The Moose came out with a winning record last week despite key injuries to three of their top 6 forwards. Check out which prospect surprisingly led the team in points and penalty minutes last week, and how the rest of the boys faired.

By fergo - Hockey's Future

There's good news and bad news on the Moose front this week. Vancouver's farm team won two of three games, but ended up with three guys making their way onto Manitoba's injury list after their past two games with the Rockford IceHogs.

Jason Jaffray suffered the first injury, hurting his wrist in Manitoba's 4-3 loss to Rockford on Thursday night. Jaffray took in Friday morning practice, but left early due to his sore wrist, and missed Friday night's game. He's listed as day-to-day.

Jozef Balej looks to have the most severe injury of the three, as his knee injury on Friday will keep him out of the lineup for at least 6-8 weeks, though from the sounds of the article in the Winnipeg Free Press this morning, the recovery process could take longer than that.

Ryan Shannon received his own knee injury Friday with a knee-on-knee hit delivered by Rockford defenceman Jordan Hendry. While his injury is not as severe as Balej's, Shannon will miss action for 4-6 weeks.

Despite the injury to three of Manitoba's offensive weapons, the Moose could still field a decent, yet relatively inexperienced top two lines. If Jaffray is still hurt come Wednesday, veteran Brad Moran may centre a line with Colby Genoway and Jannik Hansen (who just came back from his own injury), while players like Michael Grabner, Juraj Simek, and the surprising Pierre-Cedric Labrie (who I've dubbed "P-C Thug" for some reason. I guess it just sounds good. ) might see extra ice time. It's likely Greg Classen will centre the second line with two of those three players on his wings. Moose signee Alexandre Bolduc might also get the chance to centre the second scoring line.

2007-08 RECORD: 5-3-1-0
AHL RANKINGS: T-1st in the North Division
              T-3rd in the Western Conference
              T-6th in the AHL

POWER PLAY: 10 for 51 (19.6%), 8th in the AHL
PENALTY KILL: 50 for 58 (86.2%), 10th in the AHL
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TOP FIVE SCORERS LAST WEEK
PLAYER            POS  GP   G   A PTS +/- PIM PP SH GW    S   PCT
P-C Labrie         LW   3   2   2   4   0  19  2  0  1   10  20.0
Luc Bourdon        D    3   1   2   3  +2   4  0  0  0    7  14.3
Jimmy Sharrow      D    3   0   3   3  -1   0  0  0  0    6   0.0
Jozef Balej        RW   3   2   0   2  -1   4  0  0  0   10  20.0
Michael Grabner    RW   3   1   1   2  +1   0  0  0  0    8  12.5

View the rest of last week's stats here.
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TOP FIVE SCORERS THIS SEASON
PLAYER            POS  GP   G   A PTS +/- PIM PP SH GW    S   PCT
Jozef Balej        RW   9   4   5   9   0   6  1  0  0   26  15.4
Colby Genoway      RW   9   4   4   8  +1   4  3  0  0   16  25.0
Jason Jaffray      LW   8   3   5   8  +4  24  0  0  1   22  13.6
Luc Bourdon        D    9   3   4   7   0  29  1  0  1   14  21.4
P-C Labrie         LW   7   3   3   6  -1  19  2  0  1   11  27.3

View the rest of this season's stats here.
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SIGNIFICANT STREAKS
PLAYER             TYPE/LENGTH          DATES
Jozef Balej        Points; six          10/16/07 - 10/26/07
                   Assists; four        10/16/07 - 10/21/07
Colby Genoway      G, PTS; four         10/17/07 - 10/25/07
P-C Labrie         Points; four         10/20/07 -->
                   Goals; three         10/20/07 - 10/26/07
Mike Keane*        Pointless; eight     10/11/07 - 10/26/07
Greg Classen       Pointless; seven     10/13/07 - 10/26/07
Zack FitzGerald    Pointless; four      10/13/07 -->
Maxime Fortunus*   Pointless; five      10/19/07 -->
Shaun Heshka       Pointless; five      10/19/07 -->
Brad Moran         Pointless; four      10/20/07 -->
Jimmy Sharrow      Pointless; three     10/13/07 - 10/21/07
Danny Groulx*      Pointless; three     10/21/07 -->
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INJURIES
PLAYER             INJURY          DATE           OUT FOR
Jannik Hansen      Thumb           09/19/07       8 games
Nathan McIver      Upper body      10/11/07       Day-to-day
Zack FitzGerald    Upper body      10/19/07       Min. 1 week
Jason Jaffray      Wrist           10/25/07       Day-to-day
Jozef Balej        Knee            10/26/07       6-8 weeks
Ryan Shannon       Knee            10/26/07       4-6 weeks
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TRANSACTIONS
PLAYER             PREVIOUS TEAM        DESTINATION          DATE
Julien Ellis       Victoria (ECHL)      Manitoba (AHL)       10/26/07
Mike Vigilante+    Gwinnett (ECHL)      Manitoba (AHL)       10/27/07
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RECORD LAST WEEK: 2-1-0-0

LAST WEEK'S RESULTS
DATE        TEAM              NHL AFFILIATE  RESULT
10/21/07    at Hamilton       Montreal       5-1 win
10/25/07    vs. Rockford      Chicago        4-2 loss
10/26/07    vs. Rockford      Chicago        3-2 win
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THIS WEEK'S GAMES
DATE        TEAM              NHL AFFILIATE  GAME TIME       BROADCAST
10/31/07    at Quad City      Calgary        7:05 p.m. CT    CJOB
11/02/07    at Milwaukee      Nashville      7:00 p.m. CT    CJOB
11/03/07    at Rockford       Chicago        7:05 p.m. CT    CJOB
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LEGEND
Blue -- Playing in Vancouver (NHL)
Green -- Playing in Victoria (ECHL)
Purple -- Released/playing for another team
Red -- Recovering from injury
Aqua -- Suspended
* -- Manitoba Moose property
+ -- Signed to a pro tryout (PTO) contract
# -- Signed to an amateur tryout (ATO) contract

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