GAMEDAY #61: vs. Victoriaville

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

It's a battle of two of the top three league leading scorers tonight as your Halifax Mooseheads host the Victoriaville Tigres for a mid-week match. The Tigres have Vitalii Abramov who has the second most points so far this season while the young man with the third most is on the Mooseheads; Otto Somppi. With 6 of the top 20 scorers in the QMJHL participating in this one game, we should be in for a high scoring game. However, Halifax is going to want to lessen the amount of goals against after letting in 7 on Sunday evening. While the Herd remain one of the top teams in the league, they are coming off a bad loss and will have to show more jump against a team who has won three straight in Victoriaville. Come out and see if the Moose can rebound as they take on Anaheim Ducks prospect Maxime Comtois before the boys hit the road again.

This is the second and last game between these two teams this season. Halifax is 0-1-0-0 against the Tigres while Victoriaville has a 1-0-0-0 record versus the Mooseheads. The last matchup was October 22 in Victoriaville where the Herd were shutout losing 2-0 on the road with Alexis Gravel making 23 saves.

OVERALL RECORDS
Tigres: 34-20-4-2 = 74 points (3rd in East division, 8th overall)
Mooseheads: 39-14-6-1 = 85 points (1st in Maritimes division, 2nd overall)

LEADING SCORERS
HAL: Otto Somppi 79pts (28G & 51A), Filip Zadina 70pts (39G & 31A), Maxime Fortier 67pts (29G & 38A)
VIC: Vitalii Abramov 84pts (35G & 49A), Ivan Kosorenkov 69pts (29G & 40A), Maxime Comtois 64pts (36G & 28A)

PREVIOUS GAMES
Victoriaville is coming off a 7-1 victory on home ice Sunday evening against the Sagueneens. Vitalii Abramov led the Tigres with a goal and two helpers while Etinne Montpetit stopped 29 of Chicoutimi's 30 shots.

Halifax was on the opposite end of a 7-1 score, losing to Drummondville the same day. Otto Somppi scored the lone goal for the Mooseheads unassisted while Blade Mann-Dixon got pulled after allowing 6 goals on 26 shots before Alex Gravel came in relief against the Voltigeurs.

ALUM ON TIGRES - Mathieu Charlebois

HEAD-TO-HEAD
October 22  Halifax 0 at Victoriaville 2
February 28  Victoriaville at Halifax - 7pm

OUT OF TOWN
Sagueneens vs. Oceanic     8:30pm
Olympiques vs. Screaming Eagles     8:30pm


AFTER THE BUZZER
Halifax will go on their last road trip of the season starting with a visit to the Chicoutimi Sagueneens. Puck drops at 5pm.