The Quebec Major Junior Hockey League announced their three starsfor the week of October 24, 2016. For the first time this season, a Halifax Mooseheads player is among the 3 on the list that was put out today. Nico Hischier, a 17 year old rookie for the Herd, was named the second star of the week ending October 30. Hischier had seven points in the three games played this past week for Halifax. The Naters, Switzerland native had a big night on October 26 versus the Acadie-Bathurst Titan where he set a franchise record for most points in a single game for a rookie with 6 points. He was named the first star of the game on Wednesday after scoring a hat trick and assisting on 3 others helping the Moose to a 6-4 win.
QMJHL named Alexandre Goulet of the Victoriaville Tigres first star while Guilluame Beaudoin of the Blainville-Boisbriand Armada received third star honours.
Congratulations to Nico on being named the QMJHL's 2nd star of the week. Keep up the strong play this season.
MEIER
According to the San Jose Barracuda, former Halifax Mooseheads captain Timo Meier is set to make his professional debut on Friday night for the Barracuda. Meier's pro debut was pushed back a couple of weeks because the 20 year old was diagnosed with monocleosis at the end of September forcing him out of the lineup for at least 4 weeks. The San Jose Sharks, who drafted Timo 9th overall in the 2015 NHL draft, reassigned the forward to the AHL a couple of weeks ago to get some conditioning after he felt better. Meier had this to say on Tuesday after his first full practice since his diagnosis; “I feel great, and I can’t wait to get out there. I feel like we have a really good team, I think we can really achieve a lot.” According to the article, the Herisau, Switzerland native lost 10 pounds in the month that he was sick but has gained it back. In two and a half seasons with the Herd, Meier had 160 points which included 72 goals in 150 games played. Halifax traded Timo to the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies on January 6 where he scored 23 goals and 51 points in 29 games to help the team get 1st overall in the league. During the playoffs, the forward was second in team scoring and helped lead the Huskies to their first President's Cup win. He was also the captain of the 2016 Switzerland World Junior team where he finished with 5 points in 6 games. Good luck to Timo in your debut and this season with the Barracuda.
LOCAL NIGHT
Saturday evening's game versus the Cape Breton Screaming Eagles has been designated as Celebrate Local Night at Scotiabank Centre. The Moose will host Pierre-Luc Dubois and the Eagles in the second game of a home-and-home series. The team has stated that about 800 prizes will be handed out from local businesses. There will also be a few Nova Scotian Olympians and Paralympians who participated in the Rio Olympics in August, according to the release.
Photo - Team Canada twitter
U17 CHALLENGE
On Tuesday, Benoit-Olivier Groulx and Jared McIsaac, two rookies for the Mooseheads who have played quite well so far this season, left Halifax to head to Saint Ste. Marie to participate in the World Under-17 Hockey Challenge hosted by Hockey Canada. The Canadian teams announced their leadership group on Thursday and both boys are apart of their respective team's leaders. Groulx was named captain of Canada Red while McIsaac was given an A for Canada White. The tournament runs from October 28-November 5. Congratulations to Jared and Benoit-Olivier and good luck guys.
Photo - Team Canada twitter
SPORTSNET
It was announced on Friday that the January 7th game vs. the Saint John Sea Dogs will be broadcasted nationally across Canada on Sportsnet. Because the channel now shows NHL hockey on Saturday nights, the start of the Mooseheads game has been moved to 4:00pm Atlantic time instead of the normal 7pm to allow for the TV slot.
MACKINNON
Former Halifax Mooseheads star player Nathan MacKinnon had a little fun on Thursday to celebrate the Denver Nuggets basketball season getting underway. Dressed in a Nuggets jersey, Kid Mack tried some trick shots and made a nice basket while facing the opposite direction. Check it out here.
NEW SIGNEE
The Herd announced that they had signed a 17 year old Ontario free agent on Tuesday. Moose Country would like to welcome Caleb Rich to the team. Rich played 15 games in the Northern Ontario Hockey League this season for the French River Rapids before being signed by the Herd. In 68 career games with the Rapids, the Callander, ON native had 27 goals and 64 points. He was in the lineup for Halifax on Wednesday night even though he wasn't expected to be. General Manager Cam Russell feels "that he could be a top-six player since he was a point per game player as a 16-year-old." Russell also had this to say; “There’s lots to like there he’s got great size, good speed and he seems to play well in traffic.”
GAME PREVIEW CAPE BRETON SCREAMING EAGLES VS HALIFAX MOOSEHEADS Puck drops at 7:00pm TV: Eastlink | Radio: News 95.7 | Live: @HFXMooseheads Centre 200 (5,000) ~ Sydney, NS
What will Nico Hischier do now? The 17 year old broke a franchise record on Wednesday evening and will be looking to continue his point streak to seven games tonight when the Halifax Mooseheads travel to Sydney to take on provincial rivals, the Cape Breton Screaming Eagles tonight. Hischier scored his first career hat trick two days ago and assisted on 3 others to break the Mooseheads record for most points in a single game by a rookie. He now leads the team in scoring and is fifth in the league. For the fourth time this month, Halifax will be a part of a breast cancer awareness game as the Screaming Eagles are hosting their Pink in the Rink event today. This game is also a part of the QMJHL's rivalry week so the two teams will play a home and home series this weekend. Halifax and Cape Breton have the same record going into this weekend's series so both teams could get some space from the other if one wins both games. Goaltending will once again play a factor just as it has all season. The Eagles have the 7th best goalie on their team in terms of goals against average with Kyle Jessiman boasting a 2.56 GAA. The Moose will put Kevin Resop in nets who is coming off one of his best performances I would say but the defense played well in front of him on Wednesday night which hasn't happened much this year.
OVERALL RECORDS Mooseheads: 7-7-0-0 = 14 points (5th in Maritimes division, 12th overall) Screaming Eagles: 7-7-0-0 = 14 points (4th in Maritimes division, 11th overall)
PREVIOUS GAMES Halifax is coming off a 6-4 victory on Wednesday at the Scotiabank Centre against the Titan. Nico Hischier led the team with a three goals and six points while Kevin Resop stopped 29 of Acadie-Bathurst's 33 shots to pick up the win.
Cape Breton is coming off a 5-2 win over Moncton on home ice also on Wednesday. Three different players had a goal and assist each while new goalie Colten Ellis stopped 23 shots against the Wildcats.
ALUM ON EAGLES - none
HEAD-TO-HEAD October 1 Cape Breton 4 at Halifax 6 October 28 Halifax at Cape Breton – 7pm October 29 Cape Breton at Halifax – 7pm December 10 Halifax at Cape Breton – 7pm December 30 Halifax at Cape Breton – 7pm December 31 Cape Breton at Halifax – 2pm January 17 Halifax at Cape Breton – 7pm March 3 Halifax at Cape Breton – 7pm March 17 Cape Breton at Halifax – 7pm
OUT OF TOWN Titan vs. Islanders 7:00pm Sea Dogs vs. Wildcats 7:00pm Remparts vs. Oceanic 8:00pm Drakkar vs. Sagueneens 8:30pm Armada vs. Olympiques 8:30pm Voltigeurs vs. Phoenix 8:30pm Foreurs vs. Huskies 8:30pm
AFTER THE BUZZER The two provincial rivals will meet again tomorrow night in Halifax. Puck drops at 7pm.
