After earning a split in Texas, the Moose were in Illinois to take on the IceHogs this evening. Despite losing Henry Thrun who was recalled up to the Jets, the AHL club of Manitoba was starting to get healthy again.
Lineup news:
They got back Ashton Sautner and Noah Gregor who had both missed some games.
Moose lineup:
Gregor – Zhilkin – Ford
He – Lambert – Burnside
Wahlin – Yoder – Chibrikov
Wagner – Julien – Empey
Phillips – Matier
Freij – Barteaux
Sautner – Brown
DiVincentiis
Notable:
The Moose had plenty of good chances in the 1st period to open the scoring but IceHogs goalie Arvid Söderblom was very good making a number of keys saves to keep the game tied 0-0.
Manitoba held a 12-4 shot edge with almost six minutes gone in the middle frame before Rockford took the lead with a somewhat chaotic looking goal. It was close to being offside and then the puck appeared to be knocked down with a high stick, which seemed to stop the visitors from playing on and the home team took advantage by burying a loose puck past DiVincentiis.
With Nikita Chibrikov in the box for tripping, former Moose captain Dominic Toninato added some insurance for the IceHogs.
The third highest scoring team in the AHL held to zero goals in this one.
The loss drops Manitoba to 11-6-0-0 as they lose their second straight game of this road trip.
Multi-point game:
None
Highlights:
Players & Coach post-game media:
Up next:
The team is back in action tomorrow against the Wolves.
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