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.

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.