They tried to shake off the jet lag, get reacquainted with family and friends, catch a bit of sleep in their own beds and re-set their internal clocks to a seven-hour time change followed almost immediately by another hour rollback for daylight saving time.
And less than 24 hours after landing back on home soil from Helsinki they headed to a most familiar place, the hockey rink, to try to work out the kinks.
"I'm thrilled to be home," Winnipeg Jets centre Adam Lowry said Sunday afternoon following a 45-minute practice at Bell MTS Iceplex.
The Jets beat the Florida Panthers 4-2 in the opener of the Global Series event last Thursday, then lost the re-match the following night by an identical score.