Thousands of Jets fans show up for their team as downtown Winnipeg enters total whiteout conditions
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Jets fans came out in droves to show support for their team as they open their playoff campaign.
Thousands of people in the city showed up to the sold-out street party on Donald Street outside the Canada Life Centre ahead of the start of the team's best-of-seven series against division rival, the Colorado Avalanche.
Roads around the arena were closed and buses rerouted Sunday afternoon, as a localized "whiteout conditions" forecast issued by Environment Canada for downtown Winnipeg turned out to be dead on.
The puck dropped at 6 p.m. The Jets ended up taking the first game 7-6.
As the party got started Sunday, fans clad in white waved kerchiefs and danced.
"Feeling pretty good, ready to go, excited to come out to a whiteout party," said Thomas Kaluzny, who came wearing a white Viking helmet and a shield with the Jets logo on it.
All 5,000 tickets to Sunday's whiteout party were sold out within an hour of them going on sale, True North Sports and Entertainment previously told CBC News.
This is the Jets' sixth playoff appearance in seven years, as the team tries to rebound from an early exit in last year's playoffs. Kerrin Asmundson, who's been four of these parties before, said this year may be the one.
"I'm optimistic. Very optimistic," he said. "I think they have a good chance this year."
Beau Downey was wearing matching white outfits with his partner, Veronica Gagnon. Downey said coming every year to the whiteout has become the couple's tradition.
"We cheer like hell," he said. "I feel like we're going all the way. We got the team. We got the depth. We got everything we need to go all the way — and that's exactly what we're going to do."
Gagnon said she was there to do one thing.
"I'm here to party."
Denis Dion said he came all the way from Saint Claude, Man., to "watch the Jets win."
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