The Winnipeg Jets are a professional ice hockey team based in Winnipeg. They compete in the National Hockey League as a member of the North Division. The team is owned by True North Sports & Entertainment and plays its home games at Canada Life Centre. The Jets were established as the Atlanta Thrashers on June 25, 1997, and became the League's 28th franchise when they 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 team was renamed the Jets after Winnipeg's original WHA/NHL team, which relocated after the 1995–96 season to become the Phoenix Coyotes.
About Winnipeg Jets
Originally the Atlanta Thrashers, the team moved to Winnipeg in 2011, becoming the second NHL franchise to take on the name Winnipeg Jets.
Achievement of Winnipeg Jets
The team made its first playoff appearance in the new Winnipeg Jets era in 2015, but they were swept by the Anaheim Ducks in the first round.
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