Manitoba Moose

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Manitoba Moose
City: Winnipeg, Manitoba
League: American Hockey League
Conference: Western Conference
Division: North Division
Founded: 1996 (IHL)
Home Arena: MTS Centre
Colours: black, green, bronze
General Manager: Craig Heisinger
Head Coach: Scott Arniel
Media: Shaw TV Winnipeg
MTS TV
Winnipeg Free Press
Winnipeg Sun
CJOB 680 (Am radio)
99.5 (Cable FM)
Affiliates: Vancouver Canucks
(NHL)
Victoria Salmon Kings
(ECHL)
Franchise history
1994 to 1996: Minnesota Moose
1996 to 2001 IHL: Manitoba Moose
2001 to present AHL: Manitoba Moose
Championships
Division Championships: 1 (2006–07)

The Manitoba Moose are an ice hockey team in the American Hockey League. They play in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada at the MTS Centre.

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[edit] History

In 1996 the Minnesota Moose moved north from St. Paul, Minnesota to fill the vacated Winnipeg Arena, becoming the Manitoba Moose. At the time, they were a member of the IHL, and enjoyed moderate regular season and playoff success under head coach and former Winnipeg Jets player Randy Carlyle.

When the IHL folded, the Manitoba Moose joined the AHL and became the official farm team of the Vancouver Canucks. Upon joining the AHL, former Canuck player Stan Smyl became the Moose coach. However, he was later replaced by Carlyle. Carlyle soon acquired a job with the Anaheim Ducks, and Alain Vigneault was hired for one season, before himself being called up to the Vancouver Canucks. Recently, Scott Arniel, himself a former Winnipeg Jet and Manitoba Moose, was hired as head coach.

In November 2004, the Manitoba Moose unveiled their new logo, and officially opened the new downtown arena in Winnipeg known as the MTS Centre.


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[edit] Team records

[edit] Single season

Goals: 45 Flag of the United States Scott Thomas (1998–99)
Assists: 81 Flag of Canada Stephane Morin (1994–95)
Points: 114 Stephane Morin (1994–95)
Penalty Minutes: 285 Flag of Canada Wade Brookbank (2004–05)
GAA: 2.17 Flag of Canada Drew MacIntyre (2006–07)
SV%: .922 Drew MacIntyre (2006–07)

[edit] Career

Career Goals: 82 Flag of Canada Jimmy Roy
Career Assists: 193 Flag of the United States Brett Hauer
Career Points: 251 Brett Hauer
Career Penalty Minutes: 1103 Jimmy Roy
Career Goaltending Wins: 69 Flag of Canada Alex Auld
Career Shutouts: 10 Alex Auld
Career Games: 491 Jimmy Roy

[edit] Current roster

As of April 8 2008 [1]

Goaltenders
# Player Catches Acquired Place of Birth
28 Flag of Germany Kalle Evers R 2008 Kent City, Michigan
1 Flag of Canada Drew MacIntyre L 2006 Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
31 Flag of Canada Krister Toews* L 2008 Kleefeld, Manitoba
35 Flag of the United States Cory Schneider L 2007 Marblehead, Massachusetts
Defencemen
# Player Shoots Acquired Place of Birth
2 Flag of the United States Travis Ramsey R 2008 Lakewood, California
6 Flag of Sweden Daniel Rahimi L 2008 Umeå, Sweden
8 Flag of Canada Nathan McIver L 2008 Summerside, Prince Edward Island
14 Flag of Canada Dylan Yeo L 2007 Prince Albert, Saskatchewan
18 Flag of the United States Zack Fitzgerald L 2007 Two Harbors, Minnesota
26 Flag of Canada Shaun Heshka R 2006 Melville, Saskatchewan
27 Flag of Canada Maxime Fortunus R 2006 La Prairie, Quebec
43 Flag of the United States Jim Sharrow R 2007 Framingham, Massachusetts
44 Flag of Canada Danny Groulx R 2007 LaSalle, Quebec
47 Flag of Canada Mitch Ganzak* R 2008 Kleefeld, Manitoba
Forwards
# Player Position Shoots Acquired Place of Birth
11 Flag of Canada Rick Rypien C R 2005 Coleman, Alberta
12 Flag of Canada Mike Keane RW R 2005 Winnipeg, Manitoba
13 Flag of the United States Mike S. Brown RW R 2005 Northbrook, Illinois
15 Flag of Canada Jason Jaffray LW L 2005 Olds, Alberta
17 Flag of Denmark Jannik Hansen RW R 2006 Herlev, Denmark
19 Flag of Canada Greg Classen C L 2007 Aylsham, Saskatchewan
23 Flag of Slovakia Juraj Simek RW R 2007 Presov, Slovakia
24 Flag of Canada Kohl Harder C R 2008 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
29 Flag of Canada Colby Genoway RW R 2006 Morden, Manitoba
32 Flag of Canada Pierre-Cedric Labrie LW R 2007 Baie-Comeau, Quebec
38 Flag of the United States Greg Rallo C R 2008 Gurnee, Illinois
40 Flag of Austria Michael Grabner RW L 2007 Villach, Austria
49 Flag of Canada Alexandre Bolduc C R 2006 Montreal, Quebec

[edit] Season-by-season results

[edit] Regular season

Season Games Won Lost Tied OTL SOL Points Goals
for		 Goals
against		 Standing
1994–95 81 34 35 — 12 — 80 271 336 4th, Central
1995–96 82 30 45 — 7 — 67 254 322 5th, Midwest
1996–97 82 32 40 — 10 — 74 262 300 5th, Midwest
1997–98 82 39 36 — 7 — 85 269 254 4th, Northwest
1998–99 82 47 21 — 14 — 108 269 236 2nd, Midwest
1999–00 82 37 31 — 14 — 88 227 237 5th, West
2000–01 82 39 31 — 12 — 90 222 230 3rd, West
2001–02 80 39 33 4 4 — 86 270 260 4th, Canadian
2002–03 80 37 33 8 2 — 84 229 228 2nd, Canadian
2003–04 80 32 35 11 2 — 77 214 232 6th, North
2004–05 80 44 26 — 7 3 98 243 210 3rd, North
2005–06 80 44 24 — 7 5 100 243 217 3rd, North
2006–07 80 45 23 — 7 5 102 232 201 1st, North
2007–08 80 46 27 — 3 4 99 236 197 3rd, North

[edit] Playoffs

Season Prelim 1st round 2nd round 3rd round Finals
1994–95 — L, 0–3, Denver — — —
1995–96 Out of playoffs.
1996–97 Out of playoffs.
1997–98 — L, 0–3, Chicago — — —
1998–99 W, 2–0, Milwaukee L, 0–3, Chicago — — —
1999–00 L, 0–2, Long Beach — — — —
2000–01 — W, 4–3, Houston L, 2–4, Chicago — —
2001–02 W, 2–1, Worcester L, 1–3, Bridgeport — — —
2002–03 W, 2–1, Portland W, 3–1, Providence L, 3–4, Hamilton — —
2003–04 Out of playoffs.
2004–05 — W, 4–1, St. John's W, 4–1, Rochester L, 0–4, Chicago —
2005–06 — W, 4–2, Syracuse L, 3–4, Grand Rapids — —
2006–07 — W, 4–3, Grand Rapids L, 2–4, Hamilton — —
2007–08 — L, 2–4, Syracuse — — —

[edit] Notes

Players with * have not played in any games to date but are on the team Roster

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

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