Season series versus each team

Below you will find the records of your Halifax Mooseheads versus each of the other seventeen teams in the Q plus the monthly records for the team this season. (note: Halifax's score is listed first)

West division
Blainville-Boisbriand 2 games 2-0-0-0 {3-2, 5-4OT}
Gatineau 2 games 1-0-0-1 {4-3SO, 2-3SO}
Rouyn-Noranda 2 games 0-0-1-1 {2-3SO, 2-3OT}
Val-d'Or 2 games 1-1-0-0 {3-2OT, 3-4}

Central division
Drummondville 2 games 1-1-0-0 {5-2, 4-6}
Shawinigan 2 games 2-0-0-0 {6-3, 5-2}
Sherbrooke 2 games 1-1-0-0 {6-2, 0-3}
Victoriaville 2 games 1-0-1-0 {3-4OT, 5-2}

East division
Baie-Comeau 2 games 2-0-0-0 {4-2, 4-0}
Chicoutimi 2 games 1-1-0-0 {5-8, 4-3OT}
Quebec 2 games 2-0-0-0 {2-1SO, 4-3}
Rimouski 2 games 2-0-0-0 {5-3, 6-1}

Maritimes division
Acadie-Bathurst 9 games 7-2-0-0 {6-4, 6-3, 4-7, 6-1, 4-0, 6-2, 4-1, 0-1, 6-3}
Cape Breton 9 games 6-2-1-0 {5-4OT, 3-5, 6-2, 5-6OT, 11-3, 5-4, 4-1, 6-1, 1-2}
Charlottetown 9 games 7-1-1-0 {3-1, 4-1, 0-2, 7-3, 7-2, 4-5SO, 4-2, 9-0, 10-5}
Moncton 9 games 6-2-1-0 {3-5, 8-3, 4-5, 3-4OT, 6-4, 11-3, 4-2, 6-4, 8-5}
Saint John 8 games 8-0-0-0 {7-0, 9-4, 5-0, 6-4, 8-1, 10-7, 5-2, 4-3}

Monthly records
October 12 games ~ 8-1-2-1 record overall, 3-0-1-1 home, 5-1-1-0 away
November 13 games ~ 7-6-0-0 record overall, 5-3-0-0 home, 2-3-0-0 away
December 10 games ~ 8-0-2-0 record overall, 3-0-1-0 home, 5-0-1-0 away
January 10 games ~ 10-0-0-0 record overall, 7-0-0-0 home, 3-0-0-0 away

February 11 games ~ 7-2-0-2 record overall, 2-0-0-0 home, 5-2-0-2 away
March 12 games ~ 10-2-0-0 record overall, 7-1-0-0 home, 3-1-0-0 away

Overtime/shootout records
OT ~ three overtime win, four overtime loss
SO ~ three shootout win, three shootout loss

Around the CHL ~ volume #2 season edition #14

For the first time since 2019, all three leagues will be doing playoffs and starting at the same time. With the regular season ending across the country in junior hockey over the past weekend, I thought I would share who led each team in the player categories and the division winners. Names below probably won't be a surprise but it is nice to see a Halifax Moosehead on the leader board once again. 

League leaders
Goals - Connor Bedard 71 goals (WHL Regina Pats), Alexandre Doucet 58 goals (QMJHL Halifax Mooseheads), Matthew Maggio 54 goals (OHL Windsor Spitfires)
Assists - Jordan Dumais 86 assists (QMJHL Halifax Mooseheads), Ty Volt 81 assists (OHL Sarnia Sting), Connor Bedard 72 assists (WHL Regina Pats)
Points - Connor Bedard 143 points (WHL Regina Pats), Jordan Dumais 140 points (QMJHL Halifax Mooseheads), Matthew Maggio 111 points (OHL Windsor Spitfires)
Defenceman points - Pavel Mintyukov 88 points (OHL Ottawa 67's), Tristan Luneau 83 points (QMJHL Gatineau Olympiques), Ben Zloty 81 points (WHL Winnipeg ICE)
Rookie points - Alexander Suzdalev 86 points (WHL Regina Pats), Maxim Masse 62 points (QMJHL Chicoutimi Sagueneens), Michael Misa 56 points (OHL Saginaw Spirit)
Goalie wins - Dylan Ernst 38 wins (WHL Kamloops Blazeers), Mathis Rousseau 36 wins (QMJHL Halifax Mooseheads), Dom DiVincentiis 36 wins (OHL North Bay Battalion)
Save percentage - Nathan Darveau 0.929 SAV% (QMJHL Victoriaville Tigres), Thomas Milic 0.928 SAV% (WHL Seattle Thunderbirds), Dom DiVincentiis 0.919 SAV% (OHL North Bay Battalion)
Goals against average - Thomas Milic 2.08 GAA (WHL Seattle Thunderbirds), William Rousseau 2.22 GAA (QMJHL Quebec Remparts), Dom DiVincentiis 2.33 GAA (OHL North Bay Battalion)

