2015 Ended Right

That's how you end a year! Your Halifax Mooseheads were coming into tonight's matchup on a 5 game losing streak but were able to put a stop to it against the Cape Breton Screaming Eagles on home ice. The New Year's Eve match was the second of a home and home series between the two Nova Scotia rivals. As such, both teams wore special blue and white NS themed jerseys for their annual Battle of Nova Scotia after Christmas games (missed last season). Each team won their home game this week. Veteran Danny Moynihan, returning from being sick with the flu earlier in the week, powered the offence with 4 assists and rookie Otto Somppi had his first multi goal game, scoring twice, including the overtime winner on the powerplay. Danny's younger brother Connor, a forward, suited up on the back end because Morgan Nauss and Walter Flower were out with injuries leaving the Mooseheads with 5 actual dmen. Halifax got off to a quick start scoring twice on 4 shots but Cape Breton battled back in the second and took a 4-2 lead 6 minutes into the third period. Jocktain Chainey, who the Herd traded for before Christmas, picked up his first goal as a Moosehead to tie the game at 4 in the last two minutes of regulation with a nice slap shot.

FINAL: Screaming Eagles 4 at Mooseheads 5 OT
Stars: 3. D Moynihan HAL | 2. C Moynihan HAL | 1. Sorrentino CAP
Attendance: 7,426
MC's Top Herd: Connor Moynihan

GAME LOG
First period
2:13 HAL Taylor Ford (5) | A: D Moynihan
4:46 HAL Otto Somppi (5) | A: C Moynihan & Shewfelt
11:48 CAP Phelix Martineau (10) | A: Fournier

Second period
9:23 CAP Anthony Sorrentino (11) | A: Fournier & Hoyt
13:29 CAP Anthony Sorrentino (12) | A: Smith & Hoyt

Third period
6:00 CAP Clark Bishop (11) | A: Leveille & Dubois
7:58 HAL Jean-Sebastien Taillefer (3) | A: D Moynihan
18:48 HAL Jocktain Chainey (2), PP | A: Fortier & D Moynihan

Overtime period
1:18 HAL Otto Somppi (6), PP | A: D Moynihan & Fortier

Powerplay: CAP - 0-for-0, HAL - 2-for-6
Shots: 36-29 in favour of Cape Breton

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

UP NEXT: Your Mooseheads will travel to Charlottetown to take on the Islanders on Sunday afternoon. Puck drops at 3pm.

Mooseheads Rebuild Showing

Your Halifax Mooseheads finished the first half of the regular season on Friday night on the road with a 3-1 loss against the Saint John Sea Dogs. The boys might be thankful for this break but there's also nervousness I am sure for the veterans on the team. Coming into the season, Halifax was one of two of the youngest teams in the QMJHL and after a couple of trades this past weekend they have gotten even younger.

Cavan Fitzgerald
Photo - Metro News

The Mooseheads traded 19 year old Cavan Fitzgerald, who leads the team's defenceman in scoring, for rookie Jocktan Chainey and a draft pick. Overager Cody Donaghey also got traded for Halifax native Michael O'Leary and two picks. Will we see more trades? Most likely and it might include two of the Herd's leading scorers in Timo Meier and Danny Moynihan. Halifax has a 12-18-4-1 record going into Christmas break which has them tied for 15th overall in the QMJHL with 29 points. It's been an okay season so far for the Moose, there's been outstanding performances, a few first goals for rookies at the beginning and some high scoring games. Halifax played it's 1500th regular season game on Thursday night. There's also been some disappointments, like a devastating loss to 18th place Baie-Comeau, un-balanced scoring and inconsistency. But keep in mind that the Mooseheads are in a rebuild year so this is quite normal. As you might've noticed in my first half statistics on Sunday, the Herd are being led by veteran Danny Moynihan in scoring. Moynihan's 42 points in the first half is good enough for 18th overall in league scoring. Helsink, Finland native Otto Somppi, who Halifax drafted in the 2015 CHL import draft, is the top rookie scorer for the Mooseheads and is in the top 10 in the league.

Halifax will look to turn their 4 game losing streak around when they host Donaghey and the Moncton Wildcats on Monday night but they'll be in tough. The Cats have won all but one game against our boys and with the additions they made, I don't see them getting any easier to beat. The Mooseheads will then travel up north to start a home and home against provincial rivals Cape Breton Screaming Eagles before the end of 2015.

Good luck to the Mooseheads the rest of the season, I look forward to it.

STATS SUNDAY: First half

Games played: 35
Record: 12-18-4-1, 29pts
Goals for/against: 100/127
Powerplay*: 16.6% (16th)
Penalty kill*: 80.1% (5th)

Top 5 leading scorers
Points: Danny Moynihan 42, Maxime Fortier 40, Timo Meier 36, Cavan Fitzgerald 26, Otto Somppi 23
Goals: Danny Moynihan 23, Maxime Fortier 19, Timo Meier 11, Cavan Fitzgerald 10, Andrew Shewfelt 6
Assists: Timo Meier 25, Maxime Fortier 21, Otto Somppi 20, Danny Moynihan 19, Cavan Fitzgerald 16
Penalty minutes: Connor Moynihan 66, Kelly Bent 66, Jean-Sebastian Taillefer 50, Taylor Ford 45, Danny Moynihan 38
Plus/minus: Timo Meier +7, Walter Flower +5, Danny Moynihan +1, Domenico Argento 0, Joel Bishop 0
Rookie scoring: Otto Somppi 23, Arnaud Durandeau 9, Ilya Putintsev 9, Joel Bishop 6, Cooper Jones 4

Goaltending stats
Eric Brassard: 10-10-2-1    3.17 GAA    0.901 SAV%
Kevin Resop: 2-8-2-0    4.08 GAA    0.865 SAV%

TRADE: Fitzgerald sent to Cataractes

According to the Shawinigan Cataractes Twitter they have traded for 19 year old Caven Fitzgerald of your Halifax Mooseheads. The league hasn't made the trade official yet and the Herd haven't reported anything about it either as of now.

In return, Halifax is said to get rookie Jocktan Chainey and a 3rd round pick in the 2016 QMJHL draft.

World Junior Camp Rosters Announced

There will be some current Halifax Mooseheads in Finland this month for the 2016 World Junior Hockey Championships.

While no player on the Herd will be suiting up for Team Canada this year, there will be a couple of Mooseheads personnel behind the bench. Head Coach Dominique Ducharme has been asked to assist in coaching duties and equipment manager Chris MacDonald will serve in the same capacity during the 10 day tournament. The two were not behind the bench on Friday night when Halifax hosted the Saint John Sea Dogs as Canada's selection camp began today.

Halifax's captain Timo Meier was invited to Team Switzerland's camp but will no doubtedly be named to the final roster on Christmas Day. Some believe the 19 year old will be given a letter as well when the tournament starts. The Harisau, Switzerland native left for the team's camp in Lenzerheide this morning.

Former Moose forward Nikolaj Ehlers was invited to Team Denmark's camp as well. The 19 year old is one of two returning players on the Danish team that received their first ever win at the world junior level during last year's tournament. With his experience in the National Hockey League, Ehlers should provide some good leadership though it's yet to be seen if the Winnipeg Jets will let him go.

Canada, Denmark and Switzerland are in the same group this year. The 2016 tournament will run from December 26, 2015 to January 5, 2016 in Helsinki, Finland.

Dec 11: Mooseheads vs. Sea Dogs preview

GAMEDAY

HALIFAX MOOSEHEADS VS SAINT JOHN SEA DOGS

Puck drops at 7:00pm

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

Scotiabank Centre (10,595) ~ Halifax, NS

Tonight, the Mooseheads will welcome back Matt Murphy but he'll be in enemy colours after getting traded from the Quebec Remparts to the Saint John Sea Dogs yesterday. This will add another level of excitement when these two teams play for the rest of the season and should give the Dogs a veteran presence while they make their run for the President's Cup later in the year. Saint John is the better team in this game but Halifax showed on the weekend that they can play against the top teams in the league for most of the game. Timo Meier will be playing his last game before Christmas break tonight as he will leave for Finland tomorrow for the 2016 World Junior Championships. It'll be interesting to see who will suit up with Max Fortier and Danny Moynihan while Meier is gone but for now this top line will have to keep scoring like they have been all season if the Mooseheads want to defeat the Dogs.

Overall Records
Sea Dogs: 18-11-2-0 = 38 points (2nd in Maritimes division, 8th overall)
Mooseheads: 11-16-3-1 = 26 points (5th in Maritimes division, 16th overall)

Leading Scorers
HAL: Maxime Fortier 36pts (16G & 20A), Danny Moynihan 35pts (20G & 15A), Timo Meier 30pts (9G & 21A)
SNB: Mathieu Joseph 27pts (14G & 13A), Matthew Highmore 27pts (9G & 18A), Sam Povorozniouk 23pts (14G & 9A)

Last Games
Saint John is coming off 6-2 victory in Moncton on Wednesday night. Luke Green and Mathieu Joseph each scored 2 goals to lead the Sea Dogs while Marc-Antoine Turcotte stopped 29 of the Wildcats' 31 shots.

Halifax is coming off a disappointing 6-1 loss on Saturday night to the Foreurs. Cody Donaghey scored the lone goal for the Mooseheads while Kevin Resop made 29 saves to pick up the loss against Val-d'Or.

