STATS SUNDAY: December

Games played: 11
Record: 8-2-0-1, 17pts
Goals for/against:39/26
Powerplay*: 17.5%
Penalty kill*: 84.1%
Shutouts: none

Top 5 leading scorers
Points: Otto Somppi 14, Raphael Lavoie 10, Xavier Parent 10, Filip Zadina 8, Benoit-Olivier Groulx 7
Goals: Filip Zadina 5, Xavier Parent 5, Arnaud Durandeau 4, Raphael Lavoie 4, Connor Moynihan 4
Assists: Otto Somppi 12, Raphael Lavoie 6, Xavier Parent 5, Benoit-Olivier Groulx 5, Filip Zadina 3
Penalty minutes: Jordan Lepage 24, Benoit-Olivier Groulx 18, Connor Moynan 18, Arnaud Durandeau 14, Joel Bishop 13
Plus/minus: Jared McIsaac +8, Walter Flower +6, Otto Somppi +6, Benoit-Olivier Groulx +4, Justin Barron +4
Rookie scoring: Xavier Parent 10pts, Filip Zadina 8pts, Patrick Kyte 5pts, Justin Barron 2pts, Jake Ryczek 2pts

Goaltending stats*
Blade Mann-Dixon: 13-4-2-0    2.67 GAA     0.908 SAV%
Alexis Gravel: 10-6-2-1    2.92 GAA     0.905 SAV%



*overall

Blue Moose Pick Up Win At Home

The Halifax Mooseheads wore blue on Saturday but saw lots of red during the afternoon as the home team collected a 5-2 victory over the visiting Cape Breton Screaming Eagles. Halifax got off to a slow start but Alexis Gravel stood fairly strong in the first period, letting in just one goal on 13 shots in the opening 20. The Mooseheads played much better in the middle frame and scored three goals in less than six minutes to lead the game 3-1 after 40 minutes. Newly acquired Jake Ryczek picked up his first Q career point this afternoon after passing the puck to Connor Moynihan who scored his 12th goal of the season. In the third period Cape Breton had the upper hand for most of the frame and were able to close the gap to a goal on Leon Gawanke's 3rd of the year but the tides turned towards the Herd once again in the final 5 minutes. Rookie Xavier Parent recorded his first career two goal game, including the insurance marker at the 15:10 point of the final frame. It was a physical game, however the referees decided to mostly let the boys play the game out and only handed out 5 penalties the whole match.

FINAL: Screaming Eagles 2 at Mooseheads 5
Stars: 3. Alexis Gravel HAL | 2. Jake Ryczek HAL | 1. Xavier Parent HAL
Attendance: 8,902
MC's Top Herd: Xavier Parent

GAME LOG
First period
19:02 CAP Brooklyn Kalmikov (11) | A: Martineau & Proulx

Second period
8:45 HAL Xavier Parent (9) | A: Bishop
10:38 HAL Otto Somppi (12), PP | A: Chainey
14:04 HAL Connor Moynihan (12) | A: Ryczek

Third period
11:23 CAP Leon Gawanke (3), PP | A: Martineau & Smith
15:10 HAL Xavier Parent (10) | A: Higgins & Kyte
16:24 HAL Benoit-Olivier Groulx (16), PP | A: Durandeau & Somppi

Shots: 31-27 in favour of Cape Breton
Powerplay: CAP - 1-for-2; HAL - 2-for-3

NOT DRESSED - Cooper Jones (healthy), Jared McIsaac (suspended), Filip Zadina (world juniors) and Barrett Dachyshyn (healthy)

UP NEXT - Game 2 of the Hurley Cup series will go tomorrow in Sydney between your Mooseheads and the Cape Breton Screaming Eagles. Puck drops at 2pm.

