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.