GAMEDAY #42: vs Blainville-Boisbriand

GAMEDAY

HALIFAX MOOSEHEADS vs. BLAINVILLE-BOISBRIAND ARMADA

January 10, 2015 at 7:00pm

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

Scotiabank Centre (10,595) ~ Halifax, NS

It's time to say goodbye. What is happening tonight normally doesn't happen in junior hockey. When a player gets traded they just go right to their new team and start playing. However, the Mooseheads franchise goaltender Zach Fucale requested coming back for one more game to say his goodbyes to the fans. After winning the gold medal on Monday, Fucale came back to Halifax to pack up his belongings and have a couple of last days with his billet parents. The Herd announced earlier this week that Zach would be back at the Scotiabank Centre tonight to drop the ceremonial puck. It'll be an exciting time for everyone in attendance but the current team will have to push all that excitement down after the real puck drop and get back to business. They'll be going up against the hottest team of late in the Blainville-Boisbriand Armada. Luckily Coach Ducharme has a fully healthy lineup for the first time this season and will be able to put out the best team available.

This is the second and final game between these two teams. Halifax is 0-1-0-0 against the Armada this season while Blainville is 1-0-0-0 versus the Mooseheads. The 2 teams met on October 25 last with the Armada skating away for a 2-1 win at home ice. Brandon Vuic scored the lone Herd goal while Zach Fucale made 18 saves.

Overall Records
Armada: 24-11-1-4 = 53 points (1st in West division, 3rd overall)
Mooseheads: 20-18-2-1 = 43 points (3rd in Maritimes division, 11th overall)

Leading Scorers
HFX: Nikolaj Ehlers 51pts (19G & 32A), Timo Meier 50pts (21G & 29A), Danny Moynihan 42pts (20G & 22A)
BLB: Danick Martel 62pts (28G & 34A), Nikita Jevpalovs 57pts (30G & 27A), Philippe Sanche 40pts (23G & 17A)

Last Games
The Aramda are coming off a 4-3 shootout win in Charlottetown on Friday night. Nikita Jevpalovs led the team with a goal and an assist while Samuel Montembeault made 24 saves to get Blainville the victory against the Islanders.

The Mooseheads are coming off a big win against Gatineau at home last night. Halifax was led by Nikolaj Ehlers who scored a hat trick and had an assist in the 6-3 victory while Eric Brassard took the decision against the Olympiques.

Season Series

Saturday Oct 25  Halifax 1 at Blainville 2

Saturday Jan 10  Blainville at Halifax - 7pm

Out of Town
Phoenix vs. Drakkar 5:00pm
Tigres vs. Cataractes 5:00pm
Titan vs. Screaming Eagles 7:00pm
Islanders vs. Olympiques 7:00pm
Sea Dogs vs. Wildcats 7:00pm
Foreurs vs. Sagueneens 8:00pm

After the Buzzer
Halifax will take on the Drummondville Voltigeurs on Thursday night at home. Puck drops at 7pm.