Twenty-Twelve done for Mooseheads

In the second part of the Battle of Nova Scotia home and home, the Halifax Mooseheads took the sweep this weekend with two 4-1 wins. Tonight's game was Halifax's annual Battle of NS event where both teams wore special Nova Scotia themed jerseys. It was a very physical game but ended with not very many penalties. There were no penalties in the second period. Alcalde was thrown out only 10 minutes into the game after a fight with one of the Cape Breton players. Before the fight, Liam hit another CB player which led to the fight. In the third period the Moose thought they had scored a third goal but it had rung off the post. However seconds later, Falkenham did score to put Halifax up 3-1. Brent Andrews and Dominic Beauchemin were the other scores for the home team while Bronson Beaton scored for the Screaming Eagles.

Notes: 20 of the special blue Moosehead jerseys were then raffled off and proceeds went to the IWK... The Mooseheads have now won 17 in a row at home this season and are the second team in the Canadian Hockey League to reach 31 wins for the season, London was first after winning tonight as well while also winning their 23rd in a row... 4,600 fans travelled down from Cape Breton to watch the game...

50/50
Congratulations to someone from Pictou County who got over $12,000 winning tonight's 50/50

Three stars:
3. Andrews (HAL)
2. Honzik (CAP)
1. Fournier (HAL)

Fournier also received Dickies hardest working player of the game

Attendence: SELLOUT 10,595 


Score
Screaming Eagles 1 at Mooseheads 4

UP NEXT: first game of new year versus Moncton on Thursday at the Metro Centre

Dec 29: Cape Breton vs. Mooseheads game preview

The annual Battle of NS event for the Mooseheads is being played tonight between the Screaming Eagles and the Herd. Tonight's game is the second in as many nights between these two teams, as they played each other yesterday in the other annual Battle of NS event held in Cape Breton. Halifax has won the previous four match ups, not including last night's game, and all have been pretty close games. Halifax opened their season in Sydney on September 21 winning an overtime game 4-3 and won again at Centre 200 on December 4th by a score of 5-3. The two games played in Halifax were some of the most exciting games of the season, with the Screaming Eagles forcing a shootout on September 29th and a 4-2 Mooseheads win on November 23rd.
The Mooseheads have outscored their opponents 45-29 while going 8-1-1-0 in their last 10 games. Cape Breton has gone 2-6-1-1 in their last 10 and are 4-11-0-3 on the road this season. Konrad Abeltshauser returns to the line up after missing 11 games, while Cape Breton will be without 3 of their players.

Overall record:
CAP: 9-21-2-3 = 25 points (6th in Maritimes Division, 16th overall)
HAL: 29-3-1-1 = 60 points (1st in Maritimes Division, 1st overall)

Top Scorers:
EAGLES: #19 Alexandre Lavoie (19G, 30A, 42 PTS), #28 William Carrier (16G, 26A, 42 PTS), #9 Kyle Farrell (13G, 15A, 28 PTS)
HALIFAX: #22 Nathan MacKinnon (22G, 30A, 52 PTS), #27 Jonathan Drouin (19G, 29A, 48 PTS), #57 Matthew Boudreau (26G, 13A, 39 PTS)

First half of season DONE!! :(

The red, green and gold finished the first half of the season on a high note beating Saint John 5-1 on Friday night (December 21). Both teams were without their star players as MacKinnon, Drouin and Sea Dogs forward Jonathan Huberdeau are overseas playing together for Team Canada. This was also the last game for the Moose before the Christmas break, they will be back at home on December 29 and will also play the night before in Cape Breton.

Matthew Boudreau once again scored 2 goals and now has a nine game point streak. The other scorers for the Mooseheads were Fournier, Falkenham and Ryan. Stephen Anderson was the only scorer for the team from New Brunswick. Halifax outshot Saint John 43 to 23 and scored 4 goals in the third period. There were only four penalties during the game with three being for the Sea Dogs.


