Fast Facts: Moose at Laval – Feb. 24
By: Manitoba Moose Staff | Published: February 24th 2021
The Manitoba Moose started their eight-game road swing with a 3-2 overtime win against the Laval Rocket last night. With wins in three straight outings, the Moose try to keep it rolling as they clash with the Rocket again at Bell Centre in Montreal, Que. Tune in to tonight’s game on cjob.com/sports and MooseHockey.com/LISTENLIVE or watch with a subscription to AHLTV. Coverage begins at 5:45 p.m. CT with puck drop following at 6 p.m. CT.
Starting off Right
The Moose have played five games during the 2020-21 season so far. Coming out of the campaign’s opening five contests, Manitoba posted a 3-2-0-0 record. The Moose have not kicked off the season with three victories in the first five games since the franchise returned from St. John’s. The last time the club posted a 3-2-0 record was the start of the 2012-13 season. The IceCaps grabbed their third win in five games with a thrilling 8-7 overtime victory against the Portland Pirates. Alexander Burmistrov scored the winning tally.
Helping Hand
Cole Perfetti recorded his first career AHL assist during Manitoba’s victory against Laval on Monday evening. Perfetti set up Ville Heinola who scored the overtime winner to secure Manitoba’s 3-2 victory. Perfetti ranked second in the OHL with 74 assists for the Saginaw Spirit during the 2019-20 season. He has totaled 111 assists in 124 career OHL games. The centreman recorded his first OHL assist, Oct. 3/18 with the Spirit and added another helper during the contest to mark his first of 31 career OHL multi-assist games.
Back-to-Back
Jeff Malott has goals in back-to-back contests (Feb. 19 vs. TOR and Feb. 22 at LAV). Malott opened the scoring for the Moose in Saturday’s victory against the Marlies, and his tally during Monday’s contest tied the game to send the clubs to overtime. During his collegiate career, Malott didn’t score in back-to-back games. Although, on five occasions, he recorded multiple assists in consecutive games, most recently Feb. 21/20-Feb. 22/20 by marking two assists. Three Moose rookies have scored in back-to-back games during the 2020-21 season (including Bobby Lynch and Nathan Todd).
Feelin’ Good
Nathan Todd is currently on a four-game point streak (2G, 2A). Todd ranks second in scoring among Moose rookies with four points in five games. During the 2019-20 season, Todd started the campaign with the Brampton Beast marking a six-game point streak (from Oct. 12/19 - Oct. 27/19) where he recorded 10 points (4G, 6A). In 143 career ECHL contests, Todd posted points in consecutive games on 17 occasions.
