Former NHL star defenceman Chris Pronger recently opened up following the events in Cincinnati between the host Bengals and the visiting Buffalo Bills. This was in relation to defensive back Damar Hamlin and the extremely scary situation that unfolded on the field when his heart stopped mid-game.

Pronger, who experienced a very similar event on the ice details his experience as well as his response to what happened in Cincinnati below:

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"As I reflect back on the past week and potential tragedy averted, I am filled with gratitude and appreciation. The greater sports community and humanity in general stepped up big time in this moment of crisis!

I could not be more proud of Damar Hamlin, his teammates, the Buffalo Bills and the entire NFL community as a whole. They provided a tremendous amount of support and hope during a life threatening situation.

It was an incredible sight to see photos and then hear of Damar FaceTiming into the Bills post game celebration yesterday. Moments like that will be emblazoned in his teammates minds as they continue to strive for excellence.

The unsung heroes, the trainers and medical staff, did an outstanding job in providing Damar with immediate life saving treatment he desperately needed.

They are usually not noticed until they are needed and this incident provides us with a better understanding of how vitally important they really are to us. 25 years ago I had a similar situation happen to me. While times have changed, humanity has not!

We rally around people and their families who need our strength and prayers. Whether they are teammates, foes or fans! We are all human beings first and foremost trying to do good in life.

I am proud to be a former athlete, now fan and more importantly forever linked with Damar Hamlin!! Stay strong and keep pushing forward my friend. You continue to be in our thoughts and prayers."

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Chris Pronger Reflects on Commotio Cordis Following Damar Hamlin Incident

<h2>Jets fall to rival leafs in overtime</h2>The Winnipeg Jets are back in the 'L' column. After winning four-straight games, the Jets dropped a 4-3 overtime decision to the visiting Toronto Maple Leafs on Saturday evening's Hockey Day in Canada. Squandering 2-0 and 3-1 leads, the Jets collapsed for the second time in 17 days to fall in extra time, after allowing the game-tying goal with less than five minutes to play.The Jets got goals from Kyle Connor, Alex Iafallo and Nino Niederreiter - who scored his first in 22 games - while Toronto responded with tallies from Auston Matthews, Bobby McMann, Oliver Ekman-Larsson and the game winner from Max Domi.Matthews set up Domi on a two-on-one rush in overtime, to which Domi fired the puck past Connor Hellebuyck for his sixth of the season, helping the Leafs to their 24th win of the year. For Winnipeg, it was the sixth overtime/shootout loss of the year. Winnipeg's record is now 19-22-6 on the season, but the team has earned nine of a possible 10 points in its last five games. Next up is a one-game road trip to Chicago, where Jonathan Toews will suit up at the United Center as an opponent for the very first time of his career. That game will get underway on TSN at 7:30 PM central. HIGHLIGHTS:<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://x.com/CBrooksie84/status/2012681370779234605">https://x.com/CBrooksie84/status/2012681370779234605</a><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://x.com/CBrooksie84/status/2012686687147888839">https://x.com/CBrooksie84/status/2012686687147888839</a><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://x.com/CBrooksie84/status/2012692777939996907">https://x.com/CBrooksie84/status/2012692777939996907</a><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://x.com/CBrooksie84/status/2012696242049151276">https://x.com/CBrooksie84/status/2012696242049151276</a><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://x.com/CBrooksie84/status/2012698878819123550">https://x.com/CBrooksie84/status/2012698878819123550</a><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://x.com/CBrooksie84/status/2012699468668239945">https://x.com/CBrooksie84/status/2012699468668239945</a><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://x.com/CBrooksie84/status/2012710611571097665">https://x.com/CBrooksie84/status/2012710611571097665</a><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://x.com/CBrooksie84/status/2012723486309900481">https://x.com/CBrooksie84/status/2012723486309900481</a><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://x.com/CBrooksie84/status/2012726893024539093">https://x.com/CBrooksie84/status/2012726893024539093</a> PHOTOS:The extended photo library from Saturday's game vs. Toronto is courtesy of Rusty Barton:<img src="https://game-on-hockey.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/usatsi_28031390.jpg"><img src="https://game-on-hockey.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/usatsi_28031907.jpg"><img src="https://game-on-hockey.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/_p3a1546eee.jpg"><img src="https://game-on-hockey.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/_p3a1566eee.jpg"><img src="https://game-on-hockey.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/_p3a1671eee.jpg">QUOTEABLE:Auston Matthews on getting booed:“I don’t mind it. I mean, they’re not booing for no reason. I don’t know. You just take it as it is and you just have fun with it.”Josh Morrissey on his team's effort going forward:"I mean, I don't think there's any time for frustration right now. Obviously, we're hunting and trying to climb back into things, and we need to get points every night, preferably two. But, you know, with the schedule up until the Olympic break, it's just about trying to find ways to, obviously, get wins, and find ways to get points and keep climbing. It's a tall task, but we believe in the way we've been playing, really since the break. For the most part, it's given us a chance to win most nights, and it’s what we're gonna have to continue to do, but find ways to get that extra point, in this case, with two points."WHAT’S NEXT:Next up is a road test for the Jets, as Jonathan Toews returns home to Chicago for Monday night affair against the Blackhawks. The Jets then motor back to Winnipeg for home games against St. Louis, Florida and Detroit on Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday, respectively.