First half stats:
Record overall: 29-3-1-1=60 points 0.882 point percentage
Goals for: 171
Goals against: 93
Penalties: 486
Power play: 28.6%
Penalty kill: 78.8%
Streak: 8-0-1-0
Past 10: 8-1-1-0

Top 5 Scorers: MacKinnon (22-30-52), Drouin (19-29-48), Boudreau (26-13-39), Frk (13-25-38), and Ciampini (13-25-38)
Goalies: Fucale 22-3-0-1 record, 0 shutouts, 2.52 GAA, 0.897 SV%; Clarke 7-0-1-0 record, 0 shutouts, 3.25 GAA, 0.880 SV%


Have a very Merry Christmas or holiday break if you don't celebrate it. Hope you enjoyed the first half of the season, I know I did and keep reading my blog.    A :)

MacKinnon and Drouin on Team Canada

December 21, 2012 (the world did not end!! :D)
Last Thursday (Dec 13), Nathan and Jonathan were named to the Canadian junior team that is set to play against the world's best under 20 year olds from the top 10 hockey countries. The tournament is set to start on Boxing Day and run to January 5, 2013. This post will keep you updated on Nate and Jo and the rest of Team Canada as they try to bring the gold back to hockey's birthplace.

Last night, the team played Team Finland in a pre-tournament game which took place in Helsinki, Finland. The Fins took the game by a score of 3-2. Scorers for Canada were Mark Scheifele and Griffin Reinhart. Team Canada was assessed 9 minor penalties during the game and allowed the first 2 Finland goals on two different 5-on-3 penalty kills. The Canadians were also outshot 22-15 and were without SJ Sea Dogs scorer Jonathan Huberdeau for the game as he was serving the last game of a four game suspension. The Red and White will now play Sweden in their second pre-tourney game tomorrow at 9am ET.

December 22, 2012
Drouin scores!! In the last pre-tournament game today, Canada played Sweden. Team Canada won the game in a shoot out with Nugent-Hopkins and Huberdeau scoring in the penalty shot portion of extra hockey. Mooseheads own Jonathan Drouin scored in regular time in the 2-1 SO win for Team Canada. Nathan MacKinnon also got on the score sheet with an assist on Jo's goal.

Boone Jenner was ejected from the game with a hit that left Sweden player Jesper Pettersson on the ice for a few minutes. He was then taken off the ice on a stretcher. Jenner will now face disciplinary action from the IIHF, who will decide what should happen later in the week.

Canada will now travel to Russia to start the games that count on Boxing Day. They will play Germany at 4:30am/et.

December 26, 2012
Team Canada vs. Germany

After one period the score was 2-1 for Canada as 2 goals were scored on the power play during the 20 minutes for the red and white. Ouellett and Nugent-Hopkins scored for Canada. Germany took four minor penalties while Canada took only 2 with the first one not happening till 5 minutes left in the period.

More production in second period. At the end of two periods, Canada now leads the Germans 7-3 with goals from Rattie, Scheifele (2), Huberdeau and Strome. MacKinnon and Drouin both got an assist in the period. Nugent-Hopkins now has 5 points through two periods (one goal, 4 assists).

Two more goals for team Canada as Drouin and Wotherspoon scored during the third. Shots were 46 to 28 for Canada. Team Canada did not take any penalties in the last 20 minutes either. Coach Spott said he wanted the team to be disciplined and take no more then 4 minors and I would say they did that. They also sang the Canadian anthem and presented the players of the game.

Players of the game: Draisatl (GER) Nugent-Hopkins (CAN)

Final score: Germany 3 - Canada 9

Other scores:
Finland 5 - Latvia 1
Sweden 4 - Czech Republic 1
Russia 3 - Slovakia 2 OT

Note: Boone Jenner was suspended for 3 games on Christmas Eve for his hit in the Sweden game. Team Canada decided to keep him on the roster and he will be able to return on New Year's Eve when Canada takes on the host country Russia.

