Rouyn-Noranda wins

May 22, 2019 
Rouyn-Noranda Huskies vs. Halifax Mooseheads

Attendance: 10,004

The Halifax Mooseheads celebrated despite losing a close game against the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies to finish the round robin on Wednesday night. Because of the way the Canadian Hockey League decides their tie-break scenarios for first place if three teams have 2-1 records, the Herd needed to lose by one goal with the score 4-3 or lower, if they couldn't win, to secure a bye to the Memorial Cup championship game. That 4-3 result was how the match would end after the Huskies dominated in the third period and were able to get two goals past Alexis Gravel. It looked like Rouyn-Noranda might get the result they wanted to get the bye as they led 2-0 after twenty minutes with goals from Felix Bibeau and Joel Teasdale but Halifax took the intermission to regroup and had a very strong period. The Mooseheads scored three times in the middle frame, including a power play goal from Antoine Morand, which was his third of the tournament, coming with just 43 seconds left. William Rouleau picked up his first at the 10:!3 mark, making a lot of the 10,000 fans nervous. Jakub Lauko scored in the final minute to give his team the victory.

Final: Halifax 3 at Rouyn-Noranda 4
Shot count: Huskies - 40, Mooseheads - 27
Goal scorers: Felix Bibeau ROU (2) P1 14:38, Joel Teasdale ROU (2) P1 15:50, Benoit-Olivier Groulx HAL (1) P2 0:48, Arnaud Durandeau HAL (1) P2 7:34, Antoine Morand HAL (3) P2 19:!7, William Rouleau ROU (1) P3 10:13, Jakub Lauko ROU (2) P3 19:05
Powerplay: HAL 1/3, ROU 0/2
3 stars: 3. Jakub Lauko ROU, 2. Benoit-Olivier Groulx HAL, 1. Peter Abbandonato ROU