Offence Leads to PITR Win

Well that was a bunch of everything. Offence, lead changes, physicality. Just everything you would want in a game when the two teams from Nova Scotia battle it out on a Saturday night. The evening started out with a special ceremony where a father and son came out to drop the puck to honour their mother/wife who lost her battle with breast cancer. This puck drop was special because it was Pink in the Rink night at Scotiabank Centre, raising money for breast cancer research. Less than 3 minutes into the game, the big Connor Moynihan got the home faithful on their feet scoring a pretty nice goal. There was back and forth action in the first forty minutes with both periods ending in brawls at the buzzer. With under a minute to go in the middle frame Halifax native Justin Barron scored his first career goal in front of family and friends. In the third however, after going the first 12 minutes without a goal, the Mooseheads took over propelling the guys in pink to a big 9-5 victory over their provincial rivals.

FINAL: Screaming Eagles 5 at Mooseheads 9 
Stars: 3. Justin Barron HAL | 2. Filip Zadina HAL | 1. Max Fortier HAL
Attendance: 7,717
MC’s Top Herd: Justin Barron

GAME LOG
First period
2:26 HAL Connor Moynihan (3) | A: Fortier & Chainey
8:46 CAP Phelix Martineau (3), PP | A: McCormick & Kalmikov
10:51 CAP Drake Batherson (8) | A: Gawanke & Sokolov
17:35 HAL Benoit-Olivier Groulx (6) | A: Chainey & Fortier
19:07 HAL Raphael Lavoie (3) | A: Zadina & Jones

Second period
1:08 HAL Max Fortier (7) | A: Groulx
4:35 CAP Igor Sokolov (5) | A: none
9:11 CAP Jordan Ty Fournier (4) | A: MacDougall & Kalmikov
12:48 HAL Filip Zadina (7) | A: Somppi
13:45 CAP Jordan Ty Fournier (5) | A: none
19:31 HAL Justin Barron (1) | A: Fortier

Third period
12:53 HAL Joel Bishop (2) | A: McIssac
14:31 HAL Filip Zadina (8) | A: Somppi & Durandeau
19:10 HAL Otto Somppi (1) | A: Barbosa

Powerplay: CAP – 1-for-5, HAL – 0-for-4
Shots: 41-37 in favour of Halifax

MISSING IN ACTION – Walter Flower and Jordan Lepage were out with injuries and Ben Higgins

SCORES
Sherbrooke 8 at Drummondville 4
Chicoutimi 5 at Baie Comeau 2
Gatineau 1 at Blainville 2
Bathurst 3 at Charlottetown 4
Moncton 3 at Saint John 2
Rouyn Noranda 4 Val Dor 5
Shawinigan 4 at Victoriaville 2

UP NEXT: Halifax will welcome the Wildcats to town for the first matchup in Moose Country against Moncton on Tuesday. Puck drops at 7pm.