It was a big night for rookie Nico Hischier on Wednesday evening and Moose Country was present to witness it. The Naters, Switzerland native set a franchise record for most points in a game by a rookie after scoring a hat trick and 3 assists to lead the Halifax Mooseheads to a big 6-4 win in front of the Scotiabank Centre crowd. Halifax got off to a fast start with Barrett Dachyshyn scoring just 90 seconds into the game and the Herd never let go of the lead. Hischier's big evening started with a helper on defenseman Jocktan Chainey's first period power play goal with under six to go in the frame. Chainey would also score the insurance goal (on the PP) for the home team 8:04 into the third, giving him his first multi goal game of his career. Nico scored his sixth of the season 8:36 in to the second period to give his team a 3-0 lead. Seconds later, 20 year old Bradley Kennedy and Titan captain Jeffrey Truchon-Viel dropped the gloves for a lengthy fight with both players getting some nice punches in. The in-game boxing match would wake up Acadie-Bathurst who scored consecutive goals within the next two minutes to close the gap to 3-2. Acadie-Bathurst and Halifax would trade goals in the later part of the middle frame and the shots were tied at 26 a piece after the Titan outshot the Moose 18-9 in the period. Hischier would record his hat trick goal on the power play less than five minutes in to the final period.
FINAL: Titan4 at Mooseheads 6 Stars: 3. Dawson Theede BAT | 2. Jocktan Chainey HAL | 1. Nico Hischier HAL Attendance: 4,724 MC's Top Herd: Nico Hischier GAME LOG First period 1:30 HAL Barrett Dachyshyn (2) | A: Ford & Hischier 14:19 HAL Jocktan Chainey (1), PP | A: Moynihan & Hischier
Second period 8:36 HAL Nico Hischier (6) | A: Moynihan & Charlebois 9:25 BAT Dawson Theede (5) | A: Deschenes & Thibeault 10:27 BAT Daniil Miromanov (2) | A: L'Italien & Theede 13:06 HAL Nico Hischier (7) | A: Bishop 16:49 BAT Antoine Morand (6) | A: Desjardins
Third period 4:58 HAL Nico Hischier (8), PP | A: Kennedy & Fortier 8:04 HAL Jocktan Chainey (2), PP | A: Hischier & Moynihan 11:13 BAT Cole Rafuse (1) | A: Theede & Lemay-Champagne
Powerplay: BAT - 0-for-2, HAL 3-for-5 Shots: 33-32 in favour of Halifax
MISSING IN ACTION: Benoit-Olivier Groulx (U17 Challenge), Cooper Jones (healthy) & Jared McIsaac (U17 Challenge)
SCORES Moncton 2 at Cape Breton 5 Charlottetown 2 at Saint John 5 Drummondville 3 at Blainville-Boisbriand 4 Victoriaville 3 at Val-d'Or 2 OT
UP NEXT: Halifax will now travel up north to take on the Cape Breton Screaming Eagles on Friday night in Sydney. Puck drops at 7pm.
GAME PREVIEW HALIFAX MOOSEHEADS VS ACADIE-BATHURST TITAN Puck drops at 7:00pm TV: Webcast | Radio: News 95.7 | Live: @HFXMooseheads Scotiabank Centre (10,595) ~ Halifax, NS
Your Halifax Mooseheads will have a little different look tonight when they host the Acadie-Bathurst Titan for some Wednesday night hockey. Rookies Benoit-Olivier Groulx and Jared McIsaac will miss the next 6 games as they are in Sault Ste. Marie for the U17 World Hockey Challenge and it's also been reported that Brett Crossley could be in the lineup after missing a few games with an injury. After a couple of losses on home ice, it's possible that lines might be changed as well. This will be the Mooseheads second Wednesday evening game of the season after visiting Bathurst two weeks ago (more on that below). Halifax will be looking to get back in the win column at home after losing to the 3rd CHL ranked Rouyn-Noranda Huskies and a comeback victory by the Val-d'Or Foreurs over the weekend. They'll have to play a full 60 minutes and get some strong goaltending to defeat the Titan who have won three in a row. Acadie-Bathurst will be without rookie defenenceman Noah Dobson who is also at the U17 Hockey Challenge.
This is the second meeting between the two teams this season. Halifax is 0-1-0-0 against the Titan this year while Acadie-Bathurst has a 1-0-0-0 record versus the Mooseheads. The two teams met 2 weeks ago on October 12 in Bathurst where the home team won 3-0 on the back of Reilly Pickard who made 26 saves. Samuel L'Italien scored twice for the Titan while Alexis Gravel made 32 saves for the Herd in the loss. OVERALL RECORDS
Titan:7-4-1-1 = 16 points (2nd in Maritimes division, 6th overall) Mooseheads: 6-7-0-0 = 12 points (5th in Maritimes division, 13th overall)
PREVIOUS GAMES Acadie-Bathurst is coming off a 5-3 victory at the KC Irving Regional Centre over the Huskies. Jeffrey Truchon-Viel had two goals and an assist on Sunday afternoon to lead the Titan while Reilly Pickard stopped 28 of Rouyn-Noranda's 31 shots.
Halifax is coming off a 4-2 defeat at the hands of Val-d'Or on home ice on Sunday. Ben Higgins and Max Fortier scored for the Mooseheads who had a 2-0 lead after the first period, while Alexis Gravel made 16 saves against the Foreurs to pick up the loss.
ALUM ON TITAN - none
HEAD-TO-HEAD October 12 Mooseheads 0 at Titan 3 October 26 Titan at Mooseheads – 7pm November 20 Titan at Mooseheads – 2pm November 22 Mooseheads at Titan – 7pm December 14 Titan at Mooseheads – 7pm February 2 Titan at Mooseheads – 7pm February 17 Mooseheads at Titan – 7pm February 24 Titan at Mooseheads – 7pm March 10 Mooseheads at Titan – 7pm
OUT OF TOWN Screaming Eagles vs. Wildcats 7:00pm Sea Dogs vs. Islanders 7:00pm Armada vs. Voltigeurs 8:00pm Foreurs vs. Tigres 8:30pm
AFTER THE BUZZER Halifax will finish the month with a home and home series against their provinicial rivals this weekend, starting with a visit to Sydney on Friday night. Puck drops at 7pm.
