A stunning personal tragedy has befallen <a href='https://www.nhl.com/jets/' class='lien_marqueur' target='_blank' rel='noopener'>Winnipeg Jets</a> forward Mark Scheifele after news broke that his father passed away during the night. Terrible personal news struck Winnipeg Jets forward <a href='https://www.sportsnet.ca/nhl/article/jets-announce-sudden-death-of-mark-scheifeles-father-brad/' class='lien_marqueur' target='_blank' rel='noopener'>Mark Scheifele on Saturday, as it was announced that his father Brad had passed away during the night</a>. <div align='center' class='pl20 pr20'><blockquote class='twitter-tweet' data-lang='en'><a href='https://twitter.com/FriedgeHNIC/status/1923782318860210483'><div style='border:1px solid #CCCCCC;border-radius:10px;padding:20px;width:300px;'>Loading from Twitter ...</div></a></blockquote></div> The news was announced to media members by Jets general manager Kevin Cheveldayoff, who also disclosed that coach Scott Arniel is back at the team hotel with Scheifele. The tragic news also comes at an extremely inopportune time, as the Jets continue to fight to remain in the Stanley Cup Playoffs against <a href='https://www.nhl.com/stars/' class='lien_marqueur' target='_blank' rel='noopener'> the Dallas Stars</a>. Both teams are scheduled to play Game 6 of the series on Saturday night, with the <a href='https://www.hockeylatest.com/nhl-team/winnipeg-jets/dallas-stars-troll-jets-fans-prior-to-tonight-crucial-game-6' class='lien_marqueur' target='_blank' rel='noopener'>Stars holding a 3-2 lead</a>. They have the chance to advance to the Western Conference Final in the event of a win. Understandably, Scheifele's status for Game 6 is undetermined. <div align='center' class='pl20 pr20'><blockquote class='twitter-tweet' data-lang='en'><a href='https://twitter.com/MarkLazerus/status/1923779265549533346'><div style='border:1px solid #CCCCCC;border-radius:10px;padding:20px;width:300px;'>Loading from Twitter ...</div></a></blockquote></div> He was punched by Stars captain Jamie Benn during Winnipeg's Game 5 win on Thursday, resulting in Benn being fined $5,000, the maximum allowed by the current Collective Bargaining Agreement. It didn't help that Scheifele had already been through a concussion earlier in the playoffs that caused him to miss time in his club's Round 1 series against the St. Louis Blues. As he put it, Benn's actions <a href='https://www.sportsnet.ca/nhl/article/stars-jamie-benn-fined-for-roughing-jets-mark-scheifele/' class='lien_marqueur' target='_blank' rel='noopener'>didn't feel good</a>. It was hard for me to understand either. My face hurts. There's not much I can really say in this situation. Couldn't really protect myself, my arms were pinned at my side, so definitely didn't feel good. So far in the postseason, Scheifele has 10 points (4G, 6A). We send our condolences to Mark Scheifele and his family as they continue to navigate such an unimaginable loss.