Mooseheads on Golden Puck Awards Nominees

The Quebec Major Junior Hockey League announced the nominees for their annual awards at the Golden Puck Gala. There are two Halifax Mooseheads among the players nominated. Otto Somppi and Filip Zadina will represent the Mooseheads at the awards.

Here are the nominees for the awards that will be passed out on April 4th.
*via QMJHL

Jacques-Plante Trophy — Best goals-against average

• Samuel Harvey — Rouyn-Noranda Huskies

Rookie of the Year

• Colten Ellis – Rimouski Océanic
• Alexis Lafrenière – Rimouski Océanic

Ron-Lapointe Trophy – Coach of the Year

• Serge Beausoleil – Rimouski Océanic
• Joël Bouchard – Blainville-Boisbriand Armada
• Dominique Ducharme – Drummondville Voltigeurs

Marcel-Robert Trophy – Scholastic Player of the Year

• Alexandre Alain – Blainville-Boisbriand Armada
• Matthew Welsh – Charlottetown Islanders
• Antoine Samuel – Quebec Remparts

Émile «Butch» Bouchard Trophy – Best Defenseman

• Charle-Édouard D’Astous – Rimouski Océanic
• Noah Dobson – Acadie-Bathurst Titan
• Olivier Galipeau – Acadie-Bathurst Titan

Frank-J.-Selke Trophy – Sportsman of the Year

• Jakob Pelletier – Moncton Wildcats
• Otto Somppi – Halifax Mooseheads
• Joël Teasdale – Blainville-Boisbriand Armada

 Humanitarian and Community Involvement Trophy

• Thomas Grégoire – Sherbrooke Phoenix
• Charle-Édouard D’Astous – Rimouski Océanic
• Vincent Tremblay-Lapalme – Chicoutimi Saguenéens

Maurice-Filion Trophy – General Manager of the Year

• Serge Beausoleil – Rimouski Océanic
• Joël Bouchard – Blainville-Boisbriand Armada
• Dominique Ducharme – Drummondville Voltigeurs

Jean-Béliveau Trophy – Top Scorer

• Alex Barré-Boulet – Blainville-Boisbriand Armada

Michael-Bossy Trophy – Top Professional Prospect

• Noah Dobson – Acadie-Bathurst Titan
• Joe Veleno – Drummondville Voltigeurs
• Filip Zadina – Halifax Mooseheads

Paul-Dumont Trophy – Personality of the Year

• Drake Batherson – Blainville-Boisbriand Armada
• Dominique Ducharme – Drummondville Voltigeurs
• Alexis Lafrenière – Rimouski Océanic

Michel-Brière Trophy – Most Valuable Player

• Vitalii Abramov – Victoriaville Tigres
• Alex Barré-Boulet – Blainville-Boisbriand Armada
• Samuel Harvey – Rouyn-Noranda Huskies

Please note that the following trophies have been awarded in special pre-game ceremonies held last week: Guy-Carbonneau (Best Defensive Forward), Kevin-Lowe (Best Defensive Defenseman), Robert-Lebel (Best goals-against-average – Team), Jean-Rougeau (Regular Season Champions), Luc-Robitaille (Best Offensive Team), Michel-Bergeron (Offensive Rookie of the Year) and Raymond-Lagacé (Defensive Rookie of the year).

Here are the nominees:
Guy-Carbonneau – Best Defensive Forward

• Samuel Dove-McFalls – Rimouski Océanic
• Maxime Comtois – Victoriaville Tigres
• Otto Sompi – Saint John Sea Dogs

Kevin Lowe – Best Defensive Defenseman

• Noah Dobson – Titan d’Acadie-Bathurst
• Tobbie Paquette-Bisson – Armada de Blainville-Boisbriand
• Charle-Édouard D’Astous – Océanic de Rimouski

Michel-Bergeron Trophy – Offensive Rookie of the Year

• Alexis Lafrenière – Rimouski Océanic
• Jakob Pelletier – Moncton Wildcats
• Filip Zadina – Halifax Mooseheads

Raymond-Lagacé Trophy – Defensive Rookie of the Year

• Justin Barron – Mooseheads d’Halifax
• Colten Ellis – Océanic de Rimouski
• Radim Salda – Sea Dogs de Saint John


