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Despite being undermanned the Moose pick up a 3-2 OT win over the Senators

Photo Credit: Jonathan Kozub/Manitoba Moose

The Moose are shorthanded this series with Kristian Vesalainen up with the Jets and David Gustafsson and Dylan Samberg both dealing with injuries. The infirmary got two new additions after their last game with Jimmy Oligny and Leon Gawanke being labelled as out of the lineup with injuries. Which meant the local AHL squad were forced to dress a 13 forwards and five defenceman in the third game of this four-game series with the Senators. And it didn’t hit me until I was writing the recap that the fifth Dman was Victor Hadfield who is a winger (who has played a little D but not at the AHL level).

Photo Credit: Jonathan Kozub/Manitoba Moose

Moose lineup:

Malott-Suess-Todd
Dano-Perfetti-McKenzie
Krieger-Reichel-Egle
Lynch-Maier-Jones
Nault

Chisholm-Kovacevic
Brubacher-Shaw
Hadfield

Berdin
Kehler

Game recap:

Noteworthy:

Jets 2020 1st rounder Cole Perfetti had his second straight multi point game contributing two assists.

Rookie Jeff Malott became the first Moose player to double digits in goal as his 10th of the campaign was the OT game-winner. He leads all AHL rookies in goals.

Players media interview:

Coach media interview:

Up Next:

The Moose have a media availability on Sunday morning before they close out their four-game series with Belleville on Monday.

David Minuk

Working hard on a daily basis to provide the latest Winnipeg Jets and Manitoba Moose news for our readers and listeners. I also appear on the Illegal Curve Hockey Show every Saturday on our YouTube channel as well as the Illegal Curve Post-Game Show after every single Jets game. And I occasionally jump in the play-by-play booth at Canada Life to provide colour analysis during Manitoba Moose games.