Photo Credit: Colby Spence (Illegal Curve)
With seconds remaining in the 2nd period of the final preseason game in Calgary on Friday night Jets winger Cole Perfetti went to finish a check and was definitely worse for wear as a result. You could see him wince and shake his right leg as if something wasn’t quite right. He wouldn’t return for the 3rd period.
Photo Credit: Colby Spence (Illegal Curve)
After the game head coach Scott Arniel called it a lower-body injury but said at first glance it didn’t look good.
Now that the team doctors have had a chance for a second and likely more in-depth glance here was the update from Arniel following today’s skate in Winnipeg according to Mitchell Clinton that Perfetti has an ankle injury and is out week-to-week.
That’s tough news for the 23-year old winger who took a lot of pride last season for playing all 82 regular season games.
It’s also a blow to a Jets team that needs top six scoring.
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