2013-14 InFlight Magazine Vol.3 by Winnipeg Jets

OFFICIAL MAGAZINE OF THE WINNIPEG JETS HOCKEY CLUB

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On October 22nd the Winnipeg Jets Hockey Club, in conjunction with the National Hockey League held their Hockey Fights Cancer Night when they faced the Washington Capitals. During Hockey Fights Cancer Night, all Winnipeg Jets players wore specialedition lavender jersey during pre-game warm up. The jerseys were raffled off with all proceeds raised going towards the cause. All players’ helmets featured a Hockey Fights Cancer decal while coaches, broadcasters and team personnel wore commemorative Hockey Fights Cancer ties. Before the game the Hockey Club was pleased to announce a donation of $50,000 to the CancerCare Manitoba Foundation from fundraising initiatives held throughout the month of October. In addition, four kids who have benefited from Cancer Care’s comforting environment – Slade, Trinity, Clay & Sofia – all participated in a ceremonial puck drop with Jets Captain Andrew Ladd, Jets General Manager Kevin Cheveldayoff and CancerCare Manitoba Foundation’s Executive Director Annitta Stenning. Hockey Fights Cancer is an initiative founded in December 1998 by the National Hockey League and the National Hockey League Players’ Association to raise money and awareness for hockey’s most important fight. To date, through the NHL’s U.S. and Canadian charitable foundations, more than $12.8 million has been raised under the Hockey Fights Cancer initiative to support national and local cancer research institutions, children’s hospitals, player charities and local cancer organizations.

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Holiday Traditions ADAM PARDY - BONAVISTA, NL, CAN “Christmas is usually kind of different - we don’t really get a lot of time off but back home growing up, we cooked a big turkey on Christmas eve, that’s always a fun time just getting around. I come from a small town so you get quite a group together easily. Back in Newfoundland we do a bit of mummering, most people don’t know what that is but it’s where you try and dress up so that no one can recognize you and you just go running to other people’s houses with your family and just kind of hang out and have fun and they try and guess who you are – it’s a fun thing at Christmastime to get everybody together.” “During the season, I usually try to get together with a few of the guys. Somebody’s wife is usually cooking up a nice turkey or something like that. It’s nice to get that family atmosphere even when you’re around the team.”

ERIC TANGRADI - PHILADELPHIA, PA, USA “Before pro hockey it was pretty simple - we’d always go to my grandparents’ for Christmas Eve and come back (home). I remember not being able to sleep and getting up really early to spend the day with family and I had a huge smile on my face. Honestly, at 24-years-old, it’s just something about Christmas… I still wake up at 7:00 - it’s like I’m three-years-old. No matter what it is this year I’m sure I’ll be up bright and early, it’s just something about that feeling of Christmas morning.” “When you get to pro hockey it changes a little bit. Being engaged now as well, I have family in Pittsburgh and Philadelphia, so the last few years it’s been more hectic than relaxing. But being able to see family in the middle of the season is always great.” “With the schedule the way it is, I think I’m going spend my Christmas in Winter-peg. I’m going try to make the most of it and ask people around town as to what they do and what’s a good time up here.”

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MICHAEL FROLIK KLADNO, CZE “Usually you wake up in the morning and go for a nice walk and then we have a small lunch. Then there’s a big traditional Czech dinner with schnitzel, a potato salad, and a Czech fish. After we have dinner we go to the Christmas tree and we open up presents.”

MATT HALISCHUCK TORONTO, ON, CAN “Nothing out of the ordinary - it was just usually me, my brother and my mom and dad growing up. I’d wake up, do a little gift exchange and have a nice breakfast. Then either get together with some family at our place or go to theirs. It’s just a big family day so it’s always something to look forward to every year.”

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FIRST TIME BEING TRADED TO FLORIDA – ON DECEMBER 2ND, 2011, WRIGHT WAS TRADED BY THE LIGHTNING, ALONG WITH MIKE VERNACE, TO THE FLORIDA PANTHERS FOR MIKE KOSTKA AND EVAN OBERG: “The first time being traded I didn’t really know what to expect, but you just got to look at it like the other organization wants you so I went in there and showed what kind of a player I am and earned my ice time. We ended up making it to the second round of the playoffs; it was the furthest I’d gone in the American League so that was pretty good.”

