Winnipeg Jets Practice Report

The Jets will hit the ice in downtown Winnipeg for practice as they get back on the ice following a day off on Wednesday. Today they will get set to face the Hawks tomorrow night in Chicago for a quick, one-game road trip to Illinois.

There is some consternation that the 5 on 5 game of the NHL club of Manitoba has fallen of late although this has been offset by the suddenly red-hot power play. Suspect the team will be working on their details today in practice as they try to get back to the standard they’ve set for themselves all season long.

Skate news:

Only player missing today is Nikolaj Ehlers.

Lines and D pairs:

Connor-Scheifele-Vilardi
Perfetti-Monahan-Iafallo
Niederreiter-Lowry-Appleton
Barron-Namestnikov-Kupari

Morrissey-DeMelo
Dillon-Pionk
Samberg-Schmidt
Stanley

Health update:

Head coach Rick Bowness said that Nikolaj Ehlers is dealing with something so they are keeping him off the ice to manage it “he’s been battling it for a little bit now”. Called it a nagging injury. But he does expect him to play tomorrow. Said “You hope he’s feeling better tomorrow but again if it’s sore we’re not going to make it any worse lets put it that way.”

Players media:

Coach media:

Topics:
1) Practice about to be at a premium
2) All the goals being scored lately (:50)
3) Has PP success impacted 5 on 5 play? (1:42)
4) Challenge to get back to their game (2:24)
5) Is a Kyle Connor giveaway different than a Nikolaj Ehlers giveaway? (3:25)
6) Status of Nikolaj Ehlers? (3:58)
7) It shouldn’t matter who they play, but does it re: motivation? (4:44)
8) Is motivation at this time of the year tough? (5:22)
9) Is it important to win a division title? (5:49)
10) The Lowry line not impacted by line juggling (6:22)
11) What’s his message to Morgan Barron? (7:12)
12) Benefit of competition for ice time during stretch run (7:53)
13) What stood out about game against Hawks? (8:23)

Up next:

The Jets put practice behind them and will kick off this quick trip to Chicago with a game against the Blackhawks on Friday night. Start your day with all the latest Jets and Moose news in the AM Papers on illegalcurve.com which are available starting at 7 AM CST, check back for the pre-game report, stick with us throughout the day for updates and then join us after the final buzzer on the Illegal Curve Post-Game Show around 10:15 PM CST.