GAMEDAY #37: vs. Cape Breton

GAMEDAY

HALIFAX MOOSEHEADS VS CAPE BRETON SCREAMING EAGLES
Puck drops at 2pm
TV: Eastlink | Radio: News 95.7 | Live: @MC_MooseCountry
Scotiabank Centre (10,595) ~ Halifax, NS

Battle of Nova Scotia. The games between these two provincial rivals are always entertaining and the home and home series on New Year's Eve weekend have a special place in each of the players hearts. Beginning with last season, the year end matches received a boost of significance as the teams now play for the Hurley Cup. Halifax will be looking to get the trophy to Moose Country after Cape Breton won both games in 2016 to claim the first Hurley Cup. This also happens to be the last home game of 2017 for your Mooseheads so come out and support the boys as they sport blue jerseys to raise money for a good cause. The Herd will try to stay on top of the division so there's a little extra pressure on this afternoon's home team as they take on the Cape Breton Screaming Eagles at 2pm. Cape Breton is looking to right the ship a little bit as they are 4-5-1 in their last 10 games and are now 5th in the Maritimes division. Both teams will be without their leading scorer this weekend as Filip Zadina (Halifax) and Drake Batherson (Cape Breton) are trying to help their respective countries in the World Juniors.

This is the seventh game this season between these two teams. Halifax is 5-1-0-0 against the Screaming Eagles while Cape Breton has a 1-4-0-1 record versus the Mooseheads. The last matchup was just before the Christmas break on December 16 as Xavier Parent led the home Herd team to a 4-2 win with a goal and an assist while Alexis Gravel made 27 saves.

OVERALL RECORDS
Eagles: 16-16-2-1 = 35 points (5th in Maritimes division, 13th overall)
Mooseheads: 21-10-4-1 = 47 points (1st in Maritimes division, 3rd overall)

LEADING SCORERS
HFX: Filip Zadina 46pts (24G & 22A), Maxime Fortier 41pts (18G & 23A), Otto Somppi 36pts (11G & 25A)
CAP: Drake Batherson 39pts (17G & 22A), Phelix Martineau 34pts (18G & 16A), Egor Sokolov 28pts (13G & 15A)

PREVIOUS GAMES
Cape Breton is coming off a tight 2-1 overtime win on Thursday night in Saint John. Phelix Martineau had both goals for the Screaming Eagles while Kevin Mandolese stopped 20 of the Sea Dogs' 21 shots to get the victory.

Halifax is coming off a unfortunate 2-0 loss on Thursday at home where the Mooseheads outshot the Charlottetown Islanders 36-23. Blade Mann-Dixon faced his former team once again and made 21 saves.

HEAD-TO-HEAD
October 13  Halifax 3 at Cape Breton 4
October 14  Cape Breton 5 at Halifax 9
October 28  Halifax 4 at Cape Breton 3
November 18  Cape Breton 5 at Halifax 6 SO
December 13  Halifax 5 at Cape Breton 2
December 16  Cape Breton 2 at Halifax 4
December 30  Cape Breton at Halifax - 2pm
December 31  Halifax at Cape Breton - 2pm
January 19  Cape Breton at Halifax - 7pm

OUT OF TOWN
Voltigeurs vs. Sagueneens     4:00pm
Remparts vs. Drakkar     4:00pm

AFTER THE BUZZER
Halifax will travel to Cape Breton tomorrow to take on the Eagles again for their Battle of NS event. Puck drops at 2pm.

GAMEDAY #36: vs. Charlottetown

GAMEDAY
HALIFAX MOOSEHEADS VS CHARLOTTETOWN ISLANDERS
Puck drops at 7:00pm
TV: Webcast | Radio: News 95.7 | Live: @MC_MooseCountry
Scotiabank Centre (10,595) ~ Halifax, NS

Welcome back boys. The Halifax Mooseheads are back after their holiday break and are looking to start the second half of the season off right. It's a battle of two teams who are in the midst of good runs with Halifax winning 3 straight and Charlottetown picking up points in their last three games, going 2-0-1. The first 17 games of the second half will be important for the Herd as they are all against Maritime clubs and the team will be trying to stay on top of the division. Halifax will be without leading scorer Filip Zadina who is in Buffalo participating in the World Juniors but that just gives other guys a chance to step up and produce. Charlottetown was I think one of the biggest surprises in the first half of the season, the Islanders are 3rd in the Maritimes division and have 20 wins in 33 games. Going into 2017-18 many felt like the Islanders would be near the bottom of standings after losing about half of their team from last season, however they have had strong goaltending and defence leading them to a pretty good record.

This is fifth game this season between these two teams. Halifax is 3-0-1-0 against the Islanders while Charlottetown has a 1-3-0-0 record versus the Mooseheads. The last matchup was November 24 on the island where the Isles won 3-2 in overtime. Otto Somppi and Maxime Fortier each had a goal and an assist to lead the Herd while Alexis Gravel made 31 saves to take the loss.

