WINNIPEG -- A terrifying few minutes with a promising young defenceman crumpled on the ice marred the Winnipeg Jets 4-3 shootout win over the St.
Tanner Glass Rangers Jersey . Louis Blues on Friday. Jacob Troubas head-first crash into the boards in the second period, as
he missed a hit on Blues defenceman Jordan Leopold, silenced the crowd and
cleared both benches as players watched and waited. The minutes ticked by until
he was wheeled off on a stretcher but he managed a wave as fans shouted his
name. Just 19, the Jets top 2012 draft pick impressed his coaches at camp and
fans with his aggressive all-out style. He has a goal and an assist this season.
"Troubas still getting evaluated but everythings good, hes got motion, hes got
everything," said Winnipeg coach Claude Noel. "I think theyre just running him
through some tests to make sure everythings fine." Trouba later joked about the
incident on Twitter. "Thanks for the support. If you were wondering, the boards
are not edible. Ill be back soon," he said. The game also ended on a positive
note for the Jets after a dodgy beginning. Olli Jokinen scored the winner and
his second of the night in the seventh round to end a shootout the Jets (4-4-0)
forced after overcoming a 3-1 deficit in the third. "It definitely feels good
when you win those," said centre Bryan Little, who had an assist and kept the
Jets in the shootout, along with captain Andrew Ladd, until Jokinens winner. "It
was a good win against a good team and hopefully that gives us some confidence.
... Weve got to believe we can beat teams like this on a nightly basis." Noel
agreed. "Although we were down 2-1 in the first, I thought we played a lot
harder, we battled a lot harder for 60 minutes," he said. "We had opportunities
to get demoralized and get discouraged a bit but I thought against a team that
can really close out games like St. Louis, I thought we really stuck to the
plan." Evander Kane and Tobias Enstrom, with the tying goal in the third, also
scored for the Jets, while Ondrej Pavelec made 29 saves. Alexander Steen scored
a pair against his hometown team as giveaways helped the Blues (5-1-1) to an
early lead. David Backes also scored for the Blues, who were playing for the
second time in consecutive nights after Thursdays 3-2 shootout win over Chicago.
"Its not a great feeling," said Steen, who added he took no solace in walking
away with a point after giving up a 3-1 lead. "We gave away this one. We were up
by two late in the game. We shouldnt be giving away points like that." The Jets
have been trying to overcome slow starts and seemed successful, at least at
first Friday night. They were even ahead on shots but it was Backes who scored
first from the slot at 8:43. T.J. Oshie fed him the puck on a little defensive
slip by Grant Clitsome. It energized the Blues, but then Jokinen evened things
up at 15:30 when he fired a bouncing rebound past St. Louis backup
Brian Elliott, who finished with 26 saves in his first start this season. The
play also gave right wing Matt Halischuk his first point as a Jet for the
assist. Less than three minutes later though, Trouba whiffed on a pass and
presented the puck to the Winnipeg-born Steen, as he skated into the slot to put
the Blues ahead 2-1. It could have been worse. The Blues also made Winnipegs
goal posts ring like church bells in the first period. Neither team scored on
the power play in the first two periods, although the Jets only had one chance.
St. Louis had three, two thanks to Kane, who spent some time warming the
Winnipeg bench after the second. "We did a great job on the penalty kill, that
was huge," said Pavelec. There were no penalties in the third but early in the
period another Jets defenceman limped to the dressing room after Mark Stuart
slid into his own net. Steen was perfectly positioned beside the Winnipeg net at
3:34 of the third to one-time a rebound off Backess glancing shot from the
boards and make it 3-1. It looked like the game was pretty well over until Kane
brought the Jets within one at 14:14, when his slapshot from outside the faceoff
circle glanced off St. Louis defenceman Roman Polaks stick. Then Enstrom slammed
home a pass from Dustin Byfuglien at 18:06 to tie it up. Little and Ladd
connected for the Jets in the shootout and Oshie and Steen hit for the Blues,
until Jokinen beat Elliott on his glove side to win the game in the seventh
round. Follow Scott Edmonds on Twitter at (at)tsedmonds Notes: Former Winnipeg
Jet Thomas Steen (1981-95), father to Alexander and a Winnipeg city councillor,
was on hand for the Blues second visit to the city since the Jets were reborn in
2011. His son didnt play on their first.
Jeff Beukeboom Rangers Jersey . Felix-Antoine Savage and Tyler Boland also scored for the Oceanic (45-15-7) and Philippe
Desrosiers made 22 saves for the victory. Adam Chapman forced overtime for the
Remparts (38-17-12) when he scored at 19:47 of the third period while playing
6-on-5.
Mike Gartner Rangers Jersey . Diego Costa headed in Gabis corner seven minutes from time to secure victory ahead of the
return match in Madrid on March 11. "We know that at Madrid it will be another
game, which will also be important and very difficult," Milan coach Clarence
Seedorf said.LENZERHEIDE, Switzerland -- Anna Fenninger of Austria was faster
than Maria Hoefl-Riesch of Germany in a downhill training session Monday which
began their duel for major World Cup honours this week. Fenninger was
third-fastest on the Silvano Beltrametti course, 0.31 seconds behind Slovenian
Tina Mazes pace-setting 1 minute, 34.05 seconds. Fabienne Suter of Switzerland
was second, 0.10 back. Hoefl-Riesch was seventh, trailing Fenninger by 0.85 and
1.16 behind Maze.
Guy Lapointe Canadiens Jersey. Hoefl-Riesch leads from Fenninger in the overall and downhill standings entering World Cup
finals week, with races scheduled in each of the four disciplines. In Wednesdays
downhill, Hoefl-Riesch starts 80 points ahead with 100 awarded for victory.
Hoefl-Riesch, the 2011 champion, is just 29 ahead overall from her Austrian
rival. On Tuesday, the women have another downhill practice and the men run
their first.
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