Moose earn four points in week four

Published on November 5, 2007 under American Hockey League (AHL)
Manitoba Moose News Release


The Manitoba Moose played three road games in Week 4, earning two points in Quad City (Oct. 31: 3-2 SOW) and Milwaukee (Nov. 2: 6-3 W) before falling to the IceHogs in Rockford on Saturday night (2-1 L). Seven different players scored for the Moose this past week, including three rookies.

Wednesday, October 31, 2007: Moose 3 - Flames 2 SOW

In the first-ever meeting between both clubs, the Manitoba Moose defeated the Quad City Flames 3-2 in a shootout on Halloween night. Drew MacIntyre stopped 30 shots for his second consecutive win, while Moose rookie Juraj Simek scored the game-winner on the 16th shootout shot. (view game recap / highlights)

Friday, November 2, 2007: Moose 6 - Admirals 3 W

Despite suffering penalty troubles and trailing 3-0 early in the game, the Manitoba Moose bounced back with six unanswered goals to manhandle the Admirals in Milwaukee Friday night. Cory Schneider stopped 32 of 35 shots for his second professional win, and six Moose players posted multi-point nights in the victory. (view game recap / highlights)

Saturday, November 3, 2007: Moose 1 - IceHogs 2 L

In the third game in nine days between both clubs, Rockford defeated Manitoba 2-1 at MetroCentre, the IceHogs first home victory since joining the AHL. Veteran goaltender and former Moose Wade Flaherty stopped 41 of 42 shots to earn the win for Rockford, while Manitoba rookie Juraj Simek scored the lone Moose goal of the game. (view game recap / highlights)

UPCOMING OPPONENTS

Manitoba returns home in Week 5, hosting a series against the Milwaukee Admirals on Friday and Saturday nights. These will be Manitoba's seventh and eighth home games of the season, and the club will be looking to improve their 3-2-1-0 record at the MTS Centre.

Following Friday night's 6-3 come-from-behind victory in Milwaukee, the Moose bring a 1-0-0-0 record to this week's games vs. the Admirals Nov. 9 & 10. Manitoba's all-time record is 14-11-1-3 vs. Milwaukee and 7-6-1-0 at home. Matt Ellison is tops among current Milwaukee scorers with four goals and six assists in ten games, while Pekka Rinne has played nine games in net for the Admirals, amassing a 5-4-0 record, 2.22 GAA, and 0.920 SV%. Manitoba forward Greg Classen is a notable former Admiral, having played 258 career games with Milwaukee.

MOOSE NOTES

ROOKIES REJOICE: Not only did first-year netminder Cory Schneider earn his second win of the season Friday night vs. Milwaukee, rookie skaters earned four goals and six assists in last week's three games. Juraj Simek (2g + 1a, plus the shootout winner on Nov. 2) and Michael Grabner (1g + 2a) led all rookies in Week 4 scoring, followed closely by Pierre-Cedric Labrie (1g + 1a), Mason Raymond (1a), and Luc Bourdon (1a). With eight points on the season, Labrie and Bourdon now share fourth spot on the Moose leaderboard and 11th among all AHL rookies.

GIVING UP PPGAs: After going 11-for-11 on the penalty kill in two games vs. Rockford in Week 3, Manitoba allowed five powerplay goals on 17 opportunities in Week 4, dropping their PK% to 16th in the AHL at 82.7%. Friday night at Milwaukee, the Admirals opened the game with three powerplay goals, marking the first time in over a year the Moose have allowed more than two man-advantage markers in a single game. Last season, Manitoba stifled 89.7% of opponent powerplays, good for tops in the entire league and a new franchise record.

THIRD PERIOD POWERHOUSE: Alexandre Bolduc, Michael Grabner, Juraj Simek, and Greg Classen all scored goals in the third period Friday night at Milwaukee, setting a new standard for most goals in a single period this season. Previous to the 6-3 victory over the Admirals, the Moose had scored three goals in one period four times, most recently at Hamilton on Oct. 21/07 (5-1W). Manitoba's franchise record for most goals in a single period is six, which was accomplished four times, most recently vs. Cleveland on Apr. 15/06 (8-1W).

PLAYER OF THE WEEK NOMINEE

#23 Juraj Simek - Right Wing

Rookie Juraj Simek earned his first professional nomination as AHL player of the week this week after appearing in all three of Manitoba's games during their most recent road trip...Although Simek didn't collect a point in the first game of the week in Quad City, he did score the game-winning shootout goal against Curtis McElhinney in the eighth round...However, on the weekend, the native of Presov, Slovakia and former Brandon Wheat King exploded for three points and two goals including an assist on the game-winner by Michael Grabner as well as scoring his second goal of the season...On Saturday, Simek fired a team season-high seven shots on net and scored his third of the year to finish the week with two goals and three points with 12 shots and ended up +2...

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