2022 winnipeg jets pre-season Game Notes
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EXHIBITION SLATE
The Jets are 3-1-1 through the first five games of their six pre-season contests.
A win on Friday would give the Jets four victories in the pre-sea son for the first time since 2018 and just the third time since relocation in 2011.
Kyle Connor has five points (3G, 2A) in two pre-season games to lead the Jets in scoring.
Winnipeg’s all-Canadian pre-season schedule includes a home-and-home with Edmonton and the Calgary Flames, while the Ottawa Senators visited Canada Life Centre on Sept. 27 and Winnipeg travelled to Montreal to take on the Canadiens on Sept. 29.
+ 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.
+ 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.
+ 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.
KC WINS THE BYNG
+ Kyle Connor won the NHL’s Lady Byng Trophy last season, given ”to the player adjudged to have exhibited the best type of sportsmanship and gentlemanly conduct combined with a high standard of playing ability.”
+ He finished third in franchise history with 47 goals last season. 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.
GAME 6 - OCT. 7 SCOTIABANK SADDLEDOME • 7:00 P.M. MT WINNIPEGJETS.COM/SN NOW/680 CJOB/POWER 97 JETS STAFF General Manager Kevin Cheveldayoff Assistant General Manager Craig Heisinger 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 Video and Analytics Coach Matt Prefontaine BROADCAST INFORMATION Radio: CJOB/Power 97 Play-By-Play Paul Edmonds Colour Commentary Jamie Thomas MEDIA INFORMATION + Media Website + NHL Media Site UPCOMING SCHEDULE Saturday, Oct. 8 Day Off No Media Availability Sunday, Oct. 9 Practice - 10:00 a.m. MT Banff, AB Monday, Oct. 10 Practice - 10:00 a.m. MT Banff, AB Tuesday, Oct. 11 Practice - 10:00 a.m. MT Banff, AB PRE-SEASON RECORDS YEAR RECORD 1999 3-3-2 (1 T, 1 OTL) 2000 2-5-1 (1 T) 2001 4-2-1 (1 T) 2002 3-2-2 (1 T, 1 OTL) 2003 5-3-0 2005 3-4-0 2006 3-4-0 2007 5-2-0 2008 1-5-0 2009 2-3-1 2010 0-5-1 2011 3-3-1 2013 1-4-3 2014 3-4-0 2015 3-2-2 2016 4-3-0 2017 2-3-2 2018 4-3-0 2019 3-3-1 2021 2-3-1 2022 3-1-1
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Canada Life Centre. + Nikolaj Ehlers paced the Jets with a goal and two
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PRACTICES & MORNING SKATES
GAME INFORMATION
DAILY SCHEDULE
MEDIA CREDENTIALS
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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
GAME ACCESS
WINNIPEG JETS PRE-SEASON GAME NOTES2 2022 WINNIPEG JETS PRE-SEASON SCHEDULE Date Opponent Site Time/Res TV/Radio/Rec
25 at
Rogers Place 4-0 L 0-1-0
27
Canada
Centre 5-3 W 1-1-0
29 at
Bell
4-3 W 2-1-0
1
Canada
Centre 3-2 SOL 2-1-1
5
Canada Life Centre 5-0 W 3-1-1
Oct. 7 at Calgary Scotiabank Saddledome 8:00 p.m. WinnipegJets.com/680 CJOB/Power 97 All Times Central Time
INFORMATION
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.
+ Training camp and game information can be found online at jetsmedia.ca.
+ Media are asked to check @WPGJetsPR on Twitter each morning for that day’s schedule.
+ 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.
+ 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.
