Moose ranked #8 in week 7

After spending every week in the CHL BMO Top 10 Rankings last season, the Halifax Mooseheads are in it once again. The Canadian Hockey League announced the rankings early this evening for week 7 and for the first time this season your Mooseheads have been ranked on the list. This week was different where there have been 4 teams added to the rankings.

Week 7's CHL Top 10

1. Blainville-Boisbriand Armada (13-1-1-0) last week: 1
2. Guelph Storm (12-3-0-0) last week: 7
3. Spokane Chiefs (11-4-0-0) last week: 3
4. Baie-Comeau Drakkar (12-4-0-2) last week: 9
5. Erie Otters (12-2-1-0) last week: -
6. Portland Winterhawks (11-3-0-1) last week: -
7. Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (11-1-0-2) last week: -
8. Halifax Mooseheads (12-7-0-0) last week: -
9. Seattle Thunderbirds (11-3-0-2) last week: 8
10. Oshawa Generals (11-3-0-1) last week: 10

Honorable mentions:
Everett Silvertips (10-2-2-0
Kelowna Rockets (9-2-0-2)
Gatineau Olympiques (12-6-0-0)

GAMEDAY 20: at Gatineau

IT'S GAMEDAY

GATINEAU OLYMPIQUES vs. HALIFAX MOOSEHEADS

Puck drops at 8:30pm

Robert Guertin Centre (3,196) ~ Gatineau, QC

PREVIEW - After a good weekend against rival Acadie-Bathurst, your Halifax Mooseheads are hitting the road for three games in the province of Quebec. It will start in Gatineau against the Olympiques. This is sort of a homecoming for a couple of the Herd. Mac Weegar was born a 20 minute drive away across the bridge while Jesse Lussier was born 2 hours away in Patawa. Lussier said on twitter that it was nice to be back in Ottawa which must mean he is playing tonight after spending the last few games out with a concussion.


This is the first game between theese two teams since Halifax swept Gatineau in the second round of last year's playoffs. They meet again in February in Moose Country.

THE NUMBERS

Leading scorers
HAL: Nikolaj Ehlers 22pts (8G & 14A), Andrew Ryan 19pts (9G & 10A), Brent Andrews 17pts (7G & 10A)
GAT: Emile Poirier 26pts (12G & 14A), Vaclav Karabacek 15pts (7G & 8A), Martin Reway 14pts (4G & 10A)

LAST GAMES
Gatineau is coming off a 4-2 loss to the Quebec Remparts on Sunday in Quebec. Vincent Dunn led the team in the lossing cause with a goal and assist while goalie Robert Steeves made 20 saves.

Halifax is coming off two big weekend wins against the Acadie-Bathurst Titan, the last being on Saturday night with a 4-3 win. Darcy Ashley had a goal and an assist while Zach Fucale only had to made 12 shots.

HEAD-TO-HEAD
October 30 @ 8:30pm  Mooseheads at Olympiques
February 13 @ 7pm  Olympiques at Mooseheads

NOT PLAYING - Ryan Falkenham and Trey Lewis are out indefinitely

OUT OF TOWN
Phoenix at Eagles - 7:00pm
Drakkar at Remparts - 8:00pm

GAME COVERAGE
TV: None
Live: @CoolenTQN
Webcast: TELUS
Radio: News 95.7
Post-game: The Q News

AFTER THE GAME
Halifax will continue this 3 game Quebec swing on Friday against Rouyn-Noranda. Puck drops at 8:30pm.

News & Notes from October 29

Here's some news that came out of the Canadian Hockey League, mostly the Q and Halifax, the past few days.

• Darcy Ashley (Halifax), Charles-Eric Legare (Cape Breton) and Alexandre Belanger (Rouyn-Noranda) were named the TELUS three stars for the week ending October 27, 2013. For the full story click here.
• The roster for Team QMJHL for the 2013 Subway Super Series was announced this morning. Check out the roster here. Zach Fucale, Mac Weegar and Jonathan Drouin were named to the team.
• Head coach and General Manager of the Saint John Sea Dogs was released of this duties today. Press release.  
• The CHL Player and Goaltender of the Week were announced today. Darcy Ashley of your Halifax Mooseheads was named the player of the week with 8 points. While Kelowna Rockets Jordon Cooke was named the goaltender of the week.

The BMO Top 10 Rankings for week 7 will be announced tomorrow. Soon we should be seeing our Moose on the list.
Nikolaj Ehlers has taken over the team scoring after recording 4 points in two weekend games. He is second in the Canadian Hockey League's rookie scoring.
Zach Fucale leads the league and the CHL in goaltender wins with 11 in 15 games played.
Pink in the Rink games have been a success. Plenty of people came out to the Halifax pink game with a special Trey Lewis autographed pink jersey auctioned off for over $1250.
Two days until Halloween everyone. Lots of players wearing costumes to school already starting on Monday.

Check back tomorrow afternoon for my preview of the Halifax-Gatineau game Wednesday night.

QMJHL Subway Series Roster Announced

Press release.

The Sherbrooke Phoenix and Gatineau Olypiques along with the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League and Canadian Hockey League announced the roster for the 2013 Subway Series. The two Team QMJHL versus Team Russia games will be held on November 18 in Sherbrooke and November 20 in Gatineau. Last week the coaches for each leagues team was announced.  

Just like last year 4 Halifax Mooseheads have been named as part of the team. Unlike last year, the Herd will have a member at each position on the team. Dom Ducharme was named the assistant coach, Zach Fucale is one of 2 goaltenders, second year defenseman MacKenzie Weegar will help protect his goalie while Jonathan Drouin will look to help Team QMJHL score. Congratulations to the four players of your Mooseheads who made the team. 

Other names include; league leading scorer Anthony Mantha of Val-d'Or, Dillon Fournier of Rouyn who is the younger brother of former Moose Stefan, suspended Charles Hudon of Chicoutimi and stellar Saint John goaltender Sebastien Auger who has faced the most shots so far this season. 

Team QMJHL has a 10-7-3 record against the Russian Selects in the ten year event which started in 2003 on November 17 in London, Ontario. November 20 was the first game between the QMJHL and Russia in which the Selects beat the QMJHL all-stars in Halifax 3 to 2. The CHL has been dominte over Russia in this tournament as the CHL teams have a total record of 44-11-4 with 256 goals for and 150 against. Russia is 15-41-3 so far winning only one year in 2010.

Full roster:
GOALTENDERS
Auger, Sébastien
Fucale, Zachary

DEFENSEMEN
Vanier, Alexis (BAC)
Fournier, Dillon (ROU)
Graves, Ryan (CHA)
Weegar, MacKenzie (HAL)
Hachè, Justin (CAP)
Morin, Samuel (RIM)
Walcott, Daniel (BLB)

FORWARDS
Mantha, Anthony (VDO)
Hudon, Charles (CHI)
Roy, Marc-Olivier (BLB)
Duclair, Anthony (QUE)
Deluca, Anthony (RIM)
Girard, Félix (BAC)
Gauthier, Frédérik (RIM)
Dauphin, Laurent (CHI)
Drouin, Jonathan (HAL)
Carrier, William (CAP)
Gregoire, Jeremy (BAC)
Audette, Daniel (SHE)
Clapperton, Christopher (BLB)
Poirier, Émile (GAT)

Halloween Rookie Challenge

Well it's only 3 days until Halloween, little kids favorite holiday. We've all heard of rookie challenges right? Sometimes it's the rookies getting their head shaved, getting tattoos, driving the vets to practice, etc... Well the rookies of your Halifax Mooseheads were challanged to wear Halloween costumes to school today. Here are the pictures that have been posted.

From Nikolaj Ehlers (middle), with Danny Moynihan (left) and Timo Meier

From Connor Moynihan (middle), with Jacob Jacques (left) and Vince Watt

 From Zach Fucale, rookie Sam Leblanc dresses up at University

Photos from Instagram, Twitter

POSTGAME: Titan 3, Mooseheads 4

MC POST-GAME
Bathurst get swept in home and home series with Halifax

The Canadian Press' recap: Darcy Ashley put the Mooseheads in front for good with a power-play goal at 16:57 of the third period.

Metro Halifax's recap: No one can accuse Darcy Ashley of flat lining since taking over as captain of the Halifax Mooseheads.

Chronicle Herald's recap: It was a different location, but the same result on Saturday night.

Titan Nation's recap: The Halifax Mooseheads managed to squeek out a 4-3 decision over the Acadie-Bathurst Titan to sweep a home-and-home series.

halifaxmooseheads.ca's recap: Darcy Ashley played hero Saturday night thanks to his sidekick Nikolaj Ehlers who set him up for the game winner with 3 minutes to play to give the Moose a 4-3 win over the Acadie-Bathurst Titan.

