GAMEDAY 66: at Charlottetown

IT'S GAMEDAY

CHARLOTTETOWN ISLANDERS vs. HALIFAX MOOSEHEADS

Puck drops at 7:00pm

EastLink Centre (3,717) ~ Charlottetown, PEI

PREVIEW - It's the last road game of the season for your Halifax Mooseheads and the home team will be looking to keep their playoff hopes alive in front of a sellout crowd. The Charlottetown Islanders are going in the opposite directions they want to be going in at this point of the season, losing their last 2 games and going 3-5-1-1 in their alst 10. They started the season off quite well winning 10 of their first 13 games but lost the next 6 games which basically ruined their chances of clinching a playoff spot early. Despite the ups and downs they have had this season, the new management team has amde the town excited again about hockey as they have seen an increase in their attendance of an average of 500 per game. They will likely have good attendances in their last three games which starts tonight with their first sellout of the season.

The Mooseheads are looking like the team that won the President's Cup last season. They have won 10 straight games now and will look to close out the regular season still riding wins. With the next three games being against thier own division, they are basically gaurenteed to continue the streak. Saturday's season finale will be the toughest test however.


Charlottetown's first loss on this mini losing streak was against this very team back on Thursday in which the Mooseheads won 7-4. Seven Halifax players had multi point nights highlighted by Andrew Ryan and Darcy Ashley each getting 2 goals. Zach Fucale had to only face 25 shots in 60 minutes for the win.

THE NUMBERS

Leading scorers

HAL: Nikolaj Ehlers 98pts (47G & 51A), Jonathan Drouin 96pts (25G & 71A), Darcy Ashley 76pts (29G & 47A)

CHA: Daniel Sprong 64pts (28G & 36A), Alexandre Goulet 46pts (26G & 20A), Kameron Kielly 30pts (10G & 20A)

LAST GAMES

Charlottetown took on the Screaming Eagles in Sydney on Friday night and were defeated 5-2. Rookie Daniel Sprong scored both of the Islanders goals while Mason McDonald made 40 saves on 44 shots taking the loss.

Halifax last battled the Saint John Sea Dogs on Saturday night in Saint John. It was the Dogs last home game of the season and their were plenty of prizes given out. Phillipe Gadoury scored twice and Nikolaj Ehlers extended his point streak to 10 games. Zach Fucale made only 12 saves for his 6th shutout of the season in the Mooseheads 4-0 win.

HEAD-TO-HEAD
This season        7-1-0-0     36GF      19GA
September 13   Mooseheads 2 at Islanders 5
October 23   Islanders 2 at Mooseheads 4
November 15   Mooseheads 4 at Islanders 3
December 8   Mooseheads 4 at Islanders 1
January 3   Islanders at Mooseheads POSTPONED
January 8   Mooseheads 5 at Islanders 2
January 15  Islanders 1 at Mooseheads 5
February 19   Islanders 1 at Mooseheads 5
March 6   Islanders 4 at Mooseheads 7
March 11 @ 7pm   Mooseheads at Islanders
Last season   7-1-0-0   43GF    20GA
NOT PLAYING - Sam Leblanc (suspension), Austyn Hardie and possibly Jonathan Drouin (healthy) and Timo Meier (back); Brennan Bailey was called up for the rest of the season

OUT OF TOWN
Olympiques at Armada - 8:00pm
Foreurs at Huskies - 8:30pm

GAME COVERAGE
TV: None
Live: @islandersgmday, @CollenTQN
Radio: News 95.7
Webcast: TELUS
Post-game: The Q News

AFTER THE GAME
Your Mooseheads will finish out the 2013-14 season at home in the Metro Centre with the first tilt being against the team they played on Saturday, the Saint John Sea Dogs. As always puck drops at 7pm.