GAMEDAY 30: at Cape Breton

IT'S GAMEDAY

CAPE BRETON SCREAMING EAGLES vs. HALIFAX MOOSEHEADS

Puck drops at 7:00pm

Centre 200 (5,000) ~ Sydney, NS

PREVIEW - Can they make it a perfect month? Well we'll have to wait and see if the Halifax Mooseheads can make it a perfect November. Of course they'll be doing it on he road but Moose fans can still watch the game, as long as you have Eastlink. It's a big game. Provincial rivals. 10 straight wins. What's going to happen.


The Moose and Eagles played on October 15th last in the second of 9 games. Halifax won big with Andrew Ryan scoring 2 goals and an assist in a 7-3 win. Zach Fucale made 40 saves.

THE NUMBERS

LAST GAMES
Cape Breton hasn't played since Sunday when they invited the Acadie-Bathurst Titan to "The Nest" and lost 4 to 1. Loic Leduc scored the only goal for the Eagles while Chase Marchand made 26 saves.

Halifax played last the day before against Saint John in Moose Country and shutout the Sea Dogs 5-0 to extend their win streak to nine on Saturday. Nikolaj Ehlers scored 2 goals to power the offence which shot 42 pucks at Sebastien Auger. Zach Fucale stopped all 22 shots he faced.

HEAD-TO-HEAD
This season    1-1-0-0    9GF    3GA
September 22  Mooseheads 2 at Eagles 5
October 15  Eagles 3 at Mooseheads 7
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 - a few may be out due to the flu and of course Ryan Falkenham is out all season recovering from hip surgery

OUT OF TOWN
Huskies at Islanders - 7:00pm
Foreurs at Sea Dogs - 7:30pm
Tigres at Phoenix - 8:00pm
Armada at Voltigeurs - 8:30pm
Drakkar at Olympiques - 8:30pm
Sagueneens at Oceanic - 8:30pm

GAME COVERAGE
TV: Eastlink
Live: @FraserTQN
Radio: News 95.7
Webcast: TELUS
Post-game: The Chronicle Herald

AFTER THE GAME
The Mooseheads will come back home for a Sunday afternoon tilt against Moncton. Puck drops at 4:00pm.

The Good and the Bad

The Good:

• Jonathan Drouin is on a tear. He has 30 points in just the month of November going into Friday's game. He was named the first star of the QMJHL Telus 3 stars of the week in the last two weeks as well as the CHL Player of the Week this month.
• In the same month, your Mooseheads have not lost a game. Halifax has won all 9 games this month so far. Hopefully they can make it a perfect month on Friday when they take on provincial rivals Cape Breton.
• On Wednesday, the Herd were ranked #5 in the BMO CHL Top 10 Rankings for week 11. They moved up from #8 last week.
• During Pink in the Rink, Moose Coutnry raised $19,803 for Cancer Research. Story

The Bad:

• The team had to cancel their practice at the BMO Centre last night because 9 players are out wtih the flu. They were going to practice wtih the Bedford Blues. Story
• This weekends games will probably be the last games for a while for Drouin, Zach Fucale and hopefully Mac Weegar as the training camp for Team Canada's World Junior team starts sometime in early December.

The Interesting:

• The Moose have 7 games this season that have ended in a 5-2 score. That is the score that has happened the most this season.
• For the first time in the 11 year history of the Subway Super Series the Russians have swept the Ontario Hockey League in their 2 game mini series that they play.

Look for my previews of this weekends games on the day of, tomorrow's will be out mid morning. Also I will have a new post on Monday about how the team is doing so far this season.

My Team Canada roster for WJC

Well we are a month away from the World Juniors which are being held in Malmo, Sweden this year. I don't know about you but I always look forward to Christmas and Boxing Day when the World Juniors begin. With it being in Sweden this year, fans in Canada will once again have to get up early to see the best of their country play. Luckily it won't be as early as last year though if your on the East Coast. Sweden is 5 hours ahead of us here in Nova Scotia while Ufa, Russia is actually 10 hours ahead.

Here is who I think will get the invite from the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League.
Jonathan Drouin F
Anthony Mantha F
Frederik Gauthier F
Charles Hudon F
Zach Fucale G
Etteine Marcoux G
MacKenzie Weegar D
Christopher Clapperton F
Ryan Graves D

Good luck to everyone. I'll have a full list of attendees when it comes available.

POSTGAME: Titan 2, Mooseheads 9

MC POST-GAME
Jonathan Drouin has 5th straight 3 or more point night to help Moose win big

HALIFAX - The Halifax Mooseheads gave their fans something to cheer about on BMO CHL Ultimate Fan Contest night.

The Canadian Press recap: Jonathan Drouin scored once and set up four others as the Mooseheads crushed Acadie-Bathurst for their eighth win in a row.

Halifax Metro's recap: Everyone who you’d expect stepped up for the Halifax Mooseheads on Friday night.

Titan Nation's recap: If you were one of the 8,108 in attendance at the Halifax Metro Centre tonight looking for a beat down, you probably left satisfied unless you were an Acadie-Bathurst Titan fan.

The Q News' recap: Jonathan Drouin helped lead the Halifax Mooseheads to their eighth consecutive win by scoring once and adding four assists in a 9-2 clobbering of the visiting Acadie-Bathurst Titan in front of 8,108 fans at the Halifax Metro Centre on Friday night.

halifaxmooseheads.ca's recap: The Mooseheads won their 8th in a row Friday night 9-2 over Acadie-Bathurst before a boisterous crowd of 8,108 at the Metro Centre.

MISSING IN ACTION: Jacob Jacques, Max Lindsay and Liam Alcalde were the scratches for your Herd last night

EIGHT
If you didn't know already, last night's win was the eighth win in a row for your Halifax Mooseheads. They currently have the best streak record in the QMJHL but despite winning so much this month, they have yet to pass the Blainville-Boisbriand Armada for first place in the league.

SHUTOUT
Zach Fucale almost had his second shutout of the season. It looked like he was going to get it too but Aaron Kerr broke the bid half way through the third to give the Titan some slim hope of clawing their way back into the game.

GOALIES
Three goaltenders played in last night's game, the most that we have had since the 15 to 5 beating of the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies back on November 1st. Fucale played the whole game while Jacob Brennan was pulled after allowing 5 goals on 24 shots. Brennan made some pretty unbelievable saves but the coach thought that that wouldn't help their case.

DROUIN
As mentioned above, Jonathan Drouin recorded his 5th straight game with 3 or more points. Last night was his first 5 point game this season. Drouin scored a goal and made some really nice plays to set up 4 other goals. He also played his 100th junior career game last night. Good way to celebrate.

WEEGAR
MacKenzie Weegar scored 2 goals last night. His first career multi goal game and they were both on the powerplay. He now has 5 goals this season.

ANDREWS
Brent Andrews scored two goals in yesterday's game as well. With it he passed his goal total from last season.

