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Winnipeg Jets Playoff Practice Report

The Jets were back on the ice at the IcePlex today after a big game 1 win on Saturday night as they get ready for game 2 on Monday night.

Practice notes:

It was an optional skate.

Audio:

Jacob Trouba

Josh Morrissey

Andrew Copp

Bryan Little

Mark Scheifele

Nikolaj Ehlers

Tyler Myers

Coach Maurice scrum topics: On Mark Scheifele pushing himself to be the best he can be. Does he ever need to tell Scheifele to take a day off? On younger players having successful regular seasons struggling in the playoffs. On Jacob Trouba’s game right now. On the compliment of Josh Morrissey’s game to Jacob Trouba. On Hellebuyck’s progression. On Jacob Trouba elevating his game. Did they hold him (Trouba) back? On Dustin Byfuglien stepping his game up in the playoffs. Can they continue to lean on the core to score? On Kulikov’s status. On Tobias Enstrom waiving his no-move and how impactful that was for the team.

Audio courtesy of 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.