Injury News: Mark Scheifele suffers MCL sprain

Jets fans probably figured the news wasn’t good when they saw their prized rookie heading off in the 2nd period of the game yesterday.

Well news just broke that he could be gone for 6-8 weeks.

We will update this post when we hear further.  As always ensure you are up-to-date with the latest Jets news via our twitter @illegalcurve.

Update:

According to head coach Paul Maurice the Jets are labeling the injury to Mark Scheifele as an MCL sprain.  He wouldn’t put a time frame on recovery.

Coach Maurice

Mark Stuart

Jacob Trouba

Blake Wheeler

Audio courtesy of TSN 1290 Winnipeg.

Papers:

Winnipeg Sun:  Rookie Scheifele out six to eight weeks.  Ken offers his thoughts on the loss of the Jets rookie.

Winnipeg Free Press:  Initial reports say Scheifele’s knee injury serious.  Gary gives an assessment of the damage.

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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