GAMEDAY 67: vs Saint John

IT'S GAMEDAY

HALIFAX MOOSEHEADS vs. SAINT JOHN SEA DOGS

Puck drops at 7:00pm

Metro Centre (10,595) ~ Halifax, NS

PREVIEW - This is the biggest game of the season for the visiting team. The Saint John Sea Dogs are four points behind 16th place Shawinigan for the last playoff spot and if the Dogs get anything less than a win, they will find themselves out of the playoffs for the first time in seven years. They will look to end the home team's 11 game win streak.

The Halifax Mooseheads are going the opposite direction of the Sea Dogs. They are looking to end the season on a winning streak and will have a little bit tougher task this season. Halifax isn't dominating the league this season like they did last year. However they are firing on all cylinders including 11 straight wins now and their top players are scoring. Nikolaj Ehlers scored three straight hat trick 2 weekends ago and hasn't stopped his scoring touch. He has collected at least a point in each of the Mooseheads last eleven wins.


Halifax visited Saint John on Saturday night and in a physical affair won 4-0. Zach Fucale faced only 12 shots for the shutout while Philippe Gadoury powered the offense with two goals.


THE NUMBERS

Leading scorers
SNB: Oliver Cooper 57pts (28G & 29A), Matthew Highmore 50pts (19G & 31A), Nathan Noel 37pts (16G & 21A)
HAL: Nikolaj Ehlers 100pts (47G & 53A), Jonathan Drouin 98pts (26G & 72A), Darcy Ashley 76pts (29G & 47A)

HEAD-TO-HEAD
This season      6-1-0-0      31GF     14GA
October 1   Mooseheads 2 at Sea Dogs 4
October 12   Sea Dogs 0 at Mooseheads 3
November 9   Sea Dogs 5 at Mooseheads 7
November 23   Sea Dogs 0 at Mooseheads 5
January 4   Mooseheads 5 at Sea Dogs 3
January 21   Mooseheads 5 at Sea Dogs 2
March 8   Mooseheads 4 at Sea Dogs 0
March 14 @ 7pm Sea Dogs at Mooseheads
Last season   7-0-1-0   43GF   16GA
NOT PLAYING - Ryan Falkenham (hips) & Austyn Hardie

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

GAME COVERAGE
TV: None
Live: MC_MooseCountry, FraserTQN
Radio: News 95.7, News 88.9
Webcast: TELUS
Post-game: Station Nation blog, The Q News

AFTER THE GAME
Halifax will play its last home game of the season tomorrow night against Cape Breton. Puck drops at 7pm.