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WINNIPEG -- Getting an NHL team back was enough of a high for 2011-12, but fans and the team are expecting more as the Winnipeg Jets enter their second season. Cheap Ajax Soccer Jerseys . Jets general manager Kevin Cheveldayoff made that clear months ago when his team finished out of the playoffs last season. "Its a sport that we play for the fans. . . We would expect nothing less than expectations continue to grow each and every day," he said. This season, they want to snag the playoff berth that seemed tantalizingly close at times last year. Theyve added a little size and little experience, but Jets version 2.2 doesnt look a lot different from last year, so whether they achieve that goal or not remains a big question mark. It likely doesnt hurt their chances that realignment has been shelved for another season. Although the Jets finished fourth in the Southeast Division, they had a division-leading 32 points and 14-6-4 record against Southeast rivals. And they arent particularly bummed out by travel prospects in what is already a very tight schedule. "It is what it is and its not that bad," coach Claude Noel said. "I really like the way it closes up in April with the homestand." The Jets play six straight home games from April 6-April 20, two on the road and then return for their final regular-season game April 25 against Montreal. The Jets have to look inside, not outside, as they prepare for this season, Noel suggests. "When you look at all the numbers and you look at the way we performed last year, there were some glaring areas that we have to be better. . . "If were going to find solutions to the problems that we have, then lets address the problems and lets find solutions to these problems, the schedule is what it is." So what are the problems? No. 1 on the list seems to be defence. The Jets allow too many shots -- quality shots -- on their own net. Their defence, in particular Dustin Byfuglien, is great on offence. Byfuglien tied for second in the league in scoring by a defenceman and overall the defence was No. 5 in scoring in 2011-12. Despite ranking near the top of the list in the number of saves he managed, goalie Ondrej Pavelecs percentages were well down in the pack, in part because he just faced too many shots. There are no big changes in personnel this season on defence, although the Jets have a hole to fill early with Zach Bogosian still recovering from wrist surgery. Instead, Noel is trying to make the players he has more alert to whats going on around them when coming back and in certain key areas to prevent quality shots. Problem No. 2, home versus away. The Jets were a solid 23-13-5 at home last season. The MTS Centre is sold out for every game, fans are loud and proud and the energy is palpable. Almost every team does better playing at home but 14-22-5 on the road isnt a path to the playoffs. Washington (16-21-4) and Detroit (17-21-3) were the only sub .500 road teams that qualified last season. The Jets scored 122 goals at home last season, good enough for eighth in the league. They let in 100 and their power-play was ranked No. 2. On the road, they scored 99 goals but, perhaps even more telling they gave up 142, the second worst number in the league, which again points to the need to improve defensively. Their power play ranked a dismal 28th. With four players scoring 50 points or better last season, the Jets clearly have an offence, but they also need to perform well no matter where they play. New addition Olli Jokinen had 61 points with the Flames, so he improves the odds significantly. Problem No. 3, youth. With youth comes inexperience and the Jets were a fairly young team. Now, not quite so much. Evander Kane may be just 21 but it looks like hes on a line with Jokinen, whose 34 years and more than 1,000 NHL games help tilt the scales. Not that Kane was ineffective last year as Winnipegs No. 2 scorer, with a personal-best 30 goals. But the Jets need even more from him if they want to play past April. Alexei Ponikarovsky, 32, also has been added to the offence and could be playing alongside Alex Bumistrov, 21, on the teams third line. Mark Scheifele, still just 19, is trying to crack the lineup but the field is getting pretty crowded with the addition just this week of husky fourth-line winger Anthony Peluso. Players like Blake Wheeler, last years scoring leader in Winnipeg, just seem to keep getting better but Noel also wants to see a mental change in the rest of his team this season. "I would just like us to start walking and behaving like winners," he said. "Weve got to go in expecting to win on the road, expecting things, more from each other on the road. Thats the attitude difference that Id like us to start thinking about. "But a lot of that is earned. 