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As the season heads towards the postseason run, the Metro Moose staff couldn’t be happier with their first few months in the MET league. After a long, somewhat odd off season, the team has responded well and established themselves as a well respected organization in the MET league.

The first few months saw the Moose jump out to an impressive start in league play. The players established themselves amongst their peers and more importantly coaches. Moose captain Joey Gilhooly was recognized for his strong performance and off the ice and was called up the AJHL by the New York Bobcats. Since joining the Bobcats, Joey has been a mainstay in their lineup and played a key role in their ascension in the AJ standings.

Moose and MET league leading scorer Dominick Sacco was invited to skate with the Omaha Lancers of the USHL in late November. After impressing while out there, Dominick was called up in late December to play 10 games with Omaha. Throughout his first 5 games in Omaha, Dominick has tallied 2 goals and 2 assists. Dominick has thrived in his first season with the Moose and has drawn the interest of a number of Division 1 programs.

’94 forward John Schiavo who joined the Moose early last season has also had a great start to the season. While centering the Moose’ top line, John has thrived offensively. To date John has tallied 27 goals and 24 assists in just 31 games played. John has drawn interest from some major college programs and promises to be one of the most sought after players in the MET league this off season.

’93 defenseman Vincent Conanan joined the Moose shortly before the holidays and has quickly made a big impact from the blue line. He has scored a number of big goals, while playing major minutes on both the penalty kill and power play. Vinny was rewarded for his hard work by earning a weekend call up to the Corpus Christi Ice Rays of the NAHL. Vinny will spend a week practicing with the team and take part in their weekend match.

Stay tuned to MetroMoose.com for updates throughout the season as the Moose prepare for the run to the Keegan Cup!