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Winnipeg Jets players celebrate their Avco Cup win at the Winnipeg Arena in 1979, the final year of the World Hockey Association's existence.
Before the Winnipeg Jets claimed the 1979 Avco Cup in Game 6 of the World Hockey Association’s final against the Edmonton Oilers, head coach Tom McVie wrote a message on the board for his players.
“If you win tonight, you’ll walk together forever.”
The message proved true, as this weekend, four decades after the Jets won the championship in the WHA’s final season, McVie and 18 players are walking together in Winnipeg for the team’s 40-year reunion.