Robert-Lebel – Best goals-against-average – Team

• Rimouski Océanic

Jean-Rougeau – Regular Season Champions

• Blainville-Boisbriand Armada

Luc Robitaille – Best Offensive Team

• Drummondville Voltigeurs

Mooseheads Win Nasty Battle

Game Two Recap
HAL leads series 2-0
Stars: 3. Groulx HAL | 2. Zadina HAL | 1. Bishop HAL
Attendance: 7,550

HALIFAX - It's starting out to be a nasty and, if you ask the Mooseheads fans, a one sided series but the home team has been able to get two victories despite the nastiness. Filip Zadina scored his first playoff goal a little over 6 minutes into the game to give Halifax a 1-0 lead. Around the 9 minute mark, Jared McIsaac laid out a big hit on Samuel Dickner in centre ice which Baie-Comeau didn't like so Antoine Girard decided to pull him away by the collar, leading Connor Moynihan to come in defense of his teammate and fight Girard. It was Moynihan's second fight in as many nights. Captain Max Fortier scored another nice goal seconds later to give the Herd a 2-0 lead. Younger brother Gabriel Fortier scored less than three minutes later to get the Drakkar on the board. Max technically scored two goals in tonight's game but only one counted on the score sheet because he put the puck in his own net while Alexis Gravel was on the bench from a delayed penalty call which tied the game at two. More hits happened through out the match while the fans in attendance were once again unhappy with calls that were made and ones that weren't. In the third the boys in red were able to get a few more goals and some more timely saves by Gravel to pick up a 5-3 victory on Saturday evening.

FINAL: Drakkar 3 at Mooseheads 5

Point getters: BAC Fortier, Chekhovich & Girard 1G each, Joly 2A, Bouchard & Lalonde 1A each; HAL Bishop 3 (1G & 2A), Fortier & Zadina 2 each (1G & 1A), Groulx & Parent 1G each, Lavoie, Durandeau, McIsaac, Ryczek & Higgins 1A each

Goaltenders: Gravel HAL | Leclerc BAC

Shots 1st: 16-8 HAL | 2nd: 9-8 HAL | 3rd: 14-13 HAL

Powerplay HAL 0/5, BAC 0/2

DID NOT PLAY - Otto Somppi is out injured while Ryan Barbosa and Barrett Dachyshyn were healthy scratches

OUT OF TOWN
Charlottetown 6 at Quebec 2
Moncton 1 at Rimouski 2 OT
Chicoutimi 4 at Acadie-Bathurst 0
Cape Breton at Drummondville
Gatineau 2 at Victoriaville 3
Sherbrooke 2 at Rouyn-Noranda 6

PLAYOFF GAMEDAY #1: vs. Baie-Comeau

GAMEDAY

ROUYN-NORANDA HUSKIES vs. HALIFAX MOOSEHEADS

March 23, 2018 at 7:00pm

Series tied 0-0

TV: Webcast | Radio: News 95.7 | Live: @MC_MooseCountry

Scotiabank Centre (10,595) ~ Halifax, NS

It’s the best time of the year. Well probably the toughest and funnest part of a hockey season. The 2018 playoffs began last night across the Canadian Hockey League and it will begin tonight for your Halifax Mooseheads. Despite just losing out on winning the division title, Halifax will need everyone to step up their game this weekend to get the two wins at home in front of their fans. Halifax will get a boost on the blue line with rookie Patty Kyte coming back into the line up after being out since February 16th. Can the Mooseheads make a big splash in the series and getting a big boost from the fans? We’ll have to wait and see. Playoffs are a whole different ball game. Go Moose Go!

SEASON SERIES
Baie-Comeau and Halifax split the season series.

