GAMEDAY #25: at Charlottetown

GAMEDAY
CHARLOTTETOWN ISLANDERS VS HALIFAX MOOSEHEADS
Puck drops at 7pm
TV: Eastlink | Radio: News 95.7 | Live: @HFXMooseheads
Eastlink Centre (3,717) ~ Charlottetown, PE

Your Halifax Mooseheads open up a big 3 in 3 weekend against the Maritimes division. After going 3-2 in the five-game homestand, the Moose will look to continue their strong play as of late. This weekend will be a big task for the Moose as they look to stay in first place in the division. With each team heating up in their own ways the Moose need to look to stay out of the box and play in their structure. This should be a good matchup between the two teams with Charlottetown starting near the bottom of the standings but have heated up as of late to be in the middle of the pack. After the last two matchups that we have seen at the Scotiabank Centre this will be a good matchup between these two teams. Charlottetown will be without one of their top defencemen Hunter Drew as he got an automatic one-game suspension after an altercation in their game against the Sea Dogs. Your Mooseheads will look to their top forwards and the solid goaltending they have gotten all season as they take on the Islanders tonight.

This is the fourth meeting between the two teams this season. Halifax is 3-0-0-0 against the Islanders while Charlottetown has a 0-3-0-0 record versus the Mooseheads. The last matchup was on October 29 where the home team picked up a 6-2 victory in Halifax. Justin Barron had a goal and an assist to lead the Herd and Blade Mann-Dixon made 27 saves to claim the victory.

OVERALL RECORDS
Islanders: 13-8-1-0 = 27 points (4th in Maritimes division, 9th overall)
Mooseheads: 14-7-3-0 = 31 points (1st in Maritimes division, 3rd overall)

LEADING SCORERS
HAL: Filip Zadina 35pts (18G & 17A), Maxime Fortier 31pts (14G & 17A), Otto Somppi 21pts (7G & 14A)
CHA: Saku Vesterinen 19pts (3G & 16A), Keith Getson 18pts (9G & 9A), Pierre-Olivier Joseph 18pts (2G & 16A)

PREVIOUS GAMES
Charlottetown is coming off a 6-2 victory over the Saint John Sea Dogs on Sunday afternoon. Keith Getson led the way with a goal and two assists, Matt Welsh made 33 saves in the win.

Halifax is coming off a huge 6-5 victory against the Moncton Wildcats on Tuesday night. Arnaud Durandeau lead the way for the Herd with a goal and two assists, Blade Mann-Dixon made 33 saves in the win.

ALUM ON ISLANDERS
None

MISSING IN ACTION – Barrett Dachsyshn, Ryan Barbossa, Cooper Jones

HEAD-TO-HEAD
September 23  Halifax 3 at Charlottetown 2
October 1  Charlottetown 0 at Halifax 3
October 29  Charlottetown 2 at Halifax 6
November 24  Halifax at Charlottetown – 7pm
December 28  Charlottetown at Halifax – 7pm
January 11  Charlottetown at Halifax – 7pm
January 12  Halifax at Charlottetown – 7pm
February 6  Halifax at Charlottetown – 7pm
February 21  Halifax at Charlottetown – 7pm

OUT OF TOWN
Screaming Eagles at Titan   7:00pm
Voltigeurs at Tigres    8:00pm
Drakkar at Armada    8:30pm
Sagueneens at Oceanic    8:30pm
Foreur at Cataracts    8:30pm

AFTER THE BUZZER
Halifax will travel to Saint John to continue their three in three as they take on the Sea Dogs on Saturday evening. Puck Drops at 7pm.