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Benjamin Wendorf (aka "Bettman's Nightmare") is a PhD candidate in Africology at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. He grew up in the Northwoods of Wisconsin, where his father helped start a youth hockey program called Price Ice. Now in Milwaukee, he's excited to start following the Winnipeg Jets again. He gets his skating jones by competing with a men's roller derby team, the Milwaukee Blitzdkrieg. He can be reached at bwendorf84@gmail.com, and tweets from @BenjaminWendorf.
Gabriel Desjardins (aka Hawerchuk) grew up a huge Jets fan in Winnipeg. He runs the hockey stats website Behindthenet.ca and has written for the Wall St. Journal, the National Post, the Globe and Mail, ESPN.com and MLB.com. He has also worked as an analyst for teams and agents in the four major sports. In real life, he attended Queen's University and UC Berkeley, and works in Silicon Valley. Previously, he briefly worked as a lumberjack in Manitoba. Contact: info at behindthenet.ca.
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Derek Gagnon (aka canadian texan) - A relative newbie to the hockey blogging world, Derek makes up for his lack of experience with an intense passion for the game. In the few brief moments he is not perusing the site, he enjoys partaking in other sports, particularly soccer. Living and going to university in Winnipeg, he takes pride in being the tallest season ticket holder of the Jets (until proven otherwise).
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Born and raised on the Canadian Prairies, Trevor Maughan (TJCAPS) is a lover of all things hockey. Although very opinionated, he is a generally easy going guy who longs for cold beers and a fresh patch of ice. A Washington Capitals fan since 1998, a power struggle now rages on for his fandom. Follow him on Twitter@tjcaps.
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Ryan Blight (aka arby_18) saw the final Winnipeg Jets victory at the Winnipeg Arena, when they defeated Detroit 4-1 in Game 3 of the 1996 Playoffs. Even though the team moved to the Arizona desert the following season, he always maintained that the NHL would return to the River City. One of 13,000 lucky season ticket holders for the new Winnipeg franchise, he'll offer a glimpse of the insanity that will occur inside of the MTS Centre for years to come. Ryan wrote about Winnipeg hockey before the return of the NHL, contributing to Nucks Misconduct as a Manitoba Moose blogger last season.
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Alex Hemsky is a fan of advanced hockey stats. A Winnipeger through
and through, he used to buy the five dollar 7-Eleven tickets and sneak
down to the good seats during the 1st intermission.
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Ryan Popilchak (aka SO_RyanP) grew up in central Alberta and was forced to choose between the Flames and the Oilers in the 80's. Ryan chose the Flames and never looked back - he gets to continue the rivalry in the family with his Dad who is an Oilers fan. He writes for Hockey Prospectus, Matchsticks & Gasoline and now Arctic Ice Hockey. In real life, Ryan plays for The Swarm in a Calgary men's hockey league and works as an engineer for a manufacturer. His affinity for hockey in Winnipeg comes from living there for 4 years while seeing the passion of Manitoba hockey fans for a team that was long-gone. He likes a good argument as long as opinions are backed with solid logic and facts, so bring on your best sarcasm and anger! Follow him on Twitter @sprtopinionated.
Altitude Check: Thursday, May 17, 2012 Winnipeg Jets News Headlines
by truck on May 17, 2012 11:17 AM EDT
Hey all! Here is our feature running Monday through Friday that will bring you up to date on what's going on in the media pertaining to the Winnipeg Jets and elsewhere in the NHL.
Here is what's in the news for Thursday, May 17, 2012:
Winnipeg Jets' young gun Evander Kane managed scored a goal and team Canada lost. Overall, Kaner had a pretty good showing. He was tied for the team lead in goals and was 6th on the squad in TIO. It will be nice to see what he can do as a first line player in Winnipeg next year. Jets Captain Andrew Ladd was Canada's player of the game in the loss. [IIHF]
Speaking of Winnipeg, the folks at TSN put together an in depth Off-Season Game Plan for our team. They look at needs, cap numbers, prospects, draft projections and they even source behindthenet.ca. Good stuff! [TSN]
Speaking of prospects, Hockey's Future breaks down Jets' prospects and the impact of extended playoff runs on their development. I have been hearing some great things about Patrice Cormier. There is more and more talk about him being NHL ready. [HF]
The 2012 Young Stars Tournament has been cancelled. It was very excited to see that first glimpse of our Jets last year. Hopefully this is the only hockey that is cancelled next year. [Edmonton Journal]
The Ice Caps are not expected to win their upcoming series, it will be nice to see if they can pull it out. Here is a bit of a preview. [The Telegram]
More Ice Caps intel including High praises for Pasquale and Zinger. [Ice Flow]
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Calder Cup brings out best (and worst) in IceCaps
by maplestirup on May 17, 2012 10:06 AM EDT
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Tonight the IceCaps will kick off their round three series against the extremely tough Admirals in Norfolk. After defeating the WBS Penguins in game seven this past Saturday, the team was given a few days off before perhaps the toughest test they'll face since, well, the last time they played Norfolk.
The Admirals are really something. Though they've managed to lose three games so far in these playoffs, they finished the regular season on a run that saw the team lose only 2 games since January. That's not a typo.
Pilot's Logbook 2011-12: Andrew Ladd
by Bettman's Nightmare on May 17, 2012 8:00 AM EDT
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The Pilot's Logbook looks at the performances of regular Jets players over the course of 2011-12, primarily through time on-ice and Gabe's player performance charts.
