Curiosities spiked at the beginning of the season when Manitoba lost some key players from their previous Calder Cup run; Jason Krog, Jason Jaffray, Mark Cullen, Maxime Fortunus, and Mark Fistric.
Despite losing familiar faces, the Moose acquired new players to fill key roles on the squad, such as Marco Rosa and Peter Olvecky; formerly of the Houston Aeros, a team which Manitoba kicked out of the 2009 playoffs. Rosa finished the regular season as Manitoba’s point leader with 55 points (22g & 33a).
In 80 games the Moose record was 40-33-5-2. They finished the regular season with 87 points, fourth place in the North Division.
In the post-season, Manitoba faced the first place Hamilton Bulldogs in the first round of the 2010 Calder Cup Playoffs. The Bulldogs finished at the top of the North Division standings and the Moose took the series to six games, eventually falling to Hamilton four games to two.
| AHL Standings 2009-10 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eastern Conference | ||||||||||||||
| Atlantic Division | ||||||||||||||
| Team | GP | W | L | OTL | SOL | PTS | PCT | GF | GA | PIM | Home | Road | P10 | STK |
| y-Worcester | 80 | 49 | 25 | 3 | 3 | 104 | 0.650 | 275 | 239 | 1268 | 26-11-2-1 | 23-14-1-2 | 5-4-1-0 | 0-1-0-0 |
| x-Portland | 80 | 45 | 24 | 7 | 4 | 101 | 0.631 | 244 | 214 | 1421 | 25-10-3-2 | 20-14-4-2 | 7-2-1-0 | 1-0-0-0 |
| x-Manchester | 80 | 43 | 28 | 3 | 6 | 95 | 0.594 | 213 | 200 | 1182 | 25-11-1-3 | 18-17-2-3 | 8-2-0-0 | 0-2-0-0 |
| x-Lowell | 80 | 39 | 31 | 4 | 6 | 88 | 0.550 | 239 | 232 | 1423 | 20-16-1-3 | 19-15-3-3 | 4-5-0-1 | 2-0-0-0 |
| x-Bridgeport | 80 | 38 | 32 | 4 | 6 | 86 | 0.537 | 201 | 220 | 1711 | 21-15-1-3 | 17-17-3-3 | 5-5-0-0 | 0-1-0-0 |
| Hartford | 80 | 36 | 33 | 6 | 5 | 83 | 0.519 | 231 | 251 | 1603 | 22-13-3-2 | 14-20-3-3 | 7-3-0-0 | 3-0-0-0 |
| Providence | 80 | 36 | 38 | 5 | 1 | 78 | 0.487 | 207 | 226 | 1194 | 17-19-3-1 | 19-19-2-0 | 3-5-2-0 | 0-2-0-0 |
| Springfield | 80 | 25 | 39 | 12 | 4 | 66 | 0.412 | 207 | 296 | 1636 | 14-18-6-2 | 11-21-6-2 | 2-5-2-1 | 1-0-0-0 |
| East Division | ||||||||||||||
| Team | GP | W | L | OTL | SOL | PTS | PCT | GF | GA | PIM | Home | Road | P10 | STK |
| y-Hershey | 80 | 60 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 123 | 0.769 | 342 | 198 | 1409 | 34-4-0-2 | 26-13-0-1 | 7-3-0-0 | 0-1-0-0 |
| x-Albany | 80 | 43 | 29 | 3 | 5 | 94 | 0.588 | 244 | 231 | 1515 | 25-12-2-1 | 18-17-1-4 | 5-5-0-0 | 1-0-0-0 |
| x-Wilkes-Barre/Scranton | 80 | 41 | 34 | 2 | 3 | 87 | 0.544 | 239 | 229 | 1515 | 27-12-0-1 | 14-22-2-2 | 5-5-0-0 | 1-0-0-0 |
| Norfolk | 80 | 39 | 35 | 3 | 3 | 84 | 0.525 | 208 | 214 | 973 | 19-18-0-3 | 20-17-3-0 | 4-6-0-0 | 1-0-0-0 |
| Binghamton | 80 | 36 | 35 | 6 | 3 | 81 | 0.506 | 251 | 260 | 1400 | 20-16-2-2 | 16-19-4-1 | 6-3-1-0 | 0-1-0-0 |
| Syracuse | 80 | 34 | 39 | 4 | 3 | 75 | 0.469 | 227 | 272 | 1771 | 19-18-2-1 | 15-21-2-2 | 4-5-1-0 | 2-0-1-0 |
| Adirondack | 80 | 32 | 41 | 3 | 4 | 71 | 0.444 | 199 | 251 | 1298 | 19-17-3-1 | 13-24-0-3 | 2-7-0-1 | 0-2-0-0 |
| Western Conference | ||||||||||||||
| North Division | ||||||||||||||
| Team | GP | W | L | OTL | SOL | PTS | PCT | GF | GA | PIM | Home | Road | P10 | STK |
| y-Hamilton | 80 | 52 | 17 | 3 | 8 | 115 | 0.719 | 271 | 182 | 1257 | 25-10-2-3 | 27-7-1-5 | 6-2-0-2 | 1-0-0-1 |
| x-Rochester | 80 | 44 | 33 | 2 | 1 | 91 | 0.569 | 253 | 247 | 1352 | 23-14-2-1 | 21-19-0-0 | 6-3-0-1 | 0-1-0-0 |
| x-Abbotsford | 80 | 39 | 29 | 5 | 7 | 90 | 0.562 | 217 | 231 | 1796 | 18-14-4-4 | 21-15-1-3 | 5-3-1-1 | 5-0-0-1 |
| x-Manitoba | 80 | 40 | 33 | 5 | 2 | 87 | 0.544 | 204 | 232 | 1509 | 22-14-3-1 | 18-19-2-1 | 6-3-0-1 | 3-0-0-0 |
| Toronto | 80 | 33 | 35 | 6 | 6 | 72 | 0.487 | 193 | 261 | 1707 | 22-13-3-2 | 11-22-3-4 | 3-5-1-1 | 0-1-0-1 |
| Lake Erie | 80 | 34 | 39 | 3 | 4 | 75 | 0.481 | 234 | 257 | 1011 | 19-18-0-3 | 15-19-1-5 | 3-5-1-1 | 0-1-0-1 |
| Grand Rapids | 80 | 34 | 39 | 3 | 4 | 75 | 0.469 | 244 | 265 | 1272 | 19-19-1-1 | 15-20-2-3 | 5-4-0-1 | 1-0-0-0 |
| West Division | ||||||||||||||
| Team | GP | W | L | OTL | SOL | PTS | PCT | GF | GA | PIM | Home | Road | P10 | STK |
| y-Chicago | 80 | 49 | 24 | 1 | 6 | 105 | 0.656 | 264 | 214 | 1112 | 29-8-0-3 | 20-16-1-3 | 4-5-0-1 | 1-0-0-0 |
| x-Texas | 80 | 46 | 27 | 3 | 4 | 99 | 0.619 | 238 | 198 | 1113 | 24-13-1-2 | 22-14-2-2 | 6-4-0-0 | 0-2-0-0 |
