Winnipeg Jets Morning Papers

Note:  Following yesterday afternoon’s OT loss to the Ducks the Jets will hit the ice at the MTS Centre for a skate.

Note II:  The Moose are back in the city following a Sunday morning flight home from Cleveland.  Manitoba split their series against the Lake Erie Monsters over the weekend.  Today they will take on the Stockton Heat at the MTS Centre with puck dropping at 7 pm.

Afternoon Jets news:

Dobber Hockey:  Mark Scheifele: A Jet awaiting takeoff.  A look at the Jets current top centre.

Illegal Curve:  Coach Maurice scrum.  (audio).  Injury updates.  What has this team missed with the absence of Ehlers.  Where was his checking (defence) ability in his last game compared to game 1?  Figuring out what Alexander Burmistrov can be.  On Burmistrov and the concept of “confidence”.  Coach’s job to maintain balance.  What has he seen from Postma’s game?  What has he learned about his group this season that he didn’t know before?  Has it been a shocking fall from out of the playoff race?  Shows how difficult it is to win in the NHL?

Illegal Curve:  Jets Practice Report.  A look at the players not on the ice for skate today at the MTS Centre as well injury updates on Perreault, Ehlers, Armia, Stuart and audio from Nikolaj Ehlers.

Jets news:

Winnipeg Free Press:  Jets slapped with measuring stick.  In depth recap of all the action that took place at the MTS Centre yesterday afternoon.

Winnipeg Free Press: De Leo’s NHL debut follows back-to-back in AHL.  There wasn’t enough time for his family to get to Winnipeg from California in order to see him play his first NHL game but they did get a chance to see the California kid play against the team he grew up watching.

Winnipeg Sun:  Ducks beat Jets in overtime.  The crowd was less than pleased that Kesler wasn’t called for holding the stick just prior to the game winning goal was scored in OT.

OC Register:  Ducks silence Jets: What you need to know.  Always interesting to read a game recap from an opposition beat writer’s perspective.

TSN:  Connolly Gamble lives his dream.  (video).  Make-A-Wish recipient Connolly Gamble became a Jet for a day, and joined Sara Orlesky to talk about his favourite team and his favourite player, Adam Lowry. Doctors discovered Gamble had a non-life threatening brain tumour while putting him through baseline concussion testing.

CBC:  The Jets’ hopes and the Kyle Connor hype.  Apparently reporting news is akin to covering for the Jets organization.  Anyways, article covers focus on the future as opposed to the present reality.   

Ducks 3 Jets in OT:

Anaheim Ducks:  Ryan Getzlaf, Jakob Silfverberg and Coach Bruce Boudreau. To listen click here.

Winnipeg Jets:  Chase De Leo, Paul Postma, Blake Wheeler and Michael Hutchinson.  To listen click here.

Coach Maurice post-game presser: Jets bench boss met with the media following the game against Anaheim.  To listen click here.

Pressbox Podcast:  Host and analyst Richard Pollock breaks down the Jets play against the Ducks.  To listen click here.

Prospect news:

Illegal Curve:  Kyle Connor’s point streak hits 25.  In case you missed it Kyle Connor was simply sensational in the Championship game against Minnesota on Saturday.  The game tying goal as well as his three assists were enough to have Jets fans very excited about seeing him wearing a Winnipeg uniform.  He won Tournament MVP and was named to the Big Ten All Tournament Team.