OVERALL RECORDS
Islanders: 20-11-2-0 = 42 points (3rd in Maritimes division, 9th overall)
Mooseheads: 21-9-4-1 = 47 points (1st in Maritimes division, 3rd overall)

LEADING SCORERS
HAL: Filip Zadina 46pts (24G & 22A), Maxime Fortier 41pts (18G & 23A), Otto Somppi 36pts (11G & 25A)
CHA: Keith Getson 26pts (12G & 14A), Matthew Grouchy 24pts (11G & 13A), Pierre-Olivier Joseph 24pts (4G & 20A)

PREVIOUS GAMES
Charlottetown is coming off a 4-3 overtime loss to Saint John on December 16. The Islanders were led by d-man Pierre-Olivier Joseph who had a goal and an assist on the road and despite outshooting the Sea Dogs 58-28, they couldn't get the victory.

Halifax is coming off a 4-2 home win on December 16 against the Screaming Eagles. Xavier Parent had a goal and an assist while Max Fortier had 2 helpers to lead the Mooseheads. Alexis Gravel made his third straight start and stopped 27 of Cape Breton's 29 shots to take the win.

MISSING IN ACTION - Filip Zadina (world juniors)

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 2 at Charlottetown 3 OT
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
Titan vs. Wildcats     7:00pm
Sea Dogs vs. Screaming Eagles     7:00pm
Huskies vs. Armada     8:00pm
Cataractes vs. Oceanic     8:00pm
Tigres vs. Remparts     8:00pm
Drakkar vs. Sagueneens     8:30pm
Olympiques vs. Voltigeurs     8:30pm
Foreurs vs. Phoenix     8:30pm

AFTER THE BUZZER
Halifax will welcome the Cape Breton Screaming Eagles on Saturday for the annual Battle of Nova Scotia game. Puck drops at 2pm.

Trade Acquisition To Report

Photo - ushl.com

Last week, the Halifax Mooseheads announced their first trade of the winter trade period. The team traded a 1st round draft pick in 2018 to the Acadie-Bathurst Titan for the rights of American defenceman Jake Ryczek and a 2018 3rd rounder.

Rycek was drafted by the Titan in the 6th round of the 2015 QMJHL draft from the Sioux City Musketeers of the USHL but decided not to report. He instead stayed in his home country and played another two seasons in the USHL before joining the Providence College Friars this season. IN his three seasons in the USHL playing for the Musketeers and the Waterloo Black Hawks, the 19 year old had 21 goals and 81 points in 152 games played. The Ludlow, MA native has had limited playing time for the Friars this year only suiting up for 5 games.

Originally, Cam Russell and the Mooseheads brass were unsure if Ryczek was going to report to the team but I guess he thought about it and Russell was able to convince the young man that this would be a smart decision to come to Atlantic Canada. Jake, who was drafted by the Chicago Blackhawks in the 2016 NHL draft, is already in Moose Country and participated in his first practice this morning. It is yet to be determined if he will make his debut tonight but if he plays this week, he will wear #8 before switching to number 16 in the new year.

Welcome to the team Jake!

Herd Finish 1st Half of Season

Photo - Shawn Davidson

And it's the end of the first half of the 2017-18 season already. Your Halifax Mooseheads go into the holiday break with three consecutive wins with two being over provincial rivals Cape Breton. Rookie Xavier Parent had a goal and an assist to lead the Herd in the game on Saturday night where Halifax defeated the Screaming Eagles 4-2. Blade Mann-Dixon was back for the last couple of games after being out with an injury but clearly did not feel good enough to be put in game action as Alexis Gravel started all 3 matches. The 3 victories led to the CHL giving the Moose an honourable mention on the BMO Top-10 rankings that were released on Wednesday.

The game against Cape Breton on December 13 began a streak of 20 matches that the Mooseheads will play against Maritime division rivals. It will be interesting to see how the standings are like when this string of games end in February. When teams come back on December 28, some will look different but is yet to be seen if Halifax will as they have only done one trade so far and the player they received from Acadie-Bathurst is not guaranteed to report. The Herd will start with a game at home against the Charlottetown Islanders before playing a home and home with CB on the weekend.

