Moose send Marlies packing in AHL playoffs
Last Updated: Saturday, April 25, 2009 | 11:39 PM CT
The Canadian Press
The Manitoba Moose scored three unanswered goals in the third period to eliminate the Toronto Marlies 4-2 in the AHL North Division semifinal Saturday night, in Winnipeg.
Matt Pope, Raymond Sawada and Guillaume Desbiens added to Greg Rallo's first-period goal for Manitoba, which won the series 4-2.
Tim Stapleton and Alex Foster scored for Toronto.
Toronto's Adam Munro, playing his first game in the series, was strong in goal, stopping 29 shots to give his club every opportunity to send the series to a seventh game. Cory Schneider, voted the outstanding goalie in the AHL, made just 13 saves for the win.
Rallo opened the scoring at 5:02 of the first period after he pounced on a rebound in front of the net and beat an out-of-position Munro on his stick side.
Toronto had an opportunity to tie after Moose forward Pierre-Cedric Labrie slammed Andy Rogers into the end boards and was handed a boarding major and a game misconduct, but the Marlies managed just three shots on goal during the five-minute power play.