Look back on Friday as Team Canada takes on Slovakia at the same time, same place. I won't be live.

#thereason #goCanadago

December 27, 2012
Only two games on tap today. Switzerland takes on Latvia in group A action while in group B the United States take on Germany.

Scores:
Switzerland 7 - Latvia 2
United States 9 - Germany 0

December 28, 2012
Team Canada vs Slovakia

Canada won the game but received 58 minutes in penalties. The penaties were caused by two of Canada's players, Lipon and Camara, hitting Slovakian players and recieving 25 minutes each.  Strome, Nugent-Hopkins, Reilly, Ouellet and Scheifele all had multi point games. The shots on goal were also quite close and the red and white fell behind 2-0 in the first period. Drouin recieved an assist on Strome's goal while MacKinnon, still playing on the fourth line, was unable to get on the scoresheet.

Final score: Canada 6 - Slovakia 3

Other scores:
Russia 2 - United States 1
Finland 1 - Czech Republic 3
Sweden 3 - Switzerland 2 SO

December 29, 2012
Again, only two games will be going on today. In Group A, it's Latvia taking on defending champions Sweden in the early game, while the hosts Russia will try to put Germany down 0-2 in the standings.

Scores:
Latvia 1 - Sweden 5
Germany 0 - Russia 7

December 30, 2012
Team Canada vs. United States

The Moosehead boys were finally put on a line together and while neither was able to get on the scoresheet, they certainly weren't quiet, showing that they should've been together from the beginning. The bench once again was shortened with JC Lipon suspended for one game after his hit in the Slovakia game. Canada was able to get 2 quick goals before the first period ended, while the last period was rittled with penalties mainly from the States. The red, blue and white were able to score on the powerplay however during a delay of game Strome penalty.

Final score: Canada 2 - United States 1

Other scores:
Finland 5 - Switzerland 4 SO
Czech Republic 4 - Latvia 2
Slovakia 2 - Germany 1 OT

December 31, 2012
Team Canada vs. Russia

The last game in round robin for Canada was against host nation Russia. First place in group B was also on the line. Jonathan Drouin scored yet again while on the top line while Nugent-Hopkins added 3 more assists to his ever growing leading points tally. Canada was able to escape taking too many penalties while the home team took 29 minutes in front of almost 8,000 hockey fans. Canada also outshot the Russians 48-22.

Final score: Russia 1 - Canada 4

Other scores:
Switzerland 3 - Czech Republic 4 OT
United States 9 - Slovakia 3
Sweden 7 - Finland 4

Note: this was the first game that the red and white had a full roster and will hope to continue with one though the medal round games.

Canada will now go straight to one semifinal game and will await the winner of quarter final #2 between the USA and Czech Republic.

January 2, 2013
A relegation game as well as quarter final games will be played today.

Scores:
Finland 8 - Germany 0 (relegation)
Czech Republic 0 - United States 7
Russia 4 - Switzerland 3 SO

January 3, 2013
Team Canada vs United States

In this semi final game, Canada got behind early and never recovered. After one, the Americans lead 2-0 after bad turnovers and goalie screens by Canada. On both goals, Malcolm was screened by his defensemen and could not see the puck at all. Jake McCabe got both goals for the red, blue and white.

After half way in the second period, Subban was chased after allowing two more American goals scored by Gaudreau and Vasey. He was replaced by Jordan Binnington. Ty Rattie gave Canada life, scoring after the whistle had gone but the referees determined it was good. USA scored another one however to secure the win. The States now move on to the Gold Medal game while the red and white will play for Bronze. Both games will be played on Saturday.

Final score: Canada 1 - United States 5

Other scores:
Slovakia 5 - Latvia 3 (relegation)
Sweden 3 - Russia 2 SO (semi final #2)

Note: MacKinnon and Drouin were both held off the score sheet however Drouin again played on the first line for the first half than he started to play with his Moosehead linemate.

