The Jets were set to hit the ice at 5 pm following the conclusion of their Christmas break. Worth noting that Andrew Copp and Kristian Vesalainen were put in Covid 19 protocols on December 23rd.

Recall news:

Winnipeg announced this morning that they had recalled Kristian Reichel and CJ Suess from the AHL on an emergency basis.

Skate news:

As per Scott Billeck of the Winnipeg Sun back on the ice is David Gustafsson who had been dealing with a minor injury. Missing according to Scott are Neal Pionk and Evgeny Svechnikov. He also provides the lines and D pairs below.

Lines and D pairs:

Stastny-Scheifele-Ehlers
Connor-Dubois-Harkins
Toninato-Lowry-Reichel
Beaulieu-Gustafsson-Suess

Morrissey-Schmidt
Stanley-DeMelo
Dillon

Players interviews:

Coach interview:

David Minuk

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