First half stats
Record - 21-9-4-1 = 47 points   35GP (3rd overall, 1st Maritimes division)
Goals for - 131
Goals against - 104
Penalties -  507
Powerplay - 17.2%
Penalty kill - 83.7%
Streak - 3-0-0-0
Past 10 - 7-2-0-1

Top 5 scorers: Filip Zadina (24-22-46), Maxime Fortier (18-23-41), Otto Somppi (11-25-36), Benoit-Olivier Groulx (15-14-29) & Arnaud Durandeau (13-14-27)
Goalies: Blade Mann-Dixon 13-3-2-0 record, 1 shutout, 2.70 GAA, 0.908 SV%; Alexis Gravel 8-6-2-1 record, 0 shutouts, 3.09 GAA, 0.899 SV%



Have a happy holiday break Moose Country, see you back at the Scotiabank Centre on December 28. Thank you for reading my blog, I hope you enjoy it.

Moose End the First Half on a High Note

Tonight was a big win for your Halifax Mooseheads as they finish the first half of the season on a winning note as they cruise to a 4-2 victory over their provincial rivals the Cape Breton Screaming Eagles after a very hard fought battle by both teams. This is the second victory Halifax has had over the Eagles this week where they took the game in Sydney by a score of 5-2. The Eagles did come out strong but after taking consecutive penalties it saw Jared McIssac draw first blood notching a power-play goal. After that, it saw Peyton Hoyt score to even things up, the first period would end in a one to one tie with shots 12-8 in favour of Cape Breton. In the second it saw your Mooseheads going ahead 2-1 with Patty Kyte scoring his second in as many nights, but about five minutes later Jordan Ty Fournier tied things up once again, just over halfway through the second just as a power play expired Xavier Parent scored to regain the lead that would remain going into the intermission. after two periods of play, it saw Halifax with a lead in shots 21-20. In the third Connor Moynihan would seal the deal and score into the empty net to secure the win for the home team. With a lot of the jump that Cape Breton did have it saw Alex Gravel play a very solid game and make some timely saves to help the team to victory. This game sets up the Hurley Cup that takes place at the end of the month, Halifax will look to take revenge after the loss last year.

FINAL: Screaming Eagles 2 at Mooseheads 4
Stars: 3. Alex Gravel HAL | 2. Peyton Hoyt CAP | 1. Xavier Parent HAL
Attendance: 7,153
MC’s Top Herd: Alex Gravel

GAME LOG
First period
4:10 HAL Jared McIssac (4), PP | A: Parent & Fortier
6:28 CAP Peyton Hoyt (10) | A: MacLellan & Proulx

Second period
3:19 HAL Patty Kyte (2) | A: Flower & Somppi
7:46 CAP Jordan Ty Fournier (9) | A: Hoyt & Lauuon
12:05 HAL Xavier Parent (8) | A: Higgins & Bishop

Third period
19:16 HAL Connor Moynihan (11) | A: Fortier & Groulx

Powerplay: CAP – 0-for-3, HAL – 1-for-6
Shots: 29-29

MISSING IN ACTION – Ryan Barbosa, Jocktan Chainey and Filip Zadina

SCORES
Sherbrooke 2 at Blainville 5
Victoriaville 3 at Drummondville 5
Bathurst 3 at Moncton 2 SO
Rimouski 3 at Baie Comeau 2 OT
Chicoutimi 3 at Shawinigan 7
Saint John 4 at Charlottetown 3 OT
Val D'or 2 at Rouyn Noranda 4

UP NEXT: Halifax will welcome the Islanders to town to open up the second half of the season. Puck drops at 7pm.