Game On Game Recap: Winnipeg Jets 3 Toronto Maple Leafs 4

<h2>JETS, Islanders combine for seven goals in second period</h2>OK, now it’s official. The Winnipeg Jets are on a winning streak.&nbsp;Tuesday night at Canada Life Centre in front of 14,114, the Jets got goals from five different players – including two defencemen – as they beat the visiting New York Islanders 5-4.&nbsp;It was Winnipeg’s third straight win as the Jets improved to 18-22-5. They’ve pulled to within seven points of the final playoff spot in the West.&nbsp;Tuesday night’s affair was like three different games. The Jets jumped out to a 3-0 lead. The Islanders then scored three goals in less than three minutes to tie the game. And then the Jets won the third “game” 2-1. The fans certainly got their money’s worth. The two teams combined for seven goals in the second period.&nbsp;<img src="https://game-on-hockey.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/heineman-scores-on-the-penalty-shot.jpg">Emil Heineman scores on a penalty shot (Photo by James Carey Lauder)The Jets opened the scoring at 4:20 of the first period when Kyle Connor lifted the stick of the Islanders Mathew Barzal, stole the puck right in front of the net and stuffed it past New York goaltender Ilya Sorokin. Mark Scheifele, who dished out his 500th career assist, and Alex Iafallo drew the helpers&nbsp;The rest of the period belonged to the goaltenders. The Jets outshot the Islanders 9-7 but both Sorokin and Hellebuyck were solid.&nbsp;In the second period, it appeared as it the Jets had taken control.&nbsp;First, at 5:41, Josh Morrissey fired a wrist shot from 30-feet out that eluded Sorokin on his stick side. Cole Perfetti and Adam Lowry, who were in front of the net making life difficult for Sorokin got the assists.&nbsp;Then at 6:23 on the power play, Jonathan Toews banged home the rebound off Gabriel Vilardi’s shot and the Jets had a 3-0 advantage. Kyle Connor picked up his 32nd assist of the season on Toews sixth goal. Toews has now scored in three consecutive games for the Jets.&nbsp;However, the Islanders didn’t give in. Anthony Duclair scored his eighth of the season at 7:40 and then Emil Heineman was given a penalty shot (pretty chintzy hooking call on Luke Schenn) at 8:58 and made no mistake as New York cut the Jets advantage to 3-2.&nbsp;The Islanders tied it at 10:21 as Kyle MacLean ripped a wrist shot under the bar to record his second goal of the season. In less than three minutes the visitors had erased a 3-0 deficit.&nbsp;But the Jets bounced back. Scheifele did a great job digging the puck out of the Islanders corner and fed it to Dylan DeMelo who blasted a shot into the corner of the Islanders’ net with Nino Neiderreiter in perfect position in front of Sorokin. The Islanders challenged, but there was clearly no interference on the netminder, and the Jets had a 4-3 lead at 12:23.<img src="https://game-on-hockey.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/demelo-scores.jpg">DeMelo scores as Niederreiter screens Sorokin (Photo by James Carey Lauder)&nbsp;Then, at 19:40, the Jets finished the period with a bit of a flukey goal. Neal Pionk wristed a floater from the point that hit Adam Lowry in front and eluded a startled Sorokin. It was Lowry’s fourth of the year and Winnipeg suddenly took a 5-3 advantage into the second intermission.&nbsp;The Jets outshot the Islanders 11-8 in the second (20-15 after 40 minutes) but amazingly, had lost 58.3 per cent of the faceoffs.&nbsp;The Jets played shutdown for much of the third period, but with their net empty and just 45 seconds remaining New York’s Anders Lee fired one under the bar, just over Hellebuyck’s shoulder, and suddenly it was 5-4.&nbsp;But the Jets hung on down the stretch and won their third straight game.&nbsp;The Islanders outshot Winnipeg 12-2 in the third period and 27-22 overall. The Islanders won 55.6 per cent of the faceoffs while Winnipeg outhit New York 18-13.<img src="https://game-on-hockey.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/ryan-pulock-from-grandview-checks-jets-captain-adam-lowry.jpg">Isles D-man Ryan Pulock from Grandview checks Jets captain Adam Lowry (Photo by James Carey Lauder)&nbsp;The three stars were 1. Adam Lowry, 2. Dylan DeMelo and 3. Emil Heineman. Someone didn’t notice that Jonathan Toews had his best game as a member of the Jets.&nbsp;The Jets completed their three-game homestand with a record of 3-1-1 and will head out onto the road and play one game in St. Paul, Minn., on Thursday night before returning to Winnipeg to meet the Toronto Maple Leafs on Saturday night at Canada Life Centre. Game time is 6 p.m.

