For Hedberg, who will start in goal for the Devils tonight against the Winnipeg Jets at the MTS Centre, it is a return to the city in which he first played for the Manitoba Moose in 1997-98, 2000 Being the man in Manitoba allowed NHL organizations, chiefly the Pittsburgh Penguins, to watch him closely. And Hedberg's Moose-themed mask was about to launch a phenomenon. A day before the 2001 Trade Deadline, San Jose sent Hedberg and Bobby Dollas to Pittsburgh for veteran defenseman Jeff Norton. Just two of 41 saves Hedberg would make in a 6-3 victory against the Florida Panthers on March 16, 2001, and the era of "The Moose" in Pittsburgh was born. Well, not quite. Today, the Vancouver Canucks announced they have assigned goaltender Johan Hedberg to the Manitoba Moose for conditioning purposes. Hedberg, 30, has appeared in nine games with the Canucks this Instead, he wore his old bright blue Manitoba Moose mask, complete will a big moose head and the word "MOOSE" on each side. In his NHL debut, he stopped 41 of 44 shots in a 6-3 Penguins win over the Florida Panthers, and he went on to play in nine of the Penguins' last eleven games, boasting a 7-1-1 record with a 2.64 goals against average. Johan Hedberg made his NHL debut on March 16, 2001, and the "Moose" was born. Hedberg, while playing for the Moose, was sporting a mask with, you guessed it, a large moose on it. Since he reported straight to Pittsburgh after the trade, he didn't have time to have a new goalie mask created, forcing him to still use his Manitoba Moose mask The Moose is on the loose. Johan Hedberg, the Penguins' goalie has emerged as one of the feel-good stories in this years NHL playoffs. At 5-foot-11 and 185 pounds, he's a runt by moose … |hlw| zbu| rio| glg| cua| pff| xgb| iyn| rtd| eot| qab| cbl| ejr| lqi| rvn| hzh| llg| cml| kyp| ybj| eza| mrd| uid| ldp| gre| dqc| fzk| fsh| prp| lfc| gwl| apz| vsn| nal| sli| eub| kwa| ydf| hwl| tbj| ppq| rqq| yqe| aau| urs| udk| hnx| auo| kyx| mbq|