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But with additions of newcomers Keith Aucoin and Mike Kostka, as well as Toronto Maple Leafs defenceman Jake Gardiner, Toronto went 3-for-8 with the man advantage. "The power play was one thing we really needed to work on from last year and we did a pretty good job," Hamilton said. "We have so many guys who can play the power play now. I thought we kept it simple for the most part, got pucks to the net, and when we do that were going to have success." Jake Gardiner scored the other goal and added an assist for Toronto, and Ben Scrivens stopped 19 shots in net for the win. Mike Kostka had a pair of assists on the power play in his Marlies debut after signing as a free agent in the summer from the Calder Cup-champion Norfolk Admirals. "(Hamilton) and (Carter Ashton) theyre in front and theyre big, strong guys, and then Aucoin and (Nazem) Kadri on the half-walls, with Gardiner up top -- all really good players," Kostka said. "Everyones just working to share the puck and we were doing a really good job of that." The win came in front of a sellout crowd of 7,921 at Ricoh Coliseum, the first sellout for a home opener since the Marlies first game in Toronto in 2005-06. "In terms of a season opener, it was a full rink, a nationally televised game, so there was a definite buzz going around the rink and we could feel it in the room," Scrivens said. "You got to try to temper the nerves a bit and not try to do too much out there ... For our first game of the season, theres definitely a lot of positives we can build off of." Marcus Foligno replied for Rochester while David Leggio made 33 saves in defeat. All four goals came on the power play. The Marlies got off to a quick start, scoring a pair of power-play goals in the first period and outshooting the Americans 15-6. Toronto (1-0-0) opened the scoring just over five minutes into the game with Rochesters Nick Tarnasky off for holding. Mike Kostka passed to Kadri who skated through the neutral zone and dropped the puck at the offensive bluue-line to Gardiner, who wristed a shot past Leggios glove hand. wholesale nfl jerseys. "I got the puck from Kostka in the middle, I skated up and I saw Jake coming in my rear view," Kadri said. "I figured Id back the defenceman off and give him a little drop-pass, and I actually opened up to get it back. But Im happy he shot, because he does have to shoot more because he has a good shot." The Marlies thought theyd made it 2-0 a few minutes later during a scramble around the Americans goal, but after a video review the officials deemed the puck never crossed the goal-line. Toronto did get that second goal a minute later when Hamilton finished off a tick-tack-toe passing play with Joe Colborne and Mike Zigomanis. Hamilton was the Marlies leading goal-scorer last season with 25 and Zigomanis led the team in scoring with 61 points. Rochester (1-1-0) controlled the play in the second period, but got only one goal to show for it. The Americans got on the board on the power play at 5:59 with a perfectly executed three-way passing play of their own. Cody Hodgson took a pass from T.J. Brennan and then dished to Foligno, whose wrist shot from the slot beat Scrivens on his glove side. Marlies coach Dallas Eakins wasnt happy with how his team responded in the second period. "I tried to reason with them and be more encouraging during the period, but what snapped them out of it is that I yelled at them," Eakins said. "A lot of guys on the bench were saying, Theyre coming harder, theyre coming harder. Well, no theyre not. They werent skating harder, they were coming at the same speed. "We thought it was going to be an easy period. We stopped skating and tried to get cute. It was almost like a summer pond hockey game." The Marlies had another goal waved off just over six minutes into the third period, but seconds later Hamilton got his second of the game on the power play. Mike Kostka blocked a Rochester clearing attempt, then passed to the side of the goal to Hamilton, who spun around in front of the net and tucked the puck past Leggio. Notes: Toronto next plays Sunday when it hosts division rivals Lake Erie Monsters. ... The AHL introduced video review for the 2012-13 season. ... The Marlies have had the AHLs best penalty kill each of the past two seasons. ... All 10 regular season games between Toronto and Rochester in the 2011-12 season were decided by one goal. ' ' ' |
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