{"id":601211,"date":"2026-04-13T13:12:13","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T13:12:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/601211\/"},"modified":"2026-04-13T13:12:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T13:12:13","slug":"winnipeg-jets-morning-papers-todays-hockey-headlines-36","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/601211\/","title":{"rendered":"Winnipeg Jets Morning Papers: Today\u2019s Hockey Headlines"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Note: The Jets used Sunday as a travel day although the team <a href=\"https:\/\/illegalcurve.com\/winnipeg-jets-recall-brayden-yager-and-nikita-chibrikov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">did make some news<\/a> with the recall of Brayden Yager and Nikita Chibrikov up to the big club. Might we see an NHL debut for Yager? Stay tuned for morning skate for Winnipeg which gets underway at 12:30 PM CT and then check back for the pre-game report to ensure you\u2019re up-to-date on the latest. Puck drop is at 9 PM CT.<\/p>\n<p>Note II: This evening, after the final buzzer sounds between Winnipeg and Vegas, we want you to be part of the conversation on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/live\/EyC3TLvQIzg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Illegal Curve Post-Game Show<\/a> as we discuss and analyze the results of the game starting around 11:40 PM CT.<\/p>\n<p>Note III: The Moose started off strong as Colby Barlow, who had a very good game, opened the scoring with a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ICdave\/status\/2043410049914257652\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">nifty backhand early<\/a> in the game. Manitoba continued to take leads but Texas kept striking back which ultimately saw regulation end 3-3 before heading to OT. The home team controlled extra time and then won in thrilling fashion in the regular season home finale as\u00a0Samuel Fagemo, who had to pick up his stick in the Stars end, before\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ICdave\/status\/2043449455656178098\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">finishing off the tic-tac-toe play<\/a>. Got the over 5500 here in Winnipeg to their feet as the <a href=\"https:\/\/illegalcurve.com\/manitoba-moose-win-thriller-in-ot-to-defeat-stars-get-within-two-points-of-texas-with-game-in-hand\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Moose won 4-3<\/a>. Of course extra time meant that Manitoba trails Texas by two points (with game in hand) heading into the final week of the regular season. They will practice today so check back for the Practice Report.<\/p>\n<p>Note IV: Yesterday in the OHL a pair of Jets prospects were in action. Kevin He (2024 4th) had <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ICdave\/status\/2043547097383788877\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">1G 1A<\/a> for his Flint club but they find themselves down 0-2 to Windsor (after sweeping their first round series). On the winning side of the ledger, Edison Engle (2025 6th) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ICdave\/status\/2043549701996228828\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">had an assist<\/a> for Brantford who, despite outshooting North Bay 58-26, needed double OT to win and remain undefeated (7-0) in the playoffs.<\/p>\n<p>Jets news:<\/p>\n<p>Winnipeg Sun:\u00a0<a class=\"tnt-asset-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.winnipegsun.com\/sports\/must-win-territory-for-the-jets-heading-into-sin-city\/article_bb5ddac2-900a-4eed-a2fc-a7d6c385ced9.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" aria-label=\"Must-win territory for the Jets heading into Sin City\">Must-win territory for the Jets heading into Sin City<\/a>. I think we are past \u201cmust-win\u201d or \u201ccan\u2019t lose\u201d given the chances of achieving a playoff spot are 0.5%.<\/p>\n<p>Winnipeg Free Press: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.winnipegfreepress.com\/breakingnews\/2026\/04\/12\/its-been-a-lot-of-fun-for-me-jets-vilardi-honoured-by-team-nomination-for-humanitarian-award\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Jets\u2019 Vilardi honoured by team nomination for humanitarian award<\/a>. (Paywall). Nice to be recognized by your peers.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-203695\" class=\"size-full wp-image-203695\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/CS-October-26-2025_2715.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1193\"  \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-203695\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Credit: Colby Spence (Illegal Curve)<\/p>\n<p>Jets audio:<\/p>\n<p>Illegal Curve Hockey Show:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/illegalcurve.com\/4-11-26-illegal-curve-hockey-show\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Saturday Podcast<\/a>.\u00a0We spent two hours on the show this past weekend getting you set up for the game between the Jets and Flyers, discussing all things about the NHL club of Winnipeg, took a look at what\u2019s doing with the AHL club of Manitoba and touch on the prospects playing playoff hockey.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/logoillegalnew.png\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Note: The Jets used Sunday as a travel day although the team did make some news with the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":601212,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194296],"tags":[49,48,22073],"class_list":["post-601211","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-winnipeg","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-winnipeg"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/601211","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=601211"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/601211\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/601212"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=601211"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=601211"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=601211"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}