OTHER SCORES
Cape Breton 2 - 1 Saint John SO
Charlottetown 3 - 6 Chicoutimi
Victoriaville 1 - 4 Quebec
Moncton 0 - 3 Baie-Comeau
Shawinigan 3 - 4 Drummondville
Gatineau 3 - 6 Rimouski
Sherbrooke 4 - 5 Rouyn-Noranda
Blainville 4 - 2 Val-d'Or

UP NEXT
Halifax will continue playing at home when they host the Saint John Sea Dogs tonight. Puck drops at 7pm.

Moose Keep Rolling.

The Halifax Mooseheads gave their fans something to cheer about on BMO CHL Ultimate Fan Contest night. They extended their winning streak to 8 games with their 5th win over the Acadie-Bathurst Titan this season. Jacob Brennan made some unbelievable saves but could not save them all as his defense let him down at times especially on the penalty kill where the Titan were ranked second going into the game. Brian Lovell returned in this game but it looks like he may be out again with the same injury after taking a knee on knee hit in the middle frame. The extra man played a big role in tonight's game as seven of the 11 goals were scored with a man advantage.

FINAL: Titan 2 at Mooseheads 9
50/50 Winning Draw: $8,758
Three stars: 3. Ashley HAL | 2. Weegar HAL | 1. Drouin HAL
Attendance: 8,108
MC's Top Herd: Mac Weegar

GAME LOG
First period
3:38 HAL Andrew Ryan (13) | A: Drouin & Ashley
15:42 HAL Nikolaj Ehlers (15) | A: Andrews & Meier
18:02 HAL Brent Andrews (15), PP | A: Drouin

Penalties: Leblanc HAL (9:00, Charging), Godin BAT (17:37, Hooking)
Shots: Halifax led the shots 11 to 8

Second period
14:52 HAL MacKenzie Weegar (4), PP | A: Drouin & Ashley
16:55 HAL Vincent Watt (1) | A: Shewfelt & Leblanc

Penalties: C. Moynihan HAL (11:52, Checking), Brisebois BAT (14:36, Interference), Lussier HAL (17:57, Slashing)
Shots: The Moose had a few more shots in the middle frame leading 14-8

Third period
1:13 HAL Jonathan Drouin (14), PP | A: Weegar & Ashley
6:29 HAL MacKenzie Weegar (5), PP | A: Ashley & Drouin
10:43 BAT Aaron Kerr (2), PP | A: Boivin & Brisebois
14:51 HAL Luca Ciampini (4) | A: C. Moynihan & Lussier
18:20 HAL Brent Andrews (16), SH | A: None
19:04 BAT Adam Stevens (9), PP | A: Boivin & Brisebois

Penalties: Godin BAT (0:29, Interference), Leclerc BAT (1:03, High-sticking), Grundy BAT (6:00, High-sticking), Hardie HAL (7:05, Roughing & Unsportsmanlike conduct), Cote BAT (15:37, Unsportsmanlike conduct - misconduct), Chapman BAT (15:37, Unsportsmanlike conduct - misconduct), Grundy BAT (15:37, Unsportsmanlike conduct - misconduct), Hardie HAL (15:37, Unsportsmanlike conduct - misconduct), Lussier HAL (17:46, Cross-checking)
Shots: Bathurst led the third period shots 11-9 but lost total shots 27 to 34

GOALIES
Winning goaltender: Zach Fucale HAL 25 saves
Losing goaltender: Jacob Brennan BAT 19 saves

POWERPLAY
Halifax: 4-for-5
Bathurst: 2-for-6

Note: Vincent Watt`s goal was his first of the season and first of his Quebec Major Junior Hockey League career.

GAMEDAY 28: vs Acadie-Bathurst

IT'S GAMEDAY

HALIFAX MOOSEHEADS vs. ACADIE-BATHURST TITAN

Puck drops at 7:00pm

Metro Centre (10,595) ~ Halifax, NS

PREVIEW - It's finally Friday and another Mooseheads hockey game night. The team has been off since Saturday but we haven't seen them on Metro Centre ice since the 14th of November. It's been too long. Big Jo, Mac and Zach have played this week though helping Team QMJHL sweep the two game series between them and the Russia Selects on Monday and Wednesday. I'm surprised Fucale hasn't burned out yet; considering he's played a lot of hockey since arriving in Halifax two years ago between our championship run last year, Montreal Canadians camps in the summer, Ivan Hlinka tournament in 2012 and now 21 games played this year, but if we are going to return to the playoffs we need him to continue the way he is and for Kevin Darveau to be great when he needs to step in. Darveau will need to step up come December because Zach will most likely get invited to World Junior camp.

But for now, they'll just have to concentrate on this weekend. Acadie will come out hard I'm sure to get revenge for the last meeting where Nik Ehlers and Brent Andrews scored 2 goals each to help the Moose beat the Titan. Fans can get into this one tonight more than usual as BMO will be in attendance looking for big Moose fans in the crowd to win a signed Halifax Mooseheads jersey and a chance to go see the 2014 Memorial Cup. It's our turn to do the BMO CHL Ultimate Fan Contest. So dress up in your best fan attire and get to know your favourite team even more.


This is the fifth meeting between these two teams. The Mooseheads have won all four so far this season and if they win tonight, the Herd will win the season series even though there are still four more games after this one.

THE NUMBERS

Leading scorers
BAT: Scott Oke 18pts (9G & 9A), Raphael Lafontaine 18pts (7G & 11A), Alexandros Soumakis 16pts (9G & 7A), Adam Stevens 16pts (8G & 8A)
HAL: Jonathan Drouin 39pts (13G & 26A), Nikolaj Ehlers 35pts (14G & 21A), Brent Andrews 31pts (14G & 17A)

LAST GAMES
Halifax had 2 goals by Nikolaj Ehlers and Brent Andrews and 4 points (1G&3A) by Jonathan Drouin to beat the Titan 6 days ago on enemy territory. Kevin Darveau made 29 saves as his team doubled up the home team 6-3.

Acadie-Bathurst is coming off a loss against this Halifax team last Saturday in Bathurst. Adam Stevens and Francois Godin had a goal and an assist a piece while Jacob Brennan made 28 saves in the 6-3 loss.

HEAD-TO-HEAD
This season    4-0-0-0   20GF   11GA
September 25   Titan 3 at Mooseheads 5
October 25   Mooseheads 5 at Titan 2
October 26   Titan 3 at Mooseheads 4
November 16   Mooseheads 6 at Titan 3
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 - Brian Lovell (knee) and Jesse Lussier (concussion) most likely

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

GAME COVERAGE
TV: Eastlink
Live: @MC_MooseCountry, @ABTitanLive
Webcast: TELUS
Radio: News 95.7, CKLE 92.9
Post-game: MooseCountry blog

AFTER THE GAME
Halifax will host the Saint John Sea Dogs on Saturday Night Hockey at the Metro Centre. Puck drops at 7pm.

