Manitoba Moose end nine straight games on the road with 2-1 shootout win to push back into a playoff spot

The Moose left Manitoba, feels like months ago, to begin nine straight games on the road. The first seven games were against Central division opponents which was good for Manitoba as they needed to make up ground after an 11 game losing streak (0-10-1). The road trip began with five was paused due to the AHL All-Star break, resumed in Grand Rapids last weekend for two games and then concluded with back-to-back games in Calgary against the Wranglers.

Lineup news:

The team is so healthy they were able to swap out an entire line of players. Daniel Torgersson, Wyatt Bongiovanni, and Danny Zhilkin came in. Nicholas Jones, C.J. Suess & Henri Nikkanen came out after playing last night.

Moose lineup:

Malott – Lambert – Chibrikov
Toninato – Gustafsson – AJF
Viel – Reichel – Ford
Bongiovanni – Zhilkin – Torgersson

Capobianco – Stewart
Heinola – Lundmark
Sautner – Bauer

Dellia
Millic

Notable:

The only blemish against the Moose was a power play goal they gave up in the first period.

Recently reassigned Dominic Toninato created the game tying goal in the 3rd period with this nice effort. It was his third goal of the season.

The shootout was impressive as a pair of Jets prospects scored for Manitoba on their first two attempts with Nikita Chibrikov and Brad Lambert both scoring nice goals.

Equally important was Collin Delia making two big stops on both Calgary opportunities to give his team a chance for the win. He made 28 saves on 29 shots, only giving up the previously mentioned power play goal in the opening period of play.

With the win Manitoba improved to 6-2-1 during this road trip which allowed them to leap into 5th spot in the Central.

Multi-point game:

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Up next:

The Moose return home on Thursday as they prepare to play six straight games at Canada Life starting with the unbeaten in 2024 Milwaukee Admirals.