Scheifele credits Noel with growth as player
/The Winnipeg Sun believes that when it comes to Mark Scheifele and former Jets bench boss Claude Noel 'you can’t argue with the job Noel did with the franchise’s first draft pick, a combination of teaching and patience that eventually paid off.'
“I obviously had some growing pains to go through. Every player does,” Scheifele said. “Claude helped me a lot. He was always talking to me, always trying to help me through things. He definitely gets a lot of credit.
“That was huge. He didn’t care if I scored a goal. He didn’t care if I was on the scoresheet. He just wanted me to be a good defensive player, first. And when you take care of the defence, the offence just kind of comes out.”
On the firing of Noel:
“It was really tough,” Scheifele said. “It really makes you take a step back, and realize what just happened. The team was the reason for that happening. It obviously lit a fire under everyone.”
Source: Paul Friesen, Winnipeg Sun