Congratulations Winnipeg

68-GTS said
Found this posted somewhere.......

The origin is somewhat surprising - they're named after the New York Jets football team. Benny Hatskins, the Winnipeg franchise owner, was friends with the owner of the New York Jets and named his team in tribute. True story! The fact that their marquee player's nickname had "jet" in it was purely co-oincidental.

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This is true as far as I know, however there was a team in the Junior league called the Winnipeg Jets that was around prior to the WHA and of course NHL versions. They are the Junior Jets, and they went through a name change when the WHA arrived. I remember seeing a couple of games with my dad in the late 60's.

Grant