Well the streaks are over. The Halifax Mooseheads are no longer undefeated on home ice this season after a visit from the 3rd ranked Rouyn-Noranda Huskies, who skated away with a 4-2 victory on Friday night. It was also the annual Pink in the Rink event at the Scotiabank Centre, which the Herd had won the last four years but they had no such luck tonight. There was a lot of back and forth action, mostly in the middle of the rink in the first 7 minutes of the game with both teams only having two shots each. Rouyn-Noranda got on the board first with a goal from Peter Abbandonato 9:17 minutes into the game. Abbandonato was parked right in front of the net and chipped in the behind the net pass. Less than two minutes later, Antoine Waked made it 2-0 Huskies with a shot that Kevin Resop looked like he might've had but it went off his glove and trickled into the net. When the Mooseheads play the Quebec teams, sometimes it's hard to believe that they only play two times a season with all the physical stuff that happens. That was the case tonight, there were quite a few penalties (a couple that probably shouldn't have counted) with Keigan Goetz having to sit in the box 4 times himself. In the third period there were a number of scrums between the two teams.
FINAL: Huskies 4 at Mooseheads 2 Stars: 3. Jocktan Chainey HAL | 2. Mathieu Boucher ROU | 1. Peter Abbandonato ROU Attendance: 7,410 MC's Top Herd: Kevin Resop GAME LOG First period 9:17 ROU Peter Abbandonato (4) | A: Dzierkals & Boucher 11:05 ROU Antoine Waked (6) | A: none
Second period 3:09 ROU Peter Abbandonato (5), PP | A: Fontaine & Boucher 6:24 HAL Connor Moynihan (7) | A: Charlesbois & Hischier
Third period 18:11 ROU Philippe Myers (3), EN/SH | A: Fontaine & Harvey 18:29 HAL Ben Higgins (3), PP | A: Dachyshyn & Groulx
Powerplay: ROU - 1-for-7, HAL - 1-for-6 Shots: tied at 24 a piece
MISSING IN ACTION- Brett Crossley, Anthony Sorrentino
SCORES Acadie-Bathurst 4 at Moncton 1 Val-d'Or 1 at Saint John 4 Blainville-Boisbriand 8 at Sherbrooke 2 Cape Breton 2 at Gatineau 4 Victoriaville 4 at Rimouski 5 OT Charlottetown 3 at Baie--Comeau 6 Quebec 2 at Drummondville 2 Shawinigan 2 at Chicoutimi 0
UP NEXT: Halifax will welcome the Val-d'Or Foreurs to the Scotiabank Centre on Sunday afternoon. Puck drops at 3pm.
GAME PREVIEW HALIFAX MOOSEHEADS VS ROUYN-NORANDA HUSKIES Puck drops at 7:00pm TV: Eastlink | Radio: News 95.7 | Live: @MC_MooseCountry Scotiabank Centre (10,595) ~ Halifax, NS
It's Pink in the Rink night at the Scotiabank Centre in support of breast cancer research. The annual event was started by the Mooseheads and this will be the 9th edition in Halifax. Over the past eight years, Halifax Mooseheads fans have raised over $120,000 for the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation - Atlantic Region. Going into tonight's game, two streaks are at stake for the guys that will be wearing pink. The Moose have won four straight PITR events and will be looking to get over .500 in the annual event. Halifax is also still undefeated at home after 5 games and hope to continue that this evening but they'll have a harder time as they welcome the Canadian Hockey League 3rd ranked Rouyn-Noranda Huskies. This will be the first time that head coach Andre Tourigny faces his former team. Rouyn-Noranda has not shown any slowing down after winning a championship like some teams have previously done. The Huskies are an outstanding 7-1-0-1 to start the season and have one of the best goaltenders in the league. If Halifax can get a few goals past the Huskies goaltender (who I'm guessing will be Samuel Harvey) in the first period and whoever the Mooseheads start in net is strong, this should be an exciting game. Don't forget to buy raffle tickets for a chance to win a game worn pink jersey.
This is the first meeting between the two teams this season. Last year, Halifax was 0-2-0-0 against the Huskies while Rouyn-Noranda had a 2-0-0-0 record versus the Mooseheads. The last matchup in the 2015-16 season was January 21. Maxime Fortier had two goals and an assist in a 8-4 defeat in Rouyn-Noranda while Eric Brassard made 45 saves to take the loss. Timo Meier was named first star scoring a hat trick and picking up 2 assists for the Huskies. OVERALL RECORDS Huskies: 7-1-0-1 = 15 points (1st in West division, 2nd overall) Mooseheads: 6-5-0-0 = 12 points (3rd in Maritimes division, 8th overall)
LEADING SCORERS HAL: Maxime Fortier 16pts (7G & 9A), Nico Hischier 11pts (5G & ^A), Otto Somppi 9pts (4G & 5A) ROU: Martins Dzierkals 12pts (6G & 6A), Antoine Waked 11pts (5G & 6A), Peter Abbandonato 10pts (3G & 7A)
PREVIOUS GAMES Rouyn-Noranda is coming off a 6-2 victory on home ice against Drummondville on Saturday evening. The Huskies got multi point nights from 5 different players while Samuel Harvey made 25 saves to pick up the win against the Voltigeurs.
Halifax is coming off their first road win of the season, a big 7-3 victory in Victoriaville on Sunday afternoon. Nico Hischier scored two goals and picked up an assist as well to lead the Mooseheads while Alexis Gravel made his second straight start and stopped 20 of the Tigres 23 shots.
ALUM ON HUSKIES - none
HEAD-TO-HEAD October 19 Rouyn-Noranda at Halifax - 7pm November 4 Halifax at Rouyn-Noranda - 8:30pm
OUT OF TOWN Wildcats vs. Titan 7:00pm Sea Dogs vs. Foreurs 7:00pm Phoenix vs. Armada 8:00pm Drakkar vs. Islanders 8:30pm Sagueneens vs. Cataractes 8:30pm Voltigeurs vs. Remparts 8:30pm Olympiques vs. Screaming Eagles 8:30pm Oceanic vs. Tigres 8:30pm
AFTER THE BUZZER Halifax will stay in Moose Country to host the Val-d'Or Foreurs on Sunday afternoon. Puck drops at 3pm.
A few former Halifax Mooseheads players will be on different teams in 2016-17 than they were last season. If you follow me on Twitter, most of this will be old news but I thought I would put all this news in one post for readers.
Photo - Nauss Facebook
During training camp, the Herd made a few transactions that moved veteran players to other teams. Halifax traded defensemen Morgan Nauss and Jean-Sebastien Taillefer to the Chicoutimi Sagueneens and Gatineau Olympiques respectively, towards the end of August for a few draft picks. 18 year old Nauss has no points in 3 games played and a minus-3 so far this season for the Sags while 19 year old Taillefer has 3 assists in 11 games and is minus-1 with the Piques. Sophomores Ilya Putintsev and Dominik Blain-Dupuis apparently didn't fit in to the direction that new head coach Andre Touriney was looking to go as the team put both players on waivers. Putintsev was picked up by the Moncton Wildcats and has since played 8 games assisting on three goals. Blain-Dupuis was picked up by the Olympiques and has gotten a lot of ice time that he probably wouldn't with the Moose, playing all 11 games for Gatineau while picking up an assist. The Mooseheads also released overager Andrew Shewfelt toward the end of camp and he now plays for the Amherst Ramblers of the MJAHL. Shewfelt has 2 assists in 8 games played.
