WINNIPEG — Patrik Laine scored his second goal of the game in overtime, and the Winnipeg Jets started their season with a 4-3 win over the Calgary Flames Thursday.
CALGARY — Recent history built heat into Thursday’s first game of the NHL season for the Calgary Flames and Winnipeg Jets.
The Winnipeg Jets aren’t kids this year, says coach Paul Maurice. For years, Maurice has walked into rinks feeling as though his group was stacked with young talent.
When the Winnipeg Jets were in the midst of a soul-crushing winless streak in late 1980, coach Tom McVie would brave callers on his weekly radio show.
WINNIPEG — Manitoba’s acting deputy chief provincial public health officer says he’s confident the Winnipeg Jets can play home games this season, while Ontario hasn’t made a final decision on games in the province one week ahead of the NHL’s opening night.
Patrik Laine was given every opportunity to clarify his standing with the Winnipeg Jets.
The Winnipeg Jets have signed goaltender Mikhail Berdin to a two-year contract extension with an average annual value in the NHL of US$750,000.
WINNIPEG — The Winnipeg Jets have hired Dave Lowry as an assistant coach.
The plan was to spend another day or two in Minneapolis before continuing with their three-game road trip in Los Angeles, but those arrangements all changed in the hours following their humiliating 15-2 loss to the North Stars on November 11, 1981.
Winnipeg Jets head coach Tom Watt called it an “avalanche.” For Thomas Steen, playing in only his 14th NHL game “it was one of those nights where a young team didn’t realize what was coming.” Paul MacLean was more succinct.
WINNIPEG — The Winnipeg Jets signed forward Marko Dano to a one-year, two-way contract worth US$700,000 in the NHL on Thursday.
WINNIPEG — The Winnipeg Jets have signed defenceman Sami Niku to a two-year contract with an average annual value of US$725,000.
