Here is the history of the origins of the whiteout in Winnipeg, its effect on the team and fans, and how the city has hung onto the tradition decades later.
This brought a tear to my eye . The last time my team won the League, I was homeless. They were literally all I had. Respect from Arsenal FC, England. I hope these fans get a Cup someday!
I got to see this presentation last night before the game. My son was in my arms smiling. In the end, it brought tears to my eyes. Call me a wussie. I Don't Care. I wish I was apart of the 80s and 90s Jets. But it wasn't in the plans. But what was in the plans, was for me to discover our beloved Jets on 21 December 2014. ...And I am damn proud to be apart of this team and apart of all you and the city of Winnipeg.
You don't EVER , EVER HAVE To apologize for feeling ANY kind of emotion. I live here. I LIVED through it. I FELT those same feelings. And in the fall of 1996 I felt a part of my soul die. It then felt like those same gods that I thought hated us and our city ..one of them was in the back chilling going 'Imma answer a Winnipeg prayer' and boom. Never again. The Jets are HOME and ALL of us are keeping it Forever together.
I had to laugh - spotted myself at 1:41 - passenger in the white car, face painted white with my blue bomber horn. I remember getting filmed. Too funny!
The old Jets franchise in the 90s was on the brink of financial meltdown. The owner tried everything, but the economics simply didn't work. Things have changed for the better.
great video piece by SN. this brought flashbacks for sure...the winnipeg whiteout was a sight to see in the 80's and early 90's. and it's def a beautiful sight in 2018....as much as EDM won their cups i'm sure the winnipeg arena was not a pleasant situation to be involved in. hoping the jets can make a deep p-off run now and beyond. great fans. as much as i dislike bettman i'm glad the jets were brought back to winnipeg. it was a shame the team left in '95 to begin with. i'm pretty confident now that the city, fans, and owners can keep the jets going for the long term and be competitive with the demands of today's nhl economics. winnipeg, wishing you success , as long as it's not against my red wings LOL! one last thing, drop your current uniforms (they suck) and bring back either the originals or the variation uniforms used til '95.
jared that's good that you have taken a liking to the current uniforms. as i thought about it i kinda do like the nameplate font (futuristic) and the numbers are ok too. they're not the worst out there but def not the best outright or within WPG's history. i'm old school and really like the one's they used from '79-80 til 89-'90. curtiswalker.com/jets/uniforms.aspx i have an idea that would work for everyone, they could keep what they have and use that 79-89 jersey as an alternate, using it perhaps, like 20x per season. enjoy the p-off's, WPG is really looking good for a WCF appearance and more, regardless of their jersey look :D
Steven A. I agree those are great jerseys and wearing the occasional throwback would be cool Btw I'm a fellow wings fan that likes to root for the jets so lets go red wings but right now GO JETS GO!
great reply jared, can't disagree with what you wrote. red wings got a long way to get back, to be honest i picked NSH to win the series but being wrong about the jets is nothing to be ashamed of. these 2 teams really are evenly matched and it can still go either way. what's gonna break NSH's back is penalties taken and pekka in net. he really looked sketchy in gm 1and an extent gm 2. that gm 3 comeback is def gonna build WPG's confidence too. i think this is the best series and will probably be the best one aside from the SCF. whoever wins this , i believe can beat vegas. enjoy and cheers from southern ontario :D
Towel power as it was originally called was the brainchild the late Roger Neilson while coaching the Vancouver Canucks during a playoff game where the officiating was to say the least one sided, he placed a white towel on the end of a hockey stick and waved it in "surrender" ,there is a statue commemorating the event outside of Rogers Arena in Vancouver B.C.
I was born in 1996 in winnipeg the summer after the Jets left. My dad has 3 sons who he took to moose games and hoped to hope for the jets with. He is the most hardcore out of all of us but it is amazing to see our dream of winnipeg returning come to life not to mention the fact that we all get to watch the jets dominate in playoffs together. We are truly lucky. But yes, the original fans do exist.
very cool. too bad they didn't use their old jerseys. those were sweet. the new one looks like one of the higher ups let their 10 year old play with photoshop and just went with it.
Phoenix is a transplant city, most of the sports fans here have their allegiances to their home teams. The local AZ teams only get bandwagon support when they do well and make the playoffs.
Canadian dollar was around 62 cents, since revenues came in in Canadian dollars and salaries and expenses were paid in US dollars Canadian teams had slightly more than half the spending power of US teams. That and TV revenues and stuff like that. Now the dollar is more reasonable and Canadian teams get better TV deals
The facility was obsolete even before 1990. The old arena had nothing in the way of luxury boxes, so even if the Jets had sold out every game, the team still would not have been viable.
Maybe there in edmonton.... in the 70's. Have you ever seen Toronto's or Vancouver's stadium with fans? Indian and Asian people make up quite a lot of the stands, that you cannot 'not' see it
Greyson Mitchell I’ve never been to any of these stadiums or games I’m going off the video when I saw a bunch of white people..stop being offended so easily it’s a joke
E DLT I couldn’t agree with you anymore on that one. Those throwbacks that they wore in the outdoor game against Edmonton was just sick 🔥🔥🔥🔥 some of the best hockey jerseys ever..
- They CAN'T because that old logo still belongs to the original franchise that's in Arizona now, they can't just transfer the old Jets' logo over to the new Jets. The new Jets were originally based in Atlanta & have NO connections to the 'original' Jets. So just leave it alone!
