Injury Bug Hitting Moose

Just like last season, the injury bug is hitting your Halifax Mooseheads hard. Unlike last year however, the team will not have to be without the players for too long.

The biggest losses have been on the defense. During home opening weekend your Mosoeheads played with an all rookie defense core because Austyn Hardie and Jessie Lussier were both out with injuries. Now it is shifting to the forwards.

Rookie Josh Fitzgerald began the season on the sidelines with a concussion that came from a pre-season game hit. Hardie on the other hand missed the first games because of a charley horse sustained during a practice before the season started. 20 year old vertern Lussier is out for 6-8 weeks (down to about 4-6 now) because of a broken wrist. Lussier suffered the injury in Halifax's season opener in Bathurst. During the Herd's hope game versus the Saint John Sea Dogs, Cavan Fitzgerald injured himself and is now out for eight weeks with a fractured patella (knee cap).

It was announced today that the Mooseheads will now be without forwards Sam Leblanc and Vincent Watt for a bit. Leblanc has an undisclosed lower body injury and will be out 3-6 weeks according to Chronicle Herald reporter Willy Palov. Watt is out day-to-day with what Palov called an upper body injury.

Photo via twitter.com

Expect a couple of new faces in the lineup when Halifax hosts the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies on Thursday night at Scotiabank Centre.

Not only have the Moose had to contend with injuries but players off at camps and suspensions as well in the first 3 weeks of the season. Matt Murphy, Zach Fucale, Danny Moynihan and Philippe Gadoury were away at NHL camps but are now back in the lineup. Gadoury was actually sent back shortly after NHl camps began as he failed the physical because of headaches. Kelly Bent was suspended for one game and missed the season opener. The Q also announced that Moynihan has been suspended and will miss Thursday's game.

STATS SUNDAY: September

Games played: 6

Record: 2-3-1-0, 5pts

Goals for/against: 18/29

Powerplay: 22.6%

Penalty kill: 71.1%

Shutouts: none

Top 5 leading scorers

Points: Timo Meier 9, Ryan Falkenham 7, Maxime Fortier 5, Philippe Gadoury 4, Morgan Nauss 4

Goals: Ryan Falkenham 5, Timo Meier 4, Philippe Gadoury 2, Connor Moynihan 2, Cavan Fitzgerald 1

Assists: Timo Meier 5, Maxime Fortier 4, Morgan Nauss 3, Philippe Gadoury 2, Cavan Fitzgerald 2

Penalty minutes: Brandon Vuic 23, Austyn Hardie 17, Kelly Bent 13, Samuel Leblanc 10, Ryan Falkenham 9

Plus/minus: Danny Moynihan +2, Philippe Gadoury +1, Austyn Hardie +1, Andrew Shewfelt +1, Jordan King +1

Rookie scoring: Maxime Fortier 5pts, Morgan Nauss 4pts, Cavan Fitzgerald 3pts, Jordan King 2pts, Taylor Ford 1pt

Goaltending stats

Kevin Resop: 1-2-1-0    3.96 GAA     0.852 SAV%

Zach Fucale: 1-1-0-0    5.59 GAA     0.853 SAV%

RECAP: Creamed

FINAL: Mooseheads 0 at Sea Dogs 7
Stars: 3. Auger SNB | 2. Siska SNB | 1. Dundas SNB
Attendance: 3,185
MC's Top Herd: n/a

SAINT JOHN: It was not a good night for your Halifax Mooseheads on Saturday night. The physical side of this new rivalry was in full force last night with the two teams collecting 62 penalty minutes. Saint John cruised to a big win in front of their home crowd, chasing Zach Fucale from the net in a 7-0 game. Fucale was pulled after the Sea Dogs' sixth goal that was scored by Justice Dundas. At least it was a much higher shooting game then Friday night.

The Chronicle Herald's recap: It was a forgettable night for the Halifax Mooseheads in Saint John on Saturday.

Metro Halifax's recap: This one wasn't pretty.

Station Nation's recap: The Saint John Sea Dogs (3-1-0-1) gave their faithful fans plenty to be excited about Saturday evening at Harbour Station with a most convincing 7-0 victory over the Halifax Mooseheads (2-3-1-0)

halifaxmooseheads.ca's recap: One night after scoring a whopping six goals in a home ice victory over Chicoutimi, the Mooseheads offense went ice-cold in Saint John as Halifax fell 7-0 on Saturday night to the hometown Sea Dogs.

saintjohnseadogs.com's recap: Thomas Chabot and Justice Dundas each scored twice and Sebastien Auger kicked aside 29 shots, leading the Saint John Sea Dogs to a 7-0 victory over the Halifax Mooseheads in Quebec Major Junior Hockey League action Saturday at Harbour Station. 

qmjhl.ca's recap: Game summary.

