{"id":58354,"date":"2025-05-17T21:26:10","date_gmt":"2025-05-17T21:26:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/58354\/"},"modified":"2025-05-17T21:26:10","modified_gmt":"2025-05-17T21:26:10","slug":"jets-mark-scheifeles-game-6-status-up-in-air-after-fathers-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/58354\/","title":{"rendered":"Jets&#8217; Mark Scheifele&#8217;s Game 6 status up in air after father&#8217;s death"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The top-seeded Jets will enter Saturday\u2019s elimination game in Dallas with heavy hearts following the unexpected death of the father of\u00a0forward Mark Scheifele.<\/p>\n<p>Brad Scheifele died suddenly overnight, Jets GM Kevin Cheveldayoff told reporters before Saturday\u2019s game against the Stars, who hold a 3-2 lead in the Western Conference semifinals.<\/p>\n<p>Scheifele was not in attendance at Saturday\u2019s optional morning skate, and it was unclear if the 14-year NHL veteran would play in Game 6.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"35964565\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/55-winnipeg-jets-walks-towards-104517547.jpg\" alt=\"Mark Scheifele #55 of the Winnipeg Jets walks towards the ice\" class=\"wp-image-35964565\"  \/>Mark Scheifele of the Winnipeg Jets walks towards the ice. NHLI via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe wish to give [Mark\u2019s] family our most sincere condolences and obviously ask that everybody respect his and their privacy at this time,\u201d Cheveldayoff said, adding that Dallas coach Scott Arniel had returned to the team\u2019s hotel to support Scheifele.<\/p>\n<p>The 32-year-old center is second on the team in playoff points with four goals and six assists after notching 39 goals and a career-best 87 points during the regular season.<\/p>\n<p>Scheifele\u2019s teammates were notified of his father\u2019s passing Saturday morning, according to Cheveldayoff.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a terrible loss,\u201d Winnipeg captain Adam Lowry said. \u201cIt\u2019s tough to put into words how gutted we all feel for Mark and his family.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"35964599\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/55-winnipeg-jets-plays-puck-103520932.jpg\" alt=\"Mark Scheifele of the Winnipeg Jets plays the puck away from Cam Fowler of the St. Louis Blues during second-period action in Game Two of the First Round of the 2025 Stanley Cup Playoffs at Canada Life Centre on April 21, 2025.\" class=\"wp-image-35964599\"  \/>Mark Scheifele of the Winnipeg Jets plays the puck away from Cam Fowler of the St. Louis Blues during second-period action in Game 2 of the First Round of the 2025 Stanley Cup Playoffs at Canada Life Centre on April 21, 2025. NHLI via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s such a big loss, that\u2019s your mentor, that\u2019s the person you looked up to growing up. That\u2019s the person you want to be like. So I think there\u2019s just a lot of little things that you\u2019ve got to do to really make sure Mark feels supported today and moving forward.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Jets, the Presidents\u2019 Trophy winners this year with a league-best 116 points (56-22-4), need a road win Saturday night to force a decisive Game 7 on Monday at home.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The top-seeded Jets will enter Saturday\u2019s elimination game in Dallas with heavy hearts following the unexpected death of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":58355,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2051],"tags":[7,226,1917,255,2321,2097,6,4475,13663,9,4474],"class_list":{"0":"post-58354","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-jets","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-jets","10":"tag-new-york","11":"tag-new-york-jets","12":"tag-newyork","13":"tag-newyorkjets","14":"tag-nfl","15":"tag-nhl","16":"tag-nhl-playoffs-2025","17":"tag-sports","18":"tag-winnipeg-jets"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114525292812410862","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58354","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58354"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58354\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58355"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58354"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58354"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58354"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}