WINNIPEG, Manitoba – NHL training camps are a great time of the year for players, owners, fans, and scouts and of course hockey writers. But one thing not seen from the outside looking in is the heartache the young kids … Continue reading
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Jets button up Blue Jackets in first preseason tilt
WINNIPEG, Manitoba – Since the MTS Centre opened it has hosted an AHL team, several preseason NHL exhibition games and countless concerts but last night as the home town Winnipeg Jets hit the ice for their first game the noise … Continue reading
Jets training camp notebook – Game Day!
WINNIPEG, Manitoba – It has been the longest 113 days in Manitoba history, from Mark Chipman’s announcement that True North Sports & Entertainment had purchased the Atlanta Thrashers to tonight’s preseason tilt against the Columbus Blue Jackets. The entire city … Continue reading
Jets training camp notebook – day three
WINNIPEG, Manitoba – The Winnipeg Jets took to the ice at the MTS Center for day three of training camp. After a successful scrimmage match on Sunday the coaching staff was looking forward to more physical play on Monday. … Continue reading
Jets training camp – day two
WINNIPEG, Manitoba – DAY 2; It was just another day at training camp for the players, this time in the quite empty MTS Centre on the corner of Portage Avenue and Hargrave Avenue, after day one in front of 1500 … Continue reading
Jets training camp opens
WINNIPEG, Manitoba – After six years of Winnipeg hosting what was dubbed “The Pre Season Classic”, an NHL exhibition game at the MTS Centre, an event that sold out six consecutive years, True North Sports & Entertainment started a new tradition that … Continue reading