Moose Deadly in Shootout

October 26, 2010 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Manitoba Moose News Release


Twice the Manitoba Moose and Hamilton Bulldogs needed more than 65 minutes to decide a winner. The Moose opened a long season series with the Bulldogs winning 4-3 in a shootout on Oct. 21. Then Manitoba left Hamilton feeling déjà vu on Saturday winning a second straight in a shootout by an identical result. Manitoba shooters hit the mark on five-of-eight chances while Moose goalies Eddie Lack and Tyler Weiman stopped every Hamilton attempt in back-to-back shootout wins.

Thursday, October 21, 2010: Manitoba 4, Hamilton 3 (SOW) Rookie defenceman Kevin Connauton opened the scoring and extended Manitoba's lead with his third and fourth goals of the year in the first period. Hamilton answered back by the game's halfway point with two power play goals. Eventually the teams would head to a shootout deadlocked at 3-3. Eddie Lack stopped all four Bulldog shooters while Marco Rosa and Jordan Schroeder buried their attempts, giving the Moose the 4-3 SOW.

Friday, October 22, 2010: Manitoba 4, Hamilton 3 (SOW) Tempers flared early in Friday's rematch with two fights and no goals in the first 20 minutes of the game. The second period was a different scene with the Moose and Bulldogs combining for five goals. Hamilton held a 3-2 lead heading into the third but Marco Rosa sent a backhander through the Hamilton goaltender Peter Delmas with 5:30 remaining in the final period to send it to extra time. OT expired and the two teams headed to yet another shootout. Manitoba scored on 3-of-4 attempts and secured a second straight shootout victory.

Moose Notes

SPLITTING THE CAGE: Goaltenders Tyler Weiman and Eddie Lack have split all six Moose games down the middle this season. Both Weiman and Lack have a 2-1-0 record and have combined to allow a North Division low 15 goals against. Lack stopped all four Hamilton shooters in the shootout win on Oct. 21 while Weiman stopped three-of-three Bulldogs on Oct. 22.

NO DOUBT IN SHOOTOUT: Manitoba beat Hamilton with back-to-back shootout victories last week continuing a Moose trend from the 2009-10 season. Last year the Moose came out on top eight times in ten shootout games. In last week's shootout victories, Moose players scored on five-of-eight attempts and Eddie Lack and Tyler Weiman stoned all Hamilton shooters.

LONG ROAD AHEAD: The Manitoba Moose begin a seven-game road trip this week hoping to improve their current unbeaten road record. This season they are 2-0-0-0 after season opening wins in Peoria and Rockford. The first game on the road trip is Oct. 29 in Lake Erie and wraps up on Nov. 6 in Rockford. Last season the Moose were 18-19-2-1 away from MTS Centre.

Upcoming Opponents

The Moose set out on a lengthy road trip this week beginning in Lake Erie on Friday, Oct. 29 and wrapping up six games later in Rockford on Saturday, Nov. 6. Six of seven road games will be against North Division opponents including two in Hamilton on Nov. 2 & 3.The next time the Moose will see the ice at MTS Centre is on Nov. 12 when they host the Rochester Americans for the first of two games.

Player of the Week Nominee

Joel Perrault

Joel Perrault recorded a point in both games against the Hamilton Bulldogs in a pair of 4-3 shootout wins on Oct. 21 & 22... Scored the shootout winning goal on Oct. 22... Perrault played in his 300th AHL game on Oct. 15 vs. Grand Rapids... Through six games Perrault is second on the team in +/- at +4...



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