Lavoie Overtime Hero Again

Photo - Myles Dennis

For the fifth time this season, 17 year old Raphael Lavoie was the hero in overtime to give the Halifax Mooseheads 3 straight wins. The victory also stopped the Rimouski Oceanic's win streak at 5 games. Halifax got off to a very fast start when Filip Zadina scored his 38th goal just 36 seconds into the game. In the next five minutes the Mooseheads scored two more times to lead 3-0 on only 4 shots which led the Oceanic to pull starting goalie Colten Ellis. The move seemed to help Rimouski a little bit as the away team got a goal with under 6 minutes to go in the first period. Connor Moynihan and Lavoie scored before the end of the frame to give the Herd a commending 5-1 lead. In the second Rimouski was able to catch the home team sleeping some and closed the gap to one goal with the help of rookie Alexis Lafreniere. The 16 year old Lafreniere also scored the tying goal in the third period to force overtime. In the final minutes Moose tried to end it in regulation as well as get Zadina a hat trick but were unable to close it out. The victory was also the 800th regular season win in the Halifax Mooseheads franchise.

FINAL: Oceanic 5 at Mooseheads 6 OT
Stars: 3. Alexis Lafreniere RIM | 2. Raphael Lavoie HAL | 1. Otto Somppi HAL
Attendance: 8,328
MC's Top Herd: Arnaud Durandeau

GAME LOG
First period
0:36 HAL Filip Zadina (38) | A: Lavoie & Somppi
2:59 HAL Benoit_Olivier Groulx (24) | A: McIsaac & Durandeau
5:26 HAL Filip Zadina (39), SH | A: Somppi
14:37 RIM Anthony D'Amours (1) | A: Bowman & Soucy
15:20 HAL Connor Moynihan (18) | A: Durandeau & Ryczek
18:38 HAL Raphael Lavoie (24) | A: None

Second period
5:35 RIM Mathieu Bizier (8) | A: D'Amours
6:34 RIM Alexis Lafreniere (36) | A: Nadeau & Dove-McFalls
18:39 RIM Anthony Gagnon (10) | A: Zavgorodniy & MacKinnon

Third period
16:36 RIM Alexis Lafreniere (37) | A: Stewart & D'Astous

Overtime
2:29 HAL Raphael Lavoie (25) | A: Ryczek & Durandeau

Shots: 38-27 in favour of Rimouski
Powerplay: RIM - 0-for-2; HAL - 0-for-2

NOT DRESSED - Maxime Fortier, Copper Jones, Patrick Kyte and Blade Mann-Dixon were out with injuries

UP NEXT: Halifax will travel to Charlottetown to take on the Islanders on Wednesday evening. Puck drops at 7pm.