Jets fall to 31-13-3 on the season
RECAP:
The Winnipeg Jets fell to 31-13-3 on the season with a frustrating loss to the Calgary Flames on Saturday.
It was Hockey Day in Canada and the Jets packed their sold-out barn with rowdy, country music loving fans for the first annual Country Night.
The boys in red, white and blue just couldn't find a way to score.
Despite putting up 39 total shots on net, just one found its way through the young Dustin Wolf, who picked up his 16th win of the season - quite possibly his most impressive yet.
Winnipeg fell behind 1-0 in the first period, gave up another in the second, before cutting the deficit in the half midway through the third.
But with Eric Comrie on the bench for the extra attacker, Blake Coleman picked up his second point of the game on an empty-netter he fired from his own zone, finishing off Winnipeg's late-game push.
The loss concluded the Jets' season-high, eight-game homestand, to which they went 4-2-2 for 10 of a possible 16 points. Not great, but not awful either.
Comrie, again, was unable to pickup a win in eight tries. After starting the year 3-0-0, he has gone 0-7-1. But his teammates have hardly scored for him, putting up just 12 goals in those eight games, after scoring 17 in the first three.
Next up is a two game road trip through Utah and Colorado.
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PHOTOS:
The extended photo library from Saturday's game vs. Calgary is courtesy of Scott Stroh:
QUOTEABLE:
Adam Lowry on Eric Comrie:
“I feel for the guy. He’s played amazing all year, he’s great in the locker room, works so hard day-in-day-out, he’s the first guy on the ice, last guy off. At some point, we’ve got to find a way: off shin pads, or bang in a few for him because he’s battling his heart out for us. We are not getting the results for him that he deserves.”
Kyle Connor on Eric Comrie:
“Yeah. He’s played amazing the whole year. It’s definitely unfortunate, but we don’t look at that. We see the work he does and the goaltender that he is. We’re not worried at all.”
Scott Arniel on Eric Comrie:
"Yeah, he is taking it hard on himself. And he shouldn't, because he's given us a chance every time he goes in there. Guys are great with him. They really are. They really are and they know that they've got to get him some run support. Hopefully we have one of those ones where we break out big time where we can get him that win by us supporting him with some goals."
"He's extremely popular in that room. He's one of the last guys off the ice. He'll take shots with the guys until the very end. He's loud, he's fun, he's real good, him and Helle have a fantastic relationship. Honestly, the guys are just... They're more upset, again, that we didn't get him the win."
WHAT’S NEXT:
Winnipeg now hits the road for two games and will face Utah and Colorado before returning home to play the Hockey Club next Friday night at Canada Life Centre. Both games this week feature 8:30 PM central start times and can be viewed live on TSN.
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