Season Series
Head to Head: 1-1-1-0 = 3 points
September 12  Halifax 2 at Saint John 5
September 19  Saint John 1 at Halifax 5
November 14  Saint John 3 at Halifax 2 OT
December 11  Saint John at Halifax - 7pm
December 18  Halifax at Saint John - 7pm
February 25  Halifax at Saint John - 7pm

Out of Town
Titan vs Voltigeurs 7:00pm
Screaming Eagles vs Oceanic 7:00pm
Islanders vs Wildcats 7:00pm
Remparts vs Sagueneens 8:00pm
Phoenix vs Drakkar 8:00pm
Huskies vs Cataractes 8:30pm
Foreurs vs Olympiques 8:30pm

After the Buzzer
The Drummondville Voltigeurs will be visiting Moose Country on Sunday afternoon. Puck drops at 3pm.

UPDATED: Murphy traded to Maritimes division team

Photo - Getty Images

Former Halifax Mooseheads player Matt Murphy has been traded to the Saint John Sea Dogs by the Quebec Remparts, the teams announced today. Saint John is sending overager Adam Bateman, prospect Pierre-Luc Lurette and a second round pick in both 2016 and 2018. The 20 year old defenceman is in his last season of his junior career and was named captain of the Remparts this year.

Murphy was drafted by the Val-d'Or Foreurs in 2011 and played a season and a half with them before being traded to the Mooseheads during the 2013 winter trade period. Halifax than traded him and goaltender Zach Fucale to the Remparts a year ago, a move that Quebec was hoping would give them a better chance of winning the President's Cup this past season.

The Fredericton, New Brunswick native has scored 26 goals and 137 points in 284 games so far in his career.

Good luck Matt in Saint John. Fans can see him on Friday night on home ice when the Sea Dogs invade Scotiabank Centre at 7pm.

Former Mooseheads player to make NHL debut tonight

Former Halifax Mooseheads forward Alexandre Grenier will make his NHL debut tonight when his Vancouver Canucks visit the Winnipeg Jets. The Canucks called up the 24 year old this afternoon as the team has 3 players out of the lineup due to injury. Originally from Laval, QC, Grenier has been playing the last three seasons for Vancouver's farm team; the Utica Comets.

In his one season with the Herd, Alexandre collected 25 goals and 64 points.

Fans can watch the game on national television on Sportsnet.

Herd come close but fall to Sea Dogs in OT

Photo - Mooseheads website

The Herd came up short with a big push but lost in OT to the Saint John Sea Dogs. With a solid goaltending performance from Eric Brassard the Herd come up short in OT.  With the spark of the fight that saw Kelly Bent and Nicholas Blachman both getting five minutes for fighting and a game misconduct for a staged fight, it sparked the Mooseheads after that they scored two goals to tie it up and to bring it in to overtime. Andrew Shewfelt and Taylor Ford both scored in the second period. Both teams showed tonight that they don't really like each other with a lot of chippy play and a fight, as well as some rough stuff after the whistles. With getting an assist on Taylor Ford's goal Danny Moynihan continues his point streak for the Moose. Halifax now gets set to host the Canada Russia Super Series on Thursday night. It will be the final game of the series here in Halifax. Halifax head coach Dom Ducharme will be the head coach for team QMJHL and Max Fortier will also be one of the forwards. Puck drop is at 8pm and the game will also be televised on Sportsnet.

FINAL: Sea Dogs 3 at Moosehead 2 OT
Stars: 3. Chabot SNB | 2. Provorozniouk SNB | 1. Brassard HAL
Attendance: 8,338
MC’s Top Herd: Cavan Fitzgerald 

GAME LOG
First period
4:20 SNB Sam Provorozniouk (10) | A: Imama & Veleno

Second period
5:53 SNB Kyle Ward (2) | A: Green & Felixson
13:46 HAL Andrew Shewfelt (4) | A: Bishop & Nauss
15:53 HAL Taylor Ford (3) | A: D. Moynihan & C. Moynihan

Third period
No Scoring

Overtime
SNB Thomas Chabot (6) | A: Highmore & Joseph

Powerplay: SNB – 0-for-5; HAL – 0-for-4
Shots: 40-33 in favour of Saint John

Notes: The Mooseheads are 3-2 now in overtime games.

Scores
Eagles 7 at Wildcats 5
Remparts 6 at Drakkar 2
Voltigeurs 1 at Saguenéens 5
Tigres 6 at Olympique 1
Cataractes 1 at Phoenix 4
Titan 3 at Islanders 2
Oceanic 4 at Foreurs 5

UP NEXT: Halifax will now travel to Chicoutimi on Friday night to take on the Sags as a part of a two game road trip. Puck Drop is at 8pm.

Nov 14: Mooseheads vs. Sea Dogs preview

GAMEDAY
HALIFAX MOOSEHEADS VS SAINT JOHN SEA DOGS
Puck drops at 7:00pm
TV: Webcast | Radio: News 95.7 | Live: @HFXMooseheads
Scotiabank Centre (10,595) ~ Halifax, NS

Being back home for a game the Halifax Mooseheads will look to get back on track after two losses in the last two games. The Herd are going to look to Danny Moynihan and Timo Meier to keep up their scoring spark to help the team get back on track. This is the final game of the 3 games in 3 nights. This is the first time since September that the Mooseheads have played the Saint John Sea Dogs with each of the teams having a win. Halifax is going to look to their goaltending that has been up and down all season to come up with a big game. After tonight Halifax will get ready to host the CHL Canada/Russia super series which will feature two members of the Herd being Coach Ducharme as the head coach and Max Fortier will be taking part.

Overall RecordMooseheads: 6-8-1-1 = 14 points (5th in Maritimes division, 16th overall)
Sea Dogs: 13-9-1-0 =  27 points (2nd in Maritimes division, 6th overall)

Team Leaders
SNB  Matthew Highmore 21pts (7G & 14A),  Mathieu Joseph 17pts (9G & 8A),  Daniel Del Paggio 17pts (9G & 8A)
HAL: Danny Moynihan 28pts (17G & 11A), Maxime Fortier 27pts (12G & 15A), Timo Meier 25pts (7G & 18A)

Last Games
Saint John is coming off of a 5-1 win over the Cape Breton Screaming Eagles. Joe Veleno, Thomas Chabot, Daniel Del Paggio, Sam Povorozniouk, and Mathieu Joseph all scored in the win and Marc-Antoine Turcotte made 29 saves for the Sea Dogs.

Halifax is coming off a 5-4 overtime loss to the Moncton Wildcats. Dominik Blain scored his first in the QMJHL, Max Fortier, Cody Donaghey, and Timo Meier all scored in the loss and Kevin Resop made 34 saves for the Mooseheads.

Season Series
Head to Head: 1-1-0-0 = 2 points
September 12 Halifax 2 at Saint John 5
September 19 Saint John 1 at Halifax 5
November 14 Saint John at Halifax 7pm
December 11 Saint John at Halifax 7pm
December 18 Halifax at Saint John 7pm
February 25 Halifax at Saint John 7pm

Out of TownEagles at Wildcats 4pm
Remparts at Drakkar 5pm
Voltigeurs at Saguenéens 5pm
Tigre at Olympique 5pm
Cataracts at Phoenix 5pm
Titan at Islanders 7pm
Oceanic at Foreurs 8pm

After the Buzzer
Halifax will travel to Chicoutimi to take on the Sags as apart of a two game road trip. Puck drop is at 8 pm

Nov 12: Titan vs. Mooseheads preview

GAMEDAY
ACADIE-BATHURST TITAN VS HALIFAX MOOSEHEADS
Puck drops at 7:00pm
TV: Webcast | Radio: News 95.7 | Live:@HFXMooseheads
K.C. Regional Irving Centre (3,162) ~ Bathurst, NB

On the road again. Your Halifax Mooseheads will travel to New Brunswick to take on the Acadie-Bathurst Titan tonight for the team's first of 5 road games in the month of November. The Herd will also participate in a Maritime 3-in-3 this weekend, visiting Bathurst and Moncton then hosting Saint John on Saturday. Despite the QMJHL only being 2 months into the 2015-16 regular season, tonight's game will be the fifth between these two teams. Through the first 4 games, each team has two wins and two losses, as well as a shutout each. Bathurst and Halifax are pretty evenly matched this season with both going through rebuilds, however the Titan's scoring is more spread throughout the team. Acadie-Bathurst has the most players in the Q with 10 or more points at 11, while the Mooseheads only have 5. Both teams will be looking to continue the momentum that they got last weekend.

Overall Records
Titan: 7-13-2-0 = 16 points (6th in Maritimes division, 17th overall)
Mooseheads: 8-12-1-1 = 18 points (5th in Maritimes division, 15th overall)

Leading Scorers
HAL: Danny Moynihan 25pts (16G & 9A), Max Fortier 24pts (11G & 13A), Otto Somppi 21pts (3G & 18A)
BAT: Christophe Boivin 23pts (12G & 11A), Mark Simpson 19pts (7G & 12A), Jeffrey Truchon-Viel 18pts (10G & 8A)

Last Games
Acadie-Bathurst is coming off a 6-4 victory against the Baie-Comeau Drakkar on Friday night. Mark Simpson led the team with 2 goals and 2 assists while Reilly Pickard made 28 saves to pick up the win for the Titan on home ice.

