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Moose slide hits four games as the Canucks take it 2-1 in Autism Acceptance game

The Moose have lost three straight and were looking to narrow their magic number from five.

Lineup news:

Wyatt Bongiovanni still not quite ready to return for the Moose as he didn’t play today. Drawing back in were Parker Ford and Tyrel Bauer. Out came Evan Polei and Simon Lundmark.

Moose lineup:

Malott – Toninato – Limoges
Harkins – Meireles – Boland
Torgersson – Nikkanen – Reichel
Jones – Maier – Ford

Oligny – Gawanke
Heinola – Stewart
Sautner – Bauer

Salminen
Holm

Notable:

The Manitoba Moose always hit a home run in their support of St Amant MB. This is their Autism Acceptance game. These jersey were worn in the game and then will be auctioned off. Looks even better on the ice.

If you were looking for a good start that is just what Manitoba did outshooting Abbotsford 15-0 at the midpoint of the 1st period.

A bad pass out of the Moose zone led to a penalty which led to the Canucks opening the scoring. Moose had a 22-6 shot edge but found themselves down one.

In the end the Moose fired 23 shots in the 1st period on Spencer Martin but he was up to the task.

Ville Heinola took a puck or stick to the face so he was slow to get off & no D man was quick to jump in to replace him. Resulted in the Canucks attacking 5 on 4 & scoring to make it 2-0 for the visitors. They were being outshot 25-9 but they led where it counts.

In a reverse from the opening period it was the Canucks who outshoot the Moose by a 18-4 shot count and Oskari Salminen had to be sharp to keep his team in it.

The Moose needed something to break their way in the final frame and they got it courtesy of this play which saw Daniel Torgersson, in front of visiting friends and family from Sweden, score his 10th goal of the year.

Make it four straight regulation losses for the Moose as the Canucks take it 2-1. They drop to 34-23-5-4 on the season and don’t get any closer to clinching a playoff spot.

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The Moose are off for the next couple of days as they rest for their final home series of the regular season.

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.