Winnipeg Jets Game Notes - Sept. 25 at Edmonton Oilers

2022 winnipeg jets pre-season Game Notes

atEXHIBITION SLATE

+ The Winnipeg Jets begin their six-game pre-season schedule on Sunday evening in Edmonton against the Oilers.

+ Winnipeg’s all-Canadian pre-season schedule includes a homeand-home with Edmonton and the Calgary Flames, while the Ot tawa Senators visit Canada Life Centre on Tuesday and Winnipeg travels to Montreal to take on the Canadiens on Thursday.

+ The Jets are playing six pre-season games for the second consecutive season after playing seven pre-season games in each of the previous eight seasons.

NEW STAFF

+ The Jets announced Rick Bowness as the team’s head coach on July 3. He most recently served as head coach of the Dallas Stars from Dec. 10/19 until the end of the 2021-22 season. The Monc ton, N.B. native led the Stars to an 89-62-25 record in 176 regular season games and a trip to the 2020 Stanley Cup Final.

+ Scott Arniel is the team’s new associate coach, while Brad Lauer and Marty Johnston serve as assistant coaches. Arniel was most recently with the Washington Capitals, while Brad Lauer is coming off a WHL championship as the head coach of the Edmonton Oil Kings and Marty Johnston was promoted from the Manitoba Moose.

+ Assistant coach Wade Flaherty returns to guide the team’s goaltenders.

ON THE DOCKET

+ The Jets open their season on home ice at Canada Life Centre on Friday, Oct. 14 when they welcome the New York Rangers to town before heading out on a three-game road trip against Western Conference rivals Dallas Stars, Colorado Avalanche, and Vegas Golden Knights from Oct. 17-20.

+ Other highlights of the home schedule include Patrik Laine and the Columbus Blue Jackets coming to Winnipeg on Dec. 2. Former head coach Paul Maurice, after nine seasons as the Jets bench boss, brings his new team - the President Trophy winning Florida Panthers - to Canada Life Centre on Dec. 6.

+ The longest homestand of the season is the final one on the schedule, which spans five games from Mar. 31-Apr. 10.

+ Winnipeg doesn’t play from Jan. 31-Feb. 10, as the NHL All-Star Weekend takes place on Feb. 3-4 in Florida, followed by the club’s five-day player break.

+ January also features the Jets’ longest road trip of the campaign, as they will play five straight contests away from Manitoba from Jan. 17-24.

+ Winnipeg faces Canadian teams on 15 occasions – eight games at Canada Life Centre and seven times on the road.

+ The Jets face their Central Division rivals 26 times this season –four games against Chicago, Colorado, Minnesota, Nashville, and St. Louis; and three games apiece against Arizona and Dallas.

+ December is the team’s busiest month, with the Jets playing 16 games in total – nine at home and seven on the road. Winnipeg’s first 15 road games of the season are against Western Confer ence teams.

+ The Jets first visit to the Eastern Conference is not until back-toback games on Dec. 22-23 at Boston and Washington.

+ Winnipeg plays 13 back-to-backs this season: eleven are consecutive games as the visiting team and two feature a game at Canada Life Centre and a game on the road.

ABOUT LAST SEASON

+ Winnipeg went 23-15-3 at home last season, which ranked 15th in the NHL with 49 points.

+ The Jets won their last four home games to close out the season, outscoring their opposition 15-5 in the four games.

+ The Jets finished 16-17-8 on the road last season, but lost four consecutive road games to end the season.

+ Winnipeg finished the season 12-5-11 in one-goal games.

+ The Jets had five shutouts last season, which is two shy of the franchise record.

+ Kyle Connor finished third in franchise history with 47 goals last season. The most goals in a season in franchise history is 52, which Ilya Kovalchuk did in 2005-06 and 2007-08. Connor passed Patrik Laine (44 in 2017-18) for the most goals in a season since relocation.

+ Connor ended last season fourth in franchise history with 93 points this season, which is the most since relocation. It’s the eighth time in franchise history a player has reached the 90-point mark in a season.

