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Connor Hellebuyck heading back to the Manitoba Moose

With the return to health of Ondrej Pavelec the Jets will reassign rookie goalie Connor Hellebuck to the AHL to continue his development with the Manitoba Moose.  Following practice today it was announced that Ondrej Pavelec is coming off IR.

On Tuesday I wrote about what the Jets might do with a trio of goalies and this scenario allows them to not expose any player to waivers due to Hellebuyck’s exemption.

Since his call up back in November he assumed the starters role and played 26 games with a 13-11-1 record in his rookie campaign.  His save % was .918 and his GAA was 2.34.

David Minuk

Working hard on a daily basis to provide the latest Winnipeg Jets and Manitoba Moose news for our readers and listeners. I also appear on the Illegal Curve Hockey Show every Saturday on our YouTube channel as well as the Illegal Curve Post-Game Show after every single Jets game. And I occasionally jump in the play-by-play booth at Canada Life to provide colour analysis during Manitoba Moose games.

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