Finally, we come to one of our TOI monsters in Andrew Ladd. Deployed in all situations, Ladd experienced a bit of regression from 2010-11's numbers (29 G, 30 A, 59 PTS), although considering it was his assist total that regressed it might have been the luck of his teammates that took a little downturn. That said, this edition of the logbook will give us a good look at what a full-minutes forward looks like...
Jets 1.0 / 2.0 Comparables: Dustin Byfuglien – Big Buff’s Big Year
by truck on May 16, 2012 2:00 PM EDT
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While I drew the ire of a few readers by suggesting there was a link between the Jets of old and the Jets of new, I do intend to continue with the comparisons. Before I get rolling I would like to reiterate that this is not an attempt to claim ownership of the "official records" that rest in Phoenix. This is simply number munching from another perspective. The intention here is to provide a statistical record that allows easy comparisons between the players that people saw 15+ years ago and what they are seeing now.
This is about Winnipeg hockey history and offering a more info to the fans; it isn’t any bigger than that.
Today we take a look at Dustin Byfuglien and how his 2011-12 production compares to Jets players of the past. I am also going to include all-time Atl / Jets 2.0 tables for comparison sake, hopefully this ensures that nobody yells at me.
Lets get at it!
Altitude Check: Wednesday, May 16, 2012 Winnipeg Jets News Headlines
by TJCAPS on May 16, 2012 12:00 PM EDT
in News
Hey all! Here is our feature running Monday through Friday that will bring you up to date on what's going on in the media pertaining to the Winnipeg Jets and elsewhere in the NHL.
Here is what's in the news for Wednesday, May 16, 2012:
Kevin Cheveldayoff takes readers through Winnipeg's preparaion for the upcoming NHL Draft and also touches on the different challenges management will face as compared to last years draft. [WFP]
What might have been had the Phoenix Coyotes relocated to Winnipeg almost one year ago. [Winnipeg Sun]
John Albert has quietly been a solid performer for the St. John's IceCaps during their Calder Cup run. [The Telegram]
Getting to know Ray Sawada. [IceCaps.com]
... and assistant coach Mark Morrison. [IceCaps.com]
... and finally, the baby-faced Eddy Pasquale. [IceCaps.com]
What Scouts Said About the 1988 Draft Class
by Bettman's Nightmare on May 16, 2012 8:00 AM EDT
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I hate to throw out another of these on the impression that I'll have them all into the 1990s; admittedly, I only have the goods for this draft class and the previous one. The goods in question this time come from The Globe & Mail again, out of Saturday's edition June 11th, 1988.
Keep in mind that, because this is the sequel, it won't be nearly as good...kind of like the 1988 NHL Draft Class, except not really because (according to my measure of "success," aka 500+ NHL games) NHL teams batted .800 in the first 10 picks. Wowsers. In fact, 7 of the top 10 played 1,000+ NHL games. Ay carumba.
To quote Meet Joe Black, now you're going to pee some more: the #10 pick, Teemu Selanne, has played more NHL games than the following 11 picks combined. Apparently they didn't think too highly of 4th round picks Mark Recchi, Tony Amonte, or Rob Blake. No, they wanted Reggie Savage, Kory Kocur, and Winnipeg's own Kevin Cheveldayoff. The bums.
Oh, you're going to love what they said about Mike Modano and Jeremy Roenick...
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10 Wild Stats Through the First Two Rounds
by danl1988 on May 15, 2012 2:00 PM EDT
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The first two rounds of this year's playoffs are over and round 3 has just begun. With this being the midway point of the playoffs, I figured this might be a good time to take a look at some of the stats so far. While I'm sure there there are plenty of other crazy stats, these 10 just happened to jump out at me. Note that I tried to stay away from the really obvious ones (e.g. Marc-Andre Fleury sucks!), although a couple were just too impressive to leave out.
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Altitude Check: Tuesday, May 15, 2012 Winnipeg Jets News Headlines
by TJCAPS on May 15, 2012 12:00 PM EDT
in News
Hey all! Here is our feature running Monday through Friday that will bring you up to date on what's going on in the media pertaining to the Winnipeg Jets and elsewhere in the NHL.
Here is what's in the news for Tuesday, May 15, 2012:
Congrats to the St. John's IceCaps who have advanced to the AHL's Eastern Conference Finals after a Game 7 win over the Wilkes-Barre Penguins.[The Telegram]
The Conference Finals schedule. Game 1 goes Thursday night in Norfolk. Keep in mind that the AHL functions on a 2-3-2 playoff format. [IceCaps.com]
The view from a St. John's perspective. [Winnipeg Sun]
And from a Norfolk perspective. [Pilot Online]
Sigh, looks like idiocy is still alive and well with some Jets fans. Meet Tim Gillis and Chris Nault, two upstanding young men I'm sure will go far. Gentlemen, why don't you take the wads of cash you apparently have and throw it over the flames. That's essentially what you're doing in the first place. Dolts. (video) [Winnipeg Sun]
News and notes on the Winnipeg Jets at the World Championships. [WFP]
Canada defeated Belarus 5-1 this morning, clinching first place in their pool. Andrew Ladd finished the game with two assists, Evander Kane had one. [IIHF]
Manitoba Finance Minister Stan Struthers apologizes for lying about his involvement in accepting free Jets tickets. [CBC]
More on the aftermath of TIcketGate. [CBC]
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