ON THE FARM

+ The Manitoba Moose finished second in the AHL’s Central Division with a record of 41-24-7.

+ The Moose went to Game 5 against the Milwaukee Admirals in their North Division semifinal series, but lost 2-1 to lose the series.

+ Mikey Eyssimont paced Manitoba during the regular season with 42 points (18G, 24A) in 58 games.

+ Declan Chisholm led the Moose in scoring in the playoffs with seven points (2G, 5A) in five games.

+ The Moose begin their 2022-23 season on Oct. 15 at Canada Life Centre when they host the Rockford IceHogs in the first of two games.

2022 PRE-SEASON SCHEDULE

Date Opponent Site

Time/Res

TV/Radio/Rec

Sun., Sept. 25 at Edmonton Rogers Place 5:00 p.m. TSN/680 CJOB/Power 97

Tue., Sept. 27 Ottawa Canada Life Centre 7:00 p.m. TSN/680 CJOB/Power 97

Thur., Sept. 29 at Montreal Bell Centre 6:00 p.m. TSN/680 CJOB/Power 97

Sat. Oct. 1 Edmonton Canada Life Centre 7:00 p.m. TSN/680 CJOB/Power 97

Wed., Oct. 5 Calgary Canada Life Centre 7:00 p.m. WinnipegJets.com/680 CJOB/Power 97

Fri. Oct. 7 at Calgary Scotiabank Saddledome 8:00 p.m. WinnipegJets.com/680 CJOB/Power 97

All Times Central Time

MEDIA INFORMATION

PRACTICES & MORNING SKATES

+ All practices and morning skates during training camp take place at Bell MTS Iceplex

+ Media are asked to work out of dressing rooms in the ACU hallway while at Bell MTS Iceplex. They are equipped with worksta tions and is the site of every daily coach’s media availability.

+ The Jets dressing room is open to the media following each practice session. Only players on the game roster are available to the media following morning skates.

+ Please contact a member of the Jets communications department with interview requests prior to the end of practice.

GAME INFORMATION

+ Training camp and game information can be found online at jetsmedia.ca.

DAILY SCHEDULE

+ Media are asked to check @WPGJetsPR on Twitter each morning for that day’s schedule.

MEDIA CREDENTIALS

+ Media that have been granted a season credential can pick up their credential at Gate 4 at Canada Life Centre prior to any pre-season game.

+ Single-game credentials can be applied for through the Jets media website (jetsmedia.ca) and will be emailed to the requested individual prior to the game. Single-game requests must be made 48 hours prior to the game.

GAME ACCESS

+ The Matt Frost Media Centre on the event level of Canada Life Centre and the press box on the fifth level are open to the media three hours prior to game time. Media are asked to enter the building through Gate 4 and proceed to either location.

+ The Jets dressing room is open the media following each game.

+ Head coach Rick Bowness’ media availability takes place inside the Matt Frost Media Centre following each game.

+ A pre-game meal is available to purchase in the press box. Media are also able to purchase food from any of the concessions on the concourses Canada Life Centre.

CONTACT INFORMATION

Scott Brown SENIOR DIRECTOR HOCKEY COMMUNICATIONS

Cell: 204-799-6392

Email: sbrown@winnipegjets.com

Greger Buer MANAGER

HOCKEY COMMUNICATIONS

Cell: 204-299-4846

Email: gbuer@winnipegjets.com

Scott Unger COORDINATOR

HOCKEY COMMUNICATIONS

Cell: 204-330-6322

Email: sunger@winnipegjets.com

Winnipeg Jets (NHL) Manitoba Moose (AHL) Winnipeg Jets (NHL) Manitoba Moose (AHL)

2022 winnipeg jets Training Camp roster

# Mikhail Berdin Moose (AHL) 19-10-3 David Rittich Predators (NHL) 6-3-4 Oskari Salminen Jukurit (Liiga) 55 29-14-11 .920 Connor Hellebuyck Winnipeg Jets (NHL) 66 29-27-10 Domenic DiVincentiis^ North Bay Battalion (OHL) 14-8-1 Arvid Holm Manitoba Moose (AHL) 24 12-10-2 .877 2.90

