Jan 13: Mooseheads vs. Huskies preview

HALIFAX MOOSEHEADS VS ROUYN-NORANDA HUSKIES
January 13, 2019 at 3:00pm
TV: Webcast | Radio: News 95.7 | Live: @MC_MooseCountry
Scotiabank Centre (10,595) ~ Halifax, NS

Our Halifax Mooseheads will face their biggest test of the season this afternoon as they welcome the league leading Rouyn-Noranda Huskies to the Scotiabank Centre. The Huskies lead the QMJHL with 34 wins and 69 points so far in 2018-19. Halifax is no slouch either though, the Mooseheads have 29 victories in 41 games and are second in their conference. Surprisingly, Rouyn-Noranda only has one player in the league's top 5 scorers but they do have the best goaltender in Samuel Harvey who leads all eligible goalies in goals against average and save percentage. The team as a whole have let in the least amount of goals with only 90. It should be a low scoring tight match up as Halifax has let in only 13 more goals than the Huskies and Alex Gravel is third in the Q in save percentage. Hopefully we'll be in for a good game with the home team picking up their 30th win.

This is the first game between these teams this year. Last season, Halifax was 1-1-0-0 against the Huskies while Rouyn-Noranda had a 1-1-0-0 record versus the Mooseheads. The last matchup was on December 9 where Filip Zadina and Jared McIsaac had a goal and an assist each in a 7-2 loss in Rouyn-Noranda.

Overall Records
Huskies: 34-7-0-1 = 69pts (1st overall, 1st in West division)
Mooseheads: 29-9-2-1 = 61pts (4th overall, 1st in Maritimes division)

Leading Scorers
HAL: Samuel Asselin 49pts (29G & 20A), Raphael Lavoie 43pts (19G & 24A), Antoine Morand 41pts (14G & 27A)
ROU: Peter Abbandonato 70pts (20G & 50A), Alex Beaucage 48pts (22G & 26A), Rafael Harvey-Pinard 45pts (19G & 26A)

Previous Games
Rouyn-Noranda is coming off a 5-4 shootout victory in Charlottetown on Saturday evening. Alex Beaucage led the Huskies with two goals and an assist while Rafael Harvey-Pinard scored the overtime winner against the Islanders.

Halifax is coming off a 3-0 defeat to the Screaming Eagles on Friday. Alex Gravel took the loss in Cape Breton and made 20 saves for the Mooseheads who were shutout for the first time this season.

Head-to-Head
January 13  3pm  Huskies at Mooseheads
March 2  8pm  Mooseheads at Huskies

Out of Town
Drummondville vs. Quebec - 4:00pm
Sherbrooke vs. Blainville-Boisbriand - 4:00pm
Moncton vs. Charlottetown - 4:00pm
Chicoutimi vs. Val-d'Or - 5:00pm

After the Buzzer
Halifax will head to Bathurst for a mid-week game against the Acadie-Bathurst Titan in the first match up of a home and home series. Puck drops at 7pm.