Fast Facts: Moose at Iowa – March 16

The Manitoba Moose (21-32-1-3) are back at Wells Fargo Arena to clash with the Iowa Wild (20-32-4-1) today. Puck drop is slated for 3 p.m. CT. The Moose got back in the win column with a 5-4 overtime victory against the Wild last night. It was Manitoba’s fifth trip past regulation in the past 10 games. The defeat was Iowa’s third consecutive loss. Coverage of today's rematch gets going at 2:45 p.m. CT on CJOB.com, the Winnipeg Jets App and AHLTV on FloHockey.

I Am Once Again Telling You About Fabian Wagner

Fabian Wagner was at it again last night, scoring in his fifth consecutive games. The forward has six goals during the longest goal streak by a Moose rookie since 2016-17 when Kyle Connor scored 10 goals over six consecutive games. The previous Moose skater to score in five consecutive games was Jansen Harkins during the 2022-23 campaign. Harkins recorded three five-game goal streaks. Wagner’s goal streak is tied for the sixth-longest by an AHL player this season. The Nykoping, Sweden product has nine points (6G, 3A) on the season, with seven points (6G, 1A) coming over the past six games.

Double-Down

Jaret Anderson-Dolan struck for his second two-goal game of the season last night. With the overtime-winner, Anderson-Dolan nabbed his second game-winning goal of the campaign, matching a career high. His previous winner also came on a two-goal night, helping Manitoba to a 5-4 victory in Laval on Feb. 19. The overtime tally was Anderson-Dolan’s second career walk-off goal, with his previous winner coming Feb. 1/20 against San Diego. The Calgary, Alta. product has been one of Manitoba’s most consistent producers over his past 20 games while tallying 15 points (5G, 10A). Anderson-Dolan enters tonight’s action with 98 points (41G, 57A) in his 159-game AHL career.

Milestone Moment

Manitoba’s opening goal on Saturday yielded a trio of milestones. The goal was Jamie Engelbert’s first career AHL tally. Engelbert achieved the milestone in just his second game in the league after making his debut on Thursday in Chicago. Reece Vitelli picked up the primary assist for his first career AHL helper. Vitelli made his Moose debut last night. He previously had two goals in 21 games with the Tucson Roadrunners. Finally, the secondary assist went to Domenic DiVincentiis, marking the goaltender’s first professional point. DiVincentiis is also the first Moose goalie to record a point this season.

Rapid Fire

The rattled off a pair of goals under one minute apart for the second consecutive game on Saturday. Jaret Anderson-Dolan and Danny Zhilkin struck 20 seconds apart in the first period. That follows Ashton Sautner and Fabian Wagner’s quick strikes 53 seconds apart on Thursday. It’s the fourth time this season Manitoba scored a pair of goals in under a minute. The other two occurrences came Nov. 23, 52 seconds apart, and the fastest two goals scored this season came 19 seconds apart on Nov. 10. Three of the four sets of rapid tallies have come in the first period.

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Dominic Toninato assisted on Jaret Anderson-Dolan’s overtime winner last night. The Moose captain has been involved in three consecutive overtime goals for the Moose. Toninato previously became the first player to score the winner in consecutive overtime games on Feb. 23 and 26. The Duluth, Minn. product has28 points (14G, 14A) in 47 games this season.