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Jets shut out in Sherwood Park

By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – For the first time this season, the Morinville Jets have ended a game scoreless. Tuesday night’s 4-0 loss to the Sherwood Park Knights, the Jets first contest against the CJHL’s fifth-ranked team this season, pushed the Jets to fifth slot in the West Division and eighth spot in the league overall.

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Fourth time’s the charm for Vipers

By Stephen Dafoe

Legal – With just one second left in Saturday night’s road game against Onoway, the Legal Vipers brought the contest to a tie and gave themselves another five minutes to prove they could defeat the Ice Dogs … […]

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Jets dominate Flyers in Sunday outing

By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – Sunday afternoon’s 8-1 home-ice victory over the Stony Plain Flyers came as no real surprise to Jets fans. Heading into the contest, the Flyers had lost 23 of their 24 games this season, two of which were in overtime, giving them four points in the CJHL standings.

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Titans shut out Wabamun Wings

By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – Friday night’s home-ice contest against the 1-13-0 Wabamun Wings could hardly be described as exciting hockey. Although the 13-0 victory gave the Titans another two points and increased their goals for and against numbers by a margin of 13, the Wings provided little challenge to the Titan’s superior talents.

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Jets defeated in overtime

By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – Wednesday night’s 5-4 overtime loss to the Edmonton Mustangs (10-10-3) provided the Morinville Jets with one point for their evening’s efforts, and brings the club’s record to 11-9-4 on the season … […]

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Ice Dogs put end to Vipers winning streak

By Stephen Dafoe

Legal – After five consecutive wins over the past three weeks, the North Central Hockey League schedule brought the Legal Vipers up against one of only two teams that have managed to beat them this season – the Onoway Ice Dogs. That meeting, as has been the case in the two … […]

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Titans defeated in rematch

By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – Sunday night’s 4-3 loss to the Edmonton Avalanche gave the Morinville Titans their second defeat of the week. Earlier in the week the Titans were shootout by the SWZ Oil Kings in a 4-0 road game upset.

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Jets pick up third straight win

By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – The Morinville Jets’ 5-3 win over the Leduc Schwab Riggers Sunday afternoon extended the Junior B club’s winning streak to three consecutive games, something the Jets have not been able to do since the beginning of the season when they pulled off back-to-back wins against the Stony Plain Flyers, Edmonton Mustangs and St. Albert Merchants over an eight-day period.

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FunTeam Hockey builds skills among all ages

By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – It’s an early Saturday morning at the Ray McDonald Sports Centre and the bleachers are full of parents and grandparents watching children play hockey. But what sets the players on the ice apart from many other teams that will occupy the rink that day is the range of ages and genders playing together on the ice.

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Jets two for two in early week outings

By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – After losing to the North Edmonton Red Wings in a five-round shootout Nov. 26, the Morinville Jets came back strong with back-to-back road victories Tuesday and Wednesday night.

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Jets lose in five-round shootout

By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – Friday night’s 7-6 shootout loss to the North Edmonton Red Wings (13-6-2) was a decidedly different contest than the 12-1 defeat the Wings dealt the Jets Oct. 20, and shows just how well the Jets can play hockey when they want to.

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Jets past catches up with them in alumni game

By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – Past generations of Morinville Jets kicked off Morinville’s Lite Up the Nite Christmas Festival weekend by lighting up the scoreboard at the Ray McDonald Sports Centre. More than three dozen former Jets took to the ice in home and away jerseys playing for either Team Welsby or Team Maslyk, teams named for former Jet coaches Tom Welsby and Terry Maslyk.

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Titans bury Avalanche in mid-week outing

By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – In their sixth consecutive win, the Morinville Titans upset the Noralta Junior Hockey League’s top-ranked Edmonton Avalanche, a team that prior to coming up against the Titans Tuesday night had only been defeated once this season.

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Jets hit half way mark below .500

By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – Sunday night’s road loss to the Beverley Warriors should have been no great disappointment to the Morinville Jets. The Warriors are currently the top-ranked team in the Capital Junior Hockey League with a 15-2-2 record on the season and averaging just above five goals per game. There is seldom shame in losing to a tough team.
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Jets Alumni to gather for Friday night game

By Étienne Thevou

Morinville – The San Jose Sharks may be taking on the Edmonton Oilers at Rexall Place Saturday night, but the real hockey action is set to take place at the Ray McDonald Sports Centre Friday night with back-to-back Jets games, all part of the Junior B club’s annual Alumni Game weekend.
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