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Position: Defenseman Height: 6’0” Weight: 186lbs Shoots: Left Born: 28 MAR 1995 Birthplace: Calgary, AB CAN Junior Team: Prince Albert Raiders (WHL) Drafted: Selected by Winnipeg Jets in Round 1, #13 overall in 2013 NHL Draft. To say Josh Morrissey had a busy summer would be an understatement. In the span of a few months, the 13th overall draft pick in the 2013 NHL Draft went from the U-18 tournament in Sochi to the NHL Draft Combine in Toronto, to the draft itself in New Jersey. Then things really picked up as he flew to Winnipeg for development camp, followed by the Prince Albert Raiders’ training camp, the Young Stars tournament in Penticton, British Columbia, the World Juniors camp in his hometown of Calgary, and back again to Winnipeg for the Jets training camp. Morrissey’s life has been a whirlwind since getting drafted in the first round by Winnipeg in July, but the defenseman wouldn’t have it any other way. “This summer’s been crazy. It seems like every week I’d be going somewhere else,” said Morrissey, who particularly enjoyed his time in Winnipeg. “It was exciting just to get a little bit acclimatized to what it’s like being in Winnipeg and especially seeing how well you get treated at the professional level and what the fans are like. It was a lot of fun, but it was busy for sure.” Despite hardly having any time to let it all sink in, one of the high points in the last few months was stepping out in front of the Winnipeg crowd for the very first time. “It was really cool. I’ll never forget the first time I walked out of the dressing room at the Iceplex – I was just amazed and shocked, I guess. I had a big smile on my face - I was trying to look cool but I couldn’t stop smiling,” laughs Morrissey, remembering the experience. “When the fans recognized who I was, they started cheering. It was such a welcoming feeling. I probably could not explain the first drill we did because my eyes

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were just looking all around the rink at how many people were there to support us. That was just amazing.” The sudden media scrutiny and attention can be a lot to handle for young prospects, but Morrissey isn’t one to shy away from the cameras. “I’ve always enjoyed that, I think it’s a pretty cool aspect that you have as a potential pro athlete,” said Morrissey, who blogged about his experiences throughout development camp and was eager to be mic’d up on the ice during practice. “It’s just cool to know that I was that kid that was watching on TV or reading the magazines and the articles. So it’s a privilege to have that opportunity now and relish it because as a kid, I always took the opportunity to read and watch everything,” smiled the blue-eyed eighteen year-old. Morrissey developed his passion for communication and writing in school where he excelled in English. “School as a whole has been very important to me. It’s important to my family and always has been. I’ve done well in it, but my brother is more naturally gifted than I am academically,” laughed Morrissey. “So I had to work pretty hard for my academic success, but English has always been a strong suit of mine. It’s something I’ve enjoyed and writing has kind of come along with it,” he added. Morrissey’s hard work paid off. He was named the Subway Scholastic Player of the Year for the Canadian Hockey League after maintaining a 92.4% average in his Grade 12 year at Carlton Comprehensive High School. “Having the chance to do well in school this year and win the scholastic award for the whole CHL was pretty cool for my family. It’ll be something that I’ll look back on and can be proud of,” smiled the six-foot defenseman.

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The defenseman was the Raiders’ sixth overall selection in the 2010 WHL Bantam Draft. In his first two seasons in Prince Albert, Morrissey played in 143 games, recording 25 goals and 60 assists for a total of 85 points, leading the Raiders defensemen in scoring both years. But he feels that the confidence and knowledge he took from training camp in Winnipeg ultimately helped prepare him for the big responsibility. “The biggest thing I learned was not necessarily one single thing on the ice, but it was the confidence I gained from playing and competing at that level, and knowing in my head that I can compete against some of the best players in the world,” said Morrissey. “Of course I know I have to work on a lot of things, but knowing that I can do it gives me a ton of confidence for my season in junior, and for when I get to training camp next year.” Jets management also took notice of the young prospect’s poise, impressive hockey sense, and great skating ability in his very first NHL pre-season games. The team proceeded to offer the blueliner a three year,

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two-way entry-level contract with an average annual value of $1.425 million in October. “Signing with the Jets was another great honour,” beamed Morrissey. “I obviously was very happy that Chevy and the management thought I earned it with my play throughout camp, and I was extremely happy to officially be a part of the Jets,” he said. But his focus is now to continue impressing with his play in Prince Albert and come back next fall improved and more confident. “I think both the Jets and Raiders expect similar things from me. They both want me to lead this year and make other players around me better,” noted Morrissey. “They want me to continue to push myself everyday and try to get better with every practice and game. I think one thing that both teams have mentioned is for me to have fun, enjoy the year, enjoy being a captain and being around the guys and just be ‘Josh’. Not letting the fact I’m a first round pick or the captain change who I am, just being me, someone who loves to be at the rink and play the game.” However, Morrissey knows he is living his childhood dream and is still in awe of it all. “It’s kind of funny because as a kid growing up playing hockey and dreaming of playing in the NHL, there were a lot of moments throughout training camp where I stopped and in my head said: ‘How cool is this!’,” he said, the smile never leaving his lips as he strolled away to join his teammates.

