Mooseheads Hold On For Series Win

Game 7 victory celebration
Photo - Ashley Hennigar

We're off to round two baby! It should've taken seven games but your Halifax Mooseheads officially eliminated the Quebec Remparts on Tuesday evening with a 3-1 victory. After losing the first two matches on home ice, the Mooseheads won 4 of the next five to get the series victory. Right from the opening puck drop, the over 8,000 fans in attendance were taunting Remparts head coach Patrick Roy, who has been very unhappy with goal calls seemingly being biased to the Herd and is just generally an interesting bench boss, with PATRICK chants. Quebec had the puck more often in the first 10 minutes and were able to get on the board first with a marker from Sam Dunn. The 20-year-old was a thorn in Arnaud Durandeau's back later in the third period, holding him and cross checking him but the referees just let the two teams play. Maxim Trepanier has been dominate since he returned from injury and he picked up his third goal of the post-season with just under 6 minutes remaining in the first to square the score. Jocktan Chainey broke the even game with a nice goal which was the second one of the match that Roy asked to be reviewed. Halifax played a pretty good defensive game in the final frame to hold the Remparts off the score sheet but there were a few minutes were the away team had some good pressure, especially during their power play in the third period. The Herd extended their lead late in the game and with 30 seconds left, the Moose Country faithful knew that it was over and stood cheering for the final moments plus the team celebration and handshakes.

FINAL: Remparts 1 at Mooseheads 3
Stars: 3. Sam Dunn QUE | 2. Jocktan Chainey HAL | 1. Alex Gravel HALAttendance: 8,168

GAME LOG
First period
8:27 QUE Sam Dunn (2) | A: Verrette & St- Laurent
14:09 HAL Maxim Trepainer (3), PP | A: Ryczek & Parent

Second period
4:41 HAL Jocktan Chainey (1) | A: Getson & Durandeau

Third period
17:13 HAL Keith Getson (3) | A: Kyte & Lavoie

Powerplay: QUE - 0-for-2; HAL - 1-for-2
Shots: 31-27 in favour of Halifax

DID NOT PLAY- Cole Stewart (injured), Sam Dube (healthy), Alexis Sansfacon (healthy), Benoit-Olivier Groulx (sick) and Marcel Barinka (healthy)

SCORES
Tigres 4 vs. Foreurs 3 OT
Drakkar 2 vs. Wildcats 3

UP NEXT- Halifax will open the second round of the playoffs where they will take on the Moncton Wildcats. Puck drops at 7pm.