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Mark Scheifele honors the memory of his father by scoring the Jets’ first goal
Jonathan Di Gregorio
Mark Scheifele honors the memory of his father by scoring the Jets’ first goal
Credit: The Winnipeg Jets are currently fighting for survival in Game 6 of their series against the Dallas Stars The team, trailing 3-2, is trying to force a seventh and final game in Winnipeg. To do so, the Manitoba club would have to accomplish something it has yet to do in this year’s series: win a […]
The Winnipeg Jets are currently fighting for survival in Game 6 of their series against the Dallas Stars

The team, trailing 3-2, is trying to force a seventh and final game in Winnipeg. To do so, the Manitoba club would have to accomplish something it has yet to do in this year’s series: win a game on outdoor ice.

And who better to open the scoring for the Jets than Mark Scheifele.

If you didn’t know, Scheifele sadly lost his father last night.

To the surprise of many, the forward has decided to still participate in tonight’s all-important and possibly no-look game for the Jets.

One of the reasons he chose to play is because it’s what his father would have wanted.

That’s why Scheifele chose to use this tragic event as a source of inspiration.

Even if everyone would have understood that he missed tonight’s game, the Canadian forward is an important cog in the Jets’ wheel if the team is to continue its spring run.

And to score his team’s first goal just hours after the death of his father is almost a Hollywood scenario for the Jets player.

Unfortunately, the Jets’ lead only lasted a few minutes, as the Stars tied the score through Sam Steel.

At the time of writing, the two teams are still tied 1-1 at the second intermission.

Will Scheifele play the hero by scoring the winning goal? Just imagine the scenario if that were to happen.

Or will it motivate his team-mates to win this perhaps hopeless game?


Overtime

– Historic defeat!

– Must listen!

– Missed net!

– Rimouski survives!

– Jakob Pelletier, grocer.

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