MEMORIAL CUP GAME #1: WHL vs. Hosts

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2019 Memorial Cup Game One

Round Robin

Prince Albert Raiders at Halifax Mooseheads

May 17 - 8:00pm

Scotiabank Centre

It's finally here! It's the opening game of the Memorial Cup here in Halifax and it will begin with our Halifax Mooseheads taking on the WHL champion Prince Albert Raiders tonight at 8pm. Even though the Herd have known for more than a year that they will be in this tournament on the national stage, they still wanted to show that they are a competitor during it and made it all the way to the QMJHL finals. Prince Albert won the Western Hockey League just on Monday so it's a quick turn around for the Raiders who had to get the Game 7 victory in overtime. The Raiders goaltender Ian Scott was named CHL goaltender of the week the other day and was also given the MVP trophy for the WHL playoffs. He has the best save percentage and the lowest goals against average out of the remaining four net keepers so the Mooseheads will have to shoot a lot and get Scott moving. Just like regular season records don't really matter in the playoffs, you can throw post-season records out as well now that we're in the Memorial Cup because it's so quick.

Prince Albert: 1st East Division, 1st Eastern Conference, 1st WHL 54-10-2-2=112 points

Brett Leason (10G & 15A), Dante Hannoun (14G & 10A), Noah Gregor (13G & 11A)

Ian Scott 16-6-1-0, 1.96 GAA, 0.925 SAV%

def. Red Deer Rebels (4-0, quarters), Saskatoon Blades (4-2, semis), Edmonton Oil Kings (4-2, finals), Vancouver Giants (4-3, WHL finals)

Coached by Marc Habscheid 

Halifax: 1st Maritimes Division, 1st Eastern Conference, 3rd QMJHL 49-15-2-2=102 points

Raphael Lavoie (20G & 12A), Arnaud Durandeau (10G & 10A), Maxim Trepanier (6G & 14A)

Alexis Gravel 14-8-0-0, 2.73 GAA, 0.917 SAV%

def. Quebec Remparts (4-3, 1st round), Moncton Wildcats (4-0, quarters), Drummondville Voltigeurs (4-2, semis), by Rouyn-Noranda Huskies (4-2, finals)

Coached by Eric Veilleux