Category: Jets History
Jets History: October 5
October 5, 1966 – Former Winnipeg Jets Defenseman, Fredrik Olausson was born in Vaxsjo, Sweden. Olausson was drafted by the Jets in the fourth round (81st overall) of the 1985 NHL entry draft. Olausson played with the Jets from 1986-1993 before being traded to Edmonton with Winnipeg’s 7th round choice (Curtis Sheptak) in 1994 Entry Draft [...]
Jets Links April 3rd 2012
The Jets face the Panthers tonight and can play spoiler to their playoff hopes. I hope the Jets come out and lay a beating on the cats. A few better 3rd periods and it would have been us making the playoffs and not them. Next year in the Southeast is going to be great! Here [...]
A Letter to the People of Quebec City
Dear people of Quebec City, For the love of Tim Tebow and Jeremy Lin get your act together! Yesterday the city of Seattle unveiled a plan to build a new arena. Everyone knows that this is to lure a NBA franchise back but conventional wisdom also tells us that the NHL would love to move into the 12th largest [...]
Jets Links October 24th, 2011
Its another week and I’m still on cloud nice with the return of the Jets. The team looked pretty good on Saturday and are hoping to build on that as they face the Rangers tonight in the river city. Jets face Rangers, The Kid stays out of the picture and is sent back to junior, [...]
Jets Links October 13th, 2011
FIRST ROAD GAME! I can’t wait to see the Jets take on the Blackhawks in what should be a very emotional game for certain players. A hero returns, hitting the road for the first time, Bodie signs with Ducks and Winnipeg gets its own beer to celebrate the return of the Jets (though I have a feeling [...]