Look back on Saturday as I will be blogging live for the Bronze medal game and possibly the Gold medal game too.

January 4, 2013
The last 2 relegation games will be played today as well as the 5th place game. By the end of the day, the bottom 6 will be known. Halifax Mooseheads' Marty Frk will look to help his Czech Republic team win the fifth place game as they lost to USA in the quarters.

Scores:
Germany 5 - Latvia 2 (relegation)
Czech Republic 4 - Switzerland 3 (5th place)
Finland 11 - Slovakia 4 (relegation)

January 5, 2013
Team Canada vs. Russia

Final score:

Other scores:

Merry Christmas MooseCountry

Your Moose fan here,
Halifax played their last home game before the holidays last night against the 14th place Acadie-Bathurst Titan (a 4-3 win). They will next play two road games over the next week before taking a break for Christmas. They will play Moncton tonight and Saint John on Friday. They will then play one more road game after the break before coming back home for three straight games. December 29th is the Battle of Nova Scotia event where the Moose wear special NS themed jerseys and January 4th is finally our Teddy Bear Toss game. (I will post before and after both of these games.)

I wanted to wish all of you an early very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! I hope you have a wonderful holiday season and enjoy your time with your family and friends, I know I will be.



Merry Christmas

Moose break a record

Your Halifax Mooseheads were playing the Acadie-Bathurst Titan tonight and won 4-3 through 60 minutes of play. The Moose have now broken a franchise home wins record with 16 straight home games won this season. The red, green and gold had tied the record last night with a win against the PEI Rocket. The record was first set in the 1995-1996 QMJHL season, which was Halifax's second season in the league.

With this win the Mooseheads are now 16-1-0-0 at home this season and have an overall record of 27-3-1-1 for 56 points, good enough for first in the Maritimes division, first in the Q and a ranking of #1 in the country.

PEI figure out defense card

The PEI Rocket have finally figured out how to play defence this season against the league's leading goals scored team, the Halifax Mooseheads. Though the shots indicate differently (35-29 Moose), the team who will next year be called the Islanders, finally limited the red and green to 3 goals after 3 games played this season allowing 7.33 goals/game. In Halifax's record tying 15 straight home win of the season, the home team won 3-1 without their star players Nate, Jo and Marty.

Notes: Beauchemin was credited with 2 goals tonight... MacKinnon, Drouin, Frk and Abeltshauser were all not in the lineup and won't be in tomorrow's game either... Konrad missed his 6th straight game with a wrist injury...

50/50
Congratulations to Michelle of Hubbards who got $8,200 winning tonight's 50/50

Three stars:
3. Currie (PEI)
2. Fucale (HAL)
1. Beauchemin (HAL)

Beauchemin also received Dickies hardest working player of the game

Attendence: 7,032

Nathan and Jonathan also were named to Canada's world junior team and will miss games until the 2 road games in January.


Score
Rocket 1 at Mooseheads 3

UP NEXT: versus Acadie-Bathurst tomorrow night at the Metro Centre

Dec 13: PEI vs. Mooseheads game preview

Home game number 16 goes tonight at 7:00pm and will be played against the Prince Edward Island Rocket. The Rocket are hosts to two of the top three scoring leaders so far this season with the Moose being host to the other, Nathan MacKinnon, who will not be playing tonight. Both Nate and Jonathan Drouin are currently playing for the Canadian junior team against the University of Calgary as I write this. They will know by tonight if they will represent our nation later in the month starting on Boxing Day in Ufa, Russia. Halifax can tie a team record tonight for consective home wins if they are able to beat PEI for the fourth time this season. In three games versus the Rocket, Halifax has scored an average of 7.33 goals, winning 8-1 on Sept 23 and 7-5 on October 17 in PEI, and most recently 7-3 at the Metro Centre on October 28.
Brad Cuzner will play tonight as a replacement for the still injured Konrad Abeltshauser. Halifax is going into the game with a 8-1-1-0 record in their last 10 games overall while PEI are 5-4-1-0 in their last 10 and have a 6-7-1-0 record on the road so far this season.

