Antler Banter: Volume 24
Hockey Blog In Canada April 15, 2010
The AHL’s Calder Cup Playoffs start this evening, and the Moose will be in Hamilton, Ontario to battle the North Division Champion Hamilton Bulldogs. These two teams battled to even 4-3-1 records this season, proving that there wasn’t a lot of difference between the teams in the North Division. The familiarity also breeds contempt as the Bulldogs and Moose had moments of hand-to-hand combat this past season. We’ll take a look at how these two teams match-up in this series, and what will be the keys to victory for the Moose….
Sergei Shirokov was Manitoba’s most dangerous scorer against Hamilton, recording three goals and four assists. Evan Oberg and Marco Rosa recorded two goals and four assists each. A total of 22 Moose players recorded one point in the eight games against Hamilton.