Reporting on day 12 of Winnipeg Jets training camp

After the Jets cut down to 34 healthy players left at camp they go from a scrimmage on Sunday to focusing on special teams today at hockey for all centre on day 12 of training camp.

Skate news:

As mentioned above it was special teams today and the units were according to Mike McIntyre of the Winnipeg Free Press:

PP1: Scheifele, Connor, Vilardi, Ehlers and Morrissey
PP2: Perfetti, Niederreiter, Namestnikov, Miller and Pionk
PP3: Perfetti, Lambert, Chibrikov, Iafallo and Pionk

PK1: Lowry, Barron, Samberg and DeMelo
PK2: Appleton, Kupari, Fleury and Coghlan
PK3: Gustafsson, Toninato, Lundmark and Salomonsson.

Player media:

Coach media:

Topics:

1. Special teams work today.
2. Rotation on the PP (:36)
3. Importance of special teams work for Perfetti/Ehlers in new positions (1:28)
4. With 55/81 on PK, does that mean PP2 get more time? (2:27)
5. Risk/Reward of stars playing in pre-season. Finding balance for # of games (3:26)
6. Being in top shape (4:44)
7. Emphasizing competitiveness in practice (5:17)

Up next:

The Jets will be back on the ice tomorrow at hockey for all centre tomorrow at 10 AM. Remember to ensure you’re subscribing to the Illegal Curve YouTube channel as we post all of the media interview on there.

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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