Huskies Take It In Moose Country

Game Six Recap

ROU wins series 4-2

HALIFAX - The Rouyn-Noranda Huskies are President Cup champions. Unfortunately for the Halifax faithful they won it at the Scotiabank Centre on Saturday evening by a 4-0 score. After the buzzer went, the fans that stayed did get to congratulate Mooseheads on a great 25th season. Rouyn-Noranda got on the board first when Halifax native Tyler Hinam scored at the 13:32 mark of the first period. Both goaltenders were good the whole game, especially Samuel Harvey who made some really nice saves on Herd chances to keep the shutout. The Huskies came out of the gate flying and commanded the opening frame outshooting the Moose 16-7. Halifax turned it around in the second period but were unable to tie the game before the away team doubled their lead to 2-0 with 9:40 left in the frame. Benoit-Olivier Groulx took a nice pass from Jocktan Chainey soon after and ripped the puck past Harvey but the referees quickly reviewed it, determining it was offside. That would be the only rubber that the 20 year old goalie would allow by him while his team scored two more goals in the third to put it away. Being down 3-0, Eric Vellieux decided to pull Alexis Gravel with four and a half minutes remaining but the home team couldn't get anything through despite a few chances. Rafael Harvey-Pinard clinched Rouyn-Noranda's second league championship in club history with an empty net goal.

FINAL: Huskies 4 at Mooseheads 0
Stars: 3. Tyler Hinam ROU | 2. Alexis Gravel HAL | 1. Samuel Harvey ROU
Attendance: 9,602

GAME LOG
First period
13:32 ROU Tyler Hinam (4) | A: Hrehorcak & Dobson

Second period
10:20 ROU Rafael Harvey-Pinard (12) | A: Bergeron & Dobson

Third period 
13:21 ROU Alex Beaucage (5) | A: Abbandonato
18:49 ROU Rafael Harvey-Pinard (13), EN | A: None

Powerplay: ROU - 0-for-0; HAL - 0-for-2
Shots: 35-28 in favour of Rouyn-Noranda

DID NOT PLAY - Kyle Petten, Samuel Dube, Brock McLeod, Cole Stewart, Alexis Sansfacon and Marcel Barinka were healthy scratches

UP NEXT - Halifax will now play host of the Memorial Cup and will start the tournament against the WHL champions. Puck drops at 8pm.