No Rampage in Manitoba as Moose beat San Antonio 4-1

The Skinny:

The Moose put in a hard week of practice and it showed tonight as they had a pretty solid 60 minute effort.  Both goalies (Eric Comrie for the Moose and Ville Husso for the Rampage) played well in the first 40 minutes of this game with each netminder only allowing one goal while stopping 28 (Comrie) and 18 (Husso) shots respectively.  Manitoba broke things open in the final frame thanks to Jansen Harkins scoring the game winner on the power play followed by a nifty CJ Suess goal and JC Lipon’s second of the game into the empty net to seal the deal.  The Moose improved to 2-3 on the season.

Moose Lineup:

Vesalainen-Suess-Griffith
Poirier-Harkins-Appleton
McGinn-Girard-Lipon
Everberg-Reichel-McKenzie

Niku-Poolman
Schilling-Nogier
Stanley-Stoykewych

Comrie
Appleby

Changes from last game:

– Michael Spacek had to return to the Czech Republic to deal with a family matter;
– Logan Stanley returned from injury after he blocked a shot in the first game of the season;
– Jansen Harkins moved back to centre (a position he played a lot in junior);
– Kristian Vesalainen made his AHL debut after being assigned by the Jets this morning.

Notable:

– JC Lipon had two goals;
– Jansen Harkins scored his first goal of the season;
– CJ Suess scored his team leading fourth goal of the season;
– Kristian Vesalainen picked up an assist;
– Eric Comrie made his second consecutive performance stopping over 30 shots (34 to be precise);
– Moose PK went 4/4.
– Rampage forward Tanner Kaspick (from Brandon, MB) scored his first pro goal.

Post-game audio:

Eric Comrie

JC Lipon

Coach Vincent

Next Game Action:

Sunday, October 21 at Bell MTS Place re-match against the San Antonio Rampage, the AHL affiliate of the St. Louis Blues at 2 pm.