PREVIEW - It's a pivotal game tonight as your Halifax Mooseheads welcome the Rimouski Oceanic to the Scotiabank Centre this evening in their second to last home game of the regular season. These two clubs are separated by just one point since Halifax has gone on a three game winning streak while Rimouski have lost four straight. 17-year-old Jordan Dumais has found his scoring again, and so has the rest of the team after a disappointing March, picking up a record-tying six assists on Tuesday. He continues to lead the team in scoring and is now 4th in the league with 96 points. The Mooseheads will be looking to continue the strong play to end the season. Rimouski hasn't scored as many goals as Halifax this season but they haven't let in as many either so we could be in for a very tight game should both goalies be on their game tonight. Either way, Friday night hockey is always exciting and if you can't be at the arena in person, you can watch the match on Eastlink.
Game coverage
TV: Eastlink | Radio: News 95.7 | Live: @MC_MooseCountry | Post-game: Moose Country
Overall records
Oceanic: 31-23-5-4 = 71 points (2nd in East division, 8th overall)
Mooseheads: 34-28-1-1 = 70 points (4th in Maritimes division, 9th overall)
Leading scorers
HAL: Jordan Dumais 96pts (35G & 61A), Elliot Desnoyers 78pts (36G & 42A), Markus Vidicek 58pts (17G & 41A)
RIM: Xavier Cormier 60pts (27G & 33A), Luka Verreault 54pts (25G & 29A), William Dumoulin 48pts (22G & 26A)
Head-to-head
Halifax is 1-0-0-0 against the Oceanic this season while Rimouski has a 0-1-0-0 versus the Mooseheads. The last game between the two clubs was back on February 5 with Halifax picking up a 7-5 victory on the road. Elliot Desnoyers had four goals to lead the Herd while Brady James made 34 stops against Rimouski.
Last games
Halifax is coming off a dominating 9-3 victory over Cape Breton on Tuesday evening. Jordan Dumais recorded six assists and Evan Boucher had a four goal night to lead the Mooseheads while Brady James made 31 saves on the road against the Eagles.
The Oceanic began their Maritime road trip with a 5-3 defeat to the first place Charlottetown Islanders last night. Xavier Cormier had a goal and 2 assists for Rimouski and rookie goalie Gabriel Robert made 19 saves.
Not playing - Has not been announced
Out of town
Titan vs. Sea Dogs - 7:00 p.m.
Islanders vs. Phoenix - 7:30 p.m.
Foreurs vs. Sagueneens - 8:00 p.m.
Remparts vs. Voltigeurs - 8:00 p.m.
Armada vs. Tigres - 8:30 p.m.
After the buzzer
Halifax will host their fan appreciation night tomorrow afternoon against the Baie-Comeau Drakkar. Puck drops at 3 p.m.
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