Photo - Florida Everblades Twitter
In mid-September it was announced by the Florida Everblades of the ECHL that they signed former Herd forward Stephen MacAulay for the 2016-17 season. The 24 year old has yet to play a game this season for the Everbaldes but they're only two games into the ECHL season. MacAulay, a native of Cole Harbour, NS, spent the last two and a half seasons with the Saint Mary's Huskies. This will be Stephen's second crack at securing a pro career after he split the first half of the 2013-14 season between the Hamilton Bulldogs (AHL) and the Wheeling Nailers (ECHL) before coming home to play university hockey.
Over the summer, the Moncton Wildcats announced that the team had traded Herd alumni Cody Donaghey to the Charlottetown Islanders. The defenseman has benefited from a high-skilled Islanders team and is currently 7th in league scoring with 15 points, twelve of which are assists. He's played 10 games and is a minus-1. This will be Donaghey's last season in the QMJHL. The St. John's, NL native played the first half of 2015-16 with the Mooseheads and recorded 11 points in 21 games.
Boston, MA native Danny Moynihan was a free-agent invite to Vancouver Canucks training camp last month before being reassigned to the team's American Hockey League affiliate, the Utica Comets who signed Moynihan to a two-way AHL/ECHL contract on October 4. The Comets reassigned the 20 year old to the Alaska Aces of the ECHL a few days later where it is unknown right now if he'll make the team. Moynihan, who split the 2015-16 season between the Mooseheads and Shawinigan Cataractes, will be on a new team this year even if he doesn't make the Aces as he has been recruited by the Dalhousie Tigers. The Tigers' coach, Chris Donnelly, discussed the prospect of Moynihan coming back to Halifax should his professional aspirations not work out with John Moore, the voice of the Mooseheads News 95.7 broadcasts (see below).
After aging out of juniors, Matt Murphy has joined the University of New Brunswick Varisty Reds hockey team for the 2016-17 season. The former Herd was invited to Winnipeg Jets training camp last month but was later released. Murphy will try to help the V-Reds repeat as University Cup champions and isn't doing to bad to start the season. The 21 year old has 5 assists in 4 games played to go with 8 penalty minutes. The defenseman played two and a half seasons in front of the Moose Country faithful and also spent time with the Val-d'Or Foreurs, Quebec Remparts and Saint John Sea Dogs while in the Q.
There will be one former Moose to start the season in the National Hockey League. It was announced last Sunday that the Carolina Hurricanes claimed alum Martin Frk off waivers from the Detroit Red Wings. Frk, from Pelhrimov, Czech Republic, spent the 2015-16 season with the Wings AHL affiliate, the Grand Rapids Griffins collecting 27 goals and 44 points in 67 games. The 23 year old was named to the Hurricanes opening night roster but did not play. He is expected to make his NHL debut tonight when Carolina visits the Edmonton Oilers.
Photo - NHL.com
Former captain Timo Meier participated in San Jose Sharks training camp last month and looked like he might make the NHL this season. However, it was announced at the end of September that he would be out for four weeks with mononucleosis. The Sharks than announced that they had reassigned the Swiss forward to their minor league team, the San Jose Barracuda, on Friday and that the 20 year old will stay in the Bay area to train as he recovers. Meier will most likely begin the season with the Barracuda, possibly by the end of this month. After that it shouldn't take too long for the former Mooseheads and Rouyn-Noranda Huskies player is back with the big club.
Good luck to all the players with their new teams the rest of the season. Check back here in a few weeks for a list of where more Herd alumni are playing and the first month stats.
The streak is broken. Your Haifax Mooseheads have finally picked up their first road win, defeating the Victoriavile Tigres in the Quebec city. The victory ends a 5 game losing streak by the Herd this season as the visiting team. Rookie goaltender Alexis Gravel started the game against the Tigres, which was his second straight start for Halifax. It's the first time this season that the 16 year old has started back to back games after getting the call on Saturday evening against Blainville. The Mooseheads got on to the board less than 4 minutes into the game with a goal by Maxime Fortier short handed and would hold on to that lead until there was 8 seconds left in the first period when Antoine Lessard got the puck past Gravel to tie the game at 1 after 20 minutes. It was goals galore in the middle frame as the Moose broke open the game with five goals in the period. Rookie defenseman Jared McIsaac scored his first career goal to start the breakout, putting the puck in behind Victoriaville's starting goalie James Povall just 33 seconds into the second. The home team would tie the game once again a minute and a half later before Nico Hischier scored twice to give Halifax a 4-2 lead at 4:47 of the period, forcing the Tigres to pull Povall and replace him with Olivier Tremblay. The third period was filled with penalties and only one goal (an empty net by Otto Somppi).
FINAL: Mooseheads 7 at Tigres 3 Stars: 3. Nico Hischier HAL | 2. Maxime Fortier HAL | 1. Jared McIsaac HAL Attendance: 1,923 MC's Top Herd: n/a GAME LOG First period 3:19 HAL Maxime Fortier (7), SH | A: none 19:51 VIC Antoine Lessard (1) | A: Calgaro & Huntington
Second period 0:33 HAL Jared McIsaac (1) | A: Hischier & Goetz 2:07 VIC Alexandre Goulet (5) | A: Phelan & Smith 3:00 HAL Nico Hischier (4), PP | A: Chainey & Somppi 4:47 HAL Nico Hischier (5) | A: Lepage & Fortier 6:02 HAL Ben Higgins (2) | A: Charlebois 16:45 VIC Felix Meunier (3) | A: Demers 18:50 HAL Bradley Kennedy (3), PP | A: McIsaac & Fortier
Third period 15:54 HAL Otto Somppi (4) | A: none
Powerplay: HAL - 2-for-7, VIC - 0-for-5 Shots: 26-23 in favour of Halifax
MISSING IN ACTION - Brett Crossley & Anthony Sorrentino
SCORES Cape Breton 5 at Acadie-Bathurst 3 Gatineau 1 at Rimouski 7 Sherbrooke 8 at Baie-Comeau 4 Quebec 1 at Chicoutimi 2 SO Moncton 1 at Shawinigan 2
UP NEXT: Halifax will return home for three games starting with the Pink in the Rink game on Friday. Puck drops at 7pm.
