Saturday, November 24, 2018

Nov 24: Mooseheads vs. Drakkar preview


HALIFAX MOOSEHEADS VS BAIE-COMEAU DRAKKAR

Puck drops at 7:00pm

TV: Webcast | Radio: News 95.7 | Live: @MC_MooseCountry
Scotiabank Centre (10,595) ~ Halifax, NS


Who's ready for some Saturday night hockey? Your Halifax Mooseheads will have another tough game when they welcome the Baie-Comeau Drakkar to Scotiabank Centre this evening. The Drakkar are one point ahead of Halifax coming into tonight's match however the Herd have 3 games in hand. Halifax has been playing quite well until their game on Tuesday, going 5-0-1 in their last six while Baie-Comeau is 0-1-1 in their past two matches. Speaking of that game on Tuesday, the boys will need to play way better than they did that night where they built a 3-0 lead in the first than mustered only 7 shots in the final 40 minutes and allowing Charlottetown to tie the game. These two clubs seem to follow similar paths in being contenders and lower in the standings at the same time. They met in the President's Cup final in 2013 and are projected to go deep in the playoffs this season. Moose Country, we should be in for a good one.

This is the second and final game between these two teams. Halifax has a 0-1-0-0 record against the Drakkar while Baie-Comeau is 1-0-0-0 versus the Mooseheads. The last game was on October 6 where the Mooseheads picked up their second loss of the season by a score of 3-2 in Baie-Comeau with Alex Gravel getting the 1st star in a 37 save performance.

Overall Records
Drakkar: 17-6-1-1 = 36pts (3rd overall, 1st in East division)
Mooseheads: 17-4-1-0 = 35pts (4th overall, 2nd in Maritimes division)

Leading Scorers
HAL: Samuel Asselin 27pts (15G & 12A), Benoit-Olivier Groulx 27pts (13G & 14A), Arnaud Durandeau 26pts (11G & 15A)
BAC: Ivan Chekhovich 42pts (20G & 22A), Nathan Legare 36pts (17G & 19A), Gabriel Fortier 34pts (12G & 22A)

Previous Games
Baie-Comeau is coming off a 5-4 overtime loss against the Screaming Eagles on Thursday. Gabriel Fortier led the Drakkar with a goal and 2 assists while Justin Blanchette made 28 saves in Cape Breton.

Halifax is coming off a 4-3 victory on Tuesday night in overtime against Charlottetown. Benoit-Olivier Groulx scores the winner while Alex Gravel gave the Mooseheads a chance to win with the Islanders outshooting the home team 36-22.

Head-to-Head
October 6  Mooseheads 2 at Drakkar 3
September 24  7pm  Drakkar at Mooseheads

Out of Town
Saint John vs. Sherbrooke - 7:00pm
Moncton vs. Drummondville - 7:30pm
Gatineau vs. Rouyn-Noranda - 8:00pm
Blainville-Boisbriand vs. Chicoutimi - 8:00pm
Victoriaville vs. Rimouski - 8:00pm

After the Buzzer
Halifax will be back on home ice tomorrow after when they host the Drummondville Voltigeurs. Puck drops at 3pm.

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