Jets forward Cole Perfetti looks back at 'Manitoba Miracle' Game 7 goal ahead of 2025-26 regular season

Cole Perfetti is missing a special piece of hockey memorabilia.

The Winnipeg Jets forward scored a historic, game-tying goal in last season's first round of the NHL playoffs that a local restaurant commemorated with a limited number of T-shirts.

The white shirt has Perfetti's first name in blue capital letters and under it the time of 0:1.6, the initial seconds remaining on the clock in the third period when his redirection tied Game 7 against the St. Louis Blues 3-3.

Scorekeepers adjusted the clock to 2.2 and the Jets went on to win in double overtime with a goal from captain Adam Lowry. The league rounds up, so the official scoresheet read 19:57 — the latest tying Game 7 goal in NHL history.

The shirt, which also has "We Believe" on it, kept the original 1.6 seconds.

Perfetti never did get his hands on one of the souvenirs.

"My parents and grandparents were here for that game. I think they did maybe get one or two, but I'm not 100 per cent sure, to be honest," Perfetti said this week at Jets training camp.

"I know I never did. They were cool shirts, though."

The forward from Whitby, Ont., doesn't really need the memento. After all, he has the memory of the goal dubbed the "Manitoba Miracle."

Perfetti also has the not-so-great memory of the Jets getting knocked out of the second round in six games by the Dallas Stars, ending a season in which Winnipeg won its first Presidents' Trophy for having the top regular-season record.

The 23-year-old also reached personal highs last season, finally playing all 82 games and recording a career-best 50 points off 18 goals and 32 assists.

"Last year, that confidence was growing and growing throughout the year," Perfetti said. "Going into the playoffs I was feeling really good about