Posts About "Mark Scheifele"
Jets NHL Draft Days Ranked
June 20th, 2020 The Winnipeg Jets have always stressed the importance of their "draft and develop" strategy: that is, building a contender through patience, deft selection, and molding of promising youngsters into top talent rather than through finagling blockbuster trades for established elites. Through the draft is how Jets' general manager Kevin...
Jets 2.0 First-Round Draft Picks – Ranked
May 25th, 2020 The Winnipeg Jets have selected 10 players in the first round of the National Hockey League Entry Draft since their return to Winnipeg in 2011. They have had a first-round pick in eight of the nine drafts, only missing the 2018 NHL Entry Draft after sending their first-round selection in a huge trade deadline deal that acquired forward...
Jets 2.0's Top 5 Playoff Moments
May 20th, 2020 Today marks two years since the Winnipeg Jets' 2018 playoff run ended with a Game 5 loss to the Vegas Golden Knights in the Western Conference Final. That Cup run, and to a lesser extent, the Jets' other two playoff appearances since relocating from Atlanta, produced many great memories. The Jets 27 all-time playoff games have...
Jets/Thrashers' Top 10 Goal Scorers All-Time
March 29th, 2020 In 1999, the Atlanta Thrashers began play as the NHL’s newest expansion team. After years of Ilya Kovalchuk scoring highlight-reel goals, the team relocated to Winnipeg in 2011 where the Winnipeg Jets 2.0 have played ever since. Related: Top 3 All-Time Jets Goalies Only being in the league for 20 years, players drafted in...
Jets Lacking Consistency in Crucial Stretch
February 17th, 2020 The Winnipeg Jets have played well in spurts in the first five games of their crucial nine-game stretch against teams outside the playoff picture, but 60-minute efforts have eluded them. Jets Need More Complete Efforts Take their Friday-night loss to the San Jose Sharks as a prime example. You could call them snake-bitten or...
Jets’ 3 Best Performers in 2019-20
January 29th, 2020 As a follow up to my previous article “Jets’ 3 Biggest Underachievers”, I will now look at the Winnipeg Jets’ three best performers of the 2019-20 season thus far. I feel the top two names on this list are locks and deserve to be there with the third player being more debatable. These three players have been nothing short of...
Jets' All Stars Scheifele and Hellebuyck Prove Their Worth
January 6th, 2020 The 2020 All Star Game is coming up, and by the end of the month, our television sets will be graced with another round of intense play from our favourite players. The Winnipeg Jets are sending two dedicated and passionate individuals to the 2020 All Star Game: Leading goal-scorer Mark Scheifele and top goaltender Connor Hellebuyck....
Jets’ Scheifele & Hellebuyck Earn All-Star Spots
December 31st, 2019 The 2020 NHL All-Star rosters have been announced and Winnipeg Jets’ forward Mark Scheifele and goaltender Connor Hellebuyck have made the Central Division team. Joining them will be Patrik Kane, Nathan MacKinnon, Tyler Seguin, Eric Staal, Roman Josi, Ryan O’Reilly, Alex Pietrangelo, and Jordan...
Jets’ 3 Stars of the Week: Dec. 12-18
December 19th, 2019 It was one of the worst weeks the Winnipeg Jets have had in quite some time, going 1-2 and getting absolutely dominated in their most recent game against the Carolina Hurricanes. The defensive zone breakdowns the team has been having problems with are starting to rear their heads a lot more as of late. The Jets have given up 14...
Jets Weekly: Scheifele, Hellebuyck, Perreault & More
December 16th, 2019 Welcome to Jets Weekly, where you can catch up on the past week of Winnipeg Jets hockey. From hot topics to news and notes, this is where you can find all things Jets related throughout the 2019-20 season. It's seven weeks in a row now that the Jets have gone 2-1 in their three games. They were able to split the home and home...
Wheeler, Scheifele with Goal and 2 Assists Each, Jets Beat Flyers 7-3
December 15th, 2019 WINNIPEG — Blake Wheeler continued his dominance over Philadelphia. Already the Jets career leader versus the Flyers, the team captain scored one goal and two assists to lead Winnipeg to a 7-3 win Sunday afternoon. Mark Scheifele also had a goal and two assists for the Jets (20-11-2) while Nikolaj Ehlers, Luca Sbisa, Logan Shaw,...
Jets’ 3 Stars of the Week: Dec. 5-11
December 12th, 2019 The Winnipeg Jets are currently Canada’s best hockey team sitting with a 19-10-2 record. They are sitting third place in the tough Central Division behind the St. Louis Blues and the Colorado Avalanche. They are 13-3-2 since Nov. 1 and have not looked back since their poor month of October. The Jets went 2-1 between Dec. 5-11...
Mark Scheifele Scores Twice to Lead Jets past Ducks 3-2
December 8th, 2019 WINNIPEG — Mark Scheifele scored twice as the Winnipeg Jets won their third straight home game with a 3-2 victory over the Anaheim Ducks on Sunday. Scheifele got the game-winner on the power play with 4:22 remaining in the third period when he beat Anaheim goalie John Gibson with a shot over his glove. It was Scheifele's 400th NHL...