SCORERS: Andrew Shewfelt (3) HAL 3:33, Robert Pelletier (2) BAT 5:50, Jacob Jacques (1) HAL 11:43, Brent Andrews (7) HAL 24:09, Adam Chapman (3) BAT 25:20, Alexandros Soumakis (8) BAT 30:04, Darcy Ashley (7) HAL 56:57

MISSING IN ACTION: Ryan Falkenham (hips), Trey Lewis (hip) and Jesse Lussier (concussion) were out with injuries while Liam Alcalde and Max Lindsay were healthy scratches.

JACQUES
Rookie Jacob Jacques scored his first career QMJHL goal last night in the first period that gave the Mooseheads a 2-1 lead after one. He was also named the game's third star. Congratulation Jacob.

ASHLEY
Darcy Ashley continues to be an offensive captain with Trey Lewis out. He once again scored the game winner last night. With the goal he added an assist earlier in the game on Jacques first goal. Ashley now has 8 points, three goals, in hi last three games. He was given firs star honors.

EHLERS
Danish rookie Nikolaj Ehlers had two assists in yesterday's game to add to his point total. He now has 22 points in 19 games which leads both the team in scoring and league in rookie scoring.

SWEEP
With the 4-3 win on Saturday night, the home team took the home and home series sweep from the Titan. Halifax has now won all three games between these two teams and will look to get another home and home sweep in a little less than a month from now, November 16 and 22nd.

FIRST PLACE
On Friday, the Herd took over first place in the Maritimes division with the 5-2 win. Both Charlottetown and Halifax were playing last night and the Islanders had a chance to take first place back if they won and the Mooseheads lost. However it was the opposite as Halifax won and the Islanders could not beat the Quebec Remparts despite having a 3-1 lead going into the third. Halifax is now 3 points ahead of Charlottetown.

OTHER SCORES
Cape Breton 4 - 5 Baie-Comeau
Saint John 2 - 3 Chicoutimi SO
Gatineau 5 - 4 Rimouski SO
Moncton 1 - 2 Shawinigan SO
Charlottetown 3 - 6 Quebec

UP NEXT
Halifax will go on another road trip now which starts Wednesday in Gatineau against the Olympiques. Puck drops at 8:30pm.

GAMEDAY 19: vs Acadie-Bathurst

IT'S GAMEDAY

HALIFAX MOOSEHEADS vs. ACADIE-BATHURST TITAN

Puck drops at 7pm

Metro Centre (10,595) ~ Halifax, NS

PREVIEW - Who's going to come out on top this time? The road Acadie-Bathurst Titan or the home Halifax Mooseheads. After splitting the two games last weekend, your Mooseheads have won both games this week. The first was again the 4th ranked Charlottetown Islanders while the other was against these very same Titan last night in Bathurst. Yes it's a home and home series between these two rivals with the games always interesting. Former Herd defenseman Dominic Beauchemin makes his second trip to Moose Country in enemy colors. This should be a good one as it will once again be a goaltending battle. Jacob Brennan and Zach Fucale have virtually the same save percentage with Fucale on top by 0.001 percent but Brennan has seen more pucks come his way.

THE NUMBERS

Leading scorers
BAT: Raphael Lafontaine 16pts (7G & 9A), Adam Stevens 11pts (7G & 4A), Dominic Beachemin 11pts (5G & 6A)
HAL: Nikolaj Ehlers 20pts (8G & 12A), Andrew Ryan 18pts (9G & 9A), Brent Andrews 16pts (6G & 10A)

LAST GAMES
As fore mentioned, these two teams met last night in New Brunswick with the road team in that game coming out on top in a 5 to 2 contest that saw the Titan not record a shot in the third period. Timo Meier scored twice and Jonathan Drouin picked up 3 helpers as Halifax outshot Bathurst 44 to 17.

HEAD-TO-HEAD
This season    2-0-0-0   10GF   5GA
September 25  Titan 3 at Mooseheads 5
October 25  Mooseheads 5 at Titan 2
October 26 @ 7pm   Titan at Mooseheads
November 16 @ 7pm   Mooseheads at Titan
November 22 @ 7pm   Titan at Mooseheads
January 11 @ 7pm   Titan at Mooseheads
January 19 @ 3pm  Mooseheads at Titan
February 16 @ 3pm   Mooseheads at Titan
February 28 @ 7pm   Mooseheads at Titan
Last season     6-0-2-0   50GF   35GA

NOT PLAYING - The same injured players as last night; Trey Lewis, Jesse Lussier and Ryan Falkenham

OUT OF TOWN
Eagles at Drakkar - 5:00pm
Sea Dogs at Sagueneens - 5:00pm
Olympiques at Oceanic - 5:00pm
Wildcats at Cataractes - 5:00pm
Islanders at Huskies - 8:00pm

GAME COVERAGE
TV: None
Live: @ABTitanLive, @HFXMooseheads
Webcast: TELUS
Radio: News 95.7
Post-game: The Q News

AFTER THE GAME
Halifax will travel to Quebec after the buzzer to take on the Gatineau Olympiques on Wednesday night. Puck drops at 8:30pm.

POSTGAME: Mooseheads 5, Titan 2

MC POST-GAME
Halifax wins first game of home-and-home series with Bathurst

FINAL: Mooseheads 5 at Titan 2
Attendance: 1,900
Three stars: 3. Ehlers HAL | 2. Brennan BAT | 1. Drouin HAL

The Canadian Press' recap: Timo Meier scored twice as Halifax downed Acadie-Bathurst.

Metro Halifax's recap: The Halifax Mooseheads took a comfortable lead then let their defence do the talking.

Chronicle Herald's recap: Jonathan Drouin and Darcy Ashley kept their roll going Friday night in Bathurst.

halifaxmooseheads.ca's recap: The Mooseheads took game 1 of a home and home weekend with the Acadie-Bathurst Titan tonight 5-2 in the KC Irving Centre in Bathurst.

QMJHL.ca's recap: Game summary.

SCORERS: Raphael Lafntaine (7) BAT 10:39, Timo Meier (6) HAL 13:05, MacKenzie Weegar (3) HAL 23:37, Brent Andrews (6) HAL 28:02, Timo Meier (7) HAL 31:49, Alexandros Soumakis (7) BAT 33:24, Darcy Ashley (7) HAL 49:02

MISSING IN ACTION: Trey Lewis (hip), Ryan Falkenham (hips), Liam Alcalde (healthy), Jesse Lussier (concussion) and Sam Leblanc (healthy) were the Mooseheads scratches last night.

MEIER
Timo Meier was switched to a different line last night. He played on a line with Jonathan Drouin and Darcy Ashley. It helped obviously as he scored two goals.

DROUIN
Jonathan Drouin had his third straight three point night. This time he assisted on three goals, two of which were on Timo Meier's goals. He now has 14 points in eight games.

EHLERS
Nikolaj Ehlers continues to impress the fans and scouts in his rookie season. He still leads the team in scoring and the league in rookie scoring. He has twenty points in 18 games after recording 2 helpers in New Brunswick yesterday.

FIRST PERIOD
The first period was cut short by broken glass. Brendan Duke ripped off a slapshot which broke the glass behind the Titan goal. It was taking a while to clean up so with 4:24 left in the first, they decided to send the teams to their respective dressing rooms and finish the last four minutes after the intermission.

POINTS
Eight Moose players had at least one point during the game. There were four scorers, each one not getting a helper to with their goal(s). Odd turn of events. Check out below to make sense of it.

SHOTS
Some more odd things happened in Bathurst last night. Halifax had more shots in the first twenty minutes than the Titan did all game. This is partly because Acadie-Bathurst did not record a shot on goal in the third period. Shots ended 44 to 17 in favour of Halifax, 17 of those forty-four were considered dangerous.

OTHER SCORES
Cape Breton 4 - 5 Chicoutimi
Saint John 1 - 2 Baie-Comeau
Sherbrooke 2 - 7 Blainville
Victoriaville 3 - 5 Drummondville
Val-d'Or 2 - 4 Rouyn-Noranda

UP NEXT
The two teams meet again tonight at the Metro Centre for Saturday night hockey. Puck drops at 7pm.

Mooseheads in the pros

Thanks to John Moore for some of these quick statistics. There are a few former Halifax Moosehead players that are in the pros this season.

Nathan MacKinnon is the biggest story. In September, Colorado Avalanche coach Patrick Roy announced that MacKinnon would be staying in the National Hockey League all year. Nate has seven points in nine games. He had a fight in his first ever NHL game and scored his first pro goal on October 12th versus Washington. With his goal he also has 6 assists.