November 9, 2017 – Baie-Comeau def. Halifax 3-2
March 3, 2018 – Halifax def. Baie-Comeau 5-4

NOT PLAYING – Ryan Barbosa, Kyle Petten, and Cooper Jones will most likely not be in the lineup

NOTES

• Herdwell Herald makes their predictions
• The Chronicle Herald breaks down the series with the Drakkar 
• Check out the QMJHL’s road to the Presidents Cup for the Mooseheads
• Don’t forget that this series is 2-3-2 with three straight in Baie-Comeau next week

TONIGHT’S GAMES
Sagueneens at Titan - 7:00pm
Olympique at Tigre - 8:00pm
Foreurs at Armada - 8:30pm
Screaming Eagles at Voltigeurs - 8:30pm
Wildcats at Oceanic - 8:30pm
Phoenix at Huskies - 8:30pm

NEXT GAME
The two teams will meet again tomorrow night for Game 2 here in Halifax. Puck drops at 7pm.

Around the CHL ~ volume #2 season edition #9

We’re at the end of the regular season in major junior hockey so I thought I would recap who ended on top for different statistic categories. These are the final leaders for each of the three leagues. The 2018 Presidents Cup playoffs are just around the corner. Your Halifax Mooseheads will look to make some noise this year after finishing 4th in the Q. GO Moose GO!

League leaders
Goals – Jayden Halbgewachs 70 goals (WHL Moose Jaw Warriors), Alex Barre-Boulet 53 goals (QMJHL Blainville-Boisbriand Armada), Aaron Luchuk 50 goals (OHL Barrie Colts),
Assists – Aleksi Heponiemi 90 assists (WHL Swift Current Broncos), Jordan Kyrou 70 points (OHL Sarnia Sting), Alex Barre-Boulet 63 assists (QMJHL Blainville-Boisbriand Armada),
Points – Jayden Halbgewachs 129 points (WHL Moose Jaw Warriors), Alex Barre-Boulet 116 points (QMJHL Blainville-Boisbriand Armada), Aaron Luchuk 115 points (OHL Barrie Colts)
Defenceman points – David Quenneville 80 points (WHL Medicine Hat Tigers), Olivier Galipeau 74 points (QMJHL Acadie-Bathurst Titan), Evan Bouchard 62 points (OHL London Knights),
Rookie points – Filip Zadina 82 points (QMJHL Halifax Mooseheads), Andrei Svechnikov 72 points (OHL Barrie Colts), Peyton Krebs 54 points (WHL Kitchener Rangers)
Goalie wins – Matthew Villalta 40 wins (OHL Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds), Logan Flodell 38 points (WHL Lethbridge Hurricanes), Colten Ellis 33 wins (QMJHL Rimouski Oceanic),
Save percentage – Justin Fazio 0.918 SAV% (OHL Sarnia Sting), Samuel Harvey 0.930 SAV% (QMJHL Rouyn-Noranda Huskies), Carter Hart 0.947 SAV% (WHL Everett Silvertips)
Goals against average – Carter Hart 1.60 GAA (WHL Everett Silvertips), Samuel Harvey 2.10 GAA (QMJHL Rouyn-Noranda Huskies), Matthew Villalta 2.58 GAA (OHL Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds)

Division leaders
WHL – Moose Jaw Warriors 109 points/points/52 wins (East division), Everett Silvertips 99 points/47 wins (U.S. division), Kelowna Rockets 93 points/43 wins (B.C. division), Medicine Hat Tigers 80 points/36 wins (Central division)
OHL – Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds 116 points/55 wins (West division), Hamilton Bulldogs 93 points/43 wins (East division), Kitchener Rangers 90 points/43 wins (Midwest division), Barrie Colts 89 points/42 wins (Central division)
QMJHL – Blainville-Boisbriand Armada 107 points/50 wins (TELUS West division), Acadie-Bathurst Titan 96 points/43 wins (Maritimes division), Rimouski Oceanic 93 points/42 wins (TELUS East division)

BMO CHL top ten ~ week 26
1. Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds {55-7-3-3} week 25 #1
2. Moose Jaw Warriors {52-15-2-3} week 25 #2
3. Blainville-Boisbriand Armada {50-11-4-3} week 25 #3
4. Swift Current Broncos {48-17-5-2} week 25 #4
5. Sarnia Sting {46-17-4-1} week 25 #5
6. Acadie-Bathurst Titan {43-15-8-2} week 25 #7
7. Everett Silvertips {47-20-2-3} week 25 #9
8. Hamilton Bulldogs {43-18-4-3} week 25 #10
9. Halifax Mooseheads {43-18-6-1} week 25 #8
10. Kitchener Rangers {43-21-3-1} week 25 #6
Honorable mentions: Rimouski Oceanic {42-17-6-3 n/a}, Portland Winterhawks {44-22-1-5 n/a}, Barrie Colts {42-21-4-1 n/a}

Poll #19

Well another season is over for your Halifax Mooseheads which means so are my picks for the Top Herd during each regular season game. I have normally determined each game’s top herd by their overall play not just how many points they had that game which is way you have seen some defense and goaltenders (even when we loose) on the list.

