Moose drop third straight road game

Published on February 22, 2009 under American Hockey League (AHL)
Manitoba Moose News Release


In their third game in as many nights, the Manitoba Moose were defeated by the Chicago Wolves 2-1 at the Allstate Arena on Sunday. This loss marks the third straight for the Moose, who currently hold a 20-7-0-3 record on the road. Defenseman Dylan Yeo scored for Manitoba while Curtis Sanford stopped 27 of 29 shots for his first regulation loss this season.

A boarding penalty handed to defenseman Daniel Rahimi, put the Wolves on their first power play 1:16 into the game. Racking up two shots on the man-advantage, the home team wasn't able to break Curtis Sanford in the short two-minutes.

Near the midway point of the period, Manitoba received back-to-back power play opportunities when the Wolves were penalized for hooking and high-sticking. The visiting Moose weren't able to capitalize on either man-advantage but they did put more pressure on Ondrej Pavelec, bringing their shot count to 12.

Embarking on their third power play, the Moose opened the scoring a mere 56 seconds into the second period. With help from former Wolves, Jason Krog and Guillaume Desbiens, Dylan Yeo netted his first Moose goal this season, 1-0.

With Josh Soares in the sin bin for hooking, the Wolves responded when Spencer Machacek wired the puck past Sanford to knot the game at one.

At 10:12 a defensive slip up in the Moose zone gave Joe Motzko a free alley to fire a shot. The puck hit the cross bar and then fell into the net to put the Wolves on top, 2-1.

Back and fourth play consumed the first half of the third period, with the Moose leading in shots 33-28. By the final minute of the game the Moose were leading in shots 43-29, but they couldn't break Pavelec, who made acrobatic save after acrobatic save to win the game for the Wolves, 2-1.

LOOKING AHEAD

The Moose close out their four-game regular season series against the Admirals on Tuesday night.

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