Ignore the propaganda that news snoops in the Republic of Tranna have been spewing this week, kids.

Oh, sure, it’s true that the Tranna Jurassics have come out best in their last 15 frolics on the National Basketball Association hardwood, but…contrary to dispatches from The ROT, that does not establish a new standard for the longest run of sustained success in the history of Canadian professional sports franchises.

The Winnipeg Jets, you see, have been there and done that.

That is correct.

The Jets circa 1977-78 were a rollicking, swashbuckling outfit that used a blend of European panache and Canadian growl to lord themselves over the World Hockey Association, at one stretch winning 15 consecutive matches.

It began on Jan. 29, when Winnipeg HC toppled the Stingers in Cincinnati, 8-4, and win No. 15 was delivered on Feb. 26, with the Jets paddywhacking Terry Ruskowski, Morris Lukowich, Scott Campbell and the Houston Aeros, 9-6, in the friendly confines of ye ol’ and decaying barn on Maroons Road.

Here are the facts, kids:

Jan. 29: Winnipeg 8 at Cincinnati 4

Jan. 31: Winnipeg 7 at Quebec 2

Feb. 4: Winnipeg 7 at Cincinnati 5

Feb. 5: Winnipeg 4 Edmonton 3

Feb. 8: Winnipeg 9 Birmingham 0

Feb. 10: Winnipeg 10, Cincinnati 2

Feb. 11: Winnipeg 5 at Indianapolis 3

Feb. 12: Winnipeg 6 at Houston 5

Feb. 15: Winnipeg 6 Edmonton 5

Feb. 16: Winnipeg 2 at New England 1 (OT)

Feb. 18: Winnipeg 4 at Cincinnati 0

Feb. 19: Winnipeg 5 Quebec 2

Feb. 22: Winnipeg 4 New England 2

Feb. 24: Winnipeg 7 New England 2

Feb. 26: Winnipeg 9 Houston 6

Totals: Winnipeg 93 Opposition 42

Oddly enough, the Jets’ streak was bookended by losses (8-5 Jan. 28, 4-3 March 1) to the Birmingham Bulls, a bottom-feeding side that featured an assortment of barbarians. Go figure.

At any rate, what the Jurassics have accomplished is totally admirable, and they can one-up the Jets with a 16th consecutive W tonight in Brooklyn, where they meet the Nets.

For now, though, they’re Johnny-come-latelies.

Footnote: There were a few other noteworthy items about those 1977-78 Jets: They also had an 11-game win streak; Kent Nilsson was the WHA’s top freshman (“He’s got more potential, more ability than any other 21-year-old hockey player I’ve ever seen,” said Bobby Hull), the Shoe, Lars-Erik Sjoberg, was the top defender; Anders Hedberg, Ulf Nilsson, the Shoe, Hull and Barry Long were all-stars; Bobby Guindon was the playoff MVP; they became the first North American club side to beat the Soviet Union national team (5-3 on Jan. 5); they won the WHA title, losing just one game in their two series.