So cast your vote. You have until the end of March to do so.

1. Benoit-Olivier Groulx
2. Arnaud Durandeau
3. Blade Mann-Dixon
4. Otto Somppi
5. Alexis Gravel
6. Other

Season series versus each team

Below you will find the records of your Halifax Mooseheads versus each of the other seventeen teams in the Q plus the monthly records for the teams this season. (note: Halifax's score is listed first)

TELUS West division
Blainville-Boisbraind 2 games 1-0-1-0 {4-5OT, 4-2}
Drummondville 2 games 0-1-1-0 {1-2OT, 1-7}
Gatineau 2 games 2-0-0-0 {7-5, 4-1}
Rouyn-Noranda 2 games 1-1-0-0 {6-2, 2-7}
Sherbrooke 2 games 2-0-0-0 {3-1, 3-2OT}
Val-d’Or 2 games 2-0-0-0 {4-2, 2-1SO}

TELUS East division 
Baie-Comeau 2 games 1-1-0-0 {2-3, 5-4}
Chicoutimi 2 games 0-1-1-0 {3-4OT, 2-4}
Quebec 2 games 0-1-1-0 {2-3OT, 2-3}
Rimouski 2 games 2-0-0-0 {6-5OT, 3-1}
Shawinigan 2 games 1-0-0-1 {2-3SO, 6-1}
Victoriaville 2 games 0-2-0-0 {0-2, 2-8} 

Maritimes division
Acadie-Bathurst 9 games 4-5-0-0 {3-5, 4-3, 4-5, 5-2, 6-5, 1-11, 3-1, 2-3, 4-5}
Cape Breton 9 games 8-1-0-0 {3-4, 9-5, 4-3, 6-5SO, 5-2, 4-2, 5-2, 4-1, 5-4OT}
Charlottetown 9 games 7-1-1-0 {3-2, 3-0, 6-2, 2-3OT, 0-2, 6-3, 3-2OT, 6-2, 3-2OT}
Moncton 9 games  6-2-1-0 {2-3, 5-1, 6-5, 4-3OT, 4-3OT, 3-4OT, 1-5, 12-5, 7-4}
Saint John 8 games 6-2-0-0 {4-1, 2-7, 7-1, 5-4OT, 5-2, 8-2, 3-6, 7-3}

Monthly records
September 4 games ~ 3-1-0-0 record overall, 1-0-0-0 home, 2-1-0-0 away
October 12 games ~ 7-3-2-0 record overall, 4-0-2-0 home, 3-3-0-0 away
November 11 games ~ 5-4-2-0 record overall, 3-2-0-0 home, 2-2-2-0 away
December 11 games ~ 8-2-0-1 record overall, 5-1-0-0 home, 3-1-0-1 away
January 11 games ~ 9-1-1-0 record overall, 4-0-1-0 home, 5-1-0-0 away
February 12 games ~ 7-4-1-0 record overall, 5-2-1-0 home, 2-2-0-0 away
March 7 games ~ 4-3-0-0 record overall, 2-1-0-0 home, 2-2-0-0 away

Overtime/shootout records
OT ~ eight overtime win-six overtime loss
SO ~ two shootout win-one shootout loss

Schedule Announced for Round 1

PLAYOFFS

#4 Halifax Mooseheads vs #13 Baie-Comeau Drakkar

1st round

The Halifax Mooseheads released their first round schedule for the 2018 playoffs along with the Baie-Comeau Drakkar.

HALIFAX - It's playoff time! A year can change a whole lot in junior hockey. After finishing fifteenth in the league last season, the Mooseheads almost won the division title this year but a loss in the last game gave the Acadie-Bathurst Titan the division. With home ice advantage for this round, Halifax will host the Baie-Comeau Drakkar when the playoff series begins on Friday. These two teams are old foes in the playoffs having played each other in three different playoff series, including a very entertaining 5 game series back in 2013 where Halifax won the club's first President's Cup. Should be an exciting series.

