CrashingTheGoalie

by Ron Spence
Mike Gillis went to bed with a smile on his face.
Manitoba lived to play another game, and his three top prospects were named game 5’s three stars.
Cory Schneider hadn’t stolen a game all series and came up large, Michael Grabner had 7 shots on goal and one tally, and Cody Hodgson returned to [...]

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by Ron Spence
Cody Hodgson was watching his first game – ever – as a healthy scratch.
Manitoba was playing in game 4 of the Calder Cup finals and were down 2 games to 1, and coach Arniel wanted some more AHL-level fire power.
As it was, Manitoba lost and are now down 3 games to 1.
Arniel was [...]

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by Lindsay Kramer
Before his mercurial career could continue taking flight, Manitoba Moose rookie forward Cody Hodgson had to learn a little bit about how AHL teams get on an airplane.
That small, but important, detail was crossed off the list during the Moose-Houston Western Conference finals.
The possible explanations are a little murky. Perhaps the brilliant [...]

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by Ron Spence
Michael Grabner is on his game.
With his two tallies and an assist on saturday night, he has 4 goals and 2 assists in 3 games. And, he also has a four goals in 2 games streak going.
“Grabner’s game is all speed,” Hockey’s Future writes. “One of the faster open-ice
skaters in whatever league he’s [...]

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by Ron Spence
Both the Moose and Bears have seven players riding decent steaks.
Some, like Mike Keane have three streaks.
Michael Grabner has four goals in the past four games, and Jason Krog five points in the past two contests.
Hershey’s Alexandre Giroux has seven points in the past four games.
courtesy of ahl.com
But, the big thing?
Their streaks – [...]

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The following is what Tim Leone of The Patriot-News wrote about the Hershey Bears – after they had defeated the Providence Bruins:
“…the Bears earned a berth in the finals against the Manitoba Moose with Monday’s 5-2 victory over the Providence Bruins in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference finals to win the series 4-1.
After clawing through [...]

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by Ron Spence
Both teams have gone 12-4 to date – are 7-1 at home and 5-3 on the road. Both teams have scored 52 goals in the playoffs.
Hershey has allowed 35 goals to Manitoba’s 33.The Moose are 6th in power play percentage at 19% and 3rd in penalty killing at 87.3%.
The Bears are 4th in [...]

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written by Hershey Bears Broadcaster John Walton

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by Ron Spence
Cory Schneider – the AHL’s Goalie of the Year – was pulled after the 2nd period of game five of the Calder Cup semi-finals.
The good news was that Schneider wasn’t beating himself up:
“I felt good (Friday), just one bad bounce and a nice play by them. I felt strong, it’s just sometimes pucks [...]

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by Ron Spence

The Moose are playing in the first game of the AHL semi-finals tonight.
Many Vancouver fans will be cheering for them because there are some Canucks’ prospects on their roster. Contrary to what some people believe, Manitoba is not a Vancouver farm team.
Of the 32 players listed on their roster – as of [...]

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