Drouin named first stars

Jonathan Drouin's awesome week keeps getting better. He was named the captain for Team QMJHL for the Subway Super Series last week and led them to a 3-2 win on Monday night with three assists.

He was announced as the first star for the week ending on November 17 in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League on Monday. Drouin is the second Moosehead player to be named as one of the TELUS three stars of the week. Congrats Jonathan.

Earlier today, Big Jo was named the CHL Player of the Week by the Canadian Hockey League. He helped lead Halifax to three wins last week, which extend the Herd's win streak to 6, with 10 points in the 3 games. This extended his own point streak to 11 games.

Q takes Game 1

In the first game of the 2013 Subway Super Series, which is between Hockey Canada's three junior leagues and select junior age Russian players, Canada came out on top with the biggest help from Halifax Moosehead Jonathan Drouin.

The first three goals were scored by Quebec Major Junior Hockey League players but the score was only 2-1 for Team QMJHL halfway though the game. Both Q goals in the first 24 minutes were scored by Charles Hudon. Russia's only goal in 2 periods was scored by Moncton Wildcats player Ivan Barbashev. Vladimir Tkachev tied it up at two a piece just over the 6 minute mark in the third.

It looked like the first game would be going to a shootout, no overtime games in this series, but with just over four minutes left Anthony Mantha (surprise surprise) gave the Gatineau fans a feeling of happiness to go home. Of course there was no gaurentee that Quebec would skate away victors unless Zach Fucale continued to stay strong and he did. Drouin assisted on three Team QMJHL goals in the game.

Goals
11:56 QMJ Charles Hudon (1) | A: Drouin
24:02 QMJ Charles Hudon (2) | A: Drouin & Mantha
30:01 RUS Ivan Barbashev (1) | A: Gorbunov & Zykov
46:06 RUS Vladimir Tkachev (1) | A: Tikhonov & Garvrikov
55:53 QMJ Anthony Mantha (1) | A: Drouin & Hudon

Powerplay:  Russia 0-for-5    QMJHL 0-for-6
Goalies:  Ivan Nalimov v. Zach Fucale
Player of the Game:  Charles Hudon
Attendance:  3,252
Arena: Robert Guertin Centre (3,196)


STORIES
The Q News recap (english): Jonathan Drouin had three assists and Charles Hudon had a pair of goals as Team QMJHL beat the Russians 3-2 in the first game of the CHL Subway Series in Gatineau, Que.

qmjhl.ca's recap: Tonight the Under-20 Russian delegation of All-Stars was facing the best of what the QMJHL had to offer in front of a capacity crowd at the Robert-Guertin Centre.

The Chronicle Herald's recap: Anthony Mantha scored the deciding goal, Charles Hudon scored twice and Jonathan Drouin picked up three assists to lead the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League to a 3-2 victory over Russia in the opening game of the Subway Super Series on Monday.

The Q News recap (french): Jonathan Drouin a eu trois passes et Charles Hudon eu une paire de buts et l’équipe de la LHJMQ a battu les Russes 3-2 dans le premier match de la Super Série Subway à Gatineau, au Québec .

The Series will continue in Sherbrooke for Game #2 on Wednesday night. Same time same television channel.

Subway Series starts tomorrow

The Subway Series starts tomorrow if you didn't know. It'll start in Gatineau on Monday when Team QMJHL take on the Russian Selects at 8:00pm Eastern time. Than on Wednesday the series shifts to Sherbrooke same time. Sportsnet will host all 6 games during he series. Team OHL will than take on the Selects in two games on Thursday and Monday November 25 in Oshawa and Sudbury respectively. Russia will travel out west to wrap up the series against Team WHL. Red Deer hosts the two teams on November 27th and Lethbridge will host the last game on November 28th.

Three Mooseheads players will be in attendance; Zach Fucale, Mackenzie Weegar and Jonathan Drouin. Head coach Dominique Ducharme will be helping Benoit Groulx coach Team QMJHL along with Eric Veilleux. Groulx is the head coach of the Gatineau Olympiques while Veileux coaches the Baie-Comeau Drakkar.

Drouin will be assisted by Charles Hudon, of the Chicoutimi Sagueneens, and Dillion Fournier of the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies.

The players were busy today in Gatineau. Fucale signed some Team QMJHL jerseys while Drouin had interview this evening.

I will have recaps of the two Quebec games and live tweets during the games. Follow The Q News for more coverage. I may have more coverage as the series moves west.

GAMEDAY 26: at Charlottetown

IT'S GAMEDAY

CHARLOTTETOWN ISLANDERS vs. HALIFAX MOOSEHEADS

Puck drops at 7:00pm

Eastlink Centre (3,717) ~ Charlottetown, PEI

PREVIEW - Since the last meeting Halifax has taken over the Islanders for the Maritime division lead and Charlottetown is going the total opposite direction than they were in late October. The Mooseheads will look to gain even more room from the Isles tonight when they visit the Eastlink Centre.


This is the third meeting this season between these two divisional teams. They met about 3 weeks ago in Halifax with the Herd coming out on top 4 to 2. Darcy Ashley scored 2 goals and an assist while Zach Fucale made 22 saves.

THE NUMBERS

Leading scorers
HAL: Jonathan Drouin 32pts (9G & 23A), Nikolaj Ehlers 31pts (12G & 19A), Brent Andrews 28pts (12G & 16A)
CHA: Daniel Sprong 26pts (12G & 14A), Jack Nevins 25pts (9G & 16A), Matel Beran 18pts (8G & 10A)

LAST GAMES
Both teams are coming off wins over the Drummondville Voltigeurs. Charlottetown defeated the Volts on Wednesday night at the Eastlink Centre by a score of 4 to 1. Daniel Sprong added to his team lead by scoring a goal and helping on two others while Antoine Bibeau stopped 29 of 30 shots he faced.

Drummondville than travelled to Halifax and were defeated 5-2 with the Moose scoring five unanswered goals. The comeback by the Herd was powered by plenty of chances on the powerplay, 2 goals by Darcy Ashley (who added an assist) and a rebounded Zach Fucale in the last 40 minutes.

HEAD-TO-HEAD
This season     1-1-0-0   6GF    7GA
September 13   Mooseheads 2 at Islanders 5
October 23  Islanders 2 at Mooseheads 4
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 - Mackenzie Weegar is looking to play tonight; Brian Lovell, Vince Watt and Liam Alcalde will probably be the scratches

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

GAME COVERAGE
TV: Eastlink
Live: @islandersgmday, @CoolenTQN
Radio: News 95.7
Webcast: TELUS
Postgame: MooseCountry blog

AFTER THE GAME
Just like last time, Halifax will travel to New Brunswick to take on the Acadie-Bathurst Titan in the first game of a home and home series. Puck drops at 7pm.

