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


History

Following the departure of the National Hockey League's
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in 1993, the state of
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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
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. After two years in the
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, the team was sold to a group of
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businessmen including Mark Chipman, who relocated the team to
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,
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, and renamed them the
Manitoba Moose The Manitoba Moose are a professional ice hockey team based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, and a member of the American Hockey League (AHL). The team plays its home games at Canada Life Centre, the home arena of its parent club, Winnipeg Jets o ...
. The franchise has played in the
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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. The state of Minnesota welcomed a new NHL team, the
Minnesota Wild The Minnesota Wild are a professional ice hockey team based in Saint Paul, Minnesota. The Wild competes in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Central Division (NHL), Central Division in the Western Conference (NHL), Western Confe ...
, 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


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


External links


Minnesota Moose season statistics and records
at The Internet Hockey Database {{IHL (1945–2001) International Hockey League (1945–2001) teams Sports in Minneapolis–Saint Paul Ice hockey clubs established in 1994 Ice hockey teams in Minnesota Ice hockey clubs disestablished in 1996 Ice hockey in Minnesota Defunct ice hockey teams in Minnesota 1994 establishments in Minnesota 1996 disestablishments in Minnesota