Note: It was a fun night at Bell MTS Place as 11,935 fans got up close and personal with their favourite Jets players (as a bonus check out our Illegal Curve Instagram for more pictures). Today the Jets get back to business with an 11 AM practice as they prepare to face the Colorado Avalanche tomorrow night in downtown Winnipeg. Check out the Jets Practice Report for the latest including news that Brendan Lemieux was assigned to the Moose.
Note II: Remember the Manitoba Moose? They last played in Winnipeg back on January 20th. Since then they played nine games on the road (went 6-1-1-1) and had the AHL All-Star break so it has been quite some time since fans have had a chance to watch the best Western Conference team in the league. Tonight they face off against the defending champion Grand Rapids Griffins.
Jets news:
Winnipeg Free Press: Dump & Chase Edition 6. Mike and Jason aka Dump and Chase out with another edition of their fun column which touches on Wheeler’s rant, Jets swear jar, P.K. Subban, Dennis Beyak, musical announcing chairs with Mitch Peacock and Steve Shuster, an ECHL line brawl and more.
Winnipeg Free Press: Soft landing for Jets at team’s skills night. (Paywall). Mike was up in the pressbox last night watching the festivities live and files this report from the rink.
Photo Credit: Colby Spence
Winnipeg Sun: Jets Snapshots. Ken covers a number of Jets items including: 1) Wheeler buzzing. 2) Byfuglien fined. 3) Roslovic promoted.
Illegal Curve: Winnipeg Jets Skills Competition. Plenty of great photos as well as all the results from last night’s sixth Jets Skills Competition.
Illegal Curve: Dustin Byfuglien fined $5,000 for slash by NHL Player Safety. Considering it kept his team in the game I suspect they consider it money well spent.
Jets audio:
TSN 1290 Winnipeg: Connor’s AHL numbers predicted top-six status with Jets. Murat Ates from The Athletic Winnipeg joined host Kevin Olszewski to discuss the Jets comeback win over Washington Tuesday night and break down some numbers on the team.
