SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- Colby Genoway's was glad to be done with his first day on the job with the Manitoba Moose.
The 23-year-old right-winger from Morden was acquired from the Anaheim Ducks/Portland Pirates on Wednesday for veteran defenceman Joe Rullier. Genoway met his new teammates Thursday morning, but had to wait an extra half an hour to join Moose practice at Oncenter before all the trade and medical paperwork involved was approved.
"This time was a little more nerve-wracking than going to Anaheim," Genoway said after his first Moose workout was complete. "This is meet, greet and let's play. I was pretty nervous in practice. I don't know why. I shouldn't be but I was a bit today. My nerves are fine and I'll be fine tomorrow. It's just meeting new people."
Genoway will be in antlers tonight when the Moose face the Crunch.
"I'm putting him in the lineup and I want to get him going right off the bat," said coach Scott Arniel. "I've been in the same predicament and when you go to another team, all you want to do is go out there and do what you do best.
"That's what he's looking forward to. He's going to see some power-play time, some five-on-five time and in other situations, too."
Arniel said Genoway has already begun a quick Moose indoctrination.
"We went over some things today and we'll do the same tomorrow with video to show him how we go about things," the coach said. "I talked to him about what they did in Portland... it seems to be pretty close."
Arniel paused, then added with a huge smirk: "Except for a couple of (Randy) Carlyle things he talked about that I want him to get out of his head."
One of Genoway's assets is his ability to man the point on the power play. He may be pressed into service there more quickly than the Moose wanted, since defenceman and quarterback Yannick Tremblay was being summoned to Vancouver Thursday night.
"I like to think I'm a person who thrives on opportunities and I feel like this is a good opportunity," Genoway said. "I'd love to get a chance to try the back end, wherever they put me, and I don't get too nervous with the situational stuff. I'm more nervous meeting people, really. With the hockey, I'm fine."
Genoway has more familiarity with the Moose roster than just former University of North Dakota associate head coach Brad Berry. He said Thursday he knows Lee Goren from UND, has skated during summer months with J.J. Hunter and Brad Moran in Calgary and briefly skated with Jesse Schultz at Tri-Cities' WHL camp.
He also expects to be renewing many acquaintances when the Moose return home next week.
"How much, I'm not sure," he said. "I haven't had to sign anybody up for tickets more than once or twice a year in Hartford or Portland. My parents once a year. I have a feeling it might change in the next little while.
