GAMEDAY #4: vs. Acadie-Bathurst

GAME PREVIEW
HALFIAX MOOSEHEADS VS ACADIE-BATHURST TITAN
Puck drops at 7pm
TV: Webcast | Radio: News 95.7 | Live: @MC_MooseCountry
Scotiabank Centre (10,595) ~ Halifax, NS

IT'S HOME OPENER GAMEDAY! The day we have been waiting six months for has finally come as we get to welcome our Halifax Mooseheads back home. Halifax began the season with 3 road games and will get the chance to play in front of the Moose Country faithful this evening at Scotiabank Centre. What I thought was a home and home series actually is not as the Acadie-Bathurst Titan played a game against Cape Breton last night. Either way your Mooseheads are looking to get revenge on the Titan after a disappointing loss in their last match against each other. In the early season, both teams have looked exciting and should be all year long. Matchups between Halifax and Bathurst will be good games this season with the two no doubt battling for the division crown. Come out and support your Herd as they open the home portion of 2017-18 while also looking for their third win.

This is the second game this season between the two teams. Halifax is 0-1-0-0 against the Titan so far while Acadie-Bathurst has a 1-0-0-0 record versus the Mooseheads. The two teams met on Wednesday which saw Bathurst pick up the victory with a 5-3 win at the KC Irving Centre. Maxime Fortier scored a goal & had an assist for the Herd in the loss while shots were tied at 28.

OVERALL RECORDS
Titan: 2-0-1-1 = 6 points (2nd in Maritimes division, 5th overall)
Mooseheads: 2-1-0-0 = 4 points (3rd in Maritimes division, 6th overall)

LEADING SCORERS
HAL: Maxime Fortier 6pts (4G & 2A), Filip Zadina 5pts (1G & 4A), Arnaud Durandeau 2pts (1G & 1A)
BAT: Liam Murphy 7pts (1G & 6A), Noah Dobson 7pts (7A), Antoine Moranda 5pts (2G & 3A)

PREVIOUS GAMES
Acadie-Bathurst is coming off a 4-3 overtime loss in Sydney against the Screaming Eagles on Friday night. Antoine Moranda recorded a goal and an assist to lead the Titan in scoring during the game while Dominik Tmej stopped 38 of Cape Breton's 42 shots.

See above for Halifax.

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

ALUM ON TITAN
None

HEAD-TO-HEAD
September 27  Halifax 3 at Acadie-Bathurst 5
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
Armada vs. Foreurs   5:00pm
Remparts vs. Olympiques   5:00pm
Phoenix vs. Saguneens   5:00pm
Wildcats vs. Islanders   7:00pm
Voltigeurs vs. Drakkar   8:00pm
Tigres vs. Huskies   8:00pm

AFTER THE BUZZER
The Mooseheads will stay home and welcome the Charlottetown Islanders tomorrow afternoon. Puck drops at 3pm.