Jets Beat Islanders 5-4 for third straight win

<h2>MORRISSEY, VILARDI OUTSTANDING AS JETS WIN 2ND IN THREE DAYS</h2>It isn’t a winning streak yet, but it’s getting close.&nbsp;Despite being behind for much of the game and despite being outshot 27-22, the Jets got a rare third-period goal from Tanner Pearson and then hung on to beat the New Jersey Devils 4-3.&nbsp;<img src="https://game-on-hockey.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/_l9a0974.jpg">&nbsp;With 14,165 in attendance at Canada Life Centre, the struggling Jets won their second straight game and improved to 17-22-5 on the season. They have a million miles to go in order to get back into any playoff conversations, but they appear to have put that horrible 11-game (0-7-4) losing streak behind them.&nbsp;On Sunday afternoon, the Jets also got some secondary scoring. While Mark Scheifele and Kyle Connor were held off the board, Alex Iafallo, Jonathan Toews, Gabriel Vilardi (now playing alongside Cole Perfetti and Adam Lowry) and Tanner Pearson scored for the Jets. Connor Hellebuyck got the win and improved to 10-12-4 on the season.&nbsp;The first period started out like a Sunday afternoon free skate at the St. Malo Arena. Finally, at 18:50, the Jets scored an accidental goal as a bouncing puck deflected off New Jersey defenceman Simon Nemec and past a startled Jake Allen. Alex Iafallo got credit for his eighth of the season as Nino Niederreiter and Dylan Samberg got the assists.&nbsp;<img src="https://game-on-hockey.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/_l9a1142.jpg">However, 37 seconds later Devils’ captain Nico Hischier was left alone in the Jets’ crease and he banged a rebound past Connor Hellebuyck to tie in at one.&nbsp;Both teams scored a late goal, and both teams had eight shots as they went off to the first intermission.<img src="https://game-on-hockey.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/_l9a1253.jpg">&nbsp;The second period was the most productive 20-minute span Winnipeg’s own Cody Glass has ever had.&nbsp;Glass gave the Devils a 2-1 lead at 1:05 of the period and then, after Jonathan Toews scored his fifth of the season (unassisted) at 2:36. Glass scored again at 8:08. They were his eighth and ninth goals of the season as the Devils led 3-2,&nbsp;<img src="https://game-on-hockey.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/_l9a1419.jpg">But at 17:57, Cole Perfetti made a couple of moves at the Devils’ net and tried to flip the puck over Allen’s glove on the short side. The puck hit Allen and then the post and bounced behind the goalie where Gabriel Vilardi banged it across the line. It was Vilardi’s 18th of the season from Perfetti and Josh Morrissey (28th assist of the season) as the Jets were able to go to the dressing room tied 3-3 with the Devils after 40 minutes.&nbsp;The Devils outshot the Jets 13-6 in the second period (21-14 after two periods) as the visitors dominated the game.&nbsp;The Jets took a 4-3 lead at 6:17 of the third period when Josh Morrissey set up Tanner Pearson in the Devils crease and Pearson made no mistake, banging the puck between Allen’s legs. It was Pearson’s sixth of the season from Morrissey and Cole Koepke.&nbsp;It also held up as the winner. Despite a couple of close calls in the final 30 seconds of regulation time when the Devils were attacking with the net empty, the Jets were able to hang on and win their second straight game. The Jets outshot New Jersey 9-6 in the third period.&nbsp;The three stars were selected by a someone who didn’t see the game. 1. Perfetti, 2. Morrissey and 3. New Jersy’s Luke Hughes. The two best players on the ice – by a mile – were Cody Glass of the Devils and Gabriel Vilardi of the Jets.&nbsp;<img src="https://game-on-hockey.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/_l9a2526.jpg">The Jets play again on Tuesday, Jan. 13, as the New York Islanders come to town for a 7 p.m. start. It’s the final game of a five-game homestand (2-1-1).

Jets Win Second Straight with 4-3 win over Visiting Devils

<h2>Jets score five times in lopsided win over los angeles</h2>The Winnipeg Jets have finally won a game. It took 27 days and 12 games trying, but they got the job done.After one of the most disappointing streaks in franchise history, Winnipeg bounced back with a lopsided 5-1 victory over the Los Angeles Kings on Friday night.They led wire-to-wire and saw numerous players snap ugly droughts.Vlad Namestnikov scored his first goal in 30 games.Jonathan Toews got his first in 27, while Nino Niederreiter picked up his first point in 18 contests.Eric Comrie took the crease for Winnipeg and picked up the team's 16th win and 37th point of the season, which wasn't enough to move them out of 32nd place in the league, but it's a step in the right direction for a team that has hardly moved in the past four weeks.Mark Scheifele got two goals on the night, while Cole Koepke picked up Winnipeg's other tally.Those gathered at Canada Life Centre raised the roof with cheers for new fan favourite Logan Stanley and sang along jubilantly as victory tunes rained down all throughout the third period.Winnipeg will now get a night off before returning to action on Sunday afternoon for the fourth test of the five-game homestand as the New Jersey Devils roll into town for a 1:00 PM central matinee.HIGHLIGHTS:<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://x.com/CBrooksie84/status/2009785142265692439">https://x.com/CBrooksie84/status/2009785142265692439</a><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://x.com/CBrooksie84/status/2009795035152429251">https://x.com/CBrooksie84/status/2009795035152429251</a><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://x.com/CBrooksie84/status/2009802894015656385">https://x.com/CBrooksie84/status/2009802894015656385</a><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://x.com/CBrooksie84/status/2009804485577814026">https://x.com/CBrooksie84/status/2009804485577814026</a><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://x.com/CBrooksie84/status/2009809196787876154">https://x.com/CBrooksie84/status/2009809196787876154</a><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://x.com/CBrooksie84/status/2009816045213929800">https://x.com/CBrooksie84/status/2009816045213929800</a><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://x.com/CBrooksie84/status/2009826652206010806">https://x.com/CBrooksie84/status/2009826652206010806</a><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://x.com/CBrooksie84/status/2009836634448244932">https://x.com/CBrooksie84/status/2009836634448244932</a><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://x.com/CBrooksie84/status/2009838727518933345">https://x.com/CBrooksie84/status/2009838727518933345</a>PHOTOS:The extended photo library from Friday's game vs. Los Angeles is courtesy of James Carey Lauder:<img src="https://game-on-hockey.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1h0a8871go.jpg">QUOTEABLE:Scott Arniel on the crowd gathered at Canada Life Centre:"Obviously, there is a lot of relief for everyone. I have to give a shout out to the crowd. That was fun, they were loud and they were enjoying themselves. But, at the end of the day we needed that, as you know we needed it badly. I just like the way, on a back-to-back game, such an emotional one last night, and to come back today was great."Eric Comrie on the fans:“I think they deserved it more than we deserved it. We’ve been putting them through some tough times and they’ve been sticking with us. It’s unbelievable to see their support tonight. There’s not a lot of fan bases that would do that. A lot of fan bases would turn on their team after what we’ve gone through lately, but they’ve stayed right with us the whole time. It’s been special to see that. They are the best fans in the NHL for a reason.WHAT’S NEXT:Winnipeg stays put at home with the fourth test of the five-game homestand on Sunday afternoon against a struggling New Jersey Devils team. The New York Islanders then show up on Tuesday for the final game.

