Manitoba Moose
The Manitoba Moose were a Canadian ice hockey franchise in Winnipeg, Manitoba, which belonged to the American Hockey League and acted as a farm team of the Vancouver Canucks. The home of the Moose was the MTS Centre.
History
1996 moved the team from St. Paul, Minnesota on to Winnipeg to take advantage of the vacant Winnipeg Arena. First, the Manitoba Moose were a member of the IHL, where they recorded under their head coach Randy Carlyle, a former Winnipeg Jets player, a modest success in the season and the playoffs.
When the IHL disbanded, joined the "Moose " the American Hockey League ( AHL ) and became the farm team of the Vancouver Canucks. In addition, their new coach of former Canucks player Stan Smyl. Later he was replaced Randy Carlyle but off again. In November 2004, the team got a new face: First, the current logo was designed, on the other hand, the 15,015 -seat MTS Centre was completed.
During the NHL lockout in the 2004/2005 season, some NHL players played in the AHL and the teams were at the center of the hockey events in North America. For this reason, and because the Manitoba Moose had played both a good regular season, as confident in the play-offs, the team achieved very high audience numbers. In the season were 8,626 fans in attendance per game average, in the play- offs even 9,568. Thus, Winnipeg had regained a popular ice hockey team after the laying of the Winnipeg Jets to Phoenix. The MTS Centre was also the venue for the AHL All- Star Classic and recorded an All- Star Game attendance record with 15,015.
Achievements and honors
Franchise Records
Career
Season
Season statistics
Note: GP = Games, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OTL = Overtime Losses by SOL = Shootout Losses by, Pts = Points, GF = Goals Scored, GA = Goals against
Locked jersey numbers
The only restricted number of the Manitoba Moose was the jersey number 12 by Mike Keane. He played from 2005 to 2010 in Winnipeg and had during that time held the position of team captain. The right winger was a fixture in the team of the Moose and was awarded the Fred T. Hunt Memorial Award in 2007. The three-time Stanley Cup winner ended after the 2009/10 season, his playing career with the Moose. In February 2011, the franchise locked his shirt number 12
Team captains
- Canada Randy Gilhen 1996/97
- Canada Scott Arniel 1997-1999
- Canada Brian Chapman 1999-2003
- United States Dallas Eakins 2003/ 04
- Canada Nolan Baumgartner 2004/ 05
- Canada Mike Keane 2005-2010
- Canada Nolan Baumgartner 2010-2011
Coach
- Canada Jean Perron 1996/97 *
- Canada Randy Carlyle 1997-2001 *
- Canada Stan Smyl 2001-2004
- Canada Randy Carlyle 2004/ 05
- Alain Vigneault Canada 2005/ 06
- Canada Scott Arniel 2006-2010
- Canada Claude Noël 2010-2011
* Change during the current season;
Well-known former players
- Alex Auld
- Nolan Baumgartner
- Ryan Bayda
- Tyler Bouck
- Luc Bourdon
- Alexandre Burrows
- Sven Butenschön
- Fyodor Fyodorov
- Wade Flaherty
- Michael Grabner
- Josh Green
- Jeff Heerema
- Pat Kavanagh
- Steve Kariya
- Mike Keane
- Ryan Kesler
- Jason King
- Tomáš Mojžíš
- Justin Morrison
- Brad Moran
- Tyler Moss
- Ryan Ready
- Brandon Reid
- Jimmy Roy
- Andre Savage
- Nathan Smith
- Herberts Vasiļjevs
- Sean Pronger