Jets send Wellwood home with a broken ankle
Advertisement
Read this article for free:
or
Already have an account? Log in here »
To continue reading, please subscribe:
Digital Subscription
One year of digital access for only $1.44 a week*
- Enjoy unlimited reading on winnipegfreepress.com
- Read the E-Edition, our digital replica newspaper
- Access News Break, our award-winning app
- Play interactive puzzles
*Billed as $5.77 plus GST every four weeks. After 52 weeks, price increases to the regular rate of $19.95 plus GST every four weeks. Offer available to new and qualified returning subscribers only. Cancel any time.
To continue reading, please subscribe:
Add Free Press access to your Brandon Sun subscription for only an additional
$1 for the first 4 weeks*
- Enjoy unlimited reading on winnipegfreepress.com
- Read the E-Edition, our digital replica newspaper
- Access News Break, our award-winning app
- Play interactive puzzles
*Your next Brandon Sun subscription payment will increase by $1.00 and you will be charged $17.95 plus GST for four weeks. After four weeks, your payment will increase to $24.95 plus GST every four weeks.
Read unlimited articles for free today:
or
Already have an account? Log in here »
Hey there, time traveller!
This article was published 02/04/2012 (5173 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
SUNRISE, Fla. – The Winnipeg Jets have sent Kyle Wellwood back to Winnipeg with a broken ankle.
The club has recalled Patrice Cormier to replace him in the lineup for Tuesday’s game against the Florida Panthers.
“I was just in front of the net, trying to create a screen, and (Grant) Clitsome’s shot just caught me in the foot,” said Wellwood, who was at Jets practice here on Monday before heading back home.
Wellwood will finish with 18 goals and 29 assists for a career high 47 points. He was signed just prior to training camp as a free agent and at $700,000 was a bargain.
“I’d call it a very good year. The career points is something I wanted to get, which is nice, but you want to be in the playoffs to make it more of a career year,” said Wellwood.
Cormier is excited to join the Jets if only for a few games.
“It’s nice. It’s not good that they have injuries, but it’s good to have a chance,” said Cormier, he has 17 goals and 14 assists in 54 games with the St. John’s IceCaps this season. “I want to show that I can play. I’m not going to say I belong here and I should have played here. I mean, I want to show that I can play and I can do whatever they ask me to do.”
The Jets and Panthers meet Tuesay at 6:30 p.m. (TSN Jets, TSN 1290)
gary.lawless@freepress.mb.ca
Twitter: @garylawless