Game On Game Recap: Winnipeg Jets 5 Los Angeles Kings 1

<h2>Jets drop a stinker to edmonton, fall 4-3 at home</h2>The Winnipeg Jets have done it again.After pulling ahead 3-1 in the early stages, the league's 32nd place club found another way to lose.This time it was the team's 11th-straight loss and 22nd on the season.Falling 4-3 to Connor McDavid and the Edmonton Oilers on Thursday evening, the Jets gave up a late second period goal to the best player in the game, before allowing two more Oilers strikes in the third period, ultimately dropping the contest by one goal.Kyle Connor opened the scoring for Winnipeg on a nifty setup play from Mark Scheifele. Then it was Tanner Pearson who got Winnipeg's second of the game, before Josh Morrissey scored a fluky bouncer that found it's way past Winnipegger Calvin Pickard.But it was all Oilers from that point onward.A big fight between Logan Stanley and Trent Frederic seemed to be the change in momentum that Edmonton needed, as McDavid scored on a nasty breakaway tally with 20 seconds left in the second period, cutting the deficit to just one goal.Zach Hyman potted the game-tying goal high, short-side past Connor Hellebuyck, who made 26 saves on the night.Evan Bouchard got the winner on the power play with 9:23 to play, sealing the deal on Winnipeg's 11th-straight loss. The Jets managed just five shots on goal in the game's final 40 minutes.Next up is the second half of the back-to-back with Los Angeles at 7:00 PM central time on Friday. HIGHLIGHTS:<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://x.com/CBrooksie84/status/2009440450298696079">https://x.com/CBrooksie84/status/2009440450298696079</a><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://x.com/CBrooksie84/status/2009442461861757171">https://x.com/CBrooksie84/status/2009442461861757171</a><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://x.com/CBrooksie84/status/2009447895037255801">https://x.com/CBrooksie84/status/2009447895037255801</a><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://x.com/CBrooksie84/status/2009451407246770614">https://x.com/CBrooksie84/status/2009451407246770614</a><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://x.com/CBrooksie84/status/2009454197113327728">https://x.com/CBrooksie84/status/2009454197113327728</a><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://x.com/CBrooksie84/status/2009464088880140670">https://x.com/CBrooksie84/status/2009464088880140670</a><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://x.com/CBrooksie84/status/2009465787921387606">https://x.com/CBrooksie84/status/2009465787921387606</a>PHOTOS:The extended photo library from Thursday's game vs. Edmonton is courtesy of Danny Truong:<img src="https://game-on-hockey.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/_l9a8990.jpg"><img src="https://game-on-hockey.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/_l9a8914.jpg"><img src="https://game-on-hockey.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/_l9a9164.jpg"><img src="https://game-on-hockey.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/_l9a9127.jpg"><img src="https://game-on-hockey.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/_l9a9362.jpg"><img src="https://game-on-hockey.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/_l9a9426.jpg"><img src="https://game-on-hockey.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/_l9a9559.jpg"><img src="https://game-on-hockey.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/_l9a9647.jpg"><img src="https://game-on-hockey.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/_l9a9653.jpg"><img src="https://game-on-hockey.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/_l9a9749.jpg"><img src="https://game-on-hockey.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/_l9a9817.jpg"><img src="https://game-on-hockey.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/_l9a9882.jpg"><img src="https://game-on-hockey.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/_l9a9997.jpg"><img src="https://game-on-hockey.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/_l9a9970.jpg"><img src="https://game-on-hockey.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/_l9a0134.jpg">QUOTEABLE:Neal Pionk on what went wrong this time:"Yeah, we just sat on our heels. And at this point, I think it's mental so we got to overcome that tomorrow."Tanner Pearson on playing against Connor McDavid:“Obviously, he’s one of those guys who you pay close attention to when he plays. There’s a few guys like that in the league. It’s Connor, but I think we did a good job for the most part. Obviously the one at the second hurts, but yeah, it sucks.”WHAT’S NEXT:The five-game homestand continues for Winnipeg, with the second half of a back-to-back on Friday night. The Los Angeles Kings will play Winnipeg at 7:00 PM central, before the New Jersey Devils (Sunday) and the New York Islanders (Tuesday) roll in to complete a busy stretch of five games in eight days for the Jets.