Overall record:
PEI: 17-12-2-0 = 36 points (3rd in Maritimes Division, 8th overall)
HFX: 25-3-1-1 = 52 points (1st in Maritimes Division, 1st overall)

Top Scorers:
ROCKET: #19 Josh Currie (27G, 25A, 52 PTS), #16 Ben Duffy (20G, 31A, 51 PTS), #29 Tomas Pavelka (6G, 20A, 26 PTS)
HALIFAX: #22 Nathan MacKinnon (22G, 30A, 52 PTS), #27 Jonathan Drouin (19G, 29A, 48 PTS), #91 Martin Frk (12G, 25A, 37 PTS)

Moose stay on top

For the fifth straight week, the Halifax Mooseheads were ranked number one in the CHL Top 10 rankings. Halifax has won 3 straight games after a 3-0 shutout loss last Sunday against Moncton. Every Wednesday, the Canadian Hockey League announces their top 10 teams over the 3 leagues. Along with the Mooseheads, three other teams from the Q were named in the rankings.

Week 12's CHL Top 10

1. Halifax Mooseheads (24-3-0-1) last week: 1
2. Portland Winterhawks (23-4-0-1) last week: 3
3. London Knights (23-5-0-2) last week: 4
4. Kamploops Blazers (22-7-1-2) last week: 2
5. Blainville-Boisbraind Armada (21-5-1-2) last week: 5
6. Owen Sound Attack (21-5-1-2) last week: 6
7. Quebec Ramparts (20-7-0-1) last week: 8
8. Barrie Colts (19-8-0-1) last week: 7
9. Calgary Hitmen (19-6-1-2) last week: 9
10. Edmonton Oil Kings (18-5-2-3) last week: -

    Honorable mentions:
    Prince Albert Raiders (20-9-0-2)
    Moncton Wildcats (19-10-0-0)
    Spokane Cheifs (20-7-1-0)

Team Canada selection camp roster announced

Thirty seven under 20 year old hockey players were announced to Team Canada's world junior hockey selection camp today. Only twenty three of these men will end up playing for their country at the 2013 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships in Ufa, Russia between December 26 and January 5.

4 goalies, 12 defensemen and 21 forwards were announced to the camp roster. Among the announced were Sea Dogs forward Jonathan Huberdeau, Oklahoma City Barons (AHL) Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Edmonton Oil Kings Griffin Reinhart, Belleville Bulls (OHL) goalie Malcolm Subban, Moose Jaw defenseman and Maple Leafs prospect Morgan Rielly, Oshawa Generals forward Boone Jenner. Two Mooseheads forwards were also named to the camp roster; Nathan MacKinnon and Jonathan Drouin. Halifax goalie Zach Fucale was not named to the selection camp. Other NHL drafted players include Mark Scheifele of Barrie and Mark Strome of Niagara

11 WHL players were named, 18 named from OHL and 7 from the Quebec league. The extra one is RNH who is playing in the American Hockey League.

From Willy Povlov on Twitter: @Mackinnon9 doesn't care what position he plays: "If I have to be the water boy, I'll be the water boy"
@jodrouin27: "They don't really invite a lot of 17-year-olds but I want to show age doesn't matter"


Full roster of invitees here: http://hockeycanada.ca/index.php/ci_id/75137/la_id/1/season_id/202929/profile_id/202931/team_id/82853/ss_id/190000/

Moose statistics on December 2

Team:
Record 23-3-0-1 47 points (1st overall)
Goals for/against 136/70
Power play percentage 30.6% (2nd overall)
Penalty kill percentage 80.2% (5th overall)