MISSING IN ACTION: Jesse Lussier (broken wrist), Nikolaj Ehlers (Jets camp), Andrew Shewfelt (healthy scratch) and Cavan Fitzgerald (broken patella)

SCORES
Baie-Comeau 0 - 3 Blainville-Boisbriand
Cape Breton 5- 4 Shawinigan OT
Chicoutimi 3 - 1 Moncton
Gatineau 2 - 3 Rouyn-Noranda SO

NEXT GAME: Halifax will welcome it's fans back to Scotiabank Centre for it's first Thursday night tilt of the season when the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies are in town on October 2. Puck drops at 7pm.

GAMEDAY #6: at Saint John

GAMEDAY

SAINT JOHN SEA DOGS vs. HALIFAX MOOSEHEADS

September 27, 2014 at 7:00pm

TV: Rogers | Radio: News 95.7 | Live: @station_nation

Harbour Station (6,200) ~ Saint John, NB

Can they make it two in a row? Well your Halifax Mooseheads will look to do just that against a team that they lost a 3-0 lead exactly a week ago. The return of Zach Fucale, Matt Murphy and Philippe Gadoury proved to be quite helpful last night with Gadoury scoring twice during the evening. 

Overall Records

Mooseheads: 2-2-1-0 = 5 points (5th in Maritimes division, 12th overall)

Sea Dogs: 2-1-0-1 = 5 points (4th in Maritimes division, 10th overall)

Leading Scorers

SNB: Adam Marsh 6pts (3G & 3A), Nathan Noel 6pts (3G & 3A), Jakub Zboril 3pts (3A)

HFX: Timo Meier 9pts (4G & 5A), Ryan Falkenham 7pts (5G & 2A), Maxime Fortier 5pts (1G & 4A)

Last Games

Halifax is coming off its second win of the season, beating Chicoutimi 6-4 on Friday night. Zach Fucale returned to the nets and made 27 saves for the win and Philippe Gadoury recorded 4 points in his first game of the season.

Saint John's previous meeting was against your Mooseheads which ended in a 6-5 overtime win for the Sea Dogs. Adam Marsh scored a hat trick to lead his team to the comeback win a week ago.

Season Series

Saturday Sept 20  Saint John 6 at Halifax 5   OT

Saturday Sept 27  Halifax at Saint John - 7pm

Saturday Oct 11  Halifax at Saint John - 7pm

Friday Nov 7  Saint John at Halifax - 7pm

Saturday Dec 6  Saint John at Halifax - 7pm

Saturday Jan 3  Halifax at Saint John - 7pm

Saturday Mar 14  Halifax at Saint John - 7pm

Saturday Mar 21  Saint John at Halifax - 7pm

Out of Town

Armada vs Drakkar 5:00pm
Cataractes vs Screaming Eagles 5:00pm
Wildcats vs Sagueneens 7:00pm
Huskies vs Olympiques 8:00pm

After the Buzzer
The boys will be back at home in Halifax on Thursday night to take on the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies. Puck drops at 7pm. 

RECAP: Gadoury Surges

FINAL: Sagueneens 4 at Mooseheads 6
Stars: 3. Dauphin CHI | 2. Ranger CHI | 1. Gadoury HAL 
Attendance: 7,261
MC's Top Herd: Philippe Gadoury

HALIFAX: Philippe Gadoury came back to the Mooseheads with a statment. After spending the past two weeks sitting on the sidelines with a headache, the second year forward scored his first 2 goals of the season and added two assists. The re-occurrence of Gadoury, Matt Murphy and Zach Fucale proved to be helpful against a very physical Chicoutimi Sagueneens team. There was two line brawls during the 60 minute game plus lots of hits and even a slash to the back of Timo Meier's head. The Scotiabank Centre is officially minted.

The Chronicle Herald's recap: The return of three key players gave the Halifax Mooseheads the lift they needed Friday night at the Scotiabank Centre. 

Metro Halifax's recap: Go, Gadoury, Go.

halifaxmooseheads.ca's recap: The return of Philippe Gadoury to the Halifax lineup paid off instantly as the 20-year-old forward scored two goals and added two assists in a 6-4 victory over Chicoutimi Saturday night at Scotiabank Place.

The Canadian Press' recap: Philippe Gadoury had two goals and two assists and Zachary Fucale stopped 27 shots as the Mooseheads toppled Chicoutimi.

The Q News' recap: Philippe Gadoury powered the Halifax Mooseheads to a 6-4 win over the visiting Chicoutimi Sagueneens on Friday night in front of 7,261 fans at the Sctiabank Centre.

qmjhl.ca's recap: Game summary.

MISSING IN ACTION: Cavan Fitzgerald (injured), Kelly Bent (healthy scratch), Nikolaj Ehlers (Jets camp) and Jesse Lussier (wrist)

SCORES
Acadie-Bathurst 3 - 4 Charlottetown
Baie-Comeau 3 - Sherbrooke SO
Cape Breton 5 - 7 Blainvile-Boisbriand
Drummondville 4 - 6 Rimouski
Victoiaville 4 - 3 Rouyn-Noranda
Quebec 1 - 5 Shawinigan

NEXT GAME: The Saint John Sea Dogs will host your Halifax Mooseheads tonight at Harbour Station. Puck drops at 7pm.

