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Centomo records shutout in 1-0 Moose win

By Rob Carling
www.moosehockey.com

Sebastien Centomo stopped 28 shots for his second shutout in four starts with the Moose as Manitoba won their third straight with a 1-0 win over Rochester.

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The teams exchanged the play in the first six minutes with the shots tied at four. Centomo made a nice kick save on an initial Rochester shot, then followed up by scrambling across the crease to get in front of the rebound.

The Amerks took the first powerplay of the game after DeMone was called for a hold along the boards. The Moose held Rochester's first place powrplay to only two shots and no real scoring opportunity as the DeMone penalty expired with eight minutes to play in the first.

The Moose took a two-man advantage with just over six minutes to play in the period after Janik was gated for hooking and Thorburn for a trip just under a minute later. The Moose capitalized immediately as Balej re-directed a Mojzis point shot and Jaffray was there to put back the rebound.

The Moose finished the first period on the powerplay leading 1-0 and trailing in shots 9-7.

With just under ten minutes played in the second period the Moose had recorded the only two shots in the period and neither team had mounted a decent attack.

Prestin Ryan gave the Amerks their third powerplay of the game at 10:02 of the second after he was called for hooking. Centomo was forced into three key saves to keep the game scoreless as the Amerks controlled the puck on the powerplay.

Minutes later the Moose almost made it a two-goal lead shorthanded after Darby picked up the puck at the Rochester blue line and had three great chances in on Pelletier before the Rochester defence cleared the puck.

Manitoba was given their fourth powerplay of the game after some nice hustle by Mike Keane forced Jillson into a hooking penalty. The Moose could get nothing going on the ensuing powerplay however, as a scoreless second period expired with the shots 18-14 for Rochester.

Action heated up minutes into the third when McIver and Thorburn decided to tangle after a scramble in front of the Rochester goal. The two players did more holding on then anything else and threw only a few punches before McIver was wrestled to the ground.

Manitoba went on the powerplay with just over 12 minutes to play in regulation after Jaffray was hauled down by Paetsch on a two-on-one with Jesse Schultz. The Moose contolled the puck in the Amerks zone for the majority of the powerplay but were unable to put any pressure on Pelletier recording only one weak shot on net.

With 6:27 to play in the third the Moose trailed the shot count 24-16.

Rochester pulled their goalie and were on a two-man advantage late in the game after a Tyler Bouck minor. The Moose were able to dump the puck and kept Rochester from mounting a comeback attack. The game finished with the shots 28-17.

Centomo: "I just want to be a part of this team." (listen)
Head Coach Alain Vigneault summarizes the game. (listen)
Jaffray: "As long as we keep winning, I'm happy with the way we're playing." (listen)

Video Highlights - Moose vs. Amerks - high | low

	1	2	3	TOTAL
Rochester	0	0	0	0
Manitoba	1	0	0	1

First Period
MTB - 14:04 J. Jaffray (4) J. Balej, T. Mojzis PP

Penalties:
MTB - J. DeMone 2.00 Holding 9:38
ROC - J. Jillson 2.00 Hooking 12:47
ROC - C. Thorburn 2.00 Tripping 13:43
MTB - M. Keane 2.00 Holding 16:31
ROC - C. MacArthur 2.00 Delay of game 19:17

Second Period
No Scoring Penalties:
MTB - P. Ryan 2.00 Hooking 10:02
MTB - A. Bolduc 2.00 Tripping 11:54
ROC - J. Jillson 2.00 Hooking 17:11
MTB - T. Bouck 2.00 Interference 19:31

Third Period
No Scoring
Penalties:
MTB - N. McIver 5.00 Fighting 3:12
ROC - C. Thorburn 5.00 Fighting 3:12
ROC - N. Paetsch 2.00 Interference 7:48
ROC - Served by S. McMorrow 2.00 Bench minor - Delay of game 14:53
MTB - J. Jaffray 2.00 High sticking 16:52
MTB - J. Jaffray 5.00 Fighting 16:52
ROC - S. Meyer 2.00 High sticking 16:52
ROC - S. Meyer 5.00 Fighting 16:52
MTB - T. Bouck 2.00 Holding 19:02

Attendance:
6931

SHOTS ON GOAL

	1	2	3	TOTAL
Rochester	9	9	10	28
Manitoba	7	7	3	17

POWER PLAY STATS
Rochester (0 for 6)
Manitoba (1 for 6)

GOALIES

HOME TEAM	S	SV	PCT (%)
Centomo	28	28	100.0%
Flaherty	0	0	00.0%

AWAY TEAM	S	SV	PCT (%)
Leighton	0	0	00.0%
Pelletier	16	17	94.1%

1. MTB - S. Centomo
2. ROC - J. Pelletier
3. MTB - J. Jaffray

What's Next

The Moose will play Rochester again tomorrow night before heading on the road for weekend games in Toronto, Hamilton and Cleveland. Great seats are still available or 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 Rusty Barton, Manitoba Moose. Click on one of the below thumbnails to reveal a larger version of the image above.