On Wednesday, April 15, the Moose will embark on their quest to capture a Calder Cup championship. Having already eclipsed the franchise record for wins in a season, there is no better time to catch the Moose in post-season action.
Having clinched first place in the North Division, the Manitoba Moose will have home-ice advantage in the first two rounds of the 2009 Calder Cup Playoffs and are currently first place in the AHL with only three regular season games remaining. As a result, the Manitoba Moose will host games 1 and 2 and games 6 and 7 (if necessary) of the Division Semi-Final best-of-7 series against either the Toronto Marlies or the Syracuse Crunch, depending on where those two teams finish in the standings.
The tentative dates for these first round playoff games are as follows:
GAME 1: Wednesday, April 15 @ 7:30pm
GAME 2: Friday, April 17 @ 7:30pm
GAME 6: (if necessary): Saturday, April 25 @ 7:30pm
GAME 7: (if necessary): Tuesday, April 28 @ 7:30pm
The Manitoba Moose Hockey Club would like to offer AccessWinnipeg.com readers discounted ticket pricing to these games. To receive the discount, all you have to do is enter the password REFEREE in the “Special Offers and Promotions” box for the game of your choice at www.ticketmaster.ca and you’ll receive a discount of $5 OFF every ticket purchased!
Image MTS Centre in Winnipeg Originally uploaded by Jordon
2008/2009 Season Stats:
Western Conference |
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| Rank | North Division | GP | W | L | OTL | SOL | PTS | PCT | GF | GA |
| 1 | y Manitoba Moose | 79 | 49 | 23 | 1 | 6 | 105 | 0.665 | 235 | 187 |
| 2 | x Hamilton Bulldogs | 79 | 48 | 27 | 4 | 0 | 100 | 0.633 | 261 | 200 |
| 3 | x Grand Rapids Griffins | 79 | 43 | 24 | 6 | 6 | 98 | 0.620 | 253 | 221 |
| 4 | x Toronto Marlies | 79 | 39 | 29 | 4 | 7 | 89 | 0.563 | 239 | 227 |
| 5 | Syracuse Crunch | 79 | 39 | 32 | 5 | 3 | 86 | 0.544 | 210 | 224 |
| 6 | Lake Erie Monsters | 79 | 34 | 37 | 3 | 5 | 76 | 0.481 | 198 | 214 |
| 7 | Rochester Americans | 79 | 29 | 42 | 0 | 8 | 66 | 0.418 | 182 | 255 |
