Minnesota Moose
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| team = Minnesota Moose
| logo = minnesota moose 200x200.png
| logosize = 200px
| city = St. Paul, Minnesota
| league = International Hockey League
| conference = Western Conference
| division = Midwest Division
| arena = Saint Paul Civic Center
| colors = Green, Purple, Black, Copper
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| affiliates = Independent
| name1 = Minnesota Moose
| dates1 = 1994–1996
| name2 = Manitoba Moose
| dates2 = 1996–2011
| name3 = St. John's IceCaps
| dates3 = 2011–2015
| name4 = Manitoba Moose
| dates4 = 2015–present
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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.{{cite news|last=Wiebe|first=Ken|date=May 31, 2011|title=Winnipeg fans have Moose to thank|work=Winnipeg Sun|publisher=|url=http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Hockey/NHL/Winnipeg/2011/05/31/18217996.html|url-status=usurped|access-date=August 30, 2013|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130831180343/http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Hockey/NHL/Winnipeg/2011/05/31/18217996.html|archive-date=August 31, 2013}} 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
Team records
:Goals: 38 Dave Christian File:Flag of the United States.svg (1994–95)
:Assists: 81 Stephane Morin File:Flag of Canada.svg (1994–95)
:Points: 114 Stephane Morin File:Flag of Canada.svg (1994–95)
:Penalty minutes: 181 Brad Miller File:Flag of Canada.svg (1994–95)
:GAA: 3.31 Parris Duffus File:Flag of the United States.svg (1995–96)
:SV%: .895 Parris Duffus File:Flag of the United States.svg (1995–96)
:Career goals: 60 Stephane Morin File:Flag of Canada.svg
:Career assists: 132 Stephane Morin File:Flag of Canada.svg
:Career points: 192 Stephane Morin File:Flag of Canada.svg
:Career penalty minutes: 351 Brad Miller File:Flag of Canada.svg
:Career goaltending wins: 25 Tom Draper File:Flag of Canada.svg
:Career shutouts: 1 Tom Draper File:Flag of Canada.svg, Parris Duffus File:Flag of the United States.svg
:Career games: 161 Stephane Morin File:Flag of Canada.svg
Head coaches
- {{flagicon|USA}} Frank Serratore (1994–1996)
References
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External links
- [http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/teamseasons.php?tid=506 Minnesota Moose season statistics and records] at The Internet Hockey Database
{{Manitoba Moose}}
{{IHL (1945–2001)}}
Category:International Hockey League (1945–2001) teams
Category:Sports in Minneapolis–Saint Paul
Category:Ice hockey clubs established in 1994
Category:Ice hockey clubs disestablished in 1996
Category:Defunct ice hockey teams in Minnesota