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Handcuffed Copp finally breaks free

JOHN WOODS / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS

The Winnipeg Jets’ Andrew Copp celebrates after scoring his short-handed beauty.

THE list of forwards who stay in the NHL without a goal for more than four months will be pretty short.

Take Winnipeg Jets rookie centre Andrew Copp off that list and put him in the relieved category after Tuesday night.

Copp, 21, scored on a breakaway at 7:55 of the second period against Florida goalie Roberto Luongo, slipping a quick move through Luongo’s pads for a 2-1 Jets lead.

It was Copp’s first goal since Halloween, snapping a 45-game drought.