Note: Prior to the Jets doing battle with the Panthers yesterday afternoon we learned all the goal songs the players on the ice would be using this season. Once the game got going it looked like the home side were in cruise control after 40 minutes however the visitors made a game of it. Ultimately Winnipeg pulled off the 6-4 win to pick up their first victory of the season. They are off today.
Note II: Interesting comments from Elliotte Friedman on Saturday Headlines as he mentioned Winnipeg is one of a number of teams with interest in Conor Garland.
Note III: The Moose will look to get back on track and try to replicate their first period from Friday for a full 60 minutes this afternoon in their re-match with the Wranglers. Puck drop is at 2 PM CDT.
Note IV: Former Moose head coach and Jets assistant coach Pascal Vincent picked up his first win as an NHL head coach on Saturday as his Blue Jackets defeated the Rangers. Suspect there are a lot of folks in Manitoba (the province & organization) happy for him.
Jets news:
Winnipeg Sun: Jets’ Mark Scheifele appears to be himself again. While it is still very early in the season the early returns have proven to be pretty, pretty, pretty good for number 55 in all three zones.
Photo Credit: Colby Spence (Illegal Curve)
Winnipeg Sun: Morrissey’s quick thinking leaves team in awe. Usually it’s the equipment guy who gets the stick assist but some quick thinking from number 44 resulted in a pivotal goal which turned out to be the game-winning goal.
Winnipeg Sun: Scheifele at his best, Lowry leads the way, Morrissey offers up big assist from bench. Ted gets out his red marker and is handing out player grades following the win.
Winnipeg Sun: Connor, Scheifele help lift Jets past Panthers. That was quite a solid team effort but it was definitely a positive for the Jets to see the big boys came to play.
Winnipeg Free Press: Jets hang on for wild win over Panthers. (Paywall). They looked like they were in cruise control after the middle frame and even in the final one but that darn 6 on 5 almost proved to be too much.
Winnipeg Free Press: Morrissey’s big assist from bench. (Paywall). It’s a good thing he got a point on the scoresheet or I could see the team lobbying for him to get a point with his quick thinking on the GWG.
Jets video:
TSN: Button on Scheifele: ‘He is capable of doing so much everywhere on the rink’. TSN’s Hockey analyst Craig Button joins SportsCentre to break down Mark Scheifele’s performance in the Jets win over the Panthers Saturday, and how important he is to the team. He also discusses how the pieces acquired from the Pierre-Luc Dubois trade have already made this Jets team better.
Jets audio:
Illegal Curve Hockey Show: Saturday Podcast. It was a fun show yesterday morning as we delved into a number of Jets topics including: Reviewing the Jets/Flames season opener. Scheifele/Hellebuyck contract extensions. Improved depth throughout the lineup. Jets Over/Under. We were joined by Ken Wiebe of the Winnipeg Free Press and Frankie Corrado of TSN.
