Game Story

The Manitoba Moose (24-19-4-1) fell 6-2 to the Milwaukee Admirals (21-22-4-3) at UW-M Panther Arena on Saturday night. They were coming off a 3-2 overtime win against the Grand Rapids Griffins on Wednesday.

The Admirals opened the scoring 12:34 into the contest. Cole O’Hara stole the puck at centre ice, before beating Thomas Milic through the five-hole on a breakaway. Manitoba was outshot 10-7 in the frame, but ratcheted up the pressure in the final quarter of the period. Matthew Murray was up to the task in the Admirals’ net, holding the scoreline at 1-0.

Both sides got their offences out of the mud in the second period. Joey Willis scored 8:54 into the frame to put Milwaukee up by two. Brayden Yager cut the score to 2-1 with a nifty finish under a minute later. Fedor Svechkov restored the Admirals’ two-goal edge at 12:10 on a power play goal. The Moose found a quick reply once again, trimming the lead just 35 seconds later. Tyson Empey scored his first goal of the campaign by ripping a shot past Murray’s blocker. Reid Schaefer made it 4-2 on a shorthanded goal with 3:28 to play in the stanza, sending the home side to the locker room with a two-goal lead.

Milwaukee owned the shot clock in the third, outshooting the Moose 12-4 in the period. Kyle Marino scored to give the Admirals a three-goal lead early in the frame. Isaac Ratcliffe then put the game out of reach at 9:58, as the Admirals skated to a 6-2 win over Manitoba.

Quotable

Moose forward Brayden Yager (click for full interview)
“That just wasn’t us. Tons of breakdowns in the d-zone and neutral zone, not skating, trying to make the hard cross-ice pass. Obviously, they’re a good team and picked them off and made us pay.”

Statbook

• Isaac Phillips has a point in each of his past two games (1G, 1A)
• Tyson Empey tallied his second career multi-point game (1G, 1A)