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Moose defeat the Griffins 1-0 in home opener

The Moose welcomed the Griffins to town this evening for their home opener. It is the first time they’ve played a US based team since March 8th, 2020 and the first time they’ve played Grand Rapids since January 11th, 2020.

Photo Credit: Alexander James (Illegal Curve)

Moose lineup:

Malott-Gustafsson-Reichel
Johnson-Perfetti-Poganski
Eyssimont-Maier-Suess
Polei-Meireles-Caron

Oligny – Gawanke
Heinola – Kovacevic
Chisholm – Nogier

Berdin
Holm

Noteworthy:

10 of 20 players on tnt’s Moose roster were drafted by the Winnipeg Jets.

If you need to win a faceoff you should probably give David Gustafsson a call. The Jets prospect looks good again this season.

Sums up type of player Jets prospect David Gustafsson is. Goes in on a 2 on 1 which ends up with 4 Moose players near the Griffins net. When he recognizes that Grand Rapids is about to push up the ice on the attack he skates his ass off to prevent an odd man rush.

Winnipegger Calvin Pickard was excellent in the net for Grand Rapids and was only beat on a rather fluky goal by Cole Maier who scored his first of the season.

Players media interview:

Coach media interview:

Game recap:

Up Next:

Moose and Griffins are back in business on Sunday afternoon.

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.

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