Halifax is also coming off a win against the Drakkar. Danny Moynihan scored in regulation and had the overtime winner to help the Mooseheads get a 5-4 victory over Baie-Comeau on Saturday night, while Kevin Resop made 25 saves at home.

Season Series
Head to Head: 2-2-0-0 = 4 points
September 18  Acadie-Bathurst 4 at Halifax 0
October 14  Halifax 2 at Acadie-Bathurst 0
October 17  Acadie-Bathurst 4 at Halifax 7
October 28  Halifax 3 at Acadie-Bathurst 4
November 12  Halifax at Acadie-Bathurst - 7pm
January 12  Acadie-Bathurst at Halifax - 7pm
January 29  Halifax at Acadie-Bathurst - 7pm
March 2  Acadie-Bathurst at Halifax - 7pm
March 8  Halifax at Acadie-Bathurst - 7pm

Out of Town
Sea Dogs vs Wildcats 8:00pm

After the Buzzer
Halifax will stay in New Brunswick and travel south-east to take on the Moncton Wildcats tomorrow night. Puck drops at 7pm.

Penalties Almost Hurt Herd for Second Night

Photo - Metro Halifax

Fifteen. That's a number that coach Dom Ducharme is going to want his team not to repeat in a set of games again. Your Halifax Mooseheads have been given 15 penalties over the last two games, 8 on Friday night and 7 tonight. About a third of the penalties for Halifax probably should not have been called but the Mooseheads are going to need to be more disciplined and not let bad calls get in their head if they hope to win games. Luckily, two Baie-Comeau powerplay goals did not prohibit the Herd from getting the victory this evening. Third year forward Danny Moynihan seems to have taken over Max Fortier's firing ways, scoring another two goals tonight including the overtime winner. Fortier did have his first multi-point game since October 22, scoring a goal and picking up two assists against the Drakkar that helped the home team get a 5-4 overtime win. The game started off pretty intense and physical with 3 goals being scored in 39 seconds which would actually be the only scoring in the first period.

FINAL: Drakkar 4 at Moosehead 5 OT
Stars: 3. Fortier HAL | 2. Karabacek BAC | 1. Meier HAL
Attendance: 6,706
MC's Top Herd: Danny Moynihan

GAME LOG
First period
3:19 HAL Timo Meier (4) | A: Jones & Watt
3:33 HAL Taylor Ford (2) | A: Fortier & Meier
3:58 BAC Vaclav Karabacek (6) | A: Jones & Desauteis

Second period
0:51 HAL Maxime Fortier (11) | A: Meier
13:20 BAC Mathieu Desauteis (3), PP | A: Karabacek & Ricci
15:31 HAL Danny Moynihan (15), PP | A: Fortier & Somppi
18:10 BAC Nicolas Leblond (3), PP | A: Karabacek & Meloche

Third period
5:41 BAC Matt Jones (7) | A: Karabacek & Meloche

Overtime
2:52 HAL Danny Moynihan (16) | A: Meier

Powerplay: BAC - 2-for-7; HAL - 1-for-3
Shots: 40-29 in favour of Halifax

Notes: Otto Somppi left towards the end of the second after getting hit in the right shoulder and didn't return.. Halifax had 17 hits, while Baie-Comeau had 11.. The Mooseheads are 3-1 now in overtime games..

Scores
Chicoutimi 4 at Moncton 5 SO
Cape Breton 3 at Rimouski 6
Shawinigan 5 at Victoriaville 4 SO
Drummondville 3 at Gatineau 6
Saint John 7 at Quebec 3
Blaiville-Boisbriand 2 at Rouyn-Noranda 4
Charlottetown 1 at Val-d'Or 8

UP NEXT: Halifax will now travel to New Brunswick for a match against the Acadie-Bathurst Titan on Thursday night. Puck drops at 7pm.

Nov 6: Mooseheads vs. Sagueneens preview

GAMEDAY

HALIFAX MOOSEHEADS VS CHICOUTIMI SAGUENEENS

Puck drops at 7:00pm

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

Scotiabank Centre (10,595) ~ Halifax, NS

It's a battle of the young teams tonight as your Halifax Mooseheads take on the Chicoutimi Sagueneens at home. After a three game road trip, your Herd are back home for two weekend games. The two teams have the lowest average age in the QMJHL this season and are pretty evenly matched going into the matchup. Tonight also happens to be the 12th annual DND Appreciation Night at the Scotiabank Centre. Halifax will be wearing special jerseys for the 8th year in a row which will be raffled off to fans at the game, with 3 being auctioned off online at a later date. This year, the Mooseheads will be playing homage to the Royal Canadian Navy and all money donated from the raffle tickets will be given to the Camp Hill Veterans Memorial Garden in Halifax. Both teams will be looking to get back in the win column and spread themselves from the bottom of the standings, Chicoutimi might be a bit more hungry as they've lost 3 in a row. Come down to support the troops Moose Country and watch what should be an exciting game with young talent and Friday night drama. 

Overall Records
Sagueneens: 7-11-1-0 = 15 points (5th in East division, 16th overall)
Mooseheads: 7-11-1-1 = 16 points (5th in Maritimes division, 15th overall)

Leading Scorers
HAL: Danny Moynihan 22pts (13G & 9A), Maxime Fortier 21pts (10G & 11A), Otto Somppi 20pts (3G & 17A)
CHI: Jonathan Bourcier 26pts (9G & 17A), Gabryel Paquin-Boudreau 22pts (9G & 13A), Nicolas Roy 21pts (11G & 10A)

Last Games
Chicoutimi is coming off a 6-3 defeat to the Cape Breton Screaming Eagles on Wednesday. Gabryel Paquin-Boudreau led the team in scoring with a goal and 2 assists while Julio Billio made 24 saves for the Sags in Sydney.

Halifax is coming off a tough 3-2 road loss on Halloween night against the Oceanic. Kelly Bent and Danny Moynihan had the goals for the Mooseheads while Kevin Resop made 24 saves in the defeat in Rimouski.

Season Series
Head-to-Head: 0-0-0-0 = 0 points
November 6, 2015  Chicoutimi at Halifax - 7pm
November 20, 2015  Halifax at Chicoutimi - 8pm

Out of Town
Titan vs Drakkar 7:00pm
Voltigeurs vs Sea Dogs 8:00pm
Oceanic vs Phoenix 8:30pm
Cataractes vs Remparts 8:30pm

After the Buzzer
The Mooseheads will host the Baie-Comeau Drakkar tomorrow night on home ice. Puck drops at 7pm.

QMJHL Names Scholastic POM

Every month, the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League announces a Scholastic Player of the Month which recognizes a player on each team with his performance on ice and in the classroom. The player is selected based on their school results, their implication, the school-hockey conciliation, their team spirit and their on-ice performances.

For your Halifax Mooseheads, Brett Crossley was named the Scholastic Player of the Month for October 2015. Crossley had a goal and an assist in 14 games played in the month of October while also collecting 8 penalty minutes.

TEAM	PLAYER	EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION
BAC	Simon Chevrier	Cégep de Baie-Comeau
BAT	Mark Trickett	Acadia University
BLB	Charlie Roy	Cégep de Saint-Jérôme
CAP	Jonathan Deschamps	Cégep à distance
CHA	Dexter Weber	University of PEI
CHI	Julio Bilia	Cégep de Chicoutimi
DRU	Anthony Dumont-Bouchard	Cégep de Drummondville
GAT	Alexandre Alain	Cégep de l’Outaouais
HAL	Brett Crossley	Prince Andrew High School
MON	Lane Cormier	Crandall University
QUE	Yannick Turcotte	Cégep de Limoilou
RIM	Dylan Montcalm	Cégep de Rimouski
ROU	Jacob Neveu	Cégep de l’Abitibi-Témiscamingue
SHA	Gabriel Slight	Collège de Shawinigan
SHE	Logan Johnston	Leo Hayes High School
SNB	Mathieu Joseph	Cégep à distance
VDO	Olivier Galipeau	Cégep de l’Abitibi-Témiscamingue
VIC	Anthony Gingras	Cégep de Victoriaville

Alumni Update: Plenty Former Herd on CIS Teams; first month stats

There are plenty of former Halifax Mooseheads playing on university hockey teams this season. If a junior player can not get a pro contract from their play in the juniors, they generally go to school more fully and play for their university team. The Mooseheads have former players all over Canada playing in the CIS, mostly in the Atlantic University Sport division. Five former Herd players are participating in their first season of university hockey during 2015-16; Luca Ciampini (Concordia), Phil Gadoury (Dalhousie), Max Lindsay (Toronto), Austyn Hardie (Saint Mary's) and Jesse Lussier (Dalhousie). Second year Saint Mary's Huskies forward Stephen MacAulay had a good week, being named the team's athlete of the week on Monday.

