With ample time on his hands, the 6-foot-2, 210-pound winger has reaped the benefits from daily competitive workouts and is following a strict regimen. He's maintained a competitive edge and stayed motivated alongside the company of his two former hockey-playing brother-in-laws.
"My goal was to drop probably 10 pounds of bad and put on a few of good," Jenkins said. "I've exceeded that, so I've been pretty happy with my results during this break. I mean when you don't have anything to do you might as well try and improve yourself, right? That was an eye opener to try and get a head start into summer. When you're in summer you only have about two months to do it, but now I've got about five or six so why not use that to your advantage."
Initially, upon his arrival home, Jenkins grappled with the shared frustration for most hockey right now of not having ice access. In turn, he purchased a pair of rollerblades. Fortunately for Jenkins, the inconvenience was short-lived before he was back lacing up his skates again and hitting the ice on a regular basis.
"My girlfriend has an actual hockey rink down in her basement," Jenkins explained. "They have a whole setup with ice. Usually, they take it out around March, but they ended up putting it back in about a month ago. I've been pretty fortunate with that and being able to skate down thereā¦ It's not a full-size [rink], it's probably about the size of a neutral zone, which is still a good size."