GAMEDAY 3: at Moncton

IT'S GAMEDAY

MONCTON WILDCATS vs. HALIFAX MOOSEHEADS

Puck drops at 7:00pm

Moncton Coliseum (6,554) ~ Moncton, NB

PREVIEW - Reinforcements are here. Players who were drafted in June's NHL draft have returned from their respective teams main camps. This means that goaltender Zach Fucale, defenseman MacKenzie Weegar and centre Brent Andrews are back in the lineup. All three gentleman impressed during the NHL rookie camps for their teams and were invited to the main camps.

Zach Fucale played the last half of a Montreal preseason game Sunday night and stopped 11 of 13 shots. He also saw overtime and shootout action. On Monday night, Weegar played 26 minutes to lead both teams in PIM while collecting an assist on the game tying goal. With Andrews coming back, it will eventually cause the Mooseheads problems in the overage department. The reinforcements will look to get the team back on track after two straight losses last weekend.


Moncton received their first win of the season and handed the Mooseheads their first loss when these two teams met 8 days ago in Halifax for the QMJHL season opener. The Herd seemed to have excitement in their bellies after raising the championship banners as the Wildcats rode a 2 goal game by Cody Drover to a 4-0 win.

THE NUMBERS














Leading scorers
HAL: Danny Moynihan 2pts (1G&1A), Andrew Ryan 1pts (1G), Nikolaj Ehlers 1pt (1A)
MON: Christopher Caissy 4pts (4A), Ivan Barbashev 3pts (2G&1A), Cody Drover 2pts (2G)

LAST GAMES
Moncton is coming off a 5-3 loss in their home opener last weekend to the Saint John Sea Dogs. Chris Caissy led the team in points during the game recording two assists. After being perfect the night before, Alex Dubeau let in 4 goals on 24 shots.

For the first time since 2010, the Moose find themselves without a win in their first 2 games after losing to the rebranded Charlottetown Islanders a week ago on the island 5-2. Danny Moynihan, the preseason leader for Halifax, got the first goal of the season for the team while Kevin Darveau made 40 saves on 45 shots.

HEAD-TO-HEAD
This season     0-1-0-0     0GF    4GA
September 12   Moncton  4 at Halifax  0
September 20 @ 7pm   Mooseheads at Wildcats
November 8 @ 7pm   Wildcats at Mooseheads
December 1 @ 4pm   Wildcats at Mooseheads
December 20 @ 7pm   Mooseheads at Wildcats
December 21 @ 7pm   Wildcats at Mooseheads
January 10 @ 7pm   Wildcats at Mooseheads
February 9 @ 4pm   Mooseheads at Wildcats
March 1 @ 7pm Mooseheads at Wildcats
Last season 6-2-0-0 36GF 26GA

NOT PLAYING - Darcy Ashley is out with a hand injury still.

GAME COVERAGE
TV: None
Live: @monctonwildcats, @HalifaxHerdcast
Webcast: TELUS
Radio: News 95.7
Post-game: MooseCountry blog

AFTER THE GAME
The Mooseheads will travel back to Nova Scotia to take on the Cape Breton Screaming Eagles in Sydney on Sunday. Puck drops at 4pm.