GAMEDAY #41: vs Gatienau

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HALIFAX MOOSEHEADS vs. GATINEAU OLYMPIQUES

January 9, 2015 at 7:00pm

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Scotiabank Centre (10,595) ~ Halifax, NS

It's going to be a welcoming party at the Scotiabank Centre tonight when your Halifax Mooseheads host the Gatinrau Olympiques. Halifax will welcome back three players to the lineup. Captain Ryan Falkenham returns from injury tonight while Nikolaj Ehlers and Timo Meier return from individually successful World Junior tournaments. Speaking of the World Juniors, the Mooseheads will have a world champion coach to battle against this evening. Benoit Groulx led Team Canada to a gold medal at the 2015 tournament in Toronto and will try to lead his Olympiques to a victory against Halifax in his first game back behind the Gatineau bench. Halifax will also welcome a new player to the bench after the team announced earlier this week that they signed Toronto, ON native and free agent Sam Hunter. With all that who would think that this has been a big event from the beginning of the season. Tonight is Halifax's annual Teddy Bear Toss game. Don't forget to bring your stuffed animals and throw them on the ice when the Mooseheads score their first goal.

This is the second and last game of the season between thesse two teams. Halifax is 1-0-0-0 against the Olympiques while Gatienau is 0-1-0-0 against the Mooseheads this year. The two teams last met on October 24 with the visiting Herd coming out with a big 9-6 victory on the road. Phil Gadoury led Halifax with 5 points (2 goals and 3 assists) while Zach Fucale made 20 saves on 26 shots.

Overall Records
Olympiques: 15-23-0-4 = 34 points (6th in West division, 16th overall)
Mooseheads: 19-17-2-1 = 41 points (4th in Maritimes division, 14th overall)

Leading Scorers
HFX: Nikolaj Ehlers 47pts (16G & 31A), Timo Meier 46pts (21G & 25A), Danny Moynihan 39pts (18G & 21A)
GAT: Louick Marcotte 44pts (22G & 22A), Yakov Trenin 37pts (11G & 26A), Alexandre Carrier 34pts (6G & 28A)

Last Games
The Olympiques are coming off a 5-4 defeat at the hands of the Cape Breton Screaming Eagles in Sydney. Elie Berube had 2 goals and an assist to lead Gatienau while Nicolas Lachance was chased from the game after allowing 2 goals on 7 shots on Wednesday night.

The Mooseheads are coming off a disappointing loss to the 18th place Acadie-Bathurst. Danny Moynihan scored the only goal in a 3-1 defeat to the Titan on the road while Kevin Resop made 22 saves as Halifax was outshot 25-18 in the game this past Sunday.

Season Series

Friday Oct 24 Halifax 9 at Gatineau 6

Friday Jan 9 Gatineau at Halifax - 7pm

Out of Town
Islanders vs. Armada 7:00pm
Titan vs. Screaming Eagles 7:30pm
Remparts vs. Phoenix 8:00pm
Tigres vs. Drakkar 8:00pm
Huskies vs. Sagueneens 8:30pm
Foreurs vs. Oceanic 8:30pm

After the Buzzer
Halifax will be hosts to the Blainville-Boisbriand Armada tomorrow night for Saturday night hockey. Puck drops at 7pm.