GAMEDAY #35: at Charlottetown

GAMEDAY

CHARLOTTETOWN ISLANDERS vs HALIFAX MOOSEHEADS

December 18, 2014 at 7:00pm

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

EastLink Centre (3,717) ~ Charlottetown, PEI

Zach Fucale has been gone for a week now and despite the fact that some, including me, thought the Mooseheads would not play so well, Kevin Resop has been proving that he is going to be our next good starting goaltender. Though neither game against the Titan should've been as tight as they were, Resop stood tall in both and gave Halifax the chance to get the win. He'll have to keep that going for the rest of the month, especially tonight when they take on the Charlottetown Islanders on the road. It's the last game for the boys before the holiday break. Halifax will be trying to go into the break 4 gamses above .500 instead of two. With most of the top line gone, the Herd got some secondary scoring last night with even defenceman Cavan Fitzgerald chipping in. Halifax will need a lot of secondary scoring from their normal 3rd and fourth lines to continue their winning ways against a division foe this evening. The match ups between these two are always good and a bit chippy. Can the Moose end their streak of games that have gone to extra time or will we see a 4th straight? Recent matchups between Charlottoetown and Halifax suggests that we should not be seeing a overtime tonight but you never know.

This is the sixth of nine games between these two teams. Halifax has a 4-1-0-0 record against Charlottetown while the Islanders are 1-3-1-0 against the Mooseheads. The last matchup was back on December 5th in Halifax with the Moose taking a 5-0 win on the back of Danny Moynihan's hat trick.

Overall Records
Mooseheads: 17-14-2-1 = 37 points (3rd in Maritimes division, 9th overall)
Islanders: 16-17-1-1 = 34 points (4th in Maritimes division, 14th overall)

Leading Scorers
CHA: Filip Chlapik 40pts (16G & 24A), Daniel Sprong 38pts (18G & 20A), Alexandrew Goulet 30pts (18G & 12A)
HFX: Nikolaj Ehlers 47pts (16G & 31A), Timo Meier 46pts (21G & 25A), Philippe Gadoury 32pts (14G & 18A)

Last Games
Halifax is coming off a tight 3-2 overtime win against the Acadie-Bathurst Titan on Wednesday night at home. Connor Moynihan and Cavan Fitzgerald each had a goal and 2 assists while Kevin Resop stood tall making 29 saves.

Charlottetown is coming off a revange win in Rimouski on Sunday night. Daniel Sprong led the way with 2 goals to give the Islanders a 5-2 victory against the Oceanic while Mason McDonald made 25 saves.

Season Series
Saturday Sept 13 Halifax 6 at Charlottetown 5 OT
Friday Oct 10 Charlottetown 2 at Halifax 3
Wednesday Oct 29 Charlottetown 4 at Halifax 1
Sunday Nov 2 Halifax 3 at Charlottetown 0
Friday Dec 5 Charlottetown 0 at Halifax 5
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
Wildcats vs Screaming Eagles 7:00pm
Sea Dogs vs Titan 7:00pm
Phoenix vs Cataractes 8:00pm
Tigres vs Voltigeurs 8:00pm
Olympiques vs Armada 8:30pm
Oceanic vs Remparts 8:30pm
Foreurs vs Huskies 8:30pm

After the Buzzer
Halifax will take a ten day break to spend time with family over the holidays but they will be back on December 28 in Cape Breton.