GAMEDAY #20: vs. Baie-Comeau

GAMEDAY

HALIFAX MOOSEHEADS VS BAIE-COMEAU DRAKKAR

Puck drops at 7pm

TV: Webcast | Radio: News 95.7 | Live: @MC_MooseCountry

Scotiabank Centre (10,595) ~ Halifax, NS

Back at home! Your Halifax Mooseheads are back on Scotiabank Centre ice tonight for the first student night of the season. The Herd have played 7 of their last eight games on the road but will now play 5 straight at home, the team's longest homestand this year. Halifax has been really good to start the year in Moose Country, going without a regulation loss in seven games and the boys will try to keep that streak going when they host the Baie-Comeau Drakkar this evening. The Drakkar have been okay on the road this season and are in the midst of a three game - 3 day Atlantic trip. Baie-Comeau will have to deal with one of the top goaltenders in the league in Blade Mann-Dixon and the return of veteran defensemen Walter Flower and Jordan Lepage.

This is the first game of the season between the two teams. Halifax was 0-1-0-1 against the Drakkar last year while Baie-Comeau had a 2-0-0-0 record versus the Mooseheads in 2016-17. The last match was back on January 20 in Moose Country where Baie-Comeau received 2 goals from Jordan Martel to lead the team to a 7-4 win. Blade Mann-Dixon took the loss stopping 22 shots after taking over for Alexis Gravel who started for Halifax.

OVERALL RECORDS
Drakkar: 8-9-1-0 = 17 points (4th in East division, 14th overall)
Mooseheads: 11-5-3-0 = 25 points (2nd in Maritimes division, 6th overall)

LEADING SCORERS
HAL: Filip Zadina 29pts (16G & 13A), Maxime Fortier 27pts (13G & 14A), Otto Somppi 16pts (5G & 11A)
BAC: Jordan Martel 24pts ( 12G & 12A), Gabriel Fortier 19pts (9G & 10A), Bradley Lalonde 17pts (5G & 12A)

PREVIOUS GAMES
Baie-Comeau is coming off a 3-2 loss in Moncton on Wednesday. Jordan Martel led the Drakkar with a goal and an assist while Antoine Samuel made 29 saves against the Wildcats.

Halifax is coming off a 2-1 overtime loss on Saturday evening in Drummondville. Rookie Filip Zadina had the lone goal for the Mooseheads while Blade Mann-Dixon took the defeat stopping 34 of the Voltigeurs 36 shots.

ALUM ON DRAKKAR
None

HEAD-TO-HEAD
November 9  Baie-Comeau at Halifax - 7pm
March 4  Halifax at Baie-Comeau - 5pm

OUT OF TOWN
Sea Dogs vs. Phoenix   7:00pm
Tigres vs. Titan   8:00pm
Oceanic vs. Remparts   8:30pm

AFTER THE BUZZER
Halifax will stay home and welcome the Sherbrooke Phoenix on Saturday evening. Puck drops at 7pm.