POSTGAME: Voltigeurs 2, Mooseheads 5

MC POST-GAME
Don't know what Coach Ducharme said but it clearly worked

FINAL: Voltigeurs 2 at Mooseheads 5
50/50 Winning Draw: $7,057
Three stars: 3. Drouin HAL | 2. Murphy HAL | 1. Ashley HAL
Attendance: 6,920
MC Top Herd: Jonathan Drouin

The Canadian Press' recap: Darcy Ashley had two goals and an assist to lead the Halifax Mooseheads to their fifth win in a row, 5-2 over the Drummondville Voltigeurs in Quebec Major Junior Hockey League action on Thursday.

Metro Halifax's recap: Zach Fucale never wavered after the Drummondville Voligeurs fired a pair of power play goals passed the Halifax Mooseheads netminder on their first three shots.

The Chronicle Herald's recap: It took a a comeback effort to do it but the Halifax Mooseheads extended their winning streak to five games Thursday night at the Metro Centre.

halifaxmooseheads.ca's recap: The Mooseheads stormed back from a 2-0 1st period deficit to beat a pesky Drummondville Voltigeurs squad Thursday night in Moose Country before 6,920 at the Metro Centre.

The Q News' recap: Matt Murphy scored once and added two assists in the Halifax Mooseheads 5-2 victory over the visiting Drummondville Voltigeurs on Thursday night at the Halifax Metro Centre.

qmjhl.ca's recap: Game summary.

MISSING IN ACTION: Mac Weegar, Brian Lovell, Vince Watt and Liam Alcalde were all out because of injuries

FIRST PERIOD
The Moose played their worst period of the season last night in the first 20 minutes. They were outshot 9 to 4 and were down 2-0 going into the first intermission. Whatever coach Dom said to the boys certainly worked as they stormed back. Zach Fucale let in the goals on Drummondville's first 3 shots.

POWERPLAY
In the first period the powerplay was in favour of Drummondville as the Volts scored both of their goals with the man advantage. In the second, the powerplay helped the Herd get back in it. Even though Halifax didn't score on the pp in the middle frame, most of their 17 shots came with the men advantage.

THREE POINTS
Matt Murphy, Jonathan Drouin and Darcy Ashley had three point nights. Murphy had a goal and 2 assists. Drouin had three assists while Ashley scored his 11th and 12th goals of the season and added a helper. Last night was Matt's third 3 point night this month.

BAILEY
Brennan Bailey was called up to take the place of Mackenzie Weegar who is injured.

EHLERS
Nik Ehlers was hit hard in the second and laid on the ice for a few minutes. The refs whistled down the play and the Moose's therapist went out to check if he was okay. Ehlers was able to skate to the bench by himself and not miss a shift.

MEIER
Swedish rookie Timo Meier scored his 8th goal of the season EIGHT seconds into the third period. It is tied for the 3rd fastest goal in franchise history. Surprising it's not the fastest goal.

OTHER SCORES
Foreurs 4 - 2 Sagueneens
Sea Dogs 2 - 4 Tigres

UP NEXT
Halifax travels to Prince Edward Island today to take on the Charlottetown Islanders at the Eastlink Centre. Puck drops at 7pm.

Herd Word

LEWIS
Trey Lewis was the odd man out when the Halifax Moosehads made their decision about their overagers on Tuesday. With Lewis injured and the only way for him to be 100% is to get surgery, which takes about 9 months to recover, the Moose decided to keep Brendan Duke as their third 20 year old. Trey returned home after the news and will now play for the Miramichi Timberwolves. He will be playing through the pain in the Maritime Junior A League as he is set to make his debut tonight against the Weeks Crushers in Pictou County.

Dan Robertson of Eastlink wrote a nice story about Trey's time in Halifax.

CAPTAINS
Jonathan Drouin has been named the Team QMJHL captain for the Subway Super Series. Charles Hudon, Dillion Fournier and Felix Girard were named the alternates this afternoon. The team will start the 6 game series on Monday and play again on Wednesday.

BMO RANKINGS
Your Moosehads returned to the top 10 this week in the BMO CHL rankings after being left out in week 8. With 4 straight wins the Moose were ranked #10 nationally.

SUBWAY SERIES
Talking about the Subway Series, I will have recaps and possibly even previews of the two QMJHL versus Russia games when it gets underway next week in Gatineau. All games will be broadcasted on Sportnet television starting at 8pm Atlantic time for the two Quebec ones.

GAMEDAY 25: vs Drummondville

IT'S GAMEDAY

HALIFAX MOOSEHEADS vs. DRUMMONDVILLE VOLTIGEURS

Puck drops at 7pm

Metro Centre (10,595) ~ Halifax, NS

PREVIEW - Well they finally did it and now they'll try to extend it. The Halifax Mooseheads finally got over there three straight wins curse and won their fourth in a row on Saturday when they took on the Saint John Sea Dogs. Tonight they will try to make it 5 in a row against a tough Drummondville team. With points in his last 8 games, Jonathan Drouin has caught up to rookie Nikolaj Ehlers for the team lead in scoring. This will also be the first game of a 3 in 3 night swing that will travel to the other two Atlantic provinces.  


Your Mooseheads lead the season series 1-0 as this is the second and last game between these two teams. Timo Meier scored twice and Zach Fucale made 22 saves in a 3-2 win in Drummondville for Halifax.

THE NUMBERS

Leading scorers
DRU: Christophe Lalancette 26pts (8G & 18A), Georgs Golovkovs 24pts (9G & 15A), Jerome Verrier 23pts (16G & 7A)
HAL: Nikolaj Ehlers 30pts (12G & 18A), Jonathan Drouin 29pts (9G & 20A), Brent Andrews 27pts (12G & 15A)

LAST GAMES
Halifax welcome the Sea Dogs on Saturday and almost didn't win their fourth straight but an empty net goal by Jonathan Drouin sealed the 7-5 win. Nikolaj Ehlers, Matt Murphy and Brent Andrews all scored 2 goals and Drouin added 3 assists to help with goal total while Zach Fucale had to stop 17 shots.

Drummondville travelled to the newly named Eastlink Centre on the Island last night and came away with a 4-1 loss against the Charlottetown Islanders. Joey Ratelle scored the only goal for the Volts while goalie Joe Fleschler made 24 saves.

HEAD-TO-HEAD
October 6  Mooseheads 3 at Voltigeurs 2
November 14 @ 7pm  Voltigeurs at Mooseheads

NOT PLAYING - I don't even know anymore :P Mac Weegar is out with an ankle sprain

OUT OF TOWN
Val-d'Or at Chicoutimi - 8:00pm
Saint John at Victoriaville - 8:00pm

GAME COVERAGE
TV: None
Live: @MC_MooseCountry (a bit), @HFXMooseheads
Radio: News 95.7
Webcast: TELUS
Post-game: The Chronicle Herald

AFTER THE GAME
Halifax will travel to PEI to take on the Charlottetown Islanders. Puck drops at 7pm.

