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Special teams the difference in Jets 3-1 win over Blues

Ken Wiebe 7 minute read Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2026

It turns out the Winnipeg Jets aren’t ready to fade quietly into the night.

Just under 24 hours after getting blanked 2-0 by the Chicago Blackhawks, the Jets turned the page with a 3-1 victory over the St. Louis Blues on Tuesday night at Canada Life Centre to open a three-game homestand.

Rather than lament the missed opportunity, the Jets took the next step in trying to pick off one of the teams still ahead of them in the Central Division standings.

By evening the season series with the Blues, the Jets pulled into a tie in points with St. Louis, technically moving out of the basement in the division with a higher points percentage due to having a game in hand.

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‘It’s so much beyond football’: Falcons Football Club gets big boost from NFL Canada

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‘It’s so much beyond football’: Falcons Football Club gets big boost from NFL Canada

Joshua Frey-Sam 5 minute read Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2026

The spring months can make for some long days for Saphira Twoheart.

Once the snow melts, the 18-year-old goes from school during the day in Sagkeeng First Nation to football practice in the evening in Winnipeg. It’s a 90-minute commute each way from her community in Fort Alexander that usually doesn’t get her home until close to midnight three days per week, but Twoheart believes that trip has paid big dividends since starting with the Falcons Football Club three years ago.

She isn’t shy about voicing what the Falcons have meant to her.

“When I first started football, I was a very shy and timid type of person, but over the years of playing football, it’s made me more talkative and more comfortable in my own skin, to the point where I could coach other teammates with the skills that I have,” Twoheart said Tuesday.

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Saphira Twoheart (front left) said the Falcons Football Club has helped her come out of her shell.

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                                Saphira Twoheart (front left) said the Falcons Football Club has helped her come out of her shell.

Fan favourite highlights Jets-Habs alumni game ahead of Heritage Classic

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Fan favourite highlights Jets-Habs alumni game ahead of Heritage Classic

Mike McIntyre 6 minute read Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2026

Dustin Byfuglien is returning to the Winnipeg Jets.

No, it’s not to suit up with the current edition of the club, as fun as that notion might be. The 40-year-old remains comfortably and very privately retired, more than six years after he abruptly hung up his skates and walked away from more than US$14 million in outstanding salary

Rather, one of the most beloved and unique athletes we’ve ever seen around here has agreed to suit up for an alumni game that will be held prior to the Heritage Classic next fall between Winnipeg and Montreal. Byfuglien was one of several names included on preliminary rosters released Tuesday, marking a long-awaited return to his former hockey home.

“You’d be surprised — he was all in right away,” honourary Jets alumni captain Blake Wheeler said during a news conference inside Canada Life Centre

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Former Winnipeg Jets fan favourite, Dustin Byfuglien, standing, has agreed to suit up for an alumni game that will be held prior to the Heritage Classic next fall between the Winnipeg Jets and the Montreal Canadiens.

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                                Former Winnipeg Jets fan favourite, Dustin Byfuglien, standing, has agreed to suit up for an alumni game that will be held prior to the Heritage Classic next fall between the Winnipeg Jets and the Montreal Canadiens.
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                                Winnipeg Jets goaltender Eric Comrie has played fantastic recently, turning aside 45 of 47 shots in his last two starts. Connor Hellebuyck’s dedicated understudy banks just US$825,000, making him a target for a top team to poach.

To buy or not to buy?

Selling, buying or standing pat all intriguing options for the Jets

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‘Get in the net’: NHL goaltenders on how they wound up between the pipes

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‘Get in the net’: NHL goaltenders on how they wound up between the pipes

Joshua Clipperton, The Canadian Press 5 minute read Updated: Yesterday at 1:52 PM CST

Connor Hellebuyck had plenty of welts and bruises.

The future two-time Vezina Trophy winner as the NHL's top goaltender was a kid playing roller hockey — yet to graduate to the ice — taking shot after shot from his older sibling.

Any discomfort was worth it.

"I was wearing a player chest pad," said the Winnipeg Jets puck-stopper. "Every time my brother shot, I got hit in the arm, and it would destroy me. But I just found a love for it, and then I had a knack for it, and I was decent at it.

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Toronto Maple Leafs goaltender Joseph Woll (60) before a game against the Utah Mammoth in Salt Lake City on Jan. 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Melissa Majchrzak)

Toronto Maple Leafs goaltender Joseph Woll (60) before a game against the Utah Mammoth in Salt Lake City on Jan. 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Melissa Majchrzak)

Picklr Winnipeg South set for grand opening

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Picklr Winnipeg South set for grand opening

Joshua Frey-Sam 4 minute read Yesterday at 5:07 PM CST

Pickleballers rejoice — the first phase of The Picklr’s highly anticipated Canadian expansion is ready for play.

Winnipeg’s newest indoor facility dedicated to pickleball could open to members as early as Saturday, so long as its occupancy permit is passed by the city.

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Picklr Winnipeg South general manager Brent Bernas said he wants the facility to be the premier pickleball community hub in the city for ‘beginner-level pickleball to the elite player.’

