Winnipeg Jets supporters have always known how to throw a downtown party.
From the historic signing of Bobby Hull at Portage and Main way back on June 27, 1972, to Save the Jets rallies in the mid-'90s, to impromptu street-hockey games after the official announcement of the NHL's return in May, 2011, fans have massed downtown.
And when the Jets finished the regular season as the second-best team in the National Hockey League and began their remarkable Stanley Cup playoff run in April, the crowds just outside the doors of Bell MTS Place grew larger with every game.