3 Moose Named in Players to Watch

The Halifax Mooseheads continue to be good with draft eligible players. There are three Moose players ranked in the National Hockey League Central Scouting Services Players to Watch for November that was released today. Nikolaj Ehlers, Matt Murphy and Danny Moynihan are on the list.

Ehlers is rated as an 'A' player which means the CSS thinks he will go in the first round. If he continues the way he is, leading the team and league in rookie scoring, he should go mid first round in the 2014 NHL Draft. Here's a story about Nik on the NHL website about being upgraded to an A player

Both Murphy and Moynihan are rated as 'C' players which means they are projected to go in the 4th round or lower (5th, 6th, etc.). This is the second year of draft eligibility for Matt Murphy who was projected to go late in last year's draft but never got picked. He didn't go unnoticed however as he was invited to the St. Louis Blues development camp in the summer.

This is pretty good for all three players. Check back later in the season as we see how this story goes.

Full list

Breaking: Boudreau to Tigres

A week after former Moosehead Dominic Beachemin was traded to Rimouski after spending the first two months of the season with Acadie-Bathurst, another former Herd player has been traded.

The Shawinigan Cataractes announced today that they have traded Matt Boudreau to the Victriaville Tigres. Boudreau was the only player in this deal as Shawinigan receives Victoriaville's 4th and 9th round picks in the 2014 QMJHL Draft.

Boudreau was originally traded a day before the 2013 QMJHL draft in June to the Cataractes by the Halifax Mooseheads. Halifax recieved their first round pick 2014.

Good luck to Matt in Victoriaville. Moose fans will get to see him in a new sweater for the first time on December 5.

BREAKING: Duke staying

The Halifax Mooseheads announced this morning that they have resolved their overager issue. The team said that they will be keeping Brendan Duke as one of three overagers this season with the uncertainty of Trey Lewis and his hip injury.

A team can only keep three 20 year olds on their roster in any season and the Moose have not had to make a decision until today. Coming out of training camp, Duke, Lewis, Darcy Ashley and Brent Andews were all named on the roster as overagers because Ashley was injured to start the season. Just as Ashley came back, Lewis was announced to be injured. Because it is likely that Lewis might need surgery sometime this year, as Ryan Falkenham had to on Friday, Halifax has decided to make their decision now.

Trey has decided to join the Mirimachi Timberwolves of the Maritime Junior A Hockey League. He will remain on the team's 55 man protected list. He collected 63 points and 248 penalty minutes in 206 games over 4 seasons.

Halifax will be on the ice again on Thursday looking different with Ashley most likely being named captain for the rest of the season.

Good luck in the future Trey!

POSTGAME: Wildcats 0, Mooseheads 4

MC POST-GAME
Awesome game played on national television as Moose win

The Canadian Press' recap: Zachary Fucale stopped 25 shots for his fifth-career shutout as the Halifax Mooseheads blanked the visiting Moncton Wildcats 4-0 on Friday in Quebec Major Junior Hockey League play.

Metro Halifax's recap: After the victory, a cluster of Halifax Mooseheads players stood outside the team's dressing room Friday evening, still buzzing over the play.

The Chronicle Herald's recap: The Halifax Mooseheads paid tribute to the Canadian military with a textbook win on Friday.

The Q News' recap: Zachary Fucale and the Halifax Mooseheads shutout the Moncton Wildcats in a 4-0 victory on the Department of National Defense appreciation night in Halifax on Friday.

monctonwildcats.com's recap: The score was he same as opening night, but the winner was different as the Halifax Mooseheads shutout the Moncton Wildcats 4-0 on national tv on Friday night.

MISSING IN ACTION: Trey Lewis (hip), Brian Lovell (knee), Mac Weegar (ankle) and Ryan Falkenham (hips) were out with injuries while Max Lindsay and Vincent Watt were healthy scratches.

PICTURES
Go to the facebook page to see my pic from last night or click here.

DND NIGHT
There was a special pregame ceremony yesterday evening to honour the men and women who have fought for our country. The Stadacona band played the national anthem. Check out my facebook page to watch the pregame ceremony. Halifax also wore special jerseys to honour the Sea King's 50 year anniversary.

FIGHTS
There were a few fights during the game last night including one at the end of the first period. Not only was there a lot of rough stuff I don't think the two teams like each other at all. Pushing, trash talking and crowds were the themes of last night.

REVIEW
Both teams had a goal reviewed in the first period. Jonathan Drouin's first goal was reviewed to see if it even went in and I guess it did. Moncton's goal was taken back after it was deemed to be put in with a high stick.

FUCALE
Zach Fucale received his first shutout of the season last night stopping all 25 shots he faced.

ANDREWS
Brent Andrews scored a highlight reel goal last night. He went between his legs and it just slipped by Alex Dubeau. A clip of the goal was shown on TSN's honor roll.

EHLERS
Nikolaj Ehlers was held pointless yesterday but for sure won the battle between him and Ivan Barbashev.

OTHER SCORES
Gatineau 1 - 3 Bathurst
Cape Breton 3 - 4 Sherbrooke SO
Chicoutimi 2 - 5 Blainville
Baie-Comeau 1 - 4 Rimouski

UP NEXT
Halifax will take on another maritime division rival tonight when the Saint John Sea Dogs come to town. Puck drops at 7pm.

photo: from Sam Leblanc twitter

Shutout Returned.

After getting shutout in their home opener, the Halifax Mooseheads finally repaid the favour to the Moncton Wildcats beating the Cats 4-0 last night after being shutout by the same score back on September 12.

FINAL: Wildcats 0 at Mooseheads 4
50/50 Winning Draw: $11,804
Three stars: 3. Drouin HAL | 2. Fucale HAL | 1. Andrews HAL
Attendance: 8,867
MC Top Herd: Brent Andrews

GAME LOG
First period
7:12 HAL Jonathan Drouin (8), SH | A: None

Penalties: Lalonde MON (0:17, Slashing), Ashley HAL (0:47, Interference), Lussier HAL (6:39 Hooking), Penney MON (20:00, Roughing), Ashley HAL (20:00, Roughing), Murphy HAL (20:00, Roughing)
Shots: were tied after the first 20 minutes at 8

Second period
2:21 HAL Andrew Shewfelt (4) | A: None
16:58 HAL Brent Andrews (10), SH | A: Drouin

Penalties: Lalonde MON (8:30, Interference), Hardie HAL (12:06, Elbowing), Leblanc HAL (15:50, High-sticking)
Shots: Halifax led the second period shots 10 to 9