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                                Picklr Winnipeg South general manager Brent Bernas said he wants the facility to be the premier pickleball community hub in the city for ‘beginner-level pickleball to the elite player.’

Skating body drops rule barring Russian ‘neutral’ athletes from media at Olympics

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Skating body drops rule barring Russian ‘neutral’ athletes from media at Olympics

The Associated Press 2 minute read 7:23 AM CST

LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — The International Skating Union has scrapped a rule which aimed to prevent Russian skaters from speaking with the media or appearing at news conferences when they compete as neutral athletes at the Milan Cortina Olympics.

When it allowed some Russians and Belarusians to qualify as “individual neutral athletes” in 2024, the ISU issued rules saying those athletes and their support staff would not be allowed to give interviews, appear at news conferences or go through the media zone at qualifying events or the Winter Olympics.

In response to questions from The Associated Press about how that would be enforced, the ISU sent the AP an amended version of the rules for neutral athletes on Thursday.

The document now states the media restrictions apply only to qualifying events, which the ISU ran. It no longer mentions the Olympics, which are overseen by the International Olympic Committee.

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FILE - Adeliia Petrosian of Russia, competing as a neutral athlete, performs during the women's free skating program at the ISU Skate to Milano figure skating qualifier, Saturday, Sept. 20, 2025, in Beijing, China. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A., File)

FILE - Adeliia Petrosian of Russia, competing as a neutral athlete, performs during the women's free skating program at the ISU Skate to Milano figure skating qualifier, Saturday, Sept. 20, 2025, in Beijing, China. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A., File)

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Vikings sign defensive coordinator Brian Flores to contract extension after successful 3-year run

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Vikings sign defensive coordinator Brian Flores to contract extension after successful 3-year run

The Associated Press 2 minute read Yesterday at 7:25 PM CST

EAGAN, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota Vikings have signed Brian Flores to a contract extension that ensures the defensive coordinator will return for the 2026 season if he is not hired as a head coach, the team announced on Wednesday.

The Vikings have allowed an average of 19.2 points in Flores’ first three seasons as defensive coordinator, the second-fewest in the NFL.

The Vikings allowed an average of only 105.4 rushing yards per game from 2023-25 under Flores, the fifth-fewest in the league, including a league-low 3.9 yards per rush.

Meanwhile, Flores' defenses have avoided giving up big plays. The Vikings' 147 plays allowed of 20 or more yards the last three years are the fewest in the league.

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Minnesota Vikings defensive coordinator Brian Flores stands on the sideline before an NFL football game against the Detroit Lions, Thursday, Dec. 25, 2025, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Bruce Kluckhohn)

Minnesota Vikings defensive coordinator Brian Flores stands on the sideline before an NFL football game against the Detroit Lions, Thursday, Dec. 25, 2025, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Bruce Kluckhohn)

Brandon Aiyuk’s last snap with the 49ers: ‘It’s unfortunate and confusing,’ says Shanahan

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Brandon Aiyuk’s last snap with the 49ers: ‘It’s unfortunate and confusing,’ says Shanahan

Josh Dubow, The Associated Press 6 minute read Yesterday at 5:58 PM CST

SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Brandon Aiyuk won't be part of the 2026 San Francisco 49ers with the only remaining question about when he will be off the Niners' roster.

General manager John Lynch and coach Kyle Shanahan held their season-ending news conference on Wednesday, four days after the team was eliminated in a 41-6 playoff loss at Seattle, and put to rest any possibility that Aiyuk could return after leaving the team during the season.

“I think it’s safe to say that he has played his last snap with the Niners,” Lynch said. "It’s unfortunate, a situation that just went awry. I will look long and hard at what could have been done differently, but sometimes just doesn’t work out. And I think that this was a case where that happened.”

Lynch said the final transaction, likely a release, will come in “due time.”

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FILE - San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Brandon Aiyuk (11) carries the ball against the Seattle Seahawks during the second half of an NFL football game, Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024, in Seattle. (AP Photo/John Froschauer,File)

FILE - San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Brandon Aiyuk (11) carries the ball against the Seattle Seahawks during the second half of an NFL football game, Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024, in Seattle. (AP Photo/John Froschauer,File)

A capsule look at the 18 teams set to play at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts

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A capsule look at the 18 teams set to play at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts

Gregory Strong, The Canadian Press 4 minute read 8:14 AM CST

MISSISSAUGA - A capsule look at the 18 teams competing in the Jan. 23-Feb. 1 Canadian women’s curling championship at the Paramount Fine Foods Centre.

Teams are listed by seeding in their pools, athletes from skip to lead, followed by hometown.

POOL A

CANADA

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Manitoba skip Kerri Einarson directs her sweepers after throwing a stone at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts in Thunder Bay, Ont., on Feb. 23, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/David Jackson

Manitoba skip Kerri Einarson directs her sweepers after throwing a stone at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts in Thunder Bay, Ont., on Feb. 23, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/David Jackson

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