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Jansen Harkins, making his NHL playoff debut, opens the scoring for the Jets in Game 2

Photo Credit: Colby Spence (Illegal Curve)

I honestly can’t say that I’m surprised by Jansen Harkins’ success. Harkins is one of the hardest working players I’ve ever seen and probably the most focused. We really saw his game start to change with the Moose late during the 2018-19 season and he hit that next level this year.

Today, in his first ever NHL playoff game the Jets 2015 2nd rounder, put Winnipeg up 1-0 in a critical game 2. Here was the goal:

This is a player his AHL head coach (Pascal Vincent) told me in April was his best story of the season. Harkins also provides a template for other prospects that the path to the NHL is anything but straight.

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.