After sitting out the earlier two seasons and looking out like his NHL profession was over, three-time Stanley Cup champion Jonathan Toews made his return to the NHL on Thursday evening as a member of his hometown Winnipeg Jets. Toews, who’s from Manitoba, had spent the primary 15 years of his profession with the Chicago Blackhawks the place he was the centerpiece of their mini-dynasty within the early 2010s.
The Jets are hoping he can recapture a few of that magic and produce much-needed championship expertise to their roster.
He was held off the scoresheet in Thursday’s 5-4 loss to the Dallas Stars, logging 18:19 minutes of ice-time and recording one shot on purpose.
Jonathan Toews will get enormous welcome in Winnipeg debut
Although Toews is new to the Jets’ roster, he’s nonetheless an enormous star in Winnipeg. Not just for the truth that he’s from there, but in addition as a result of he has represented Staff Canada on a world stage and been a hockey celebrity throughout the nation.
When he was launched as a part of the crew’s home-opener on Thursday, he bought one of many loudest and largest ovations of the pregame ceremony.
