McIver gets his First: With the first goal in Manitoba’s 8-1 win over Cleveland last Saturday night, Moose
rookie defenceman Nathan McIver marked his first goal of the season and in turn, the first of his professional career.
Playing in 66 of Manitoba’s 80 games this season, the Summerside, PEI product scored a goal and six assists with 155 penalty
minutes. McIver was Vancouver’s eighth-round choice, 254th overall, in the 2003 NHL Entry Draft.
Jimmy Hits 100: Moose veteran forward Jimmy Roy’s second period goal in last Saturday’s 8-1 win over Cleveland
not only ended a 15-game goal-less drought, it marked Roy’s 100th goal in a Manitoba Moose uniform. Roy added another goal
just over four minutes later to finish the regular season with nine goals and eight assists for 17 points with 144 penalty
minutes in 62 games. In nine seasons with the Moose, Roy holds the all-time records for games played (603), goals (101),
penalty minutes (1434), and is second all-time in points (212).
Hitting the Century Mark: After last Saturday night's 8-1 victory over Cleveland, the Moose finished the
regular season with 100 points for only the second time in team history. The only other Moose team to hit the century mark
came in 1998-99, when the Moose finished second in the North Division with a 47-21-14 record for 108 points.
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The Manitoba Moose wrapped up their final two games of the regular season this past week with Thursday and Saturday night
contests against the visiting Cleveland Barons. On Thursday night, Cleveland open the scoring with two goals in the first and
second period, leaving the Moose trying to play catch up, but in the end losing 3-1. Tempers flared in the closing moments of
Thursday night's game with 68 total penalty minutes handed out in the last 10 seconds. Manitoba kept up the intensity in
Saturday night's game, tying a franchise record with six goals in the second period alone, and finishing the season with an
8-1 win. Jimmy Roy netted two goals in Saturday night's game, including his 100th career Moose goal.
The Moose will begin the 2006 Calder Cup playoffs on Friday and Saturday night in Syracuse, with games one and two of the
North Division Semi-Final.
2006 Calder Cup Playoffs - North Division Semi-Final
Syracuse Crunch
Game 1: Friday, April 21st - 6:30 PM
Game 2: Saturday, April 22nd - 6:30 PM
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The Moose will begin the North Division Semi-Final of the 2006 Calder Cup Playoffs on Friday and Saturday night in Syracuse.
The Crunch edged out the Moose by two points for second spot in the North Division, finishing the regular season with a
47-25-5-3 record for 102 points. Syracuse also finished the regular season with an impressive 27-9-2-2 record in home games
at the Onondaga County War Memorial. Syracuse's powerplay was decent this season, scoring 18.9% of the time, ranking them
10th in the league. Their penalty kill wasn't as effective, stopping opponents 81.3% of the time, good enough for 18th in the
AHL. Mark Hartigan led the team in points this season, scoring 34 goals and adding 41 assists for 75 points in only 49 games
played this season. Andrew Penner logged the majority of minutes in goal for the Crunch during the regular season, with a
20-12-1 record, a 3.26 GAA and a 0.899 save percentage in 40 games. Syracuse won the four-game season series with the Moose,
three games to one.
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 Jason King appeared in both games for the Moose this week, finishing with a pair of
goals and three assists for five points. He also ended up firing 7 shots on net and was +3 in the plus/minus category in the
week. King finished the season with averaging almost a point-per-game as he ended up seventh in team scoring with 33 points
in 36 games. He ended the 2006 season with 19 goals and 14 assists after returning from a concussion which caused him to miss
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