GAME PREVIEW BLAINVILLE-BOISBRIAND ARMADA VS HALIFAX MOOSEHEADS Puck drops at 7:00pm Radio: News 95.7 | TV: Webcast | Live: @HFXMooseheads Centre d'Excellence Sports Rousseau (3,100) ~ Boisbriand, QC
The Halifax Mooseheads are still looking for their first win on the road. Halifax has started the season 0-4 away from the Scotiabank Centre but they're a young team so to even be in the top half of the league standings is pretty good. The Herd are heading to Boisbriand today to take on the Armada who are pretty good at home in their own right, they have a 3-0-0-1 record at the Centre d'Excellence Sports Rousseau. For the second straight night, Halifax will be a part of a pink in the rink event that is not theirs as Blainville is hosting the annual event this evening. Despite being the youngest team in the league, there have been promising lights to start the season. Veteran Maxime Fortier is once again the team leader in points, five of the remaining 6 player rookies (Raphael Lavoie has left the team) have at least a point while three of them have goals and goaltender Alexis Gravel has a 2.45 goals against average in 146 minutes of action. Today's game is the second of a 3 games in 3 nights Quebec road trip for the Moose and they're going up against some good teams. Blainville has won a lot of tight games and have scored the third lowest amount of goals but they haven't given up too many either. Will our boys get their first road win today? We'll have to wait and see.
This is the first meeting between the two teams this season. Last year, Halifax was 1-1-0-0 against the Armada while Blainville had a 1-0-1-0 record versus the Mooseheads. The last matchup in the 2015-16 season was October 8, 2015. Timo Meier had 2 goals and four points including the game winner to lead Halifax to a 5-4 overtime victory while Eric Brassard made 21 saves to pick up the win. OVERALL RECORDS Mooseheads: 5-4-0-0 = 10 points (3rd in Maritimes ivision, 7th overall) Armada: 5-3-0-1 = 11 points (3rd in West division, 6th overall)
PREVIOUS GAMES Halifax is coming off a 6-3 defeat at the hands of the Cataractes on Friday night. Taylor Ford led the Mooseheads with a goal and an assist while Kevin Resop made 24 saves on 30 shots to take the loss in Shawinigan.
Blainville-Boisbriand is coming off a 3-2 overtime victory over Saint John on Wednesday night. Alexandre Alain scored the OT winner for the Amarda on home ice while Samuel Montembeault stopped 27 of the Sea Dogs 29 shots for the win.
ALUM ON ARMADA - none
HEAD-TO-HEAD October 15 Halifax at Blainville-Boisbriand - 5pm December 9 Blainville-Boisbriand at Halifax - 7pm
OUT OF TOWN Sagueneens vs. Sherbrooke 5:00pm Islanders vs. Screaming Eagles 7:00pm Huskies vs. Voltigeurs 8:00pm Foreurs vs. Sea Dogs 8:00pm Tigres vs. Wildcats 8:00pm
AFTER THE BUZZER Halifax will finish their 3 night Quebec road trip on Sunday afternoon with a visit to Victoriaville to take on the Tigres. Puck drops at 5pm.
Hockey Canada announced on Wednesday afternoon the players that will represent the three Canadian teams at the World U17 Hockey Challenge at the end of October. Among the roster are three Halifax Mooseheads players. Rookies Raphael Lavoie, Jared McIsaac and Benoit-Olivier Groulx were listed among the 66 Canadian under 17 players listed. All three young men were in the summer camp back a few months ago and clearly impressed the Hockey Canada personnel.
In 7 games so far this season, Groulx has three goals and 5 points while defenseman McIsaac has 2 assists in 8 games. Forward Raphael Lavoie has an assist in 4 games played but has made contributions in other ways. The three players are 16 years old. The 3 will most likely leave around October 27 to get set up for the pre-tournament games and will be back after the tournament finishes on November 5. Hockey Canada will announce the individual team rosters in the next couple of weeks. In the World U17 Hockey Challenge, Canada has three teams named black, red and white and will go against teams from Czech Republic, Finland, Sweden, Russia and the United States.
Congratulations to Benoit-Olivier, Jared and Raphael on making the roster and representing your country. Check back in a couple weeks for which Canadian team each player is on for the tournament.
GAME PREVIEW ACADIE-BATHURST TITAN VS HALIFAX MOOSEHEADS Puck drops at 7:00pm TV: Rogers TV | Radio: News 95.7 | Live: @HFXMooseheads K.C. Irving Regional Centre (3,162) ~ Bathurst, NB
The Halifax Mooseheads begin a four game road trip tonight when they visit the Acadie-Bathurst Titan. Halifax has found ways to win despite being a very young group and questionable goaltending by veteran Kevin Resop. No word on who will start tonight. The Herd have won 3 straight, all at home, and will be looking to get their first victory away from the Scotiabank Centre. Bathurst on the other hand has yet to win on home ice, of course they've only played two games at the KC Irving Regional Centre. The Titan have lost 5 straight after getting a couple of victories over the Cape Breton Screaming Eagles in Sydney during their opening weekend. Which streak will continue? We'll have to wait until later this evening to find out.
This is the first meeting between the two teams this season. Last year, Halifax was 4-5-0-0 against the Titan while Acadie-Bathurst had a 5-4-0-0 record against the Mooseheads. The last matchup in the 2015-16 season was March 8. Maxime Fortier scored two goals to help the Herd to a 4-2 win over the Titan in the New Brunswick city while Kevin Resop made 39 saves to pick up the W. OVERALL RECORDS Mooseheads: 5-2-0-0 = 10 points (3rd in Maritimes division, 5th overall) Titan: 2-3-1-1 = 6 points (6th in Maritimes division, 15th overall)
LEADING SCORERS BAT: Christophe Boivin 10pts (5G & 5A), Antoine Morand 8pts (3G & 5A), Dawson Theede 5pts (2G & 3A) HAL: Maxime Fortier 13pts (6G & 7A), Otto Somppi 7pts (3G & 4A), Connor Moynihan 6pts (5G & 1A)
PREVIOUS GAMES Halifax is coming off a 6-5 overtime victory on home ice against the Rimouski Oceanic. Maxime Fortier led the Mooseheads with a goal and 3 assists while import player Nico Hischier scored the OT winner. Kevin Resop was pulled 6 minutes into the third after letting 5 goals in on 15 shots.
Acadie-Bathurst is coming off a 7-3 defeat at the hands of the Voltigeurs on Saturday night. Captain Jeffrey Truchon-Viel scored the first goal for the Titan while Danil Timchenko took the loss making 29 saves before being pulled after the 5th goal in Drummondville.
ALUM ON TITAN - none
HEAD-TO-HEAD October 12 Mooseheads at Titan - 7pm October 26 Titan at Mooseheads - 7pm November 20 Titan at Mooseheads - 2pm November 22 Mooseheads at Titan - 7pm December 14 Titan at Mooseheads - 7pm February 2 Titan at Mooseheads - 7pm February 17 Mooseheads at Titan - 7pm February 24 Titan at Mooseheads - 7pm March 10 Mooseheads at Titan - 7pm
OUT OF TOWN Armada vs. Sea Dogs 8:00pm Drakkar vs. Remparts 8:30pm
AFTER THE BUZZER Halifax will now head to Quebec for a 3 game in 3 nights trip starting with a visit to the Shawinigan Cataractes on Friday. Puck drops at 8:30pm.