Game On Game Recap: Winnipeg Jets 3 Edmonton Oilers 4

<h2>Penalties Kill Jets, Vegas wins on Ot power play goal</h2>The Vegas Golden Knights came to Winnipeg in a slump and found a way to dig themselves out of it.&nbsp;Play the Winnipeg Jets.&nbsp;Tomas Hertl scored a power play goal with only 13 seconds left in overtime as the Golden Knights beat Winnipeg 4-3 at Canada Life Centre 13,491 fans who left the downtown barn screaming “Ref, You Suckl!”&nbsp;The Knights were winless in nine (0-6-3) but got a tremendous opportunity in OT when Dylan Samberg was handed a high-sticking penalty with only 50 seconds left. Hertl’s goal was the second power-play tally of the night for Vegas who had four power-plays to Winnipeg’s two.&nbsp;With the loss, the last-place Jets are now winless in their last 10 (0-6-4) and they’ve found so many different ways to lose, they are starting to run out of new and exciting methods. Monday night, it was, “build a 2-0 lead after two and a 3-2 lead late in the third and then give it away.&nbsp;Even worse, on this night, they also lost defenceman Haydn Fleury to what appeared to be a very serious injury.&nbsp;The defending President’s Cup champion Jets are now 15-21-5 on the season and dead last in the NHL&nbsp;<img src="https://game-on-hockey.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/perfetti-scores.jpg">Cole Perfetti scored his third of the season (Photo by James Carey Lauder)The Jets opened the scoring at the 5:16 mark of the opening period when Jonathan Toews fed a perfect pass onto the stick of Cole Perfetti who was alone at the side of goalie Carter Hart’s crease. Perfetti skated across the crease and tucked the puck into the opposite corner for his third goal of the season. Toews and Morrissey drew the assists as you could see the relief on Perfetti’s face. It was his first goal in 17 games. His last one came on Nov. 29, in Nashville.&nbsp;A few minutes later, Knights’ forward Keegan Kolesar shoved an off-balance Jets defenceman Haydn Fleury hard into the end boards. Fleury was down for about five minutes as medical staff attended to him and was eventually wheeled from the ice on a stretcher. It was certainly not a check that warranted a penalty, but it was morally questionable. Shoving an off-balance player (by slamming him in the face) into the boards at full-speed might not be against the rules, but it’s still rather cowardly.&nbsp;To his credit, Kolesar answered the bell on the ensuing faceoff and fought a losing battle against Jets captain Adam Lowry.&nbsp;Fleury was quickly transported to hospital via ambulance. The good news: He had feeling in his extremities.&nbsp;After that, both teams played with caution. It seemed the Fleury injury sucked the enthusiasm right out of the rink. The teams went to their respective dressing rooms with the Jets ahead 1-0 as Vegas outshot Winnipeg 6-5.&nbsp;In the second period, absolutely nothing happened for 12 minutes. In fact, through the first 12 minutes of the second frame, the Jets and Knights each had one shot on goal.&nbsp;But that’s when the unthinkable happened.&nbsp;<img src="https://game-on-hockey.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/schenn-scores.jpg">Luke Schenn (5) scored his first as a Jet (Photo by James Carey Lauder)Non-scoring Luke Schenn, playing in his 1,100th NHL game, took a pass from Gabriel Vilardi at the point and fired a perfectly-placed wrist shot under the bar past a screened Hart. In a blink, Schenn suddenly had his first goal in 42 games as a member of the Winnipeg Jets. Vilardi and Lowry drew the assists and Winnipeg was up 2-0 – on just seven shots.&nbsp;The Jets two-goal lead was cut to one at 19:10 of the period when Mark Stone scored on the power-play. It was interesting to hear Stone booed in his hometown.&nbsp;After 40 minutes, the Jets led 2-1. Vegas had outshot the Jets 12-9 (8-4 in the second period) and outplayed them for most of the second half of the period. Winnipeg was actually quite fortunate to still be part of the argument.&nbsp;The inevitable happened at 8:13 of the third period when Oakbank’s Brett Howden slapped a rebound past Jets goaltender Connor Hellebuyck to tie the game. Vegas tied the game before the Jets had a shot on goal in the third period. In fact, the Jets first shot on goal in the third period didn’t come until the 10:03 mark when Morgan Barron fired a wrister from the blueline.&nbsp;However, a few minutes later, Jets head coach Scott Arniel finally abandoned the experiment of moving Gabriel Vilardi to another line in a futile attempt to get some secondary scoring. With a few minutes to play, he moved Vilardi back alongside Mark Scheifele and Kyle Connor and at 14:56 he set up the go-ahead goal. It was a perfect wrist shot to Hart’s stick side by Connor to give the Jets a brief 3-2 lead. It was Connor’s 20th of the year and Vilardi’s 20thassist.&nbsp;But Vegas tied it just 59 seconds later as Reilly Smith beat Hellebuyck easily. At that point, Vegas had outshot Winnipeg 27-15 (15-6 in the third period).&nbsp;<img src="https://game-on-hockey.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/fleury-stretchered-off.jpg">Fleury stretchered off the ice (Photo by James Carey Lauder)In overtime, Vegas won it on the power play. Both teams had five shots in the OT as Morgan Barron, Gabriel Vilardi and Neal Pionk all had great chances to score for Winnipeg.&nbsp;The Jets play again Thursday night at Canada Life Centre when the Edmonton Oilers come to town. Game time is 7 p.m.

