The Manitoba Moose are moving on in the American Hockey League playoffs.

Brendan Lemieux scored once and set up two more as the Moose downed the Grand Rapids Griffins 5-1 on Monday to win their first-round series 3-2.

Manitoba, AHL affiliate of the Winnipeg Jets, will face the Rockford IceHogs in a best-of-seven second-round matchup. Game 1 goes Friday in Winnipeg.

De Leo leads Moose as Manitoba AHL team pushes Griffins to brink of elimination with 6-3 win

Chase De Leo had a goal and three assists to lead the Manitoba Moose past the Grand Rapids Griffins 6-3 on Wednesday to move a win away from advancing to the second round of the American Hockey League playoffs.

The Moose and the Grand Rapids Griffins will face off for their best-of-five, first-round  playoff series Saturday and Sunday in Winnipeg. The series then switches to Michigan for Games 3-5.

Moose vs. Griffins

The Manitoba Moose beat the Grand Rapids Griffins 6-3 in their latest match of the playoff series, putting the Moose a win away from advancing to the second round.

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Adam Zacharias and his wife Morgan have been season-ticket holders for the Manitoba Moose since the team returned to Winnipeg for the 2015-16 season.

Adam and Morgan Zacharias

Adam Zacharias and his wife, Morgan, have been season-ticket holders for the Manitoba Moose since the team returned to Winnipeg for the 2015-16 season.

Patrice Cormier, Michael Sgarbossa, Cameron Schilling and Chase De Leo supplied the rest of the offence for the Moose, who got a 34-save performance from Eric Comrie.

Matt Puempel found the back of the net for the Griffins while Jared Coreau stopped 25-of-29 shots in defeat.

Manitoba went 0 for 2 on the power play while Grand Rapids scored once on four chances with the man advantage.

The Manitoba Moose are in the playoffs for the first time since they returned from St. John's in 2015.

Manitoba Moose down Griffins 5-1 to advance to 2nd round of AHL playoffs

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