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Shortly after returning to Prince Albert before the start of the season, Morrissey received more news of which to be proud - he was named the 38th captain in the franchise’s history. “Being named captain was something that I’ve been working for since I was drafted by the organization, and with the long history in P.A., it’s truly an honour,” said Morrissey.

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In 2003, as Jason Jaffray was embarking on his first season as a professional hockey player, one that would lead to rookie of the year honours in the ECHL, J.C. Lipon was playing 10-year-old atom hockey in his native Regina, Sask. Four years later, when Jaffray was summoned for the first time to play in the National Hockey League, Lipon was an undersized bantam trying to impress someone and anyone within the Western Hockey League circles. Today, Jaffray is captain of the American Hockey League’s St. John’s IceCaps and Lipon – who, by the way, was never drafted into the WHL, but made the Kamloops Blazers as a walk-on, and played for Canada in the world juniors – is a rookie pro.

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On this youthful IceCaps team, Jaffray is the Crash Davis of the AHL, the fictional character played by Kevin Costner in “Bull Durham”, a veteran of baseball’s minor leagues who’s job in part was to lead the way for youngsters breaking into pro ball. It was only a blink that Jaffray was in the same skates as Lipon, a young Albertan fresh off four years in the Western league, 21 and alone in Roanoke, Va., where the Express played in the East Coast Hockey League (now simply, not to mention officially, known as the ECHL). “I remember I was in Cleveland – I was 22 or 23 – and I lived in a hotel for three months,” recalls Jaffray, now 32. “I was eating out every night, in a big city that I didn’t know at all. 31

“So when one of the older players on the team invited you over to their house for dinner, it meant a lot. “That’s what I try to do … make it a point to take the rookies aside every so often, see how things are going, make small talk. “We’ve got three kids (Lipon, Adam Lowry and Brenden Kichton) living together, and my wife and I had them over for dinner. I’ll chat with them, make sure they’re eating well, taking care of themselves, not heading out to George St. every night,” he said, the latter point in reference to the popular restaurant and bar district in downtown St. John’s, a nine iron from Mile One Centre, the IceCaps’ home rink. Of course, Jaffray does more than just talk the talk. As St. John’s coach Keith McCambridge points out, the veteran centre leads by example on the ice where he’s still among the best, most consistent IceCaps night in, night out. “Jason Jaffray epitomizes what it takes to be a professional hockey player,” McCambridge said. “Every day, you know what you’re getting from him, and from a coaching side of things, that gives me the opportunity to say to a young player just learning the pro game: ‘Here’s your example. It’s a three-games-in-threenights, and it’s a Sunday afternoon game, but here’s your captain who’s played a long time at this level

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and he’s still giving 100 per cent, still competing in practice and in games.’” For Lipon, who won’t turn 21 until next July, the move to pro hockey has been a big adjustment in every which way. There’s the hockey aspect, and there’s the move to Canada’s far east coast from Western Canada. “He’s 32ish, and I’m only 20, but still he’s pretty easy to talk to,” said Lipon, drafted in the third round, 91st overall, last June by the Winnipeg Jets. “If I have a question, he’s a guy I will go to ask. “I’m pretty tight with all the older guys, but Jaffray, he’s an all-round good guy. “He works hard, takes care of himself and is the real leader on this team. If I have anything I need help with, on or off the ice, I’ll go to Jaff.” Last season, Jaffray roomed with another IceCaps veteran, Jason King. King, like Jaffray, once toiled for the Manitoba Moose.

