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Mark Scheifele to play tonight despite father’s death
Michaël Petit
Mark Scheifele to play tonight despite father’s death
Credit: Earlier today, there was tragic news for Mark Scheifele. His father passed away last night. It’s always so sad when someone loses a loved one like a parent. And it can greatly affect the morale of the player in question, especially when the latter is a very important player for his club in the midst […]
Earlier today, there was tragic news for Mark Scheifele.

His father passed away last night.

It’s always so sad when someone loses a loved one like a parent.

And it can greatly affect the morale of the player in question, especially when the latter is a very important player for his club in the midst of the playoffs.

Not everyone can cope with this kind of grief by going back to work. Because even if NHL players “just play hockey”, it’s still their job, and they’re the best at it.

However, we have learned from Scott Arniel, head coach of the Winnipeg Jets, that #55 will play in Game 6 of the series against the Dallas Stars tonight.

Now that’s courage.

As seen in the tweet above, Scheifele is understood to have told his coach that his father would have wanted him to play tonight.

You can watch the clip in which Arniel confirms that Scheifele will play tonight right here:

Game #6 is the most crucial for the Jets, who have been facing elimination since Game 5 and will be looking to come from behind in this series and advance to the Final Four.

Knowing that Winnipeg hasn’t had much success on the road (especially with Connor Hellebuyck’s failures away from home), they’ll need all their assets to get the better of the Stars.

The latter are incredible to watch play, are very well built for the playoffs and big guns (like Mikko Rantanen) have risen in the playoffs.

The Jets will once again face elimination tonight and can hope Scheifele plays some inspirational hockey in honor of his late father.

If Winnipeg can win this game on the road, then we’ll need an ultimate game, to be played in Winnipeg, and there the Jets will have the advantage.

The match kicks off at 8:00 p.m. and is the only game of the evening.


In Overtime

– Crosby collected four points in this game.

– A humiliating defeat for CF Montreal.

– Sad news…

– Very nice gesture.

– Read more.

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