Winnipeg Jets Practice Report

The Jets are back in Winnipeg and getting ready to face the Stars tomorrow night for the first of four straight at home.

They will be looking to get back on track after getting demolished by the Oilers in Edmonton on Saturday.

Recall:

The Jets announced this morning that they have recalled goalie prospect Domenic DiVincentiis for the first time ever. With the second year pro heading up the team loaned Thomas Milic back to the Moose.

Skate news:

Looks like the Jets will continue the change we saw them make in Alberta a few days back. Pretty big milestone in the career of Jets DiVincentiis taking shots in his first ever NHL regular season practice.

Lines & D Pairs:

Connor-Scheifele-Iafallo
Niederreiter-Lowry-Vilardi
Pearson-Namestnikov-Perfetti
Koepke-Barron-Toews
Nyquist

Morrissey-DeMelo
Samberg-Pionk
Stanley-Schenn
Miller-Salomonsson

Player media:

Coach media:

Topics:
Hellebuyck’s first skate
Hellebuyck’s agent and group (:32)
Changing the Lines, wary of Edmonton (1:20)
Challenges to keep from getting down (2:10)
Keeping the message fresh and relevant (4:04)
How confidence effects a players play (5:04)
Small margin for error? (6:53)
Dominic DiVincentiis time (8:25)
Vilardi with Lowry and Niederreiter (9:35)
Positivity from Eric Comrie (10:08)
Haydn Fleury Update (11:10)

Hellebuyck skating:

Jets goalie Connor Hellebuyck skated for the first time since he had a minor Arthroscopic knee procedure back on November 22nd according to head coach Scott Arniel. Just a few days ago we learned he was working on his movement. Of course worth noting Arniel did add this when it comes to 37 “When you start seeing him in practice, then we’ll have a conversation”.

Fleury under the weather:

Just as he was set to join his teammates for practice after dealing with his concussion issues, Haydn Fleury hit with an illness that kept him off the ice today.

Up next:

You can 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, stick with us throughout the day for updates. Puck drop is at 7 PM CST and then join us on the Illegal Curve Post-Game Show after the final buzzer around 9:40 PM CST.