Moose Split Week 20 With Marlies

Published on February 16, 2010 under American Hockey League (AHL)
Manitoba Moose News Release


The Manitoba Moose split their last home series against the Toronto Marlies in Week 20 after earning a 5-1 victory on Friday night and then dropping a 2-1 decision the following evening. After the pair of games, Manitoba dropped to fourth in the North Division with 58 points. They are only two points behind the third place Abbotsford Heat, but also only two points ahead of the fifth place Lake Erie Monsters.

Friday, February 12, 2010: Manitoba 5, Toronto 1 The Manitoba Moose continued their perfect record against the Marlies this season when they beat the Toronto club 5-1 in front of 7,736 fans at MTS Centre on Friday night. Manitoba has now earned six of a possible six points against the Marlies this season. Marco Rosa and Michael Grabner each potted a pair of goals while Lawrence Nycholat rounded out the scoring. Goaltender Cory Schneider stopped 25 of 26 attempts in his 22nd victory this season.

Saturday, February 13, 2010: Manitoba 1, Toronto 2 The Manitoba Moose dropped a 2-1 decision to the Toronto Marlies on Saturday night to split their last series against the club at MTS Centre this season. Michael Grabner continued his goal-streak with Manitoba's only marker while Cory Schneider made 38 of 40 saves in his 16th loss this campaign.

Moose Notes

BACK IN BLACK: Manitoba's seventh road trip this season, consisting of four games, starts tonight against the Rochester Americans. The tour will start in Rochester but hop to Toronto (February 17) then back to Rochester (February 19) then back to Toronto (February 20) to close-out the trip. The Moose are 10-13-2-0 on the road so far this season and were 1-5-0-0 on their last road trip (January 22-31). Manitoba's most recent away game was a match against Wilkes-Barre/Scranton on January 31 (1-3L). The Moose play their next seven games on the road and won't be back at MTS Centre until March 2, 2010.

BAUMER IS BACK: After missing the last 10 games while playing up with the Vancouver Canucks, defenceman Nolan Baumgartner is back in antlers for tonight's game. Baumgartner was re-assigned to Manitoba on Feb. 15 after playing eight games with the Canucks and collecting one goal. Baumgartner has appeared in 30 games with the Moose this season where he has earned seven points (1g & 6a) along with 20 penalty minutes.

Upcoming Opponents

Tonight's match-up between the Manitoba Moose and Rochester Americans is their first clash at the Blue Cross Arena this season. So far this campaign, the Moose are 1-1-0-0 against the Amerks, splitting their first series at MTS Centre back in December. Historically, the Moose are 28-14-3-1 against the Florida Panthers affiliate (15-4-2-1 on visiting ice). Captain Mike Keane is the only current Moose skater who has notched a goal against the Americans. Goaltender Cory Schneider has appeared in both contests against the club this season for a 2.51 GAA and 0.915 save percentage.

Player of the Week Nominee

Michael Grabner

For the third time this season, Michael Grabner is nominated for AHL Player of the Week... The right-winger appeared in both of Manitoba's games this week against the Toronto Marlies where he put an end to his 14 game goal-less drought... On February 12th, he collected his first three-point night of the season when he scored two goals and earned an assist... He finished the night with five shots on net and a plus-1 rating... In the rematch, the following night, Grabner continued his points streak with Manitoba's only goal... He finished the week with four points (3g & 1a), seven shots and a plus-1 rating... In 25 games with the Moose this season, the Villach, Austria native has collected 19 points (10g & 9) along with six penalty minutes...

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