Jets fans hitting the streets as Winnipeg advances in playoffs

Organizers say they will expand the street party for Jets fans as needed, with Winnipeg’s second-round playoff series starting Friday. One fan says the Jets faithful are ready to “explode” with excitement. (April 26, 2018) 1. SOUNDBITE: Dayna Spiring, Econoic Development Winnipeg president 2. SOUNDBITE: Eddie Bartlett, Winnipeg Jets fan 3. SOUNDBITE: Rebecca Hiscock, Winnipeg Jets fan 4. SOUNDBITE: Darren Ford, Winnipeg Jets fan PLACELINE: Winnipeg CREDIT: The Canadian Press STORYLINE: At first it was just a few thousand people, braving the cold to cheer on the Winnipeg Jets in a street party. Then it grew. And, with each game, the crowd grew again. By game five of the first round of the playoffs — the one where the Jets clinched the series against the Minnesota Wild — almost 20,000 people gathered in the street outside Bell MTS Place, according to organizers, watching the game on big screens, being entertained by DJs and cheering the team on. In a city where there had been no NHL post-season victory for two decades, playoff fever has fully erupted.