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Moose Win Three Straight In Week 14

January 4, 2010 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Manitoba Moose News Release


The Manitoba Moose won three games in Week 14 to earn six of a possible six points -- putting them on a season-high four game winning streak. They closed-out their home series with the Abbotsford Heat in a 2-1 shootout victory on Monday and closed out 2009 with a 3-2 victory over Texas in their annual New Year's Eve Classic. They then opened 2010 with a 5-4 shootout victory over the visiting Stars in their last meeting with the club this regular season. Manitoba also improved their flawless shootout record to 6-0 this past week.

Monday, December 28, 2009: Manitoba 2, Abbotsford 1 (SO) The Manitoba Moose swept the Abbotsford Heat with a 2-1 shootout decision in front of 7,636 fans at MTS Centre on Monday night. Cory Schneider earned first-star honors with 33 of 34 saves. Marco Rosa and Michael Grabner scored shootout goals while Brian Salcido notched Manitoba's lone goal in regulation.

Thursday, December 31, 2009: Manitoba 3, Texas 2 The Manitoba Moose closed out 2009 with an exciting New Year's Eve performance at MTS Centre on Thursday afternoon in front of 11,820 spectators. Manitoba earned their first-ever victory against the Texas Stars with a 3-2 decision. Marco Rosa, Brian Salcido and Michael Grabner all notched goals for the Moose while Cory Schneider set aside 34 of 36 shots.

Saturday, January 2, 2010: Manitoba 5, Texas 4 (SO) The Manitoba Moose improved their perfect shootout record to 6-0 on Saturday night with a 5-4 shootout victory over the visiting Texas Stars in front of 7,416 fans at MTS Centre. Marty Murray netted the game-winner in the shooting draw while Daren Machesney earned his fourth win of the season with 36 of 40 saves.

Moose Notes

WELCOMING A NEW YEAR: Starting with Saturday's game against the Texas Stars, the Moose will play 13 games in the month of January. Only five of those games will be played at MTS Centre while the Moose will play the rest on the road - including a six-game trip from January 22 to 31, 2010. Last season the Moose kicked off the 2009 calendar year with three consecutive losses en-route to finishing 10-4-0-2. Since joining the AHL, Manitoba's best January record was in 2004-05 when the team went 11-2-0-3 for 25 of 32 points.

ANOTHER ASSIST FOR THE 'TENDER: Along with stopping 34 of 36 shots for first star honours on Thursday night, goaltender Cory Schneider also earned an assist. The third-year netminder earned a helper on Michael Grabner's second period game winner in a 3-2 victory against the Stars. This is Schneider's second assist this season and second in his professional career. His first was on November 21, 2009 vs. Hamilton (4-5L). Freddy Brathwaite holds the franchise record for most assists by a goaltender with five in one season (1996-97). He also scored a goal in that same season.

Upcoming Opponents

For the first time since the 2009 Calder Cup Finals, the Moose will face-off against the Hershey Bears this weekend at MTS Centre.

Player of the Week Nominee

Michael Grabner

Moose sniper Michael Grabner is nominated for AHL Player of the Week for the second time this season...Over the past four games he has collected four points (3g & 1a) and fired 21 shots... The Moose won all four games played this past week, including a shootout victory on Dec. 28th -- that Grabner scored in... Grabner notched the game-winning goal Dec. 27 against Abbotsford... He also collected two points (1g & 1a) in the New Year's Eve Classic... He finished the week a plus-4...



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