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.