Dec 6: Mooseheads vs. Eagles preview

HALIFAX MOOSEHEADS VS CAPE BRETON EAGLES

Puck drops at 7:00pm

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Scotiabank Centre (10,595) ~ Halifax, NS

A tough month continues for our Halifax Mooseheads as they welcome the 7th overall Cape Breton Eagles to the Scotiabank Centre tonight. There are currently on 5 points between these two teams and with the clubs having two home and home series in December, it could prove critical at the end of the season who finishes with home ice advantage in the playoffs or not depending on how they turn out. Cape Breton has been dominate over Halifax this year so far picking up two blow out wins. This evening's match might be the last for Benoit-Olivier Groulx, Jared McIsaac and Raphael Lavoie in a Mooseheads uniform as the three players are set to head off to Ontario for Team Canada selection camp and will most likely make the team for the world juniors and some believe that they will be traded while they are away. The Eagles have been struggling recently however so maybe this is the time for Halifax to get revenge as Cape Breton is 4-5-0-1 in their last 10 games.

This is the fourth game between these two clubs this season. Halifax is 0-3-0-0 against the Eagles while Cape Breton has a 3-0-0-0 record versus the Mooseheads. The last match was back on October 29 where the visiting Eagles recorded a 7-1 win with Raphael Lavoie scoring the lone goal for Halifax.  

Overall records
Eagles: 16-10-1-1 = 34pts (3rd in Maritimes division, 7th overall)
Mooseheads: 13-12-2-1 = 29pts (4th in Maritimes division, 11th overall)

Leading scorers
HAL: Raphael Lavoie 41pts (17G & 24A), Benoit-Olivier Groulx 37pts (12G & 25A), Maxim Trepanier 36pts (18G & 18A)
CAP: Egor Sokolov 47pts (21G & 26A), Ryan Francis 40pts (14G & 26A), Shawn Boudrias 32pts (16G & 16A)

Out of Town
Phoenix vs. Wildcats    7:00pm
Foreurs vs. Oceanic     8:00pm
Armada vs. Cataractes     8:30pm
Sagueneens vs. Titan    8:30pm
Voltigeurs vs. Sea Dogs     8:30pm
Olympiques vs. 67's     8:30pm
Drakkar vs. Islanders     8:30pm

After the Buzzer
The two clubs will finish this home and home series in Sydney on Saturday evening. Puck drops at 7pm.