# NAME HT WT S DOB

HOMETOWN 2021-22 TEAM

2 Dylan DeMelo 6’1 194 R May 1/93 London, ON Winnipeg Jets (NHL) 76 1 12 13 28

4 Neal Pionk 6’0 190 R Jul. 29/95 Hermantown, MN Winnipeg Jets (NHL) 77 3 31 34 46

5 Brenden Dillon 6’4 225 L Nov. 13/90 Surrey, BC Winnipeg Jets (NHL) 79 3 17 20 67

6 Ashton Sautner 6’1 194 L May 27/94 Flin Flon, MB Abbotsford Canucks (AHL) 41 3 10 13 28 2 0 0 0 2

14 Ville Heinola 6’0 181 L Mar. 2/01 Honkajoki, FIN Winnipeg Jets (NHL) Manitoba Moose (AHL) 12 41 0 5 5 21 5 26 10 18 5 1 4 5 0

42 Simon Lundmark 6’2 201 R Oct. 8/00 Stockholm, SWE Manitoba Moose (AHL) 57 4 10 14 14

44 Josh Morrissey 6'0 195 L Mar. 28/95 Calgary, AB Winnipeg Jets (NHL) 79 12 25 37 66

45 Declan Chisholm 6’1 190 L Jan. 12/00 Bowmanville, ON Winnipeg Jets (NHL) Manitoba Moose (AHL) 2 53 0 9 0 21 0 30 0 20 5 2 5 7 0

52 Tyrel Bauer 6’3 207 R Mar. 23/02 Cochrane, AB Seattle Thunderbirds (WHL) 32 5 5 10 59 23 0 5 5 23

54 Dylan Samberg 6’4 216 L Jan. 24/99

58 Dmitry Kuzmin 5’10 187 L Apr. 23/03

Hermantown, MN Winnipeg Jets (NHL) Manitoba Moose (AHL) 15 32 0 0 5 12 5 12 4 26 5 0 1 1 0

Kholstovo, BLR Flint Firebirds (OHL) 57 18 26 44 18

64 Logan Stanley 6'7 231 L May 26/98 Waterloo, ON Winnipeg Jets (NHL) 58 1 12 13 44

65 Johnathan Kovacevic 6’5 218 R Jul. 12/97

Grimsby, ON Winnipeg Jets (NHL) Manitoba Moose (AHL) 4 62 0 11 0 19 0 30 2 45 5 0 0 0 2

72 Leon Gawanke 6’1 198 R May 31/99 Berlin, GER Manitoba Moose (AHL) 65 10 26 36 19 5 1 3 4 4

77 Kyle Capobianco 6’1 196 L Aug. 13/97 Mississauga, ON Arizona Coyotes (NHL) 45 2 7 9 38

88 Nate Schmidt 6’0 192 L Jul. 16/91 St. Cloud, MN Winnipeg Jets (NHL) 77 4 28 32 10

Forwards (28)

