Winnipeg Jets Morning Papers–Olympic Edition

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Jets news:

NHL.com:  Over the BoardsDan Rosen of NHL.com does a feature on many different players in this article and one of those (mid way down the page) he has a couple of paragraphs about Olli Jokinen’s unlikely return to the Olympics.

Jets official site:  Prospect reportKalen gives you a look at what your Winnipeg Jets prospect pool have been up to for the last week.

Voice of Russia:  Michael Frolik, Czech jewel in the arcticDavid Kerans has a 1 on 1 (from last week) with the Jets winger (both transcribed) as well as an eight+ minute video covering everything from his early childhood playing in Kladno to preparing to leave for Sochi.

IceCaps news:

NHL.com:  AHL All-Stars edge Färjestad BK in skills competitionLooks like the captain put on quite a show to help his side secure the win.

Sochi 2014:

Winnipeg Free Press:  Team Canada should heed Tretiak’s dire warning.

Winnipeg Free Press:  Hoping for a Sochi streak.

Globe and Mail:  Crosby exudes quiet confidence.

Toronto Sun:  Failure to win gold would be ‘disaster’: Don Cherry.

USA Today:  Close-knit U.S. hockey team ready for Slovakia.

CBC:  Henrik Sedin’s injury puts Sweden in tough spot vs. veteran Czechs.

 

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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