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The Winnipeg Jets did something Thursday that no other team had done this NHL season: score three times on the Vegas Golden Knights. Unfortunately, their league-worst goals against average didn’t get any better in a 5-3 loss that drops the Jets to 1-3 and improves the record of the defending …
Read More »ANALYSIS: Will other NHL teams mimic champion Golden Knights? – Winnipeg
Descrease article font size Increase article font size The NHL is a copycat league. It has been for years. Over the past few decades, we’ve seen teams mimic each other with the neutral zone trap, building through strength up the middle, playing heavy hockey or spending money on defence and …
Read More »ANALYSIS: Second finals appearance right on time for expansion Golden Knights – Winnipeg
Upon securing the franchise, Vegas Golden Knights owner Bill Foley stood before thousands of fans and told the reveling audience that his upstart team would bring a Stanley Cup to the city within six years. It was a bold proclamation — indeed, one that probably had them giggling in their …
Read More »ANALYSIS: Final win of an NHL playoff series often the most difficult – Winnipeg
Descrease article font size Increase article font size We are still awaiting the final two in the Stanley Cup tournament. And it’s the stubbornness of the Dallas Stars that has given credence to the long-held hockey belief about the final win of a series, in many cases, being the most …
Read More »Sportscaster apologizes to Indigenous NHLer from Manitoba after mocking name – Winnipeg
ESPN SportsCenter anchor John Anderson apologized to Zach Whitecloud, a First Nation member in Canada, on Tuesday after comparing the Vegas Golden Knights defenceman’s last name to toilet paper the previous night. Whitecloud told reporters in Edmonton that he spoke with Anderson on Tuesday morning. “I think it was an attempt …
Read More »Jets’ season ends with 4-1 loss in Vegas – Winnipeg
In the 2018 Western Conference Final, a postseason run that carried so much promise ended abruptly for the Winnipeg Jets, losing in five games to the Vegas Golden Knights. Five years later, with much of the same core still intact, the Jets have been once again dispatched by Vegas in …
Read More »Injury-riddled Jets ‘hopeful’ Scheifele plays crucial Game 5 in Vegas – Winnipeg
Mark Scheifele brought some hope with him when he arrived with the Jets at the Winnipeg airport for their Tuesday flight to Las Vegas. However, the team’s top goal-scorer, who left Monday’s 4-2 playoff loss to the Golden Knights with an upper-body injury, still remains a question mark for Thursday’s …
Read More »Oakbank’s Howden scores twice as Knights down Jets to grab series stranglehold – Winnipeg
If the Winnipeg Jets are going to advance to the second round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs, they’re going to have to overcome some serious odds. The Jets dropped a 4-2 decision to the Vegas Golden Knights Monday night in Winnipeg to fall behind 3-1 in their best-of-seven series, and …
Read More »Jets rally from three-goal deficit but lose to Vegas in double overtime – Winnipeg
It’s been almost five years since Winnipeg fans have witnessed, in person, the Jets pick up a playoff win on home ice. The Vegas Golden Knights ensured they’d have to wait a little longer thanks to a wild 5-4 double overtime win at the Canada Life Centre Saturday afternoon. The …
Read More »‘Whiteout’ tradition leaves impression as Jets look to even playoff series – Winnipeg
Bruce Cassidy is in enemy territory these days, but the Las Vegas Golden Knights head coach is enjoying a special playoff atmosphere. When the Golden Knights hit the ice Saturday against the Winnipeg Jets in Game 3 of their first-round series, a sold-out crowd of 15,325 at Canada Life Centre …
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