RECAP: Home Success Continues.

Huskies are much tougher opponent

Halifax Mooseheads vs Rouyn-Noranda Huskies

Series: HAL leads 1-0

STARS: 3. Andrighetto (ROU) | 2. MacKinnon (HAL) | 1. Drouin (HAL)

Attendance: 10,595

HALIFAX - There is a song that Halifax fans sing and one line is "You just can't stop the Moose!" Well that seems to be something that the Nova Scotian team is embracing in this year's playoffs and for most of the regular season as the Herd have rattled of fifteen straight wins with the past 9 being in the playoffs. Five of those playoff wins have been at the Metro Centre, the home arena of the Mooseheads. The Huskies proved they were going to be a much tougher and better offensive opponent. For only the second time during the playoffs, fans at the MC were holding there breaths throughout the night as Rouyn-Noranda was able to get within one 3 times before tying it up at 4 apiece. A hat trick by number 22 pushed Halifax to a win however with Zach Fucale having to make more saves in this game than any of the other eight playoff games.

FINAL: Rouyn-Noranda 4 at Halifax 6

Point getters: HAL Drouin 5 (2G & 3A), MacKinnon 4 (3G & 1A), Frk 3 (1G & 2A), Abeltshauser, Fournier and Weegar had 1A each; ROU Dea 4 (1G & 3A), Andrighetto 3 (1G & 2A), Kucherov 2 (2G), Brisebois, Caron and St-Cyr had 1A each

Goaltenders: Fucale HAL | Belanger ROU

Shots 1st: 10-10 tie | 2nd: 9-7 HAL | 3rd: 14-10 ROU

Powerplay HAL 2/5, ROU 2/8

GAME LOG
First period
1:15 Martin Frk (7), PP | A: MacKinnon & Abeltshauser | HAL
10:28 Nathan MacKinnon (4) | A: Fournier & Drouin | HAL
19:31 Nikita Kucherov (8) | A: Andrighetto & Dea | ROU

Penalties: Jean-Sebastien Dea ROU (0:33, Tripping), Allan Caron ROU (1:54, Delay of game), Martin Frk HAL (12:55, Cross-checking), Sven Andrighetto ROU (16:22, Roughing)

Second period
0:38 Nikita Kurcherov (9) | A: Caron & Dea | ROU
7:43 Jonathan Drouin (5), Penalty shot | A: None | HAL
15:46 Nathan MacKinnon (5) | A: Drouin & Frk | HAL
17:18 Jean-Sebastien Dea (11), PP | A: St-Cyr & Andrightetto | ROU

Penalties: Austyn Hardie HAL (4:54, High-sticking), Konrad Abeltshauser HAL (6:51, Interference), Mathieu Brisebois ROU (7:38, Slashing), Justin Guenette ROU (11:22, Holding), Matthew Boudreau HAL (11:22, Slashing), Brent Andrews HAL (16:27, Slashing), Martin Frk HAL (17:44, Roughing), Liam O'Brien ROU (20:00, Roughing), Martin Frk HAL (20:00, Tripping), Austyn Hardie HAL (20:00, Roughing), MacKenzie Weegar HAL (20:00, Roughing)

Third period
1:09 Sven Andrighetto (7), PP | A: Dea & Brisebois | ROU
8:58 Jonathan Drouin (6) | A: Frk & Weegar | HAL
19:30 Nathan MacKinnon (6), EN & PP | A: Fucale & Drouin | HAL

Penalties: Mathieu Brisebois ROU (2:26, Tripping), Jean-Sebastien Dea ROU (12:24, Cross-checking), Darcy Ashley HAL (12:24, Cross-checking), Nathan MacKinnon HAL (13:06, Cross-checking), Rouyn-Noranda (19:01, Too many men), Liam O'Brien ROU (19:01, Unsportsmanlike conduct)