Winnipeg Jets Morning Papers

Note: The Jets season came to a conclusion last night as they lost in heartbreaking fashion in overtime when the Stars found the back of the net on the power play early in extra time. Of course with everything that Mark Scheifele was going through after losing his dad the night before hockey became somewhat secondary. It was an emotional for his teammates after the goal and it was an emotional handshake line. There was also bad news when it comes to Josh Morrissey who left in the 2nd and didn’t return. Head coach Scott Arniel indicated post-game the news wasn’t good. The team returns from Texas and will hold their end of season media availabilities although we don’t know yet when that will be.

Jets news:

Winnipeg Sun: Season ends in Texas-sized heartbreak for Jets, Scheifele. It was already a big ask for the Jets to come back from a 3-1 deficit and while they gave it a great effort they just couldn’t get it done against a very good Stars team.

Winnipeg Free Press: ‘Heartbreaking’: Jets season comes to end with gut-wrenching OT loss. (Paywall). Ken was in Dallas and provides you with his insight from inside American Airlines Arena.

The Athletic: Stars eliminate Jets in Game 6 on Thomas Harley’s overtime goal. (Paywall). Murat and Mark combined for this takeaways piece.

The Athletic: Scenes from Stars’ series-clincher: Mason Marchment’s humanity, Jake Oettinger’s game saver, more. (Paywall). More on things from a Dallas perspective.

Sportsnet: Emotional handshake line caps heartbreaking day for Scheifele, Jets. There is always a lot of mutual respect shown during the handshake line but the one last night definitely had an added element. 

Sportsnet: Hockey fans donate more than $30K to charity after death of Scheifele’s dad. Just an incredible outpouring from the hockey community. 

Jets video:

TSN: ‘More than a game’: Stars eliminate Jets on incredibly emotional night for Scheifele. Mark Scheifele’s father, Brad, passed away unexpectedly on Friday night and Scheifele decided to play in Game 6 with an incredibly heavy heart, putting on a fantastic performance in honour of his late dad. The Stars beat the Jets in overtime to advance to their third straight conference final. The TSN Hockey panel has more on a very emotional night in Dallas.

TSN: How much longer is Winnipeg’s Stanley Cup window? Despite winning the Presidents’ Trophy, the Jets finished the playoffs with an 0-6 road record after getting knocked out in the second round. Craig Button joins SportsCentre to share his thoughts on Game 6, if Winnipeg’s window to win a Stanley Cup is closing, and how he sees the rematch between the Oilers and Stars playing out in the WCF.

Jets audio:

Illegal Curve Hockey Show: Saturday podcast. Two hours of Jets talk. (Please note that today’s show, and analysis within, aired prior to the tragic news regarding the passing of Mark Scheifele’s dad, Brad.)