Jets Winless in 10, Lose 4-3 in OT to Vegas

<h2>JETS AND ISLANDERS combine for SEVEN GOALS IN THE SECOND PERIOD</h2>OK, now it’s official. The Winnipeg Jets are on a winning streak.&nbsp;Tuesday night at Canada Life Centre in front of 14,114, the Jets got goals from five different players – including two defencemen – as they beat the visiting New York Islanders 5-4.&nbsp;It was Winnipeg’s third straight win as the Jets improved to 18-22-5. They’ve pulled to within seven points of the final playoff spot in the West.&nbsp;Tuesday night’s affair was like three different games. The Jets jumped out to a 3-0 lead. The Islanders then scored three goals in less than three minutes to tie the game. And then the Jets won the third “game” 2-1. The fans certainly got their money’s worth. The two teams combined for seven goals in the second period.&nbsp;The Jets opened the scoring at 4:20 of the first period when Kyle Connor lifted the stick of the Islanders Mathew Barzal, stole the puck right in front of the net and stuffed it past New York goaltender Ilya Sorokin. Mark Scheifele, who dished out his 500th career assist, and Alex Iafallo drew the helpers&nbsp;The rest of the period belonged to the goaltenders. The Jets outshot the Islanders 9-7 but both Sorokin and Hellebuyck were solid.&nbsp;In the second period, it appeared as it the Jets had taken control.&nbsp;First, at 5:41, Josh Morrissey fired a wrist shot from 30-feet out that eluded Sorokin on his stick side. Cole Perfetti and Adam Lowry, who were in front of the net making life difficult for Sorokin got the assists.&nbsp;Then at 6:23 on the power play, Jonathan Toews banged home the rebound off Gabriel Vilardi’s shot and the Jets had a 3-0 advantage. Kyle Connor picked up his 32nd assist of the season on Toews sixth goal. Toews has now scored in three consecutive games for the Jets.&nbsp;However, the Islanders didn’t give in. Anthony Duclair scored his eighth of the season at 7:40 and then Emil Heineman was given a penalty shot (pretty chintzy hooking call on Luke Schenn) at 8:58 and made no mistake as New York cut the Jets advantage to 3-2.<img src="https://game-on-hockey.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/heineman-scores-on-the-penalty-shot.jpg">&nbsp;Emil Heineman scores on a penalty shot (Photo by James Carey Lauder)The Islanders tied it at 10:21 as Kyle MacLean ripped a wrist shot under the bar to record his second goal of the season. In less than three minutes the visitors had erased a 3-0 deficit.&nbsp;But the Jets bounced back. Scheifele did a great job digging the puck out of the Islanders corner and fed it to Dylan DeMelo who blasted a shot into the corner of the Islanders’ net with Nino Neiderreiter in perfect position in front of Sorokin. The Islanders challenged, but there was clearly no interference on the netminder, and the Jets had a 4-3 lead at 12:23.&nbsp;<img src="https://game-on-hockey.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/demelo-scores.jpg">Dylan DeMelo scores with screen from Niederreiter (Photo by James Carey Lauder)Then, at 19:40, the Jets finished the period with a bit of a flukey goal. Neal Pionk wristed a floater from the point that hit Adam Lowry in front and eluded a startled Sorokin. It was Lowry’s fourth of the year and Winnipeg suddenly took a 5-3 advantage into the second intermission.&nbsp;The Jets outshot the Islanders 11-8 in the second (20-15 after 40 minutes) but amazingly, had lost 58.3 per cent of the faceoffs.&nbsp;The Jets played shutdown for much of the third period, but with their net empty and just 45 seconds remaining New York’s Anders Lee fired one under the bar, just over Hellebuyck’s shoulder, and suddenly it was 5-4.&nbsp;But the Jets hung on down the stretch and won their third straight game.&nbsp;The Islanders outshot Winnipeg 12-2 in the third period and 27-22 overall. The Islanders won 55;6 per cent of the faceoffs while Winnipeg outhit New York 18-13.&nbsp;The three stars were 1. Adam Lowry, 2. Dylan DeMelo and 3. Emil Heineman. Someone didn’t notice that Jonathan Toews had his best game as a member of the Jets.<img src="https://game-on-hockey.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/jets-celly.jpg">Jets Win (Photo by James Carey Lauder)The Jets completed their three-game homestand with a record of 3-1-1 and will head out onto the road and play one game in St. Paul, Minn., on Thursday night before returning to Winnipeg to meet the Toronto Maple Leafs on Saturday night at Canada Life Centre. Game time is 6 p.m.