And they've done it. For the first time since the 1998-99 season, your Halifax Mooseheads have started the season 5 and 0 on home ice after picking up an overtime victory on Monday afternoon against the Gatineau Olympiques. Connor Moynihan got his third goal of the weekend to get the good guys on the board exactly 6 minutes in to the game but shortly after the Mooseheads received a holding penalty and the Olympiques converted on their powerplay to tie the game. The first period ended with a 3-2 Halifax led score while shots were 18-7 in favour of the Herd. It was a pretty strong period by the home side and it continued in the middle frame. Gatineau couldn't keep up in the second period, giving up two more goals while being outshot 13-4 but the Piques were a different team in the third period as were the Moose. The Olympiques scored three times on their first 4 shots of the final 20 minutes to tie the game at 5 goals a piece, forcing head coach Andre Tourigny to pull starter Kevin Resop. Alexis Gravel came in and made 15 saves in relief to keep the game tied after regulation. In overtime, Halifax killed off a penalty and than at 3:35, Maxime Fortier passed cross ice to Nico Hischier who slammed the puck into the net to win the game.
FINAL: Olympiques 5 at Mooseheads 6OT Stars: 3. Otto Somppi HAL | 2. Bradley Kennedy HAL | 1. Nico Hischier HAL Attendance: 5,110 MC's Top Herd: Nico Hischier GAME LOG First period 6:00 HAL Connor Moynihan (5) | A: Dachyshyn & Charlebois 7:23 GAT Nicolas Meloche (1), PP | A: Abramov & Dostie 13:18 HAL Maxime Fortier (6) | A: Sorrentino 17:16 HAL Otto Somppi (3) | A: Ford & Fortier 17:44 GAT Nicolas Meloche (2) | A: MacEwen & Breton
Second period 5:17 HAL Benoit-Olivier Groulx (3) | A: Charlebois 12:55 HAL Bradley Kennedy (2), PP | A: Somppi & Fortier
Third period 0:48 GAT Alex Dostie (3), SH | A: none 4:40 GAT Zack MacEwen (4) | A: none 5:28 GAT Zack MacEwen (5), PP | A: Meloche
Overtime 3:35 HAL Nico Hischier (2) | A: Jones & Fortier
Powerplay: GAT - 2-for-7, HAL - 1-for-6 Shots: 41-33 in favour of Halifax
MISSING IN ACTION- Raphael Lavoie, Joel Bishop, Brett Crossley
SCORES Moncton 1 at Charlottetown 10 Blainville-Boisbriand 2 at Victoriaville 1
UP NEXT: The Mooseheads go on the road now for 4 games starting with a trip to play the Acadie-Bathurst Titan. Puck drops at 7pm.
GAME PREVIEW HALIFAX MOOSEHEADS VS GATINEAU OLYMPIQUES Puck drops at 3:00pm TV: Q Webcast | Radio: News 95.7 | Live: @MC_MooseCountry Scotiabank Centre (10,595) ~ Halifax, NS
Happy Thanksgiving Moose Country. Your Halifax Mooseheads host their first holiday matinee of the season today as the Gatineau Olympiques come to town. The game also happens to be the last in a 3 game home-stand for the Herd and the last home game until the team's pink in the rink match on October 21. Halifax will be looking to win their third straight and start the year 5-0 on home ice for the first time since the 1998-1999 season. The Mooseheads somehow keep finding ways to win despite being out shots in a couple of games and sometimes being out played as well. Gatineau on the other hand seems to be starting a rebuild as they have only one win in 7 games. The Olympiques were the 6th overall team last season and have scored 11 goals so far. On paper the outcome should be in the Herd's favour but it will depend on goaltending.
This is the first meeting between the two teams this season. Last year, Gatineau was 2-0-0-0 against the Mooseheads while Halifax had a 0-2-0-0 record versus Olympiques. The last matchup in the 2015-16 season was February 10. Alex Dostie and Chiwetin Blacksmith scored two goals each in Gatineau's 6-0 victory while Kevin Resop made 35 saves for Halifax. OVERALL RECORDS Olympiques: 1-5-1-0 = 3 points (6th in West division, 17th overall) Mooseheads: 4-2-0-0 = 8 points (4th in Maritimes division, 9th overall)
PREVIOUS GAMES Gatineau is coming of a 2-1 loss to the Screaming Eagles. Vataloo Abramov scored the lone goal for the Olympiques while Mathieu Bellemore made 24 saves to take the defeat in Cape Breton on Sunday afternoon.
Halifax is coming off a 5-2 victory over the Islanders in a rematch game on Saturday evening. Connor Moynihan scored twice to lead the Mooseheads while rookie Alexis Gravel stopped 35 of Charlottetown's 37 shots to get his first career win.
NOT DRESSED - n/a
ALUM ON OLYMPIQUES - Jean-Sebastien Taillefer and Dominik Blain-Dupuis
HEAD-TO-HEAD October 10 Olympiques at Mooseheads - 3pm November 2 Mooseheads at Olympiques - 8:30pm
OUT OF TOWN Islanders vs. Wildcats 3:00pm Tigres vs. Armada 3:00pm
AFTER THE BUZZER Halifax will go on the road now for four games starting on Wednesday in Acadie-Bathurst against the Titan. Puck drops at 7pm.
Your Halifax Mooseheads are still without a loss at the Scotiabank Centre after a 5-2 win over the Charlottetown Islanders on Saturday night. The Moose were out to get a vengeance after losing 9-2 to the Islanders last Sunday. Rookie goaltender Alexis Gravel made his first career start in the QMJHL and was solid in goal for the Herd to pick up the victory. The Mooseheads got out to a lead just five minutes into the game when Nico Hischier scored his first QMJHL goal, but a hooking call and a quick power play goal saw the one goal lead disappear. It was back and fourth in the second period which saw both teams going to the dressing room tied at two goals apiece. Gravel kept the game close through the first 40 minutes as Charlottetown outshot Halifax 25-18 in that time. Overager Anthony Sorrentino scored with less than 8 minutes to go to put the Mooseheads in front but the goal was reviewed before being called a good goal. The home team wouldn't look back as Connor Moynihan gave the good guys a two goal cushion. To seal the deal Barrett Dachyshyn iced the puck into the empty net to send Moose Country home happy.
