Weekly Manitoba Moose Report - AHL

MLN Newswire - www.mlntherawfeed.com - Thursday, January 10, 2008:
In the first and only morning face-off of the regular season, the Moose saw their four-game winning streak come to an end at the hands of the Houston Aeros. Aeros goaltender Nolan Schaefer stopped all 21 Moose shots for a 3-0 shutout victory, his fifth of the season.

Saturday, January 12, 2008: Manitoba 1 - Houston 4 L
Two nights later, the Aeros defeated the Manitoba Moose 4-1, sweeping the four-game season series between both clubs. Manitoba-born Barry Brust stopped 39 of 40 shots for his sixth win of the season, defeated only by Moose forward Jason Jaffray, who was playing in his first game since being reassigned by Vancouver.

Sunday, January 13, 2008: Manitoba 3 - San Antonio 4 L
In the first game between both clubs this season, the San Antonio Rampage scored four goals in the third period to secure a come-from-behind 4-3 victory over the visiting Moose. Moose goalie Drew MacIntyre faced a career-high 51 shots in the loss, his ninth of the season.

The Moose hope to redeem themselves and break their three-game losing streak in their last match-up against the Rampage Tuesday night. Then, for the first time this season, Manitoba hosts the Peoria Rivermen for back-to-back battles this week at the MTS Centre.

TEAM	GP	W	L	OTL	SOL	PTS
Toronto	38	25	9	0	4	54
Manitoba	39	21	15	2	1	45
Syracuse	42	19	21	1	1	40
Hamilton	38	16	16	1	5	38
Grand Rapids	41	15	19	2	5	37
Lake Erie	39	12	21	1	5	30
Rochester	42	12	26	2	2	28

#	PLAYER	GP	G	A	PTS
20	B. Moran	33	9	17	26
40	M. Grabner	39	14	11	25
29	C. Genoway	29	9	15	24
15	J. Jaffray	21	11	12	23
49	A. Bolduc	39	9	10	19

GOALIE	W	L	SOL	AVG	PCT	SO
J. Ellis	0	0	0	1.50	.909	0
D. MacIntyre	14	9	1	2.35	.923	1
C. Schneider	7	8	0	3.10	.886	0

MID-TERM REPORT: Tuesday night's game vs. San Antonio will mark the halfway point of Manitoba's 80-game regular season. The team currently sits second in the North Division with 45 points and a 21-15-2-1 record, nine points behind the first place Toronto Marlies. The Moose posted a 12-6-2-0 record in the first quarter of the season, and a win over San Antonio in Game #40 would put the Moose above .500 in the second quarter. Last season the Moose reached the half-way point with a 17-13-5-4 for 43 points. Manitoba's most successful first-40 was in 2004-05 when they went 27-10-1-2 (0.713) for 57 points, which fell on the heels of the club's worst season-opening performance in 2003-04 (15-18-6-1).

RAPID FIRE RAMPAGE: Drew MacIntyre was kept busy Sunday night in San Antonio. By facing 51 shots on goal, MacIntyre came within two shots of tying the Moose franchise record for most shots faced on the road, a record set Nov. 15/05 at Grand Rapids (53 shots, 4-5 SOL). MacIntyre saved 47 of the attempts, improving his overall save percentage to 0.923 with a 2.35 goals against.

ROAD SKID: After registering losses to Houston Jan. 10 & 12 and San Antonio Jan. 13, the Moose have set this season's standard for most consecutive losses at three games. When including the club's 3-2 loss at Syracuse on Dec. 29/07, the club is also on a four-game road losing streak, their longest of the season. The Moose franchise record for longest away losing streak is seven games (Feb. 7 – Mar. 15/04).