GAMEDAY #5: vs Chicoutimi

GAMEDAY

HALIFAX MOOSEHEADS vs. CHICOUTIMI SAGUENEENS

September 26, 2014 at 7:00pm

TV: Eastlink | Radio: News 95.7 | Live: @MC_MooseCountry

Scotiabank Centre (10,595) ~ Halifax, NS

Reinforcements are coming. Earlier this week it was announced that Zach Fucale and Matt Murphy were reassigned by their respective NHL teams. Philippe Gadoury will also be in the lineup tonight after suffering headaches for over two weeks. The additions of the 3 players should provide more offense and more experience on the backend. Your Halifax Mooseheads will look to get back on track this weekend after losing back to back games last week. This will be the first game against a Quebec region team for your Mooseheads this season. It will also be the first time we welcome back a former member of the Herd as Brian Lovell will be in town playing for the Sagueneens.

 

Overall Records

Sagueneens: 1-3-0-0 = 2 points (6th in East division, T-16th overall)

Mooseheads: 1-2-1-0 = 3 points (5th in Maritime division, 15th overall)

 

Leading Scorers

HFX: Timo Meier 7pts (3G & 4A), Ryan Falkenham 5pts (4G & 1A), Maxime Fortier 5pts (1G & 4A)

CHI: William Gignac 2pts (2G), Samuel Roussey 2pts (1G & 1A), Samuel Hodhod 2pts (2A)

Last Games

Chicoutimi is coming off a 1-0 loss on Saturday against the Quebec Remparts. Julio Billia made 25 saves in a losing cause on home ice.

The Mooseheads lost on Saturday to the Saint John Sea Dogs in an overtime decision. Timo Meier took over team scoring with two goals and an assist while Kevin Resop made 27 saves to take the loss.

Season Series

Friday Sept 26  Chicoutimi at Halifax - 7pm

Thursday Feb 26  Halifax at Chicoutimi - 8pm

 

Out of Town

Islanders vs Titan 7:00pm
Phoenix vs Drakkar 8:00pm
Armada vs Screaming Eagles 8:00pm
Oceanic vs Voltigeurs 8:30pm
Huskies vs Tigres 8:30pm
Cataractes vs Remparts 8:30pm

After the Buzzer
Halifax will travel to Saint John to have a rematch with the Sea Dogs tomorrow night. Puck drops at 7pm.

Mooseheads Make CSS List

Timo Meier
Photo credit: trurodaily.com

The National Hockey League released it's Central Scouting Services Players to Watch list today and two current Halifax Mooseheads players are on it.

The players are ranked in three different categories. 'A' players are ones who can be projected to go in the first round while 'B' players should go in the 2nd/3rd rounds. 'C' ranked players most likely will go in the 4th to 7th rounds.

Forwards Timo Meier and Connor Moynihan both received a 'B' rating on the list. Prospect defenseman John Marino also had a rating of 'B'.

Meier leads the Mooseheads with 3 goals and 7 points while Moynihan has 2 goals. Marino has a goal and an assist in 5 games with the USPHL South Shore Kings.

Along with Meier and Moynihan, 37 QMJHL players in total were named to the list. Only 5 were listed with an 'A' rating; Jakub Zboril, Callum Booth, Nicolas Roy, Filip Chlapik and Daniel Sprong.

GAMEDAY #4: vs Saint John

GAMEDAY

HALIFAX MOOSEHEADS vs. SAINT JOHN SEA DOGS

September 20, 2014 at 7:00pm

TV: QMJHL Live | Radio: News 95.7 | Live: @MC_MooseCountry

Scotiabank Centre (10,595) ~ Halifax, NS

Your Mooseheads will be looking to get back in the win column tonight win they welcome the Saint John Sea Dogs tonight. Will they be able to do? Well halifax will need more offence if they are going to pull out a victory this evening and a better performance from the defence too to help Kevin Resop out. 

Overall Records

Sea Dogs: 1-1-0-1 = 3 points (4th in Maritimes division, 11th overall)

Mooseheads: 1-2-0-0 = 2 points (6th in Maritimes division, 15th overall)

Leading Scorers

HFX: Ryan Falkenham 4pts (3G & 1A), Timo Meier 4pts (1G & 3A), Cavan Fitzgerald 3pts (1G & 2A)

SNB: Nathan Noel 4pts (3G & 1A), Jakub Zboril 3pts (3A), Mathieu Joseph 2pts (1G & 1A)

Last Games

Saint John is coming off a 5-1 win at their 10th home opener last night. Nathan Noel led the Sea Dogs with 2 goals against the Bathurst Titan while Sebastien Auger made 24 saves. 

Halifax is coming off a 3-0 shutout loss against Moncton yesterday at home. Kevin Resop made 22 saves on 24 shots in the lossing cause against the Wildcats. 