FINAL: Islanders 2 at Mooseheads 5 Stars: 3. Barrett Dachyshyn HAL | 2. Connor Moynihan HAL | 1. Alex Gravel HAL Attendance: 5,402MC’s Top Herd: Alex Gravel GAME LOG First period 5:32 HAL Nico Hischier (1) | A: Kennedy & Jones 10:11 CHA Jake Cougler (8), PP | A: Chlapik & Donaghey
Second period 2:11 HAL Connor Moynihan (3), PP | A: Hischier & Durandau 6:28 CHA Shawn Boudrias (2), PP | A: Gervais & Barter
Third period 12:12 HAL Anthony Sorrentino (1) | A: Goetz 16:35 HAL Connor Moynihan (4) | A: McIssac & Somppi 18:19 HAL Barret Dachyshyn (1) | A: Fortier
Powerplay: CHA – 2-for-4, HAL – 1-for-4 Shots: 37-26 in favour of Charlottetown
MISSING IN ACTION– Joel Bishop, Brett Crossley, Jocktan Chainey
SCORES Acadie-Bathurst 3 at Drummondville 7 Victoriaville 3 at Baie-Comeau 4 Rimouski 0 at Moncton 5 Val-d'Or 5 at Quebec 2 Chicoutimi 2 at Rouyn-Noranda 6
GAME PREVIEW HALIFAX MOOSEHEADS VS CHARLOTTETOWN ISLANDERS Puck drops at 7:00pm TV: Webcast | Radio: News 95.7 | Live: @MC_MooseCountry Scotiabank Centre (10,595) ~ Halifax, NS
The Halifax Mooseheads will be playing their first rematch of the season. Less than a week ago, the Moose and the Charlottetown Islanders met in Charlottetown where the home team won quite handily. Halifax will be looking to even the season series when they play some Saturday night hockey this evening. The Herd have a good record on home ice and hope to keep it going against the 4-2 Islanders. Charlottetown has surprised a few people with their fast start and the team seems to be firing on all cylinders. The Isles have 5 of the top 10 leading scorers in the league, overager Kameron Kielly leads the team with 13 points in 6 games. it should be an interesting game after an emotional win last night by the Mooseheads and a disappointing loss for the Islanders on Friday night.
This is the second meeting between the two teams this season. Charlottetown is 1-0-0-0 against the Mooseheads this year while Halifax is 0-1-0-0 versus the Islanders. The two teams met on Sunday afternoon, where Filip Chlapik led Charlottetown with a hat trick and 4 points to a 9-2 victory. Otto Somppi led Halifax with a goal and an assist while Kevin Resop took the loss after letting in 7 goals on 40 shots before being pulled with less than 10 minutes to go. OVERALL RECORDS Islanders: 4-2-0-0 = 8 points (1st in Maritimes division, 3rd overall) Mooseheads: 3-2-0-0 = 6 points (4th in Maritimes division, 10th overall)
PREVIOUS GAMES Charlottetown is coming off a 5-3 loss to the Screaming Eagles on Friday evening. The Islanders got scoring from three different players in Cape Breton while Matthew Welsh made 24 saves on 28 Charlottetown shots to pick up the defeat.
Halifax is coming off a 6-5 victory over the Oceanic last night. Bradley Kennedy and Maxime Fortier led the Mooseheads with a goal and an assist each while Kevin Resop made 21 saves to get the win against Rimouski on home ice.
ALUM ON ISLANDERS - Cody Donaghey
HEAD-TO-HEAD October 2 Halifax 2 at Charlottetown 9 October 8 Charlottetown at Halifax - 7pm November 12 Charlottetown at Halifax - 7pm December 28 Halifax at Charlottetown - 7pm January 11 Charlottetown at Halifax - 7pm February 10 Halifax at Charlottetown - 7pm February 18 Charlottetown at Halifax - 7pm March 5 Halifax at Charlottetown - 3pm March 15 Charlottetown at Halifax - 7pm
OUT OF TOWN Voltigeurs vs. Titan 4:00pm Drakkar vs. Tigres 5:00pm Wildcats vs. Oceanic 7:00pm Remparts vs. Foreurs 8:00pm Huskies vs. Sagueneens 8:00pm
AFTER THE BUZZER Halifax will continue a busy Thanksgiving weekend hosting the Charlottetown Islanders on Saturday night. Puck drops at 7pm.
Your Halifax Mooseheads have started the 2016-17 season with victories in each of their first 3 home games but it hasn't been easy on the fans and Friday night's game was another example of that. The Mooseheads were able to get out to a quick 2-0 lead less than 6 minutes into the game with goals by Arnaud Durandeau and Bradley Kennedy which forced Rimouski to pull their starting goalie. The tally by Kennedy was his first in a Herd jersey. Speaking of firsts, rookies Raphael Lavoie and Jared McIsaac picked up their first QMJHL point, both assisting on separate goals. Halifax kept the pressure on during the rest of the first period and skated to the dressing room with a 4-2 lead. But some unfortunate penalties gave Rimouski an edge that made that 2 goal lead non existent. The Oceanic scored two powerplay goals to tie the match up at 5 goals a piece. There was some nice plays and pretty good saves by Kevin Resop who started his fifth straight game. Cooper Jones scored a nice goal to give Halifax the lead for good but the team couldn't convert on 3 chances at the empty net in the last minute and 30 seconds to extend the lead.
FINAL: Oceanic 5 at Mooseheads 6 Stars: 3. Jared McIsaac HAL | 2. Maxime Fortier HAL | 1. Otto Somppi HAL Attendance: 5,552 MC's Top Herd: Maxime Fortier GAME LOG First period 0:18 HAL Arnaud Durandeau (3) | A: Dachyshyn & Flower 5:50 HAL Bradley Kennedy (1) | A: none 9:48 RIM Alex-Olivier Voyer (1) | A: Pare & D'Astous 10:01 HAL Otto Somppi (2) | A: Fortier & Charlebois 17:28 HAL Ben Higgins (1) | A: Lavoie 18:36 RIM Simon Bourque (1) | A: Montcalm & Boland
Second period 6:23 RIM Tyler Boland (6) | A: Mikhnin & Picco 9:39 HAL Maxime Fortier (5), PP | A: Kennedy & Somppi 11:49 RIM Daniel Hardie (2), PP | A: Leberge 16:09 RIM Tyler Boland (7), PP | A: Montcalm
Third period 11:09 HAL Cooper Jones (2) | A: McIsaac & Groulx
Powerplay: RIM - 3-for-7, HAL - 1-for-3 Shots: 26-22 in favour of Rimouski
MISSING IN ACTION - Joel Bishop, Brett Crossley, Jocktan Chainey
SCORES Charlottetown 3 at Cape Breton 5 Gatineau 2 at Moncton 3 Saint John 4 at Quebec 2 Victoriaville 6 at Baie-Comeau 5 OT Chicoutimi 1 at Rouyn-Noranda 3 Acadie-Bathurst 4 at Shawinigan 5 SO Sherbrooke 0 at Blainville-Boisbriand 3
UP NEXT: Halifax will have a rematch against the Charlottetown Islanders on Saturday night. Puck drops at 7pm.
