{"id":614868,"date":"2026-04-19T17:29:18","date_gmt":"2026-04-19T17:29:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/614868\/"},"modified":"2026-04-19T17:29:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T17:29:18","slug":"manitoba-moose-ahl-2026-playoff-schedule-set-winnipeg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/614868\/","title":{"rendered":"Manitoba Moose AHL 2026 playoff schedule set – Winnipeg"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Manitoba Moose<\/a> completed the regular-season portion of their 2025-26 AHL<\/a> schedule Saturday night with a 6-1 win in Iowa. They finish the season in fourth place in the Central Division with a 35-29-5-3 record.<\/p>\n

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The Moose will now meet the fifth-place Milwaukee Admirals (32-32-4-3) in a best-of-three series beginning Wednesday night (April 22) at 7 p.m.\u00a0 Game 2 is scheduled for 7 p.m. Friday night (April 24). If a third and deciding game is required, it will be played on Sunday afternoon (April 26) at 2 p.m.<\/p>\n

The winner will advance to play the Grand Rapids Griffins in a best-of-five quarterfinal round matchup.<\/p>\n

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Manitoba went 3-4-1 versus the Admirals in the eight-game regular season series , including 2-2 in the four games played in Winnipeg.<\/p>\n

Team Captain Mason Shaw led the Moose in scoring with 15-29-44 while Samuel Fagemo added a team-high 19 goals. Thomas Milic turned in an all-star worthy performance between the pipes with a 2.64 goals against average, .905 saves percentage and a 20-13-6 record to go along with four shutouts.<\/p>\n

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Milwaukee had a pair of 40-plus point producers up front, with team scoring leader Jake Lucchini (17-32-49) and top goal scorer Cole O\u2019Hara (19-25-44). Defence pair of Jordan Oesterle (14-32-46) and Ryan Lufko (11-33-44) also broke that 40-point plateau.<\/p>\n

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Matthew Murray was the Admirals No. 1 man in the crease with a 2.83 GAA, .904 SP, 22-22-2 record and four shutouts.<\/p>\n

The two teams have met twice previously in the AHL Calder Cup playoffs with Milwaukee winning both times by 3-2 series margins in 2022, and 2023.<\/p>\n

The Moose will be looking for their first playoff series victory since 2018 when they beat Grand Rapids 3-2 in Round 1 before being swept by Rockford in the Central Division final.<\/p>\n

The upcoming series will be played in its entirety at Canada Life Centre, as well as being carried live on 680 CJOB.<\/p>\n

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