Top 10 skaters points
10. Randy Gazzola 27gp-5g-12a-17pts
9. Brent Andrews 27gp-5g-13a-18pts
8. Luca Ciampini 26gp-12g-13a-25pts
7. Darcy Ashley 27gp-5g-21a-26pts
6. Konrad Abeltshauser 23gp-1g-26a-27pts
5. Matthew Boudreau 27gp-17g-10a-27pts
4. Stefan Fournier 26gp-16g-15a-31pts
3. Martin Frk 25gp-12g-23a-35pts
2. Jonathan Drouin 21gp-15g-27a-42pts (11th overall)
1. Nathan MacKinnon 27gp-22g-25a-47pts (3rd overall)

Top 5 plus/minus
5. Luca Ciampini +18
4. MacKenzie Weegar +19
3. Darcy Ashley +19
2. Jonathan Drouin +19
1. Nathan MacKinnon +26

Nathan also leads the team in shots and short handed goals, and is second in points per game and power play goals. While Fournier leads the team in power play goals and is second in shots, Drouin leads the Quebec league in the points per game, while six players are tied for second on the team with one short handed goal.

Goalies:
Zach Fucale 19-3-0-1 23gp 1363.12 minutes GAA - 2.51 SAV% - 0.898
Chris Clarke 4-0-0-0 4gp 266.40 minutes GAA - 2.70 SAV% - 0.888

Fucale is first overall in wins, second overall in goals against average and eighth overall in save percentage

Moose WIN an odd one on Friday

Tonights game was an odd one. The Moose scored the first 2 goals of the game (on their first 2 shots of the game) to lead it 2-0 at the end of one. The Sags got on the board early in the second with a goal by Asselin. After the Sags goal, Halifax just kept on rolling to a 7-1 win. Chicoutimi changed goalies 11:06 in to the second period after the Herd's 4th goal... The Sagueneens outshot the Moose by a 2:1 ratio but were losing 4-1 (shots 22-11) by this point. #22 got his 22nd goal of the season and 2nd of the night on pretty much a breakaway.

Notes: With 3 points tonight, MacKinnon is now tied for first in the Q with 46 points... Boudreau's goal was his 100th career point... Fucale is now tied 2nd overall in Mooseheads goalie wins with 50 after tonight...

50/50
Congratulations to Rob of Halifax who got $11,401 winning tonight's 50/50

Three stars:
3. Fucale (HAL)
2. Lewis (HAL)
1. Frk (HAL)

Fucale also received Dickies hardest working player of the game


Attendance: 8,406

The Mooseheads also honored Pat Connolly before the game. The players will also wear a decal for the rest of the season to honor Pat.


Score
Saguneens 1 at Mooseheads 7  

UP NEXT: versus Victoriaville on Sunday at the Metro Centre

Nov 30: Chicoutimi vs. Mooseheads game preview

This is the second time this season that the Sags have visited Moose Country and it is also the second season meeting between these two teams. Your Moose won the first meeting more than a month ago 6-2 at the Metro Centre on October 27. That very exciting game featured a hat trick by Drouin and a line brawl with 25 seconds left in the game. Sagueneens player Guillaume Asselin had 11 minutes in penalties, most coming from the line brawl.
The Mooseheads come into the game with a 12 game home winning streak and a 7-2-0-1 record in their last 10 games overall, while Chicoutimi is 8-2-0-0 in their last 10. Halifax also posts the best home record in the CHL with 12 (straight) wins and one loss, which came in the home opener. Konrad Abeltshauser will not play tonight because of a broken wrist and will be replaced by 20 year old Sawyer Hannay who is playing for the first time this season.