| x-Rockford | 80 | 44 | 30 | 3 | 3 | 94 | 0.588 | 226 | 226 | 1395 | 26-12-1-1 | 18-18-2-2 | 5-5-0-0 | 0-1-0-0 |
| x-Milwaukee | 80 | 41 | 30 | 2 | 7 | 91 | 0.569 | 237 | 220 | 1172 | 20-15-1-4 | 21-15-1-3 | 4-4-1-1 | 0-1-0-0 |
| Peoria | 80 | 38 | 33 | 2 | 7 | 85 | 0.531 | 233 | 248 | 1363 | 22-15-1-2 | 16-18-1-5 | 5-4-0-1 | 0-2-0-1 |
| San Antonio | 80 | 36 | 32 | 5 | 7 | 84 | 0.525 | 235 | 244 | 1357 | 21-14-2-3 | 15-18-3-4 | 4-4-1-1 | 2-0-0-0 |
| Houston | 80 | 34 | 34 | 7 | 5 | 80 | 0.500 | 206 | 224 | 1300 | 19-17-4-0 | 15-17-3-5 | 5-4-0-1 | 0-1-0-0 |
| x - clinched playoff berth y-clinched playoff title z - clinched league title | ||||||||||||||
| 2009-10 Regular Season | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Individual Player Statistics | ||||||||||
| # | Players | POS | GP | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | PPG | SHG |
| 19 | Marco Rosa | C | 80 | 22 | 33 | 55 | +5 | 32 | 8 | 0 |
| 52 | Sergei Shirokov | RW | 76 | 22 | 26 | 45 | -1 | 32 | 5 | 1 |
| 16 | Peter Olvecky | LW | 70 | 12 | 26 | 38 | +12 | 22 | 2 | 0 |
| 41 | Guillaume Desbiens | RW | 67 | 19 | 15 | 34 | -5 | 144 | 7 | 0 |
| 25 | Yan Stastny | C | 65 | 12 | 21 | 33 | -14 | 69 | 5 | 0 |
| 12 | Mike Keane | RW | 75 | 9 | 22 | 31 | -1 | 49 | 0 | 2 |
| 18 | Matt Pettinger | LW | 54 | 14 | 16 | 30 | -1 | 31 | 3 | 1 |
| 16 | Marty Murray | C | 59 | 10 | 20 | 30 | +1 | 26 | 1 | 0 |
| 55 | Mario Bliznak | C | 76 | 13 | 15 | 28 | +7 | 40 | 0 | 1 |
| 40 | Michael Grabner | LW | 38 | 15 | 11 | 26 | -2 | 6 | 3 | 0 |
| 27 | Evan Oberg | D | 70 | 3 | 23 | 26 | -13 | 64 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | Lawrence Nycholat | D | 37 | 5 | 17 | 22 | -2 | 49 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | Brian Salcido | D | 68 | 8 | 10 | 18 | -11 | 50 | 5 | 0 |
| Brad Lukowich | D | 29 | 3 | 15 | 18 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2 | Travis Ramsey | D | 80 | 2 | 14 | 16 | 0 | 87 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Dan Sexton | RW | 13 | 5 | 7 | 12 | +7 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | Nolan Baumgartner | D | 37 | 3 | 9 | 12 | -9 | 22 | 1 | 0 |
| 37 | Eric Walsky | RW | 37 | 2 | 9 | 11 | +4 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 44 | Tom Maxwell | RW | 67 | 2 | 9 | 11 | -11 | 256 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Jordan Schroeder | C | 11 | 4 | 5 | 11 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 29 | Tom Galvin | D | 40 | 0 | 9 | 9 | +9 | 26 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Matt Pope | RW | 40 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -12 | 23 | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | Aaron Rome | D | 7 | 6 | 1 | 7 | -1 | 15 | 4 | 0 |
| 14 | Michael Funk | D | 19 | 1 | 6 | 7 | -4 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Pierre-Cedric Labrie | LW | 45 | 5 | 1 | 6 | -13 | 69 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Nikita Kashirsky | LW | 25 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -13 | 14 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | Mathieu Schneider | D | 8 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -5 | 8 | 3 | 0 |
| 8 | Nathan McIver | D | 44 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -7 | 109 | 0 | 0 |
| 43 | Dusty Collins | C | 70 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -15 | 93 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | Taylor Ellington | D | 19 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -3 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Nick Boynton | D | 9 | 0 | 4 | 4 | -2 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Ryan McGinnis | D | 25 | 0 | 4 | 4 | +6 | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Kevin Clark | RW | 9 | 2 | 1 | 3 | +1 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 49 | Alexandre Bolduc | C | 13 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 20 | 0 | 1 |
| 35 | Cory Schneider | G | 60 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Erik Christensen | C | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Mark McCutcheon | C | 17 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -5 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Aaron Volpatti | F | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Darryl Bootland | RW | 12 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 49 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Neil Petruic | D | 13 | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Jannik Hansen | LW | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Evan Rankin | F | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | Matt McCue | LW | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 24 | 0 | 0 |
