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==Winnipeg Sports Franchises ==

==Winnipeg Sports Franchises ==

see [[Canadian sports]]

see [[Canadian sports]]

*Winnipeg [[Blue Bombers]] ([[CFL]] [[Football]])

*[[Winnipeg Blue Bombers]] ([[CFL]] [[Football]])

*Winnipeg [[Jets]] ([[NHL]]) ([[Hockey]]) - Until 1996 Winnipeg had an NHL team, however due to economic circumstances and an attempt to grown interest in the Southern United States the team moved to [[Phoenix]], [[Arizona]] and become the [[Phoenix Coyotes]].  There is however considerable interest to bring NHL Hockey back to Winnipeg.  Currently the Manitoba Moose, a minor league team, play in the MTS Centre, where a team may one day return to Winnipeg.  

*[[Winnipeg Jets]] ([[NHL]]) ([[Hockey]]) - Until 1996 Winnipeg had an NHL team, which came into the league from the now-defunct World Hockey Association in 1979. Due to economic circumstances and an attempt to grow interest in hockey in the Southern United States however, the team moved to [[Phoenix]], [[Arizona]] and became the [[Phoenix Coyotes]].  Considerable interest to bring NHL Hockey back to Winnipeg was displayed in the years since then, enough to bring the NHL back in 2011 when the Atlanta Thrashers were bought by a Winnipeg-based group and brought to Winnipeg as the new version of the Winnipeg Jets, which calls the MTS Centre its home arena.  The Manitoba Moose, a minor league team in the American Hockey League, formerly played in the MTS Centre until the team moved to St. John's, Newfoundland in 2011 and became the St. John's IceCaps.