Jets beat Islanders 5-4 to grab third straight win

<h2>the jets have become too old and too slow. it's time for a change</h2>It’s time to bring up the kids.&nbsp;The Winnipeg Jets are now 15-21-4, last in the National Hockey League. They have lost nine in a row (0-6-3). They can’t score. They aren’t even fun to watch. I mean, listen, the 1980-81 Jets who went 9-57-14 (39 points behind Toronto for the final playoff spot) and set an NHL record by going winless (0-23-7) in 30 straight games were, at least, fun.&nbsp;This version of the Jets is just old and slow. It’s a one-line team full of aging journeymen who have developed stone hands to go with their lead feet.&nbsp;Eight months ago, the Jets were the best team in the NHL. However, in real time we’ve watched the oldest team in the NHL get slower and less skilled. After the big line of Mark Scheifele, Gabriel Vilardi and Kyle Connor, the Jets have absolutely no offence. They couldn’t score on a soccer net.&nbsp;Vladislav Namestnikov hasn’t had a goal since Nov. 1. He is the team’s No. 2 centre, and he has one point in 27 games and that point, an assist, came on Nov. 29.&nbsp;Nino Niederreiter, hasn’t had a point in 16 games. Jonathan Toews hasn’t had a goal since Nov. 11. Cole Perfetti hasn’t had a goal since Nov. 29 and has two goals in 26 games. Gustav Nyquist doesn’t have a goal in 30 games this season.&nbsp;It’s obviously time for a change. This experiment with geriatric hockey should be put down immediately.&nbsp;And let’s be honest, I can’t say the Moose kids are any better or will be any better. I look at their AHL numbers and I have no delusions. But this season is DONE! Just finish last, get the No. 1 draft pick and see if some of the kids can play.&nbsp;Now is the time time to see if David Gustafsson, Brad Lambert, Jaret Anderson-Dolan, Danny Zhilkin, Nikita Chibrikov, Brayden Yager, Parker Ford and Colby Barlow can play for any length of time at the NHL level.&nbsp;It’s time to bring up the kids.&nbsp;The Winnipeg Jets are now 15-21-4, last in the National Hockey League. They have lost nine in a row (0-6-3). They can’t score. They aren’t even fun to watch. I mean, listen, the 1980-81 Jets who went 9-57-14 (39 points behind Toronto for the final playoff spot) and set an NHL record by going winless (0-23-7) in 30 straight games were, at least, fun.&nbsp;This version of the Jets is just old and slow. It’s a one-line team full of aging journeymen who have developed stone hands to go with their lead feet.&nbsp;Eight months ago, the Jets were the best team in the NHL. However, in real time we’ve watched the oldest team in the NHL get slower and less skilled. After the big line of Mark Scheifele, Gabriel Vilardi and Kyle Connor, the Jets have absolutely no offence. They couldn’t score on a soccer net.&nbsp;Vladislav Namestnikov hasn’t had a goal since Nov. 1. He is the team’s No. 2 centre, and he has one point in 27 games and that point, an assist, came on Nov. 29.&nbsp;Nino Niederreiter, hasn’t had a point in 16 games. Jonathan Toews hasn’t had a goal since Nov. 11. Cole Perfetti hasn’t had a goal since Nov. 29 and has two goals in 26 games. Gustav Nyquist doesn’t have a goal in 30 games this season.&nbsp;It’s obviously time for a change. This experiment with geriatric hockey should be put down immediately.&nbsp;And let’s be honest, I can’t say the Moose kids are any better or will be any better. I look at their AHL numbers and I have no delusions. But this season is DONE! Just finish last, get the No. 1 draft pick and see if some of the kids can play.&nbsp;Now is the time time to see if David Gustafsson, Brad Lambert, Jaret Anderson-Dolan, Danny Zhilkin, Nikita Chibrikov, Brayden Yager, Parker Ford and Colby Barlow can play for any length of time at the NHL level.&nbsp;<img src="https://game-on-hockey.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/brad-lambert's-first-nhl-goal.jpg">Brad Lambert scores his first NHL goal (Photo by Scott Stroh)At least we might find out that there is some kind of future for the Jets (Yikes, maybe the brain-trust doesn’t want to). Right now, the Jets best players are, in NHL years, old – Connor Hellebuyck (32), Josh Morrissey (30), Mark Scheifele (32), Adam Lowry (32) but when you throw in Tanner Pearson (33), Alex Iafallo (32), DeMelo (32), Schenn (36), Namestnikov (33), Niederreiter (33), Toews (37), Nyquist (36), this team becomes the oldest, slowest, least-skilled team in the league.To paraphrase the script from Moneyball, “there comes a time, whether it’s early in a player’s career or later, that he’s told, you can’t play anymore.”&nbsp;At this moment, the Jets have a handful of players who can’t play anymore.&nbsp;So before firing a coach or general manager, it’s time to find out if the players on the Moose can play at the NHL level. If none of them can, then maybe it’s time to find new people at the top.&nbsp;But that argument should be left for another day.At least we might find out that there is some kind of future for the Jets (Yikes, maybe the brain-trust doesn’t want to). Right now, the Jets best players are, in NHL years, old – Connor Hellebuyck (32), Josh Morrissey (30), Mark Scheifele (32), Adam Lowry (32) but when you throw in Tanner Pearson (33), Alex Iafallo (32), DeMelo (32), Schenn (36), Namestnikov (33), Niederreiter (33), Toews (37), Nyquist (36), this team becomes the oldest, slowest, least-skilled team in the league.&nbsp;To paraphrase the script from Moneyball, “there comes a time, whether it’s early in a player’s career or later, that he’s told, you can’t play anymore.”&nbsp;At this moment, the Jets have a handful of players who can’t play anymore.&nbsp;So before firing a coach or general manager, it’s time to find out if the players on the Moose can play at the NHL level. If none of them can, then maybe it’s time to find new people at the top.&nbsp;But that argument should be left for another day.

It's Time to Bring Up the Kids

<h2>Canada's brain trust missed on more than just scheifele</h2>I waited a few days to write this.&nbsp;Like most hockey people, especially those who follow the Winnipeg Jets, I wanted to give Hockey Canada’s snub of Mark Scheifele a good deal of thought.&nbsp;This week, of course, we watched as the likes of Anthony Cirelli, Bo Horvat, Mitch Marner, Tom Wilson and Mark Stone were named to the team, while players such as Morgan Geekie, Seth Jarvis, Connor Bedard and Scheifele were kicked to the curb.&nbsp;My immediate response to the players selected was this: At the Olympic level, I guess Hockey Canada believes it can be just like the Winnipeg Jets – a one line team.&nbsp;If, as everyone suspects, head coach Jon Cooper will throw Macklin Celebrini, Sidney Crosby and Nathan McKinnon on the No. 1 line, and Connor McDavid will center the second line, that means a handful of checking forwards with reasonable scoring ability will make up the final three lines. If Canada intends to win every game 2-1, this will be an excellent team.&nbsp;However, after the big line, there is McDavid and then few legitimate scorers.&nbsp;Let’s look at Scheifele, for instance. There are only two players on this team with more points – McDavid and McKinnon – this season. He’s been brilliant and for those who suggest he’s a defensive liability, well, he’s a plus-seven on a team that didn’t have its MVP goaltender for five weeks. Dumping Scheifele for a slug like Cirelli, who has 11 goals and 24 points (135th in the NHL) and didn’t score a single point in last year’s Four Nations Cup, is just stupid.&nbsp;He also shows up every night. Mark Stone has played 22 games this season. In fact, Stone has never played a full season in his career. Scheifele has played 13 seasons in the NHL, Stone 16. Scheifele has played in almost 200 more NHL games than Stone during that time. Durability is important in a short tournament. Scheifele is considerably more durable.&nbsp;And how about commitment to the Hockey Canada program? Scheifele has always answered the bell. He played for Canada in 2010 (World U18), 2012 (World U20), 2013 (World U20), 2014, 2016 and 2017 (World Championships). So, how about Tom Wilson? He played in the World U17s for Team Ontario is 2011 and hasn’t represented Canada since. So much for the “if you commit to Team Canada, Team Canada will commit to you.” That’s now meaningless and, actually, pathetic.&nbsp;I could go on for hours about the Scheifele snub. It’s just horrible. Hockey Canada should be ashamed, but they’ve had more serious things to be ashamed about recently, so I often wonder if they feel any shame at all. And, on the bright side, with a good rest in February, Scheifele might just help the Jets salvage a very difficult season.&nbsp;However, this fiasco didn’t stop at Scheifele. Morgan Geekie is second in the NHL in goal scoring and has been the Boston Bruins biggest goal scorer over the past three seasons. He also played for Canada at the World Championships in 2022. Geekie provides more offence than half of the players selected.&nbsp;Connor Bedard and Seth Jarvis are two others who would add speed, skill and scoring ability to a team that probably won’t score many goals.&nbsp;Sadly, Team Canada general manager Doug Armstrong said, “I don’t see a position on this roster where Bedard would succeed.”&nbsp;First of all, that’s preposterous. Second of all, if there isn’t a place where Bedard would succeed I can tell Armstrong, without hesitation, that there is absolutely no place where Cirelli, Wilson, Hagel, Horvat or Marner will succeed. Armstrong is essentially admitting that his team isn’t very good and Bedard won’t get any help from his grinding linemates.&nbsp;“I don't think the rest of the league knows how good of a two-way winning hockey player Connor has become,” said Chicago Blackhawks head coach Doug Blashill, who&nbsp;was hired&nbsp;in May. “That's the one thing probably, and I don't know why. Maybe it's based on previous years. But I don't think they have a full understanding of how good a winning hockey player he is today.”While Blashill was defending Bedard, Scheifele defended himself this week."Yeah, it sucked. Pretty dark day," Scheifele told reporters in Toronto after he scored two goals and dished our an assist in a 6-5 loss to the Leafs on Thursday night.&nbsp;"It's hard to think about now after kind of turning the page (Thursday) morning. Obviously, Wednesday was a tough day. News you don't want. But it just shows the amount of talent in Canada, so many great hockey players, so many great guys.”Scheifele is a leader. That statement, praising the Canadian players, showed a lot of class.“I don't know what else I could have done (to make Team Canada),” Scheifele added. “I'm proud of the way I've played all season. I think I've probably played the best hockey I've ever played in my career.”The Jets have been lousy this season, but the line of Scheifele, Kyle Connor and Gabriel Vilardi (who, himself, would have been a better choice than a couple of the players who did make Team Canada) have been brilliant.Doug Armstrong and Hockey Canada appear to have built a team that would be remarkably successful over an 82-game NHL slog. In a short, fast, tournament against European and U.S. speed, this team has some serious holes.Then again, if they can win four 2-1 games, Team Canada will be just fine.

