For the week of January 14 - 20, 2004

Suns add four January games with Moose

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The premier senior men’s hockey teams in the region—the Sun Valley Suns and Jackson Hole (Wyo.) Moose—will be playing each other four more times this winter for a record total of eight meetings.

Since the six-year series started in 1997, Jackson Hole currently holding a 15-8-1 advantage, the two Intermountain rivals have never clashed more than four times in a season.

Suns general manager John Stevens announced Sunday that Jackson Hole and Sun Valley have added home-and-home series in January, in addition to their previously scheduled March home-and-home sets.

Game cancellations for both teams with visiting squads from Minnesota caused the changes, Stevens said. The Moose ended December with a 9-1 record while the Suns are 3-1 on their still-young season.

Jackson Hole will visit Sun Valley Friday and Saturday, Jan. 23-24, then the Suns will visit Wyoming on Super Bowl weekend, Jan. 30-31, for two more games. In March, Jackson comes here March 12-13 and Sun Valley travels March 19-20.

This coming weekend, the Suns will help the newly-formed Manchester Ice Mountaineers christen the $6.2 million Manchester Ice and Event Center in McCall with two games, Friday and Saturday, Jan. 16-17 at 7 p.m.

The Mountaineers are comprised of former Idaho Steelhead minor leaguers, many who have played for the Boise Blades senior men’s team.

 

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