Winnipeg Jets Logo — Winnipeg Jets is a professional team of ice hockey located in Winnipeg, Manitoba (Canada). Play in the National Hockey League (NHL), framed in the Southeast Division of the Eastern Conference. His name is a reference to an old computer with the same name, Winnipeg Jets. This League franchise played in World Hockey Association from 1972 until 1979, when it was absorbed by the National Hockey League.
Winnipeg Jets was one of four clubs happened to the NHL, where he remained until 1996. That year, the club was sold and moved to Phoenix, Arizona (United States) to become the Phoenix Coyotes. In May 2011, the local investor group True North Sports & Entertainment bought an NHL team, the Atlanta Thrashers, and moved to Winnipeg. The new club was called the Winnipeg Jets, in honor of the original franchise. More