Jumbotron Fails But The Mooseheads Don't

Photo - Shawn Davidson

In a game that would decide who was first in the Maritimes division for tonight, the evening began a little strange. The score board at the Scotiabank Centre went black during the playing of the pre-game video and did not work the rest of the night. For fans it was annoying but it didn't bother your Halifax Mooseheads who cruised to a second straight 5-2 victory, this time defeating the Acadie-Bathurst Titan on Friday night. Another problem that did end up effecting the players a little bit was the ice surface which seemed to be affected by the basketball game played yesterday evening as the boys on both teams kept falling with no one around them. Bathurst came out strong and had the first two shots on net but Connor Moynihan drew first blood for your Herd on their second shot less than 5 minutes into the match. After that Halifax and the Titan played a pretty good defensive game with shots 10-9 for the away team after 20 minutes however Alexis Gravel was able to outplay Reilly Pickard in net and it helped the home team get a 2-0 lead though one. In the middle frame Gravel was the difference yet again especially on Acadie-Bathurst's power plays which allowed Max Fortier get a short handed goal to give the Herd a 5-0 after 40 minutes. It was Fortier's 4th shortie of the season and came on his 20th birthday. Rookie Patrick Kyte tipped in a nice back handed pass from Arnaud Durandeau to pick up his first junior league goal. In the third the Titan had some life after the decided to replace Pickard to start the frame and were able to get two goals past Gravel but it didn't matter in the end.

FINAL: Titan 2 at Mooseheads 5
Stars: 3. Jordan Lepage HAL | 2. Patty Kyte HAL | 1. Otto Somppi HAL
Attendance: 6,158
MC’s Top Herd: Patty Kyte

GAME LOG
First period
4:43 HAL Connor Moynihan (10) | A: Lepage & McIssac
17:21 HAL Xavier Parent (7), PP | A: Lavoie & Groulx

Second period
9:13 HAL Patty Kyte (1) | A: Somppi & Durandeau
15:48 HAL Arnaud Durandeau (13) | A: Somppi
18:30 HAL Maxime Fortier (18), SH | A: none

Third period
2:12 BAT German Rubstov (8) | A: Viel & Drolet
14:29 BAT Felix-Antoine Drolet (1) | A: Crossman & MacIssac

Shots: 31-26 in favour of Bathurst
Powerplay: BAT – 0-for-5; HAL – 1-for-8

NOT DRESSED – Filip Zadina (WJC), Jocktan Chainey (injury) and Walter Flower (healthy)

SCORES
Cape Breton 1 at Charlottetown 6
Saint John 4 at Moncton 3 OT
Shawinigan 2 at Victoriaville 7
Rimouski 0 at Baie-Comeau 2
Blainville-Broisand 6 at Drummondville 3
Chicoutimi 2 at Gatineau 4
Quebec 4 at Rouyn-Noranda 7

UP NEXT: The Mooseheads will welcome their provincial rivals to town as they take on the Cape Breton Screaming Eagles tomorrow night. Puck drops at 7pm.

GAMEDAY #34: vs. Acadie-Bathurst

GAMEDAY 
HALIFAX MOOSEHEADS VS ACADIE-BATHURST TITAN
Puck drops at 7:00pm
TV: Webcast | Radio: News 95.7 | Live: @MC_MooseCountry
Scotiabank Centre (10,595) ~ Halifax, NS

Once again top spot in the Maritimes division is up for grabs when these two teams are meeting. Almost 3 weeks ago, the Mooseheads and Titan faced off in Bathurst for the division lead where the home team got the victory and the clubs have been switching places since than. Acadie-Bathurst and Halifax are tied with 43 points after playing 33 games so far this season. The Herd will be without the services of team leading scorer Filip Zadina tonight and for the rest of this month as he is participating in the 2018 World Juniors with the Czech Republic. Halifax might also be without Blade Mann-Dixon and Maxime Fortier as they are still recovering from injuries but they may be game time decisions. Bathurst has been the hotter team of late going 3-0-2 in their last five games while Halifax has a streak of 1 win but when these two clubs meet they are exciting games and in recent history have been very close. Who will come out on top? Well head down to the Scotiabank Centre for some Friday night hockey and the second to last contest before the holiday break.

This is the fourth game this season between these two teams. Halifax is 1-2-0-0 against the Titan while Acadie-Bathurst has a 2-1-0-0 record versus the Mooseheads. The last matchup was November 26 where the home Titan picked up a 5-4 victory on the back of Noah Dobson's three point night. Otto Somppi (2G&1A) and Raphael Lavoie (1G&2A) had 3 point nights as well to lead Halifax in scoring while Alex Gravel was the busier goalie stopping 40 of Bathurst's shots.

