HIGHLIGHT REEL Jets 3 / Senators 1

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This article was published 27/09/2011 (5117 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.

At Mile One Centre, St. John’s, N.L.

Big picture

Youngsters Paul Postma and Mark Scheifele needed to raise their games to continue pushing for work and they did. Postma was Winnipeg’s best blue-liner and Scheifele added another goal and leads the Jets in scoring through the pre-season.

Little picture

Goalie Ondrej Pavelec gave us a look into the future as he held off the Sens in the third. Despite looking great in the first two periods, the Jets seemed to tail off in the third and leave Pavelec on his own.

Game-breaker

Portage native Troy Bodie scored the winner as he went to the net and jammed the puck past Ottawa’s Alex Auld.

Neil still nasty

Ottawa’s Chris Neil is still a nasty bit of business and backs up his edgy play when asked. Neil fought Bodie at the end of the second period and then took a bit of a run at Jets captain Andrew Ladd near the end of the game. The Moose never had an answer for Neil when he was with the Grand Rapids Griffins and the same might be said for the Jets.

Feel the love

Senators coach and former Jets forward Paul MacLean was all smiles about the return of the NHL to Winnipeg and the AHL to St. John’s.

“No one was more excited that the Jets were coming back and then calling them the Jets again,” said MacLean, who scored 35 or more goals four times with the Jets. “I had a lot of great times in Winnipeg playing there in the 1980s. It was a lot of fun. Winnipeg deserves a team and I know the fans will be there to back them.”

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SUMMARY

FIRST PERIOD

No Scoring.

Penalties — Hoffman Ott (slashing) 1:13, Carkner Ott (roughing) 19:20.

SECOND PERIOD

1. Winnipeg, Scheifele 3 (Stapleton, Meech) 1:19 (pp)

2. Winnipeg, Bodie 1 (Cormier, Little) 16:24

Penalties — Maxwell Wpg (boarding) 9:51, Ladd Wpg (roughing), Neil Ott (cross-checking, roughing) 13:47, Bodie Wpg, Neil Ott (fighting) 20:00.

THIRD PERIOD

3. Ottawa, Zibanejad 2 (Alfredsson, Karlsson) 5:45 (pp)

4. Winnipeg, Maxwell 1 (Oduya, Hainsey) 13:37

Penalties — Meech Wpg (holding) 4:20, Cormier Wpg (instigating, fighting), Gryba Ott (fighting) 10:08, Ladd Wpg, Smith Ott (fighting) 20:00.

Shots on goal by

Winnipeg 16 12 5 — 33

Ottawa 6 5 14 — 25

Goal (shots-saves) — Winnipeg: Pavelec (W,2-0-0); Ottawa: Auld (L,1-1-0)(28-26), McKenna (start third; 5-4).

Power plays (goals-chances) — Winnipeg: 1-1; Ottawa: 1-1.

Referees — Stephane Auger, David Banfield. Linesmen — David Brisebois, Lonnie Cameron.

Attendance — 6,275 (6,250).