The Manitoba Moose return in 2017-18 for their third season in the Central and their second stint as a franchise following their fold in 2011, move to St. John’s as the IceCaps, and re-establishment in 2015.
If that sounds confusing, it probably is.
What isn’t difficult to follow is that they’ve been a poor performing AHL franchise for the past two seasons where they haven’t cracked 30 wins and have finished second-to-last in their division twice. Even more disconcerting is they represent an NHL franchise that has only been to the post-season once since a reincarnation of their own in 2011.