Seventh Heaven

The longest win streak of the season just got longer as our Halifax Mooseheads defeated the visiting Blainville-Boisbriand Armada on Sunday afternoon. It was the Mooseheads seventh straight victory and the boys still had some scoring in them after Saturday’s thumping. Alex Gravel picked up his 4th shutout of 2018-19 as Halifax won by a score of 4-0. Ben Higgins got the Scotiabank Centre going at the 11:21 mark in the first period, scoring his 8th of the season. Blainville-Boisbriand was looking to leave the Maritimes with a clean sweep of victories but Gravel put a kibosh to that as he stopped all 22 shots he faced en-route to being named the first star. Despite really outshooting them the whole game, it was pretty tight with the Armada defense blocking a number of shots and getting in the way of the players on the home team. The match was also physical with multiple full line scrums, a few of which led to fights. Halifax couldn’t even celebrate their victory right away as Keith Getson got taken down at the buzzer by Alexander Katerinakis. With about 3 minutes, the Armada decided to pull their goaltender trying to get back in the game but it was a little too late and Walter Flower scored in the empty net to clinch the match for the Herd.

FINAL: Armada 0 at Mooseheads 4
Stars: 3. Brendan Cregan BLB | 2. Keith Getson HAL | 1. Alexis Gravel HAL
Attendance: 8,960
MC’s Top Herd: Alexis Gravel

GAME LOG
First period
11:21 HAL Ben Higgins (8) | A: Groulx & Kyte

Second period
10:29 HAL Arnaud Durandeau (30), PP | A: McIsaac & Asselin

Third period
11:08 HAL Keith Getson (24), PP | A: Parent & Lavoie
18:09 HAL Walter Flower (6), EN | A: Bishop & Higgins

Shots: 39-22 in favour of Halifax
Powerplay: BLB – 0-for-5; HAL – 2-for-3

NOT DRESSED – Ostap Safin, Max Trepanier, Alexis Sansfacon, Cole Stewart and Jocktan Chainey all out with injuries

SCORES
Sea Dogs 3 at Islanders 4
Remparts 6 at Titan 5 OT
Wildcats 4 at Oceanic 3 OT
Sagueneens 0 at Voltigeurs 6
Drakkar 4 at Olympiques 2

UP NEXT – Halifax will welcome the last place Acadie-Bathurst Titan to town on Wednesday night. Puck drops at 7pm.