Ok .... I still look at that first picture, at Matt's legs, left knee bent, skate flat on the ice, right leg behind him, knee bent, toe on ice and can't see how he can jump. I tried it, without momemtum of course and can't do it. I guess you need that reactive force.
The question is, did he jump into the hit? I don't see it. I see him go up after the hit.