Halifax Open New Season With Victory

Photo - Jeremy Fraser (Saltwire)

The 2021-22 regular season got underway for our Halifax Mooseheads on Friday night and the good guys came away with a 3-2 victory to start the year. Halifax got off to a slow start as veteran Connor Trenholm scored the first goal of the game for Cape Breton at the 11:28 mark of the opening period. Just over two minutes later, sophomore Jordan Dumais tied the game up on the power-play and Halifax basically took over the match from there. The Eagles were celebrating the beginning of their 25th season this evening and tried to make a comeback in the third period as they outshot the Herd 10-5 in the final frame but they were down 3-1 with less than 12 minutes to go in the game. Recently acquired overager Sean Larochelle, who is the captain for the black and gold, scored his first goal with Cape Breton late in the third to make it a close one. Wasn't much action in between play despite these two teams being provincial rivals until after the final buzzer went as there was some shoving and discussions before players got off the ice. Four players (two from each team) received unsportsmanlike conduct penalties from the scrum so we may see some extra punishment tomorrow. 

FINAL: Mooseheads 3 at Eagles 2
Stars: 3. Jordan Dumais HAL | 2. Connor Trenholm CAP | 1. Brady James HAL
Attendance: 2,113

Game Log
First period 
11:28 CAP Connor Trenholm (1), PP | A: Shortall & Buteau
13:36 HAL Jordan Dumais (1), PP | A: Whynot & Peeters

Second period
18:53 HAL Markus Vidicek (1) | A: Orr & Dumais

Third period 
8:06 HAL Landon Miron (1), PP | A: Schultz & Cataford
19:04 CAP Sean Larochelle (1) | A: Ivan & Stairs 

Powerplay: HAL - 2-for-4; CAP - 1-for-4
Shots: 28-24 in favour of Halifax

SCORES
Moncton 2 at Acadie-Bathurst 4
Charlottetown 4 at Saint John 2
Rimouski 3 at Quebec 2
Sherbrooke 2 at Rouyn-Noranda 3
Drummondville 2 at Val-d'Or 5
Baie-Comeau 2 at Chicoutimi 3
Gatineau 1 at Blainville-Boisbriand 2
Victoriaville 3 at Shawinigan 2 SO

Missing in Action: Attilio Biasca (injured), William Robitaille (healthy), James Swan (injured), Zachary L'Heureux (suspended), Elliot Desnoyers (NHL camp)

Up next: Halifax will host their home opener on Saturday night against Cape Breton. Puck drops at 7 p.m.