The Winnipeg Jets may soon have another Hawerchuk in the organization.
At the unveiling of the statue for his late father, Dale, on Saturday, Eric Hawerchuk revealed his younger brother, Ben, just might be getting a tryout with the Jets AHL farm team, the Manitoba Moose.
“We’ll see. I think the roster comes out tomorrow,” Eric said.
Ben Hawerchuk, 24, is a 5-foot-11, 198-pound forward who played for his father with the Ontario Junior League’s Barrie Colts through the 2018-19 season.
He last played for Merano in the Alps Hockey League in Europe, scoring a goal and four assists in five games this season.
He spent last year with Jacksonville in the East Coast League, scoring 18 times and adding 17 assists in 65 games.
Hawerchuk would join a bevy of Jets hopefuls assigned to the Moose on Saturday, as the NHL team made its first roster cuts.
Of the 16 players affected, four need to clear NHL waivers before being reassigned to the AHL: forwards Jeff Malott and Mikey Eyssimont, plus defencemen Leon Gawanke and Ashton Sautner.
A dozen players are headed to the Moose without having to clear waivers, including forward Daniel Torgersson, who scored two goals in a preseason game, and Chaz Lucius, the Jets’ first-round draft pick last year.
The other forwards AHL-bound: Alex Limoges, Henri Nikkanen and Wyatt Bongiovanni, plus three who were on professional tryouts: Evan Polei, Cole Maier and Nick Jones.
Defencemen headed to the Moose include Declan Chisholm, Simon Lundmark and Tyrel Bauer.
Goalie Oskari Salminen was also sent down.
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