Winnipeg Jets make 3 changes to Alumni Game roster for Heritage Classic
Fan favourite Chris Thorburn has been added to the Winnipeg Jets Alumni Game roster.
The Winnipeg Jets have made three roster adjustments for the Alumni Game, which will be held as part of the upcoming Heritage Classic. Fan favorite Chris Thorburn has been re-added to the roster, after being initially named and then removed in June. Thorburn's return to the lineup will reunite him with Tanner Glass and Jim Slater, who are also set to play.
Other changes include the removal of forwards Nik Antropov and Drew Stafford from the roster. The final preliminary roster now includes 20 players, with Michael Hutchinson as the sole goaltender. Manitoba's Cody Eakin and Eric Fehr are among the forwards, alongside Andrew Ladd, Bryan Little, and Blake Wheeler on the "old Ladd-Little-Wheeler" line.
Sam Gagner, Anthony Peluso, Mathieu Perreault, Tim Stapleton, and Paul Stastny will also play forward. On defense, Dustin Byfuglien will lead the way, alongside Grant Clitsome, Tobias Enstrom, Ron Hainsey, Mark Stuart, and Winnipeg's Derek Meech. Claude Noel, the first head coach in Jets 2.0 history, will be the bench coach. The Alumni Game against the Montreal Canadiens' alumni will take place at the Canada Life Centre on Saturday, October 24, a day before the outdoor game at Princess Auto Stadium.
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