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Party In Winnipeg

by Paul on 09/22/11 at 11:28 AM ET
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NEW YORK (September 22, 2011) – The National Hockey League (NHL) will celebrate the opening of the 2011-12 NHL season and its return to Winnipeg with the 2011 Molson Canadian NHL Face-Off™ season-opening hockey and entertainment festival in Winnipeg, October 6.  The NHL will transform “The Forks,” Winnipeg’s iconic downtown gathering point, offering fans live musical performances, interactive hockey attractions, a live broadcast of the opening night game between the Montreal Canadiens and Toronto Maple Leafs from the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, and guest appearances from George Stroumboulopoulos, host of CBC Television’s flagship late-night program, George Stroumboulopoulos Tonight, and others. The NHL will announce the exciting line-up of musical performers next week.

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More Details On Byfuglien’s Arrest

by Paul on 09/21/11 at 06:57 PM ET
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from Mike McIntyre of the Winnipeg Free Press,

Winnipeg Jets defenceman Dustin Byfuglien displayed a host of symptoms that led a police expert to believe he was high on drugs following his arrest in Minnesota last month.

Documents released Tuesday and obtained by the Free Press provide insight into the circumstances of the high-profile incident that led to a U.S. prosecutor endorsing four criminal charges against Byfuglien.

A police drug-recognition expert was called in to examine Byfuglien, 26, after he was spot-checked during the evening of Aug. 31 while boating on Lake Minnetonka because he didn’t have proper lights on the craft.

“Mr. Byfuglien’s speech was slurred, he was unsteady on his feet, his eyes were bloodshot and watery and he smelled of a consumed alcoholic beverage,” Deputy Ben Bierbaum of the Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office water patrol division wrote in an arrest report. “Mr. Byfuglien was unable to successfully perform field sobriety tests as requested.”

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Byfuglien Charged, Provides New Trading Card

by Alanah McGinley on 09/20/11 at 05:29 PM ET
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From the CP via CBC.ca:

Winnipeg Jets defenseman Dustin Byfuglien has been charged with boating while intoxicated three weeks after his arrest in Minnesota.

The Hennepin County Sheriff’s office released the criminal complaint on Tuesday.

Dirk Hoag at Hockey Gear HQ has more:

But you know, there is a winner in all of this…

It’s the guy who won this auction on eBay last week, for an autographed “sketch” trading card from Panini America – it’s a trading card signed by a pro athlete which includes a sketch done in their own hand, a one-of-a-kind treat that gets included in a random pack, and goes to a lucky collector. In this case, Dustin Byfuglien captured what will be the enduring image of his summer:

read on. And here’s the card:

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Winnipeg Ready For Some Hockey

by Paul on 09/17/11 at 05:48 PM ET
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from Ted Wyman of the Winnipeg Sun,

It started at 5 a.m., when the first fan showed up to get a good seat.

By 8:45 a.m., you could tell something special was in the air.

The parking lot was full and so were the stands. Fans lined the walkway from dressing room to the ice surface. Some 1,500 people in the building were tingling with anticipation, waiting for their first glimpse.

Shortly after 9 a.m., they erupted, as Nik Antropov stepped out on the ice, leading a column of Winnipeg Jets for the first practice of their first NHL training camp at the MTS IcePlex.

Before it was over they were cheering the drills, giving loud ovations for slick passes, corner-destined shots and nifty dekes and as the players prepared to leave the ice, up went the Go Jets Go chant that so many fans in this city have been dying to utter since the original Jets franchise packed up and moved to Phoenix in 1996.

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Byfuglien Meets The Media Today

by Paul on 09/16/11 at 05:15 PM ET
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Read the Winnipeg Free Press story from Tim Campbell and Gary Lawless and/or watch the video.

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Bogosian Agrees To A Two-Year Deal With Jets

by Paul on 09/14/11 at 07:32 PM ET
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via TSN,

Zach Bogosian has agreed to terms on a new two-year, $5 million contract with the Winnipeg Jets.

The deal will pay Bogosian $2 million this season and $3 million next year.

Bogosian became a restricted free agent after his three-year $2.625 million entry level deal expired after the end of last season.

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Bunz of steel/Jets ticket announcement/Bogosian signed

by BMS on 09/14/11 at 06:23 PM ET
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The baby Jets were stymied by Oilers ‘tender Tyler Bunz, who turned away the 22 shots Winnipeg could muster up throughout three periods that didn’t bring nearly the same level of excitement as the 4-0 victory over the Sharks rookies/prospects. The Oilers dominated the Jets in most areas of the ice, although some valiant efforts in the dying minutes of the game were shut down singlehandedly by Bunz.

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Zach Yuen Wants To Be a Role Model

by Paul on 09/14/11 at 11:36 AM ET
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from Jim Jamieson of the Vancouver Province,

The Facebook messages were flying in China when Zach Yuen was drafted last June by the Winnipeg Jets.

The Vancouver born and raised defenceman had obviously distinguished himself as a special hockey player just being drafted 119th overall.

But for anyone of Chinese ethnicity it’s just a little more special.

Yuen, 18, is the first Chinese blueliner to be drafted into the league and, according to the NHL, would, if he gets to the big league, become one of the rare few to make it all the way to the top….

“There really hasn’t been any full Chinese-Canadians playing at such a high level, and I hope I can be a role model and inspire other kids to pursue hockey,” the 5-foot-11, 196-pound Yuen said Tuesday, before his Jets prospects team took on Edmonton.

Yuen sees a day when more players of Chinese descent are playing in the NHL.

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Byfuglien Passed Breathalyzer but Charges Still Likely

by Alanah McGinley on 09/13/11 at 05:47 PM ET
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From Gary Lawless at the Winnipeg Free Press:

A police report, expected to be released in the next 48 hours will state Winnipeg Jets defenceman Dustin Byfuglien passed a breathalyzer test administered by Hennepin County Sheriff’s department police officers.

Byfuglien submitted to a breathalyzer test but refused to provide a urine sample when asked, according his lawyer Mitch Robinson.

Byfuglien was arrested on suspicion of boating while impaired and refusing a test.

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Despite the clean breathalyzer, charges are still likely to be laid, as per Mike MacIntyre in yesterday’s Winnipeg Free Press.

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Young Jets Come Out Flying

by BMS on 09/13/11 at 05:46 PM ET
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Anxious Winnipeggers couldn’t have asked for much more from their rookies and prospects at the Young Stars tournament in Penticton last night. All that was missing from the Jets’ near-perfect 4-0 victory over the San Jose Sharks prospects were the official uniforms (the team wore white modified practice jerseys).

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