The first period started off much like last night's game, with both teams trying to get into the groove of the game. Thie first shot came from Peoria with over two and a half minutes gone
in the period.
Manitoba took the first powerplay of the game as Doug Lynch was sent off for interference after a hit on Jesse Schultz. Jozef Balej missed putting the Moose up one by an inch, as he streaked
down the left wing and fired a wrist shot off the right post.
With seven minutes to played in the first, Jimmy Roy dropped the mitts with D.J King, who injured Gustav Engman on a huge hit in the third period of last night's action.
The two men exchanged quick shots without either delivering a key blow. King took Roy down and the linesman broke it up. Both were assessed five penalties at 6:08.
The Moose had a great chance on the powerplay as Josh Green and Jozef Balej worked a pretty two on one. Green slid a perfect pass across but Balej couldn't
lift it over a sliding Curtis Sanford, who stacked the pads to make a nice save.
With 9:30 to play in the first Peoria was outshooting the Moose 7-2.
Peoria struck first with a delayed penalty looming, as Mike Glumac took a quick point shot that ricochet off of McVicar's blocker and into the top right corner.
Manitoba just missed a great chance to equalize at the end of the first, as the a shot rebounded off of the glass behind the goal and fell to Rick Rypien right in front of the net.
Rypien swung and missed the bouncing puck and Peoria cleared the zone.
Peoria netted a second goal with 1.8 seconds to play in the first. A point shot from Mike Mottau was tipped in by Jon DiSalvatore for his first of the season.
At the end of the first the score was 2-0 and the shots were 12-6 both in favor of the Rivermen.
Peoria started off the second period by getting into major penalty trouble. Wideman, Morgan and Buckley each took minor penalties within three minutes of each other. As soon as the
first penalty to Wideman expired the Rivermen were then caught with too many men on the ice resulting in another two minute minor.
On the ensuing powerplay the Moose blistered shot after shot on Peoria goalie Curtis Sanford but could not beat the netminder. The best chance came on a point shot from Maxime
Fortunus who beat Sanford, but couldnt beat the right iron.
With six minutes gone the shots were 12-11 Peoria.
The second period seemed to fly by with no whistles for minutes at a time. With four minutes to play the shots were 16-13 in favor of Peoria.
The period closed out with an interference penalty called on Maxime Fortunus putting Peoria on the powerplay to start the third.
Peoria came quick in the third, up a man with the penalty to Fortunus, the Rivermen worked the puck around the Moose zone. Whitfield made a strong pass to Glumac in front, who redirected it
past McVicar for a third Peoria goal.
With four minutes gone in the third, things began to get physical as once again D.J King was in the action. King and Jeff Smith exchanged words and shoves. Both were
given two minute minor penalties and ten minute misconducts.
With 12 minutes to play in the period, the Rivermen outshot the Moose 24-15.
With just under seven minutes to play Peoria went on their fifth powerplay of the game after newly required Christian Chartier was called for holding. Peoria almost
notched a forth goal after McVicar gave up a big rebound that fell right on the blade n Trent Whitfield who hammered it just over the bar.
Brendan Brooks put Peoria up four as he skated hard down the right wing and hammered a slap shot just over the right shoulder of Rob McVicar.
A disappointing performance by the Moose finished with a quick scrap between Peoria's Dennis Wideman and Manitoba's Mike Brown.
The game finished with the score at 4-0 and the shots at 30-16 in favor of Peoria.
FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring: PEO - 14:34 M. Glumac (3) P. Sejna, R. Ramsay PEO - 19:58 J. DiSalvatore (1) M. Mottau, L. Stempniak
SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring:
THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring: PEO - 1:00 M. Glumac (4) T. Whitfield, P. Sejna PP PEO - 15:25 B. Brooks (3) G. Morgan, B. Scheffelmaier
PENALTIES: 1st - PEO - D. Lynch 2.00 Interference 3:07 1st - MTB - J. Roy 5.00 Fighting 6:08 1st - PEO - D. King 5.00 Fighting 6:08 1st - PEO - M. Glumac 2.00 Throwing the stick 6:41 1st - PEO - B. Scheffelmaier 2.00 Hooking 12:00
2nd - PEO - D. Wideman 2.00 Holding 0:59 2nd - PEO - G. Morgan 2.00 Interference 1:45 2nd - PEO - B. Buckley 2.00 Hooking 2:24 2nd - MTB - M. Fortunus 2.00 Cross-checking 7:27 2nd - MTB - Served by B. Nolan 2.00 Bench minor - Too many men 9:34 2nd - MTB - J. DeMone 2.00 Holding 16:54 2nd - PEO - J. DiSalvatore 2.00 Holding 16:54 2nd - MTB - M. Fortunus 2.00 Interference 19:32
3rd - PEO - D. King 2.00 Unsportsmanlike conduct 3:50 3rd - PEO - D. King 10.00 Misconduct 3:50 3rd - MTB - M. Brown 2.00 Interference 3:50 3rd - MTB - J. Smith 2.00 Unsportsmanlike conduct (41(b)) 3:50 3rd - MTB - J. Smith 10.00 Misconduct 3:50 3rd - MTB - C. Chartier 2.00 Holding 13:08 3rd - PEO - D. Wideman 5.00 Fighting 19:38 3rd - MTB - R. Rypien 2.00 Boarding 19:38 3rd - MTB - M. Brown 5.00 Fighting 19:38
ATTENDANCE:
6426
50/50 WINNER:
The winning ticket number is 1208
SHOTS ON GOAL
1
2
3
TOTAL
Peoria
12
7
11
30
Manitoba
6
7
3
16
POWER PLAY STATS
Peoria (1 for 6)
Manitoba (0 for 6)
GOALIES
HOME TEAM
S
SV
PCT (%)
McVicar
30
26
86.7%
Flaherty
0
0
00.0%
AWAY TEAM
S
SV
PCT (%)
Bacashihua
0
0
00.0%
Sanford
16
16
100.0%
1. PEO - C. Sanford 2. PEO - M. Glumac 3. PEO - P. Sejna
The Moose will take a welcomed five days of rest before the Cleveland Barons come to town on Thursday, October 27th at 7:30pm. Listen to the game live on CJOB.
Photos by Rusty Barton, Manitoba Moose. Click on one of the thumbnails at right to reveal a larger version of this image.
Photos by Jonathan Kozub, Manitoba Moose. Click on one of the below thumbnails to reveal a larger version of the image above.