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“JASON JAFFRAY EPITOMIZES WHAT IT TAKES TO BE A PROFESSIONAL HOCKEY PLAYER. EVERY DAY, YOU KNOW WHAT YOU’RE GETTING FROM HIM.” But King retired last summer to become an assistant coach with the team, and Jaffray was looking for a new roomie. Enter Lowry, a 6-foot-5, 20-year-old rookie whose boyish features could pass him off for a 16-year-old. “I have friends who have kids closer in age to him than I am,” Jaffray smiles. “Last year, Kinger and I had a lot in common. We were both the same age, and we both have kids the same age. “But Lowry’s a good kid … they’re all good kids.” As the IceCaps’ captain, Jaffray talks about respect … respect for all within the locker room. It’s something he learned from Winnipeg native and former Boston Bruins draft pick Lee Goren, from former Moose captain Nolan Baumgartner, and Mike Keane, the native Winnipegger, three-time Stanley Cup champion and current Winnipeg player development assistant. “I learned a lot from those guys. As captain of the team, respect is a big thing with me. If you

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don’t have respect for all the different players on the team, you probably shouldn’t be wearing the C. “When you start cutting teammates out of your circle, that’s when you don’t have a team. That’s been a strongpoint of the IceCaps for the last three years: we’ve had a tight-knit circle. When guys are going out for dinner on the road, we reserve a table for 10 or 12. It doesn’t matter if you’re a 10-year veteran or a rookie. “We only have three veterans on the team and the rookies are a huge part of our success this year. If you start cutting them out of the group, refusing to have dinner with one of these guys, well, that would be the last thing on my mind.” “You can’t help but notice everything he does,” says Lipon, “from doing appearances to just representing the team and the organization with class. “As for on the ice, there are times I could be tired and he’s still there, with legs older than mine, still going at it hard. “And you start thinking, ‘I should be fresh.’ It pushes you and makes you realize what you have to do to last in the game for a long time.”

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For all his goofy candid snapshots from the bench and crowd-pleasing goal celebrations on the ice, number thirty-three remains a mystery to most fans. Not one to eagerly jump in front of the cameras, the Dustin Byfuglien the public often sees is only a glimpse of the jokester his teammates have come to know. “I’m kind of a stay-to-myself type of guy,” explained the 28-year-old defenseman. But around the rink, the 6’5” blue-liner lets his guard down and doesn’t hold back his big personality. “I’m definitely not afraid to play a joke, and it doesn’t really matter who it’s on. It can be anyone, the coaches… anyone,” smiles Byfuglien, whom Coach Noel has said brings levity and humour to the room with his antics. “It’s just funny. I’m just making sure their heads are still low and they’re not getting too high,” shrugged Byfuglien. “You know those young kids, their heads get too big sometimes you have to bring them down,” he added, shaking his head with a smile.

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Not surprisingly, he’s usually on the giving end of the teasing. Rarely do his teammates dare get him back. “Every once in a while (they’ll try), but they know something bad will be coming if they do. It always come back,” he laughed. That may be because Byfuglien never lets his guard down, always observing the other players and planning his next prank. “I watch. I pay attention. I’m the type of guy that knows everyone’s equipment and how everyone gets dressed and everyone’s routines. I’m weird like that. I watch everything,” he said. But his keen eye serves him well on the ice as well. From the blue line, Byfuglien is able to watch the entire ice surface and dictate the game; it’s the reason he prefers being a defenseman. “At the end of it all I prefer to play defense. I can see the game and control the game a lot more. (Playing) forward, you can’t control – you’re just kind of out there roaming,” he explained, having played forward for 2 years with the Chicago Blackhawks before making the switch back to defense. “After a couple years (with Chicago) Kane and Toews showed up and all of a sudden they said ‘you’re going to go play with these kids’ and I said ‘alright, we’re going to make it work’,” recalls Byfuglien. “So I just kind of had fun. It’s a different game up there. I liked hitting the guys. That was the best part. Hitting and running guys in the corner,” he said, with a mischievous grin. 61

“I watch. I pay attention. I’m the type of guy that knows everyone’s equipment and how everyone gets dressed and everyone’s routines. I’m weird like that. I watch everything.” The years spent in Chicago gave Byfuglien the opportunity he needed to break into the NHL. “There were a lot of injuries in the first couple years so I got the opportunity to play and show what I can do,” said Byfuglien, who was drafted by the Blackhawks in 2003. “I just happened to have a good showing and did well, and just kind of played and had fun,” he recalled. The defensemen impressed in Chicago when he was first called up from the Rockford IceHogs in November of 2007. He scored in his first shift and recorded his first career hat trick a month later. Byfuglien never returned to the AHL, finishing the season as a Blackhawk with 19 goals and 36 points, all while learning a new position at right wing. It was an impressive first NHL season. However, for Byfuglien, it was just another opportunity. “Every door that opened I decided to step through it and go with it. Every opportunity I got, I always just appreciated and ran with it and good things always happened.”