You'll find below a list of former players and their stats up to November 1, 2015 plus a few goaltenders

Name	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Konrad Abeltshauser	Chicago Wolves	6	0	2	2	8
Liam Alcalde	South Shore Lumberjacks	16	1	2	3	44
Brent Andrews	UPEI Panthers	6	1	3	4	2
Darcy Ashley	UPEI Panthers	6	2	2	4	2
Linden Bahm	Mississippi RiverKings	3	1	0	1	2
Dominic Beachemin	Concordia Stingers	0	0	0	0	0
Pierre-Olivier Beaulieu	Trois-Rivieres Blizzard	5	1	2	3	10
Brandon Benedict	Belfast Giants	17	4	4	8	12
Jessyko Bernard	Concordia Stingers	8	6	6	12	2
Marc-Andre Bernier	Gap	5	5	2	7	4
Andrew Bodnarchuk	Lake Erie Monsters	7	1	2	3	8
Matthew Boudreau	Concordia Stingers	5	2	2	4	0
David Brine	Lowen Frankfurt	15	0	5	5	2
Frederik Cabana	Bietigheim Steelers	14	11	5	16	12
Luca Ciampini	Concordia Stingers	8	0	3	3	2
Garrett Clarke	Allen Americans	3	1	1	2	4
	Rapid City Rush	2	0	2	2	0
Kevin Cormier	Saint-Georges COOL-FM	7	0	0	0	43
Peter-James Corsi	Jonquiere Marquis	7	5	4	9	19
Alexandre Cote	Dalhousie Tigers	6	0	3	3	2
Cameron Critchlow	UNB Varsity Reds	6	2	1	3	12
Brad Cuzner	St. FX X-Men	6	0	3	3	2
Gabriel Desjardins	Florida Everblades	9	1	2	3	12
Simon Desmarais	Riviere-du-Loup 3L	4	0	2	2	5
Jonathan Drouin	Tampa Bay Lightning	10	1	5	6	4
Brendan Duke	Dalhousie Tigers	5	0	1	1	20
Chad Earle	Clarenville Caribous	1	0	1	1	0
Nikolaj Ehlers	Winnipeg Jets	12	4	5	9	4
Stefan Fournier	Brampton Beast	4	0	0	0	19
Martin Frk	Grand Rapids Griffins	5	2	0	2	6
Philippe Gadoury	Dalhousie Tigers	7	5	3	8	26
Randy Gazzola	UNB Varsity Reds	6	2	1	3	2
Carl Gelinas	Trois-Rivieres Blizzard	4	0	1	1	4
Stephen Gillard	Saint Mary's Huskies	5	1	0	1	2
Gerrad Grant	Saint Mary's Huskies	7	0	6	6	12
Alexandre Grenier	Utica Comets	5	1	0	1	4
Francois-Pierre Guenette	Rouen	7	3	6	9	0
Sawyer Hannay	St. Thomas Tommies	7	0	0	0	22
Austyn Hardie	Saint Mary's Huskies	4	0	0	0	4
Samuel Hunter	St. Michael's Buzzers	14	1	2	3	18
Milan Jurcina	Medvescak Zagreb	20	4	5	9	8
Jordan King	Amherst Ramblers	10	4	3	7	4
Tomas Knotek	HK Hradec Kralove	16	3	7	10	4
Eric Laplante	Laval Predateurs	2	0	0	0	17
Samuel Leblanc	Amherst Ramblers	12	2	6	8	19
Trey Lewis	St. FX X-Men	6	1	1	2	6
Max Lindsay	Toronto Varsity Blues	7	1	1	2	8
Eric Louis-Seize	RMC Paladins	8	1	5	6	2
Jesse Lussier	Dalhousie Tigers	4	0	0	0	16
Stephen MacAulay	Saint Mary's Huskies	7	3	5	8	4
Alex MacDonald	Concordia Stingers	8	0	1	1	4
Bradley MacDonald	Laurentien Voyageurs	7	0	2	2	6
Franklin MacDonald	Clarenville Caribous	1	1	0	1	-
Nathan MacKinnon	Colorado Avalanche	11	4	6	10	0
Logan MacMillan	Nottingham Panthers	17	3	3	6	26
Brad Marchand	Boston Bruins	8	5	4	9	21
Spencer Metcalfe	UPEI Panthers	5	0	0	0	34
Matt Murphy	Quebec Remparts	17	3	7	10	16
Ladislav Nagy	HC Slovan Bratislava	23	4	6	10	20
Gabriel O'Connor	Nantes	5	1	2	3	22
Shawn O'Donnell	Hartford Wolf Pack	4	1	0	1	6
Jonathan Parisien	Jonquiere Marquis	7	0	1	1	0
Alexandre Picard	HC Fribourg-Gotteron	19	1	4	5	0
Travis Randell	Acadia Axemen	7	1	0	1	0
Giulio Scandella	Val Pusteria	4	3	2	5	2
Jimmy Sharrow	Grizzlys Wolfsburg	15	2	1	3	2
Andrei Shefer	Severstal Cherepovets	21	4	5	9	6
Daniel Sparre	EHC Munchen	16	6	3	9	16
Jan Stransky	Bili Tygri Liberec	16	2	2	4	6
Bryce Swan	Riviere-du-Loup 3L	8	1	5	6	27
Alex Tanguay	Colorado Avalanche	11	2	4	6	10
Jakub Voracek	Philadelphia Flyers	11	0	4	4	2
Petr Vrana	Brynas IF	4	0	2	2	2
Mackenzie Weegar	Portland Weegar	6	1	2	3	8

Name	Team	GP	GAA	SAV%
Mathieu Corbeil	HC Banska Bystrica	5	1.20	0.945
Peter Delmas	Western Mustangs	3	2.57	0.882
Jeremy Duchesne	Jonquiere Marquis	2	2.94	0.905
Zachary Fucale	St. John's IceCaps	5	2.61	0.920
Joey MacDonald	Schwenninger Wild Wings	10	3.08	0.920
Pier-Olivier Pelletier	Saint-Georges COOL-FM	4	3.78	0.902
Frederic Piche	Jonquiere Marquis	1	3.21	0.889

Alumni Update: Where Are They Now?

Bryce Swan
Photo - CHL.ca

Now that the hockey season at all levels is in full swing, let's see where some former Halifax Mooseheads are playing this year. This list includes players in professional leagues in North America and Europe, players on university hockey teams, plus senior and junior leagues. A few former Herd have made the move from the Mooseheads to the pros and playing hockey while going to school, including last season's team leading scorer Nikolaj Ehlers in the NHL, Phil Gadoury and Jesse Lussier at Dalhousie and Zach Fucale playing in the AHL.

National Hockey League
Colorado Avalanche - Nathan MacKinnon & Alex Tanguay
Tampa Bay Lightning - Jonathan Drouin
Winnipeg Jets - Nikolaj Ehlers
Philadelphia Flyers - Jakub Voracek
Boston Bruins - Brad Marchand

American Hockey League
Chicago Wolves (STL) - Konrad Abeltshauser
Lake Erie Monsters (CLB) - Andrew Bodnarchuk
Grand Rapids Griffins (DET) - Martin Frk
Portland Pirates (FLA) - Mackenzie Weegar
St. John's IceCaps (MTL) - Zach Fucale & Stefan Fournier
Utica Comets (VAN) - Alexandre Grenier
Hartford Wolf Pack (NYR) - Shawn O'Donnell

ECHL
Allen Americans (SJ) Rapid City Rush (ARI) - Garrett Clarke
Florida Everblades (CAR) - Gabriel Desjardins

QMJHL
Matt Murphy - Quebec Remparts

Canadian Interuniversity Sport
Brent Andrews - UPEI
Darcy Ashley - UPEI
Dominic Beauchemin - Concordia
Jessyko Bernard - Concordia
Joel Blanchard - U de Moncton
Matthew Boudreau - Concordia
Luca Ciampini - Concordia
Chris Clarke - Queen's
Alexandre Cote - Dalhousie
Cameron Critchlow - UNB
Brad Cuzner - St. Francis Xavier
Marc-Olivier Daigle - Alberta
Peter Delmas - Western Ontario
Brendan Duke - Dalhousie
Philippe Gadoury - Dalhousie
Randy Gazzola - UNB
Stephen Gillard - Saint Mary's
Gerrad Grant - Saint Mary's
Sawyer Hannay - St. Thomas
Austyn Hardie - Saint Mary's
Trey Lewis - St. Francis Xavier
Max Lindsay - Toronto
Jesse Lussier - Dalhousie
Stephan MacAulay - Saint Mary's
Alex MacDonald - Concordia
Bradley MacDonald - Laurentian
Spencer Metcalfe - UPEI
Travis Randell - Acadia

Europe
Tomas Knotek - HK Hradec Kralove, Czech
Jan Stransky - Bili Tygri Liberec, Czech
Joey MacDonald - Schwenninger Wild Wings, DEL
Jimmy Sharrow - Grizzlys Wolfsburg, DEL
Daniel Sparre - EHC Munchen, DEL
David Brine - Lowen Frankfurt, DEL2
Kris Sparre - Lowen Frankfurt, DEL2
Frederik Cabana - Bietigheim Steelers, DEL2
Brandon Benedict - Belfast Giant, EIHL
Logan MacMillan - Nottingham Panthers, EIHL
Marc-Andre Bernier - Gap, France
Francois-Pierre Guenette - Rouen, France
Gabriel O'Connor - Nantes, France2
Guilio Scandella - Val Pusteria (Brunico), Italy
Milan Jurcina - Medvescak Zagreb, KHL
Ladislav Nagy - HC Slovan Bratislava, KHL
Andrei Shefer - Severstal Cherepovets, KHL
Alexandre Picard - HC Fribourg-Gotteron, NLA
Jan Steber - Stoczniowiec 2014 Gdansk, Poland
Petr Vrana - Brynas IF, SHL
Mathieu Corbeil - HC Banska Bystrica, Slovakia