# NAME HT WT S DOB

HOMETOWN

Regular Season Playoffs

2021-22 TEAM GP G A PTS PIM GP G A PTS PIM

8 Saku Mäenalanen 6’4 207 L May 29/94 Tornio, FIN Kärpät (Liiga) 47 13 28 41 67 7 1 0 1 4

12 Jansen Harkins 6'2 195 L May 23/97 North Vancouver, BC Winnipeg Jets (NHL) 77 7 6 13 15

17 Adam Lowry 6'5 210 L Mar. 29/93 St. Louis, MO Winnipeg Jets (NHL) 79 13 8 21 59

19 David Gustafsson 6’2 196 L Apr. 11/00 Tingsryd, SWE Winnipeg Jets (NHL)

Manitoba Moose (AHL) 2 47 0 15 0 15 0 30 0 10 5 0 1 1 0

21 Dominic Toninato 6’2 201 L Mar. 9/94 Duluth, MN Winnipeg Jets (NHL) Manitoba Moose (AHL) 77 2 7 0 7 1 14 1 22 2

22 Mason Appleton 6’2 194 R Jan. 15/96 Green Bay, WI Seattle Kraken (NHL) Winnipeg Jets (NHL) 49 19 6 2 11 2 17 4 14 16

23 Mikey Eyssimont 6’0 190 L Sept. 9/96 Littleton, CO Winnipeg Jets (NHL) Manitoba Moose (AHL) 1 58 0 18 0 24 0 42 0 90 5 1 0 1 4

26 Blake Wheeler 6'5 225 R Aug. 31/86 Plymouth, MN Winnipeg Jets (NHL) 65 17 43 60 36

27 Nikolaj Ehlers 6'0 172 L Feb. 14/96 Aalborg, DEN Winnipeg Jets (NHL) 62 28 27 55 20

28 Kevin Stenlund 6’4 216 R Sept. 20/96 Stockholm, SWE Columbus Blue Jackets (NHL) Cleveland Monsters (AHL) 3 42 0 8 0 17 0 25 2 20

29 Alex Limoges 6’1 201 L Sept. 16/97 Winchester, VA San Diego Gulls (AHL) 62 23 17 40 13 2 1 1 2 0

36 Morgan Barron 6’4 220 L Dec. 2/98 Halifax, NS New York Rangers (NHL) Winnipeg Jets (NHL) Hartford Wolf Pack (AHL) Manitoba Moose (AHL) 13 14 25 5 0 2 9 1 1 2 6 1 1 4 15 2 4 4 10 0 5 4 2 6 2

39 Jeff Malott 6’4 201 L Aug. 7/96 Burlington, ON Winnipeg Jets (NHL) Manitoba Moose (AHL) 1 62 0 23 0 18 0 41 2 55 5 1 0 1 0

40 Daniel Torgersson 6’3 205 L Jan. 26/02 Hono, SWE Manitoba Moose (AHL) Frolunda (SHL)

AIK (HockeyAllsvenskan) Frolunda J20 (J20 Nationell) 4 1 40 2 0 7 1 0 10 3 0 17 4 0 14 2 3 0 1 0 2 0 3 0 0

46 Wyatt Bongiovanni 6’0 194 L Jul. 24/99 Birmingham, MI Manitoba Moose (AHL) Quinnipiac Univ. Bobcats (NCAA) 3 42 0 16 0 18 0 34 0 45

47 Brad Lambert^ 6’0 183 R Dec. 19/03 Lahti, FIN JYP (Liiga) Pelicans (Liiga) JYP U20 (U20 SM-sarja) 24 25 1 2 2 0 4 2 1 6 4 1 31 12 0 3 0 0 0 0

48 Evan Polei* 6’2 229 L Feb. 19/96 Wetaskiwin, AB Manitoba Moose (AHL) 62 11 12 23 97 5 1 0 1 8

51 Chaz Lucius 6’0 172 R May, 2/03 Lawrence, KS Univ. of Minnesota Golden Gophers (NCAA) 24 9 10 19 23

53 Henri Nikkanen 6’4 209 L Apr. 28/01 Mikkeli, FIN Manitoba Moose (AHL) Pelicans (Liiga) 4 60 0 7 0 5 0 12 2 8 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

