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.