RUTH BONNEVILLE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS
Winnipeg Jets centre Mark Scheifele teaches hockey skills to youngsters for KidSport at MTS Iceplex Saturday. This is the second year Scheifele has hosted the camp.
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June 25 / 2016
It was a day that changed his life.
Mark Scheifele vividly remembers hearing his name called at the No. 7 spot in the 2011 National Hockey League’s entry draft at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minn., five years ago.
Scheifele, 18 at the time, can recall where he was sitting, the anxiety he felt waiting and the elation of hearing, "The Winnipeg Jets are proud to select, from the Barrie Colts of the Ontario Hockey League…"
Of course, Scheifele has gone down in history as the first pick by the reincarnated Winnipeg Jets following the team’s relocation just weeks before the draft.