Moose Update For The Week Of 03/28/10 – 04/03/10

The Manitoba Moose started off the past week fighting for the final playoff spot in the North Division. Find out if they were able to clinch it in this Moose update for the week of March 28, 2010 to April 3, 2010. For those looking for a more statistical look at how the Moose did during the past week, please visit that version of this report at Hockey’s Future Vancouver Canucks message board.
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The Week That Was

The Moose opened up their week on Sunday with the first of two games against the Abbotsford Heat. Heat defenceman Stefan Kronwall opened up the scoring 4:35 into the initial frame, scoring on a five-on-three power play to give Abbotsford a 1-0 lead. Manitoba answered back just over a minute into the second period, as Taylor Ellington scored his first goal of the season to knot the game up at one. That goal sparked a run of five unanswered goal by Manitoba, with Mario Bliznak, Jordan Schroeder, Guillaume Desbiens, and Aaron Volpatti (scoring his first AHL goal) adding their names to the goals column. Andy Delmore added a goal late for the Heat, but Manitoba was able to hang on for a 5-2 win.

Moose Update For The Week Of 03/21/10 – 03/27/10

As the 2009-10 regular season heads into the homestretch, the rush is on to nab one of the four North Division playoff spots available. Find out how close the Manitoba Moose are to clinching a playoff spot in this Moose update for the week of March 21, 2010 to March 27, 2010. For those looking for a more statistical look at how the Moose did during the past week, please visit that version of this report at Hockey’s Future Vancouver Canucks message board.
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Manitoba started the week with a rematch against the Grand Rapids Griffins on Sunday afternoon. The Moose started off their only afternoon regular season home game with a goal scored by a player making his debut. Forward Jordan Schroeder, the 1st round draft pick of the Canucks in 2009, deflected a Lawrence Nycholat shot past Daniel Larsson to give Manitoba a 1-0 lead just 1:52 into the first. Almost five minutes later, forward Kevin Clark–also making his debut with the Moose–put home a rebound to put the Moose ahead 2-0. The score stayed that way until just past the midway mark of the third period, when Nycholat fired home a slapshot to make the score 3-0 Manitoba. Schroeder added his second of the afternoon in the final minute of regulation, one-timing a Matt Pettinger pass to give Manitoba the win. Cory Schneider stopped all 38 shots he faced to pick up his four shutout of the season. The win, Schneider’s 29th, also set the record for most wins by a Moose goaltender, beating his own record of 28 set last season.

Moose Update For The Week Of 02/14/10 – 02/20/10

The Manitoba Moose experienced a mixed bag of results in their previous week’s games against the Toronto Marlies, and hoped to do better against those same Marlies, as well as the Rochester Americans. Find out how they did in this Moose update for the week of February 14, 2010 to February 20, 2010. For those looking for a more statistical look at how the Moose did during the past week, please visit that version of this report at Hockey’s Future Vancouver Canucks message board.
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The Moose started off their Ontario/New York adventure on Tuesday with a game against the Rochester Americans. Jeff Taffe opened up the scoring halfway through the first period, giving the Amerks a 1-0 lead. Marco Rosa tied up the game near the midway mark of regulation to make the score 1-1. Shawn Matthias made it 2-1 Rochester a couple of minutes later, but Manitoba scored four straight goals to put themselves ahead 5-2 by the early stages of the third. Dan Sexton, Nolan Baumgartner, Rosa (his second of the game), and Matt Pettinger scored the four markers in question. Mike Duco cut Manitoba’s lead to 5-3 with less than six minutes to go, but Michael Grabner put the game out of reach with just under four minutes to go, putting his team ahead 6-3.

