Not So Well.

In my preview I asked how will they respond? "They" being the Halifax Mooseheads and respond meaning after winning an intense game on Saturday 2-1 in a shootout against the Baie-Comeau Drakkar. Well, not as good obviously. Instead of a fight very early on, the game saw it's first goal less then 2 minutes in by rookie player Nikolaj Ehlers. Sherbrooke tied it up shortly after and the Mooseheads were unable to get anything back. It was also turnover city this afternoon. Rushes were made by turnovers, nice saves had to be made because neither team could handle the puck for more than a few seconds very much. Zach Fucale had to be pulled for the first time probably in the past 2 years in regular season play.

FINAL: Phoenix 2 at Mooseheads 1
50/50 Winning Draw: $5,785
Three stars: 3. Audette SHE | 2. Ehlers HAL | 1. Roy SHE
Attendance: 6,842
MC's Top Herd: Nikolaj Ehlers

GAME LOG
First period
HAL 1:36 Nikolaj Ehlers (4) | A: Lewis & Andrews
SHE 4:31 Daniel Audette (2) | A: Neill & Lysenko

Penalties: Shewfelt HAL (15:30, Hooking)
Shots: The Herd led first period shots 7 to 6

Second period
SHE 3:52 Jeremy Roy (3) | A: Lundholm

Penalties: Lewis HAL (4:40, Hooking), Deslauriers SHE (10:18, Checking), Laverdure SHE (19:33, Roughing), Hardie HAL (19:33, Slashing), Lewis HAL (19:33, Roughing)
Shots: The shots spread out a little bit in the middle frame with Halifax leading again 11-7 this time

Third period
None

Penalties: Murphy HAL (5:47, Delay of game), Deschamps SHE (9:46, Delay of game), Lovell HAL (13:43, Tripping)
Shots: Sherbrooke led in the last period 7-5 but could not close the gap as the home team led final shots 23-20

GOALIES
Winning goaltender: Francis Desrosiers SHE 22 saves
Losing goaltender: Zach Fucale HAL 18 saves

POWERPLAY
Halifax: 0-for-2
Road city: 0-for-5