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Moose Announce 2008-09 Schedule

August 7, 2008 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Manitoba Moose News Release


Today, the Manitoba Moose, in conjunction with the American Hockey League, released their 2008-09 regular season schedule.

For the second season in a row and the fourth time overall in their history, the Moose will open up their season on home-ice as they host the division-rival Hamilton Bulldogs at the MTS Centre on Friday, October 10th and Saturday, October 11th. In fact, the Moose will spend a majority of the first month of the season at home as they complete a six-game October homestand with games against the Rochester Americans on Friday, October 17th and Saturday, October 18th before taking on the Houston Aeros on Friday, October 24th and Saturday, October 25th.

The Moose will then open their 2008-09 road slate with a seven-game trip beginning Wednesday, October 29th at Quad City against the Flames before traveling on to their first set of "three-games-in-three-nights" on the road. The Moose will face Rockford on Friday. October 31st before going back to Quad City on Saturday, November 1st, and then to Peoria on Sunday, November 2nd. The Moose will play five such "three-game-in-three-night" scenarios this season.

This year, the Moose will once again welcome the Hartford Wolf Pack, Manchester Monarchs, and Providence Bruins back to their schedule for the first time in six years. The Wolf Pack will make their first visit to Winnipeg since Jan. 11/03 when they play the Moose January 6th & 7th. The Monarchs (last visit - Dec. 13/02) come to the MTS Centre on December 16th & 17th while Bruins (last regular season visit - Mar. 30/03) visit the Moose on March 6th & 7th.

In addition to those three Eastern Conference foes, the Moose will face their North Division-rivals the Bulldogs (Montreal), the Americans (Florida), and Toronto Marlies (Toronto) eight times each. They will also play the Grand Rapids Griffins (Detroit), Lake Erie Monsters (Colorado) and Syracuse Crunch (Columbus) four times each in 2008-09. Manitoba will also take on each member of the West Division four times each. This list includes the defending Calder Cup champion Chicago Wolves (Atlanta), Houston (Minnesota), the newly formed Iowa Chops (Anaheim), Milwaukee (Nashville), Peoria (St. Louis), San Antonio (Phoenix), Quad City (Calgary) and Rockford (Chicago).

Manitoba's home schedule this season once again includes a matinee affair on Sunday, March 29th vs. Hamilton Bulldogs at 2:00 p.m. The Moose will face Chicago for their annual New Year's Eve contest on Wednesday, December 31st at 4:00 p.m. All other Moose home games will begin at 7:30 p.m.

This season, the team will embark on eight road trips and enjoy 10 homestands. Manitoba's busiest month this year is January when the team will play 16 games in 31 days. In February, Manitoba will play a season-high 10 games on the road from Feb. 6 to Feb. 24.



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