News briefs for Sunday, October 5, 2025

Jets place pair of players on waivers

2:10 PM

The Winnipeg Jets have put a pair of players on waivers as they get down to their final roster cuts.

Defenceman Ville Heinola and forward Walker Duehr will both be sent to the Manitoba Moose of the American Hockey League unless another team makes a claim by Monday afternoon.

Sunday’s moves leave the Jets with 24 healthy skaters on their roster. They must get down to a maximum of 23 by Monday.

Jets’ Perfetti out indefinitely with ankle sprain

2:08 PM

The Winnipeg Jets have lost another key player to injury.

Forward Cole Perfetti suffered a high-ankle sprain in Friday’s final preseason game in Calgary and is out “week-to-week” according to head coach Scott Arniel.

Perfetti joins captain Adam Lowry (hip surgery) and defenceman Dylan Samberg (broken wrist) on the sidelines.

Winnipeg begins the 2025-26 season on Thursday when they host the Dallas Stars at Canada Life Centre.

Nominations for provincial teacher awards open

1:51 PM

Manitoba opened nominations for its teaching excellence awards on Sunday, also known as World Teachers’ Day, which takes place annually on Oct. 5.

This year’s award categories include both overall teaching and school leadership excellence, early-career success and outstanding team-collaboration. Students, parents and teacher-colleagues can nominate anyone who holds a valid teaching certificate and works directly with kindergarten-to-Grade 12 students in a school setting.

The deadline for nominations is Dec. 4. Forms and criteria are available online.

Two charged in Stony Mountain Institution slaying

1:49 PM

Two men have been charged after a 27-year-old man was killed at Stony Mountain prison Wednesday night.

The inmate, from Wasagamack, was stabbed and died at the scene, Stonewall RCMP said in a news release Sunday. Mounties were sent there at 10:10 p.m.

Evander Brightnose, 26, of Cross Lake and Theodore Anderson, 22, of Winnipeg have been charged with second-degree murder.

Woman bit officer during robbery: police

12:07 PM

A woman has been charged after she allegedly bit an off-duty police officer in St. Vital on Saturday.

The Winnipeg Police Service said an off-duty officer saw a woman trying to leave a store on the 1000 block of Abinojii Mikanah without paying for merchandise shortly before 2:30 p.m.

The officer tried to arrest the woman, who allegedly swung her arms at him and bit his hand.

A 22-year-old woman has been charged with assaulting a peace officer, resisting a peace officer and theft under $5,000. She was detained in custody.

Jets extend Chibrikov for two seasons

8:56 AM

The Winnipeg Jets have agreed to terms with forward Nikita Chibrikov on a two-year contract extension that kicks in next season, according to his agent Dan Milstein.

Chibrikov, who is entering his third season playing in North America after he was chosen by the Jets in the second round of the 2021 NHL Draft, got a one-way deal that carries an average annual value of US $875,000.

By the time the new deal kicks in, Chibrikov will no longer be exempt from waivers.

The feisty forward has five NHL games on his resume and he’s been productive in a small sample size, producing three goals and an assist.

Chibrikov, 22, has 24 goals and 65 points in 100 American Hockey League games with the Manitoba Moose and missed a good chunk of last season with a knee injury.

The Jets return to the ice this morning and open the new season at Canada Life Centre on Thursday against the Dallas Stars.