WINNIPEG - The first preseason game on the Winnipeg Jets schedule isn't until Sunday, but they wasted no time in getting into some form of game action.
A scrimmage made up the final 15 minutes of Thursday's first on-ice session of training camp, with Team White narrowly edging out Team Blue 2-1 in a shootout.
As is always the case, there was a specific reason why head coach Paul Maurice wanted to scrimmage on the first day.
"What it will do is allow me to keep some of the veterans, if we can stack enough scrimmage time here, to keep some of the veteran players out of the exhibition games," Maurice said at the conclusion of the team's 80-minute skate.
Jets waste no time preparing for preseason on Day 1 of training camp
"I've got to get all these guys playing." -Maurice

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