He was also involved in a scrum with Stars captain Jamie Benn during Thursday’s Game 5. The scuffle saw Benn throw a punch at Scheifele, resulting in a roughing penalty, a 10-minute misconduct and $5,000 fine for the Stars veteran.

Mark Scheifele's father unexpectedly passed away on Friday night, leaving the availability of the Winnipeg Jets' star forward in doubt for Saturday's Game 6 of the Western Conference semifinal series against the host Dallas Stars.

Some terrible news this morning in Texas as Jets GM Kevin Cheveldayoff delivered some terrible news that Mark Scheifele’s dad Brad had passed away overnight. We extend our deepest sympathies and condolences to the Scheifele family.