Minnesota Moose

Minnesota Moose
City	St. Paul, Minnesota
League	International Hockey League
Conference	Western Conference
Division	Midwest Division
Operated	1994–1996
Home arena	Saint Paul Civic Center
Colors	Green, Purple, Black, Copper
Affiliate	Independent
Franchise history
1994–1996	Minnesota Moose
1996–2011	Manitoba Moose
2011–2015	St. John's IceCaps
2015–present	Manitoba Moose

The Minnesota Moose were an American professional ice hockey team based out of Saint Paul, Minnesota that played in the International Hockey League from 1994 to 1996.

History

Following the departure of the National Hockey League's Minnesota North Stars in 1993, the state of Minnesota was left without a professional hockey team. To fill that void, the Minnesota Moose were founded the following year. The team began play in the IHL for the 1994–1995 season, using the Saint Paul Civic Center at its home arena, with some games in Minneapolis's Target Center.

After two years in the Twin Cities, the team was sold to a group of Canadian businessmen including Mark Chipman, who relocated the team to Winnipeg, Manitoba, and renamed them the Manitoba Moose. The franchise has played in the American Hockey League since the demise of the IHL in 2001 and is now the top minor league affiliate of the Winnipeg Jets, sharing the Canada Life Centre. ^[1] The state of Minnesota welcomed a new NHL team, the Minnesota Wild, in 2000. The Wild play at the Xcel Energy Center, located on the site of the old Civic Center in St. Paul.

Season-by-season results

Season	Games	Won	Lost	OTL	Points	Goals for	Goals against	Standing	Prelim	1st round	2nd round	3rd round	Finals
1994–95	81	34	35	12	80	271	336	4th, Central	—	L, 0–3, Denver	—	—	—
1995–96	82	30	45	7	67	254	322	5th, Midwest	Out of playoffs.

Team records

Goals: 38 Dave Christian (1994–95)

Assists: 81 Stephane Morin (1994–95)

Points: 114 Stephane Morin (1994–95)

Penalty minutes: 181 Brad Miller (1994–95)

GAA: 3.31 Parris Duffus (1995–96)

SV%: .895 Parris Duffus (1995–96)

Career goals: 60 Stephane Morin

Career assists: 132 Stephane Morin

Career points: 192 Stephane Morin

Career penalty minutes: 351 Brad Miller

Career goaltending wins: 25 Tom Draper

Career shutouts: 1 Tom Draper , Parris Duffus

Career games: 161 Stephane Morin

Head coaches

• Frank Serratore (1994–1996)

References

1. Wiebe, Ken (May 31, 2011). "Winnipeg fans have Moose to thank". Winnipeg Sun . Archived from the original on August 31, 2013. Retrieved August 30, 2013.

External links

• Minnesota Moose season statistics and records at The Internet Hockey Database