One puck got by Connor Hellebuyck early at Winnipeg Jets practice Wednesday, then another and then another. Suddenly, down came his goalie stick — like a guy splitting firewood — sheared in half when it made contact with the cross bar.
In that moment, Hellebuyck — whose sticks are manufactured by True — showed some honest-to-goodness frustration and anger, the kind of outburst not normally associated with the composed, restrained Jets netminder.
Out of character, indeed, but authentic as heck.
“I don’t like getting scored on. And I don’t like losing games, so let out a little anger, show a little emotion, show that I care," he said afterward.