Overall record:
CHI: 14-11-2-1 = 31 points (4th in Telus East Division, 8th overall)
HFX: 21-3-0-1 = 43 points (1st in Maritimes Division, 1st overall)

Top Scorers:
SAGUENEENS: #27 Laurent Dauphin (14G, 19A, 33 PTS), #38 Guillaume Asselin (10G, 20A, 30 PTS), #10 Charles Hudon (15G, 15A, 30 PTS)
HALIFAX: #22 Nathan MacKinnon (20G, 23A, 43 PTS), #27 Jonathan Drouin (15G, 25A, 40 PTS), #91 Martin Frk (11G, 20A, 31 PTS)

BREAKING: MacKinnon and Drouin named captains in Prospects game

Today, the CHL announced the captains, alternate captains, and coaches that will participate in this year's Top Prospects game which is to be held at the Metro Centre. Two stars playing for the Mooseheads were named to Team Cherry; Nathan MacKinnon and Jonathan Drouin. Nathan will serve as captain and Jonathan will be his alternate.

Team Cherry will be coached by Don Cherry, captained by MacKinnon, and the alternates are Drouin and Darnell Nurse (Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds of OHL)
Team Orr will be coached by former NHL player and Stanley Cup champion Mike McPhee, captained by Seth Jones (Portland Winterhawks of WHL), and the alternates are Sean Monahan (Ottawa 67`s of OHL) and Hunter Shinkaruk (Medicine Hat Tigers of WHL).

Full story can be found here: http://www.halifaxmooseheads.ca/article/mackinnon-drouin-to-dress-for-team-cherry/132702

A great man passes

Today saw the passing of former Mooseheads PA announcer Pat Connolly. He passed away this morning after loosing his battle with cancer. Please read the full story from the Chronicle Herald here: http://thechronicleherald.ca/sports/198476-ns-sports-personality-pat-connolly-dies

Big year in Moose Country (and events)

This is a big year for the Mooseheads. Along with the annual game events, the city of Halifax and the Herd are the host of the 2013 CHL/NHL Top Prospects Game which is being held at the Metro Centre on January 16, 2013.

Annual events
HOME OPENER - September 28 (Moose vs. Gatineau Olympiques L 1-6)
Pink in the Rink 5 - October 19 (Moose vs. Sherbrooke Phoenix W 4-3)
DND Appreciation Night - November 16 (Moose vs. Rouyn-Noranda Huskies W 8-3)
Battle of Nova Scotia - December 29 (Moose vs. Cape Breton Screaming Eagles W 4-1)
Teddy Bear Toss - January 4 (Moose vs. Saint John Sea Dogs L 2-3 OT)
Fan Appreciation Night/Season finale - March 17 (Moose vs. Cape Breton Screaming Eagles W 5-2)

Roster and schedule list

YOUR 2012-2013 HALIFAX MOOSEHEADS!!

1 Chris Clarke G (Fall River, NS)

5 Brian Lovell D (Chateauguay, QC)

7 Trey Lewis D (Moncton, NB)

8 Brendan Duke D (Halifax, NS)

9 Andrew Ryan LW (St. John`s, NL)

10 Konrad Abeltshauser D (Bad Tolz, Germany)

17 Darcy Ashley RW (Alberton, PEI)

19 Ryan Falkenham RW (Halifax, NS)

20 Liam Alcalde LW (Montreal, QC)

21 Dominic Beauchemin LW (Longueuil, QC)

22 Nathan MacKinnon C (Halifax, NS)

24 Randy Gazzola D (Thorold, ON)

27 Jonathan Drouin LW (Ste-Agathe, QC)

28 Max Lindsay LW (Hamilton, ON)

31 Zach Fucale G (Rosemere, QC)

44 Steve Gillard D (St. John's, NL)

48 Luca Ciampini LW (Montreal, QC)

52 MacKenzie Weegar D (Ottawa, ON)

57 Matthew Boudreau C (St-Eustache, QC)

73 Anthony Terenzio G (New Cannaan, CT, USA)

74 Stefan Fournier RW (Dorval, QC)

79 Brent Andrews C (Charlottetown, PEI)

88 Austyn Hardie D (Montreal, QC)

91 Martin Frk RW (Pelhrimov, Czech Republic)

schedule

http://www.halifaxmooseheads.ca/schedule/list/team/57

Around the CHL ~ volume #1 preview edition #1

This is kind of late but here is my 'preview' of this season around the CHL. Enjoy the rest of the season. Please share and comment on my blog posts. I'll hopefully post an "Around the CHL" once a month no promises though. Hopefully after the success of last year, the Mooseheads can not only go deep into the playoffs but win the President's Cup trophy and the Memorial Cup.

