As we inch towards the 2021 NHL season, the schedules have been released for the Winnipeg Jets and the rest of the teams around the NHL.
After last week’s announcement on how the upcoming NHL season will operate, players and fans learned many things. First, the Winnipeg Jets will be in a division made up of only Canadian Franchises and the Jets schedule will only be made up of divisional opponents.
Also, the NHL season will begin on January 13th and the top four teams in each division will make the playoffs.
Today we learned more about how the season will transpire as the regular season schedule was released by the NHL. The Jets will drop the puck for the first time in 2021 on January 14 against the Calgary Flames at home at Bell MTS Place.
The 2020-21 Season Schedule is LIVE!
— Winnipeg Jets (@NHLJets) December 23, 2020
Your #NHLJets will start the season on January 14th against the Calgary Flames.
FULL SCHEDULE ➡ https://t.co/v8GHM24KGH pic.twitter.com/EBqSKDqPPl
The Jets will face each team in the North Division eight or nine times each and it will be fun to watch their Jets go against their rivals every night.
As per Pierre LeBrun, the new schedule assumes that each team will be playing in their home arena and the NHL has backup schedules in place if a team cannot play in their home rink:
The full NHL schedule released Wednesday will have the 7 Canadian teams as if they can play in their home arenas, even though it's possible that won't be the case. The NHL has adjustment schedules ready to go if that changes.
— Pierre LeBrun (@PierreVLeBrun) December 22, 2020
This is great news and it is extremely exciting to know that Jets hockey will be back in the coming weeks.
As shown by this schedule, there will be a lot of hockey over the next couple of months and it will be fun to watch. The news release for the Jets full schedule can be found here.
Winnipeg Jets Fans: Which matchup are you most excited for on the Jets’ schedule? Leave your comments below!