Wake With Elias: Canucks Crush the Jets

The Canucks took down the Winnipeg Jets with a rousing 5-1 victory.

By Markus Meyer Jan 28, 2022, 6:00am PST

NHL: Vancouver Canucks at Winnipeg Jets

Canucks News

Led by a hat trick from JT Miller and a nice performance from Spencer Martin, the Canucks took down the Winnipeg Jets 5-1:

A nice start to the road trip pic.twitter.com/9LBzidzg5o
— Vancouver #Canucks (@Canucks) January 28, 2022

Speaking of Martin, the win was his first in the NHL:

1st NHL win and second star of the night for @S_Marty95 pic.twitter.com/zHx59tMql4
— Vancouver #Canucks (@Canucks) January 28, 2022

Martin himself on the performance:

"It's incredibly special and to even get an opportunity to play and having it go well and get a win, I don't know if it has sunk in yet."

️ Spencer Martin on his first career NHL win#Canucks | @TheProvince pic.twitter.com/6wXTuPRbgh
— Vancouver #Canucks (@Canucks) January 28, 2022

JT Miller with some comments after his impressive hat trick performance:

Asked #Canucks J.T. Miller if it meant anything extra to get a hat trick considering the "noise" + rumours around him the last week.

He grinned, said I probably knew the answer, adding:

"I have a job to do here...I had a couple timely goals today. That's all I'm worried about."
— Thomas Drance (@ThomasDrance) January 28, 2022

In some more serious news, former Canuck Jake Virtanen has been charged with sexual assault:

BREAKING: B.C. Crown Prosecution Service has filed sexual assault charges against former Canuck Jake Virtanen
— Patrick Johnston (@risingaction) January 27, 2022

Thomas Drance with some additional notes on the case:

VPD release notes that former #Canucks forward Virtanen has been charged with one count of sexual assault dating back to September 26, 2017 when Virtanen was an active NHL player. The 25-year-old is not currently in custody: pic.twitter.com/A4M7ovI0Lw
— Thomas Drance (@ThomasDrance) January 27, 2022

Hockey News

The NHL has cleared Evander Kane in their investigation of his cross-border travel:

NHL concludes investigation of Evander Kane cross-border travel. https://t.co/ZPe8E9moRF pic.twitter.com/aUvh0zGFr3
— NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) January 27, 2022

And here’s what Kane’s contract projects to look like:

When signed, #LetsGoOilers Evander Kane 1 yr Deal:

Signing Bonus 625K
Base Salary 750K
Actual Cash paid $974K

Due to pro-rating for signing during season w/ SB, Cap Hit/AAV is $2.094M

Full No Move Clause

Rep'd by Dan Milstein @GoldStarHockey https://t.co/65yIXaWBM7
— PuckPedia (@PuckPedia) January 27, 2022

For the first time, the IIHF Women’s National Teams will be featured in an EA Sports game:

LIVE IN #NHL22

IIHF Women's National Teams are now available for the first time ever

Play now https://t.co/ssJWNJ4j8f pic.twitter.com/2BXmcBXnJk
— EA SPORTS NHL (@EASPORTSNHL) January 27, 2022

And an impressive new Trevor Zegras highlight:

When Trevor Zegras is on the ice, expect the unexpected. @tzegras11 | @AnaheimDucks pic.twitter.com/xHebhwotc4
— Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) January 28, 2022