The Jets kicked off their 15th training camp today in Winnipeg with group 1 skating this morning out at hockey for all centre.
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Following skate we heard from Jets top centre Mark Scheifele who opened his media availability giving thanks to the hockey community after his father passed away during the playoff series against the Stars.
“I really want to say thank you to the guys in this room, the brothers, obviously my family, my friends, all the guys in the league that reached out, the organization and especially the fans. The support that I had and my family had at the end of the season was amazing and just shows how great this hockey world can be. But I’d really appreciate if we could keep these questions to about hockey and hockey only.”
Mark Scheifele began his media availability by thanking his teammates, family, friends, players across the NHL, the Jets organization & fans for all the support he received over the summer after the loss of his father during last playoffs.
His full media: https://t.co/S34UmRs0rd pic.twitter.com/BV644dajNc
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From Stars fans starting a donation drive $55 for 55 to the outpouring of support we saw across the hockey world on social media, folks came together to support him and he clearly felt that support and wanted to acknowledge it before he began to discuss the 2025-26 campaign.