Stephen MacAulay is playing in the East Coast Hockey League and has an assist in two games played with the Wheeling Nailers. Konrad Abeltshauser has no points in four games played with the Worcester Sharks but has 10 shots. Stefan Fournier is currently out with an ankle injury suffered from a Hamilton Bulldogs team event. He has 0 points in 1 game played. Marty Frk has 0 points with the Grand Rapids Griffins in two games played.


Four year former Moose player Pascal Amyot is currently playing for the Saint Mary's Huskies hockey team while Stephen Gillard and Anthony Terenzio plays for the Huskies rivals, the Dalhousie Tigers.

*stats as of 5pm on October 25th

Photo courtesy of cbc.ca

Subway Series coaches announced

The head coaches and assistants have been named for the 2013 Subway Series which will be held in the second half of November.

Team QMJHL will be headed by Gatineau Olympiques coach Benoit Groulx. DJ Smith (Oshawa Generals) and Dale Hunter (London Knights) will split the role for Team OHL and Brent Sutter of the Red Deer Rebels will coach Team WHL.

Groulx will be assisted on the bench by our very own Dominique Ducharme when the Q team takes on Russia in Gatineau and Sherbrooke on November 18 and 20th respectively. The game in Oshawa on November 21st will be normal for the Gens fans as Smith will be joined on the bench by his coaching staff, Roger Hunt and Paul McFarland. November 25th will see Team OHL take on the Russians in Sudbury for the second Ontario game with Wolves coach Paul Fixter beside Hunter. Ryan McGill of the Kootenay Ice will assist Sutter for coaching Team WHL on November 27 in Red Deer and November 28 in Lethbridge.

Dale Hunter, D.J. Smith and Dom Ducharme were all on the bench together when Canada's U-18 National Team captured the Gold medal at the Ivan Hlinka tournament this past August.

I'll have coverage of the Quebec games at the very least. When the rosters for each team are announced I will post them here.

Photo courtesy of lethbridgehurricanes.com

GAMEDAY 18: at Acadie-Bathurst

IT'S GAMEDAY

ACADIE-BATHURST TITAN vs HALIFAX MOOSEHEADS

Puck drops at 7pm

K.C. Irving Regional Centre (3,162) ~ Bathurst, NB

PREVIEW - It's the first game of a home and home series that will conclude tomorrow in Halifax. The teams are in opposite places than they were the last time these two teams met a month ago. The Mooseheads are climbing up the standings winning 7 of their last ten games while the Acadie-Bathurst Titan are rolling down to near the bottom of the pack but have a two game winning streak in their favor coming into this battle.


This is the second of nine games between the two division rivals this season. Halifax won the last matchup 5-3 on Metro Centre ice in September with Brent Andrews leading the team with 3 points (1G & 2A) while Zach Fucale had to make 19 saves.

THE NUMBERS

Leading scorers
HAL: Nikolaj Ehlers 18pts (8G & 10A), Andrew Ryan 17pts (9G & 8A), Brent Andrews 15pts (5G & 10A)
BAT: Raphael Lafontaine 15pts (6G & 9A), Adam Stevens 11pts (7G & 4A), Dominic Beachemin 10pts (5G & 5A)

LAST GAMES
The Titan are coming off a shootout win against the Quebec Remparts on Sunday. Four different players scored for the Titan with Alex Pisarik scored the only goal in the shootout while Mason McDonald and Jacob Brennan making 25 saves between them.

Halifax played their last game on Wednesday to end a 6 game home stand. They defeated the fourth ranked Charlottetown Islanders in a close affair 4 to 2. Darcy Ashley scored two goals for the second straight game while Zach Fucale only had to make 20 saves.

HEAD-TO-HEAD
This season    1-0-0-0   5GF   2GA
September 25  Titan 2 at Mooseheads 5
October 25 @ 7pm  Mooseheads at Titan
October 26 @ 7pm   Titan at Mooseheads
November 16 @ 7pm   Mooseheads at Titan
November 22 @ 7pm   Titan at Mooseheads
January 11 @ 7pm   Titan at Mooseheads
January 19 @ 3pm  Mooseheads at Titan
February 16 @ 3pm   Mooseheads at Titan
February 28 @ 7pm   Mooseheads at Titan
Last season     6-0-2-0   50GF   35GA

NOT PLAYING - Trey Lewis is still day-to-day with a hip injury while Jesse Lussier is out with a concussion

OUT OF TOWN
Eagles at Sagueneens - 8:00pm
Sea Dogs at Drakkar - 8:30pm
Phoenix at Armada - 8:30pm
Tigres at Voltigeurs - 8:30pm
Foreurs at Huskies - 8:30pm

GAME COVERAGE
TV: None
Live: @ABTitanLive, @HFXMooseheads
Webcast: TELUS
Radio: News 95.7
Post-game: The Chronicle Herald

AFTER THE GAME
The two teams will travel to Nova Scotia to go up against each once again tomorrow night in Halifax. Puck drops at 7pm.

POSTGAME: Islanders 2, Mooseheads 4

MC POST-GAME
Mooseheads double up Charlottetown to finish home stand winning

HALIFAX - Defeated.

The Canadian Press' recap: At Halifax, Darcy Ashley scored twice for the Mooseheads who went ahead with three unanswered goals.

Metro Halifax's recap: The Halifax Mooseheads proved their worth on Wednesday night.

The Chronicle Herald's recap: The top two team's in the QMJHL's Maritime Division went at it in Halifax on Wednesday and neither team seemed interested in giving an inch.

The Gaurdian's recap: Brooklyn's Darcy Ashley scored the game-winning goalwith 4:35 remaining Wednesday as the Halifax Mooseheads doubled the Charlottetown Islanders 4-2.

halifaxmooseheads.ca's recap: The Moose are inching closer to the top of the Maritimes Division after a 4-2 win tonight over the Charlottetown Islanders.

MISSING IN ACTION: Trey Lewis (hip), Jesse Lussier (concussion), Ryan Falkenham (hips) were still out with injuries while Vincent Watt and Liam Alcalde were healthy scratches.

INTERFERENCE
There were four interference calls in last nigt's game. That is a loof crashing the net. Antoine Bibeau did get hurt in one of the scrambles but was able to continue playng.

THREE
Darcy Ashley, Jonathan Drouin and Austyn Hardie all had three points in last night's game. Ashley had the last two Halifax goals plus an assist while Drouin was the opposite, one goal and 2 assists. Hardie assisted on 3 of the four Moose goals.

SHOTS
The shots in the first and second period were the same although on the QMJHL website it says they were not. Shots in the first were 17 for Halifax and 7 for Charlottetown with it being the same story in the second. The score for those two periods were the same too, as each team scored once in each of the first 2 twenty minutes.

DROUIN
Jonathan Drouin as I mentioned above had a goal and two assists. His goal was the first home goal he has scored this season on Metro Centre ice. He know has 3 on the season.

EHLERS
With an assist on Jonathan's goal, Nikolaj Ehlers has surpassed Andrew Ryan in team scoring and now has 18 points. He is first among rookies in the league and 16th overall. He has 8 goals and 10 points in 17 games. My father was very impressed with his speed.

BIBEAU
When I talk about players on the other team it is normally their goaltender that I discuss. That trend is continuing today. Antoine Bibeau was pretty much the only indication of why the Islanders are the number 4 ranked team in the country. He played really well and at times I think we all thought, players and fans included, that his team would skate away with the victory. If he continues like this he may be called up to the big leagues real soon if the Toronto Maple Leafs ever need a goaltender.

OTHER SCORES
Cape Breton 5 - 2 Moncton
Saint John 3 - 4 Drummondville
Shawinigan 2 - 4 Val-d'Or

UP NEXT
Halifax will travel to Acadie-Bathurst to take on the Titan in the first game of a home and home. Puck drops at 7pm.

Stellar Game.

Defeated. Outshot. Out killed. There was very little evidence of why the Charlottetown Islanders were once again named to the BMO Top 10 Rankings, this week at number 4. The only thing they showed was their stellar goaltending. Antoine Bibeau, a Toronto Maple Leafs prospect was awesome despite his teammates in front of him not being so the whole game. Halifax pelted 40 pucks on Bibeau while Charlottetown could only fester 24, seven shots in each of the first two periods.

