Jason Jaffray scored two goals to lead the
Manitoba Moose over the Toronto Marlies 5-2 in American Hockey
League action Saturday.
Jesse Schultz, Jannik Hansen and Brad Moran also scored for the
Moose (1-1-1-0), who took a three-goal lead in the first period and
never looked back.
Robbie Earl and Erik Westrum replied for the Marlies (1-1-0-0),
who trounced Syracuse 6-0 in their season opener Friday.
Playing in front of an announced crowd of 3,650 at Ricoh
Coliseum, Manitoba opened the scoring at 8:20 of the first period
when Schultz capitalized on a 2-on-1 break for his second goal of
the season.
Hansen made it 2-0 at 11:08, just as a two-man Manitoba power
play was expiring. Jaffray added another extra-man marker at 17:27.
Toronto got on the scoreboard at 5:02 of the second on the first
pro goal of Earl's career. But seven seconds after Marlies winger
Martin Sagat took an interference penalty, Moran restored Manitoba's
three-goal lead at 13:36.
Westrum scored with 44 seconds remaining in the second period to
cut Manitoba's lead to two, but Jaffray's second goal of the night
at 9:49 of the third put the game out of reach.
Marlies goaltender Justin Pogge, making his pro debut, stopped 25
shots in the loss. Manitoba's Drew MacIntyre made 30 saves for his
first win of the
season.
© The Canadian Press, 2007
