Recap: Rockford 4 at Moose 3
By: Daniel Fink | Published: February 21st 2017
Rockford IceHogs (20-24-8-3) at Manitoba Moose (19-27-3-3)
Tuesday, February 21, 2017 – MTS Centre, Winnipeg, MB
| Scoring Summary | 1 | 2 | 3 | F |
| Rockford IceHogs | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Manitoba Moose | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Shots By Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | F |
| Rockford IceHogs | 10 | 10 | 11 | 31 |
| Manitoba Moose | 10 | 7 | 13 | 30 |
| Special Teams | PP | PK | PIM |
| Rockford IceHogs | 1/5 | 4/4 | 8 |
| Manitoba Moose | 0/4 | 4/5 | 10 |
| Goaltender Summary | Goaltender | MIN | SA | SV |
| Rockford IceHogs | Jeff Glass | 60:00 | 30 | 27 |
| Manitoba Moose | Eric Comrie | 58:53 | 31 | 27 |
Goal Summary
| P | TIME | TEAM | GOAL | ASSIST | ASSIST | STR | SCORE |
| 1 | 9:45 | RFD | Brandon Mashinter (10) | Erik Gustafsson (16) | Spencer Abbot (19) | PP | 1-0 RFD |
| 1 | 12:34 | RFD | Brandon Mashinter (11) | Sam Carrick (14) | Erik Gustafsson (17) | ES | 2-0 RFD |
| 2 | 1:02 | MB | Nolan Zajac (1) | JC Lipon (12) | Jack Roslovic (20) | ES | 2-1 RFD |
| 2 | 1:35 | MB | Scott Glennie (7) | Quinton Howden (10) | Nelson Nogier (10) | ES | 2-2 |
| 3 | 3:30 | RFD | Kyle Baun (9) | Luke Johnson (9) | ES | 3-2 RFD | |
| 3 | 5:04 | RFD | Martin Lundberg (8) | Ville Pokka (18) | ES | 4-2 RFD | |
| 3 | 14:32 | MB | Brian Strait (1) | SH | 4-3 MB |
Game Story
The Manitoba Moose (19-27-3-3) and Rockford IceHogs (20-24-8-3) met at MTS Centre to open a two-game set on Tuesday night. The visitors got off to a quick start when Brandon Mashinter opened the scoring on the powerplay 9:45 into the game. Rockford added to its lead 2:49 later when Mashinter knocked in an Erik Gustafsson rebound for his second of the period and a 2-0 IceHogs lead after the first. The Moose had three chances on the powerplay, but weren’t able to beat Jeff Glass on any of their 10 shots in the period.
The Moose bounced back in the second to even the contest, 2-2, before the frame was two minutes old. A tick-tac-toe passing play starting with Jack Roslovic, going through JC Lipon and cross-crease to Nolan Zajac got the Moose on the board with the Winnipeg native’s first AHL marker. Just 33 seconds later, Quinton Howden showed patience to open up Scott Glennie for the tying goal, his seventh of the campaign. The Manitoba penalty kill came up with a big stop late in the period, turning away a minute of five-on-three powerplay time for the IceHogs. Eric Comrie made 10 saves to help the Moose to a 2-2 score after 40 minutes.
Rockford regained its lead 3:30 into the third. Kyle Baun’s wrister from the top of the slot was redirected on its way into the goal to put the IceHogs in front 3-2. The lead extended to 4-2 when Martin Lundberg gathered up a loose puck in his own end, raced into the Moose zone and cut across the slot before going top corner for the goal five minutes into the period. Manitoba pulled back within one with 5:28 to go. Brian Strait fought off a check coming into the Rockford zone shorthanded and whipped a shot along the ice and past Glass. The Moose couldn’t muster a tying goal as Rockford came away with the 4-3 victory.
Quick Hits
- Brenden Kichton played his 250th AHL game.
- Winnipeg, MB native Nolan Zajac made his Moose debut, scoring his first AHL goal.
- Game attendance was announced at 4,454.
Quotable
Head Coach Pascal Vincent – "In order for us to have some success we need to be on the puck. We need to forecheck hard and we need to execute better than that, and that’s what happens.”
Defenceman Nolan Zajac on his Moose debut – “It’s pretty special. I grew up wanting to play pro hockey in my hometown, in Winnipeg. To have a lot of friends and family in the stands, it means a lot.”
Linked Up
Game Summary: http://mbmoo.se/2madrO9
Highlights and Post-Game Coverage: https://moosehockey.com/moosetv/
Photo Gallery: http://mbmoo.se/2kJTNeN
What’s Next?
Manitoba and Rockford clash again Wednesday evening at MTS Centre. Tickets for the 7 p.m. CT puck drop are available at moosehockey.com/tickets.
