Second Period Domination Boosts Herd

A dominating second period gave our Halifax Mooseheads the boost it needed as they skated to their fourth straight win on Friday night, picking up a 5-3 victory over the Moncton Wildcats. The away team got on the board first as Alex Mercier broke the scoreless game with a minute remaining in the opening frame. The first period went pretty quickly with only like three whistles and no penalties. Halifax came out flying in the middle frame and Jordan Dumais scored to tie the game at 1 a piece at the 4:38 mark. It would be the first of four goals in the period for the home team who found themselves up 4-1 after 40 minutes. The Mooseheads outshot the Wildcats 27-1 in the period and 44-19 overall. Dumais scored his third of the game to extend the lead to 5-1 but Moncton wasn't going away easily as they got two goals from Alexis Daniel to make it close. The hot start to April has given the Herd a 7 point lead on the Cats in the standings as we near the end of the regular season. 

FINAL: Wildcats 3 at Mooseheads 5
Stars: 3. Attilio Biasca HAL | 2. James Swan HAL | 1. Jordan Dumais HAL
Attendance: 5,770
MC's Top Herd: Jordan Dumais

Game Log
First period
19:00 MON Alex Mercier (4) | A: Casey & Mueller

Second period 
4:38 HAL Jordan Dumais (28), PP | A: Desnoyers & Schultz
8:01 HAL James Swan (8) | A: None
17:24 HAL Attilio Biasca (11) | A: Schultz
19:12 HAL Jordan Dumais (29) | A: Beauregard & Cataford

Third period
4:10 HAL Jordan Dumais (30) | A: None
7:24 MON Alexis Daniel (11), PP | A: Cloutier & Kalmikov
11:21 MON Alexis Daniel (12) | A: None

Shots: 44-19 in favour of Halifax
Powerplay: MON - 1-for-2; HAL - 1-for-3

SCORES 
Gatineau 2 at Acadie-Bathurst 3 OT
Rouyn-Noranda 5 at Val-d'Or 2
Victoriaville 4 at Chicoutimi 2
Sherbrooke at Drummondville 
Shawinigan at Rimouski

Missing in action: Vincent Gauthier (healthy scratch)

Up next: The Mooseheads will host the league-leading Quebec Remparts for DND Appreciation Night tomorrow. Puck drops at 7 p.m.

Photo - Shawn Davidson