MOOSE LOSE TOUGH ONE IN VAUGHAN TO START SEASON 0 & 3!

September 25, 2010

Moose lose tough one in Vaughan to start season 0 and 3!

The Moose landed in Vaughan last night hopeful of getting their first win of the year, but came away with a tough 4-3 loss.

The Wild, coming into the game with a similar 0 & 2 record, got a goal from Adam Gibb at 8:01 of the third to provide the margin of victory.  Toronto got back in the game in the second on goals by Swedish forward Alexander Nilsson and Giancarlo Scarpone to overcome a 2 goal Vaughan and tie the game at 3's.  Josh LaFrance had restored the Wild's 2 goal lead from the first period, making it 3-1 six minutes into the second.

Vaughan had taken a 2-0 lead in the first on goals by Josh Macdonald and Ryan Tremmel, before Swiss International Ivo Michel cut the lead to one at 14:05.

Next up for the Moose is a visit from the Powassan Dragons, a team with 11 Polish internationals, making their only appearance in Toronto this season.
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The Moose opened the season with a heartbreaking loss to the all-Russian Shelburne Red Wings, when, after tying the game at 4's with a minute left and the goalkeeper on the bench, Moose Defenseman AJ Simone, inadvertantly knocked the puck into his own net only 9 seconds later to give the Red Wings the victory.

In game two of the Moose season, the club went undermanned into Bradford and despite a valiant effort, came away with a 9-3 loss.  The Moose were without William Phippen, England international Defenseman Rupert Quiney, scheduled to arrive back in Canada the following day, Defenseman AJ Simone, out with a sprained ankle, and finished the contest with 11 skaters after Giancarlo Scarpone left the game after taking a shot to the head.