Jets Lose to Lowly Islanders in Shootout

I hate the shootout. Not because the Jets lost last night because they couldn't beat a weaker team, but because it's not the way a team game should end. Also because the Jets just don't seem to be very good at it.

If it wasn't for the brilliance of Ondrej Pavelec once again, the Jets may not have even escaped the usually safe MTS Centre with a point that they really didn't deserve. Frans Nielsen slipped a backhand past Pavelec to win it in a shootout.

Teemu Returns to Winnipeg, No Words Necessary

But, oh yeah, the Jets beat the Ducks 5-3.

Ovechkin Knots Late Winner to Sting Jets

Alex Ovechkin's semi-inept season didn't stop him from ending any momentum the Jets had after beating league-leading Minnesota, as he beat Ondrej Pavelec with a quick shot with 1:14 left in regulation to lift the under-achieving Washington Capitals over the Winnipeg Jets.

Jets Get Back on Track

It went down to the wire, butthe Winnipeg Jets have gotten back in the win column by defeating the NHL's hottest team, the Minnesota Wild 2-1 at the MTS Centre. The win marks the Jets fifth straight win at home and puts them one point ahead of the Washington Capitals for second place in the South-East division as well as stopping Minnesota's seven-game win streak.

Jets Claim Miettinen Off Waivers

The Winnipeg Jets have claimed Antti Miettinen of off re-entry waivers from the Tampa Bay Lightning.The Jets hope to wrangle both the offensive and defensive talents of the Fin to help bolster their talents upfront.

Red Wings Humble Jets

In a game where it looked like the Jets were fatigued by the end of the second period and had no jump at all; you wouldn't know that this was a team who had just defeated the surging Boston Bruins and ended their regulation-game-winning streak since Oct. 29, as the Bruins had a run of 14-0-1.

That team disappeared Saturday, a game that I was at and had highly anticipated since the Bruins win and the following victory over Carolina. After the Wings made it 6-1 by the end of the second period, I couldn't take it anymore and left. Call it what you will, but I just couldn't watch anymore of that massacre. It only ended after Detroit added another one in the third for a miserable 7-1 final. The Jets worst loss since opening night against Montreal.

Jets Beat Red Hot Champs

The Winnipeg Jets were firing on all cylinders Tuesday as once again Ondrej Pavelec defied the odds and Bryan Little continued his points-scoring streak to help the Jets beat the defending Stanley Cup champion Boston Bruins 2-1 at the raucous MTS Centre.

The victory not only put the Jets over .500 for the first time this season at 12-11-4 including their first three-game winning streak, but it also snapped the Bruins point-streak of 29 points in their last 15 games that saw them go 14-0-1.

True North, Chipman Pleased with Realignment

So the NHL Board of Governors have approved a new alignment format for the 2012-2013 season.

The new alignment is very similar to the old alignment. If you remember the old Norris, Smythe, Patrick and Adams divisions of the 80's, it is pretty much the same. The East and West conferences will be made up of two "conferences" (why they just don't call them divisions is beyond me-probably because there will be seven and eight teams in each instead of the manageable five or six; too many teams perhaps?) with the West having eight in each conference and the East made up of seven each

This has the Winnipeg Jet brass smiling as it means not only will the league's superstars coming to visit Winnipeg at least once a year instead of once every couple of years, but the chance to renew old rivalries with Vancouver, Calgary and Edmonton and begin new ones with Chicago, Minnesota, St. Louis or Detroit.

Jets Down Devils

In a game which the Winnipeg Jets showed they are finally starting to come together and play as an elite, cohesive unit, the Jets played a gritty third period with Evander Kane scoring twice and Ondrej Pavelec once again holding down the fort as the Jets beat the New Jersey Devils 4-2.o hold off the New Jersey Devils 4-2 at the MTS Centre.

Jets Shutout Coyotes

The Winnipeg Jets rebounded from Tuesday's 4-3 OT loss to the Ottawa Senators by blanking the Phoenix Coyotes 1-0, thus giving not only Ondrej Pavelec his second shutout of the season, but also sending the Jets faithful home happy as the new Winnipeg franchise defeated the old Winnipeg club in the second game in the Battle of Pride.