55 Mark Scheifele 6'3 207 R Mar. 15/93 Kitchener, ON Winnipeg Jets (NHL) 67 29 41 70 23

56 Danny Zhilkin^ 6’1 196 L Dec. 19/03 Moscow, RUS Guelph Storm (OHL) 66 23 32 55 24 4 1 1 2 6

80 Pierre-Luc Dubois 6’3 218 L Jun. 24/98 Ste-Agathe-des-Monts, PQ Winnipeg Jets (NHL) 81 28 32 60 106

81 Kyle Connor 6’1 183 L Dec. 9/96 Clinton Township, MI Winnipeg Jets (NHL) 79 47 46 93 4

83 Nick Jones* 5’11 185 R Jun. 2/96 Edmonton, AB Manitoba Moose (AHL) 60 12 22 34 36 5 2 1 3 2

87 Kristian Reichel 6’0 187 R Jun. 11/98 Litvinov, CZE Winnipeg Jets (NHL) Manitoba Moose (AHL) 13 30 1 5 1 8 2 13 7 12

89 Sam Gagner 5’11 196 R Aug. 10/89 London, ON Detroit Red Wings (NHL) 81 13 18 31 32

90 Cole Maier* 6’1 198 R Jun. 24/95 Pequannock, NJ Manitoba Moose (AHL) 68 17 20 37 57 5 0 2 2 4

91 Cole Perfetti 5’11 185 L Jan. 1/02 Whitby, ON Winnipeg Jets (NHL) Manitoba Moose (AHL) 18 17 2 6 5 9 7 15 0 2

2 DeMelo Dylan Pionk Neal Dillon Brenden Sautner Ashton Maenalanen Saku Harkins Jansen Heinola Ville Lowry Adam Gustafsson David Toninato Dominic Appleton Mason Eyssimont Mikey Wheeler Blake Ehlers Nikolaj Stenlund Kevin Limoges Alex Berdin Mikhail Rittich David Salminen Oskari Barron Morgan Hellebuyck Connor Malott Jeff Torgersson Daniel Lundmark Simon Morrissey Josh

NUMERICAL

45 Chisholm Declan Bongiovanni Wyatt Lambert Brad Polei Evan Lucius Chaz Bauer Tyrel Nikkanen Henri Samberg Dylan Scheifele Mark Zhilkin Danny Kuzmin Dmitry DiVincentiis Domenic Stanley Logan Kovacevic Johnathan Gawanke Leon Holm Arvid Capobianco Kyle Dubois Pierre-Luc Connor Kyle Jones Nick Reichel Kristian Schmidt Nate Gagner Sam Maier Cole Perfetti Cole

ALPHABETICAL

22 Appleton Mason Barron Morgan Bauer Tyrel Berdin Mikhail Bongiovanni Wyatt Capobianco Kyle Chisholm Declan Connor Kyle DeMelo Dylan Dillon Brenden DiVincentiis Domenic Dubois Pierre-Luc Ehlers Nikolaj 23 Eyssimont Mikey 89 Gagner Sam 72 Gawanke Leon 19 Gustafsson David 12 Harkins Jansen 14 Heinola Ville 37 Hellebuyck Connor 75 Holm Arvid 83 Jones Nick 65 Kovacevic Johnathan 58 Kuzmin Dmitry 47 Lambert Brad

29 Limoges Alex 17 Lowry Adam 51 Lucius Chaz 42 Lundmark Simon 8 Maenalanen Saku 90 Maier Cole 39 Malott Jeff 44 Morrissey Josh 53 Nikkanen Henri 91 Perfetti Cole 4 Pionk Neal 48 Polei Evan 87 Reichel Kristian 33 Rittich David 35 Salminen Oskari 54 Samberg Dylan 6 Sautner Ashton 55 Scheifele Mark 88 Schmidt Nate 64 Stanley Logan 28 Stenlund Kevin 21 Toninato Dominic 40 Torgersson Daniel 26 Wheeler Blake 56 Zhilkin Danny

Winnipeg Jets Hockey Operations Staff Manitoba Moose Hockey Operations Staff

Executive VP & General Manager

Kevin Cheveldayoff

Senior VP & Assistant General Manager Craig Heisinger

VP & Assistant General Manager Larry Simmons

Head Coach Rick Bowness

Associate Coach Scott Arniel

Assistant Coach Brad Lauer

Assistant Coach Marty Johnston

Assistant Coach Wade Flaherty

Analytics & Video Coach Matt Prefontaine

Head Equipment Manager Jason McMaster

Assistant Equipment Manager Mark Grehan

Assistant Equipment Manager Robert Cook

Head Strength and Conditioning Trainer Jake Wolff

Assistant Strength and Conditioning Trainer Kyle Vouriot

Head Athletic Therapist Rob Milette

Assistant Athletic Therapist Brad Shaw

Massage Therapist Al Pritchard

General Manager Craig Heisinger

Senior Director, Business & Hockey Operations Brad Andrews

Head Coach Mark Morrison

Assistant Coach Nolan Baumgartner

Assistant Coach Eric Dubois

Video Coach Alex Matheson

Developmental Goaltending Coach & Scout ....................................................Drew McIntyre

