Welcome to the Manitoba Mythbusters and myNHLincludesWinnipeg!

Contained herein is a selection of news articles, blogs, audio clips, video clips, and facts & figures relevant to the possibility of and the potential for the permanent return of the NHL to Winnipeg.

Winnipeg is primed and ready for the NHL, and hockey fans here are as rabid as ever. If you've witnessed the Winnipeg White Out, then you'll know what we're referring to!

An NHL team returning to Winnipeg is not the overly ambitious dream that some of the public and media think.

There is too much misinformation concerning a potential NHL team in Winnipeg floating around without being questioned.

How many times have you heard: Winnipeg isn’t a big enough market; The arena is too small; Ticket prices would be too high? These are all myths that are all simply untrue!

Our conclusions are derived by careful study of the numbers and various NHL newsmakers. We’ve run a number of very conservative financial scenarios and can show that a team in Winnipeg would enjoy above league-average revenues while at the same time keeping ticket prices the lowest of any Canadian NHL team.

In a number of US NHL markets, teams are playing to arenas full of empty seats and are resorting to giving away thousands of tickets for free just to have more warm bodies in the stands.

Winnipeg has reason to be optimistic. We want the people of our great city and province to know that there are many respected voices within league circles saying that it is not a matter of “if,” but “when” NHL hockey will return to our city.

Winnipeg may not be a huge market in terms of population, but we are unquestionably a massive hockey market. At some point, we believe these facts and figures will have the NHL and the NHLPA agree that a return to Winnipeg would be in the best interest for both, be it via expansion or relocation.

This site has grown and changed for the better. We have totally re-organized our content by myth, while keeping the familiar tabs for "Facts and Figures", "News Articles", "Audio Clips" and "Video Clips".

We have also included more myths and content to dispel them.

Winnipeg isn't being considered by the NHL in a vacuum, so we objectively review cities competing for an NHL team.

And finally, check out our new features like the key word search tool, the Manitoba Mythbuster Discussion Forum and The Hangar Chat Room.

Thank you for your time; we hope you enjoy the content.

David Thomson - Canada's Wealthiest Person
Partner, True North Sports & Entertainment Ltd.

A video collage showing the pride of a city, the fall of its heroes, and which makes a strong case for the return of the NHL Winnipeg:

February 6, 2008: En route to Hockey Day in Canada (hosted by Winkler, Manitoba) CBC's Peter Mansbridge interviews True North Sports & Entertainment/Manitoba Moose Chairman Mark Chipman regarding the possibility of the return of the NHL to Winnipeg:

Created on 02/04/2003 10:24 AM by admin Updated on 02/02/2010 11:48 AM by pbonomo