Moose mount comeback to sweep IceHogs

The Manitoba Moose staged an incredible comeback in their final home game of the season on Sunday afternoon against the Rockford IceHogs.

Trailing 4-2 in the second period, the Moose rallied to score three unanswered goals to win the game 5-4.

After being re-assigned earlier in the day by the Winnipeg Jets, Brenden Kichton made his return to the Moose lineup and made an immediate impact.

Kichton scored Manitoba’s opening goal and added two assists later in the game for a three point afternoon. He leads the team in scoring with 41 points (11G, 30A) this season and is currently on a six game point streak.

Chase De Leo scored twice for his 18^th and 19^th goals of the season and he now leads the team in that category.

Brendan Lemieux scored for the second straight game giving him three points in his last two contests.

The real dramatics were saved for the end as Dan DeSalvo was able to extended his own point streak to six games by scoring the game winning goal with just 2:42 to play. He now has 12 points (4G, 8A) in 15 games since joining the Moose.

After a couple of tough breaks early on, Connor Hellebuyck was solid making 39 saves to pick up his 12^th win for the Moose this season.

With the win, Manitoba sweeps the season series against the IceHogs 4-0-0-0.

The Moose head out on the road next weekend to play their final two regular season games of the season against the San Antonio Rampage (Apr. 15) and the Texas Stars (Apr. 16).