An up and down week

March 20, 2006 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Manitoba Moose News Release


The Manitoba Moose began the past week by putting an end to their eight-game road trip with a Wednesday night game in Grand Rapids. After overtime couldn't settle a 2-2 tie, the teams battled in a shootout for the fourth time in six games this season. It took a Moose franchise record 14 rounds to decide a winner with the Griffins coming out on top, 3-2. Friday night was a different story as the Moose returned home to take on the Chicago Wolves. Jason King scored twice and Lee Goren netted the game-winner as the Moose held on for a 3-2 win. The Wolves spoiled the party on Saturday night after Manitoba took two late penalties, Scott Barney scored the game-winning goal with under a minute remaining and ex-Moose Justin Morrison finished things with an empty net marker to give Chicago a 4-2 win.

The Moose will now have a slower week at the MTS Centre as the finish up their season series with Milwaukee on Friday and Saturday night.

MOOSE NOTES

Marathon Shootout: The 14 rounds required to determine a winner in Wednesday's shootout set a new Moose franchise record for the longest shootout in history. Ryan Bayda, Lee Goren, Jason King and Jesse Schultz all had three attempts and Josh Green had two in the shootout, with only Bayda, Schultz and Goren scoring once each. Eric Manlow finally ended things when Jason King failed to score and Manlow beat Flaherty in the 14th round. Wednesday night's shootout was three rounds longer than a shootout against the Utah Grizzlies on on Dec 12th/98, when the Moose were defeated 3-2 back in the old International Hockey League.

Out of the Ordinary Attire: With the Moose celebrating St. Patrick's Day by wearing their third jersey in Friday night's 3-2 win over Chicago and also in Saturday night's 4-2 loss to the Wolves, Manitoba now sits with a 2-2-0 record this season in four games playing with a third jersey.

King Well on His Way: After scoring two goals in Friday night's 3-2 win over the Wolves, Moose forward Jason King now sits just one goal shy of tying Greg Pankewicz for second all-time on the Moose goal scoring list. Between 1996-98, Pankewicz notched 74 goals. King now sits with 73 goals in 190 career games played with the Moose, spanning four seasons with the club. After adding an assist to his two goals on Friday night, King now sits with 15 goals and 10 assists for 25 points in 28 games this season.

UPCOMING OPPONENT

Milwaukee Admirals
Friday, March 24th - 7:30 PM
Saturday, March 25th - 7:30 PM
MTS Centre
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The Moose will continue their eight-game homestand this week with Friday and Saturday night games against the Milwaukee Admirals. Milwaukee is currently in second place in the West Division with a 41-19-6-2 record, good for 90 points after 68 games. The Admirals' special teams is strong on both ends with the third ranked powerplay scoring 20.2% of the time. Their penalty kill unit sits 13th in the league with an efficiency rate of 82.7%. The teams split the two earlier matchups with the Moose winning 1-0 in mid October and the Admirals downing the Moose 7-4 in the most recent meeting on Feb. 17th. The weekends games will conclude the season series between the clubs.

PLAYER OF THE WEEK NOMINEE

Jason King

Jason King appeared in all three games for the Moose last week, scoring three goals and an assist for four points. In 28 games this year, King now has 15 goals and 10 assists for 25 points and 30 penalty minutes. He also fired eight shots on net and ended the week -2.



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