Rampaging Moose Bull Way to Top
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During last week's run through the Atlantic Conference, the Moose simply stuck to their own agenda, Sean Avery and all. They found aggressive opponents at home, sometimes over the line, as with the appalling late hit from Hartford's Devin DiDiomete that has put Zack FitzGerald on the injury list and the childish histrionics from Providence in Sunday's 4-0 Moose win.
Goaltending, in particular second-year pro Cory Schneider. Karl Goehring and Curtis Sanford have made major contributions and the Moose are in an enviable position with depth but Schneider has exceeded expectations and to his benefit, hasn't allowed some growing pains during his Vancouver stint, nor some of the unrealistic criticism he faced there to harm his attitude. The Moose, by the way, are 30-6-0-3 when Schneider's present.A survival instinct. The dark period of call-ups and injuries that generally coincided with Schneider's and Jason Jaffray's recalls to Vancouver was not pretty -- seven losses in eight games at one point -- but as veteran defenceman Nolan Baumgartner put it, "What doesn't kill you makes you stronger."See the full content of this document
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Rampaging Moose Bull Way to Top
Club virtually unstoppable since January team meeting
They haven't won anything yet, save possibly assuring there will be targets on the fronts and backs of their jerseys the rest of the way.Out of sight -- in Winnip...See the full content of this document
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