What is Winnipeg Jets?
{{NHL Team | team_name = Winnipeg Jets | current = 2022–23 Winnipeg Jets season | bg_color = background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#002E62 5px solid; border-bottom:#AAA9AE 5px solid; | text_color = #000000 | conference = [[Western Conference (NHL)|Western]] | division = [[Central Division (NHL)|Central]] | founded = [[1999–2000 NHL season|1999]] | history = '''[[Atlanta Thrashers]]'''<br>[[1999–2000 NHL season|1999]]–[[2010–11 NHL season|2011]] ([[National Hockey League|NHL]])<br>'''Winnipeg Jets'''<br>[[2011–12 NHL season|2011]]–''present'' ([[National Hockey League|NHL]]) | arena = [[Canada Life Centre]] | city = [[Winnipeg]], [[Manitoba]] | team_colors = Polar Night Blue, White, Aviator Blue, Silver {{color box|#002E62}} {{color box|#FFFFFF}} {{color box|#055C99}} {{color box|#AAA9AE}} | media_affiliates = [[The Sports Network|TSN 3]]<br>[[CFRW|TSN Radio (1290 AM)]] | general_manager = [[Kevin Cheveldayoff]] | head_coach = [[Rick Bowness]] | owner = [[True North Sports and Entertainment]]<br><small>(Mark Chipman, chairman)</small> | captain = [[Blake Wheeler]] | minor_league_affiliates = [[Manitoba Moose]] ([[American Hockey League|AHL]])<br> | stanley_cups = '''0''' | conf_titles = '''0''' | presidents'_trophies = '''0''' | division_titles = '''0''' }} The '''Winnipeg Jets''' are an [[ice hockey]] team that plays in the [[National Hockey League|NHL]]. The team plays in [[Winnipeg]], [[Manitoba]], [[Canada]] at [[Canada Life Centre]]. They were founded in 2011 when the [[Atlanta Thrashers]] were bought by Winnipeg-based company, True North Sports and Entertainment and were moved back to Winnipeg. The team announced the ''Winnipeg Jets'' as their name when they selected 7th in the first round of the 2011 NHL Entry Draft on June 25, 2011. Kevin Cheveldayoff was named its first General Manager on June 8, 2011 and Claude Noel was named the new head coach of the Jets on June 23, 2011.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=368174 |title=Cheveldayoff takes Winnipeg general manager's job |access-date=2011-06-25