WINNIPEG, Manitoba -- You know the intensity is high when the players throwing punches at each other on the ice are on the same team.
Winnipeg captain Blake Wheeler and Ben Chiarot came to blows during practice Saturday morning as the Jets prepared to take on the Nashville Predators on Sunday in a battle of the top two teams in the Central Division. Winnipeg trails Nashville by six points.
Wheeler had taken issue with Chiarot after he and center Mark Scheifele exchanged cross-checks during a power play drill and dropped his gloves to fight the defenseman.