His grandfather isn’t the only family member that played a big role in the defenseman’s life - his nearly two-year-old daughter, Kira Rae, is a small but very important part of his new life in Winnipeg. “She’s so much fun. She runs around talking all the time. Every morning she comes and she’s like ‘dadoo, dadoo...’ even though she knows I’m sleeping, but she’ll always come lay by me,” he said affectionately, leaning back and smiling. “I just turn on the TV and she’ll just sit there, watching TV and cuddling in. During the day she just never stops, her and mom definitely talk a lot – it’s never quiet in our house anymore that’s for sure,” admits the usually reserved Byfuglien. “Mom, she’s a good cook,” he continues, referring to girlfriend, Emily. “A lot of the guys come over to our house and eat a lot, so she’s always cooking or baking something for someone so it’s always nice to have. (Blake) Wheeler probably eats there three or four times a week. The girls always come over to watch the games and she cooks for them too so, I definitely enjoy our family. It’s a lot of fun.”

This never-say-no attitude came from his grandfather, who played a key role in his career growing up. “My grandfather was a big part – he always got the phone calls for me to go places. If it was a new place that he hadn’t been to, he was always saying ‘yeah I’ll take him. He’ll be there.’ And we’d just get in the truck and take off. It was fun that he was always there,” said Byfuglien. The best piece of advice his grandfather gave him still serves him to this day. “(He told me to) never lay on the ice. If you get hurt, unless you’re getting taken off on a stretcher, always make it back to the bench yourself. Never lay there. I think so far I’ve been pretty good in not geting carried off yet,” he laughed and shrugged.

Having a toddler at home keeps him busy, especially during the season. But he wouldn’t have it any other way. “Because it’s Winnipeg, we can’t really go out and hang out anywhere, but it’s actually been a bonus - it gives us more of a reason to enjoy each other and enjoy being with family,” said Byfuglien. “Walter’s a little bit disappointed with it though – that’s our dog. He just doesn’t get as much attention. He’s beginning to like it more though, watching those two play together is fun.” 63

“If you get hurt, unless you’re getting taken off on a stretcher, always make it back to the bench yourself. Never lay there.” The off-season is when he finds his retreat, fishing on a quiet lake. “I enjoy hunting too but fishing’s just always been there and I enjoy it. I don’t know, just the thrill of catching a big bass and the muskies, the adrenaline is just too good,” he said with a laugh. But fishing is more than just a relaxing hobby for Byfuglien. “I competed for two to three years. It’s fun, it makes fishing that much more fun because you know if you miss a fish it means so much, and to make some money while doing it, it’s a bonus,” he said, grinning. “Usually I just go out there to have fun and I don’t care if I win but I like to see if I can get up to the top now and compete with the big boys. It’s always nice, you meet some nice people and you learn things too, talking to the guys and just being in that boat all day.” The patience the avid fisherman has developed sitting in a boat waiting for fish to bite is also displayed at the rink. Persevering through the rebuilding years in Chicago has helped him better understand the transition process from Atlanta to Winnipeg. “It takes a lot of time to rebuild, get your players and everyone on the same program. But with Chevy and Zinger up there, I feel they’ll do the right things and turn things around and the guys will eventually come and get some chemistry going around here. It just takes time,” said the veteran, who feels the team is on the right track and is happy with the progress from year one. “Every year I feel like we’re all getting comfortable but it’s a learning curve. If you’re winning everything’s a lot different. Being a .500 team, there are definitely up and down days. It’s not like we’re coming here and we’re all always all happy,” he notes. “It’s a journey and it’s something that as a team we have to know that it’s going to be a rough road. But if we stick together it’ll be fine,” he adds, looking around the dressing room at his teammates and trainers chatting after practice. “I think we’re getting better as we go,” he nods before getting up and walking over to the nearest group, immediately making them all laugh. 64