Third period
6:14 HAL Connor Moynihan (2) | A: Moynihan & Jacques

Penalties: Sweeney MON (0:32, Tripping), Moynihan HAL (2:43, Tripping), Hynes MON (4:13, Roughing), Hardie HAL (4:13, Roughing), Halabi MON (6:19, Fighting), Halabi MON (6:19, Staged fight), Alcalde HAL (6:19, Fighting), Alcalde HAL (6:19, Staged fight), Drouin HAL (10:12, Roughing), Moynihan HAL (13:28, High-sticking), Barbashev MON (16:03, Roughing), Drouin HAL (16:03, Slashing), Olivier MON (19:18, Unsportsmanlike conduct), Pugsley MON (19:18, Charging), Jacques HAL (19:18, Unsportsmanlike conduct)
Shots: once again were tied at 8 a piece

GOALIES
Winning goaltender: Zach Fucale HAL 25 saves
Losing goaltender: Alex Dubeau MON 22 saves

POWERPLAY
Halifax: 0-for-4
Moncton: 0-for8

GAMEDAY 23: vs Moncton

IT'S GAMEDAY

HALIFAX MOOSEHEADS vs. MONCTON WILDCATS

Puck drops at 8:00pm

Metro Centre (10,595) ~ Halifax, NS

PREVIEW - Tonight, the men and women who serve our country will be honored at the annual DND Appreciation night held by the team. In celebration of the event, the Halifax Mooseheads will be wearing special military themed jerseys.

This should be a very exciting game as the top eligible NHL draft picks will be going head to head tonight at the Metro Centre. Second year player Ivan Barbashev is leading the Moncton Wildcats with 27 points so far this season while Nikolaj Ehlers is just ahead of him in the leaderboard with 28 points. Ehlers is leading all rookies in scoring so far. Not only will the fans in Halifax be able to see these top European players help their team win but the rest of Canada will too and so will many NHL scouts who will be in attendance.


This is the third game this season between the Wildcats and Mooseheads. Both teams have won a game on the road in the two games during September including the Herd's home opener, hopefully this trend does not continue tonight.

THE NUMBERS

Leading scorers
MON: Ivan Barbashev 27pts (9G & 18A), Conor Garland 23pts (9G & 14A), Christopher Caissy 22pts (7G & 15A)
HAL: Nikolaj Ehlers 28pts (10G & 18A), Andrew Ryan 26pts (12G & 14A), Brent Andrews 23pts (9G & 14A), Jonathan Drouin 23pts (7G & 16A)

LAST GAMES
Halifax last played on Saturday against the Val-d'Or Foreurs and skated away with a 4-2 win. Jonathan Drouin had 2 goals and 2 assists to lead the team while Kevin Darveau got his third win of the season stopping 39 shots.

Moncton is coming of a big 8-3 home win against the Saint John Sea Dogs last night. Ryan Penny recorded a hat trick with the help of Conor Garland who scored a goal and had 4 helpers whileAlex Dubeau stopped 35 of 38 shots.

HEAD-TO-HEAD
This season    0-1-0-0    5GF    6GA
September 12  Moncton 4 at Halifax 0
September 20  Mooseheads 5 at Wildcats 2
November 8 @ 8pm 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 - Brian Lovell (injured), Mac Weegar (ankle), Trey Lewis (hip) and Ryan Falkenham (hips) will not be in the lineup tonight

OUT OF TOWN
Olympiques at Titan - 7:00pm
Eagles at Phoenix - 8:00pm
Sagueneens at Armada - 8:30pm
Drakkar at Oceanic - 8:30pm

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

AFTER THE GAME
Halifax takes on the Saint John Sea Dogs at the Metro Centre tomorrow night. Puck drops at 7pm.

QMJHL Names Scholastic POM

Every month, the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League announces a Scholastic Player of the Month which recognizes a player on each team with his performance on ice and in the classroom. The player is selected based on their school results, their implication, the school-hockey conciliation, their team spirit and their on-ice performances.

For your Halifax Mooseheads, Darcy Ashley was named the Scholastic Player of the Month for October 2013. Ashley scored 8 goals and added 7 assists for 15 points during the month of October while missing the first 4 games of the month and September because of injury. He was named the first star of the week for the week ending October 27, 2013.

Here is the full list:

BAC	Jérémie Grégoire	Cégep de Baie-Comeau
BAT	Alexandre Gosselin	Cégep à distance
BLB	Aaron Hoyles	New Brunswick Virtual High School
CAP	Charles-Éric Légaré	Cégep à distance
CHA	Deverick Ottereyes	NETC
CHI	Gabriel D'Astous-Moreau	Cégep de Chicoutimi
DRU	Nikolas Brouillard	Cégep de Drummondville
GAT	Jean-Simon Deslauriers	Cégep de l'Outaouais
HAL	Darcy Ashley	Saint Mary's University
MON	Graham Hunt	Mount Allison University
QUE	Maxime Chevalier	Cégep de Limoilou
RIM	Anthony Chapados	Cégep de Rimouski
ROU	Quinn O'Brien	Cégep de l'Abitibi-Témiscamingue
SHA	Matthew Klebanskyj	Cégep à distance
SHE	Gabriel Parent	Cégep de Sherbrooke
SNB	Jason Cameron	UNBSJ
VDO	Pierre-Maxime Poudrier	Cégep de l'Abitibi-Témiscamingue
VIC	Mark Trickett	Acadia University

PITR events a success

Press Release.

The 18 Pink in the Rink games that were held this past October were a great success. Of course they are always a success as the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League and it's teams raise money to help raise awareness and fund breast cancer research but with every passing year it gets better. According to Commissioner Gilles Courteau the league raised a record amount this season of $142,041. That's a fantastic amount to go towards research to stop this terrible disease that plagues woman.

The commissioner had this to say; "More than 400 pink jerseys worn by the players and developed by our official supplier, Reebok/CCM, and their partners in this endeavour, SP Apparel, was sold with the proceeds being distributed to local, regional or national organizations dedicated to the fight against breast cancer. I would like to congratulate our teams for their excellent work and thank our great fans for their generosity."


I would also like to congratulate everyone involved. The above amount is the total amount raised by the league, no word on how much the Moose made as a team. I can say that we donated at least $1,250 to the cause.

Currently, the Canadian Hockey League is raising funds for Prostate Cancer research with their MOvember campaign. To make a donation online click here.

Around the CHL ~ volume #2 season edition #4

We are now almost two months into the new season. Hope everyone is enjoying it. The first month was a tough one for your Halifax Mooseheads but they have showed signs of last year's team. Hope you have enjoyed the extended coverage on my blog and I hope to keep adding more posts, other than previews and recaps, in the coming months. Look back soon for the next edition of Around the CHL and don't forget GO Moose GO.

