STATS SUNDAY: February

Games played: 10
Record: 2-7-1-0, 5pts
Goals for/against: 22/45
Powerplay*: 16.4%
Penalty kill*: 75.7%
Shutouts: none

Top 5 leading scorers
Points: Anthony Sorrentino 9, Maxime Fortier 6, Otto Somppi 5, Kelly Bent 5, Jocktan Chainey 5
Goals: Anthony Sorrentino 7, Otto Somppi 2, Arnaud Durandeau 2, Connor Moynihan 2, Vincent Watt 2
Assists: Maxime Fortier 5, Kelly Bent 4, Jocktan Chainey 4, Joel Bishop 4, Otto Somppi 3
Penalty minutes: Kelly Bent 30, Jean-Sebastien Taillefer 23, Connor Moynihan 16, Taylor Ford 14, Dominik Blain-Dupuis 13
Plus/minus: Anthony Sorrentino +3, Cooper Jones +2, Zachary Taylor +1, Dominik Blain-Dupuis-1, Barrett Dachyshyn -1
Rookie scoring: Otto Somppi 5pts, Jocktan Chainey 5pts, Ilya Putintsev 4pts, Joel Bishop 4pts, Arnaud Durandeau 4pts

Goaltending stats*:
Eric Brassard: 13-21-4-1    3.70 GAA    0.893 SAV%
Kevin Resop: 5-15-2-0    4.41 GAA    0.866 SAV%


*overall

Feb 27: Mooseheads vs. Sea Dogs preview

GAMEDAY

HALIFAX MOOSEHEADS VS SAINT JOHN SEA DOGS

Puck drops at 7:00pm

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

Scotiabank Centre (10,595) ~ Halifax, NS

It's the second game of the home and home series between your Halifax Mooseheads and the Saint John Sea Dogs. This happens to be the last matchup of the season between these two teams. On Thursday night, the Dogs came out on top in a goaltending battle in Saint John.  Mathieu Joseph and Joseph Veleno scored for the home team in the first game this week in a 2-0 loss for Halifax but Eric Brassard had a strong game, making 34 saves. Thursday was the 1st time that Kelly Bent and Bokondji Imama met since they fought back in December where Bent got 5 games and Imama was suspended for 20 games. The two didn't take long to settle their differences, squaring off just 3 and a half minutes into the game. Though they won't be making the playoffs this season, the Herd can play spoiler for other teams who are looking to get a good position in the standings so what kind of team will we see tonight?

Overall Records
Sea Dogs: 37-16-4-0 = 78 points (1st in Maritimes division, 3rd overall)
Mooseheads: 18-25-6-1 = 43 points (6th in Maritimes division, 17th overall)

Leading Scorers
HAL: Maxime Fortier 68pts (28G & 40A), Otto Somppi 39pts (11G & 28A), Anthony Sorrentino 33pts (22G & 11A)
SNB: Mathieu Joseph 65pts (31G & 34A), Matthew Highmore 61pts (19G & 42A), Nathan Noel 54pts (19G & 35A)

Last Games
See above

Season Series
Head to Head: 2-4-1-0 = 5 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 5 at Halifax 8
December 18  Halifax 1 at Saint John 3
January 16  Halifax 2 at Saint John 5February 25  Halifax 0 at Saint John 2
February 27  Saint John at Halifax - 7pm

Out of Town
Voltigeurs vs Drakkar 4:00pm
Armada vs Oceanic 5:00pm
Cataractes vs Islanders 5:00pm
Remparts vs Bathurst 8:00pm
Foreurs vs Screaming Eagles 8:00pm

After the Buzzer
The Acadie-Bathurst Titan will come to town on Wednesday night to take on your Mooseheads. Puck drops at 7pm.

Gadoury wins AUS award

Phil Gadoury
Photo - AUS website

Former Halifax Mooseheads player Philippe Gadoury has been named the rookie of the year for the 2015-16 Atlantic University Sport hockey season. The AUS announced the winners for the men's awards this afternoon before the second round of the playoffs begin. Gadoury, a native of Montreal, played a season and a third with the Herd before joining the Dalhousie Tigers this season. The 5 foot 10 forward scored the most goals in the conference with 17, including 5 hat tricks. One of his prettiest ones was an overtime goal in the last game of the year against St. Francis Xavier (see below). His 23 points in 25 games was not enough to help the Tigers get to the playoffs. The 22 year old was also named to the all-rookie team.

Two other former Mooseheads were named to teams as well. Cole Harbour native Stephen MacAulay of the Saint Mary's Huskies was named to the second all-star team while his teammate Austyn Hardie, also a native of Montreal, got named to the all-rookie team with Gadoury.

