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Bulldogs edge Moose 2-1 in SO

February 1, 2008 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Manitoba Moose News Release


WINNIPEG, MB. -- For the second time this season, the Manitoba Moose and Hamilton Bulldogs needed extra time to decide a winner Friday night. Although the Moose carried a 1-0 lead late into the third period, the Bulldogs would eventually take the game 2-1 in a shootout. With 30 saves on 31 shots, Manitoba goaltender Cory Schneider earned first star honours in the loss.

Fellow first-rounders Schneider (Vancouver's top pick in 2004) and Carey Price (Montreal's first selection in 2005) manned the nets for Manitoba and Hamilton. Though the goaltenders are both top prospects, Schneider did all of the work through the first eight minutes of the first, stopping four Bulldogs shots before the Moose made their first attempt.

With just under 11 minutes left on the clock, Hamilton's Mathieu Carle took the game's first penalty, but Manitoba failed to connect on the five-on-four and the club went 0-for-1 on the powerplay.

Three broken sticks and penalties to rookies Pierre-Cedric Labrie and Juraj Simek stalled progress on the offensive front for the Moose, but sturdy pad saves by Schneider kept the Bulldogs from capitalizing and the first period came and went without a goal.

Hamilton surged ahead 16-6 in the shot department early in the second, and though Manitoba benefited from the next two powerplays, the home team struggled to solve the Bulldogs penalty-killers and tallied only two more shots on net.

Roughing penalties to Zack FitzGerald and Francis Lemieux were followed shortly by a holding penalty to Brad Moran and the Bulldogs used their four-on-three to break the 20-shot mark. Hamilton kept the puck in the Moose zone but a handful of blocked shots by Moose captain Mike Keane and a highlight-worthy glove-hand snag by Schneider kept the game scoreless.

Though FitzGerald took a second penalty in the latter half of the period, the scrappy defenceman made up for his indiscretion in the final seconds of the frame. Poised at the point near the Moose bench, #18 wired the puck through traffic and over Price's left shoulder to put the Moose up 1-0 with only five seconds left on the clock.

The Moose were unable to land a second goal on their fourth powerplay early in the third, but Rick Rypien and Greg Stewart energized the crowd by landing punches near Schneider's crease at the nine-minute mark.

After the fight, the Bulldogs had a tough time testing Schneider as the period progressed, hovering at the 29-shot mark for much of the final frame. But a 30th shot fired by Duncan Milroy with 51 seconds left fooled Manitoba's rookie netminder and tied the game at one, triggering overtime.

The Moose dominated play early in the four-on-four sudden death, but Price kept Manitoba from notching the game-winner. With Price eventually stopping all four Moose attempts and Schneider stopping the single Bulldogs shot, the game went to a shootout. Five shooters were denied before Hamilton's Daniel Corso and Milroy beat Schneider on consecutive visitor attempts, securing a 2-1 shootout victory for the Bulldogs.

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