FINAL: Islanders 2 at Mooseheads 4
50/50 Winning Draw: $7,197
Three stars: 3. Nevins CHA | 2. Weegar HAL | 1. Ashley HAL
Attendance: 6,445
MC Top Herd: Austyn Hardie

GAME LOG
First period
15:13 CHA Bradley Kennedy (3) | A: Nevins
17:02 HAL MacKenzie Weegar (2) | A: Ashley & Hardie

Penalties: Vance CHA (0:52, Slashing), Andrews HAL (4:51, Interference), Pepin CHA (6:07, Too many men), Nevins CHA (12:17, Interference), Bursey CHA (18:47, Boarding)
Shots: Halifax outshot Charlottetown 18 to 7 in the first 20 minutes

Second period
3:36 CHA Daniel Sprong (9) | A: Nevins & Cortese
19:30 HAL Jonathan Douin (3), PP | A: Weegar & Ehlers

Penalties: MacLauchlan CHA (4:24, Interference), Rioux-Legault CHA (12:04, Delay of game), Ashley HAL (15:47, Interference), Rioux-Legault CHA (18:35, Cross-checking), Murphy HAL (20:00, Roughing)
Shots: the Islanders could once again only get 7 shots on net to the Herd's 16

Third period
15:25 HAL Darcy Ashley (5) | A: Hardie & Drouin
19:39 HAL Darcy Ashley (6), EN | A: Hardie & Drouin

Penalties: Vance CHA (4:07, Hooking), Drouin HAL (8:11, Slashing), Meier HAL (16:17, Checking)
Shots: Charlottetown outshot Halifax in the last period 10-6 but the home team Mooseheads finished the game with 40 shots while the Islanders had 24

GOALIES
Winning goaltender: Zach Fucale HAL 22 saves
Losing goaltender: Antoine Bibeau CHA 36 saves

POWERPLAY
Halifax: 1-for-8
Charlottetown: 0-for-5

GAMEDAY 17: vs Charlottetown

IT'S GAMEDAY

HALIFAX MOOSEHEADS vs. CHARLOTTETOWN ISLANDERS

Puck drops at 7pm

Metro Centre (10,595) ~ Halifax, NS

PREVIEW - Well I was hoping to open this up as the Battle for first place in the division but Halifax was unable to get their firsth an a row on Saturday while Charlottetown did win this past weekend to spread the gap between the two teams to 3 points. This will be the first time that Halifax fans get to see the new Islanders uniforms live unless you went to the game in Charlottetown more than a month ago.

The renamed Prince Edward Island team has been the surprise this season. They were sold back in March after being defeated in the first round of the 2013 playoffs by Val-d'Or and were than renamed from the PEI Rocket to the Charlottetown Islanders. The awesome start this season has renewed hockey passion on the little island. They have had two games with over three thousand fans so far this season where last year they had none.


This is the second game between these two teams. They met in Charlottetown's home opener back on September 13 with the Islanders coming out on top. Alexandre Goulet scored two goals while Halifax's Kevin Darveau made 45 saves for his second career start in a 5-2 loss.

THE NUMBERS

Leading scorers
HAL: Andrew Ryan (9G, 8A, 17 PTS), Nikolaj Ehlers (8G, 9A, 17 PTS), Brent Andrews (5G, 10A, 15 PTS)
CHA: Jack Nevins (4G, 11A, 15 PTS), Daniel Sprong (8G, 6A, 14 PTS), Kameron Kielly (4G, 8A, 12 PTS)

LAST GAMES
Looking for their fourth straight win, Halifax was unable to defeat the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies on Saturday night. Darcy Ashley scored twice for the Moose who outshot the Huskies 38-21 and Kevin Darveau made 16 saves.

Charlottetown hosted the Victoriaville Tigres on Saturday and won 3 to 0 outshooting the Tigres 43-34. Matej Beran scored the game winner with less then 5 minutes left in the first while Eric Brassard made 34 saves to get the shutout.

HEAD-TO-HEAD
This season     0-1-0-0   2GF    5GA
September 13  Mooseheads 2 at Islanders 5
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 - Trey Lewis and possibly Jesse Lussier

OUT OF TOWN
Eagles at Wildcats - 7:00pm
Sea Dogs at Voltigeurs - 8:00pm
Cataractes at Foreurs - 8:30pm

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

AFTER THE GAME
The boys will travel to New Brunswick now to take on the Acadie-Bathurst Titan in the first game of a home and home series between the two clubs which starts Friday. Puck drops at 7pm.

Snapped.

FINAL: Huskies 5 at Mooseheads 3
50/50 Winning Draw: $8,520
Three stars: 3. Lemay ROU | 2. Ashley HAL | 1. St-Cyr ROU
Attendance: 7,513
MC Top Herd: Jonathan Drouin

GAME LOG
First period
1:33 HAL Darcy Ashley (3) | A: Ciampini
12:35 ROU Jean-Sebastien Dea (7), PP | A: Fournier & Hozjan

Penalties: Bois ROU (2:01, Hooking), Lindsay HAL (4:04, Too many men), Dea ROU (5:18, Hooking), Weegar HAL (11:22, Tripping & Unsportsmanlike conduct)
Shots: Rouyn-Noranda outshot Halifax in this period 7 to 4

Second period
3:07 HAL Darcy Ashley (4) | A: Ciampini & Weegar
3:23 ROU Marcus Power (9) | A: Fournier & Lemay
4:55 ROU Justin Guenette (1) | A: O'Brien
13:22 ROU Maxime St-Cyr (7) | A: Lemay
13:42 HAL Max Lindsay (1) | A: Leblanc & Shewfelt

Penalties: O'Brien ROU (14:48, Holding)
Shots: Halifax almost doubled the Huskies in the middle frame outshooting them 13-8

Third period
15:42 ROU Maxime St-Cyr (8) | A: Lemay

Penalties: Drouin HAL (7:47, Holding), Nantel ROU (11:23, High-sticking), Ryan HAL (11:23, Roughing)
Shots: the Mooseheads had a lot of shots in the third period outshooting Rouyn 21 to 6 and led the game 38-21

GOALIES
Winning goaltender: Carl Hozjan ROU 35 saves
Losing goaltender: Kevin Darveau HAL 16 saves

POWERPLAY
Halifax: 0-for-3
Rouyn-Noranda: 1-for-4

GAMEDAY 16: vs Rouyn-Noranda

IT'S GAMEDAY

HAIFAX MOOSEHEADS vs. ROUYN-NORANDA HUSKIES

Puck drops at 7pm

Metro Centre (10,595) ~ Halifax, NS

PREVIEW ~ Four straight. The Halifax Mooseheads will be looking for their fourth straight win when they take on the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies tonight. If they do win it will be the longest win streak of the season for the Herd who won three in a row earlier this month on the road. Jonathan Drouin made his home debut last night against Val-d'Or and helped the team to a 5-2 win with three assists while Nikolaj Ehlers, who is from Denmark, played very well in front of some of his family. Halifax is getting closer to the Charlottetown Islanders in points, they are only one point behind the newly renamed PEI team.


This is the first of two meetings between the Mooseheads and Huskies this season. They will meet again in two weeks time in Rouyn-Noranda.

THE NUMBERS

Leading scorers
HAL: Andrew Ryan (9G, 8A, 17 PTS), Nikolaj Ehlers (8G, 9A, 17 PTS), Brent Andrews (5G, 10A, 15 PTS)
ROU: Marcus Power (8G, 12A, 20 PTS), Francis Perron (6G, 8A, 14 PTS), Maxime St-Cyr (6G, 5A, 11 PTS)

LAST GAMES
Halifax is coming off a big 5-2 win during Pink in the Rink Friday night against the Val-dÒr Foreurs. Nikolaj Ehlers had recorded 2 goals and 2 assists while Zach Fucale made 20 saves for the win.

Rouyn-Noranda won on Thursday night against the Cape Breton Screaming Eagles 7-4 in the first of only 2 games that night. Alternate captain Liam O'Brien scored 2 goals to lead the Huskies to victory while Alexandre Belanger stopped 30 of 34 shots.

HEAD-TO-HEAD
This season     0-0-0-0     0GF    0GA
October 19 @ 7pm  Huskies at Mooseheads
November 1 @ 8:30pm  Mooseheads at Huskies
Last season      2-0-0-0    13GF    5GA

NOT PLAYING - Trey Lewis is still day-to-day

OUT OF TOWN
Oceanic at Phoenix - 5pm
Drakkar at Tigres - 5pm
Sagueneens at Islanders - 7pm
Remparts at Sea Dogs - 7pm
Armada at Olympiques - 8pm

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

AFTER THE GAME
Halifax will play their last game of this home stand on Wednesday against the Charlottetown Islanders. Puck drops at 7pm.

POSTGAME: Foreurs 2, Mooseheads 5

MC POST-GAME
Success once again in Pink in the Rink

HALIFAX - For the second straight year, your Halifax Mooseheads were on the winning side of the annual Pink in the Rink event.

The Canadian Press' recap: Brent Andrews scored a hat trick to lead the Halifax Mooseheads past the Val-d'Or Foreurs 5-2 in Quebec Major Junior Hockey League play Friday.

Metro Halifax's recap: The Halifax Mooseheads welcomed back Jonathan Drouin with a decisive win on Friday night.

The Chronicle Herald's recap: A little taste of home seemed to inspire Nikolaj Ehlers.

