GAMEDAY #22: vs. Saint John

GAMEDAY
HALIFAX MOOSEHEADS VS SAINT JOHN SEA DOGS

Puck drops at 7pm

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Scotiabank Centre (10,595) ~ Halifax, NS

On Saturday we remembered those who have fought for our country's freedom, tonight we say thank you to those who are currently defending it. The Halifax Mooseheads host their annual DND Appreciation Night game this evening with the Saint John Sea Dogs visiting. It's a battle of two teams going basically in different directions. Halifax is near the top of the standings and are looking to start a winning streak once again but are 6-3-1 in their last 10 games. Saint John meanwhile are in last place in the league and have found themselves on the losing end of quite a few one goal games, however they do have points in 5 of their last 10 games. The two groups are led by import rookies in Filip Zadina (Mooseheads) and Ostap Safin (Sea Dogs) who have 30 and 23 points respectively, Should be a good game between these division rivals and I am sure their will be plenty of NHL scouts in attendance with 6 draft eligible young men playing in tonight's matchup. The Herd will have a few healthy scratches for this evening since Justin Barron, Xavier Parent, Jared McIsaac, Arnaud Durandeau, Benoit-Olivier Groulx and Jocktan Chainey have returned from the U17 Challenge and Canada-Russia Series. Come out and support the province's military and Camp Hill Veterans Hospital as your Mooseheads take on the Sea Dogs at Scotiabank Centre. Go Moose Go!

This is the second game between these two teams this season. Halifax is 1-0-0-0 against the Sea Dogs while Saint John has a 0-1-0-0 record versus the Mooseheads. The last matchup was in the season opener where Saint John raised it's championship banner however Halifax took a 4-1 victory with Maxime Fortier recording two goals and an assist to lead the Herd.

OVERALL RECORDS
Sea Dogs: 4-12-4-2 = 14 points (6th in Maritimes division, 18th overall)
Mooseheads: 12-6-3-0 = 27 points (2nd in Maritimes division, 6th overall)

LEADING SCORERS
HAL: Filip Zadina 30pts (16G & 14A), Maxime Fortier 28pts (13G & 15A), Otto Somppi 18pts (6G & 12A)
SNB: Ostap Safin 23pts (7G & 16A), Joe Veleno 21pts (4G & 17A), Daniel Hardie 19pts (7G & 12A)

PREVIOUS GAMES
Saint John is coming off a 4-3 defeat at the hands of the Drakkar a week ago on home ice. Daniel Hardie led the Sea Dogs with a goal and an assist while Alex D'Orio made 29 saves to take the overtime loss against Baie-Comeau.

Halifax is coming off a big 3-2 overtime victory on Remembrance Day at home against Sherbrooke. Raphael Lavoie scored the game winner while Jared McIsaac led the team with 2 assists to help the Mooseheads get the win for Blade Mann-Dixon who saved 21 shots.

ALUM ON SEA DOGS
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HEAD-TO-HEAD
September 21  Halifax 4 at Saint John 1
November 17  Saint John at Halifax – 7pm
November 25  Halifax at Saint John – 7pm
January 6  Halifax at Saint John – 7pm
January 27  Saint John at Halifax – 7pm
January 28  Saint John at Halifax – 3pm
February 9  Halifax at Saint John – 7pm
March 14  Saint John at Halifax – 7pm

OUT OF TOWN
Remparts vs. Cataractes   8:00pm
Phoenix vs. Olympiques   8:00pm
Drakkar vs. Tigres   8:30pm
Voltigeurs vs. Armada   8:30pm
Huskies vs. Sagueneens   8:30pm

AFTER THE BUZZER
Halifax will welcome the Cape Breton Screaming Eagles tomorrow night for another round of the Battle of Nova Scotia. Puck drops at 2pm.