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NHL Announces Thrashers Will Leave Atlanta For Winnipeg
June 1st, 2011 | Posted by Leah Hollar in Hockey
True North Sports and Entertainment held a press conference yesterday, announcing they have reached an agreement to purchase the Thrashers and plan on moving the team from Atlanta to Winnipeg, Canada. The proposed plan for the team must first be approved by the NHL Board of Governors before it becomes official later this month.
The city of Winnipeg in Manitoba has been without an NHL team since the Jets left in 1996, while the Thrashers mark the second NHL team the city of Atlanta has had and lost. Winnipeg citizens will hopefully be as loyal to the their new team as they were when they held rallies in the mid-90′s to try to save the Jets. NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman said, “We get to be back in a place we wish we hadn’t left in 1996. The best way for our fans here in Winnipeg to celebrate the opportunity, is to buy season tickets….To be candid, this isn’t going to work very well unless this building isn’t sold out every night.”
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