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As the rush hour traffic slowly dissipated, an unusual sight caught the attention of commuters at the entrance of the subway station. A frail elderly man, dressed in worn-out clothes and leaning on his cane, was determined to enter the station despite the closed gates of the ticket barriers. Without a second thought, he began to make his way towards a small gap beside the gate, commonly known as the "dog hole."CHICAGO — Connor Hellebuyck is looking forward to his Ryan Miller moment, though he’s planning on making a key alteration to the ending. Read this article for free: Already have an account? To continue reading, please subscribe: * CHICAGO — Connor Hellebuyck is looking forward to his Ryan Miller moment, though he’s planning on making a key alteration to the ending. Read unlimited articles for free today: Already have an account? CHICAGO — Connor Hellebuyck is looking forward to his Ryan Miller moment, though he’s planning on making a key alteration to the ending. The Winnipeg Jets goalie could barely contain his enthusiasm as spoke to reporters for the first time since being picked for Team USA for the upcoming 4 Nations Face-Off. “The one that comes to mind is the gold medal game (in 2010) with Ryan Miller. He played phenomenal that entire tournament,” Hellebuyck said after the Jets’ workout at Fifth Third Bank Arena, the Chicago Blackhawks practice facility. “It was (Sidney) Crosby that scored (golden goal), five-hole. Jeffrey T. Barnes / The Associated Press Winnipeg Jets goaltender Connor Hellebuyck says putting on the USA jersey will be a moment to remember. “A moment like that is so big, I’m hopefully going to have my own moment like that — hopefully winning it — but those little milestones are what I’m going to be able to tell stories to my kids when they grow up.” It turns out Hellebuyck was told he is on the team by Team USA general manager Bill Guerin after the Jets defeated the Minnesota Wild late last month — which was why he offered a polite “no comment” when asked about the exchange by colleague Mike McIntyre following the game during. “I was thrilled,” said Hellebuyck. “I found out Kyle (Connor) was with me and I’m really excited to have a teammate there. It’s going to be a really fun tournament. Different style of hockey I’d imagine, but it’s going to be a good balance because a bunch of these players are coming in in mid-season form. “It’s a great precursor for the Olympics. It’s going to be a lot of the same players and same teams. Getting to put the USA jersey on, that’s going to be a moment that I’ll remember and get to cherish. I know I have a World Championships, but this feels a little bit different. This is a little closer to Olympic time and Olympic rosters. I’m excited to figure out what’s in front of me.” Much like Connor said, Hellebuyck wasn’t fretting over whether or not he would be named to the 23-man roster that was unveiled on Wednesday. “I didn’t really worry a whole lot. I was just going to put the best version of myself on the ice every single day and let that process take care of itself,” said Hellebuyck. “Now it’s pen to paper and I’m going to be on the team. Now I’m looking forward to what the two weeks has to offer. It’s not just games, it’s going to be a bit of travelling, meeting players. I know a lot of players on the team. It’s a different blend of things that’s going to be really fun.” The Jets were in positive spirits Friday, one day after ending a four-game losing streak with a 3-2 overtime win over the Buffalo Sabres that opened this stretch of three games in four days. Hellebuyck made 28 saves as he made his 21st start of the season. “We played a great game. Everyone was doing their job and playing the way we want to play,” said Hellebuyck. “It’s always great winning in this league. The morale, you just have more fun — around the rink, at the hotel, the travel day, it becomes less of a grind when you’re winning.” As the Jets were able to take a collective deep breath after winning for the fourth time in the past 11 games, things haven’t been going all that smoothly for the Blackhawks, who fired head coach Luke Richardson on Thursday and have replaced him with Anders Sorensen on an interim basis. “We’re always auditioning no matter what role we’re in,” Blackhawks GM Kyle Davidson said Friday. “It’s a great oportuntiy for him to show what he’s got. We’ve seen it in the American League, it’s a bigger stage now for him to show.” Blackhaws centre Connor Bedard discussed what it was like to be going through a coaching change so early in his professional career. “Obviously mixed up (emotions). You’re excited with Anders coming in, but I had a good relationship with Luke,” Bedard said. “He’s a really good guy and in the end it’s someone losing their job. it helps that you build relationships with those guys and it’s sad seeing him go, for sure.” Winnipeg Jets Game Days On Winnipeg Jets game days, hockey writers Mike McIntyre and Ken Wiebe send news, notes and quotes from the morning skate, as well as injury updates and lineup decisions. Arrives a few