Maritime Junior (MJAHL)
Liam Alcalde - South Shore Lumberjacks
Jordan King - Amherst Ramblers
Samuel Leblanc - Amherst Ramblers

Newfoundland Senior (NLSHL)
Jason Churchill - Clarenville Caribous
Chad Earle - Clarenville Caribous
Franklin MacDonald - Clarenville Caribous

Quebec Senior (LNAH)
Jonquiere - Peter-James Corsi
Jonquiere - Jeremy Duchesne
Jonquiere - Jonathan Parisien
Jonquiere - Frederic Piche
Laval - Eric Laplante
Riviere-du-Loup - Simon Desmarais
Riviere-du-Loup - Bryce Swan
Riviere-du-Loup - Francis Turbide
Saint-Georges - Kevin Cormier
Saint-Georges - Pier-Olivier Pelletier
Trois-Rivieres - Pierre-Olivier Beaulieu
Trois-Rivieres - Carl Gelinas

Southern Professional Hockey League
Linden Bahm - Mississippi RiverKings

Durandeau Added to U17 Challenge, Joins Flower in BC

Photo - CHL.ca

Arnaud Durandeau will be gone from the Halifax Mooseheads lineup until next weekend. The 16 year old was a late addition to Team Canada's U17 Challenge roster after a player originally named to the team was injured. Durandeau will be on Canada Black for the U17 World Hockey Challenge which begins today and goes to November 7.

The U17 Challenge pits players from Canada, Czech Republic, Sweden, United States, Russia and Finland who are 17 and younger. Hockey Canada hosts the event every year and puts 3 teams together to go up against the other teams in the 8 day tournament. Each team plays 3 preliminary games against the teams in their group.

Durandeau joins rookie defenseman Walter Flower in British Columbia for the week. Flower will be on Canada Red. Both boys play today, Durandeau and Canada Black against Canada White at 5:30pm Atlantic time while Flower and Canada Red will go against the United States at 10pm. The two Mooseheads rookies won't play each other until possibly the quarter finals or later, depending on where each team places.

For more info, check out the website.

STATS SUNDAY: October

Games played: 14
Record: 6-8-0-0, 12pts
Goals for/against: 42/50
Powerplay*: 18.4%
Penalty kill*: 80.2%
Shutouts: one

Top 5 leading scorers
Points: Danny Moynihan 17, Timo Meier 15, Otto Somppi 13, Cavan Fitzgerald 13, Maxime Fortier 13
Goals: Danny Moynihan 12, Maxime Fortier 6, Cavan Fitzgerald 4, Timo Meier 3, Connor Moynihan 3
Assists: Timo Meier 12, Otto Somppi 11, Cavan Fitzgerald 9, Maxime Fortier 7, Vincent Watt 6
Penalty minutes: Taylor Ford 19, Connor Moynihan 19, Cavan Fitzgerald 15, Jean-Sebastien Taillefer 14, Danny Moynihan 12
Plus/minus: Jean-Sebastien Taillefer +1, Otto Somppi +1, Cody Donaghey +1, Timo Meier 0, Morgan Nauss 0
Rookie scoring: Otto Somppi 13, Arnaud Durandeau 4, Cooper Jones 3, Ilya Putintsev 2, Barrett Dachyshyn 1

Goaltending stats
Eric Brassard: 6-6-0-1    3.25 GAA     0.895 SAV%
Kevin Resop: 1-5-1-0    3.90 GAA     0.866 SAV%

Oct 23: Mooseheads vs. Screaming Eagles preview

GAMEDAY
HALIFAX MOOSEHEADS VS CAPE BRETON SCREAMING EAGLES
Puck drops at 7:00pm
TV: Eastlink | Radio: News 95.7 | Live: @HFXMooseheads
Scotiabank Centre (10,595) ~ Halifax, NS

Tonight is East Night at the game as the first 7,000 fans will receive a limited edition East Coast Lifestyle Mooseheads t-shirt. The Herd look to keep the momentum rolling after the win over the Wildcats last night. In that win that was one of the best games that we have seen them play all season. With five different guys scoring last night they are going to look for that kind of offence tonight when they take on the Cape Breton Screaming Eagles at the Scotiabank Centre. They are going to look to Eric Brassard for another solid performance as he has given them this year so far. Tonight concludes the two game home stand and as well they are concluding rivalry week with the match up against the Screaming Eagles.

Overall RecordMooseheads: 6-8-1-1 = 14 points (T4th in Maritimes division, T12th overall)
Eagles: 6-8-2-0 =  14points (T4th in Maritimes division, T12th overall)

Team LeadersCAP: Pierre-Luc Dubois 16pts (7G & 9A), Maxim Lazarev 15pts(6G & 9A), Evgeny Svechnikov 11pts (7G & 4A),
HAL: Maxime Fortier 20pts (9G & 11A), Otto Somppi 17pts (3G & 14A), Danny Moynihan 16pts (8G & 8A)

Last Games
Cape Breton is coming off a 5-2 loss on the road against the Charlottetown Islanders last night. Alexandre Belanger made 24 saves in the defeat while Evegny Svechnikov and Clark Bishop scored for the Screaming Eagles.

Halifax is coming off a 5-3 win on home ice against the Moncton Wildcats. Goals were scored by Max Fortier, Arnaud Durandeau, Andrew Shewfelt, Danny Moynihan, and Otto Somppi for the Mooseheads. Eric Brassard made 22 saves in the win.

Season Series
Head to Head: 1-0-1-0 = 3 points
September 27 Cape Breton 3 at Halifax 2OT
October 20 Halifax 3 at Cape Breton 1
October 23 Cape Breton at Halifax - 7pm
November 24 Cape Breton at Halifax - 7pm
December 29 Halifax at Cape Bretton - 7pm
December 31 Cape Breton at Halifax - 6pm
January 31 Cape Breton at Halifax - 3pm
February 18 Halifax at Cape Breton - 7pm
March 5 Halifax at Cape Breton - 7pm

Out of TownIslanders at Titan 7:00pm
Armada at Olympique 8:00pm
Voltigeurs at Phoenix 8:00pm
Saguenéens at Drakkar 8:30pm
Remparts at Oceanic 8:30pm
Tigre at Cataracts 8:30pm
Huskies at Foreurs 8:30pm

After the BuzzerHalifax will travel to Acadie Bathurst for a game against the Titan on Wednesday night before they head to Quebec for two games. Puck drop is at 7:00pm.

A Team Effort In Moose Win Over Wildcats

Halifax kept the momentum going that they had coming into this game as they came out on top against their division rivals; the Moncton Wildcats. The Herd had some secondary scoring with each of the five goals being scored by different players. The Mooseheads had an early goal called off for it being put in the net with a hand pass but after that Max Fortier drew a penalty and scored on the power play to lead the game 1-0. Arnaud Durandeau added another goal for Halifax before the first period was over. In the second Andrew Shewfelt scored a nice goal from a beauty of a pass from Vince Watt, then before the end of the period Danny Moynihan added a goal on the power play to take a 4-0 lead. In the third Otto Somppi scored his first goal of the season on home ice which came on a 5 on 3 power play for the Herd. Eric Brassard lost his shut out bid with 9:52 left in the game when Moncton scored their first of the night and would score one more before the end of the period. It was a very physical game for the rivalry week match up. Eric Brassard made some big saves to keep his team in the game.

FINAL: Wildcats 2 at Mooseheads 5
Stars: 3. Eric Brassard HAL | 2. Danny Moynihan HAL | 1. Max Fortier HAL
Attendance: 5,056
MC’s Top Herd – Eric Brassard

GAME LOG
First period
1:21 HAL Max Fortier (9), PP | A: Moynihan & Somppi
18:05 HAL Arnaud Durandeau (3) | A: Watt & Jones

Second period
12:50 HAL Andrew Shewfelt (3) | A: Bishop & Watt
7:33 HAL Danny Moynihan (8), PP | A: Fitzgerald & Fortier

Third period
5:44 HAL Otto Somppi (3), PP | A: Fortier & Moynihan
10:08 MON Max Glaessl (2) | A: Garland & MacEwen
16:54 MON Wiederer (8) | A: Bower & Murphy

Powerplay: MON – 0-for-4; HAL – 3-for-10
Shots: 36 to 24 in favour of Halifax

Scores
Cape Breton 2 at Charlottetown 5
Bathurst 3 at Saint John 8

UP NEXT: Halifax will finish their two game home stand as their provincial rivals the Cape Breton Screaming Eagles come to town tomorrow. Puck drop is at 7:00pm.

