipeg prior to the 2011–12 season (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 to become the Phoenix Coyotes.

Deeper Dive

• The Latest Winnipeg Jets News at The Hockey Writers
• Current Players, Salaries and Cap Info
• Best Jets/Thrashers From Around the World
• Jets/Thrashers’ Top 10 Goal Scorers All-Time
• Jets With 100-Point Seasons
• 5 Greatest Moments in Jets 2.0 History
• Jets 2.0’s Top 5 Playoff Moments

2021-22 Season Roster

Forwards	Defensemen	Goaltenders
Mason Appleton	Nathan Beaulieu	Eric Comrie
Kyle Connor	Dylan DeMelo	Connor Hellebuyck
Adam Brooks	Brenden Dillon
Pierre-Luc Dubois	Ville Heinola
Nikolaj Ehlers	Josh Morrissey
Jansen Harkins	Nelson Nogier
Adam Lowry	Neal Pionk
Zach Sanford	Dylan Samberg
Mark Scheifele	Nate Schmidt
Paul Stastny	Logan Stanley
CJ Suess
Evgeny Svechnikov
Dominic Toninato
Kristian Vesalainen
Blake Wheeler

Jersey History

In late 1971, the city was awarded a professional hockey franchise that would begin play the following year. Unfortunately, the Winnipeg Jets were to play in the World Hockey Association, a troublesome, tumultuous seven-year venture that ended with the National Hockey League absorbing four of the six remaining WHA teams in 1979. Read more…

The Players

• 7 Fun Facts About Dustin Byfuglien
• Top 3 All-Time Jets Goalies
• Winnipeg’s Hellebuyck Wins Vezina Trophy

More Jets History

• Jets 2.0 First-Round Draft Picks – Ranked
• Jets’ Top 5 Late-Round Draft Picks
• Best & Worst Trades in Winnipeg Jets’ History
• Jets’ 5 Greatest U.S.-born Players
• The Jets’ Biggest-Ever Blowout Victories

Reliving Their Firsts

Now is a good time to reflect back on some of the Winnipeg Jets 2.0 “firsts.” The Jets have been lighting up the goal lamp, stopping pucks, dropping the gloves and winning games since they came back to Winnipeg in 2011 — it’s time to re-live the “firsts.” Read more…

Captains

• Andrew Ladd, 2011-2016
• Blake Wheeler, 2016-present

(Note: List does not include Atlanta Thrashers captains)

Sources

• Wikipedia