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Friday, August 17, 2018

{allcanada} Scheifele out of golf tournament, focus shifts to Jets season

 

WINNIPEG -- Mark Scheifele's short stint competing against professional golfers is over, and his mindset will shift to the 2018-19 NHL season.

The Winnipeg Jets center shot a 14-over 86 Friday in the second round of the Players Cup, a Mackenzie Tour-PGA Tour Canada event at Southwood Golf and Country Club.

His second round was a one-shot improvement on his first round Thursday. His two-day total of 173 (29-over) was last in a field of 156 players.

Scheifele entered the tournament via sponsor exemption as a replacement for Jets teammate Blake Wheeler.

"I just had fun," Scheifele said. "You got to see what it was like to play a pro course and I enjoyed it. I made some good shots, I made some bad shots. Overall, it was a really fun day.

"I didn't go in expecting anything. I wanted to enjoy it and have fun and hit some good shots and have some good holes. I think I accomplished everything that I wanted to these last two days."

After losing the Western Conference Final to the Vegas Golden Knights last season, Scheifele said the Jets need to prepare for high expectations.

"You just have to focus on playing it game by game, not thinking about getting to the Stanley Cup Finals at game 10," Scheifele said. "We have to think about it starting at camp, knowing that we have to improve on some things. We have to get better. We need guys to continue to progress throughout the year. That's the way you win in this league."

The Jets begin training camp Sept. 14 and open the season at the St. Louis Blues on Oct. 4.

"Teams are going to come in and they know they got to put up a great effort against us," Scheifele said. "We're not going to get any easy games, the league is too good. We've got to be ready to be on our toes right from the start of camp."

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