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MOOSE OUTSHINE STARS, 5-4

Manitoba Moose vs. Texas Stars
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MANITOBA FINISHES 2-2-0-0 AGAINST TEXAS THIS REGULAR SEASON

By Christina Caligiuri

The Manitoba Moose improved their perfect shootout record to 6-0 on Saturday night with a 5-4 shootout victory over the visiting Texas Stars in front of 7,416 fans at MTS Centre. Marty Murray netted the game-winner in the shooting draw while Daren Machesney earned his fourth win of the season with 36 of 40 saves.

The night started off with a brawl as Pierre-Cedric Labrie and Francis Wathier dropped their gloves at centre ice. After a lengthy battle, Labrie brought the visiting Star to his knees before both attackers were handed five-minute fighting majors.

Matt Pope’s goaltender interference penalty at 3:58 put the Stars on the first powerplay of the night. Despite bringing their shot count to eight, Texas couldn’t get the puck past Daren Machesney during the two-minute advantage.

By the 10-minute mark of the first period the Stars were leading the Moose in shots 10-1. At 11:23, Warren Peters was put away for holding giving the Moose their opening powerplay. Manitoba was held scoreless during the advantage but did fire four shots on goaltender Todd Ford.

A defensive slip up in the Moose zone allowed Mathieu Beaudoin to go one-on-one with Machesney. The right-winger swept the puck around Machesney’s right goal pad to put his club in a 1-0 lead.

Texas extended their lead 3:34 into the second period. Travis Morin fed the puck to Fabian Brunstrom from behind Machesney’s net. The left-winger, waiting in the slot, fired the bullet into the mesh for a two-goal lead.

Manitoba put themselves within one at 7:54. With help from Evan Oberg and Tommy Maxwell, sniper Sergei Shirokov slipped the puck around a sprawled Ford, 2-1.

The Moose tied the game at 11:48. Evan Oberg’s initial blast from the point was denied by Ford, but Guillaume Desbiens nipped in the rebound to get his club back on even-ground.

Moments later, the antler-squad took their first lead of the night. Michael Grabner muscled the puck from in between the red circles and into the twine for a 3-2 tally.

Five-minutes into the third period Travis Morin slapped the puck into the back door on a two-on-one to knot the game at three goals apiece.  With 3:32 left in the game Travis Morin netted his second of the night with a high wrist shot, 4-3.

With 33 seconds left Mike Keane wrapped the puck into Ford’s net to force overtime with a 4-4 tie.

Overtime

The five-minute fourth period was too short to provide a winner and the game headed into a shootout.

Shootout

Manitoba Moose

Marco Rosa – Y
Michael Grabner - N
Mike Keane – N
Sergei Shirokov – N
Marty Murray - Y
 

Texas Stars

 Ivan Vishnevskiy – Y
Fabian Brunstrom – N
Mathieu Beaudoin - N
Greg Rallo - N
Landon Wilson - N
 


 

SCORE ARRAY
Array
(
    [0] =>  SCORING 
    [1] =>  1
    [2] =>  2
    [3] =>  3
    [4] =>  OT
    [5] =>  SO
    [6] =>  T
    [7] => Texas
    [8] => 1
    [9] => 1
    [10] => 2
    [11] => 0
    [12] => 0
    [13] => 4
    [14] => Manitoba
    [15] => 0
    [16] => 3
    [17] => 1
    [18] => 0
    [19] => 1
    [20] => 5
    [21] => 
)
SHOT ARRAY
Array
(
    [0] =>  SHOTS 
    [1] =>  1
    [2] =>  2
    [3] =>  3
    [4] =>  OT
    [5] =>  SO
    [6] =>  T
    [7] => Texas
    [8] => 12
    [9] => 10
    [10] => 16
    [11] => 2
    [12] => 0
    [13] => 40
    [14] => Manitoba
    [15] => 11
    [16] => 11
    [17] => 5
    [18] => 1
    [19] => 1
    [20] => 29
    [21] => 
)

Game Summary

Scoring 1 2 3 OT T(SO)
Texas 1 1 2 0 4
Manitoba 0 3 1 0 5

MTS Centre, Jan 2, 2010

First Period:

  1. TEX, M. Beaudoin (9), C. Sceviour, A. Hutchinson, 17:05

Penalties

Second Period:

  1. TEX, F. Brunnstrom (1), T. Morin, A. Hutchinson, 3:34
  2. MTB, S. Shirokov (12), T. Maxwell, E. Oberg, 7:54
  3. MTB, G. Desbiens (6), E. Oberg, M. Murray, 11:48
  4. MTB, M. Grabner (7), S. Shirokov, M. Rosa, 12:38

Penalties

Third Period:

  1. TEX, T. Morin (5), I. Vishnevskiy, F. Brunnstrom, 5:35
  2. TEX, T. Morin (6), F. Brunnstrom, D. Jancevski, 16:28
  3. MTB, M. Keane (8), S. Shirokov, L. Nycholat, 19:26

Penalties

OT Period:

Penalties

Shots 1 2 3 OT T
Texas 12 10 16 2 40
Manitoba 11 11 5 1 29

POWER PLAYS:

Texas
0 / 3 | 9 min / 3 inf | 4 G + 8 A = 12 Pts

Manitoba
0 / 2 | 11 min / 4 inf | 5 G + 8 A = 13 Pts

GOALTENDERS:

Texas

Manitoba

ATTENDANCE:
7416

Three Stars

1. MTB - S. Shirokov
2. TEX - T. Morin
3. MTB - M. Grabner

What's Next?

The Moose will host the reigning Calder Cup Champion Hershey Bears next weekend for their first meeting since the finals last year.

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