hours prior to puck drop. Sorensen is the first Swedish head coach in NHL history and you can expect the Blackhawks to try and come out with some additional jump as they face the Jets for the second time this season. “Any time you’ve got a new coach, you’re trying to impress, I guess would be the word,” said Jets forward Cole Perfetti. “Everybody is going to come out there and work really hard, I think we saw that from St. Louis the other day. They’re all just working really hard. “They have some skill and they’re a really good team. When you get that coaching change, there’s a little bit of extra desperation. Everyone kind of has a fresh start, so you have to earn what you get. I think we’re going to see that again (on Saturday).” ken.wiebe@freepress.mb.ca X and Bluesky: @WiebesWorld Ken Wiebe is a sports reporter for the , with an emphasis on the Winnipeg Jets. He has covered hockey and provided analysis in this market since 2000 for the , , Sportsnet.ca and TSN. Ken was a summer intern at the in 1999 and returned to the in a full-time capacity in September of 2023. . Every piece of reporting Ken produces is reviewed by an editing team before it is posted online or published in print — part of the ‘s tradition, since 1872, of producing reliable independent journalism. Read more about , and . Our newsroom depends on a growing audience of readers to power our journalism. If you are not a paid reader, please consider . Our newsroom depends on its audience of readers to power our journalism. Thank you for your support. Ken Wiebe is a sports reporter for the , with an emphasis on the Winnipeg Jets. He has covered hockey and provided analysis in this market since 2000 for the , , Sportsnet.ca and TSN. Ken was a summer intern at the in 1999 and returned to the in a full-time capacity in September of 2023. . Every piece of reporting Ken produces is reviewed by an editing team before it is posted online or published in print — part of the ‘s tradition, since 1872, of producing reliable independent journalism. Read more about , and . Our newsroom depends on a growing audience of readers to power our journalism. If you are not a paid reader, please consider . Our newsroom depends on its audience of readers to power our journalism. Thank you for your support. Advertisement AdvertisementThe ultra-portable projector race heated up this year, and the LG Cinebem Q is the LG’s top contender. The tiny new projector has ultra-sharp 4K picture quality and a compact form factor, but that small size does mean it has underpowered speakers and needs a fairly noisy fan to keep it cool. The screen only peaks at 500 ANSI lumens, so compared to some other projectors, it won’t hold up that well in semi-lit rooms. This minuscule projector is geared toward being put away, pulled out and taken on the go, but during my testing, I’ve been using it full-time in my living room. The vivid colour impressed me, but I needed to tweak the settings heavily to get a picture quality I was happy with. Once I set it up, it was a treat to use, but an extra 500 ANSI lumens and a little more space for better fans and more ports would have made this machine perfect. I had to use the foot to tile the projector forward to make it hit my screen. I placed my unit on a shelf behind and to the left of my couch, and the CineBeam’s software did a good job of automatically adjusting the picture’s angle and the autofocus. The focus is what surprised me the most and was pin-sharp every time I moved it. The angle of the screen usually needs a little software keystone adjustment, but it was always very close to square. This adjustment is easy to do, but it’s a bit weird that LG’s projector-specific settings are labelled as ‘installation wizard’ instead of something more self-explanatory, like ‘projector settings.’ I also love the look of this projector and the integrated handle, which flips around to be the foot of the unit. It allows you to adjust its height in a really appealing way. That said, its small form factor limits it in a few ways, and I’m not sure it’s worth it. It gets hot and noisy and can’t fit in very great speakers, which doesn’t make it the perfect all-in-one projector it promises to be. Out of the box, the picture looked okay but rather dull, especially at full brightness. While I usually have my displays on the standard settings with a few tweaks to colour accuracy, I ended up using LG’s Vivid mode, which looked okay but that made it hard to dial in skin tones. On top of that, due to the limited brightness, HDR content did have a few moments where it looked more blown out than I would have liked. I also had to keep the brightness below 75 percent to retain a good contrast ratio. This means while the projector is rated for 500 lumens, you’ll actually be getting less since the picture’s contrast degrades a lot when you have it at 100 percent. LG’s motion-smoothing technology (TruMotion) is turned on by default and each app acts as its own input. This means you need to turn it off and then make sure to choose the option to ‘apply this to all inputs’ to make sure it’s off for every app. This