OVERALL RECORDS
Titan: 18-8-5-2 = 43 points (T-1st in Maritimes division, 3rd overall)
Mooseheads: 19-9-4-1 = 43 points (T-1st in Maritimes division, 6th overall)

LEADING SCORERS
HFX: Filip Zadina 46pts (24G & 22A), Maxime Fortier 38pts (17G & 21A), Otto Somppi 33pts (11G & 22A)
BAT: Antoine Morand 37pts (14G & 23A), Noah Dobson 31pts (4G & 27A), Adam Holwell 30pts (8G & 22A)

PREVIOUS GAMES
Acadie-Bathurst is coming off a 3-2 overtime loss on home ice Wednesday night against Charlottetown. Liam Murphy and Samuel L'Italien each had a goal while Reilly Pickard made 27 stops as the Islanders outshot the Titan.

Halifax is coming off a big 5-2 victory over their provincial rivals in Sydney on Wednesday. Four different players record a goal and an assist each for Halifax to lead the team while Alexis Gravel was strong making 25 saves against the Cape Breton Screaming Eagles.

MISSING IN ACTION - Max Fortier (injury), Filip Zadina (world juniors) and Blade Mann-Dixon (injury)

HEAD-TO-HEAD
September 27  Halifax 3 at Acadie-Bathurst 5
September 30  Acadie-Bathurst 3 at Halifax 4
November 26  Halifax 4 at Acadie-Bathurst 5
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
Islanders vs. Screaming Eagles     7:00pm
Wildcats vs. Sea Dogs     7:00pm
Tigres vs. Cataractes     8:00pm
Drakkar vs. Oceanic     8:30pm
Voltigeurs vs. Armada     8:30pm
Olympiques vs. Sagueneens     8:30pm
Huskies vs. Remparts     8:30pm

AFTER THE BUZZER
Halifax will stay at home this weekend with another game against the Cape Breton Screaming Eagles on Saturday night. Puck drops at 7pm.

Four Mooseheads named to Top Prospects game

The Canadian Hockey League along with the Guelph Storm and Sherwin-Williams announced the 40 players that will be participating in the upcoming CHL/NHL Prospects Game. For the sixth straight year, your Halifax Mooseheads have players named to the rosters. Halifax has 4 members who will participate this season, a record for the Moose and the most of any team this year. Alex Gravel, Jared McIssac and Benoit-Olivier Groulx were named to team one and Filip Zadina was named to team two for the game that will be held in Guelph, Ontario on January 25, 2018. The coaches will be named at a later date but most likely they will be Bobby Orr and Don Cherry. Team captains will be announced closer to the match.

The game will be yet another opportunity for Gravel, Groulx, McIssac, and Zadina to show National Hockey League scouts what they have and get their draft stock even higher. At the beginning of the season, Jared, Filip, and Benoit-Olivier had an 'A' rating meaning they are projected to go in the first round of the 2018 NHL draft in June, while Alex was a top-ranked NA goalie. On Sportsnet's list for December, SN has Filip ranked at number four, Benoit-Olivier is ranked at #27, Jared is ranked at number 10 while Alex is ranked as the second NA goalie for the draft.

Congratulations to Filip, Benoit-Olivier, Jared, Alex and the rest of the players named to Team Cherry and Team Orr. For the full release check here.

QMJHL Names Scholastic POM

Every month, the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League announces a Scholastic Player of the Month which recognizes a player on each team with his performance on ice and in the classroom. The player is selected based on their school results, their implication, the school-hockey conciliation, their team spirit and their on-ice performances.

For your Halifax Mooseheads, Justin Barron was named the Scholastic Player of the Month for November 2017. Barron receives the award even with being away for a couple weeks for the U17 World Hockey Challenge while he recorded one assist and a +1 rating in 6 games with the Herd in November.

Here is the full list:

