Winnipeg Jets First Exihbition Game

Download a PDF of a "Line-Up Card" for tonight's game. Perfect for following the players live from the MTS Centre or from the comfort of your own home. When: Tuesday, September 20, 2011- Split squad game in Columbus starts at 6:00 p.m. CST, Split squad game in Winnipeg starts at 7:30 p.m. CST Where: MTS Centre in Winnipeg, Manitoba and Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio Records: Winnipeg (0-0-0), Columbus (0-0-0) The Story: The Winnipeg Jets and Columbus Blue Jackets kick off their NHL pre-season schedules with two split squad games tonight, one in Winnipeg and one in Columbus. For the Winnipeg Jets, the home game will be their first pre-season game since 1995 and the first chance hockey fans will have to see their recently relocated team play at the MTS Centre, the former home of the AHL’s Manitoba Moose. The Jets currently have 65 players in training camp, and will dress 20 players for each of their first two pre-season games. The Jets will play seven pre-season games in total, including three at the MTS Centre; Wednesday, September 28th against the Carolina Hurricanes and Friday, September 30th against the Nashville Predators. The Jets next game will be on the road versus the Nashville Predators on Saturday, September 24th. For tonight’s home game, notable starters for the Jets will include Captain Andrew Ladd, 1st Round Draft Pick Mark Scheifele, top defensemen Zach Bogosian and Dustin Byfuglien and Number-1 goaltender Ondrej Pavelec. For the away game, notable starters for the Jets will be forwards Evander Kane, Blake Wheeler and Carl Klingberg, defensemen Ron Hainsey and Randy Jones and goaltender Chris Mason. Top defenseman Tobias Enstrom, centre Bryan Little and recent acquisition Kyle Wellwood will not dress in either game for the Jets. Here are the complete rosters with projected line combinations for Columbus, courtesy of Aaron Portzline of the Columbus Dispatch. Based upon practice, we have no idea what exactly the Jets lines will be, but I have posted a list of the split-squad lineup based upon their positions and possible combinations. Upon finding out the actual lines for tonight's game, we will post them immediately on IC. Update: Lines from today's pre-game skate as posted by @SaraOrlesky: Home game at MTS Centre Winnipeg Jets Roster Goal Ondrej Pavelec David Aebischer Defencemen Zach Bogosian- Mark Stuart Dustin Byfuglien- Paul Postma Arturs Kulda- Brett Festerling Forwards Andrew Ladd --Nikolai Antropov-Janne Pesonen Jason Gregoire-Alexander Burmistrov -Shayne Wiebe Ben Maxwell -Mark Scheifele-Kevin Clark Ivan Telegin-Patrice Cormier- Troy Bodie Columbus Blue Jackets Roster Goal Curtis Sanford Allen York Defencemen Kris Russell- Dalton Prout Grant Clitsome- Cody Goloubef Aaron Johnson- Austin Madaisky Forwards Matt Calvert- Derick Brassard- Tomas Kubalik Alexandre Giroux- Ryan Johansen- Derek Dorsett Ryan Russell- Derek MacKenzie- Aaron Bogosian Dane Byers- Martin St.Pierre- Cody Bass Away game at Nationwide Arena Winnipeg Jets Roster Goal Chris Mason Peter Maninno Defencemen Ron Hainsey- Mark Flood Randy Jones- Derek Meech Travis Ramsey- Zach Redmond Forwards Evander Kane- Jason Jaffray- Blake Wheeler Carl Klingberg- Tim Stapleton- Spencer Machacek Tanner Glass- Jim Slater- Chris Thorburn Riley Holzapfel- John Albert- Kenndal McArdle Columbus Blue Jackets Roster Goal Mark Dekanich Paul Dainton Defencemen John Moore- James Wisniewski Marc Methot- David Savard Nick Holden- Radek Martinek Forwards Vaclav Prospal- Antoine Vermette- R.J. Umberger Maksim Mayorov- Sami Pahlsson- Jared Boll Oliver Gabriel- Michael Chaput- Cam Atkinson Dalton Smith- Boone Jenner- Lukas Sedlak Game Notes: ......Columbus Blue Jackets superstar Rick Nash will not play in either game tonight......And remember to return to illegalcurve.com to participate in our game day chat led by IC's Michael Remis.

Winnipeg Jets First Exihbition Game

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