Chipman knew no other name but Jets would do

JOE BRYKSA / FREE PRESS FILESIt was last month, during that hockey nostalgiafest officially known as the Heritage Classic, when a question best answered by Mark Chipman occurred to me.

What if the chairman of True North Sports & Entertainment and the Winnipeg Jets hockey club had chosen a different name than the Jets for the National Hockey League franchise? Would we have had a Heritage Classic in Winnipeg in October? Or ever?

On Sept. 6, 2011, the Winnipeg Jets unveiled their home and away jerseys.That’s what I wanted to ask Chipman during that week when Dale Hawerchuk and Wayne Gretzky and the rest of the Jets and Oilers old-timers were roaming the city and facing off again before a stadium…