League leaders
Goals - Anthony Mantha 20 goals (QMJHL Val-d'Or Foreurs), Nathan Pancel 19 goals (OHL Sudbury Wolves), Mitch Holmberg 18 goals (WHL Spokane Chiefs)
Assists - Nicolas Petan 27 assists (WHL Portland Winterhawks), Connor McDavid 25 assists (OHL Erie Otters), Anthony Mantha 23 assists (QMJHL Val-d'Or Foreurs)
Points - Anthony Mantha 43 points (QMJHL Val-d'Or Foreurs), Mitch Holmberg 42 points (WHL Spokane Chiefs),  Connor Brown 36 points (OHL Erie Otters)
Defenceman points - Anthony DeAngelo 26 points (OHL Sarnia Sting), Randy Gazzola 26 points (QMJHL Val-d'Or Foreurs), Travis Brown 22 points (WHL Moose Jaw Warriors)
Rookie points - Nikolaj Ehlers 28 points (QMJHL Halifax Mooseheads), Nikita Schebak 27 points (WHL Saskatoon Blades), Travis Konecny 16 points (OHL Ottawa 67's)
Goalie wins - Philippe Cadorette 13 wins (QMJHL Baie-Comeau Drakkar), Brendan Burke 13 wins (WHL Portland Winterhawks), Justin Nichols 12 wins (OHL Guelph Storm)
Save percentage - Anthony Stolarz 0.930 SAV% (OHL London Knights), Jordon Cooke 0.929 SAV% (WHL Kelowna Rockets), Sebastien Auger 0.928 SAV% (QMJHL Saint John Sea Dogs)
Goals against average - Etienne Marcoux 1.89 GAA (QMJHL Blainville-Boisbraind Armada), Eric Williams 2.20 GAA (WHL Spokane Chiefs), Matt Murray 2.26 GAA (OHL Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds)

Division leaders
WHL - Portland Winterhawks 29 points/14 wins (U.S. division), Kelowna Rockets 24 points/11 wins (B.C. division), Medicine Hat Tigers 24 points/11 wins (Central division), Prince Albert Raiders 23 points/11 wins (East division)
OHL - Guelph Storm 30 points/15 wins (Midwest division), Oshawa Generals 29 points/14 wins (East division), Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds 28 points/13 wins (West division), Mississauga Steelheads 21 points/10 wins (Central division)
QMJHL - Blainville-Boisbraind Armada 32 points/15 wins (TELUS West division), Baie-Comeau Drakkar 31 points/14 wins (TELUS East division), Halifax Mooseheads 28 points/14 wins (Maritimes division)

BMO CHL top ten ~ week 8
1. Blainville-Boisbriand Armada {15-1-2-0} week 7 #1
2. Guelph Storm {15-3-0-0} week 7 #2
3. Portland Winterhawks {14-3-0-1} week 7 #6
4. Baie-Comeau Drakkar {14-4-0-3} week 7 #4
5. Erie Otters {13-3-1-0} week 7 #5
6. Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds {13-2-0-2} week 7  #7
7. Kelowna Rockets {11-2-0-2} week 7 n/a
8. Oshawa Generals {14-3-0-1} week 7 #10
9. Medicine Hat Tigers {11-3-2-0} week 7 n/a
10. Gatineau Olympiques {14-7-0-0} week 7  n/a
Honorable mentions: Everett Silvertips {11-3-2-0 n/a}, Halifax Mooseheads {14-8-0-0 #8}, Spokane Chiefs {12-6-0-0 #3}


Tonight's games
Sagueneens  vs. Wildcats at 7pm/ET
Remparts vs. Cataractes at 7pm/ET
Tigres vs. Foreurs at 7:30pm/ET
Broncos vs. Raiders at 8pm/ET
Pats vs. Hurricanes at 9pm/ET
Chiefs vs. Tigers at 9pm/ET
Americans vs. Winterhawks at 10pm/ET
Blazers vs. Silvertips at 10:05pm/ET
Rebels vs. Rockets at 10:05pm/ET
Oil Kings vs. Royals at 10:05pm/ET

Happenings since last edition
*The Charlottetown Islanders have surprised some people with a good start to the season but have since lost 6 straight.
*Halifax Mooseheads and Rouyn-Noranda Huskies combined to score the most goals in one game since the 80's in a 15-5 Mooseheads win in Rouyn-Noranda.
*The Canadian Hockey League announced it's three team rosters for the Subway Series which begins November 18.
*MOvember has started.

Note: the bidding to host the 2015 Memorial Cup tournament has been widdled down to two teams after the Moncton Wildcats withdrew their bid.

Herd Word

FRIDAY
This Friday, your Halifax Mooseheads will take on the Moncton Wildcats in a special event game. The boys will wear special Military jerseys during the game which will than be raffled off like the pink jerseys a couple weeks ago. This is because it is DND Appreciation Night at the Metro Centre. The game will be shown on national television so puck drop won't be until 8pm.

sneak peak of the jersey from @HFXMooseheads on twitter

ULTIMATE FAN
The BMO Ultilmate CHL fan contest is back!! Wear your best colors, jerseys and all around fan apparel. The Halifax Mooseheads date is November 22 when the Herd take on the Acadie-Bathurst Titan at 7pm. For full contest details click here.

EARLY SUCCESS
Here's an interesting article in the Metro about the early success of the Mooseheads who are now 6 points ahead of the Charlottetown Islanders, who started the season winning 5 straight.

MOOSE IN THE PROS
Here are how the former Herd players are doing in the pros (ECHL, AHL & NHL) so far this season:
Nathan MacKinnon (Colorado) 13gp - 2 goals & 7 assists 29 shots - 5th in team scoring (Story)
Stefan Fournier (Hamilton) 5gp - 0 points 10 shots -1 rating - 6 penalty minutes
Alexandre Grenier (Utica) 8gp - 1 goal & 5 assists 11 shots - 3rd in team scoring
Andrew Bodnarchuk (Manchester) 12gp - 3 goals & 4 assists 22 shots - 7th in team scoring
Martin Frk (Grand Rapids) 6gp - 0 points 3 shots -3 rating - 6 penalty minutes (Story)
Konrad Abeltshauser (Worcester) 5gp - 0 points 11 shots -5 rating
Stephen MacAulay (Wheeling) 5gp - 1 assist 3 shots -4 rating - 8 penalty minutes

SUBWAY SERIES
All three league teams for the Subway Super Series have been announced when Team WHL announced their roster today in league with the Lethbridge Hurricanes and Red Deer Rebels.
Team QMJHL roster. November 18 in Gatineau and November 20 in Sherbrooke
Team OHL roster. November 21 in Oshawa and November 25 in Sudbury
Team WHL roster. November 27 in Red Deer and November 28 in Lethbridge

Breaking: Beauchemin traded again

Former Halifax Mooseheads player Dominic Beauchemin has been traded once again. The Acadie-Bathurst Titan have traded Beauchemin along with Patrick Zdrahal to the Rimouski Oceanic for Scott Oke, Charles Poulin and a 4th round pick in 2014.

Beachemin was originally traded to the Titan back in June at the 2013 QMJHL draft for the 91st pick, who Halifax chose Jean-Sebastien Tellefer with. In 17 games played with the Titan this season, Dominic has collected 11 points, scoring 5 times and having 6 helpers.