MISSING IN ACTION: Trey Lewis (hip), Jesse Lussier (concussion), Ryan Falkenham (hips), Liam Alcalde (healthy) and Brendan Duke (flu) did not play for your Moose. Maxime Gravel, Keven Larouche and Lukas Sladkovsky were not on the ice for the Foreurs.


PINK IN THE RINK
The 6th annual Pink in the Rink event was once again a success for the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation Atlantic Region. The pink jerseys that the Mooseheads were wearing were pretty cool this year. They were full pink with the colored Herd logo on the front.

HAT TRICK
With the net empty two players were able to get a hat trick last night but Nikolaj Ehlers decided to give up his chance and gave it to Brent Andrews to score the empty net goal and the hat trick one.

INJURIES
Halifax has been hit by the injury bug big this year already. Trey Lewis is out with tears in his hip, while Jonathan Drouin just got back from a groin injury and now Ryan Falkenham is out for the season after needing surgery on both hips.

EHLERS
European rookie Ehlers recorded a Gordie Howe hat trick last night. He scored two goals and had the chance to score a hat trick late in the third. He recorded two assists as well and fought Louick Marcotte halfway through the last frame. He was escorted off the ice for getting a game misconduct from the fight.

DROUIN
Jonathan Drouin made his home debut this season last night. He played in the 3 road games earlier this month after getting sent down by the Tampa Bay Lightning. He than hurt his groin before last Friday's game against Blainville. Drouin recorded three assists during the game.

MANTHA
League leading scorer Anthony Mantha recorded an assist in yesterday's game. He also had three penalties during the game.

GAZZOLA
Randy Gazzola returned to Halifax for the first time after being traded last year to Val-d'Or at the trade deadline.

OTHER SCORES
Chicoutimi 3 - 4 Acadie-Bathurst
Quebec 3 - 0 Moncton
Baie-Comeau 7 - 1 Sherbrooke
Gatineau 4 - 3 Drummondville
Rimouski 3 - 4 Shawinigan

UP NEXT
The home stand continues tonight when they take on the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies at the Metro Centre. Puck drops at 7pm.

Success in Pink.

For the second straight year, your Halifax Mooseheads were on the winning side of the annual Pink in the Rink event. Brent Andrews scored the first hat trick of the season for the team while rookie European Nikolaj Ehlers recorded a Gordie Howe hat trick. Val-d'Or scored the first goal of the game and than Halifax scored 3 unanswered goals before the end of the first period. Ehlers scored two goals and decided to allow Andrews to receive the hat trick with an empty net goal instead of taking it himself. Jonathan Drouin made his home season debut tonight and was pretty good picking up 3 assists. He looked a little timid at times but that is understandable after a groin injury.

FINAL: Foreurs 2 at Mooseheads 5
50/50 Winning Draw: $11,158
Three stars: 3. Jonathan Drouin HAL | 2. Brent Andrews HAL | 1. Nikolaj Ehlers HAL
Attendance: 8,777 
MC's Top Herd: Nikolaj Ehlers

GAME LOG
First period
11:07 VDO Anthony Richard (8) | A: Aube-Kubel & Fraser
13:17 HAL Nikolaj Ehlers (7), PP | A: Weegar & Drouin
14:10 HAL Brent Andrews (3) | A: Weegar
19:31 HAL Nikolaj Ehlers (8) | A: Drouin

Penalties: Galipeau VDO (4:52, Tripping), Andrews HAL (6:06, Roughing), Galipeau VDO (13:05, Interference), Mantha VDO (16:10, High-sticking)
Shots: Halifax led shots in the first 13-11

Second period
0:16 HAL Brent Andrews (4) | A: Ryan & Ehlers
11:56 HAL Guillaume Gelinas (6), PP | A: Gazzola & Mantha

Penalties: Morin VDO (9:46, Too many men), Ciampini HAL (11:29, Tripping), Gelinas VDO (16:05, Cross-checking)
Shots: Val-d'Or was only able to get off 7 shots to Halifax's 13

Third period
19:52 HAL Brent Andrews (5), EN | A: Ehlers & Douin

Penalties: Mantha VDO (7:37, Cross-checking), Marcotte VDO (9:10, Fighting), Macotte VDO (9:10, Fighting after original altercation - Game Miscoduct), Pietroniro VDO (9:10, Fighting), Ashley HAL (9:10, Cross-checking), Weegar HAL (9:10, Fighting), Weegar HAL (9:10, Fighting after original altercation - Game Miscoduct), Mantha VDO (14:37, Hooking)
Shots: Halifax once again led shots 12 to 4 and ended the game 38 to 22

GOALIES
Winning goaltender: Zach Fucale HAL 20 saves
Losing goaltender: Francois Tremblay VDO 33 saves

POWERPLAY
Halifax: 1-for-7
Val-d'Or: 1-for-3

GAMEDAY 15: vs Val-d'Or

IT'S GAMEDAY

HALIFAX MOOSEHEADS vs. VAL-D'OR FOREURS

Puck drops at 7:00pm

Metro Centre (10,595) ~ Halifax, NS

PREVEW - Pink jerseys. League leading scorer. Val-d'Or Foreurs. Those are the stories for tonight's game at the Halifax Metro Centre. Your Halifax Mooseheads will be hosting Anthony Mantha and his Foreurs when they have their pink in the rink event this evening. Mantha is leading the Quebec league in scoring as well as points. He has 16 goals and 12 assists for 28 points in just 10 games. Those are insane numbers for anybody but clearly he is trying to show the Detroit Red Wings that they should have kept him in the NHL.

The Mooseheads will be wearing pink jerseys when they take on Val-d'Or. The jerseys will then be raffled off to 20 lucky fans at the end of the game. There are also going to be other jerseys available to be won. The team announced on twitter that the ice will not be painted pink this season.


This is the first game between these two teams this season. They will meet again in two weeks in Val-d'Or.

THE NUMEBRS

Leading scorers

VDO: Anthony Mantha (16G, 12A, 28 PTS), Louick Marcotte (5G, 14A, 19 PTS), Guillaume Gelinas (5G, 12A, 17 PTS)
HAL: Andrew Ryan (9G, 7A, 16 PTS), Nikolaj Ehlers (6G, 7A, 13 PTS), Brent Andrews (2G, 10A, 12 PTS)

LAST GAMES
Halifax won big on Tuesday against the Cape Breton Screaming Eagles 7-3. Andrew Ryan added to his goal total with 2 goals and added an assist while Zach Fucale made 40 saves as the Eagles outshot the Moose.

Val-d'Or were in Charlottetown last night to play the Islanders and with Anthony Mantha held of the score sheet only got one goal in a 7-1 loss despite outshooting Charlottetown 49 to 31. Guillaume Gelinas scored the only goal while Francois Trembley and Keven Bouchard making a combined 24 saves.

HEAD-TO-HEAD
This season    0-0-0-0     0GF   0GA
October 18 @ 7pm  Foreurs at Mooseheads
November 2 @ 8:30pm  Mooseheads at Foreurs
Last season     2-0-0-0    8GF   6GA

NOT PLAYING - Trey Lewis is still out with a tear in his hip while it is possible that Jonathan Drouin could return to the lineup tonight from a groin injury

OUT OF TOWN
Sagueneens at Titan - 7:00pm
Remparts at Wildcats - 7:00pm
Drakakr at Phoenix - 8:00pm
Olympiques at Voltigeurs - 8:30pm
Oceanic at Cataractes - 8:30pm

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

AFTER THE GAME
Halifax will be back on the ice tomorrow night and will take on the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies at the Metro Centre. Puck drops at 7pm.

Pink in the Rink tomorrow

Tomorrow night is your Halifax Mooseheads' Pink in the Rink event. Pink in the Rink is an annual event held by Quebec Major Junior Hockey League teams in the month of October, which is Breast Cancer Awareness month. Each of the 18 teams wear pink colored jerseys which are most times auctioned off to lucky fans and color the ice pink.

The Mooseheads announced some details about their night earlier today. They made the splash page pink to let everyone know when it is. Fans are encouraged to wear pink themselves to the game. Raffle tickets for the game worn jerseys will be sold at 1 for $5 and 3 for $10. They will be autographed. A Trey Lewis autographed pink jersey to a fan deemed best dressed during the game. A pink jersey signed by the whole team will be auctioned online starting Monday.

More raffle tickets will be giving to customers who make donations to the cause at the downtown Boston Pizza and Stayner's Wharf Pub & Grill for a pink jersey. Fans who can't wear pink to the game can buy pink American Apparel t-shirts at Antlers for $19.99 or 17:99 depending on what size you need.

All proceeds will go to the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation - Atlantic Region.

Since it's throwback Thursday let's take a look back at the jerseys that the Moose wore in the previous Pink in the Rink nights.