Congratulations to the three former Moose players and good luck to Hardie & MacAulay in round 2.

Sorrentino, Defence Help Moose Win

In maybe one of the best game they've had all season, the Halifax Mooseheads defeated a team that was 9 points ahead of them while ending a 6 game losing streak. Kevin Resop had a great game, looking very strong in net the whole 60 minutes but also getting help from his defense. Even though the shots against were still kind of high, there were plenty that didn't get through and when they did Resop was there to stop them in a 5-1 victory over the Sherbrooke Phoenix. Forward Anthony Sorrentino got a few lucky stick touches as he scored his first career hat trick which included him tipping in two goals. The whole game you could tell that both teams wanted to end their losing streaks but Halifax native Evan Fitzpatrick wasn't as strong as his counterpart on Sunday evening. Sherbrooke did not look very pleased that they were down 2-1 after 20 minutes against a team lower than them in the standings, with the Phoenix trying to get the Herd in trouble. Sometimes it worked but a couple of times the away team shouldn't have tried to pick a fight with the home team, Dominik Blain taking down Nicolas Poulin being a good example.

FINAL: Phoenix 1 at Mooseheads 5
Stars: 3. Walter Flower HAL | 2. Ilya Putintsev HAL | 1. Anthony Sorrentino HAL
Attendance: 7,913
MC's Top Herd: Ilya Putintsev

GAME LOG
First period
5:12 SHE Guillaume Gauthier (36), PP | A: Schweri & Neill
8:44 HAL Connor Moynihan (10), PP | A: Putintsev & Sorrentino
19:07 HAL Anthony Sorrentino (20) | A: Bent & Crossley

Second period
1:39 HAL Anthony Sorrentino (21), PP | A: Chainey & Flower
14:20 HAL Anthony Sorrentino (22), PP | A: Bishop & Flower
14:51 HAL Kelly Bent (3) | A: None

Third period
None

Powerplay: SHE - 1-for-6; HAL - 3-for-7
Shots: 40-28 in favour of Halifax

SCORES
Quebec 1 at Acadie-Bathurst 5
Charlottetown 1 at Moncton 0
Shawinigan 7 at Drummondville 2
Victoriaville 1 at Rimouski 4

UP NEXT: Halifax will travel to Saint John and take on the Sea Dogs in the first game of a home and home series on Thursday night. Puck drops at 7pm.

Moynihan's Score but Connor Gets Victory

Danny Moynihan and Cavan Fitzgerald arrived in Moose Country facing their former club for the first time but they couldn't help the Shawinigan Cataractes beat the Halifax Mooseheads on Thursday night. For the second time this season, Halifax chased the opposing goaltender in the first period after scoring 3 goals on 7 shots despite Shawinigan controlling more of the play in the first 20 minutes. Danny Moynihan scored with 4:39 left to close the gap for Shawinigan to one goal but Mooseheads goalie Eric Brassard was zoned in once again and stopped some really nice shots. Brassard would go on to make 46 saves collecting his thirteenth win of the season. The game looked like it might get tied up in the last 10 minutes but with less than 2 to go, the Cataractes pulled their goalie and Halifax iced it with two empty net goals to send the fans home happy.

FINAL: Cataractes 3 at Mooseheads 6
Stars: 3. Anthony Sorrentino HAL | 2. Danny Moynihan SHA | 1. Eric Brassard HAL
Attendance: 6,356
MC's Top Herd: Eric Brassard

GAME LOG
First period
7:15 HAL Vincent Watt (7) | A: Bishop & Fortier
13:25 HAL Connor Moynihan (9), PP | A: Nauss & Putintsev
13:38 HAL Anthony Sorrentino (16) | A: Durandeau & Somppi

Second period
1:59 SHA Gabriel Gagne (12) | Sylvestre & Yan
4:46 HAL Anthony Sorrentino (17) | A: Crossley
13:39 SHA Anthony Beauvillier (24), PP | A: Moynihan & D'Aoust
15:21 SHA Danny Moynihan (32) | A: D'Aoust

Third period
18:54 HAL Otto Somppi (10), EN | A: Putintsev
19:55 HAL Otto Somppi (11), EN | A: None

Powerplay: SHA - 1-for-4; HAL - 1-for-2
Shots: 49-28 in favour of Shawinigan

SCORES
Victoriaville 1 at Acadie-Bathurst 0
Rouyn-Noranda 2 at Chicoutimi 1 OT

UP NEXT: The Charlottetown Islanders come to town for some Saturday night hockey. Puck drops at 7pm.