WINNIPEG JETS PRE-SEASON GAME NOTES3 Goaltenders (3) Regular Season Playoffs # NAME HT WT C DOB HOMETOWN 2021-22 TEAM GP W-L-T SV% GAA GP W-L SV% GAA 30 Mikhail Berdin 6’2 163 L Mar. 1/98 Ufa, RUS Manitoba Moose (AHL) 32 19-10-3 .902 2.40 5 2-3 .887 2.44 33 David Rittich 6’3 205 L Aug. 19/92 Jihlava, CZE Nashville Predators (NHL) 17 6-3-4 .886 3.57 1 0-1 .615 20.00 37 Connor Hellebuyck 6'4 207 L May 19/93 Commerce, MI Winnipeg Jets (NHL) 66 29-27-10 .910 2.97 Defencemen (10) Regular Season Playoffs # NAME HT WT S DOB HOMETOWN 2021-22 TEAM GP G A PTS PIM GP G A PTS PIM 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 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 44 Josh Morrissey 6'0 195 L Mar. 28/95 Calgary, AB Winnipeg Jets (NHL) 79 12 25 37 66 54 Dylan Samberg 6’4 216 L Jan. 24/99 Hermantown, MN Winnipeg Jets (NHL) Manitoba Moose (AHL) 15 32 0 0 5 12 5 12 4 26 5 0 1 1 0 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 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 ^ - Unsigned Draft Pick * - Tryout 2022 winnipeg jets Training Camp roster Forwards (15) Regular Season Playoffs # NAME HT WT S DOB HOMETOWN 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 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 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 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 55 Mark Scheifele 6'3 207 R Mar. 15/93 Kitchener, ON Winnipeg Jets (NHL) 67 29 41 70 23 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 89 Sam Gagner 5’11 196 R Aug. 10/89 London, ON Detroit Red Wings (NHL) 81 13 18 31 32 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
2022 Pre-season Stats
Player
Connor, Kyle LW 2 3 2 5 2 0 1 0 1 9 33.3
Ehlers, Nikolaj LW 2 1 3 4 1 2 1 0 0 4 25
*Perfetti, Cole C 4 2 1 3 -3 2 2 0 0 13 15.4
Heinola, Ville D 4 1 2 3 0 6 1 0 1 7 14.3
*Torgersson, Daniel LW 2 2 0 2 3 2 0 0 0 4 50
Toninato, Dominic C 4 1 1 2 1 2 0 0 0 8 12.5
*Lambert, Brad C 3 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0 7 14.3
Lowry, Adam C 3 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 5 0
Morrissey, Josh D 2 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dubois, Pierre-Luc LW 3 0 2 2 -1 4 0 0 0 7 0
Gagner, Sam C 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 0
Eyssimont, Michael C 2 1 0 1 -3 0 1 0 0 5 20
Polei, Evan LW 1 1 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 1 100
Scheifele, Mark C 2 1 0 1 1 4 1 0 0 3 33.3
Schmidt, Nate D 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 5 20
Maier, Cole C 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 33.3
Stenlund, Kevin C 3 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 4 0
*Limoges, Alex C 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Malott, Jeff LW 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
*Samberg, Dylan D 4 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 6 0
*Kovacevic, Johnathan D 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
*Reichel, Kristian C 3 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 0
DeMelo, Dylan D 2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 4 0
Pionk, Neal D 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
Dillon, Brenden D 2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 1 0
Maenalanen, Saku RW 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
Harkins, Jansen C 3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 2 0
*Gustafsson, David C 4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 2 0
Appleton, Mason C 4 0 0 0 -2 2 0 0 0 2 0
Wheeler, Blake RW 2 0 0 0 -2 5 0 0 0 4 0
Barron, Morgan C 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
*Lundmark, Simon D 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
*Chisholm, Declan D 1 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 0 2 0
*Lucius, Chaz C 1 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 0 1 0
*Nikkanen, Henri C 1 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 0 2 0
Stanley, Logan D 4 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 6 0
*Gawanke, Leon D 1 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 0 0 0 Capobianco, Kyle D 2 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 5 0
GOALTENDER
Rittich, David 3
1 1 0 1 5 73 0.932
Hellebuyck, Connor 2 125 2.4 1 0 1 0 5 54 0.907
*Holm, Arvid 1 20 6 1 0 0 0 2 15 0.867
WINNIPEG JETS PRE-SEASON GAME NOTES4
Pos GP G A Pts +/- PIM PP SH GW S SPct
GPI MINS GAA W L OT SO GA SA SV%
159:47:00 1.88
2021-22 Stats
Player
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 GPI Min
W L
ENG
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
WINNIPEG JETS PRE-SEASON GAME NOTES5
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GAA
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