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The prized Winnipeg Jets prospect, coming off an impressive rookie pro season, put on a show Sunday at the latest Young Stars Classic game in Penticton, B.C. Lambert scored the opening goal for his club, then made a beautiful set-up to linemate Nikita Chibrikov to give Winnipeg a 2-0 lead.
However, that was all the offence for the Jets club, which saw the Vancouver Canucks claw all the way back for a 4-2 victory. MIKE DEAL / FREE PRESS FILES Brad Lambert (93) will be one of the key players to watch at the Jets training camp. Winnipeg, which opened the event with a 4-3 overtime win over the Calgary Flames on Friday night, will wrap things up on Monday with a matinee against the Edmonton Oilers.
Lambert, the 30th-overall pick in the 2022 draft, had 21 goals and 34 assists in 64 games with the Manitoba Moose last season. He also added an assist in his NHL debut during the final game of the Jets regular season. There’s a good chance more big-league games are just around the corner.
Lambert will be one of the key players to watch when the Jets open training camp with on-ice sessions starting Thursday. You can expect to see him dress for a majority of Winnipeg’s six pre-season games as well. “I’ve got my opinion on it, but I don’t want to throw it out there,” Moose head coach Mark Morrison said last week when asked if Lambert is ready to make the full-time jump to the NHL.
“I think that will happen with Arnie (Jets coach Scott Arniel) and Chevy (GM Kevin Cheveldayoff) and the group there. But Brad’s come a long ways.” Lambert, who had a nifty assist in Friday’s game, certainly showed that on Sunday.
On his goal, he gained the offensive zone with speed, slowed up around a Canucks defender, toe dragged the puck and then ripped a hard wrister through a screen he essentially created. It takes poise and patience to make such a play. On the Chibrikov tally a few minutes later, Lambert displayed his creativity with a backhand, cross-ice feed that had plenty of zip on it.
Chibrikov, who also had a solid rookie year with the Moose and made his NHL debut in Game 82, scoring a goal, leaned into the one-timer for his second snipe in as many games. Kevin He, drafted in the fourth round by the Jets this past summer, assisted on both goals. Winnipeg was controlling play at that point and looked to be in cruise control at the midway mark of the game.
But two goals by the Canucks in the span of 71 seconds — one a bank shot off a shin pad and another through a maze of traffic — evened it up before the intermission. Vancouver was the better team in the final frame, taking the lead for the first time with just under 14 minutes to play and then adding an insurance tally. Winnipeg Jets Game Days On Winnipeg Jets game days, hockey writers Mike McIntyre and Ken Wiebe send news, notes and quotes from the morning skate, as well as injury updates and lineup decisions.
Arrives a few hours prior to puck drop. The Jets made six lineup changes, as Game 1 starting goalie Thomas Milic took a seat on the bench in favour of Domenic DiVincentiis, who stopped 20 of 24 shots. Defenceman Ben Zloty and forwards Carson Golder, Ben King, Mark Liwiski and Luke Mistelbacher all drew in after being healthy scratches in the opener.
Defenceman Graham Sward and forwards Henri Nikkanen, Daniel Torgersson, Danny Zhilkin and Connor Levis came out. Chaz Lucius, the 18th-overall pick in 2021, remains out as he works his way back from ankle surgery, but he did shed his non-contact jersey during Saturday’s practice and should be ready to go by Jets camp. mike.
[email protected] X: @mikemcintyrewpg Mike McIntyre is a sports reporter whose primary role is covering the Winnipeg Jets.
After graduating from the Creative Communications program at Red River College in 1995, he spent two years gaining experience at the before joining the in 1997, where he served on the crime and justice beat until 2016. . Every piece of reporting Mike produces is reviewed by an editing team before it is posted online or published in print — part of the ‘s tradition, since 1872, of producing reliable independent journalism.
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