GAMEDAY #3: at Acadie-Bathurst

GAME PREVIEW
ACADIE-BATHURST TITAN VS HALIFAX MOOSEHEADS
Puck drops at 7:00pm
TV: Webcast | Radio: News 95.7 | Live: @MC_MooseCountry
K.C. Irving Regional Centre (3,162) ~ Bathurst, NB

It's a mid-week matchup against a team that the Mooseheads are projected to fight for the division crown with. Halifax heads to northern New Brunswick today to take on the Acadie-Bathurst Titan tonight at 7pm. This is the first game of a home and home series between the two teams. The Herd will try to come home with 6 points on this season beginning road trip while Bathurst will try to give the away team it's first loss of the year. With it being almost the end of September, NHL teams have been sending players back in the last week and both teams find themselves with practically full rosters now. The Moose have 4 players out with injuries but have one coming back as Jared McIsaac has returned to the lineup after missing Saturday's match.

This is the first meeting between the two teams. Last year, Halifax was 2-6-1-0 against the Titan while Acadie-Bathurst had a 7-2-0-0 record versus the Mooseheads. The last matchup between the two teams saw the Titan come out on top with a 3-1 victory on March 10 where Raphael Lavoie scored the lone goal Halifax and Alexis Gravel made 38 saves.

OVERALL RECORDS
Mooseheads: 2-0-0-0 = 4 points (1st in Maritimes division, 3rd overall)
Titan: 1-0-0-1 = 3 points (3rd in Maritimes division, 6th overall)

LEADING SCORERS
BAT: Liam Murphy 3pts (1G & 2A), Noah Dobson 3pts (3A), Keegan MacIsaac 3pts (3A)
HAL: Maxime Fortier 4pts (3G & 1A), Filip Zadina 3pts (1G & 2A), Connor Moynihan 2pts (1G & 1A)

PREVIOUS GAMES
Halifax is coming off a close 3-2 victory over the Islanders in Charlottetown on Saturday. Connor Moynihan led the Mooseheads with a goal and an assist while Blade Mann-Dixon made 31 saves in his first game of the season.

Bathurst is coming off a big 7-4 win on home ice in a Sunday afternoon game against Moncton. Liam Murphy scored a goal and had two helpers to lead the Titan while Reilly Pickard stopped 21 of the Wildcats' 25 shots

NOT DRESSED - Walter Flower, Jordan Lepage, Otto Somppi and Kyle Petten are out with injuries

ALUM ON TITAN
None

HEAD-TO-HEAD
September 27  Halifax at Acadie-Bathurst - 7pm
September 30  Acadie-Bathurst at Halifax - 7pm
November 26  Halifax at Acadie-Bathurst - 3pm
December 15  Acadie-Bathurst at Halifax - 7pm
January 7  Halifax at Acadie-Bathurst - 3pm
January 20  Halifax at Acadie-Bathurst - 7pm
February 3  Acadie-Bathurst at Halifax - 7pm
March 10  Halifax at Acadie-Bathurst - 7pm
March 17  Acadie-Bathurst at Halifax - 4pm

OUT OF TOWN
Cataractes vs. Phoenix   8:00pm
Sagueneens vs. Drakkar   8:30pm
Foreurs vs. Huskies   8:30pm

AFTER THE BUZZER
The two teams will head to Moose Country for Halifax's home opener on Saturday night. Puck drops at 7pm.