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Blake Wheeler is fine and back on the ice after puck-to-head hit on Friday

Blake Wheeler is fine but admittedly a little shaken by Friday’s puck-to-the-head scare at Winnipeg Jets practice.

"As long as I don’t get hit in the same spot, it should be good," Wheeler said this morning, back on the MTS Centre ice after leaving it in serious distress on Friday.

Winnipeg Jets forward  Blake Wheeler was hit by puck at the team practice in the MTS Centre Friday.
Winnipeg Jets forward Blake Wheeler was hit by puck at the team practice in the MTS Centre Friday.

Then, late in practice, he was felled by friendly fire — a Dustin Byfuglien point shot that hit him in the head.