PENTICTON, B.C. — Jordy Stallard says being drafted by the Winnipeg Jets, the team just down the road from his home in Brandon, was a "surreal experience." Pulling on a Jets jersey at the Young Stars Classic NHL rookie tournament has been a blast, too.
The dream hasn’t come without some turbulence, however.
Stallard, a 19-year-old winger chosen by Winnipeg in the fifth round of last summer’s NHL Draft, was inserted on a line with first-round picks Jack Roslovic and Kyle Connor Sunday afternoon against a squad of Vancouver Canucks rookies.
The trio went scoreless in a 3-2 loss to the Canucks and were on the ice for Vancouver’s first two goals at the South Okanagan Events Centre.