Big Third Leads to Win

The Halifax Mooseheads got their first win on home ice. After an unfortunate loss in their home opener a week ago, Halifax started off slow but finished strong to send the Moose Country fans home happy. Val-d'Or scored the opening goal of the match and led 1-0 after 20 minutes though it was a pretty back and forth game in the first period. Alex Gravel made a couple of amazing saves in the dying seconds of the frame to keep it a one goal game and the boys in front of him seemed to wake up in the second as the Herd got two goals one minute apart just minutes into the middle frame by Walter Flower and Jordan Maher. A goal by the Foreurs' Ivan Kozlov towards the end of the period tied the game, however it really should not have counted as Flower got high sticked right before the goal was scored. In the third, the home team put a ton of pressure on Mathieu Marquis, getting 16 shots towards the Val-d'Or goaltender and they were able to convert on a few of those. A powerplay marker by Samuel Asselin about 5 minutes into the final frame ended up being the game winner while Flower scored his second of the night (and season) minutes later. Veteran Benoit-Olivier Groulx finished the scoring off with a couple of power play goals in the final minutes to put the game out of reach.

FINAL: Foreurs 2 at Mooseheads 6
Stars: 3. Ostap Safin HAL | 2. Samuel Asselin HAL | 1. Walter Flower HAL
Attendance: 8,256
MC's Top Herd: Walter Flower

GAME LOG
First period
18:22 VDO Julien Tessier (8), PP | A: Ouellet & Kozlov

Second period
5:16 HAL Walter Flower (1) | A: Durandeau & Lavoie
6:16 HAL Jordan Maher (3) | A: Parent & Kyte
18:55 VDO Ivan Kozlov (5) | A: Tessier & Farmer

Third period
4:59 HAL Samuel Asselin (10), PP | A: Safin & Barron
6:58 HAL Walter Flower (2) | A: Groulx & Safin
15:35 HAL Benoit-Olivier Groulx (7), PP | A: Morand & McIsaac
16:42 HAL Benoit-Olivier Groulx (8), PP | A: McIsaac & Lavoie

Shots: 41-23 in favour of Halifax
Powerplay: VDO - 1-for-4; HAL - 3-for-4

NOT DRESSED - Jocktan Chainey (injured), Samuel Dube (injured), Brock McLeod (healthy) and Kyle Petten (injured)

SCORES
Cataractes 2 at Oceanic 6
Armada 1 at Sagueneens 3
Sea Dogs 1 at Drakkar 8
Titan 3 at Screaming Eagles 2
Huskies 4 at Olympiques 3
Islanders 4 at Tigres 3 OT

UP NEXT - The top two teams in the Maritimes will go head to head Sunday afternoon as your Mooseheads host the Moncton Wildcats tomorrow. Puck drops at 2pm.