Season Series

Saturday Sept 20  Saint John at Halifax - 7pm

Saturday Sept 27  Halifax at Saint John - 7pm

Saturday Oct 11  Halifax at Saint John - 7pm

Friday Nov 7  Saint John at Halifax - 7pm

Saturday Dec 6  Saint John at Halifax - 7pm

Saturday Jan 3  Halifax at Saint John - 7pm

Saturday Mar 14  Halifax at Saint John - 7pm

Saturday Mar 21  Saint John at Halifax - 7pm

Out of Town

Sagueneens vs Remparts 5:00pm

Foreurs vs Phoenix 5:00pm

Screaming Eagles vs Islanders 7:00pm

Huskies vs Oceanic 8:00pm

After the Buzzer

Halifax will welcome the Chicoutimi Sagueneens to the Scotiabank Centre on Friday night. Puck drops at 7pm. 

RECAP: Deja Vu

FINAL: Wildcats 3 at Mooseheads 0
Stars: 3. Resop HAL | 2. Lalonde MON | 1. Dubeau MON
Attendance: 8,433
MC's Top Herd: Kevin Resop

HALIFAX: It was déjà vu during the Mooseheads home opener on Friday night. The visiting team was the same, there was another Kevin in net and the outcome was pretty much the same. A year ago, on September 12, Halifax opened the season with a game against the Moncton Wildcats and were shutout while backup Kevin Darveau let in 4 goals. Fast forward to last night, the Cats once again helped your Herd open the home part of the season and for the second year in a row Alex Dubeau held Halifax to 0 goals. Kevin Resop made some pretty nice saves when the team needed him to and gave the Moose a chance to get back in the game quite a few times but scoring disappeared.

The Chronicle Herald's recap: The Moncton Wildcats spoiled the party for the Halifax Mooseheads Friday night at the Scotiabank Centre. 

Metro Halifax's recap: The Halifax Mooseheads got off to a slow start Friday night against the Moncton Wildcats, and never quite picked up the pace, losing 3-0 before a hometown crowd eager to see their young team take to the ice for the first time this season. 

halifaxmooseheads.ca's recap: No doubt this was not the way the Mooseheads had hoped to open the home portion of the 2014-2015 QMJHL season with a 3-0 loss to the Moncton Wildcats at the newly minted Scotiabank Centre. 

The Canadian Press' recap: Alex Dubeau made 29 saves as Moncton blanked Halifax. 

The Q News' recap: The Moncton Wildcats posted a 3-0 victory Friday night in Halifax on a game that had to give the fans a serious case of déjà vu at the newly named Scotiabank Centre. 

qmjhl.ca's recap: Game summary.

MISSING IN ACTION: Philippe Gadoury (headaches), Zachary Fucale (Canadiens camp),  Matt Murphy (Senators camp), Jesse Lussier (broken wrist) and Nikolaj Ehlers (Jets camp)

SCORES
Charlottetown 5 - 4 Cape Breton

Acadie-Bathurst 1 - 5 Saint John

Baie-Comeau 3 - 6 Quebec

Gatineau 4 - 3 Blainville-Boisbriand

Sherbrooke 1 - 4 Rouyn-Noranda

Drummondville 0 - 2 Shawinigan

Chicoutimi 2 - 4 Victoriaville

NEXT GAME: Your Mooseheads will be at home once again this evening as they welcome the Saint John Sea Dogs to the Scotiabank Centre. Puck drops at 7pm. 

GAMEDAY #3: vs Moncton

GAMEDAY

HALIFAX MOOSEHEADS vs. MONCTON WILDCATS

September 19, 2014 at 7:00pm

TV: Eastlink | Radio: News 95.7 | Live: @HFXMooseheads

Scotiabank Centre (10,595) ~ Halifax, NS 

It's home opening weekend at the newly rebranded Scotiabank Centre and just like last season we begin it with a visit from the Moncton Wildcats. After a split last weekend, your Halifax Mooseheads will look to be better and should be with the additions of Danny Moynihan and Philippe Gadoury who are coming from NHL rookie camps. With the alst home opener win being in 2011 will the Herd be able to break that streak? Well they won't have the discration of hanging banners and a long ceremony to hold them up this season but with an inexperienced team it should be an interesting and exciting game. Inexperience might actually work to be in the team's favour this year as the whole team will want to show the fans in Moose Country that it isn't the rebuilding stage yet. We're going to ahve to wait and see but come out and be apart of the excitement. Moncton will be itching to ruin the home opener once again however.

Overall Records

Wildcats: 1-1-0-0 = 2 points (T-3rd in Maritimes division, T-10th overall)

Mooseheads: 1-1-0-0 = 2 points (T-3rd in Maritimes division, T-10th overall)

Leading Scorers

HFX: Ryan Falkenham 4pts (3G & 1A), Timo Meier 4pts (1G & 3A), Cavan Fitzgerald 3pts (1G & 2A)

MON: Christophe Lalonde 4pts (1G & 3A), Will Smith 3pts (2G & 1A), Conor Garland 3pts (1G & 2A)

Last Games

The Wildcats hosted the Saint John Sea Dogs on Sunday afternoon. Christophe Lalonde and Conor Garland led Moncton with a goal and 2 assists each in a 5-2 win.

