GAMEDAY 43: vs Moncton

IT'S GAMEDAY

HALIFAX MOOSEHEADS vs. MONCTON WILDCATS

Puck drops at 7:00pm

Metro Centre (10,595) ~ Halifax, NS

PREVIEW - The Moncton Wildcats once again come into Moose Country on an event night. This is the third event game that the Cats have been a part of this year and it won't be their last this season. It's also the most funnest game for little kids. The annual teddy bear toss event goes tonight at the Metro Centre when Moncton claws their way into Moose Country and your Halifax Mooseheads try to stop them in thier tracks. Depsite being half way down the standings, Moncton has been one of the best teams in the Q as of late winning 9 straight before the Christmas break. The Moose on the otherhand have only won 4 of their last 10 games and with 3 of them coming after the holidays. They look to continue the winning streak this weekend. New comer Brendon Vuic will make his home debut and newly signed Philippe Gadoury will make his debut tonight. 


In the last game before the Christmas break the Wildcats took a very close game 2-1 in Halifax. Connor Moynihan had the Herd's only goal. Shots were close too with Halifax getting the upperhand 37 to 36.

THE NUMBERS

Leading scorers
MON: Christophe Lalonde 39pts (23G & 16A), COnor Garland 39pts (15G & 24A), Ivan Barbashev 37pts (13G & 24A)
HAL: Nikolaj Ehlers 56pts (23G & 33A), Jonathan Drouin 50pts (17G & 33A), Darcy Ashley 46pts 17G & 29A)

LAST GAMES
Halifax played on Wednesday night in Charlottetown and won 5 to 2 against the Islanders. Luca Ciampini led the team with a goal and assist while Kevin Darveau was in between the pipes once again making 24 saves.

Moncton's last game was against an Islander team that looked different on Sunday than the one on Wednesday. Christopher Caissy had the Wildcats only goal and despite making 43 saves Jason Rioux could not help his team in a 5-1 loss.

HEAD-TO-HEAD
This season    2-4-0-0    14GF    15GA
September 12  Moncton 4 at Halifax 0
September 20  Mooseheads 5 at Wildcats 2
November  Wildcats 0 at Mooseheads 4
December 1  Wildcats 2 at Mooseheads 0
December 20  Mooseheads 4 at Wildcats
December 21  Wildcats 2 at Mooseheads 1
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 - Andrew Ryan (injured), Jonathan Drouin (WJC), Zach Fucale (WJC), Austyn Hardie (suspension) will not be in the lineup tonight

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

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

AFTER THE GAME
The Mooseheads will host the Acaie-Bathurst Titan tomorrow for Saturday night hockey at the Metro Centre. Puck drops at 7pm.