THE INS & OUTS OF PLAYER MOVEMENT BY MITCHELL CLINTON

Keaton Ellerby was claimed off waivers by the Winnipeg Jets November 2, and played his first game two nights later against Detroit. It was a quick turnaround, but the process of bringing in a new player like Ellerby and getting him game ready isn’t as simple as hanging a new jersey in a stall. “There’s a process. A number of people are involved,” said Scott Brown, True North Sports & Entertainment’s Director of Corporate Communications. “Once the transaction is completed and filed with the NHL, communications is one of the first people to find out, just so they’re aware. With the amount of communication that goes on with the NHL office and the media, you’re never sure who is going to find out first, or who is going to release the information first.” Ellerby’s acquisition was a more straightforward than when another team is involved and players are being traded. That process can take numerous phone calls between General Managers. In those situations, Brown says the communications department might get some advance notice that a deal might be in the works. “Chevy (General Manager, Kevin Cheveldayoff) and (Assistant General Manager) Larry Simmons are very good at letting us know when something is happening so we can be on top of it and be proactive,” said Brown. “We may even get a little heads up that something might happen, but just stay tuned to see if it will happen or not. From there, it just becomes a process, typi67

cally tweeting it, then putting out a press release, then putting it up on the website is the process for relaying that information to the public.” Once all the paperwork is done, the Winnipeg Jets team services department gets involved. The priority is getting the player to the team as quickly as possible. Chris Kreviazuk is the Coordinator of Team Services, and he works with the team’s travel coordinator to get that job done. “Ideally we’re in Winnipeg and they can just come here. But sometimes we’re on the road. Usually when a call up happens it’s in the event of an injury so it’s late at night after a game that we have to make those moves,” said Kreviazuk. “Second thing is get them set up in a hotel right away. Usually when they’re coming to Winnipeg, if they’re here for the first time, we will pick them up from the airport if at all possible. If it’s a veteran guy who has been here back and forth then we won’t bother because they’ll know how to get here.” Sometimes it’s not only the player the Winnipeg Jets have to concern themselves with. Spouses and families are brought to Manitoba’s capital as well. During this transportation process, the team’s training staff is also making calls. “Once I get the player’s contact info, I’ll give them a call, introduce myself and find out what player number they want. If it’s mid-season, sometimes there’s not a lot of numbers left,” said Jason McMaster, Head Equipment Manager. “Then I’ll call the equipment manager 68

from the previous team right away, and find out all their equipment specs. I hope they have stock of skates and sticks and they’ll send them with the player and invoice us, or trade with whatever we’re sending. I carry stock helmets, pants, and gloves from every company so we have something for when they get here.” McMaster says having that inventory of equipment is important because it can take up to six weeks to get gear from the various companies. When new players arrive, it’s usually just a matter of making a couple tweaks to what he has in stock. When the new player meets the team, in Winnipeg or on the road, Brown is one of the first people the player will interact with, if he hasn’t called them already. “I’ll go over different things, not necessarily just media related. Parking, some housekeeping issues that they’ve got to go through and become comfortable with, introduce myself,” said Brown, adding that after these housekeeping items are discussed, he lets the player know what to expect from the media. “For a lot of players coming from different teams, it might be a bit overwhelming the numbers that they see, especially the attention that they specifically are going to get just from being a new player.”

“All of our guys are really good for showing new players around and things to do... when Ellerby walked in, he didn’t know a ton of people on the team. Ladd got up from his dinner and ran over to the door and shook his hand and introduced himself.”

Though he says it’s uncommon, Kreviazuk also arranges rental cars for players that would like one. Ellerby, Zach Redmond, and Adam Pardy all have them, but Kreviazuk says players often car pool. That’s just one example of how close the hockey community is. “Everybody that shows up has either played with somebody or knows someone through the grapevine. All of our guys are really good for showing new players around and things to do,” Kreviazuk said. “It’s a pretty tight group. I noticed when Ellerby walked in, he didn’t know a ton of people on the team. Ladd got up from his dinner and ran over to the door and shook his hand and introduced himself.” That camaraderie makes the adjustment to new surroundings much easier on players. Brown says when he first meets with new members of the Winnipeg Jets, including Ellerby, they don’t have many questions for him. “Keaton has been very good at taking everything in, he’s been very low maintenance in terms of coming to us with the media,” said Brown. “I know Anthony Peluso, when we acquired him last year, he had a few more questions just because he had never dealt with media and com70