Ryan Falkenham scored another 2 goals and assisted on another in the Mooseheads 6-5 overtime win against the Charlottetown Islanders on Saturday night. Kevin Resop also made 17 saves in Halifax's win.

Season Series

Friday Sept 19  Moncton at Halifax - 7pm

Saturday Nov 1  Moncton at Halifax - 7pm

Saturday Nov 8  Halifax at Moncton - 7pm

Sunday Nov 23  Moncton at Halifax - 4pm

Tuesday Dec 30  Halifax at Moncton - 7pm

Tuesday Feb 3  Halifax at Moncton - 7pm

Tuesday Feb 17  Halifax at Moncton - 7pm

Wednesday Mar 18  Moncton at Halifax -7pm

Friday Mar 20  Halifax at Moncton - 7pm

Out of Town

Screaming Eagles vs Islanders 7:00pm
Sea Dogs vs Titan 7:30pm
Remparts vs Drakkar 8:00pm
Armada vs Olympiques 8:30pm
Huskies vs Phoenix 8:30pm
Cataractes vs Voltigeurs 8:30pm
Tigres vs Sagueneens 8:30pm

After the Buzzer
Home opening weekend continues tomorrow night against the Saint John Sea Dogs at the newly named Scotiabank Centre. Puck drops at 7pm.

Herd Word: Ehlers scores at Prospects tournament

EHLERS
Nikolaj Ehlers was in British Columbia over the weekend for a prospects tournament that included the Winnipeg Jets, the Vancouver Canucks, the Edmonton Oilers and the Calgary Flames. Ehlers only played in 2 of the three games. He had a goal in a 6-4 loss to the Flames on Friday. Sunday afternoon was a much better game where Nik scored two goals and recorded an assist in a 5-4 shootout win against Edmonton while also receiving a penalty.

LUSSIER
20 year old Jesse Lussier got hurt in the game against the Charlottetown Islanders and as such will have to have surgery on his broken wrist. The surgery will happen today and will be out for 6-8 weeks, it was announced today by the team.

RETURNED
Update: After scoring a goal this past weekend, Matt Murphy has been returned by the Ottawa Senators. This means he will not be attending the Sens main camp. Danny Moynihan has also been reassigned to the Mooseheads by the San Jose Sharks.Hali

MAIN CAMPS
The following current Mooseheads will attend main camps;
Nikolaj Ehlers - Winnipeg Jets from September 19th to 30th
Zach Fucale - Montreal Canadiens starting September 18th
Matt Murphy - Ottawa Senators beginning September 18th

INJURED
It sounds like Halifax has another player who is listed day to day because of injury. Philippe Gadoury did not participate in any of the Montreal Canadiens rookie camp because he did not pass the physical.

HOME OPENING WEEKEND
Hockey will finally be back at the Halifax Metro Centre or should I say Scotiabank Centre this weekend. The Herd will take on the Moncton Wildcats in yet another home opener this Friday at 7pm. The Saint John Sea Dogs will than be visiting Halifax on Saturday evening at 7pm. I will be tweeting during both games.

GAMEDAY #2: at Charlottetown

GAMEDAY

CHARLOTTETOWN ISLANDERS vs. HALIFAX MOOSEHEADS

September 13, 2014 at 7:00pm

TV: QMJHL Live | Radio: News 95.7 | Live: @IslesLive

Eastlink Centre (3,717) ~ Charlottetown, PEI

Jesse Lussier is out with a wrist injury which leaves a rookie defense core for tonight's game. The only players with any QMJHL experience before last night's game are Brandon Worthen and Cavan Fitzgerald who have played 5 and 3 games respectively. There's also a rookie in the nets and Kevin Resop will be looking to have a better game in Charlottetown than he did in Bathurst yesterday, not that last night was terrible. 

Kelly Bent will be back in the lineup after sitting out on Friday night because of a one game suspension that happened while he was still a Saint John Sea Dog player last season. Bent's return will add another level of physicality to the Mooseheads line up as long as he and Brandon Vuic stay out of the penalty box. Can the boys bounce back when they take on the Charlottoetown Islanders tonight? We are going to have to wait but once again it will be an entertaining game and watch how this half rookie team fares.  

Overall Records

Mooseheads: 0-1-0-0 = 0 points (4th in Maritimes division, 14th overall)

Islanders: 1-0-0-0 = 2 points (T-1st in Maritimes division, T-2nd overall)

Leading Scorers

CHA: Kameron Kielly 1 pt (1G), Daniel Sprong 1 pt (1G), Filip Chlapik 1 pt (1A)

HFX: Ryan Falkenham 1 pt (1G), Maxime Fortier 1 pt (1A), Timo Meier 1 pt (1A)

Last Games

Halifax is coming off a 4-1 loss in Bathurst on Friday night. Ryan Falkenham scored the only goal for the Moose while Resop made 24 saves against the Titan. 

