PLAYOFF GAMEDAY #3: at Charlottetown

IT'S GAMEDAY

CHARLOTTETOWN ISLANDERS vs. HALIFAX MOOSEHEADS

Halifax leads 2-0
Puck drops at 7:00pm

Eastlink Centre (3,717) ~ Charlottetown, PEI

PREVIEW - Will being in front of home fans help the Islanders get back in this series or will it be too overwhelming for the team that finds themselves down 0-2 going to PEI? Halifax was able to sweep the first home portion of this first round series and will look to sweep the road part too tonight and tomorrow. Charlottetown will have to get past the defense and get more shots on Zach Fucale if they have any hope of winning a game becuase we all know that Mason MacDonald, the Haligonian Islanders goalie, can stand on his head but as we saw in the first two games he can do it for only so long. The duo of Nikolaj Ehlers and Jonathan Drouin though might just be too much to handle for this young team that started out well but slid in the latter half of the season. After the rough stuff in Halifax, it'll be interesting to see how the two teams play on the ice in Charlottetown. The Mooseheads were the only ones to get any extra discipline from the fight at 15:51 of the third period.

NOT PLAYING - Ryan Falkenham (hips), Brandon Vuic (suspended), Austyn Hardie (upper body) & Brent Andrews (upper body) will not play for Halifax

NOTES - Brandon Vuic of the Mooseheads was suspended for one game for his fight he had Saturday night against Hanley.

PLAYOFF SERIES

Game 1 Mar 21 Islanders 3 at Mooseheads 6

Game 2 Mar 22 Islanders 1 at Mooseheads 7

Game 3 Mar 25 Mooseheads at Islanders

Game 4 Mar 26 Mooseheads at Islanders

*Game 5 Mar 28 Islanders at Mooseheads

*Game 6 Mar 30 Mooseheads at Islanders

*Game 7 Apr 1 Islanders at Mooseheads 

OUT OF TOWN

Armada at Wildcats - 7:00pm

Olympiques at Eagles - 7:00pm

Foreurs at Titan - 7:30pm

Drakkar at Cataractes - 8:00pm

Oceanic at Sagueneens - 8:00pm

Voltigeurs at Tigres - 8:30pm

Remparts at Huskies - 8:30pm

GAME COVERAGE

TV: Eastlink

Live: @islandersgmday

Radio: News 95.7

Webcast: TELUS

Post-game: The Chronicle Herald, Islanders Country blog

NEXT GAME

Halifax will stay on the island for another game to play game 4 on Wednesday night versus Charlottetown. Puck drops at 7pm.