BAC	Gabriel Fortier	Cégep de Baie-Comeau	Human and Administrative Sciences
BAT	Olivier Desroches	Académie Les Estacades	Secondary 5
BLB	Anthony Poulin	Cégep de Saint-Jérôme	Human Sciences
CAP	Gabriel Proulx	Cégep correspondance	Cégep correspondance
CHA	Matthew Welsh	University of Prince Edward Island	Business
CHI	Zachary Lavigne	Cégep de Chicoutimi	Human Sciences
DRU	Xavier Bernard	Cégep de Drummondville	Human Sciences, Administration profile
GAT	Alexandre Landreville	Cégep de l’Outaouais	Police Techniques
HAL	Justin Barron	Halifax West High School	Secondary 4 – French Immersion
MON	Brady Pataki	Crandall University	Business
QUE	Andrew Coxhead	Nova Scotia Correspondance Study	Grade 12
RIM	Anthony D’Amours	Cégep de Rimouski	Industrial Maintenance Technique
ROU	Jacob Neveu	Cégep de l’Abitibi-Témiscamingue	Nature Sciences
SHA	Simon Dubois	Collège de Shawinigan	Nature Sciences
SHE	Brendan Cregan	St-Mary’s University	Business and Administration
SNB	William Poirier	Cégep correspondace	Nature Sciences
VDO	Yan Dion	Cégep de l’Abitibi-Témiscamingue	Human Sciences
VIC	Tristan Côté-Cazenave	Cégep de Victoriaville	Human Sciences

Herd Cruise Past Huskies

For the 9th time this season, Moose Country heard 'All I do is win' blaring on the PA system at the Scotiabank Centre as your Halifax Mooseheads cruised past the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies Friday evening.

Halifax started off really strong, something they seem to have been lacking the last few games, picking up a 2-0 lead after the first period. Captain Maxime Fortier scored a power play goal 5 and a half minutes into the frame and than recorded a helper on Benoit-Olivier Groulx's goal that made it 2-0. Starting goaltender Blade Mann-Dixon didn't have much to do in the first period (Halifax outshot Rouyn 11-6) but when he did face shots, the 20 year old came up big including a couple of times with Huskies players on top of him. In the second, Filip Zadina and Raphael Lavoie scored to give the home team a 4-0 lead before Rouyn-Noranda could really even get going. Defenceman Chris McQuaid picked up his first two goals of the season tonight, including one I am sure Mann-Dixon would like to have back that took away the shutout for Blade. The Huskies put on the pressure quite a few times in the final period, which saw the away team bring in rookie goalie William Lagrange for the rest of the game, but Rouyn could only get past the Blade Mann once during the frame.

FINAL: Huskies 2 at Mooseheads 6Stars: 3. Chris McQuaid ROU | 2. Filip Zadina HAL | 1. Raphael Lavoie HALAttendance: 6,242MC's Top Herd: Raphael Lavoie

GAME LOG
First period
5:27 HAL Maxime Fortier (17), PP | A: None
13:35 HAL Benoit-Olivier Groulx (15) | A: Moynihan & Fortier

Second period
2:03 HAL Filip Zadina (20) | A: Somppi & Chainey
7:33 HAL Raphael Lavoie (8) | A: Zadina & Somppi
13:05 ROU Chris McQuaid (1) | A: Boucher & Marleau
16:17 HAL Raphael Lavoie (9), PP | A: Mann-Dixon

Third period
4:57 ROU Chris McQuaid (2) | A: Cyr & Despres
14:29 HAL Filip Zadina (21) | A: Lavoie

Shots: 33-29 in favour of Halifax
Powerplay: ROU - 0-for-4; HAL - 2-for-6

NOT DRESSED - Kyle Petten, Ryan Barbosa and Cooper Jones were all healthy scratches

SCORES
Val-d'Or 1 at Acadie-Bathurst 5
Cape Breton 4 at Moncton 3
Charlottetown 1 at Blainville-Boisbraind 6
Baie-Comeau 0 at Chicoutimi 4
Rimouski 5 at Drummondville 2
Saint John 1 at Gatineau 2

UP NEXT: The Mooseheads will welcome the Val-d'Or Foreurs to the Scotiabank Centre tomorrow night. Puck drops at 7pm.

Former Herd Named a Star for November

Some congratulations are in order for a former Halifax Mooseheads forward today after the NHL announced it's three stars for the month of November. Herd alumni Nathan MacKinnon was named the first star of the month! In November, MacKinnon had 20 points, which broke down to 5 goals and 15 assists in 12 games played. Nathan's month was highlighted by a 5 point game on November 16, which if I remember correctly is the most points recorded in one match by a Colorado Avalanche player. Kid Mack was also a +11 during the month.






The 22 year old's 28 points this season leads the Avalanche. Since he was drafted 1st overall in 2013, he has played 323 regular season games scoring 83 goals and 151 assists for a total of 234 points.


Congrats Nathan! Keep up the good work.