Charlottetown on the other hand is coming off a come from behind 3-2 shootout win against the Sea Dogs on the island. Kameron Kielly scored the first goal of the season for the Islanders while Daryl MacCullum made 29 saves. 

Season Series

Saturday Sept 13  Halifax at Charlottetown - 7pm

Friday Oct 10  Charlottetown at Halifax - 7pm

Wednesday Oct 29  Charlottetown at Halifax - 7pm

Sunday Nov 2  Halifax at Charlottetown - 4pm

Friday Dec 5  Charlottetown at Halifax - 7pm

Thursday Dec 18  Halifax at Charlottetown - 7pm

Wednesday Dec 31  Charlottetown at Halifax - 3pm

Saturday Feb 21  Halifax at Charlottetown - 7pm

Friday Mar 6  Charlottetown at Halifax - 7pm

Out of Town

Drakkar vs Cataractes 5:00pm

Sagueneens vs Armada 5:00pm

Olympiques vs Huskies 5:00pm

Titan vs Screaming Eagles 7:00pm

Voltigeurs vs Foreurs 8:00pm

After the Buzzer

The Mooseheads will be travelling back to Halifax and will be awaiting the Moncton Wildcats for the home opener on Friday night. Puck drops at 7pm. 

RECAP: Trouble in Bathurst

FINAL: Mooseheads 1 at Titan 4

Stars: 3. Popov BAT | 2. Brennan BAT | 1. Boivin BAT

Attendance: 2,824

MC's Top Herd: n/a

BATHURST: It's going to be a different year. The Acadie-Bathurst played their first game in their new uniforms and in front of an almost sold out crowd, showed that teams can be different each year. Last season, your Halifax Mooseheads defeated the Titan 9 times out of nine games but got off to a very rough start this season. Titan Jacob Brennan back stopped his team to a 4-1 win and Christophe Boivin scored 2 goals against Mooseheads rookie goaltender Kevin Resop. Acadie-Bathurst got out to a 3-0 lead before captain Ryan Falkenham scored to break the shutout with less than 5 minutes left.

The Chronicle Herald's recap: The Halifax Mooseheads will have to wait at least one more day for their first win of the season.

Metro Halifax's recap: The Mooseheads were almost shut out by the Titan in their season opener on the road Friday night, but captain Ryan Falkenham stepped up late in the game to score Halifax's lone goal, his leadership providing a bright spot in a disappointing 4-1 loss to Bathurst.

halifaxmooseheads.ca's recap: The Halifax Mooseheads opened the 2014-2015 QMJHL season with a 4-1 loss in Acadie-Bathurst.

The Canadian Press' recap: Christophe Boivin had goals in the first and third period to lead Acadie-Bathurst past Halifax.

Titan Nation's recap: Before a crowd of 2,824, the Acadie-Bathurst Titan opened their 17th season with a strong 4-1 win over the Halifax Mooseheads.

qmjhl.ca's recap: Game summary.

MISSING IN ACTION: Kelly Bent (suspension), Zach Fucale (Canadiens camp), Danny Moynihan (Sharks camp), Austyn Hardie (injured), Nikolaj Ehlers (Jets camp), Philippe Gadoury (Canadiens camp) and Josh Fitzgerald (injured)

SCORES
Saint John 2 - 3 Charlottetown SO
Cape Breton 6 - 3 Moncton
Quebec 1 - 6 Sherbrooke
Shawinigan 7 - 1 Chicoutimi
Blainville-Boisbriand 0 - 4 Baie-Comeau
Rouyn-Noranda 1 - 4 Drummondville
Val-d'Or 3 - 2 Gatineau SO
Victoriaville 5 - 6 Rimouski

NEXT GAME: Halifax are currently travelling to Charlottetown to take on the Islanders at 7pm tonight.

GAMEDAY #1: at Acadie-Bathurst

GAMEDAY

ACADIE-BATHURST TITAN vs. HALIFAX MOOSEHEADS

September 12, 2014 at 7:30pm

TV: Webcast | Radio: News 95.7 | Live: @TitanNationCA

K.C. Irving Regional Centre (3,162) ~ Bathurst, NB

 

A year ago today we opened the season at home raising two championship banners. This season, many analysts have your Halifax Mooseheads finishing in the middle of the QMJHL standings. With nine new faces on the team this season, it should make for a very interesting year.

Halifax will need to get off to a good start as to not put themselves in a hole but they will have to do it without some key players and even more inexperienced players in the lineup this weekend. Earlier this week, the Mooseheads called up goaltender Christopher Langlais, defenseman Brandon Worthen and forward Makail Parker. How will the new faces pan out? Well we will have to wait and see but their first test will be against the Acadie-Bathurst Titan tongiht. Former Herd player Andrew Ryan made the Titan roster this season after being traded in the summer but will not be in the lineup tonight as he is at Minnesota Wild camp.