also applies your colour settings across the board. Once you do this, motion smoothing also remains off, even when you plug and unplug the projector which is great since it’s meant to be portable and moved around. One of the main drawbacks I had with the system is that it’s pretty targeted at movies and TV shows. Since there is only one HDMI eARC port on the back, you can only plug in one thing at a time, which for me was usually my sound system. This meant when I wanted to play Xbox or Switch, I needed to unplug the sound and use the underwhelming speakers integrated into the projector. You can connect Bluetooth speakers or modern soundbars wirelessly to the CineBeam Q, but it would have been a lot more straightforward to simply install a second HDMI or even an AUX on the back. Especially since the speakers inside are barely passable. They’re 3-watt drivers, and they struggle to fill my living room even when maxed out at 100 percent. No matter what, you can still hear the gentle hum of the cooling fan while watching content when using the built-in speakers too. There is a USB-C port on the back that you can use for a USB-C to C display or to power the projector with a portable battery . I tried using a USB-C adapter and an HDMI-to-USB-C cable to use the port with HDMI devices like my Xbox, but neither worked. While I like the ability to power the projector over USB-C, the device still comes with an older-style barrel connector for plugging it into the wall. I think it would have made more sense to just use USB-C for wall and portable power, and then add two HDMI ports instead of the current port selection. Like many TVs’ built-in software, the CineBeam Q menus have more lag than you’d like. While it’s usually easy to say that you can skip this with something like an Apple TV box , you probably won’t want to on the CineBeam Q since it only has one HDMI port. Beyond the menu’s slowness, the projector only has an IR receiver for the remote on the back, so if you have the projector behind you as I do, the remote is even laggier since you need to point it directly at the projector for it to work. With my other projectors , the remotes connect through Bluetooth, and they’re much more seamless than the IR implementation. If you have the projector on a table in front of you, it’s better, but I don’t recommend this since you have to have a very stable table for your projector not to shake as you walk by it or use the table to hold snacks and drinks. The initial setup was also fairly annoying. When I tried to create an LG account on the projector so I could download apps, it kept failing. Then, I needed to go to the LG website on my computer to create one, then go back to the projector, and log in. I was able to get it working at the end of the day, but it was a lot more of a hassle than it should have been and not a great first impression. Finally, this last gripe is one that I have with all LG TVs and projectors except for the OLED lineup. With all projectors and NanoCell TVs, the screen savers you get with the TV are five pretty average stock images. They’re not terrible photos, but it’s really annoying that you can’t change them unless you have an OLED TV. On top of that, I find that there’s a lot of bloat in the WebOS software. It’s usable, but not as clean as Google TV, or Roku. While it hasn’t launched in Canada yet, it seems likely that LG will pump in more advertisements to its software over the next few years as well. This 48,000 mAh battery dropped down to 37 percent after one two hour movie. At the end of the day, this projector gets the job done, and from looking around, it appears that it’s often on sale for between $1,000 and $1,300, which is a pretty solid price for this picture quality. That being said, it’s not necessarily cheap, and buyers should be aware of the limitations a single HDMI port will offer if they plan to use a high-quality sound system and an external device like an Xbox or Apple TV. That said, being able to run it off USB-C power makes it really easy to take on the go if you want a projector to use when camping. The fact that the Bluetooth speakers worked without any noticeable sound lag was also reassuring. I would have also loved for LG to add a quarter-twenty screw jack on the bottom to make this easily mountable on a tripod to make it even more portable given its small size. Overall, if you can get this device for $1,000, you’ll be more than happy with it, and its small size makes it easy to store. Plus, it looks pretty solid. However, as I wrote above, be warned that the fans are louder than you’d want if you’re using it indoors and on a table in front of you. It’s also not very bright, and if I was given a choice, I’d buy a brighter 1080p projector at this price. The 4K sharpness is nice, but compared to my (more expensive) but brighter JMGO projector , you lose a lot of details in the shadows simply because the brightness and contrast on the CineBeam Q are quite lacklustre. The CineBeam Q is $1,274 on Amazon , but only $999 at Visions and if you can get it for an even $1,000 I think its fairly solid for that price.