BATTLE OF BROTHERS - One story line going into this series is that this will be the first and only battle in the post-season between the Fortier brothers, Max and Gabriel. The younger brother, Gabe is in his second year with the Drakkar and had a pretty good season with the club recording 59 points, good enough for 4th on the team.

HEAD-TO-HEAD ~ all-time: 62 games 30-21-5-3-3; this season: 2 games 1-1-0-0; playoffs: 12 games 12-6-0-0

LAST GAME - Halifax is coming off a 5-4 loss to Acadie-Bathurst Titan to end the regular season while Baie-Comeau finished the year with a defeat as well, losing to the Victoriaville Tigres 3-1.

Playoff tickets for both games in Moose Country this weekend have already gone on sale at the Ticket Atlantic Box Office. You can buy them there, at the Mooseheads Shop in Scotia Square, select Superstores, www.ticketatlantic.com and by calling (902) 451-1221

Game #1
Friday March 23 @ 7:00pm at Scotiabank Centre ~ Halifax, NS
Game #2
Saturday March 24 @ 7:00pm at Scotiabank Centre ~ Halifax, NS
Game #3 
Tuesday March 27 @ 8:30pm at Centre Henry-Leonard ~ Baie-Comeau, QC
Game #4
Wednesday March 28 @ 8:30pm at Centre Henry-Leonard ~ Baie-Comeau, QC
Game #5*
Friday March 30 @ 8:30pm at Centre Henry-Leonard ~ Baie-Comeau, QC
Game #6*
Monday April 2 @ 7:00pm at Scotiabank Centre ~ Halifax, NS
Game #7*
Tuesday April 3 @ 7:00pm at Scotiabank Centre ~ Halifax, NS

*if necessary

STATS SUNDAY: March

Games played: 7
Record: 4-3-0-0, 8pts
Goals for/against: 30/24
Powerplay*: 19.6%
Penalty kill*: 82.1%
Shutouts: none

Top 5 leading scorers
Points: Filip Zadina 11, Connor Moynihan 7, Maxime Fortier 7, Benoit-Olivier Groulx 6, Raphael Lavoie 6
Goals: Filip Zadina 5, Benoit-Olivier Groulx 4, Connor Moynihan 3, Raphael Lavoie 3, Maxime Fortier 2
Assists: FIlip Zadina 6, Maxime Fortier 5, Jake Ryczek 4, Jocktan Chainey 4, Justin Barron 4
Penalty minutes: Connor Moynihan 11, Jared McIsaac 11, Patrick Kyte 11, Maxime Fortier 8, Benoit-Olivier Groulx 8
Plus/minus: Jared McIsaac +6, Otto Somppi +4, Ben Higgins +4, Jake Ryczek +4, Xavier Parent +3
Rookie scoring: Filip Zadina 11pts, Xavier Parent 5pts, Justin Barron 4pts, Kyle Petten 1pt

Goaltending stats*
Blade Mann-Dixon: 23-7-2-0    3.00 GAA    0.900 SAV%
Alexis Gravel: 20-11-4-1    3.38 GAA    0.890 SAV%



*overall

Old Foes to Battle in Round 1

Photo - Shawn Davidson

The Acadie-Bathurst Titan have won the Maritimes division after defeating your Halifax Mooseheads on Saturday night to end the 2017-18 regular season. The loss leaves Halifax in 4th place overall and now that all the games are over, we know who they'll play in the first round of the 2018 playoffs beginning on Thursday. Halifax will face an old foe when they battle against the 13th place Baie-Comeau Drakkar to start the post-season.

The first game of the series will be on Friday night in Moose Country. Game time will be 7:00pm Atlantic time. Tickets for the first two home games have already gone on sale to the general public. You can purchase them at select Superstore outlets, the Scotiabank Centre box office or by phone at (902) 451-1121.

Stay tuned to Moose Country for more playoff details and game previews.