Pink in the Rink I: October 24th, 2008 versus Chicoutimi Sagueneens

Pink in the Rink II: October 24th, 2009 versus Saint John Sea Dogs

Pink in the Rink III: October 22nd, 2010 versus Cape Breton Screaming Eagles

Pink in the Rink IV: October 21st versus Saint John Sea Dogs

Pink in the Rink V: October 19th versus Sherbrooke Phoenix



Did you know?
-the Herd were the first team in the QMJHL to host a pink in the rink back in 2008 against the Chicoutimi Sagueneens.
-the 5th edition of Pink in the Rink was the Mooseheads' first win in 5 events, the previous four were losses 7-1, 4-0, 7-2 and 5-0 2008 to 2011 respectively while the win was a 4-3 score.

League leading scorer Anthony Mantha is in town with his Val-d'Or Foreurs for the event. Mantha leads the Quebec league with 16 goals and 12 assists for 28 points in just 9 games. He was also named the CHL player of the week yesterday.

Don't forget to wear PINK!!

Photos courtesy of icethetics.blogspot.ca (I), metronews.ca (II), David Chan (III), The Chronicle Herald (IV), hockeyscene.ca (V)

** Look at my facebook page and twitter account tomorrow during the game for this year's jersey.

POSTGAME: Eagles 3, Mooseheads 7

MC POST-GAME
Halifax roll to a 7-3 win over provincial rivals

HALIFAX - Different teams, different game plans.

The Canadian Press' recap: Zach Fucale made 38 saves and the Halifax Mooseheads scored five unanswered goals in a 7-3 win over the Cape Breton Screaming Eagles in Quebec Major Junior Hockey League play Tuesday.

Cape Breton Post's recap: The Cape Breton Screaming Eagles' two-game winning streak was snapped following a 7-3 loss to the Halifax Mooseheads in Quebec Major Junior Hockey League action on Tuesday at the Halifax Metro Centre.

Metro Halifax's recap: The Halifax Mooseheads' offense woke up on Tuesday.

The Chronicle Herald's recap: Tuesday's game between the Halifax Mooseheads and Cape Breton Screaming Eagles unfolded in two chapters.

capebretoneagle.com's recap: Cape Breton's two-game winning streak came to an end as the Halifax Mooseheads got by the Screaming Eagles 7-3 in front of 6,137 fans on hand at the Halifax Metro Centre on Tuesday.

MISSING IN ACTION: Jonathan Drouin (groin) and Trey Lewis (hip) are still out with injuries while Jesse Lussier, Liam Alcalde and Max Lindsay were healthy scratches. Scratched for Cape Breton were Jason Bell, Michael Lyle and Maxim Lazarav.

3 POINTS
Andrew Ryan, Nikolaj Ehlers and Brent Andrews all recorded three points in last night's win. Ryan had 2 goals plus and assist while Ehlers and Andrews scored once and assisted on 2.

SHORTHANDED
Your Halifax Mooseheads were able to score two shorthanded goals during yesterday's game. According to Herd History, it was the 29th time in franchse history for the team to score 2 shorthanded goals in one game.

ODD GOAL
A very odd play happened last night. Alex Bureau came way out of his net to play the puck, which you don't see much in the Q league, but instead of passing it to one of his teammates he passed it to Brent Andrews. Andrews then was able to shot it towards the net and the puck went in to give the Mooseheads the lead 2-1 and they never looked back. It was also one of the shorthanded goals scored.

FUCALE
Zach Fucale had to be solid last night as the Eagles peppered him with a total of 43 shots during the game. He made some pretty good saves too. He also didn't wear his new colorful helmet instead opted to wear a plain white one, no word why.

UP NEXT
Halifax will be back at it on Friday for their annual Pink in the Rink game. Puck drops at 7pm against the Val-d'Or Foreurs.

Rollin' Rollin'.

Different teams, different game plans. Cape Breton was able to win a close game against the number one ranked team but couldn't stop the Halifax Mooseheads on Tuesday night. Jonathan Drouin wasn't even in this game and the home team scored 7 times from six different players. Not only did the Screaming Eagles give up a powerplay goal, something they were able to prohibit against Blainville, but they also were scored on twice with the extra men on the ice. It was the first time in more than a year that the Mooseheads scored two shorthanded goals in one game.

FINAL: Eagles 3 at Mooseheads 7
50/50 Winning Draw: $6,744
Three stars: 3. Ashley HAL | 2. Ryan HAL | 1. Andrews HAL 
Attendance: 6,137
MC's Top Herd: Darcy Ashley

GAME LOG
First period
16:18 CAP William Carrier (3) | A: Darcy & Dozzi

19:43 HAL Andrew Ryan (8) | A: Andrews & Weegar

Penalties: Ryan HAL (7:57, Checking from behind), Meier HAL (11:05, Hooking)
Shots: Cape Breton doubled Halifax in shots 16-8 in the first 20 minutes

Second period
13:49 HAL Brent Andrews (2), SH | A: None 

Penalties: Weegar HAL (0:59, Delay of game), Corriveau CAP (3:48, Slashing), D. Moynihan (12:59, Interference), Woodworth CAP (18:07, Interference)
Shots: The Eagles led the shots 11-10 in the middle frame

Third period
7:11 HAL Luca Ciampini (2), PP | A: Ryan & Ashley
9:15 HAL Darcy Ashley (2), SH | A: Ehlers 

11:35 HAL Andrew Shewfelt (2) | A: Ciampini & Duke

14:52 CAP Charles-Eric Legare (2), PP | A: Lalonde & Beaton

16:33 HAL Andrew Ryan (9) | A: Ehlers & Andrews 

17:17 CAP Cameron Darcy (6) | A: Carrier
19:19 HAL Nikolaj Ehlers (6), EN | A: None

Penalties: Weegar HAL (2:46, Slashing), Pelletier CAP (6:31, Tripping), Andrews HAL (7:47, Slashing), Meier HAL (13:02, High-sticking), Donnelly CAP (19:30, Fighting), Donnelly CAP (19:30, Unsportsmanlike conduct - Misconduct), Donnelly CAP (19:30, Fight in final 5 minutes - Game misconduct), Dozzi CAP (19:30, Not clearing the area of a fight - Misconduct), Simard CAP (19:30, Not clearing the area of a fight - Misconduct), Jacques HAL (19:30, Fighting), Jacques HAL (19:30, Fight in final 5 minutes - Game misconduct), Leblanc HAL (19:30, Not clearing the area of a fight - Misconduct), Watt HAL (19:30, Not clearing the area of a fight - Misconduct)
Shots: Halifax could only get 11 shots in the third to Cape Breton's 16 and were outshot 43 to 29 for the full game

GOALIES
Winning goaltender: Zach Fucale HAL 40 saves
Losing goaltender: Alex Bureau CAP 22 saves

POWERPLAY
Halifax: 1-for-3
Cape Breton: 1-for-7

GAMEDAY 14: vs Cape Breton

IT'S GAMEDAY

HALIFAX MOOSEHEADS vs. CAPE BRETON SCREAMING EAGLES

Puck drops at 7:00pm

Metro Centre (10,595) ~ Halifax, NS

PREVIEW - They did the impossible Sunday afternoon. I am of course talking about the other Nova Scotia team, the Cape Breton Screaming Eagles defeating the number 1 ranked team in the country, the Blainville-Boisbriand Armada. After playing the Halifax Mooseheads, Blainville travelled to Sydney to take on the Eagles but left with an overtime loss, their first loss in 11 games this season.

The question now is; who will come out on top of tonight's game? Cape Breton will come into the Metro Centre with lots of confidence, thinking they did what eight other teams could not; defeating the Armada. Halifax will be playing with a chip on their shoulder trying to tie the season series up after losing to the Screaming Eagles almost a month ago. It's possible that the Herd could have reinforcements once again. Jonathan Drouin could make his home season debut tonight if all goes well.


This is the second game of the Battle of Nova Scotia series this season. Cape Breton's Clark Bishop scored two goals and Cameron Darcy chipped in with a goal and two assists to lead the home team to a 5-2 win against the Herd back in September.

THE NUMBERS

Leading scorers
HAL: Andrew Ryan (7G, 6A, 13 PTS), Nikolaj Ehlers (5G, 5A, 10 PTS), Brent Andrews (1G, 8A, 9 PTS)
CAP: Cameron Darcy (5G, 11A, 16 PTS), Jeremy Beaudry (4G, 8A, 12 PTS), Julien Pelletier (7G, 4A, 11 PTS)

LAST GAMES
Halifax rebounded on Saturday night against the Saint John Sea Dogs after losing a heartbreaker on Friday. Kevin Darveau stopped 21 shots for his first career shutout while Darcy Ashley and Andrew Ryan had a goal and assist each to lead the Moose.

