PREVIEW - After being delayed for a week because of Hurricane Fiona, our Halifax Mooseheads will have their home opener finally this evening as they welcome the Cape Breton Eagles to the Scotiabank Centre. It's the first game for both teams during the 2022-23 regular season as the storm created a number of postponements the past seven days. Halifax will be debuting their new look tonight in front of the Moose Country faithful, who have had mixed feelings about the updated logo. The Mooseheads should have a full roster Saturday as forwards Jordan Dumais, the team's leading scorer last year, and Zachary L'Heureux were returned to the club by their respective NHL teams in the last 48 hours. The team is expected to be a Cup contender this season and will have a few new players in the line-up which includes import defenseman David Moravec and free-agent forward Brody Fournier. Cape Breton's top point getter Ivan Ivan is back this year for the Eagles as an assistant captain after spending time at Detroit Red Wings camp. The Eagles are predicted to finish in the lower part of the standings and have quite a different roster than they did in 2021-22 including a new head coach in Jon Goyens. Despite all this, the battle of Nova Scotia matches are always an exciting time so get ready to rock the arena as the Herd kick off their season.
Game coverage
TV: Webcast | Radio: News 95.7 | Live: @MC_MooseCountry | Post-game: Halifax Mooseheads
Overall records
Mooseheads: 0-0-0-0 = 0 points (3rd in Maritimes division, 12th overall)
Eagles: 0-0-0-0 = 0 points (5th in Maritimes division, 14th overall)
Leading scorers
CAP: n/a
HAL: n/a
Head-to-head
Like I said this is the first game between these two this season. During 2021-22, Halifax went 8-0-0-1 against the Eagles while Cape Breton had a 1-8-0-0 record versus the Mooseheads. The two clubs finished last season in Sydney on May 1 with Halifax coming on top 5-4 as Mathieu Cataford provided three assists in the win.
Not playing
Probably will be some healthy scratches
Out of town
Oceanic vs. Armada - 5:00 p.m.
Sagueneens vs. Drakkar - 5:00 p.m.
Phoenix vs. Foreurs - 5:00 p.m.
Sea Dogs vs. Wildcats - 7:00 p.m.
Titan vs. Islanders - 7:00 p.m.
Huskies vs. Cataractes - 8:00 p.m.
Olympiques vs. Remparts - 8:00 p.m.
After the buzzer
Halifax will head to New Brunswick to take on the Acadie-Bathurst Titan on Wednesday night. Puck drops at 7:00 p.m.