A few current Halifax Mooseheads players have been listed on the Central Scouting Services players to watch list that was announced today. The list is made up of players that are eligible for the 2017 National Hockey League entry draft and is only a preliminary ranking. This is the most amount of players the Herd have had on the CSS list. Six current members and two prospects are on the radars of NHL scouts this season.
Mooseheads 2016 CHL import draft pick Nico Hischier was given an 'A' ranking by the CSS, meaning scouts think he will go in the first round. Hischier has 3 assists in his 4 games played so far this season and has been very impressive. The 17 year old is one of 2 QMJHL players to get an 'A' rating. The Naters, Switzerland native was also apart of Sportsnet's top 31 prospect rankings at number 9.
Sophomore Jocktan Chainey was ranked to go in the 2nd or 3rd round of the draft and was one of five Q players to get a 'B' ranking. Chainey doesn't have any points yet but he's coming off off-season surgery. The following players were given a 'C' ranking; Mathieu Charlebois, Barrett Dachyshyn, Arnaud Durandeau and Walter Flower as well as prospects Shawn Kennedy (Carleton Place, CCHL) and Jack Rathbone (Dexter School, High MA).
Congratulations to all players and good luck the rest of the season, go out and impress those scouts. We'll keep you updated all year long until the 2017 NHL draft which will be held in Chicago, IL on June 23 & 24.
The first round of the battle of Nova Scotia during the 2016-17 regular season went to the Halifax Mooseheads who gritted out a 6-4 victory over their provincial rival Cape Breton Screaming Eagles on Saturday night. Despite there being quite a few new faces on both teams, there was a lot of animosity between the two teams already this year. Calls that were missed didn't help and neither did a few of the Cape Breton players going after Benoit-Olivier Groulx and Nico Hischier most of the evening. The 17 year old Swiss forward actually was cross checked into the boards from behind with less than a minute to go in the second period which gave Halifax a 5 minute powerplay. Hischier left for the dressing room but was back on the ice during the ensuing man advantage in the final period. The Herd need to work on their PP as they could not convert on in that long extra man advantage or the other three times. Newcomer Keigan Goetz was a welcome addition in the physicality area of the game but it did get him in trouble once. He even scored his first QMJHL goal less than 8 minutes in.
FINAL: Screaming Eagles 4 at Mooseheads 6 Stars: 3. Bradley Kennedy HAL | 2. Jordan Ty Fournier CAP | 1. Keigan Goetz HAL Attendance: 6,977 MC's Top Herd: Keigan Goetz GAME LOG First period 7:48 HAL Brett Crossley (1) | A: none 9:18 CAP Tyler Hylland (2) | A: Gawanke & Fournier 9:48 CAP Drake Batherson (1) | A: Hylland & Glotov 12:10 HAL Keigan Goetz (1) | A: Sorrentino & Groulx 19:53 HAL Taylor Ford (1) | A: Kennedy & Dachyshyn
Second period 8:09 HAL Connor Moynihan (1) | A: Flower & Crossley 9:26 CAP Jordan Ty Fournier (5) | A: Smith & Bertrand 13:17 CAP Drake Batherson (2) | A: Leblanc & Baillargeon
Third period 9:37 HAL Maxime Fortier (3) | A: HIschier 19:52 HAL Maxime Fortier (4) | A: Durandeau
Powerplay: CAP - 0-for-3, HAL - 0-for-4 Shots: 34-29 in favour of Halifax
SCORES Rouyn-Noranda 5 at Gatineau 1 Moncton 0 at Saint John 5 Val-d'Or 5 at Victoriaville 7
UP NEXT: Halifax will now travel to Charlottetown to take on the Islanders Sunday afternoon. Puck drops at 3pm.
GAME PREVIEW HALIFAX MOOSEHEADS VS CAPE BRETON SCREAMING Puck drops at 7:00pm TV: Eastlink | Radio: News 95.7 | Live: @MC_MooseCountry Scotiabank Centre (10,595) ~ Halifax, NS
Battle of Nova Scotia. There are always entertaining games between these two provincial rivals and I'm sure this year will be no different. Halifax has had a week off and are most likely still high off their win during the team's home opener last weekend. Cape Breton on the other hand is playing their third game in 3 nights and are looking to rebound after losing to the Saint John Sea Dogs last night. The Mooseheads will have a complete team this evening with sophomore Otto Somppi has returned from Tampa Bay training camp, rookie Jordan Lepage is coming off his suspension, defenseman Jocktan Chainey is healthy and recent signee Ontario forward Keigan Goetz suiting up for the Herd for the first time. How will the new guys impact the team? We'll have to wait and see but Goetz should add physicality while the other three will more than likely add some scoring.
This is the first matchup between the two teams this season. Last year, Halifax was 3-5-1-0 against the Screaming Eagles while Cape Breton had a 6-2-1-0 record versus the Mooseheads. The last matchup in the 2015-16 season was March 5. Kelly Bent scored both goals for Halifax in a 7-2 loss in Cape Breton while Maxim Lazarev led the Eagles with 2 goals and 4 points. OVERALL RECORDS Eagles: 1-3-0-0 = 2 points (3rd in Maritimes division, 11th overall) Mooseheads: 1-1-0-0 = 2 points (4th in Maritimes division, 12th overall)
LEADING SCORERS HAL: Maxime Fortier 4pts (2G & 2A), Arnaud Durandeau 2pts (2G), Beniot-Olivier Groulx 2pts (2G) CAP: Jordan Ty Fournier 4pts (4G), Tyler Hylland 3pts (1G & 2A), Declan Smith 3pts (3A)
PREVIOUS GAMES Cape Breton is coming off a 3-2 defeat to the Sea Dogs on Friday night. New captain Olivier Leblanc scored to tie the game at 1 for the Eagles while rookie Kevin Mandolese made 41 saves to take the loss in Saint John.
Halifax is coming off a 4-3 victory in their home opener against Saint John. Rookie Benoit-Olivier Groulx scored his first two career goals to lead the Mooseheads while Kevin Resop took the win stopping 33 of the Sea Dogs 36 shots last Saturday.
NOT DRESSED- n/a
ALUM ON EAGLES - none
HEAD-TO-HEAD October 1 Cape Breton at Halifax - 7pm October 28 Halifax at Cape Breton - 7pm October 29 Cape Breton at Halifax - 7pm December 10 Halifax at Cape Breton - 7pm December 30 Halifax at Cape Breton - 7pm December 31 Cape Breton at Halifax - 2pm January 17 Halifax at Cape Breton - 7pm March 3 Halifax at Cape Breton - 7pm March 17 Cape Breton at Halifax - 7pm
OUT OF TOWN Olympiques vs. Huskies 5:00pm Sea Dogs vs. Wildcats 7:00pm Tigres vs. Foreurs 8:00pm
AFTER THE BUZZER Halifax will now travel to Charlottetown for their first matchup against the Islanders on Sunday afternoon. Puck drops at 3pm.
