That attack was hardly dormant Thursday but it failed to light the lamp as the Hawks fell for the first time in five games, 3-1 to the Jets at the MTS Centre. That meant a few scoring would have to come from their fledgling 5-on-5 offense, which had not scored over the same span of time.
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As for Bickell, Quenneville said: “He was OK”, which wasn’t exactly a ringing endorsement of Bickell’s play in 8 minutes, 15 seconds of ice time, while Quenneville said of Kero, “I liked him”. Wheeler is Cree, from the George Gordon First Nation in Saskatchewan.
Earlier this week, Jets owner True North Sports and Entertainment said that headdresses wouldn’t be banned as the team prepared to take the ice against the Blackhawks again.
However, fans wearing them would be made “fully aware of the ramifications of wearing that and the cultural ramifications of it”, spokesman Scott Brown told CBC News. The Jets will play eight of their next nine games on the road.
It’s becoming clear that the biggest thing the Hawks lost with the injury to Duncan Keith was an ability to move the puck between zones and make quality entries into the offensive end. “He was unbelievable all night”, Scheifele said after the game. Hutchinson said. “I don’t think they like playing us”.
The ban only applies to non-authentic headdresses, and other kinds will be dealt with on an individual basis, he said. And those who haven’t earned the right to wear them shouldn’t do so for the same reason that non-soldiers shouldn’t wear military medals, she said.
The Flyers got on the board first with 4:56 left in the second period when Schenn fired the puck toward the net from the right boards and past Cory Schneider, who misplayed what appeared to be a routine save.
Despite getting outshot 46-31, Winnipeg got the win and finished their homestand with a 3-3 record.
With hometown product Jonathan Toews in the box for holding, the Jets peppered shots at Crawford until Ladd flipped in a Little rebound to go ahead 2-1 at 5:09 of the second. Pearreault played in his 300th career National Hockey League game.
The Jets looked completely outclassed early but midway through the first, Little won the draw clean and Blake Wheeler from the top of the circle zipped a shot behind Corey Crawford for his fifth goal of the season. Jets defenseman Grant Clitsome (24) skates away from the celebration.
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C Mark Scheifele added his fourth goal of the year 8:04 into the third period on Thursday. The Capitals won 5-3.