| 45 | Derek Leblanc | LW | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 47 | Geoff Waugh | D | 29 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 41 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Matt Clark | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Jimmy Sharrow | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Darryl Smith | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Rejean Beauchemin | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 48 | Jordan Hill | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 48 | Chad Painchaud | RW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | Olivier Latendresse | LW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Andy Brandt | F | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | John Lammers | LW | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -7 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Daren Machesney | G | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GP | G | A | PTS | - | PIM | |||||
| TOTALS | 80 | 204 | 315 | 511 | 1509 | |||||
| Individual Goaltender Statistics | ||||||||||
| Goalie | GP | Min | W | L | SOL | SO | GA | GAA | SAVES | SPct |
| Cory Schneider | 60 | 3557 | 35 | 23 | 2 | 4 | 149 | 2.51 | 1687 | 0.919 |
| Daren Machesney | 21 | 1186 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 66 | 3.34 | 558 | 0.894 |
| Rejean Beauchemin | 2 | 96 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4.39 | 31 | 0.816 |
| GP | W | L | SOL | SO | GA | GAA | SAVES | SPCT | ||
| TOTALS | 80 | 40 | 38 | 2 | 4 | 222 | 2.75 | 2276 | 0.911 | |
| 2009-10 Playoffs | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Individual Player Statistics | ||||||||||
| # | Player | POS | GP | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | PPG | SHG |
| 41 | Guillaume Desbiens | RW | 6 | 3 | 6 | 9 | +2 | 17 | 0 | 1 |
| 23 | Jordan Schroeder | C | 6 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -2 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 38 | Dan Sexton | RW | 6 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | Peter Olvecky | LW | 6 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | Yan Stastny | C | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 1 |
| 55 | Mario Bliznak | C | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | Marco Rosa | C | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | Tom Galvin | D | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | +4 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 32 | Kevin Clark | RW | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Evan Oberg | D | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Mike Keane | RW | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 52 | Sergei Shirokov | RW | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 43 | Dusty Collins | C | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Aaron Volpatti | F | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 21 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Matt Pope | RW | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Ryan McGinnis | D | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Lawrence Nycholat | D | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Brian Salcido | D | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Travis Ramsey | D | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 23 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Daren Machesney | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | Tommy Maxwell | RW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Matt Clark | D | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Cory Schneider | G | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Individual Goaltender Statistics | ||||||||||
| # | Goaltender | GP | MIN | W | L | GA | AVG | SO | SAVES | SPCT |
| 35 | Cory Schneider | 6 | 366 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 3.12 | 0 | 181 | 0.905 |
| 1 | Daren Machesney | 1 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6.59 | 0 | 12 | 0.800 |