the atlanta thrashers became the winnipeg jets in may 2011.
the atlanta thrashers became the winnipeg jets in may 2011.
when did the atlanta thrashers became the winnipeg jets?
may 2011
the jets began play as the atlanta thrashers 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 arizona coyotes.









































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section::::history.:original winnipeg jets (1972–1996).
winnipeg jets
list of atlanta thrashers/winnipeg jets general managers









































the winnipeg jets are a canadian professional ice hockey team based in winnipeg, manitoba. they play in the central division of the western conference in the national hockey league (nhl). the team joined the nhl in 1999 as an expansion team as the atlanta thrashers, but moved to winnipeg, manitoba in 2011, being renamed after the previous winnipeg jets team (now playing as the arizona coyotes). the jets play their home games at the mts centre. there have been three general managers since the franchise's inception.









































section::::notes.
list of atlanta thrashers/winnipeg jets general managers