Cape Breton is coming off a big overtime win against the #1 CHL ranked team, the Blainville-Boisbriand Armada on Sunday. Jeremy Beaudry scored 2 goals while Maxime Legace stopped 14 of 18 shots.

HEAD-TO-HEAD
This season    0-1-0-0    2GF    0GA
September 22  Mooseheads 2 at Eagles 5
October 15 @ 7pm  Eagles at Mooseheads
November 29 @ 7pm  Mooseheads at Eagles
December 28 @ 7pm  Eagles at Mooseheads
December 29 @ 7pm  Mooseheads at Eagles
January 25 @ 7pm  Eagles at Mooseheads
February 12 @ 7pm  Eagles at Mooseheads
March 4 @ 7pm  Mooseheads at Eagles
March 15 @ 7pm  Eagles at Mooseheads
Last season     8-0-0-0    25GF    16GA

NOT PLAYING - Trey Lewis is still out with a sore hip and Jonathan Drouin may make his return after hurting his lower body in practice Friday

GAME COVERAGE
TV: None
Live: @MC_MooseCountry
Webcast: TELUS
Radio: News 95.7, 103.5 The Eagle
Post-game: MooseCountry blog

AFTER THE GAME
The 6th annual Pink in the Rink game for your Moose is Friday October 18th. Puck drops at 7pm.

Much Better.

Well that was a different game. Your Halifax Mooseheads came back in a good way after losing a heartbreaker Friday night. Kevin Darveau played only his third game of the season and didn't allow one goal, getting his first career shutout in his junior career. The team as a whole was much better than Friday controlling the puck pretty much the whole 60 minutes.

FINAL: Sea Dogs 0 at Mooseheads 3
50/50 Winning Draw: $7,861
Three stars: 3. Ryan HAL | 2. Ashley HAL | 1. Darveau HAL
Attendance: 7,560 
MC's Top Herd: Kevin Darveau

GAME LOG
First period
7:44 HAL Darcy Ashley (1), PP | A: Ryan & Ciampini
13:51 HAL Timo Meier (5) | A: Ashley & Lovell

Penalties: Moynihan HA (0:39, Hooking), Walter SNB (3:54, Slashing, Fighting, Instigator), Walter SNB (3:54, Instigator - misconduct), Lovell HAL (3:54, Fighting), Lindsay HAL (8:11, Hooking), Highmore SNB (18:05, Delay of game)
Shots: Halifax led shots in the first 20 12 to 7

Second period
None

Penalties: Ehlers HAL (1:03, Too many men), Lindsay HAL (4:05, Hooking), Dove-McFalls SNB (5:24, Holding), Leblanc SNB (7:27, Tripping)
Shots: Saint John got the same amount of shots in the middle frame, outshot 13-7

Third period
8:34 HAL Andrew Ryan (7) | A: Andrews & Ehlers

Penalties: Brown SNB (4:01, Tripping), Ashley HAL (14:01, Hooking), Ashley HAL (17:00, Slashing), Dove-McFalls SNB (19:40, Roughing)
Shots: The Mooseheads finished the night on top of shots with 36 to the Dogs 21, third period shots were 11-7 for the home team

GOALIES
Winning goaltender: Kevin Darveau HAL 21 saves
Losing goaltender: Sebastien Auger SNB 33 saves

POWERPLAY
Halifax: 1-for-7
Saint John: 0-for-6

GAMEDAY 13: vs Saint John

IT'S GAMEDAY

HALIFAX MOOSEHEADS vs. SAINT JOHN SEA DOGS

Puck drops at 7:00pm

Metro Centre (10,595) ~ Halifax, NS

PREVIEW - Can they take the energy of last night and make it into a win? Well the fans certainly hope so. Last night was very exciting but at the end disappointing with Halifax giving up a shorthanded goal with a few minutes left. Halifax is now back to being .500 with the loss. Jointhan Drouin could be back in the lineup tonight after missing yesterday's game but he will be a game time decision.


This is the second of 8 meetings between these two clubs. Saint John won the previous matchup 11 days ago with Michael Abbott scoring two goals.

THE NUMBERS

Leading scorers
HAL: Andrew Ryan (6G, 5A, 11 PTS), Nikolaj Ehlers (5G, 4A, 9 PTS), Brent Andrews (1G, 7A, 8 PTS), MacKenzie Weegar (1G, 7A, 8 PTS)
SNB: Michel Abbott (4G, 6A, 10 PTS), Stephen Anderson (4G, 4A, 8 PTS), Oliver Cooper (1G, 7A, 8 PTS)

LAST GAMES
Halifax lost their 6th game this season on Friday, going down 4-3 versus the Blainville-Boisbriand Arada. Mac Weegar led the team with 2 assists while Zach Fucale save 20 of 24 shots.

Saint John is coming off a 5-4 shootout win against the Acadie-Bathurst Titan on Sunday. The Sea Dogs shot 47 pucks to the net, Joey Richard scored two goals while Antoine Landry saved 34 shots of 38.

HEAD-TO-HEAD
This season     0-1-0-0     2GF    4GA
October 1  Mooseheads 2 at Sea Dogs 4
October 12 @ 7pm  Sea Dogs at Mooseheads
November 9 @ 7pm  Sea Dogs at Mooseheads
November 23 @ 7pm  Sea Dogs at Mooseheads
January 4 @ 7pm  Mooseheads at Sea Dogs
January 21 @ 7pm  Mooseheads at Sea Dogs
March 8 @ 7pm  Mooseheads at Sea Dogs
March 14 @ 7pm  Sea Dogs at Mooseheads
Last season    7-0-1-0    43GF    16GA

NOT PLAYING - Trey Lewis is still out and it is possible that Jonathan Drouin will be out too.

OUT OF TOWN
Olympiques at Drakkar - 5:00pm
Titan at Sagueneens - 5:00pm
Wildcats at Oceanic - 5:00pm
Voltigeurs at Huskies - 8:00pm
Phoenix at Foreurs - 8:30pm

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

AFTER THE GAME
The next game is on Tuesday at home for your Halifax Mooseheads against Cape Breton. Puck drops at 7pm.

POSTGAME: Armada 4, Mooseheads 3

MC POST-GAME
Streak stays in tack with shorthanded goal by Blainville

HALIFAX - Looks like another team will be the first one to give the Blainville-Boisbriand Armada their first loss.

The Canadian Press' recap: Frederic Bergeron scored once and set up two more as Blainville-Boisbriand edged the Mooseheads.

Metro Halifax's recap: Just when it appeared the Halifax Mooseheads were poised for a comeback win, things fell apart.

The Q News' recap: Luca Ciampini netted his first goal of the season in a losing cause Friday Night.

Chronicle Herald's recap: The No. 1 ranked team in the CHL came to Halifax on Friday and the Mooseheads nearly knocked them off.

halifaxmooseheads.ca's recap: That hurts.

MISSING IN ACTION: Trey Lewis (labral tear) and Jonathan Drouin (groin) were not in the lineup while healthy scratches were Liam Alcalde, Jesse Lussier and Vincent Watt. The Armada didn't dress Emil Aronsson, Marc-Olivier Roy, Tyler Brown and David Bedard.

TWEET OF THE NIGHT

PICTURES
Here are my pictures from last night.

COMEBACK
The comeback fell just short. Midway through the third the Herd were down 3-1 but they got two goals in a little over 2 minutes to tie things up.

CAPTAINCY
With captain Trey Lewis out with a hip injury, Darcy Ashley was the captain last night. Brent Andrew will also be captain while Lewis is out.

CIAMPINI
Luca Ciampini scored his first goal of the season last night.

FALKENHAM
Local boy Ryan Falkenham scored the tying goal on a vey nice play. He got 2nd star honors.

WEEGAR
MacKenzie Weegar assisted on two of the three goals yesterday evening. Mac seemed to be on the ice every time I looked so I'm not surprised that he got points last night. He was the third star of the game.

OTHER SCORES
Cap Breton 3 -2 Charlottetown
Bathurst 0 - 3 Qubec
Sherbrooke 1 - 4 Rouyn-Noranda
Victoriaville 3 - 0 Shawinigan
Drummondville 4 - 6 Val-d'Or

UP NEXT
Halifax will take on the Saint John Sea Dogs tonight at home. Puck drops at 7pm.

Tough Loss.

Looks like another team will be the first one to give the Blainville-Boisbriand Armada their first loss. The Moncton Wildcats were unable to Thursday night losing 4-0 while the Halifax Mooseheads were also unable to but they gave the Armada hard fought game. Both teams changed chances in the first period but neither could get past the goaltenders. After going down 2-0 half way though the second and the crowd being deflated, the Mooseheads got a goal by Luca Ciampini to liven it up. Halifax than came back to tie it after bring down 3 to 1 with goals by Andrew Ryan and a very nice one by Ryan Falkenham. There were plenty of missed powerplay opportunities as well. A shorthanded goal was the dagger that allowed the Armada to remain perfect this year.