munications in a market this big. He was a little more into asking questions and wanting some answers.” As fast as the Winnipeg Jets are at bringing players in, they’re equally as fast at sending them to St. John’s or back to their junior teams. Kreviazuk says confidentiality and respect for the player involved is critical during that process, especially when dealing with hotels. “They (the hotel staff) ask if the player is going to be sent down, and you can’t really tell them because they can’t find out before the player does. That’s another thing, you have to be very careful about making things known to people before the player being dealt with,” Kreviazuk said. “Once a decision is made, they’re usually gone in about 12 or 24 hours. It goes quick, especially during training camp. Within a day or two, management could decide these six or seven guys are going back to junior or St. John’s.” And so goes the circle of professional hockey. It’s something the players learn to get used to, and Kreviazuk believes it’s also why members of the hockey community learn to bond so quickly. It also eliminates the need for the team to give players formal tours. “If they have any questions about that kind of stuff, guys will ask me questions. Like what is there to do around town, and what’s close to the hotel,” he said. “But within a day the players have already hooked up with them and taken them out. There’s a pretty good bond between all the guys.”

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W hen Winnipeg Jets assistant coaches Perry Pearn, Charlie Huddy, and Pascal Vincent step on the bench come game day, they’re not only looking for a win; they’re also looking for improvement from each member of the team. “The main thing is helping the players,” said Vincent, who works primarily with the forwards and the power play. “We go line by line, and we go individually with the players after the game to look at the video of their shifts and try to improve their game overall.”

Huddy, a veteran of 18 NHL seasons as a defenceman, is responsible for the defence, and says he’s thrilled to work with young blue-liners like Zach Bogosian and Jacob Trouba everyday. “It’s exciting when you’re able to work with those guys and help them, watch them grow from week to week, season to season to season, and see them improving, learning the game, and getting better,” said Huddy. To help the players improve, the coaching staff watches video of each opposing team as they come up on the schedule. Vincent says the staff will sometimes have up to three games to view in preparation for any one game. But the man in charge of the Jets’ penalty kill units, Perry Pearn, credits

video coach Tony Borgford for making the viewing manageable. “We have a great video coach in Tony. He has things cut for us,” Pearn said. “We have an A scout game, a B scout game, and a C scout game. Usually, unless there’s an inordinate amount of power play times in one of the games, I would watch all three games.” From there, Pearn extracts two minutes of footage to show the players in a five-minute presentation to prepare them for the opposition’s power play. All of this video work takes time, and the whole staff needs to work together when the Jets play on consecutive nights. “It’s always tough on those back-to-back games because you want to watch your own team from the night before to make some corrections, then you have a pre-scout to get ready for the team you’re playing the next night,” Huddy said. “Myself, Pascal, and Perry do the pre-scouts for the team we’re going to play next. It takes a bit of the heat off us when somebody can watch our team stuff. Claude (Noel) obviously watches the game we just played to see what we can improve on from there.” 75

“It’s exciting when you’re able to work with those guys and help them, watch them grow from week to week, season to season to season, and see them improving, learning the game, and getting better.”

Vincent says the coaches have to adjust their teaching techniques to what works best for the player, but adds advancements in video technology has made those adjustments easier. “Some guys, they learn quicker or faster when you go on the board, some guys it’s video,” he said. “The technology we have here is pretty amazing. We can even draw on the video when we use it, so it’s a combination of both.” All this work means early starts during the season. The staff usually arrives around 7:30 a.m. on game days. Power play and penalty kill meetings take place prior to the morning skate. After the team practices, the coaches watch the opposition’s skate to find out who they may be sitting, and if there is time, they take a break before getting back to the MTS Centre at 4 p.m. for a 7 p.m. puck drop. Pearn, who held coaching positions with the Ottawa Senators, New York Rangers, and Montreal Canadiens before joining the Winnipeg Jets last season, says practice days are a bit different.

“On most practice days you come in with a plan in mind on what players you have to touch base with,” he said. “Today I skated Peluso and Redmond (after practice). I did some sprints with them, some extra work. I’m kind of responsible for that area. The rest of the day will be spent preparing.” Away from the rink, Pearn is still getting adjusted to Winnipeg, but used last season’s lockout to find some places in the city he likes to go. “I have a daughter and a son in law here, and I spent time with them and caught up with them too,” he said. “My home base was originally in Alberta. So I go back there a bit in the summer time, run a camp there. So the summer goes by and all of a sudden you’re back here again. Since the day we started it has been go, go, go.”