Days Later, the Scheifele Olympic Snub is Still Confusing 

<h2>Mcdavid, draisaitl do nothing but jets can't score</h2>The Winnipeg Jets still can’t score and as a result, they still can’t win.&nbsp;Monday night in front of a full-house at Canada Life Centre, the Jets outshot the visiting Edmonton Oilers 42-21 and lost 3-1.&nbsp;Winnipeg controlled every aspect of the game except the scoreboard. The puck was in Edmonton’s end most of the night, the Jets peppered Oilers goalie Calvin Pickard – a St. Paul’s Collegiate grad – with shot after shot and yet they simply couldn’t score.&nbsp;With the loss, their second straight at home and sixth in a row (three in overtime), the Jets fell to 15-18-4 and the playoffs now appear to be little more than a pipe-dream.&nbsp;On Monday, the first period was scoreless but should not have been. &nbsp;The Jets dominated and outshot the Oilers 15-9. However, this franchise that has spent so many millions of dollars on goal scorers just can’t score. They made Winnipeg netminder Calvin Pickard look like Georges Vezina himself.&nbsp;<img src="https://game-on-hockey.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/pickard-sprawls-to-make-another-save.jpg">Pickard sprawls to make another save (Photo by Danny Truong)The most interesting moment was a rather drawn-out fight between two welterweights, Neal Pionk and Nugent-Hopkins. It was the fifth fight of Ryan Nugent-Hopkins’ 14-year NHL career.&nbsp;In the second period, the Oilers opened the scoring at the eight-minute mark when Jets defenceman Logan Stanley laid a perfect pass onto the stick of Edmonton’s Max Jones, who just happened to be standing alongside the Jets crease. Jones tucked it behind Connor Hellebuyck for his first goal of the season.&nbsp;At that point, the Jets had outshot Edmonton 19-10, but this season, Winnipeg couldn’t score on a soccer net.&nbsp;The Oilers made it 2-0 on the power play at 12:49 as former Jets’ first-round draft pick Jack Roslovic ripped a rebound for his 11th of the season. Roslovic is a player nobody in the NHL wanted, so the Oilers signed him for $1 million just after the start of the season. He has 11 goals and 19 points in just 26 games, and he’d be the Jets fifth-leading scorer today.&nbsp;Regardless, at that point, it was over. The Jets had half-a-dozen Grade A opportunities before the end of the period and either Pickard got in the way or they shot wide. Winnipeg outshot Edmonton 11-4 (the Oilers scored twice on four shots) in the second period and had outshot the Oilers 26-13 after 40 minutes, but simply could not score.&nbsp;The Jets made a game out of it at 5:46 of the third period when captain Adam Lowry banged a rebound between Pickard’s legs to make it 2-1. It was Lowry’s second goal of the season – that’s two goals in 25 games -- his first point in 11 games and his first goal since Nov. 18.&nbsp;<img src="https://game-on-hockey.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/lowry.jpg">Adam Lowry (Photo by Danny Truong)That, sadly, was as close as the Jets would get. Despite completely controlling the game, the Jets couldn’t beat Pickard and Zach Hyman scored an empty-netter at 18:37 to put a lock on it.&nbsp;The Jets outshot Edmonton 15-8 in the third period and 42-21 overall and could not win.&nbsp;Perhaps it’s time the Jets brass considered a major trade, a few outright releases or just a move to the best talent on the Manitoba Moose because this dependence on old, slow forwards just isn’t working.&nbsp;The Jets play again Wednesday night in Detroit. The game against the Red Wings begins at 5:30 p.m. CST.

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