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.