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Jets corral Mustangs in first game of series

By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – The Morinville jets emerged from a rough first period Friday night to take the first game of a best-of-three series with the Edmonton Mustangs 6-4.

The Jets took on the Mustangs four times during the regular season, defeating the club twice and losing to them twice in overtime. Friday night’s contest showed the Mustangs… […]

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Jets enter playoffs Friday night

By MorinvilleNews.com Staff

Morinville – Although the Morinville Jets position in the opening round of Capital Junior Hockey League playoffs was determined Sunday with the club’s final regular season game, just who they would be facing off against was not decided until Wednesday night… […]

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Jets emerge from final weekend with two points

By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – The Morinville Jets (18-15-5) ended the final weekend of the CJHL regular season with one win and one loss. The Jets defeated the Wetaskiwin Icemen 2-1 in a shootout Friday night and fell to a 5-2 decision in favour of the Beaumont Chiefs Sunday afternoon, a contest that brought an end to the Jets’ three-game winning streak.

The two points earned over the weekend brought the Jets to a season total of 41 points, five points behind the (22-13-2) North Edmonton Red Wings, who played their final game Sunday night against the (1-34-0) Stony Plain Flyers … […]

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Jets upset Merchants in penalty-laden affair

By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – Despite racking up 13 per cent of their season penalty total in just one game, the Morinville Jets went on to defeat the St. Albert Merchants 7-3 Sunday afternoon, giving the Jets another two points on the road to playoffs… […]

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Jets send Bruins into hibernation

By MorinvilleNews.com Staff

Morinville – After a disappointing 4-1 loss to the Fort Saskatchewan Hawks Sunday afternoon the Jets redeemed themselves Wednesday night with an 8-4 victory of the Strathcona Bruins. The victory gave the Jets another two greatly-needed points as they race towards the end of the CJHL regular season Feb. 6… […]

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Pressure on for Morinville Jets

Morinville – Sunday afternoon’s 4-1 loss to the Fort Saskatchewan Pyramid Hawks (14-14-5) put even greater pressure on the Morinville Jets (15-13-5) to rack up some points in their remaining four contests if they are to have home-ice advantage in the qualifying round of playoffs.

Head Coach Scott Rodda said Sunday the Jets will need to win three if not all of their remaining four games to achieve that goal… […]

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Jets defeat Mustangs for first time in three outings

By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – Sunday afternoon’s 5-2 victory over the 12-15-4 Edmonton Mustangs was the first time in the past three matchups between the two teams that the contest was decided in regulation play, and the first time the Jets have walked away with the win. Both the Nov. 5 and Dec. 8 contests between the two clubs ended in overtime … […]

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Jets receive royal defeat from Royals

By MorinvilleNews.com Staff

Morinville – The Jets returned home from Tuesday night’s road game with their second defeat in as many games. Last night’s 4-1 loss brought the Jets record to 14-13-5, just one game above .500 hockey.

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Jets pummelled by Knights in lopsided affair

By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – After carving out two victories earlier in the week, the Morinville Jets dropped a 10-2 decision to the visiting Sherwood Park Knights (18-11-0) Sunday afternoon, a contest that looked like it could be anybody’s game at the end of the first period… […]

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Jets lose to Regals in shootout

By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – The Jets ended the 2010 calendar year on a down note Sunday night after dropping a 7-6 shootout decision to the Spruce Grove Regals. Although taking one point for a contest against the CJHL West Division’s second-ranked club would normally be an acceptable situation, the loss was the Jets third in a week… […]

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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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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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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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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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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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