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WINNIPEG -He has no shortage of things to do, but Winnipeg Jets head coach Paul Maurice is making sure hockey isn't the only thing he's focused on with the regular season paused.
"Everything in every closet in my house is perfectly organized," Maurice said with a grin on Thursday.
"For the most part, after about the third or fourth day we were at home, we all realized it was a pretty serious event. (I'm doing) all the basic things - taking care of your family, making sure you're doing all the things you're supposed to do to stay well - then you're branching out on projects."
However, his job as an NHL head coach still takes up the majority of Maurice's time. He said he's in touch with at least one member of his coaching staff every day. There are a number of things to consider, including what practice sessions will look like should play resume.

"What does that look like? Nobody really would have run that, especially when you consider you're probably going to have more than 23 players," said Maurice, adding that he and his staff are preparing for everything from five days of practice up to two weeks.
In addition, there are aspects of his team's play that Maurice wants to key in on with all this extra time to analyze video.
"Each coach has a piece of our game from this year that we're trying to use and put some wrinkles in," Maurice said. "Things that we would want to change in that video block. You're not showing past games, but you're showing 'hey we want to be really good coming out of the break with this.'"

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      INTERVIEW | Paul Maurice

      The Jets went into the season pause on a roll with four straight wins. The fourth of those came in Edmonton, a 4-2 triumph over the Oilers, at Rogers Place.
      After a scoreless first period, each team scored twice in the second, a period Maurice remembers vividly.
      "The players on both teams found out after the first period that the NBA had shut down. I think you could see it in the game. The game of hockey, or pro sports at a high level, has to be very focused to be executed well," said Maurice. "There were some things that started to happen in the game that hadn't happened in the first. So they were off a little bit. It was on everybody's mind."
      After the game, Maurice remembers the discussion on the plane as the team moved on to Calgary, which would have been the next stop on the road trip.
      Instead, the team flew back to Winnipeg the following morning.
      "A lot of uncertainty meant a lot of phone calls. These guys are on their phones a fair amount, but coaches too," said Maurice. "Once you knew there was another league that had experienced it, and they were going to shut down, we were very probably going to do the same."
      So while everyone waits to see when it will be safe to return to action, Maurice has no doubt players around the league will be fit and ready to go. The Jets lost over 300 man games to injury this season and were slowly getting healthy as the regular season was set to enter the stretch drive.
      But always one to look on the bright side, Maurice feels when the NHL returns, fans could see something unique.
      "You're going to get an opportunity to see something you've never seen - healthy playoff hockey," Maurice said.
      "I'm not sure when it's going to be, but when we do come back, you're going to see healthy, fit, very intense hockey."

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      HOCKEY IN THE FAMILY
      The hockey season being put on hold didn't only impact the Jets head coach in his household.
      Maurice's son Jake had the opportunity to do play-by-play for the Winnipeg Blues of the Manitoba Junior Hockey League earlier this season.
      Maurice still remembers when his son found out he would be calling his first game.
      "Funny story, I came home and told my wife and she was angry at me. I came home and said 'hey, Jake is going to call the Blues game tonight,' and she was downright angry. I couldn't understand why," Maurice said. "I hadn't factored in that we were playing the St. Louis Blues that night. She thought Jake was going to have to call the Blues game and didn't think it was quite fair that I had thrown him into the fire like that. It's been great. He loves it."
      Did dad have any tips for his son?
      "We had the conversation about how to handle a coach after a loss. We did, for sure," Maurice said with a smile. "My son Jake's passionate about hockey and all sports really, and he got this opportunity."