Overall Records

Mooseheads: 0-0-0-0 = 0 points (T-1st in Maritimes division, T-1st overall)

Titan: 0-0-0-0 = 0 points (T-1st in Maritimes division, T-1st overall)

Leading Scorers

BAT: n/a

HFX: n/a

Last Games

Halifax is coming off a 5-3 loss to provincial rivals Cape Breton in their last preseason game. Josh Fitzgerald, Vincent Watt and Maxime Fortier had the goals for the Mooseheads in Screaming Eagles territory.

Bathurst was in Moncton this past Sunday to finish up their preseason schedule and lost 3-2 in a shootout against the Wildcats. Christophe Boivin and Aaron Kerr had the goals for the Titan.

Season Series

Friday Sept 12  Halifax at Bathurst - 7:30pm

Sunday Oct 12  Halifax at Bathurst - 3pm

Wednesday Nov 12  Bathurst at Halifax - 7pm

Wednesday Dec 10  Bathurst at Halifax - 7pm

Saturday Dec 13  Halifax at Bathurst - 7pm

Sunday Jan 4  Bathurst at Halifax - 2pm

Saturday Feb 7  Bathurst at Halifax - 7pm

Wednesday Mar 4  Bathurst at Halifax - 7pm

Friday Mar 13  Halifax at Bathurst - 7:30pm

Out of Town

Islanders vs Sea Dogs 7:00pm

Wildcats vs Screaming Eagles 7:00pm

Phoenix vs Remparts 8:00pm

Sagueneens vs Cataractes 8:00pm

Drakkar vs Armada 8:30pm

Voltigeurs vs Huskies 8:30pm

Olympiques vs Foreurs 8:30pm

Oceanic vs Tigres 8:30pm

After the Buzzer

Halifax will now travel across the bridge to Charlottetown to play the Islanders tomorrow night. Game time is 7pm.

Moose Attend Rookie Camps

Five current players will take part in National Hockey League camps which start this weekend. These players include Zach Fucale and Philippe Gadoury with the Montreal Canadiens as well as forwards Nikolaj Ehlers (Winnipeg Jets) and Daniel Moynihan (San Jose Sharks), with Matt Murphy attending Ottawa Senators camp.

The five players will be unavailable for this weekend's games in Bathurst and Charlottetown on Friday and Saturday. Fucale and Ehlers could possibly miss a couple of more weeks.

A couple of former Mooseheads will also be attending camps. Stefan Fournier will get another crack at showing the Canadiens he has what it takes to be at the next level, while Andrew Ryan as you know will be at Minnesota Wild camp. MacKenzie Weegar and Stephen MacAulay will be in the sunshine state attending Florida Panthers camp. Of course Jonathan Drouin is also in the sunshine state at the Tampa Bay Lightning rookie camp.

Good luck to all the players at camp.

PRESEASON: Stats Sunday (on Tuesday)

Games played: 5

Record: 2-2-0-1, 5pts

Scores*: 3-2, 3-4 0-1, 4-3, 3-5
Goals for/against: 13 / 15

Powerplay %: 16.0

Penalty kill %: 96.0

Shutouts: none

Top 3 leading scorers

Points: Vincent Watt (5pts), Josh Fitzgerald (3pts), Matt Murphy (2pts)

Goals: Matt Murphy (2G), Vincent Watt (2G), Jacob Jacques (1G)

Assists: Joshua Fitzgerald (2A), Samuel Leblanc (2A), Andrew Shewfelt (2A)

Penalty minutes: Kelly Bent (23 mins), Brandon Vuic (9 mins), Timo Meier (8 mins)

Plus/minus: Joshua Fitzgerald (+1), Jacob Jacques (+1), Dominik Blain-Dupuis (+1)

Rookie scoring: Joshua Fitzgerald (3pts), Brett Crossley (2pts), Dominik Blain-Dupuis (1pts)

Goaltending stats

Zach Fucale: 0-0-0-0   0.00 GAA%    1.000 SAV%

Kevin Resop: 2-1-0-0   3.33 GAA%   0.901 SAV%

*Mooseheads score is first

Top 7 Games You Gotta Be At

We're less than a week away from the beginning of the regular season, lets take a look at the top 7, in my opinion, games that you should be at the Scotiabank Centre for.

#7   March 21, 2015
vs. Saint John Sea Dogs - 4pm
The last game of the season will be played against the Dogs. This could be any kind of game; one where Halifax is fighting for a playoff spot, or just a game to clean up some problems before the big test begins in the playoffs. It'll also be fan appreciation day!!

#6   October 5, 2014
vs. Val-d'Or Foreurs - 4pm
A Sunday afternoon rematch against the team that kicked the Mooseheads out of the 2014 playodd back in April. It could also be the first contest between these two teams that we don't see a Mantha/Drouin battle.

