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.