“You can’t get out on the ice and do anything, but it’s the next best thing to be able to help those guys become NHL players.” Pearn is used to the fast-paced lifestyle that comes with coaching hockey. He coached for two decades at the Western Hockey League level, and also had his first taste of international coaching in 1986. In 1993, he led Canada to the gold medal at the World Junior Championships. But that doesn’t mean the schedules get any easier. “To be honest with you, since the season started, I think I’ve seen one movie,” said Pearn, who added red wine and cooking to his list of interests. “I think I’ve had people over a couple times — my son in law and my daughter. It seems like the way our schedule has been here, there hasn’t been a lot of down time.”

be her first, then Spanish. It’s a lot of fun. It’s a gift we want to give her, and it will be useful for her in the future.” In addition to being a family man, Vincent, a former head coach in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League, likes to read, travel, and exercise. In between all that, he admits he doesn’t completely remove his coaching hat in the offseason. After being re-assigned power play duties before the start of the 2013-14 season, Vincent studied all he could. “I did a lot of research on Washington and their power play; Pittsburgh and Philly also, because they were the top three teams in the league last year,” he said.

So when that down time does come, Pascal Vincent knows exactly how he wants to spend it—back home with his wife and his daughter, who at the age of three is already learning three languages.

His research, along with video presentations and practice sessions, are all tools coaches use to convey a message to their players. But Huddy sums up the feeling of being on the bench best.

“She has a Spanish teacher back home she goes to a few hours a day. I speak to her in French, and my wife speaks to her in English,” he said. “Right now since I’m not home, French is probably her third language, and English would

“You can’t get out on the ice and do anything, but it’s the next best thing to be able to help those guys become NHL players.”

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7:00pm 16

7:00pm 23

7:00pm 25

COL

7:00pm 19

STL

WSH 29

7:00pm 12

DAL

MTL

NSH

SAT

7:00pm 5

26 6:00pm

NSH

7:00pm 30

DAL

TUE

WED

THU

FRI

SAT

7:00pm 9

2:00pm

CHI 4

7:00pm 5

7:00pm 7

DET

CHI

7:00pm 11

7:00pm 18

7:00pm 19

MIN

CGY

6:30pm 13

7:00pm 22

6:00pm 28

TUE

6:00pm 3

29 10:30am 30

PHI

WED 4

THU 5

7:00pm 11

16 6:00pm 17

6:00pm 18

STL CBJ 22

7:00pm 23

VAN 29

7:00pm 21

7:00pm 28

FLA 25

2:00pm

DAL 20

MIN 31

COL TV BROADCAST: CBC

COL

EDM

7:00pm 30

BUF

8:30pm 24

12:00pm 6

PIT

6:00pm

TSN JETS

7:00pm 8

12:00pm

BOS 10

6:00pm

8:00pm 17

1:00pm

9:30pm 24

6:00pm

TB 7:00pm 14

CBJ

9:00pm 22

6:00pm 27

7:00pm 29

PHX

CGY ANA

EDM

SJ 30

TOR 31

NSH

SUN

MON

7:30pm

VAN

TUE

WED

THU

FRI

SAT 1

12:00pm 3

MTL 9 16 23

6:00pm 5

CAR

6:00pm 7

WSH

1:00pm

STL

K OLYMPIC BREA 10

22 22

7:00pm 28

SUN

MON

TUE

WED

THU

FRI

SAT 1

2:00pm

NSH 2

8:00pm 11

7:00pm 17

7:00pm 18

7:00pm 5

NYI 6:30pm 13

7:00pm 20

COL 16

DAL

6:00pm 7

LA 12

OTT 14

VAN

STL

7:00pm 15

NYR 21

22 6:00pm

9:30pm 28

29 9:00pm

COL

7:30pm 25

9:00pm

CAR 27

DAL HOME

SAT 4

BUF TSN

FRI

6:30pm 3

6:00pm

7:00pm 13

THU 2

OTT

SAT 7

FLA

WED

PHX

FRI

6:30pm 6

NYR 8

2:00pm

MIN

NYI

MON 2

CHI

MARCH 2014

DECEMBER 2013

SUN

7:00pm 16

PHI 20

NSH

DET 25 6:00pm 26

TUE

CHI

FEBRUARY 2014

NOVEMBER 2013

MON

STL

SUN

JANUARY 2014

OCTOBER 2013

ANA

AWAY

ALL GAME TIMES CENTRAL SUN

APRIL 2014

MON

TUE 1

WED

9:00pm 2

THU 3

PHX 6

20 27

7:00pm 8

FRI

7:00pm 4

SAT 5

PIT

TOR

7:00pm 11

8:00pm 12

MIN

6:00pm

BOS

CGY

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