GAMEDAY #68: vs. Acadie-Bathurst

GAMEDAY 
HALIFAX MOOSEHEADS VS ACADIE-BATHURST TITAN
Puck drops at 4:00pm
TV: Webcast | Radio: News 95.7 | Live: @MC_MooseCountry
Scotiabank Centre (10,595) ~ Halifax, NS

Once again the top spot in the Maritimes division is up for grabs when these two teams are meeting. Last weekend, the Mooseheads and Titan faced off in Bathurst for the division lead where the home team got the victory on national television. In this the final meeting of the season with Halifax winning last night and Bathurst losing in overtime, it sets up for quite an exciting finish for the two teams to see who will get the Maritimes division crown. Today is Fan Appreciation day there is going to be some giveaways, and for any season ticket holders, there is a chance to win a jersey off their backs in the appreciation of the support.  After last night with the whole team effort in the win Halifax will look to continue the momentum heading into today's game. Halifax will be without the services of Jared McIssac as he got an automatic one-game suspension for removing an opponents helmet in a fight. today in the regular season finale the Moose will be recognizing their 20-year-olds Max Fortier, Connor Moynihan, and Blade Mann-Dixon for their time with the team as well as time in the league. It will be a big crowd today for the home team where it was just announced that this afternoons game is sold out. Who will come out on top? Well, head down to the Scotiabank Centre for the regular season finale.

This is the ninth game this season between these two teams. Halifax is 4-4-0-0 against the Titan while Acadie-Bathurst has a 4-4-0-0 record versus the Mooseheads. The last matchup was March 10th where the home Titan picked up a 3-2 victory on the back of Jeffery Viel’s two-point night. Filip Zadina (2G) had a two-point night as well to lead Halifax in scoring while Alex Gravel was the busier goalie stopping 40 of Bathurst’s shots.

OVERALL RECORDS
Titan: 42-15-8-2 = 94 points (1st in Maritimes division, 2nd overall)
Mooseheads: 43-17-6-1 = 93 points (2nd in Maritimes division, 4th overall)

LEADING SCORERS
HFX: Otto Somppi 82pts (28G & 54A), Filip Zadina 80pts (43G & 37A), Maxime Fortier  73pts (32G & 41A)
BAT: Antoine Morand 75pts (25G & 50A), Oliver Galipeau 72pts (25G & 47A), Mitchell Balmas 69pts (30G & 39A)

PREVIOUS GAMES
Acadie-Bathurst is coming off a 5-4 overtime loss to Charlottetown last night. Ethan Crossman, Jeffery Viel, Samuel Asselin, and Oliver Galipeau each had a goal while Evan Fitzpatrick made 34 stops as the Islanders outshot the Titan.

Halifax is coming off a big 7-4 victory over the Moncton Wildcats. Raphael Lavoie lead the charge for Halifax with two goals and an assist while Blade Mann-Dixon was strong making 26 saves against the Moncton Wildcats.

MISSING IN ACTION – Patty Kyte (injured), Ryan Barbosa (healthy) and Kyle Petten (healthy)

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 2 at Halifax 5
January 7  Halifax 6 at Acadie-Bathurst 5
January 20  Halifax 1 at Acadie-Bathurst 11
February 3  Acadie-Bathurst 1 at Halifax 3
March 10  Halifax 2 at Acadie-Bathurst 3
March 17  Acadie-Bathurst at Halifax – 4pm

OUT OF TOWN
Moncton at Charlottetown - 3pm
Saint John at Cape Breton - 4pm
Shawinigan at Drummondville - 4pm
Blainville at Gatineau - 4pm
Victoriaville at Baie Comeau - 5pm
Rouyn Noranda at Chicomuti - 5pm
Rimouski at Quebec - 5pm
Val - D'or at Sherbrooke - 5pm

AFTER THE BUZZER
Halifax will stay at home and welcome there to be determined playoff matchup on Friday night. Puck drops at 7pm.

