Source: Damien Cox, Sportsnet.ca, October 8, 2018
WINNIPEG — It’s the eighth home opener for the Winnipeg Jets since providence smiled on hockey fans in Manitoba, freeing up an Atlanta Thrashers franchise that nobody wanted to own for a quick transfer north.
After 15 years on the sidelines, the Jets were back in business in Winnipeg. Patience was needed that first night – it was Nik Antropov who finally got the Jets on the board early in the third period – and more has been required in the years since. The Thrashers weren’t bursting with talent, but Blake Wheeler, Bryan Little and Dustin Byfuglien were there, and they’re still there as this October begins like no October has ever begun in these parts with respect to the hopes of the local NHL club.
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