Oct 22: Mooseheads vs. Wildcats preview

GAMEDAY
HALIFAX MOOSEHEADS VS MONCTON WILDCATS
Puck drops at 7:00pm
TV: Webcast | Radio: News 95.7 | Live: @HFXMooseheads
Scotiabank Centre (10,595) ~ Halifax, NS

Your Halifax Mooseheads will look to continue the momentum that they gained the other day with a gutsy road win against the Cape Breton Screaming Eagles when they take on the Moncton Wildcats tonight. After a 7-1 loss in Moncton on Sunday the Herd will look to stop the red hot Wildcats player Conor Garland, who has 22 points in 9 games. The Herd will look to their captain to help with the offence which has been hot and cold so far. Halifax will try to tame the Cats for the first time this season and show that even though they are young, they can give the top teams a hard time. This is the first of a two game home stand for the Mooseheads this week.

Overall Record
Mooseheads: 5-8-1-1 = 12 points (5th in Maritimes division, 14th overall)
Wildcats: 9-4-0-0 = 19 points (1st in Maritimes division, 3rd overall)

Team Leaders 
MON: Conor Garland 22pts (7G & 15A), Manuel Wiederer 17pts (7G & 10A), Kevin Kilma 17pts (6G & 11A) 
HAL: Maxime Fortier 17pts (8G & 9A), Otto Somppi 15pts (2G & 13A), Danny Moynihan 13pts (7G & 6A)

Last Game
Halifax is coming off a 3-1 win on the road against provincial rivals Cape Breton as part of rivalry week. Connor Moynihan led the team with 2 goals and Kevin Resop got the start, collecting his first victory of the season, stopping 25 of the Eagle's shots on Tuesday.

Moncton is coming off a 7-1 win on home ice against the Halifax Mooseheads on Sunday afternoon. Conor Garland led the rush with 2 goals while Sebastien Dupre made 13 saves for the Wildcats.

Season Series
Head to Head: 0-2-0-0 = 0 points
September 25 Moncton 4 at Halifax 1
October 18 Halifax 1 at Moncton 7
October 22 Moncton at Halifax - 7pm
November 13 Halifax at Moncton - 7pm
December 17 Moncton at Halifax - 7pm
December 28 Moncton at Halifax - 7pm
January 30 Halifax at Moncton - 7pm
March 11 Moncton at Halifax - 7pm
March 18 Halifax at Moncton - 7pm

Out of town
Islanders vs Eagles 7:00pm
Sea Dogs vs Titan 8:00pm

After the Buzzer
Halifax will welcome their provincial rivals, the Cape Breton Screaming Eagles to town tomorrow night. Puck drop is at 7pm.

Moynihan's Hat Trick Gives Moose PITR Victory

Your Halifax Mooseheads have their first mini winning streak of the season. The Herd's offence exploded tonight for 7 goals with the help of the first line on Pink in the Rink night. Danny Moynihan got the game started quickly with a goal less than 2 minutes into the game before Bathurst tied it 8 minutes later. Halifax wore special pink jerseys to raise money for the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation which gives grants to find a cure for breast cancer, tickets were raffled off for fans to win a jersey. After the first period the game was tied but the other Moynihan; Connor gave the Mooseheads a 3-2 lead in the second and the team never looked back onto their 4th straight PITR victory and second in a row on the season. Danny scored two more times while captain Timo Meier had four assists on the night. The Titan didn't make it easy on the Herd to get the win though, with a clear off-side play being called a goal in Bathurst's favour as well as plenty of rough stuff.

FINAL: Titan 4 at Mooseheads 7
Stars: 3. Atoine Morand BAT | 2. Cavan Fitzgerald HAL | 1. Danny Moynihan HAL
Attendance: 7,321
MC's Top Herd- Danny Moynihan

GAME LOG
First period
1:21 HAL Danny Moynihan (4) | A: Meier
9:44 BAT Nicholas Blanchard (4) | A: Morand & Miromanov
14:39 HAL Maxime Fortier (8), PP | A: Fitzgerald & Meier
19:12 BAT Christophe Boivin (3) | A: Maher

Second period
3:49 HAL Connor Moynihan (2) | A: Cavan Fitzgerald
7:33 HAL Brett Crossley (1), SH | A: Shewfelt
8:15 BAT Vladimir Kuznetsov (4), PP | A: Trickett
16:01 HAL Danny Moynihan (5) | A: None

Third period
10:34 BAT Guillaume Brisebois (1), PP | A: Maher & Simpson
15:46 HAL Danny Moynihan (6) | A: Meier & Ford
17:55 HAL Cavan Fitzgerald (5), PP | A: Meier & Fortier

Powerplay: BAT - 2-for-6; HAL - 2-for-10
Shots: 38-28 in favour of Acadie-Bathurst

Scores
Charlottetown 5 at Baie-Comeau 1
Saint John 5 at Blainville-Boisbriand 3
Sherbrooke 3 at Victoriaville 5
Quebec 3 at Rouyn-Noranda 6

UP NEXT: Halifax will travel to New Brunswick to take on the Moncton Wildcats tomorrow afternoon. Puck drops at 3pm.

Fortier named to Team QMJHL's roster

Photo - Metro News

The Quebec Major Junior Hockey League announced it's roster today for the Canada-Russia Series that will be held next month in Rouyn-Noranda and Halifax. Mooseheads forward Maxime Fortier was listed on the roster. 

The Canada-Russia Series is a series of six games played across Canada with players trying to showcase they deserve to be on the world junior teams for each country. This season, the city of Halifax will host the last game of the series, which will be played on November 19. Other cities include; Kelowna and Kamloops, British Columbia as well as Owen Sound and Windsor, Ontario. Head coach Dominique Ducharme will be the top bench boss for Team QMJHL and will be joined by Martin Raymond, Darren Rumble and Gilles Bouchard.

Tickets for the game in Moose Country are on sale now for the general public. Adult/Senior tickets are $22 each while Student/Youth are $12 each and can be purchased at TicketAtlantic.com, the Ticket Atlantic Box Office, select Superstores or by calling 1-877-451-1221.

What A Comeback

Down two goals twice during the game, your Halifax Mooseheads used the return of Timo Meier to get their second win of the season. The Mooseheads couldn't make their passes and gave the puck up quite a bit in the first period and at the end of the 20 minutes found themselves down 0-2. Meier, who turned 19 today, took the first penalty of the game and Halifax suffered because of it as the Blainville-Boisbriand Armada took a 1-0 lead. Sanche scored again 4 minutes later to give the Armada a strangle hold on the game. Or so it looked like, a delay of game penalty at the beginning of the second period and a 5 on 3 shifted the momentum to the Mooseheads big time. Cavan Fitzgerald scored on the 5 on 3 to close the gap, than Arnaud Durandeau had his second tally of the season on the powerplay to tie the game. Before the middle frame ended though, the momentum was back in Blainville's corner with the Armada securing a two goal lead again. The birthday boy got the ball rolling in the third scoring 56 seconds in to the frame before Danny Moynihan tied the game once again, this time at 4-4. In overtime, with a 4-on-3 powerplay situation, Halifax took full advantage and Meier had the magic play to win the game for the home team.

Blainville-Halifax Game at a Glance
FINAL: Armada 4 at Mooseheads 5 OT
Stars: 3. Jones HAL | 2. Sanche BLB | 1. Meier HAL
Attendance: 5,102
MC's Top Herd- Timo Meier

GAME LOG
First period
8:29 BLB Philippe Sanche (3), PP | A: Melancon & Bureau-Blais
12:37 BLB Philippe Sanche (4) | A: Hylland & Halbert

Second period
4:09 HAL Cavan Fitzgerald (4) | A: Meier & Somppi
5:12 HAL Arnaud Durandeau (2), PP | A: C. Moynihan & Watt
10:29 BLB Guillaume Bergeron-Charron (2) | A: Hylland
13:59 BLB Brendan Hamelin (2) |A Mongo & Crete-Belzile

Third period
0:56 HAL Timo Meier (1) | A: Ford
6:44 HAL Danny Moynihan (3) | A: Jones & Meier

Overtime
1:41 HAL Timo Meier (2), PP | A: D. Moynihan & Fortier

Powerplay: BLB - 1-for-3; HAL - 2-for-8
Shots: 29-25 in favour of Halifax

Scores
Acadie-Bathurst 2 at Drummondville 4
Rimouski 4 at Quebec 2

UP NEXT: The Mooseheads will host the Victoriaville Tigres on Friday night hockey. Puck drops at 7pm.

Oct 8: Mooseheads vs. Armada preview

GAMEDAY
HALIFAX MOOSEHEADS VS BLAINVILLE-BOISBRIAND ARMADA
Puck drops at 7:00pm
TV: Webcast | Radio: News 95.7 | Live: @HFXMooseheads
Scotiabank Centre (10,595) ~ Halifax, NS

Timo Meier is set to make is home debut as captain of your Halifax Mooseheads. After getting injured in his first game after being returned by the San Jose Sharks, Meier is back in the lineup tonight when the Herd host the Armada. The two teams met in Boisbriand five days ago with the home team in that contest coming out with the win. Halifax will be looking for a bit of revenge after a 4-2 defeat on the weekend. The Mooseheads should get some added offence with Timo back in the lineup which will hopefully help with scoring and winning.

Overall Records
Armada: 4-3-1-0 = 9 points (5th in West division, 11th overall)
Mooseheads: 1-6-1-1 = 4 points (6th in Maritimes division, 16th overall)

Team Leaders
HAL: Maxime Fortier 13pts (7G & 6A), Otto Somppi 10pts (1G & 9A), Danny Moynihan 7pts (2G & 5A)
BLB: Kristian Pospisil 9pts (4G & 5A), Philippe Sanche 6pts (2G & 4A), Alexandre Delisle-Houde 5pts (5G)

Last Games
Blainville-Briosbriand is coming off a 4-2 victory over Halifax on home ice on Saturday. Alexandre Delisle-Houde led the Armada with 2 goals while Samuel Montembeault made 21 saves against the Mooseheads.

