CONFIRMED: Fucale, Murphy to Quebec

Fucale's draft picture
via metronews.ca

After two weeks of speculation and rumours, the Halifax Mooseheads fianlly confirmed the trade of franchise goaltender Zach Fucale and defenceman Matt Murphy to the Quebec Remparts. The trade was rumoured a little while ago but could not be made official until today when the QMJHL trade period opened.

The Mooseheads also traded a 5th round pick in the 2015 QMJHL draft to Quebec. In return Halifax will receive goaltender Eric Brassard, who stood tall against the Herd last Thursday despite picking up a shootout loss for the Remparts. Halifax also picked up a 1st & 3rd round picks in 2016 and 1st & 2nd round selections in 2018.

This is a big trade for the Moose and fans will miss both players, especially Fucale but the team is getting the pieces together to rebuild in the near future for another run at the Memorial Cup.

Eric Brassard
via PEI Gaurdian site

Fucale ends his four year career with the Mooseheads with 126 regular season wins, a team record. He played 182 games for Halifax and recorded 12 regular season shutouts. In the playoffs he had 35 wins in 49 games played. In two seasons with Halifax, Murphy collected 63 points in 121 games played in Moose Country. Cam Russell had traded for him in the middle of the 2012-13 season. Both
boys will now get an opportunity to win another Memorial Cup in May as the Remparts are gaurenteed a spot in the tournament no matter how they do in the QMJHL playoffs. Eric Brassard comes to Halifax with 77 career regular season games played and 25 wins. This will be Brassard's 4th team in 3 seasons.

Good luck Zach Fucale and Matt Murphy in Quebec. Welcome to Moose Country Eric Brassard.

Full story from the Mooseheads here.