Moose Move Into First Place In Week 16

Published on January 26, 2009 under American Hockey League (AHL)
Manitoba Moose News Release


The Manitoba Moose earned six-out-of-six possible points in Week 16, earning their first road sweep of the season by winning all five games on their fifth road trip of the year. Manitoba is currently on an eight-game road winning streak, tying the franchise record for longest away streak in the club's history. Cory Schneider, Curtis Sanford and Karl Goehring all earned wins in each of their respective starts while eight players registered a multi-point week.

Wednesday, January 21, 2008: Manitoba 4, Hamilton 3

The Manitoba Moose earned their 30th win of the season on Wednesday night when they beat the Hamilton Bulldogs 4-3 at the Copps Coliseum in front of 3043 spectators. Three powerplay goals courtesy of Shaun Heshka, Jason Jaffray and Jason Krog along with an even-strength game-winner by Krog carried the Moose over the Bulldogs for the first time this season.

Friday, January 23, 2008: Manitoba 3, Rochester 2 (SO)

Physical play, penalties, and give-and-take goals characterized the seventh matchup of the season between the Manitoba Moose and Rochester Americans on Friday night at the Blue Cross Arena. It took five minutes of overtime and a shootout for the winner to be decided, but the Moose managed to earn their fifth win over the Americans, 3-2 in a shootout.

Saturday, January 24, 2009: Manitoba 3, Syracuse 2 (OT)

In the final game of a five-game road tour for the Moose, the club couldn't have asked for a better ending, beating the Syracuse Crunch 3-2 in overtime at the War Memorial at Oncenter on Saturday night. This victory capped off Manitoba's first road sweep of the season while extending the club's road winning-streak to eight consecutive games. Dusty Collins earned his first goal of the season, Maxime Fortunus notched his fifth, while Shaun Heshka earned the game-winner with a slapshot in overtime. Former Syracuse tender Karl Goehring beat his former club for the first time this season by stopping 24 shots.

Moose Notes

ROAD RECORDS: With Wednesday's win over Hamilton (4-3W at Hamilton), Friday's win over Rochester (3-2SOW at Rochester) and Saturday's victory over Syracuse (3-2OTW at Syracuse) Manitoba extended their road winning streak to eight consecutive games, the longest of the season. The previous season mark was five consecutive victories away from the MTS Centre from Oct. 29/08-Nov. 7/08. The Moose have now tied the franchise record for consecutive wins on the road, set last season (Feb. 3/08-Mar. 10/08).

MIKE KEANE BOBBLEHEAD NIGHT: The Manitoba Moose, in conjunction with Coca Cola, are proud to offer Mike Keane bobblehead Night, Friday, January 30th when the Rockford IceHogs come to the MTS Centre to face the Moose. Game tickets must be shown at the door and the first 5000 game tickets will receive a voucher good for one bobblehead. Fans can take their voucher to the bobblehead redemption booths located on the main concourse. This is only the second time in franchise history the club has given away a bobblehead, the first being back in 2004 when the team gave away a bobblehead of Mick E. Moose.

Upcoming Opponent

The Manitoba Moose are back in white this Thursday, Jan. 29th and Friday, Jan. 30th to host the Rockford IceHogs for the first time this campaign. The Moose visited Rockford earlier this season on Halloween and beat the club 2-1. Manitoba's all-time record against the IceHogs is 3-2-0-0 (1-1-0-0 at the MTS Centre).

Player of the Week Nominee

Jason Krog

For the second week in a row, the third time in four weeks and fourth time this season, Moose centre Jason Krog is the team's nominee for AHL Player of the Week. Krog appeared in all three games for the Moose this week and continued his hot streak with three goals and two assists this week. He paced the Moose to 4-2 win over the Hamilton Bulldogs with two goals and an assist including his third game-winning goal. He followed that up with a goal in Friday's shootout win over Rochester which saw him also score a pair of shootout goals, and then he added an assist in Saturday's 3-2 overtime win in Syracuse. Krog is now on a thee-game points streak but has 21 points in his last 16 games and has at least one point in 14 of those 16 games. Krog continues to lead the team in scoring with 48 points and has now climbed to sixth in the entire AHL in scoring. His 32 assists leave him tied for fifth in the league.

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