Jets will be showing off their sartorial choices at charity fashion show

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Winnipeg and its Jets will be breaking ground on a new fundraising endeavour backed by the NHL Players Association.

The NHLPA, the True North Foundation and four members of the Jets were on hand today at the MTS Centre to announce the first NHLPA Charity Fashion Show, scheduled for Dec. 8 at the RBC Convention Centre.

Tickets for the event go on sale Friday for Jets season ticket holders. The general public will be able to purchase tickets starting Monday.

Cost is $125 and tickets can be obtained through Ticketmaster.

Jets captain Andrew Ladd, joined at today’s press conference by teammates Chris Thorburn, Mark Scheifele and Jacob Trouba, said the idea for this event had a lot of appeal in the team’s dressing room.

“Jay (Harrison, who’s assigned to the Manitoba Moose) had a big hand in bringing the opportunity to us through the NHLPA.” Ladd said. “And it just seemed to be a great opportunity to raise a lot of money for a variety of different causes across the province.

“It’s an easy thing for us to do, do a fitting and then show up and do a little bit of modelling. It seemed like everyone was on board right off the hop.”

Ladd said he expects between nine and 14 of his teammates to participate.

“I don’t know about the wives quite yet but we’re pushing for it,” he said.

The captain wasn’t guaranteeing a comfort zone on the runway, despite the players’ regular appearance under the bright lights of NHL arenas.

“I’m sure when you’re up there, you just don’t want to trip,” he laughed. “I guess we’ll find out when we get there. I’m sure it will be for a few guys but as long as someone else is dressing us, we’ll be fine.”

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Fashion sense has evolved during his time in the league, Ladd said with a grin.

“The longer you play, the more suits you accumulate and the more outside the box you get with some of your suits,” he said. “You’ve definitely got some different personalities when it comes to that. I’m sure a lot of people have seen Buff’s (Dustin Byfuglien’s) suits. Matty Perreault has some good stuff and then a guy like Burmi (Alex Burmistrov) brings a European flare to it. Hopefully some of that will come out.”

The charities to benefit from the fashion show will be Children’s Hospital Foundation (chosen by Ladd), KidSport (Scheifele), the Boys and Girls Clubs (Trouba), Marymound (Harrison), Can Do People Inc. (Thorburn) as well as the True North Foundation.

The NHLPA is also planning its next fashion show event with players in Montreal in the new year.

tim.campbell@freepress.mb.ca