Mooseheads Put on Show at Forum

Halifax got off to a fast start scoring a powerplay goal just four and a half minutes into the team's first home pre-season game at the Forum. It was a different beginning than the Mooseheads two previous match ups where they were down quickly in both games and were never able to catch up. Today it was the Islanders who couldn't catch up. The Herd went on to the pick up the victory, scoring 6 times to Charlottetown's one. Sophomore Otto Somppi had a good game recording 3 assists and 4 points. Kevin Resop picked up the victory while the Isles starting goalie, Matt Welsh, was chased and Blade Mann-Dixon stopped all 11 shots he faced.

Charlottetown-Halifax Game at a Glance
FINAL: Charlottetown 1 at Halifax 6
Charlottetown scorers: Gregor MacLeod
Halifax scorers: Connor Moynihan, Maxime Fortier, Barrett Dachyshyn, Otto Somppi, Jared McIsaac, Nico Hischier
Powerplay: CHA - 1/6, HAL - 1/4
Shots: Islanders - 18, Mooseheads - 27
Attendance: n/a

Pre-season Game vs. Charlottetown

Opponent: Charlottetown Islanders
Where: Halifax Forum
When: August 28, 2016
Time: 3:00pm
Tickets: $10.00

Charlottetown Islanders
Preseason record: 2-4-0-0, 4pts
Goals for: 19
Goals against: 30
Head coach: Jim Hulton
Scoring leader: Chris Chaddock (2G & 3A)
Leading goaltender: Blade Mann-Dixon (0.963 GAA)

Halifax MooseheadsPreseason record: 3-2-0-0, 6pts
Goals for: 13
Goals against: 16
Head coach: Andre Tourigny
Scoring leader: Raphael Lavoie (4G)
Leading goaltender: Alexis Gravel (0.835 GAA)

Notes

• Halifax is looking for their first win of the pre-season.
• Nico Hischier, the Herd's 2016 import draft pick, makes his pre-season debut today.
• This is the second game of the home and home series between the Islanders and Mooseheads

CAMP: One more cut made

Photo - Herd site

The Halifax Mooseheads announced today that they cut one more player at camp after trading two veterans earlier this morning.

Halifax released 16 year old goaltender Raphael Blais from training camp which leaves the Herd with their two goalies for the 2016-17 season. Blais was selected during the 2015 QMJHL draft in the sixth round.

The Mooseheads roster is almost set now as there are only 26 players left in camp and the team has been taking 24 into the regular season the last few years.

TRADE: Moose trade couple of veteran dmen

Photo - Mooseheads twitter

The Halifax Mooseheads announced today that they have traded a couple of veteran defensemen to a couple of Quebec teams. 19-year-old Jean-Sebastien Taillefer and 18-year-old Morgan Nauss were sent to the Gatineau Olympiques and Chicoutimi Sagueneens respectively for draft picks.

Taillefer played the last two seasons with the Herd after being drafted in 2013 by the team. The Les Coteaux, QC native picked up 4 goals and 14 points over his time with Halifax. Nauss also played 2 seasons with the Moose and had a really good rookie season scoring 3 goals and 18 points in 2014-15. The Hammonds Plains, NS native then added 5 points last year.

Moose Country would like to wish both Morgan and Jean-Sebastien good luck on their new teams during the upcoming season.

Around the CHL ~ volume #1 preview edition #5

Check out the recap of what happened last season. Hope you enjoyed my posts last season. Keep reading and don't be afraid to ask me anything about my blog.

here are last year's leaders:
Division champions 2015-16
WHL - Victoria Royals (B.C.) 72 games played, 50-16-3-3 record, 106 points, 281 goals for/166 goals against; Brandon Wheat Kings (East) 72 games played, 48-18-4-2 record, 102 points, 319 goals for/197 goals against; Lethbridge Hurricanes (Central) 72 games played, 46-24-1-1 record, 94 points, 304 goals for/218 goals against; Seattle Thunderbirds (U.S.) 72 games played, 45-23-4-0 record, 94 points, 228 goals for/186 goals against
OHL - Erie Otters (Midwest) 68 games played, 52-15-1-0 record, 105 points, 269 goals for/183 goals against; Kingston Fronteancs (East) 68 games played, 46-17-3-2 record, 97 points, 252 goals for/189 goals against; Sarnia Sting (West) 68 games played, 42-19-5-2 record, 91 points, 254 goals for/192 goals against; Barrie Colts (Central) 68 games played, 43-22-0-3 record, 89 points, 295 goals for/207 goals against
QMJHL - Rouyn-Noranda Huskies (West) 68 games played, 54-9-3-2 record, 113 points, 302 goals for/181 goals against; Shawinigan Cataractes (East) 68 games played, 44-19-4-1 record, 93 points, 281 goals for/220 goals against; Saint John Sea Dogs (Maritimes) 68 games played, 42-20-6-0 record, 90 points, 258 goals for/222 goals against