FINAL: Armada 4 at Mooseheads 3
50/50 Winning Draw: $8,594
Three stars: 3. Weegar HAL | 2. Falkenham HAL | 1. Bergeron BLB
Attendance: 7,830
MC's Top Herd: Ryan Falkenham  

GAME LOG
First period
None

Penalties: Hadie HAL (6:00, High-sticking), Hardie HAL (15:39, Roughing)
Shots: pucks to the net were tied in the first period at 8

Second period
5:44 BLB Marcus Hinds (4) | A: Clapperton
9:48 BLB Philippe Sanche (2) | A: Bergeron & Tesink
17:31 HAL Luca Ciampini (1), PP | A:Weegar & Ehlers

Penalties: Begeron BLB (7:39, Slashing) , Jevpalovs BLB (16:49, Hooking)
Shots: Blainville led middle frame shots 8 to 6

Third period
10:27 BLB Frederic Bergeron (5) | A: Hodhod
11:29 HAL Andrew Ryan (6) | A: Leblanc & Lindsay
13:32 HAL Ryan Falkenham (4) | A: Weegar & C. Moynihan
18:32 BLB Samuel Tremblay (2), SH | A: Bergeron

Penalties: Walcott BLB (2:46, Tripping), Walcott BLB (13:46, Playing after losing helmet), Clapperton BLB (17:06, Interference)
Shots: Halifax led the third period shots 13-8 and overall shot 27 pucks to the net and allowed 24

GOALIES
Winning goaltender: Zach Fucale HAL 20 saves
Losing goaltender: Etienne Marcoux BLB 24 saves

POWERPLAY
Halifax: 1-for-5
Blainville: 0-for-2

GAMEDAY 12: vs Blainville-Boisbriand

IT'S GAMEDAY

HALIFAX MOOSEHEADS vs. BLAINVILLE-BOISBRIAND ARMADA

Puck drops at 7:00pm

Metro Centre (10,595) ~ Halifax, NS

PREVIEW - Undefeated. Going into the tonight's game that is all anybody will be thinking about. The 3rd year Blainville-Boisbriand Armada are coming into town as the number one ranked team in the country with a 9-0 record. Your Halifax Mooseheads will look to stop that streak and prove that they are not part of the champiosnhip curse that seems to plaque lots of championship teams in the year after winning the trophy. The Armada are the only truly undefeated team right now in the Canadian Hockey League.

Halifax will have some help however as Darcy Ashley, who was third in team scoring alst season, is returning to the lineup after being out since the middle of training camp with a broken hand. It will also be the home debut for 3rd overall draft pick Jonathan Drouin. Drouin was reassigned to the Moose by the Tampa Bay Lightning a day after Halifax's last home game and has played 4 road games collecting 5 points. Drouin collected 56 of his 105 points on home ice last season so he should help the team score more on this 6 game homestand. Ashley will also be a big boost, he had 26 goals and 78 points last year. 


This is the first of two games between Blainville and the Mooseheads. They will meet agian in February.

THE NUMBERS

Leading scorers
BLB: Christopher Clapperton (6G, 14A, 20 PTS), Nikita Jevpalovs (8G, 4A, 12 PTS), Ryan Tesnik (2G, 7A, 9 PTS)
HAL: Andrew Ryan (5G, 5A, 10 PTS), Nikolaj Ehlers (5G, 3A, 8 PTS), Brent Andrews (1G, 7A, 8 PTS)

LAST GAMES
The Herd are coming off a 3-2 win, their third stright by the score, against the Drummondville Voltigeurs. Timo Meier scored the first two goals for the Moose while Zach Fucale stopped 22 of 24 shots.

Blainville-Boisbriand continued their streak last night against the Moncton Wildcats, shuting out the Cats 4-0. Frederic Bergeron led the team in points with 2 goals as Etienne Marcoux stopped all 22 pucks he faced for the shutout.

HEAD-TO-HEAD
This season    0-0-0-0    0GF    0GA
October 11 @ 7pm  Armada at Mooseheads
February 1 @ 8pm  Mooseheads at Armada
Last season    2-0-0-0   8GF    5GF

NOT PLAYING - Just as the Herd are getting one guy back (Darcy Ashley) another one goes down; Trey Lewis will be out indefinitely

OUT OF TOWN
Eagles at Islanders - 7:00pm
Titan at Remparts - 8:00pm
Phoenix at Huskies - 8:30pm
Tigres at Cataractes - 8:30pm
Huskies at Foreurs - 8:30pm

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

AFTER THE GAME
The Mooseheads continue their homestand tomorrow night against the Saint John Sea Dogs. Puck drops at 7pm.

Halifax starts homestand on Friday

Your Halifax Mooseheads will start the longest homestand of the season on Friday against Blainville-Boisbriand. Friday's game will be the first of SIX straight home games. The other homestands are either 3 or 4 games long while the road trips are the same. Halifax will not play more than 4 straight games on the road this season.

After they play the Armada, your Mooseheads will also be playing hosts to Saint John, Cape Breton, Val-d'Or, Rouyn-Noranda and Charlottetown. The homestand will consist of four weekend games, as well as a Tuesday and Wednesday night game. It will finish with a game against the Islanders, PEI's renamed hockey team, on Wednesday October 23rd. For all 6 games the puck will drop at 7:00pm.

Halifax plays 13 games in October, seven of which are played at the Metro Centre. The other six are in enemy territory, four of which have already been played.

POSTGAME: Mooseheads 3, Voltigeurs 2

MC POST-GAME
Drummondville unable to tie the game, Halifax wins

FINAL: Mooseheads 3 at Voltigeurs 2
Attendance: 2,212
Three stars: 3. Moynihan HAL | 2. Meier HAL | 1. Lalancette DRU

The Canadian Press' recap: Timo Meier scored twice, including the winner on the power play, as Halifax defeated the Voltigeurs.

Metro Halifax's recap: The Halifax Mooseheads ended their road trip above .500, for the first time this season.

theqnews.net's recap: Timo Meier scored twice helping the Halifax Mooseheads to a 3-2 win over the Voltigeurs at Centre Marcel Dionne in Drummondville Sunday afternoon.

L'Express' recap: Prives d'Alexandre Roy et de Georgs Golovkovs, tous deau mis K.-). par une commotion cerebrale subie la veille, les Voltigeurs (6-4-0-0) ont mise sur la defensive pour tenter de freiner les champions en titre de la Coupe Memorial.

The Chronicle Herald's recap: The drive back to Halifax should be nice and relaxed for the Mooseheads.

halifaxmooseheads.com's recap: The Mooseheads seem to be finding their groove.

QMJHL.ca's recap: Game summary.

SCORERS: Christophe Lalancette (1) DRU 16:03, Timo Meier (3) HAL 27:05, Jerome Vernier (5) 27:5, Timo Meier (4) HAL 35:25, Jonathan Drouin (2) HAL 43:12

MISSING IN ACTION: Brian Lovell, Jacob Jacques, Vincent Watt, Darcy Ashley and Liam Alcade were the scratches for Halifax. Alexandre Roy, Mathieu Amyot and Georgs Golovkovs were the ones sitting in the press box for Drummondville.

PINK IN THE RINK
This was one of two pink in the rink games that the Mooseheads are taking part in. The Voltigeurs wore pink jerseys during the game. They also wore them yesterday when Drummondville took on Rimouski. It's all to help raise awareness for breast cancer and the research to stop it.

SWEEP
Three games in three nights is a big task to finish. Well your Herd have not only finished it but will be coming home with the weekend sweep after winning today as well as Friday night and Saturday. They were able to collect all 6 points available to them in the 3 days.

POWERPLAY
The powerplay seems to be clicking better as two of the 3 goals were scored with the man advantage. Halifax ended the night 2 for 6 on the powerplay and a perfect 4 for 4 on the penalty kill.

SHOTS
Final shots ended in a tie with both teams shooting 24 pucks at the net.

MEIER
Timo Meier scored a couple of nice goals last night. He recorded the first goal of the game for the Moose tying up the game in the middle frame. He than tied up again with less then 5 minutes left on the powerplay.

DROUIN
Jonathan Drouin scored his second goal in 4 games, scoring the game winner. He had a second goal taken away.

OTHER SCORES
Saint John 5 - 4 Bathurst SO
Cape Breton 1 - 3 Moncton
Quebec 2 - 3 Blainville
Gatineau 5 - 3 Sherbrooke

NEXT GAME
It's back to Moose Country for Halifax now when they start a 6 game homestand on Friday against Blainville-Boisbriand. Puck drops at 7pm.