#6   January 9, 2015
vs. Gatineau Olympiqus - 7pm
The annual Teddy Bear Toss game is a great way to donate stuffed animals to kids who are not as fortuante and to see your Mooseheads take on another Quebec team that only comes to Moose Country once a year.

#5   December 31, 2014
vs. Charlottetown Islanders - 2pm
Before you go out and party to celebrate the end of the year, come watch the last Mooseheads game of 2014 as Halifax takes on the Islanders in a New Years Eve matinee.

#4   November 7, 2014
vs. Saint John Sea Dogs - 7pm
Last year it was the Moncton Wildcats that we saw a lot of during the annal events, this season it's Saint John. This one will be a night where we celebrate our Canadian Forces veterans as the boys will wear special Navy themed jerseys that will be auctioned off.

#3   October 10, 2014
vs. Charlottetown Islanders - 7pm
The 7th annual Pink in the Rink will be played on this date. The Scotiabank Centre will be a sea of pink during the third home game of October and it's all to support the Canadian Breast Cancer Society and research to find a cure for breast cancer. Make sure you wear pink.

#2   September 20, 2014
vs. Saint John Sea Dogs - 7pm
After the preseason competitions between these two teams and the Kelly Bent signing, this should be a very physical and exciting game. Saint John will most likely be our biggest rivals this season after Cape Breton.

#1 September 19, 2014
vs. Moncton Wildcats - 7pm
It's the home opener of course it would be on this list. This game will feature a few players who won't be here all year long but it should be fantastic and it's against the Wildcats which are always very interesting tough contests.

Note: times are subject to change without notice, check the blog for pregame previews for the offical times.

Preseason ends with loss

Halifax-Cape Breton Game at a Glance
FINAL: Halifax 3 at Cape Breton 5
Halifax scorers: Joshua Fitzgerald, Vincent Watt, Maxime Fortier
Cape Breton scorers: Charles-Eric Legare, Pierre-Luc Dubois, Julien Pelletier, Evgeny Svechnikov
Powerplay: HFX - 2/5, CAP - 0/7
Shots: Mooseheads - 7+7+5=19, Eagles- 10+14+15=39
Attendance: 981 (capacity: 1,000)

Recaps
The Chronicle Herald's recap: The pre-season is finally over for the Cape Breton Screaming Eagles and Halifax Mooseheads.

Metro Halifax's recap: Halifax traded goals twice with Cape Breton in the first period Saturday night in north Sydney, but the Screaming Eagles defeated the Mooseheads 5-3 in the final exhibition game for both teams before the puck drops on the 2014-15 season.

halifaxmooseheads.ca's recap: The Halifax Mooseheads wrapped up the QMJHL preseason with a 5-3 loss to the provincial rival Cape Breton Screaming Eagles Saturday night in North Sydney.

The Q News' recap: Evgeny Svechnikov had a pair goals as the Cape Breton Screaming Eagles wrapped up their preseason schedule with a 5-3 victory over the Halifax Mooseheads at the Emera Centre on Saturday. 

qmjhl.ca's recap: Game summary.

PRESEASON: at Cape Breton

GAMEDAY

Pre-season Game #6

Opponent: Cape Breton Screaming Eagles
When: September 6, 2014
Where: Emera Centre Northside
Time: 7:00pm
Tickets:

Halifax Mooseheads
Preseason record: 2-1-0-1, 5pts
Goals for: 10
Goals against: 10
Head coach: Dom Ducharme
Scoring leader: Vincent Watt (1G & 2A)
Leading goaltender: Zachary Fucale (0.00 GAA)

Cape Breton Screaming Eagles
Preseason record: 1-1-0-0, 2pts
Goals for: 6
Goals against: 10
Head coach: Marc-Andre Dumont
Scoring leader: Jacob Smith (2G & 0A)
Leading goaltender: Francois Brassard (3.00 GAA)

Notes...

• This is the last preseason game for both teams
• Cape Breton spent the last 8 days of August in Russia representing Canada at the Junior Club World Cup
• Ryan Falkenham will be wearing the C for the first time this season
• Season starts in 6 days guys!! 

OTHER GAMES

Saint John vs. Charlottetown

Gatineau vs. Ottawa

Falky named Captain

Well there you have it. Returning forward, Ryan Falkenham has been named the captain of your Halifax Mooseheads for the 2014-15 season. Falkenham is going into his fourth year with the team but missed most of last season with injuries in both his hips.

Sophomore Nikolaj Ehlers and veteran defenceman Austyn Hardie were named alternate captains this season by the team. Ehlers is coming of a sensational rookie year that led to him being drafted 9th overall by the Winnipeg Jets in the National Hockey League who signed the 18 year old to an entry level contract yesterday. Hardie is going in to his last season of junior hockey and the Herd will look to him quite a bit to lead the very young D core this season. 

Congratulations to all three players.