here are last year's leaders:
Division champions 2011-12
WHL - Edmonton Oil Kings (Central) 72 games played, 50-15-3-4 record, 107 points, 310 goals for/193 goals against; Tri-City Americans (U.S.) 72 games played, 50-18-2-2 record, 104 points, 281 goals for/190 goals against; Kamloops Blazers (B.C.) 72 games played, 47-20-2-3 record, 99 points, 290 goals for/211 goals against; Moose Jaw Warriors (East) 72 games played, 45-19-6-2 record, 98 points, 258 goals for/213 goals against
OHL - London Knights (Midwest) 68 games played, 49-18-0-1 record, 99 points, 277 goals for/178 goals against; Niagara IceDogs (Central) 68 games played, 47-18-0-3 record, 97 points, 291 goals for/169 goals against; Plymouth Whalers (West) 68 games played, 47-18-2-1 record, 97 points, 279 goals for/205 goals against; Ottawa 67's (East) 68 games played, 40-20-5-3 record, 88 points, 268 goals for/216 goals against
QMJHL - Saint John Sea Dogs (Maritimes) 68 games played, 50-15-0-3 record, 103 points, 298 goals for/180 goals against; Shawinigan Cataractes (Telus East) 68 games played, 45-16-3-4 record, 97 points, 274 goals for/179 goals against; Blainville-Boisbraind Armada (Telus West) 68 games played, 40-22-4-2 record, 86 points, 258 goals for/219 goals against

League championships 2012
President's Cup - Saint John Sea Dogs vs. Rimouski Oceanic (Sea Dogs won series 4 games to 0 games)
J. Ross Robertson Cup - Niagara IceDogs vs. London Knights (Knights won series 4 games to 1 game)
Ed Chynoweth Cup - Edmonton Oil Kings vs. Portland Winterhawks (Oil Kings won series 4 games to 3 games)

Memorial Cup 2012
Teams ~ Saint John (QMJHL champion), London (OHL champion), Edmonton (WHL champion), and Shawinigan (Hosts)

Final May 27, 2012 Shawinigan vs. London 2-1 OT

SHAWINIGAN CATARACTES WIN 2012 MEMORIAL CUP!!!


Team changes
The Mississauga St. Michael's Majors of the Ontario Hockey League were renamed the Mississauga Steelheads. The Sherbrooke Phoenix joined the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League as a reincarnation of the Lewiston Maineiacs.

Shawinigan will look to repeat as Memorial Cup champions. This year the Memorial Cup will be held in Saskatoon, home of the Saskatoon Blades who will be in the tournament no matter what. Teams should be as strong as last year, as the NHL is locked out which means that many teams get to keep their 2012 drafted players. This list includes Sarnia (Nail Yakupov), Saint John (Jonathan Huberdeau), Moose Jaw (Morgan Reilly), Halifax (Marty Frk) and Barrie (Mark Scheifele). Prospects will look to continue impressing scouts as some will be eligible to be invited to World Junior camps in early December and hopefully play starting on Boxing Day. The 2013 CHL/NHL Top Prospects game will be held January 16 in Halifax, which will feature 40 of the most impressive prospects for the upcoming draft in June.
Other teams that look to continue their success of last year are Saint John, Halifax, Edmonton, London, Blainville, and Portland. Seth Jones of Portland and Nathan MacKinnon of Halifax will most likely be fighting it out all season to be drafted first overall in this year's entry draft in Newark, New Jersey.

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