Harper takes in Game 4 action at MTS Centre

Wears white Team Canada jersey to join in on whiteout

Posted: 10:00 PM CDT Wednesday, Apr. 22, 2015

Not even the country’s busiest man would miss the chance to see the excitement of a Winnipeg whiteout.

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Not even the country’s busiest man would miss the chance to see the excitement of a Winnipeg whiteout.

With the Jets on the brink of elimination trailing three games to none to the Anaheim Ducks, Prime Minister Stephen Harper managed to sneak away from business in Winnipeg to take in Game 4 at MTS Centre Wednesday night.

Harper is in town to kick off his post-budget, pre-election tour that wraps up Friday. But this night was all about hockey, as he could be seen prior to puck drop taking photos with Jets fans near his centre-ice seat, just eight rows up from the Jets bench, in section 119.

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Prime Minister Stephen Harper looks up at the score board prior to the puck drop in Game 4 of NHL playoff action between the Winnipeg Jets and the Anaheim Ducks in Winnipeg on Wednesday. — John Woods / THE CANADIAN PRESS Prime Minister Stephen Harper looks up at the score board prior to the puck drop in Game 4 of NHL playoff action between the Winnipeg Jets and the Anaheim Ducks in Winnipeg on Wednesday.

Harper, who is a self-admitted hockey fanatic — he’s even authored a book titled The Great Game, which chronicles the history of hockey’s first decades — did his best to blend in, opting not to wear a Jets t-shirt but instead a white Team Canada jersey. It’s well known Harper’s heart is with the Toronto Maple Leafs but like the thousands around him, he too rooted for the Jets.

It’s not the first visit to the MTS Centre for the prime minister. Harper was in attendance to honour the Jets return to Winnipeg in 2011, sitting in the stands for their first regular season game — a tilt against the Montreal Canadiens. He also attended a game in the fall of 2013.