Halifax is coming off a 5-4 defeat in Drummondville on Sunday afternoon to finish a 3 game Quebec road trip. Max Fortier, Danny Moynihan and Cavan Fitzgerald each had a goal and an assist while Kevin Resop took the loss against the Volts with 35 saves.

Season Series
Head to Head: 0-1-0-0 = 0 points
October 2 Halifax 2at Blainville-Briosbriand 4
October 8 Blainville-Briosbriand  at Halifax - 7pm

Out of Town
Voltigeurs vs Titan 8:00pm
Remparts vs Oceanic 8:00pm

After the Buzzer
Halifax will welcome the Victoriaville Tigres tomorrow night in their only matchup in Moose Country. Puck drops at 7pm.

Ehlers to have new # this year

Nikolaj Ehlers has made the Winnipeg Jets!

A year after being sent back to your Halifax Mooseheads, the 19 year old has impressed the big team enough to start his first season as a pro. Ehlers was drafted in the 2014 NHL entry draft by the Jets and went to the team's development and rookie camps last summer before being reassigned to the Herd. During his sophomore year with Halifax, the Danish forward had another shortened season but still finished 3rd in league scoring. Nikolaj was back in Winnipeg this summer, attending the rookie camp again punching his ticket to main camp and a spot on the 2015-16 roster.

The Jets PR department announced the team's new numbers. See them below:

Photo - Jets PR Twitter

Congratulations to Nikolaj on making the pros. Good luck in Winnipeg. Moose Country will be cheering you on.

STATS SUNDAY: September

Games played: 6
Record: 1-3-1-1,  4pts
Goals for/against: 13/21
Powerplay: 13.3%
Penalty kill: 86.7%
Shutouts: none

Top 5 leading scorers
Points: Maxime Fortier 8, Otto Somppi 7, Danny Moynihan 5, Ilya Putintsev 4, Vincent Watt 2
Goals: Maxime Fortier 4, Vincent Watt 2, Cavan Fitzgerald 1, Arnaud Durandeau 1, Connor Moynihan 1
Assists: Otto Somppi 6, Maxime Fortier 4, Danny Moynihan 4, Ilya Putintsev 3, Taylor Ford 2
Penalty minutes: Connor Moynihan 18, Kelly Bent 15, Dominik Blain-Dupuis 14, Danny Moynihan 14, Barrett Dachyshyn 6
Plus/minus: Watler Flower +2, Domenico Argento +1, Joel Bishop +1, Vincent Watt +1
Rookie scoring: Otto Somppi 7pts, Ilya Putintsev 4pts, Arnaud Durandeau 1pt, Joel Bishop 1pt

Goaltending stats
Eric Brassard: 1-2-0-1    2.94 GAA     0.910 SAV%
Kevin Resop: 0-1-1-0    3.86 GAA     0.867 SAV%

Oct 2: Phoenix vs. Mooseheads preview

GAMEDAY
SHERBROOKE PHOENIX VS HALIFAX MOOSEHEADS
Puck drops at 8:00pm
TV: Webcast | Radio: News 95.7 | Live: @HFXMooseheads
Palais des Sports Léopold-Drolet (3,646) ~ Sherbrooke, QC

Halifax starts their first road trip to Quebec with a three games in three nights and they are kicking it off in Shrebrooke against the Pheonix. Halifax welcomes back Timo Meier who was participating in the San Jose Sharks training camp, upon his return he was made the captain of the team. He will be looked upon for his leadership as well as his offensive side. Halifax is looking for their second win of the season, with Timo back in the line up they are going to look to him for that offensive flare to help the team get back into the win column . With goalie Eric Brassard in the net they are going to him for a solid performance like he has given the team so far this season.

Overall Record
Mooseheads: 1-3-1-1 = 4 points (6th in Maritimes division, 16th overall)
Phoenix: 2-2-1-0 = 5 points (6th in West division, 14th overall)

Team Leaders
SHE: Guillaume Gauthier 9pts (6G & 3A), Daniel Audette 9pts (3G & 6A), Vincent Deslauriers 6pts (3G & 3A)
HAL: Maxime Fortier 8pts (4G & 4A), Otto Somppi 7pts (1G & 6A), Danny Moynihan 5pts (1G & 4A)

Last Games
Halifax is coming off a 3-2 overtime loss on home ice against the Cape Breton on Sunday afternoon. Max Fortier and JS Taillefer each scored in the loss to the Eagles. Kevin Resop made 31 saves for the Mooseheads in the defeat but was the named the third star in the game.

Sherbrooke last had a 9-6 win on the road in Gatineau. Daniel Audette led the Phoenix with a goal and 5 points while Jan Dufek and Vincent Deslauriers each had 2 goals and an assist against the Olympiques on Sunday.

Season Series
Head to Head: 0-0-0-0 = 0 points
October 2 Halifax at Sherbrooke - 8pm
February 21 Sherbrooke at Halifax - 3pm

Out of TownTitan vs Cataractes 7:00pm
Wildcats vs Screaming Eagles 7:00pm
Sea Dogs vs Olympiques 7:30pm
Tigres vs Remparts 8:00pm
Armada vs Islanders 8:30pm
Oceanic vs Drakkar 8:30pm
Huskies vs Voltigeurs 8:30pm
Foreurs vs Sagueneens 8:30pm

After the Buzzer
Halifax will travel to Blainville-Broisbriand to take on the Armada for the second game of their three game road trip. Puck drop is at 8pm

Herd Named to CSS List

Photo - The Chronicle Herald

The National Hockey League along with the Central Scouting Services released their Players to Watch for the month of September. 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.

Halifax Moosehead forwards Maxime Fortier and Otto Somppi received ratings on the list. Somppi received a 'B' rating while Fortier was given a 'C' rating.

Both players have been pretty good to start the season. Looks like Max will be having a breakout year as he leads the Herd with 4 goals and 8 points. Otto, a rookie, is second in team scoring with 6 assists plus his first career goal in the season opener.

A total of 34 players from the QMJHL were given ratings on the list. Two are listed with 'A' ratings; Pierre-Luc Dubois of the Cape Breton Screaming Eagles and Val-d'Or Foreurs' Julien Gauthier.

Meier is back!

Swiss forward Timo Meier will be in the Halifax Mooseheads lineup on Friday night when the team visits the Sherbrooke Phoenix. The San Jose Sharks announced this afternoon that they assigned the almost 19 year old to the Herd.

Halifax tweeted a video at lunchtime, showing Timo arriving at the Scotiabank Centre with his gear.

https://twitter.com/HFXMooseheads/status/648541921007259648


Some fans were confused because the video was tweeted before San Jose officially announced the re-assignment in a news release. The Mooseheads faithful will see Meier back on home ice on October 8 when the Herd hosts the Blainville-Boisbrand Armada. The Halifax brass held a team meeting and announced that the third year player will be this year's captain!! No word on how this will affect the alternate captains that were announced before the season began.

Congratulations to Timo on being named captain of your 2015-16 Halifax Mooseheads. #TimoTime will be strong this season.

Sept 27: Mooseheads vs. Eagles preview

GAMEDAY

HALIFAX MOOSEHEADS VS CAPE BRETON SCREAMING EAGLES

Puck drops at 3:00pm

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

Scotiabank Centre (10,595) ~ Halifax, NS

Happy birthday Hal! The Halifax Mooseheads will be celebrating the "birth" of one of their beloved mascots today when they take on their provincial rival Cape Breton Screaming Eagles in the first Sunday afternoon matinee. Battle of Nova Scotia matchups are always exciting and with 19th overall Evgeny Svechnikov being reassigned, the Eagles got much better. Your Mooseheads will have a tough time to get a victory but with Eric Brassard in nets their chances are pretty good to make it an interesting game.

Overall Record
Eagles: 2-2-1-0 = 5 points (4th in Maritimes division, 14th overall)
Mooseheads: 1-2-0-1 = 3 points (6th in Maritimes division, 14th overall)

Team Leaders
HAL: Maxime Fortier 7pts (3G & 4A), Otto Somppi 6pts (1G & 5A), Danny Moynihan 4pts (1G & 3A)
CAP: Pierre-Luc Dubois 7pts (4G & 3A), Evgeny Svechnikov 4pts (2G & 2A), Jordan Ty Fournier 4pts (4A)

Last Games
Cape Breton is coming off a 6-3 win on home ice against Acadie Bathurst. Evgeny Svechnikov led the team with 2 goals and 4 points in his first game after returning from NHL camp while Kyle Jessiman made 19 saves for the victory against the Titan on Friday.

Halifax is coming off a 4-1 loss against the Wildcats at home on Friday evening. Cavan Fitzgerald had the lone goal for the Herd against Moncton while Eric Brassard made 40 saves in the defeat.

