Vincent has coached Comrie the last three seasons and clearly knows the 24-year-old better than everyone outside of goaltending coaches Rick St. Croix and Wade Flaherty.
"He competes really hard and he's really hard on himself. But I guess all great athletes or successful people, that's what they do," said Vincent.
"He learned to manage his intensity cause it's not we had to push him, we had to slow him down. That's the kind of guy he is. Great person. Really smart, I think he's grown a lot and he's a good player."
The Edmonton, Alberta product has played at least one game in the NHL the last three seasons and has gone a combined 2-3 in his five starts with the Jets.
GOOD PRACTICE
As for the Jets that are in Belleville for the 2019 Rookie Showcase Tournament, they are trying to forget about the opening 8-1 loss to the host Ottawa Senators. Vincent put the team through a 35 minute practice that was based on one-on-one battles.
"I thought the guys responded well. Guys were receptive," said Vincent.
"I wonder what their opinion (was). I want to know what they see and what's their solution. They were all on board. I think we had a good practice and the guys responded well today. We will see tomorrow."
A couple of positives from Friday's game were from forward James Phelan (who scored Winnipeg's lone goal) and defenceman Jacob Cederholm. The Swedish d-man was a physical presence and whenever the Sens tried to intimidate the younger players on the Jets, Cederholm was there.
"I thought Cederholm was one of our top three defenceman last night," said Vincent.
"(Cederholm) was physically strong and that's what we have expected from him in the past and we talked about it. I feel like he's becoming a man now. He was a physical guy and he didn't back off."
Cederholm bounced back and forth between the AHL and the ECHL (Jacksonville) quite a bit last season. The young Swede is pushing to be more of a leader with his younger teammates.