Division Crown Still Up For Grabs

Photo - Myles Dennis

Multi goal games by Raphael Lavoie and Connor Moynihan helped the Halifax Mooseheads defeat their biggest rivals on Friday night, picking up a big win against the Moncton Wildcats by a score of 7-4 in front of 8,000 plus rowdy fans. The victory, with the help of Charlottetown, has given the Herd still an opportunity to win the Maritimes division title this season. Halifax and Moncton, who are battling it out off the ice for the chance to win the right to host the Memorial Cup next May, were battling it out on the ice as well this evening. There were three fights and lots of post whistle conversations leading to 54 penalty minutes between the two clubs. The Wildcats got out to a 2-0 lead in the first period but with 27 seconds left in the frame, Lavoie scored to get the home team on the board and Halifax seemed to get life from that in the middle 20 minutes. Raphy got his second of the game just 3 and a half minutes into the second period while Filip Zadina scored on the power play to give the Mooseheads a 5-2 lead half way through the game. A few penalties in the second part of the middle frame gave Moncton the opportunity to close the gap as they scored twice on the man advantage. Moynihan scored once between the two Cats' goals and scored a second time in the third period, providing the Moose with 6 players who have 20+ goals this season. Connor's first tally was is his first since the beginning of the month, I guess having his parents in the crowd motivated the overager to put on a show.

FINAL: Wildcats 4 at Mooseheads 7
Stars: 3. James Phelan MON | 2. Jocktan Chainey HAL | 1. Raphael Lavoie HAL
Attendance: 8,155
MC’s Top Herd: Connor Moynihan

GAME LOG
First period
16:15 MON Daniil Miromanov (8) | A: MacDonald
17:25 MON Jakob Pelletier (23), PP | A: Welsh & Khovanov
19:33 HAL Raphael Lavoie (29) | A: Chainey & Barron

Second period
3:28 HAL Raphael Lavoie (30) | A: Fortier & Bishop
4:41 HAL Benoit-Olivier Groulx (27) | A: Durandeau & Chainey
6:22 HAL Maxime Fortier (32) | A: Somppi & Lavoie
8:33 HAL Filip Zadina (43), PP | A: McIssac & Mann-Dixon
12:31 MON James Phelan (31), PP | A; McKenna & Capannelli
13:35 HAL Connor Moynihan (20) | A: Flower
17:26 MON James Phelan (32), PP | A: Welsh & Miromanov

Third period10:53 HAL Connor Moynihan (21) | A: Chainey & Parent

Shots: 45-30 in favour of Halifax
Powerplay: MON – 3-for-7; HAL – 1-for-6

NOT DRESSED – Patrick Kyte (injured), Ryan Barbosa (healthy) and Kyle Petten (healthy)

SCORESSaint John 2 at Cape Breton 3
Acadie-Bathurst 4 at Charlottetown 5 OT
Shawinigan 1 at Sherbrooke 4
Victoriaville 5 at Baie-Comeau 2
Val-d'Or 0 at Blainville-Boisbriand 7
Rouyn-Noranda 5 at Chicoutimi 4
Gatineau 1 at Drummondville 8
Quebec 0 at Rimouski 3


UP NEXT: The Mooseheads will host the Acadie Bathurst Titan in the regular season finale tomorrow evening for Fan Appreciation Night. Puck drop is at 4pm.

GAMEDAY #66: vs. Saint John

GAMEDAY
HALIFAX MOOSEHEADS VS SAINT JOHN SEA DOGS
Puck drops at 7pm
TV: Webcast | Radio: News 95.7 | Live: @MC_MooseCountry
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We're down to the final stretch of the regular season. Wow where has the time gone? The last playoff spot was clinched over the weekend when the Saint John Sea Dogs lost on home ice, meaning that they officially will not be in the post-season but the Val-d'Or Foreurs will. Your Halifax Mooseheads will play some mid-week hockey and host those Sea Dogs tonight at 7pm at the Scotiabank Centre. After finishing a top the Maritimes division the past two seasons, Saint John finds themselves at the bottom this year and fighting with Shawinigan for the first overall pick in the 2018 Q draft. The Dogs finished with 8 home wins during 2017-18, their lowest in team history and with 14 wins total this year the club is definitely in a rebuild. However since they don't have the pressure of trying to make the post-season anymore, they will look to play spoiler in their final three games against teams who are looking to secure their final positions in the standings. Halifax will have to play a strong defensive game this evening and not take the visiting club lately as the Mooseheads are still in a position to win the division this year. The Herd will look to head into the playoffs on a winning note and tighten up some mistakes that they have had in the previous couple of home games. Come out and cheer on the boys Moose Country as they finish up the regular season with a three game homestand beginning tonight versus Saint John.

