Jets on a Deadline – Jets 2 Wild 1 (Dec 13, 2011)

Final Score:  Jets 2 Wild 1.

A tied game that felt like it was headed to OT until a late penalty in the 3rd sent the Jets to the PP.  A Bryan Little GWG got the MTS Crowd to its feet and the Jets knocked off one of the hottest teams in the NHL.

Game Recaps:

Winnipeg Free Press: Jets down Wild 2-1

Winnipeg Sun:  Jets tame Wild

Globe and Mail: Jets eke out win over West-leading Wild

NHL: Jets prevail, snap Wild’s win streak

The Canadian Press: Confidence the key for Winnipeg Jets after 2-1 win over Minnesota Wild

Associated Press: Little’s late goal lifts Jets to 2-1 win over Wild

Minnesota StarTribune: Wild-Jets: Welcome to new border battle

ChrisD: Phone Booth Remains Haven for Jets

Post-game audio:

Illegal Curve Hockey Show Postgame Podcast

Winnipeg Jets: Little, Pavelec, Bogosian

Minnesota Wild: Latendresse, Clutterbuck, Yeo

Video Highlights:

NHL.com – 3 Stars:

1st:  Ondrej Pavelec

2nd: Niklas Backstrom

3rd:  Blake Wheeler

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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