Posts About "Paul Maurice"
Why the Winnipeg Jets Fell Flat in Games 5 & 6
April 22nd, 2019 The Winnipeg Whiteout is over early. After capturing two well-deserved wins against the St. Louis Blues in Games 3 and 4 and drawing even in the first-round series at two games apiece, the Winnipeg Jets lost Games 5 and 6 and their Stanley Cup quest came to an end exactly a month earlier than a season ago. This image pretty much...
Winnipeg Jets Honour Humboldt Broncos
April 9th, 2018 Usually, it would be odd to hear a pre-game scrum where the coach didn't talk about his team's upcoming game for a single second. It would be odd to hear him say, when referring to his team's final tune-up before playoffs that "the game will not take centre stage. It will be played, and that’s it." On Saturday, though, it made perfect...
Jets Playoff Plans and Roslovic's Role
March 28th, 2018 Just a month ago, everything was going swimmingly for Jack Roslovic in his rookie season for the Winnipeg Jets — he was in the lineup every night, logging important minutes and hitting the scoresheet with consistency. It seemed a given that the 21-year-old forward would be a factor in the Jets' playoff run. Now, how big a part he'll...
Laine Sidelined & Jets Need to Adapt
March 22nd, 2018 On Tuesday, the entire Winnipeg Jets’ fan base held their breath after watching their shaggy-bearded superstar, Patrik Laine, take an Alec Martinez shot off the foot and hobble straight to the dressing room with help from the trainers. A firestorm quickly erupted on Twitter from media and fans...
Jets Extend Maurice & Cheveldayoff Before Crucial Season
September 10th, 2017 The Winnipeg Jets have been accused of many things over the years, but never of disloyalty. Winnipeg has long been a franchise that prefers to keep things "in-house" from their draft-and-develop approach to hiring coaches with connections to the former Manitoba Moose. They continued that pattern on September 6 with extensions to...
Jets' Cheveldayoff & Maurice Extensions Show Loyalty
September 7th, 2017 The Winnipeg Jets are an extremely loyal organization. It can be debated whether that loyalty is their strength or their demise but nevertheless, it is a fact. TSN's Hockey Insider Darren Dreger broke the story that general manager, Kevin Cheveldayoff and head coach, Paul Maurice, have both been given multi-year extensions. The exact...
Paul Maurice Is Under Pressure Now
July 19th, 2017 It's the oldest mantra in the profession: coaches are hired to be fired. In his long coaching career, Paul Maurice knows it well. Perhaps it's an unfair saying, as coaches can't do anything but work with the talent their GM assembles, but it has proven true many times. When a team struggles, the coach gets the axe first. After all,...
4 Reasons Jets Missed the Playoffs
April 5th, 2017 With just two games left in the schedule, the Winnipeg Jets once again find themselves on the outside looking in. With the playoffs no longer an option, the Jets have now won five straight games. The season wasn't a complete loss. Lots of good came out of it, including Mark Scheifele cementing himself as an elite center, Patrik Laine...
Trouba Proving His Worth to Jets
February 8th, 2017 At the start of the 2016-17 NHL season, Jacob Trouba's future with the Winnipeg Jets was uncertain. He had opted out of training camp after a trade request placed in May went unanswered, and contract talks seemed to be at a standstill. http://gty.im/462378532 "Our client, Jacob Trouba, will not be attending the Winnipeg Jets NHL...
Recap: Scheifele Leads Jets Past Stars
February 3rd, 2017 Mark Scheifele scored twice to lead his Winnipeg Jets past the Dallas Stars Thursday night. The 4-3 victory gave the visitors their first three-game win streak of the season. "It's important on the road and in our own division," said Jets coach Paul Maurice. "We have burned more games than the other teams so these head-to-heads are...
Winnipeg Jets’ First Line Is Flying
December 24th, 2016 It has been an entertaining and certainly productive start to the season for the Winnipeg Jets’ first line of Mark Scheifele, Patrik Laine and Nikolaj Ehlers. At the time this article was written, the trio found themselves in 11th, 15th and 20th in the points race across the entire NHL, proving to be an effective combo for coach Paul...
Not-So-Special Teams Crushing the Jets
December 21st, 2016 No game could be a better representation of the Winnipeg Jets' season than the 4-3 shootout win against the Florida Panthers on Dec. 15. The second period featured three Panthers goals within a seven-minute span, all of which came on the power play; Bryan Little continued his hot streak and answered with goals in both regulation and the...
How to Save the Jets' Season
December 20th, 2016 The Winnipeg Jets started the season as a trendy pick to sneak into the playoffs. A new goalie was coming in, lots of rookies were stepping into the lineup, taking the spots of older, slower veterans, and the leadership group was established. The warning was always that everything would need to go right for them to make it. But if just...