This is the eigth and final meeting between these two teams. Halifax is 5-2-0-0 against the Sea Dogs while Saint John has a 2-4-1-0 record versus the Mooseheads. The last matchup was on February 9 where Saint John picked up one of it's 8 home wins with the help of 3 point nights from Ostap Safin and Robbie Burt while Blade Mann-Dixon made 36 saves to take the loss for Halifax.

OVERALL RECORDS
Sea Dogs: 14-40-9-2 = 39 points (6th in Maritimes division, 17th overall)
Mooseheads: 41-17-6-1 = 89 points (2nd in Maritimes division, 4th overall)

LEADING SCORERS
HAL: Otto Somppi 80pts (28G & 52A), Filip Zadina 77pts (42G & 35A), Maxime Fortier 71pts (31G & 40A)
SNB: Ostap Safin 56pts (26G & 30A), Radim Salda 40pts (10G & 30A), Anthony Boucher 37pts (16G & 21A)

PREVIOUS GAMES
Saint John is coming off a 6-4 loss on home ice against Moncton on Saturday evening. Cedric Pare had a goal and 2 assists to lead the Sea Dogs and Alex D'Orio stopped 28 of the Wildcats' 34 shots in the defeat.

Halifax is coming off a 3-2 defeat in Acadie-Bathurst on Saturday which was moved to early evening because of the national broadcast. Filip Zadina scored both goals for the Mooseheads while the Titan outshot the away team causing Alexis Gravel to make 40 saves in the loss.

HEAD-TO-HEAD
September 21  Halifax 4 at Saint John 1
November 17  Saint John 7 at Halifax 2
November 25  Halifax 7 at Saint John 1
January 6  Halifax 5 at Saint John 4 OT
January 27  Saint John 2 at Halifax 5
January 28  Saint John 2 at Halifax 8
February 9  Halifax 3 at Saint John 6
March 14  Saint John at Halifax - 7pm

OUT OF TOWN
Wildcats vs. Screaming Eagles     7:00pm
Armada vs. Oceanic     8:00pm
Voltigeurs vs. Foreurs     8:00pm
Remparts vs. Sagueneens     8:00pm
Tigres vs. Olympiques     8:00pm
Drakkar vs. Huskies     8:30pm


AFTER THE BUZZER
Halifax will thank fans this weekend starting with a game on Friday evening against rivals Moncton Wildcats. Puck drops at 7pm.

QMJHL NamesScholastic 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, Brett Crossley was named the Scholastic Player of the Month for February 2018. Crossley scored 2 goals in the month of February, while also picking up 4 penalty minutes and having an even plus/minus.

Here's the full list:

BAC	Hugo Savinsky	Cégep de Baie-Comeau	Business
BAT	Logan Chisholm	Bathurst High School	University Prep
BLB	Samuel Leblanc	St-Malachy Memorial High School	Grade 12
CAP	Noah Laaouan	Sydney Academy	High School
CHA	Sam King	University of Prince Edward Island	Business
CHI	Morgan Nauss	Athabaska University	Independent student
DRU	Yvan Mongo	Cégep de Drummondville	Human Sciences
GAT	Pier-Olivier Lacombe	Cégep de l’Outaouais	Accounting
HAL	Brett Crossley	St. Mary’s University	Commercial Management
MON	Mark Grametbauer	Crandall University / Ontario Virtual High School	Business
QUE	Andrew Picco	Acadia University	French and nutrition
RIM	Anthony D’Amours	Cégep de Rimouski	Industrial Maintenance
ROU	Tyler Hinam	Acadia University	Business
SHA	Mathieu Samson	Séminaire Sainte-Marie	Secondary 5
SHE	Olivier Crête-Belzile	Cégep de Sherbrooke	Natural Sciences
SNB	Bailey Webster	University of New Brunswick / Acadia	Biology and nutrition
VDO	Alexandre Couture	Cégep de l’Abitibi-Témiscamingue	Human Sciences
VIC	Justin Paré	Cégep de Victoriaville	Human Sciences