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.

Welcome

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On this blog I will post game previews, stats on the Moose, other news and game stories/summaries of the games I go to. I'll do around the CHL too at least once a month.

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