Winnipeg Jets Center Mark Scheifele will play Game 6 on Dallas after unexpected death from his father

Dallas (AP) -Winnipeg Jets Top Center Mark Scheifele plays on Saturday night, hours after the unexpected death of his father, in their Must-Wen match 6 of their second round play-off series in Dallas. Jets coach Scott Arniel said Brad Scheifele’s news overnight is difficult for the entire team. The team was told before the optional morning skating. “On behalf of the Winnipeg Jets family, our condolences to Mark and his family. It shook us all morning this morning when we found out,” Arniel said. ‘Mark will play tonight. As he said, it would be the wishes of his father. He would like him to play. ‘ Arniel said the Jets knew that Scheifele’s father rooted on the team, and that they were against St. Louis had to see. “He’s with us, and Mark really wants to play for him,” Arniel said. “The thing with Mr. Scheifele is that he is part of our family. He is part of the Jets family. He goes back to 2011 when Mark was set up here for the first time, ‘the coach said. “We have a lot of players who have come at the time that are still here that he was a big part of their lives, with their family. It is definitely devastating for market, but also for many guys in this team. ‘ Winnipeg general manager Kevin Cheveldayoff said the organization is doing everything in its power to support Scheifele. “It’s a terrible loss,” Jets captain Adam Lowry said. “It’s hard to bring about words how good we all feel for Mark and his family.” There was no immediate word about the cause of the death of Brad Scheifele. Winnipeg, the top seed in the Western Conference, needed a win on Saturday night’s game against the Stars to prevent them from being eliminated from the NHL playoffs and forced a decisive match 7 in Winnipeg on Monday night. The 32-year-old Mark Schiefele played in 10 of the Jets’ first 12 games this weekend. He has Games 6 and 7 of the first round against St. Louis missed an unknown injury after taking some big hits early in Game 5 of that series. He had four goals and six assists in those ten games. In Game 5 Thursday night, a 4-0 win by Winnipeg that expanded the series, Scheifele was struggled by star captain Jamie Benn during a late scrum. Benn received a criminal penalty and was fined by the NHL the maximum allowed $ 5,000, but avoided a suspension. Scheifele had 87 points (39 goals and 48 assists) in the 82 regular seasonal matches. ___