Season Series
Head to Head: 0-0-0-0 = 0 points
September 27 Cape Breton at Halifax - 3pm
October 20 Halifax at Cape Breton - 7pm
October 23 Cape Breton at Halifax - 7pm
November 24 Cape Breton at Halifax - 7pm
December 29 Halifax at Cape Bretton - 7pm
December 31 Cape Breton at Halifax - 6pm
January 31 Cape Breton at Halifax - 3pm
February 18 Halifax at Cape Breton - 7pm
March 5 Halifax at Cape Breton - 7pm

After the Buzzer
Halifax will go on their first Quebec road trip this weekend, first visiting Sherbrooke on Friday night. Puck drops at 8pm.

Fucale sent to AHL's IceCaps

Photo - David Chan

Former Halifax Mooseheads goaltender Zachary Fucale is going to St. John's, Newfoundland! The Montreal Canadiens, who drafted Fucale in the second round of the 2013 NHL draft, announced that they have reassigned 17 players to their American Hockey League affiliate team ahead of their matchup against the Toronto Maple Leafs. Fucale is originally from Rosemere, Quebec and played 3 and a half years with the Mooseheads before being traded to the Quebec Remparts before Christmas break last season. With goalies like Carey Price and up & comer Dustin Tokarski, there isn't much space for Zachary in the Canadiens lineup.

Zach will be joined by former teammate Stefan Fournier in Newfoundland. Fournier split his time the last 2 seasons between the Hamilton Bulldogs (Montreal's former AHL affiliate) and the ECHL's Wheeling Nailers. Stefan was the captain of the Memorial Cup champions Herd team. The players will travel to St. John's tomorrow to begin training camp with the IceCaps.

Good luck to Zach and Stefan on your new adventure.

Sept 25: Mooseheads vs. Wildcats preview

GAMEDAY
HALIFAX MOOSEHEADS VS MONCTON WILDCATS
Puck drops at 7:00pm
TV: Eastlink | Radio: News 95.7 | Live: @HFXMooseheads
Scotiabank Centre (10,595) ~ Halifax, NS

Halifax looks to keep the momentum of the win last weekend as they host the Moncton Wildcats tonight. This is a rematch of the 2015 playoff series against the Wildcats which saw Moncton go on to face the Remparts in the next round with a 4-3 series win. Tonight newly acquired defence man Cody Donaghey will be in the line up for the Herd after participating in the Toronto Maple Leafs training camp, which was held in Bedford over the weekend. The Mooseheads are still without new scoring power Timo Meier who is still participating in San Jose Sharks camp. However, new scorers have come to light with Meier gone, including Max Fortier leading the team in scoring after 4 games. Moncton's leading scorer from last season Conor Garland is back in the lineup and will be a big test for the rookie defence of Halifax.

Overall Record
Mooseheads: 1-2-0-1 = 3 points (5th in Maritimes division, 13th overall)
Wildcats: 3-1-0-0 = 6 points (2nd in Maritimes division, 6th overall)

Team Leaders
MON: Kelly Klima 7pts (3G & 4A), Kevin Klima 6pts (4G & 2A), Will Bower 5pts (2G & 3A)
HAL: Maxime Fortier 7pts (3G & 4A), Otto Somppi 6pts (1G & 5A), Ilya Putinsev 4pts (1G & 3A)

Last Game
Halifax is coming off a 5-1 win at home against the Saint John Sea Dogs. Fortier scored a hat trick to lead the way for the herd, while Somppi had three assists and Durandeau scored his first QMJHL goal. Watt had the other goal for the herd.

Moncton is coming off a 5-4 win at home against the Acadie Bathurst Titan. Eric Leger lead the way for the Wildcats with two goals along with Kevin Kilma had two goals as well. The other goal was scored by Will Bowers.

Season Series
Head to Head: 0-0-0-0 = 0 points
September 25 Moncton at Halifax - 7pm
October 18 Halifax at Moncton - 7pm
October 22 Moncton at Halifax - 7pm
November 13 Halifax at Moncton - 7pm
December 17 Moncton at Halifax - 7pm
December 28 Moncton at Halifax - 7pm
January 30 Halifax at Moncton - 7pm
March 11 Moncton at Halifax - 7pm
March 18 Halifax at Moncton - 7pm

Out of town
Titan vs Screaming Eagles 7:00pm
Sea Dogs vs Islanders 7:00pm
Drakkar vs Olympique 8:00pm
Fourers vs Oceanic 8:00pm
Armada vs Phoenix 8:00pm
Huskies vs Tigre 8:00pm
Sagueneen vs Voltigeurs 8:30pm

After the Buzzer 
Halifax will welcome their provincial rivals, the Cape Breton Screaming Eagles to town on Sunday. Puck drop is at 3:00pm

Fortier's hatty gives Moose 1st win of season

Maxime Fortier has his first career hat trick! Fortier's three goals on Saturday evening helped your Halifax Mooseheads get their first win of the new season, defeating the Saint John Sea Dogs 5-1. Many believe that the visiting Dogs will win the league title this year, but for most of the game they didn't look like that team. Max got the game going just under the 10 minute mark of the 1st period on the Herd's first shot and the Mooseheads never looked back, outshooting the Dogs 31 to 22 overall. The first few games of the season have been pretty good for Halifax's top rookies with Arnaud Durandeau becoming the third 1st year player to record their first QMJHL career goal. Eric Brassard looked much better tonight and so did the defense in front of him.

FINAL: Sea Dogs 1at Mooseheads 5
Stars: 3. Durandeau HAL | 2. Somppi HAL | 1. Fortier HAL
Attendance: 6,133
MC's Top Herd: Maxime Fortier

GAME LOG
First period
9:51 HAL Maxime Fortier (1) | A: Fitzgerald & Ford
17:36 HAL Arnaud Durandeau (1) | A: Shewfelt & Crossley

Second period
1:02 HAL Vincent Watt (2) | A: Fortier & Somppi

Third period
2:44 SNB Ryan Chaisson (1) | A: Pare
11:08 HAL Maxime Fortier (2) | A: Shewfelt & Somppi
13:39 HAL Maxime Fortier (3), PP | A: D. Moynihan & Somppi

POWERPLAY
Saint John: 0-for-5
Halifax: 1-for-5

GOALIES
Winning goaltender: Eric Brassard HAL 21 saves
Losing goaltender: Alex Bishop SNB 4 saves

Sept 18: Mooseheads vs. Titan preview

GAMEDAY
HALIFAX MOOSEHEADS VS ACADIE-BATHURST TITAN
Puck drops at 7:00pm
TV: Webcast | Radio: News 95.7 | Live: @HFXMooseheads
Scotiabank Centre (10,595) ~ Halifax, NS

Your Halifax Mooseheads will be looking for a bounce back game on home ice after a couple of road losses last weekend. The team's second leading scorer during the 2014-15 campaign is still participating in San Jose Sharks main camp but with another young team on the Scotiabank Centre ice tonight, we should see some quality scoring from the rookies. Ilya Putintsev and Otto Somppi, Halifax's only forward rookies this year, didn't disappoint in the season opener but went dry the next night. Bathurst's record versus the Mooseheads the last few seasons has not been favourable for the Titan but we'll most likely see another pretty even matched series like we did last year when Halifax went 5-4-0-0 against the New Brunswick team.

Overall Record
Titan: 0-1-1-0 = 1 point (5th in Maritimes division, 15th overall)
Mooseheads: 0-0-1-1 = 1 point (6th in Martimes division, 16th overall)

Team Leaders
HAL: Ilya Putintsev 4pts (1G & 3A), Otto Somppi 3pts (1G & 2A), Maxime Fortier 3pts (3A)
BAT: Jeffrey Truchon-Viel 3pts (1G & 2A), Christophe Boivin 3pts (3A), Antoine Morand 2pts (2G)

Last Games
Acadie-Bathurst is coming off a 6-3 deficit to the Moncton Wildcats on Saturday evening. Rookie Antoine Morand scored two goals to lead the Titan while Reilly Pickard and Daniel Vautour both saw action and made a combined 31 saves on home ice.

Halifax is coming off a 5-2 loss to the Saint John Sea Dogs on the road. The Moynihan brothers provided the scoring, with a goal each while Kevin Resop got his first start of the season and made 21 saves on Saturday night.

Season Series
Head to Head: 0-0-0-0 = 0 points
September 18 Acadie-Bathurst at Halifax - 7pm
October 14 Halifax at Acadie-Bathurst - 7pm
October 17 Acadie-Bathurst at Halifax - 7pm
October 28 Halifax at Acadie-Bathurst - 7pm
November 12 Halifax at Acadie-Bathurst - 7pm
January 12 Acadie-Bathurst at Halifax - 7pm
January 29 Halifax at Acadie-Bathurst - 7pm
March 2 Acadie-Bathurst at Halifax - 7pm
March 8 Halifax at Acadie-Bathurst - 7pm

Out of Town
Screaming Eagles vs Sea Dogs 7:00pm
Wildcats vs Islanders 7:00pm
Armada vs Tigres 8:00pm
Sagueneens vs Voltigeurs 8:00pm
Drakkar vs Oceanic 8:30pm
Huskies vs Olympiques 8:30pm
Cataractes vs Remparts 8:30pm
Foreurs vs Phoenix 8:30pm

After the Buzzer
The Mooseheads will host 15 year old Joe Veleno and the Saint John Sea Dogs tomorrow night. Puck drops at 7pm.