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Moose, as Polar Bears, claw out 3-2 win over Wild

Photo Credit: Dave Mahussier

Following a disappointing 5-4 loss on Saturday the Moose had a Sunday afternoon re-match with Iowa. The roster was bolstered by the return to Manitoba of Jack Roslovic, Brendan Lemieux and Michael Hutchinson from the Jets who began their five-day break today. According to Moose bench boss Pascal Vincent in his pre-game chat with Mitch Peacock, with the status of Jets goalie Steve Mason uncertain the Moose didn’t take any chances and scratched Hutchinson from the lineup.

(1) Lineup

Petan-Roslovic-Appleton
Lemieux-Cormier-Robinson
De Leo-Maclise-Sutter
Beauvillier-Sgarbossa-Spacek

Melchiori-Poolman
Stoykewych-Niku
Kulevich-Gotovets

Comrie
Phillips.

(2) Notable

– Buddy Robinson scored his team leading 18th goal;
– Tucker Poolman had two assists, his first multi point game in the AHL;
– Peter Stoykewych had a goal & assist (he has tied his career high in points at 20 in 33 less games);
– Brendan Lemieux picked up an assist and has a six-game points streak;
– Francis Beuvillier scored his first goal of the season which turned out to be the game winner.

Photo Credit: Dave Mahussier

(3) Scoring Summary

Official game sheet link.

(4) Post game interviews

(5) Next Game Action

Friday, January 19th at Bell MTS Place vs. the Texas Stars.

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.