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VIDEO: Jets' Maurice sour after Wild ice top power-play unit in blowout

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Winnipeg Jets head coach Paul Maurice wasn't thrilled with the antics of Minnesota Wild head coach Mike Yeo during the team's 8-1 shelling Sunday.

The Jets played a very forgettable preseason game against their Central Division foes and though the game means nothing in the standings, Maurice offered some tongue-in-cheek comments about Yeo, who iced his top power-play unit with the Wild up 8-1 in the third period.

"You get in those games, and they're going to keep putting out good players," Maurice said postgame. "Like when they got an 8-1 lead. They got a power play. The best is coming out. In an exhibition game."

(Courtesy: NHL.com)

Yeo responded to Maurice's comments, saying the decision to ice his team's top guys was in retaliation to Jets enforcer Anthony Peluso who was "running around."

- With h/t to Pro Hockey Talk

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