Winnipeg Jets (Heritage Classic) Practice Report

Photo Credit: Scott Billeck

The Jets didn’t skate on Thursday choosing instead to conserve their energy as they get set to play some road games away from the province of Manitoba.  The game tomorrow night in Regina will be a home game for Winnipeg followed by road games in California and Nevada.

Skate news:

The Jets hit the ice after a bit of a delay in Regina.  According to Ken Wiebe of The Athletic Winnipeg below are the line rushes and D pairs.

Health news:

Ken also notes that Mason Appleton is wearing a walking boot and is in crutches.  For more on the third year pro who is expected to miss a month (or more) with a broken bone in his foot click here.

Line rushes and D pairs:

Ehlers-Scheifele-Wheeler
Connor-Little-Laine
Copp-Lowry-Roslovic
Perreault-Gustafsson-Bourque

Morrissey-Poolman
Kulikov-Pionk
Dahlstrom-Bitetto
Heinola-Sbisa

Audio:

Andrew Copp

Luca Sbisa

Nikolaj Ehlers

Patrik Laine

All audio courtesy of TSN 1290 Winnipeg.

Video:

Blake Wheeler and Connor Hellebuyck on tomorrow’s game, their outdoor hockey memories and more

Paul Maurice on tomorrow’s weather conditions, what this game means to Saskatchewan and more.

Up Next:

The Jets will take on the Flames tomorrow in the Heritage Classic in Regina.  Be sure to keep it locked to illegalcurve.com for the AM Papers which go live at 7 AM and then you can tune in for three hours of the Illegal Curve Hockey Show on TSN 1290 Winnipeg.

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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