Rivalry Week Tie

The Halifax Mooseheads and Cape Breton Screaming Eagles have a tie in their rivalry week match up. In a night that was highly anticipated after starting the season with the 15 game road trip, going 12-3, the Herd were looking forward to finally getting home and being in front of their fans again but we're unable to get the final result they wanted. The Mooseheads got off to a quick start with Jared McIssac getting the scoring started just 2:53 into the game. The Eagles seemed to have the better legs most of the game and were able to tie it up 5 minutes later when Mitchell Balmas scored on a breakaway. The game's first penalty didn't come until the end of the first. Cape Breton didn't look back after the Balmas goal and found themselves with a 3-1 lead after 40 minutes despite no scoring by either team in the middle frame. Halifax received a penalty about five minutes into the third but were able to kill it and that seemed to spark the Mooseheads as they started pressing. Veteran Jake Ryczek scored with exactly 10 minutes left which gave the home team some life but they couldn't get past the Eagles goaltender to get the score even closer. In the end, Cape Breton secures their victory with an empty netter which made the game 5-2 and avenged a loss to the Moose last night in Sydney. Tonight's attendance was the highest in attendance for a home opener in franchise history with 9,949 in attendance.

FINAL: Screaming Eagles 5 at Mooseheads 2
Stars: 3. Jake Ryzek HAL | 2. Kevin Mandolese CAP | 1. Mitchell Balmas CAP
Attendance: 9,949
MC’s Top Herd: Jake Ryzek

GAME LOGFirst period2:53 HAL Jared McIssac (4) | A: Ryzek
7:57 CAP Mitchell Balmas (9) | A: none
9:53 CAP Declan Smith (4) | A: Balmas & Sokolov
18:01 CAP Isiah Campbell (2) | A: Forest

Second periodNo Scoring

Third period2:30 CAP Adam McCormick (2) | A: Laferriere
10:00 HAL Jocktan Chainey (1) | A: Groulx & Durandeau
17:56 CAP Leon Gawanke (6) EN | A: Smith & Proulx

Shots: 28-27 in favour of Cape Breton
Powerplay: CAP 0-for-3; HAL 0-for-2

NOT DRESSED – Samuel Dube, Ostap Safin, and Kyle Petten were out with injuries and Brock McLeod was a healthy scratch.

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UP NEXT – Halifax will stay home and welcome the Val d'Or Foreurs a week from today for the first of two meetings on the year. Puck drops at 7pm.