GAMEDAY #23: vs Cape Breton

GAMEDAY

HALIFAX MOOSEHEADS vs. CAPE BRETON SCREAMING EAGLES

November 14, 2014 at 7:00pm

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

Scotiabank Centre (10,595) ~ Halifax, NS

 

It's Friday night. It's a game against Cape Breton, our provincial rivals. It will be an exciting Friday night hockey matchup between the Mooseheads and the Screaming Eagles at the Scotiabank Centre this evening. Provincial rival games are always exciting but this weekend's series will be an important one for both teams. There is a point that seperates the two teams in the standings so a sweeo by either team will put some distance between the victor and last place in the Maritimes division. Halifax has been playing more confident lately while Cape Breton are coming into this game without a win since these two teams last met in October. Scoring for the Mooseheads is coming more appearent now and they'll need to be firing on all cylinders as they battle a team that is 6th in goals for despite the losing streak. How much hop will the Herd have after the thrilling game that was played on Wednesday night? We'll have to see but hopefully it is a lot. 

Halifax and Cape Breton met almost a month ago on October 19 in Sydney. The Screaming Eagles skated away with the win. Philippe Gadoury scored the lone goal for the Mooseheads in the 4-1 loss while Zach Fucale made 33 saves on 36 shots in the defeat.

Overall Records

Eagles: 7-11-2-2 = 18 points (5th in Maritimes division, 15th overall)

Mooseheads: 8-11-2-1 = 19 points (4th in Maritimes division, 14th overall)

Leading Scorers

HFX: Timo Meier 26pts (10G & 16A), Nikolaj Ehlers 21pts (9G & 12A), Philippe Gadoury 17pts (8G & 9A)

CAP: Kyle Farrell 33pts (19G & 14A), Evgeny Svechnikov 29pts (10G & 19A), Maxim Lazarev 25pts (9G & 16A)

Last Games

Cape Breton is coming off a 7-4 loss at home on Wednesday night against the Moncton Wildcats. Bradley Lalonde led the Eagles with 3 assists in the defeat which saw Cape Breton shoot 41 pucks towards the Moncton net to the Cats 25 shots.

Halifax is coming off a big 5-4 shootout win on Wednesday night at the Scotiabank Centre against the Acadie-Bathurst Titan. Nikolaj Ehlers had a hat trick and an assist as well as the shootout winner to lead the Mooseheads while Zach Fucale picked up the victory with 21 saves.

Season Series

Friday Oct 17  Cape Breton 2 at Halifax 5
Sunday Oct 19  Halifax 1 at Cape Breton 4
Friday Nov 14  Cape Breton at Halifax - 7pm
Saturday Nov 15  Halifax at Cape Breton - 7pm
Sunday Dec 28  Halifax at Cape Breton - 7pm
Sunday Jan 18  Halifax at Cape Breton - 4pm
Friday Jan 30  Cape Breton at Halifax - 7pn
Saturday Feb 14  Cape Breton at Halifax - 7pm
Sunday Mar 8  Halifax at Cape Breton - 2pm

Out of Town

Wildcats vs Tigres 7:00pm
Titan vs Voltigeurs 7:30pm
Sagueneens vs Sea Dogs 8:00pm
Armada vs Phoenix 8:30pm
Oceanic vs Olympiques 8:30pm
Huskies vs Cataractes 8:30pm

After the Buzzer
The two teams will travel to Sydney for a rematch game tomorrow evening. Puck drops at 7pm.