Good luck in Rimouski Dominic.

POSTGAME: Mooseheads 15, Huskies 5

MC POST-GAME
Halifax break record in road game in Rouyn-Noranda

FINAL: Mooseheads 15 at Olympiques 5
Attendance: 1,772
Three stars: 3. Andrews HAL | 2. Ryan HAL | 1. Ehlers HAL

The Chronicle Herald's recap: It was a wild one in Rouyn-Noranda on Friday night.

Metro Halifax's recap: The Halifax Mooseheads set a new franchise record at the expense of the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies on Friday night.

The Q News' recap: For the first time in franchise history the Halifax Mooseheads scored more than 11 11 goals in a game in a 15-5 flogging of the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies on Friday night at the Arena Iamgold.

The Canadian Press' recap: The Halifax Mooseheads demolished the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies with an 15-5 victory in Quebec Major Junior Hockey League action Friday.

halifaxmooseheads.ca's recap: The Mooseheads enjoyed one of those nights on Friday.

QMJHL.ca's recap: Game summary.

SCORERS: Brent Andrews (8) HAL 0:32, Marcus Power (10) ROU 1:47, Jean-Sebastien Dea (13) ROU 5:30, Matt Murphy (2) HAL 7:27, Brendan Duke (1) HAL 9:29, Julien Nantel (4) ROU 13:55, Austyn Hardie (2) HAL 14:48, Jean-Sebastien Dea (14) ROU 19:27, Nikolaj Ehlers (9) HAL 27:15, Dnny Moynihan (2) HAL 32:37, Darcy Ashley (9) HAL 34:30, Nikolaj Ehlers (10) HAL 35:36, Jonathan Drouin (4) HAL 38:07, Andrew Ryan (11) HAL 40:33, Danny Moynihan (3) HAL 41:35, Brent Andrews (9) HAL 43:32, Mathieu Lemay (7) ROU 53:24, Andrew Ryan (12) HAL 55:49, Jonathan Drouin (5) HAL 56:06, Jesse Lussier (1) HAL 59:29

MISSING IN ACTION: Vincent Watt (healthy), Mac Weegar (ankle), Trey Lewis (hip), Andrew Shewfelt (healthy) and Ryan Falkenham (hips) were the scratches for the Mooseheads.

EHLERS

Nikolaj Ehlers has joined an elite group of Mooseheads players after he assisted on Brent Andrews record breaking goal which gave Nikolaj 5 points in the game. He joins the likes of Nagy and Nathan MacKinnon who have scored the most points by a rookie in one game on the team. There are now 6 players in franchise history to record 5 points in one game in their rookie season.

DARVEAU

Kevin Darveau came in to start the second period in relief of Zach Fucale, who started the game, and stopped 17 of 18 shots he faced in last night's game. He received the winning decision.

LUSSIER
Jesse Lussier scored his first goal of his QMJHL career. He scored shorthanded with 21 seconds left in the game. Congrats Jesse.

FIRST PERIOD

Despite the lowish shot total the game was tied at 4 after the first twenty minutes. Halifax led the shots in the first period 14 to 11 with Zach Fucale getting pulled after the period.

RECORD
The Mooseheads set a new franchise record when Brent Andrews scored the twelfth goal of the night. Halifax has never scored more than 11 goals in a game before last night. This one will be hard to break now but you never know. The Herd have scored 11 goals nine times before.

FIVE
Brent Andrews, Nikolaj Ehlers and Andrew Ryan all had five points in yesterday's win. They all had 2 goals and 3 assists on the night.

OTHER SCORES
Acadie-Bathurst 1 - 4 Cape Breton
Sherbrooke 4 - 3 Charlottetown
Moncton 6 - 2 Saint John
Blainville 7 - 2 Chicoutimi
Shawinigan 2 - 5 Victoriaville
Rimouski 3 - 4 Baie-Comeau
Quebec 1 - 4 Val-d'Or

UP NEXT
Halifax will play their last game on this Quebec road trip tonight when they take on the Val-d'Or Foreurs.

GAMEDAY 21: at Rouyn-Noranda

IT'S GAMEDAY

ROUYN-NORANDA HUSKIES vs. HALIFAX MOOSEHEADS

Puck drops at 8:30pm

Arena Iamgold (2,150) ~ Rouyn-Noranda, QC

PREVIEW - Can you believe it? It's already November. The Halifax Mooseheads are playing their twenty-first game of the 2013-14 season on the first day of November or as lots of people call it "MOvember". Don't expect to see the whole team sporting moustaches by the end of the month but some certainly should. There's be no announcement though if the team will do a special MOvember event.

Now back to this game. It's the second game of the a three game Quebec road trip. Despite the takeover of first place in the Maritime division, Halifax has yet to win four straight games this season. They had a chance to on Wednesday night but took too many penalties in a double loss, MacKenzie Weegar seemed to hurt his knee during a fight but the team is listing it as a high ankle sprain. There will probably be more penalties in tonight's game as the rivalry got heated in last year's third round of the playoffs.


This is the second and final meeting between these two teams. The Huskies defeated the Mooseheads 2 weeks ago in Halifax 5-3. Darcy Ashley had two goals in the loss despite the Herd shooting 38 pucks at Gatineau's goalie Carl Hozjan.

THE NUMBERS

Leading scorers
HAL: Nikolaj Ehlers 23pts (8G & 15A), Andrew Ryan 20pts (10G & 10A), Brent Andrews 17pts (7G & 10A)
ROU: Marcus Power 27pts (9G & 18A), Francis Perron 20pts (7G & 13A), Mathieu Lemay 15pts (6G & 9A)

LAST GAMES
Rouyn-Noranda are coming off a 5-4 win against the Foreurs in Val-d'Or on Sunday despite being outshot. Jean-Sebastien Dea scored a hat trick while Alexandre Belanger made 34 saves.

Halifax played thier first game of the road trip on Wednesday against the Olympiques in Gatineau. Darcy Ashley continued to score while Zach Fucale stopped 22 pucks in a 5-2 loss.

HEAD-TO-HEAD
October 19  Huskies 5 at Mooseheads 2
November 1 @ 8:30pm  Mooseheads at Huskies

NOT PLAYING - As I mentioned before Mac Weegar is out with a high ankle sprain so he will join Trey Lewis and Ryan Falkenham in the press box

OUT OF TOWN
Titan at Eagles - 7:00pm
Phoenix at Islanders - 7:00pm
Wildcats at Sea Dogs - 7:30pm
Armada at Sagueneens - 8:00pm
Cataractes at Tigres - 8:00pm
Oceanic at Drakkar - 8:30pm
Remparts at Foreurs - 8:30pm

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

AFTER THE GAME
The Moose will finish this road trip tomorrow in Val-d'Or to take on the Foreurs. Puck drops at 8:30pm.