League championships 2016
President's Cup - Rouyn-Noranda Huskies vs. Shawinigan Cataractes (Huskies won series 4 games to 1 game)
J. Ross Robertson Cup - London Knights vs. Niagara IceDogs (Knights won series 4 games to 0 games)
Ed Chynoweth Cup - Brandon Wheat Kings vs. Seattle Thunderbirds (Wheat Kings won series 4 games to 1 game)

Memorial Cup 2016
Teams ~ Brandon (WHL champion), London (OHL champion), Red Deer (Hosts), and Rouyn-Noranda (QMJHL champion)

Final May 29, 2016 London vs. Rouyn-Noranda 3-2 OT

LONDON KNIGHTS WIN 2015 MEMORIAL CUP!!!


London will look to repeat as Memorial Cup champions. The Windsor Spitfires will be hosting the national championship tournament next May. The 2017 CHL/NHL BMO Top Prospects game will be hosted by the Quebec Remparts on January 26.

CAMP: Down to 29

Your Halifax Mooseheads announced this afternoon that they have released 7 players from their training camp roster. The cuts reduce the number of players at camp to twenty-nine. There are 10 defenceman, 16 forwards and 3 goaltenders left fighting for a spot on the team.

Players cut
Kirklin Allen     G
Trevor Bush     D
Ryan MacDonald     F
Ian MacPhee     F
Makail Parker     F
Denis Toner     D
Frederik Theoret     F


The remaining players will be on the ice later today for practice from 4-6pm at Cole Harbour Place and than again on Friday 10-noon and 4-6pm.

Pre-season Game at Cape Breton

Opponent: Cape Breton Screaming Eagles
Where: County Arena (Coxheath, NS)
When: August 24, 2016
Time: 7:00pm
Tickets: $8.00

Halifax Mooseheads
Preseason record: 3-0-0-0, 6pts
Goals for: 12
Goals against: 6
Head coach: Andre Tourigny
Scoring leader: Raphael Lavoie (4G)
Leading goaltender: Kirklin Allen (1.000 GAA)

Cape Breton Screaming Eagles
Preseason record: 2-1-0-0, 4pts
Goals for: 21
Goals against: 10
Head coach: Jim Hulton
Scoring leader: Drake Batherson (3G & 2A)
Leading goaltender: Colten Ellis (0.944 GAA)

Notes

• This is the first full team pre-season game of the year although there will be a lot of names missing.
• Halifax and Cape Breton did not meet during the rookie tournament this past weekend.
• The two teams will meet again on September 16 in Halifax.
• Lines can be seen below for your Mooseheads

Photo - Scott MacIntosh

CAMP: Vets have arrived

Week two of your Halifax Mooseheads training camp has arrived and the veteran players are here. The second week of camp began yesterday with the vets having on-ice practice while the rookies did yoga. The whole team will be on the ice this afternoon with a intrasquad game at Cole Harbour Place. Halifax announced the roster for today's matchup this morning, it includes another free agent invite,19 year old Makail Parker who has played only a few games for the Herd and import draft pick Nico Hischier.

Check out the full roster below. No word on when the Moose will announce their next round of cuts but it's possible that it will be after Wednesday night's pre-season game in Cape Breton.

CAMP: Mooseheads release 3

Photo - Herd Twitter

The Halifax Mooseheads announced this morning the releasing of three more players as the team gets ready for main camp.

A surprise to many I'm sure, the Herd cut 2014 draft pick Gabriel Vanier who had a strong couple of days at camp but was relegated to the 4th line during the HubCity Showcase rookie tournament this past weekend. Halifax also released Marc-Olivier Gilbert, a 2015 draftee, and William Smith who was selected in the 11th round this past June. Smith was hurt in the first game of the tournament this weekend.

Good luck to the boys with their respective teams this season.

Moose Rookie Tournament Champs

HubCity Champs
Photo - HubCity Showcase Twitter

Rookie camp is over but it ended on a good note. Your Halifax Mooseheads skated to a 4-3 shootout victory to end the first ever HubCity Showcase on Sunday evening and it gave the team the championship trophy. Halifax found themselves down 2-0 to the host Moncton Wildcats before 2016 draft pick Raphael Lavoie scored with a minute and 25 seconds left in the first period to close the gap. After a scoreless second period, 18 year old Gabriel Vanier scored 8 minutes in the third period to tie the game. Lavoie scored his second of the game with less than 8 minutes left but the Wildcats tied it with 2:02 left to send the game to overtime. Extra time solved nothing so the two teams went to a shootout where Lavoie and Jared McIsaac scored for the Moose and Mike Cyr was the only one to get a goal past goalie Alex Gravel.