Moose Update For The Week Of 02/07/10 – 02/13/10

After another week of struggling, the Manitoba Moose hoped that a full week of home cooking would help them get back on the right track. Find out if that happened in this Moose update for the week of February 7, 2010 to February 13, 2010. For those looking for a more statistical look at how the Moose did during the past week, please visit that version of this report at Hockey’s Future Vancouver Canucks message board.
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The Moose started off with mixed results in their first two games of a four-game homestand last week. The San Antonio Rampage spoiled Manitoba’s homecoming with a 5-4 win in overtime. The Moose were able to get their revenge the next night, scoring a 4-3 victory over the Rampage, and in the process improved their record in the shootout to an incredible (especially given the team’s history) 7-1.

Moose Update For The Week Of 01/31/10 – 02/06/10

Were the Manitoba Moose able to build on their six-game losing skid-snapping win against the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins the previous Saturday? Find out if they did in this Moose update for the week of January 31, 2010 to February 6, 2010. For those looking for a more statistical look at how the Moose did during the past week, please visit that version of this report at Hockey’s Future Vancouver Canucks message board.
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For the first time in nearly three weeks, the Manitoba Moose went into a game on a high, having won their first game in seven. The team didn’t get much time to celebrate that, as they played against the team they beat on Saturday night, the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins, on Sunday afternoon. Manitoba did get off to a good start in this game, with Matt Pettinger scoring just over a minute in to make the score 1-0. Ben Lovejoy tied the game up at one before the initial frame ended, then Tim Wallace and Luca Caputi scored goals one period apart to give the Pens a 3-1 win. The Moose finished their latest road trip at 1-5, and ended the month of January with a 4-8-1-0 record. Only two of Manitoba’s four wins in January came in regulation.

Moose Update For The Week Of 11/08/09 – 11/14/09

Moose fans got to see their team take on the Toronto Marlies in a pair of games over the weekend, and did not leave disappointed either night. Find out the details below in this Moose update for the week of November 8, 2009 to November 14, 2009. For those looking for a more statistical look at how the Moose did during the past week, please visit that version of this report at Hockey’s Future Vancouver Canucks message board.

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Moose forward Marty Murray opened the scoring off a juicy rebound just under two minutes into Friday’s game to give his team a quick 1-0 lead. It stayed that way until the midway mark of the first, when Ryan Hamilton deflected a Tyler Bozak pass to tie the game up at one. From then on it was all Moose, as Marco Rosa went top-shelf on Joey MacDonald a minute into the second to put Manitoba ahead 2-1. Darryl Bootland picked up his first goal of the season off a Marco Rosa pass to give the Moose a 3-1 lead, then proceeded to duke it out with Jonas Frogren in a unique form of celebration. With under three minutes to go, Sergei Shirokov broke his five-game goalless drought by converting on a Travis Ramsey pass to make it 4-1 Manitoba. Neil Petruic capped off the scoring with his first of the year midway through the final frame to give Manitoba its first win six games, and first regulation win since October 16th. The five goals were the most scored this season by the Moose (they also scored five against Abbotsford in a 5-4 shootout win on October 14th), and it was the first time the team had scored more than two goals in a game in 13 games.

Moose Update For The Week Of 11/01/09 – 11/07/09

Were the Manitoba Moose able to win their first game in regulation since mid-October? Find out below in this update for the week of November 1, 2009 to November 7, 2009. For those looking for a more statistical look at how the Moose did during the past week, please visit that version of this report at Hockey’s Future Vancouver Canucks message board.

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The Manitoba Moose and Norfolk Admirals faced off for the first time ever, just over eight years after the Moose entered the AHL from the now-defunct International Hockey League (IHL). The Ads made their presence felt early into their first visit to the MTS Centre, as former Brandon Wheat King Ryan Craig scored off a rebound just 1:29 in to give his team a 1-0 lead. Just past the halfway mark of the first, Matt McCue one-timed Tommy Maxwell’s pass from behind the net to even up the game at one. For those keeping track, this was the first goal and points scored by the fourth line this season, a period of 15 games. The score stayed even until the early stages of the third, when Brandon Bochenski converted on the power play to put the Admirals up for good. Paul Szczechura added an empty-netter late in the game to give Norfolk a 3-1 win over Manitoba.