Head Equipment Manager Graham Watt

Assistant Equipment Manager Riley Kosmachuk

Head Athletic Therapist & Massage Therapist Zach Salmonson

Head Strength and Conditioning Trainer & Asst. Athletic Therapist Will Sadonick-Carriere

2021-22 Stats

Player Pos GP G A Pts +/- PIM PP SH GW S SPct

Kyle Connor LW 79 47 46 93 -3 4 8 3 9 317 14.83

Mark Scheifele C 67 29 41 70 -17 23 7 0 3 159 18.24

Pierre-Luc Dubois C 81 28 32 60 -6 106 15 0 6 233 12.02

Blake Wheeler RW 65 17 43 60 -15 36 3 0 2 167 10.18

Nikolaj Ehlers LW 62 28 27 55 18 20 4 0 2 245 11.43

Paul Stastny C 71 21 24 45 14 14 4 0 2 141 14.89

Josh Morrissey D 79 12 25 37 -3 66 6 0 3 173 6.94

Andrew Copp RW 56 13 22 35 2 8 3 1 3 151 8.61

Neal Pionk D 77 3 31 34 5 46 1 0 1 140 2.14

Nate Schmidt D 77 4 28 32 -4 10 1 0 1 117 3.42

Adam Lowry C 79 13 8 21 1 59 0 3 0 115 11.30

Brenden Dillon D 79 3 17 20 16 67 0 0 0 85 3.53

Evgeny Svechnikov RW 72 7 12 19 -4 38 0 0 1 78 8.97

Dominic Toninato C 77 7 7 14 1 22 0 1 1 44 15.91

Dylan DeMelo D 76 1 12 13 10 28 0 1 0 78 1.28

Jansen Harkins RW 77 7 6 13 -8 15 0 0 0 67 10.45

Logan Stanley D 58 1 12 13 1 44 0 0 1 80 1.25

Cole Perfetti RW 18 2 5 7 1 0 0 0 1 21 9.52

Ville Heinola D 12 0 5 5 -2 10 0 0 0 25 0.00

Dylan Samberg D 15 0 5 5 3 4 0 0 0 14 0.00

Mason Appleton RW 19 2 2 4 3 16 0 0 1 30 6.67

Morgan Barron LW 14 2 2 4 -3 4 0 0 0 24 8.33

Nathan Beaulieu D 24 0 4 4 -7 25 0 0 0 24 0.00

Zach Sanford LW 18 0 4 4 -2 13 0 0 0 19 0.00

Kristian Vesalainen RW 53 2 1 3 -8 6 0 0 0 43 4.65

Connor Hellebuyck G 66 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0

Kristian Reichel RW 13 1 1 2 -2 7 0 0 0 18 5.56

Eric Comrie G 19 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

Adam Brooks C 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0.00

Declan Chisholm D 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 0.00

Michael Eyssimont C 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00

David Gustafsson C 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Johnathan Kovacevic D 4 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 7 0.00

Jeff Malott LW 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0

Riley Nash C 15 0 0 0 -1 4 0 0 0 7 0.00

Austin Poganski RW 16 0 0 0 -3 7 0 0 0 9 0.00

C.J. Suess LW 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0

Player W L OTL ENG ShO GA SA Sv SvPct

Eric Comrie 19 1025 2.58 10 5 1 3 1 44 550 506 .920

Connor Hellebuyck 66 3904 2.97 29 27 10 13 4 193 2155 1962 .910