Halifax-Moncton Game at a Glance
FINAL: Halifax 4 at Moncton 3 SO
Halifax scorers: Raphael Lavoie (2), Gabriel Vanier
Moncton scorers: Samuel Miesenheimer, Casey Fox, Brendan Bornstein
Powerplay: HFX - 0/3, MON - 0/3
Shots: Mooseheads - 42, Wildcats - 20
Attendance: n/a

Herd in Championship Game at HubCity

After winning the first two games of their pre-season, your Halifax Mooseheads will play in the championship game at the HubCity Showcase. The Mooseheads improved to 2-0 on Saturday afternoon in a game against the Acadie-Bathurst Titan. Ilya Putintsev, a sophomore, had a goal and assist to help lead the Herd to a 4-2 victory over the Titan. Kirklin Allen started the game for Halifax while Raphael Blais played the last 40 minutes.

Halifax will now play the Moncton Wildcats in the last game of the rookie tournament to decide the champion of the rookie tournament. Game time is 4pm today.

Good Start at Rookie Tournament

It didn't start very good but the first pre-season game of the 2016-17 Halifax Mooseheads year ended well. The Saint John Sea Dogs got on the board first just 38 seconds in to the match with a goal by Cedric Pare but that would be the only goal 2nd round draft pick Alexis Gravel would let in as the Mooseheads went on to win the game 4-1. For Halifax it was a mix of young veterans and rookies leading the way on the score sheet. 2016 second overall selection Jared McIsaac tied the game for the Herd early in the second period while sophomore Ilya Putintsev scored the go ahead goal less than a minute later. Sea Dogs goaltender Alex D'Orio played the whole game while Kirklin Allen came in for the third period for the Moose.

Halifax-Saint John Game at a Glance
FINAL: Halifax 4 at Saint John 1
Halifax scorers: Jared McIsaac, Ilya Putintsev, Ben Higgins, Raphael Lavoie
Saint John scorers: Cedric Pare
Powerplay: HFX - 0/6, SNB - 0/6
Shots: Mooseheads - 46, Sea Dogs - 16
Attendance: n/a

CAMP: Roster trimmed before rookie tournament

Photo - Mooseheads Twitter

This morning your Halifax Mooseheads announced that the following ten players have left training camp voluntarily. It includes a few free agent invites and 4 2016 draft picks.

Cole McLaren     G
Cedric Matte     D
Griffin Roubos     D
Peter Diliberatore     D
Rocco Andreacchi     F
Jordan McKenna     F
Shawn Kennedy     F
Andrew Martell     F
Morgan Robinson     F
Brandon Stone     F

This leaves 27 players in training camp before the veterans arrive on Monday. The rest of the players will now head to Moncton for the first ever Hub City Showcase, with the Mooseheads opening up the tournament this afternoon at 4pm versus the Saint John Sea Dogs.

Red/Green rosters announced

Your Halifax Mooseheads announced today who will play in week 1's intrasquad games today. The roster includes 35 young gentlemen all born between 1998 and 2000. Some current Mooseheads are going to be participating in this week's camp while there is also a couple free agent invites. Halifax is anticipated to make their first cuts Sunday evening or Monday morning. The team announced that the official roster for the HubCity Showcase will be released later this week.



The intrasquad games are Wednesday evening 3-5pm and Thursday at 10am-noon and 4-6pm. It's important to note that seating is limited as the games will be played on the Scotia 2 ice surface in Cole Harbour Place. Practices and intrasquad games are free and open to the public.

Halifax's 2016 CHL import draft pick Nico Hischier will report to camp on August 21st while the rest of the veterans will arrive a day later.

CAMP: Rookies to arrive Tuesday

Photo - Mooseheads Twitter

A new season is almost upon us and nothing is more evident to that than your Halifax Mooseheads releasing their training camp schedule today. The team announced this afternoon that rookies will be arriving on Tuesday with registration and medicals taken place that afternoon. Halifax's camp will be different than recent years with the addition of the HubCity Showcase for maritime teams. There will still be intrasquad games in the first week of camp and the first cuts are expected to be made before veterans report on August 22.

Here's the schedule for the first 2 weeks:
August 16
3-5pm                Player registration

August 17
10-10:50am       Team Red practice
11-11:50am       Team Green practice
3-5pm                Red vs. Green intrasquad game

August 18
10am-noon        Red vs. Green intrasquad game
4-6pm                Red vs. Green intrasquad game

August 19-21
HubCity Showcase rookie tournament

August 22
10am-noon        Practice

August 23
10--10:50am      Team Red practice
11-11:50am       Team Green practice
4-6pm                Red vs. Green intrasquad game

August 24
7pm                    Pre-season game - Mooseheads @ Screaming Eagles

August 25 & 26
10am-noon         Practice
4-6pm                 Practice

August 28
10-noon              Practice
3pm                    Pre-season game - Islanders vs. Mooseheads (Halifax Forum)

All practices and intrasquad games are being held at Cole Harbour Place and are open to the public free of charge.