WINNIPEG – City hall is flying the Jets’ colours Thursday morning as the NHL team prepares for its second-last regular-season game two points shy of a guaranteed playoff spot.
The Twitter accounts of Mayor Brian Bowman and the Winnipeg Police Service were among those tweeting #GoJetsGo messages as the city gets behind a team that hasn’t made the playoffs since coming to Winnipeg in 2011.
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The earlier version of the Winnipeg Jets was beaten by the Detroit Red Wings in the first round of the 1996 playoffs.
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