GAMEDAY 2: at Charlottetown

IT'S GAMEDAY

CHARLOTTETOWN ISLANDERS vs. HALIFAX MOOSEHEADS

Puck drops at 7:00pm

EastLink Centre (3,717) ~ Charlottetown, PEI

PREVIEW - We've been here before but they look a lot different. Tonight begins a new era in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island when the newly branded Charlottetown Islanders take on the defending champion Halifax Mooseheads.

Not only did the team get a new name, logo and colors but they also got a new named arena. The Charlottetown Civic Centre is no longer called as such, it is now known as the EastLink Centre. There's also new players just like any other junior hockey team.

Last season, the PEI Rocket lost in a thrilling three overtime Game 6 against the Val-d'Or Foreurs to lose the first round series 4 games to 2. This season, they will look to make it past the first round for the first time since the 2003-04 season. Third year player Anthony Cortese led the Islanders in preseason scoring with 9 points, good enough for 3rd place. In net they will once again be led by Antoine Bibeau, who currently is in Toronto for the Maple Leafs main training camp. The Herd will look to get the offense going against rookie goaltender Eric Brassard tonight.


Halifax will play the Islanders 8 more times after tonight. It's also the first game on Eastlink's Friday Night Hockey schedule for 2013-14 season. Watch a special documentary on Halifax's championship season before the game at 5:30 Atlantic time.

THE NUMBERS


LAST GAMES
Charlottetown pummelled the Acadie-Bathurst Titan 8-3 on Sunday afternoon in their last preseason game. Daniel Sprong, Alexandre Goulet and Anthony Cortese had two goals each while Deverick Ottereyes led the Islanders in assists with 3. Daryl MacCallum made 22 saves for the win.

Halifax is coming off a 4-0 shutout loss to the Moncton Wildcats last night. Liam Alcalde led the team in penalty minutes with 5 while goaltender Kevin Darveau wasn't far behind with 4 PIM while making 29 saves for the defending champs on banner raising night.

HEAD-TO-HEAD
This season     0-0-0-0     0GF    0GA
September 13 @ 7pm  Mooseheads at Islanders
October 23 @ 7pm  Islanders at Mooseheads
November 15 @ 7pm  Mooseheads at Islanders
December 8 @ 3pm  Mooseheads at Islanders
January 3 @ 7pm  Islanders at Mooseheads
January 8 @ 7pm  Mooseheads at Islanders
February 19 @ 7pm  Islanders at Mooseheads
March 6 @ 7pm  Islanders at Mooseheads
March 11 @ 7pm  Mooseheads at Islanders
Last season     7-1-0-0     43GF  20GA

NOT PLAYING - Zach Fucale, Brent Andrews and MacKenzie Weegar are still at NHL camps.

GAME COVERAGE
TV: Eastlink
Live: @islandersgmday
Webcast: TELUS
Radio: News 95.7
Post-game: MooseCountry blog

OUT OF TOWN
Cape Breton at Acadie-Bathurst - 7:00pm
Saint John at Moncton - 7:00pm
Quebec at Chicoutimi - 8:00pm
Shawinigan at Victoriaville - 8:00pm
Rimouski at Baie-Comeau - 8:30pm
Sherbrooke at Blainville-Boisbriand - 8:30pm
Rouyn-Noranda at Drummondville - 8:30pm
Val-d'Or at Gatienau - 8:30pm

AFTER THE GAME
Fans will have to wait a week to see the next Mooseheads game when they have a rematch against the Wildcats in Moncton on September 20. Puck drops at 7pm like usual.