Division leaders
WHL - Winnipeg ICE 115 points/57 wins (East division), Seattle Thunderbirds 111 points/54 wins (U.S. division), Kamloops Blazers 103 points/48 wins (B.C. division), Red Deer Rebels 92 points/43 wins (Central division)
OHL - Ottawa 67's 107 points/51 wins (East division), North Bay Battalion 99 points/48 wins (Central division), Windsor Spitfires 94 points/44 wins (West division), London Knights 92 points/45 wins (Midwest division)
QMJHL - Quebec Remparts 109 points/53 wins (East division), Halifax Mooseheads 107 points/50 wins (Maritimes division), Sherbrooke Phoenix 105 points/50 wins (Central division), Gatineau Olympiques 105 points/49 wins (West division)

BMO CHL top ten ~ week 25
1. Gatineau Olympiques {49-12-5-2} week 24 #1
2. Sherbrooke Phoenix {50-13-3-2} week 24 #4
3. Winnipeg ICE {57-10-1-0} week 24 #3
4. Seattle Thunderbirds {54-11-1-2} week 24 #2
5. Quebec Remparts {53-12-1-2} week 24 #6
6. Ottawa 67's {51-12-3-2} week 24 #8
7. Halifax Mooseheads {50-11-4-3} week 24 #5
8. North Bay Battalion {48-17-2-1} week 24 #10
9. Kamloops Blazers {48-13-4-3} week 24 #7
10. Saskatoon Blades {48-15-4-1} week 24 HM
Honorable mentions: Sarnia Sting {41-18-5-4 #9}, Barrie Colts {42-17-6-3 HM}, Prince George Cougars {37-24-6-1 n/a}

Round 1 Schedule is Out

The road to the newly named Gilles Courteau Trophy begins on Friday around the league. 

After another interesting season that ended on a high note for our Halifax Mooseheads picking up their 50th win of the season, the Herd finished second in the league. The QMJHL announced yesterday the full schedule for round 1 of the 2023 playoffs. It will be a Battle of Nova Scotia series as our Mooseheads will take on the seventh place Cape Breton Eagles. The league has gone back to a best-of-seven series for all four rounds with this one being the normal 2-2-1-1-1 format. 

Find the schedule of the Eagles-Mooseheads series below:

Game 1  Friday March 31 @ 7:00pm at Scotiabank Centre
Game 2  Saturday April 1 @ 7:00pm at Scotiabank Centre
Game 3  Tuesday April 4 @ 7:00pm at Centre 200
Game 4  Wednesday April 5 @ 7:00pm at Centre 200
*Game 5  Friday April 7 @ 7:00pm at Scotiabank Centre
*Game 6  Sunday April 9 @ 4:00pm at Centre 200
*Game 7  Tuesday April 11 @ 7:00pm at Scotiabank Centre

*if necessary 

Single game tickets for Games 1 and 2 are already on sale and can be purchased at the Scotiabank Centre Box Office or online at ticketatlantic.com. 

STATS SUNDAY: March

Games played: 12
Record: 10-2-0-0, 20pts
Goals for/against: 65/29
Powerplay*: 27.1%
Penalty kill*: 81.0%
Shutouts: One

Top 5 leading scorers
Points: Jordan Dumais 31, Josh Lawrence 31, Alexandre Doucet 26, Attilio Biasca 14, Brady Schultz 12
Goals: Alexandre Doucet 13, Jordan Dumais 10, Josh Lawrence 10, Evan Boucher 6, Attilio Biasca 5
Assists: Jordan Dumais 21, Josh Lawrence 21, Alexandre Doucet 13, Brady Schultz 12, Attilio Biasca 9
Penalty minutes: Mathieu Cataford 13, Dylan MacKinnon 12, Evan Boucher 11, Zachary L'Heureux 9, Alexandre Doucet 8
Plus/minus: Josh Lawrence +16, Alexandre Doucet +15, Brady Schultz +12, Jake Furlong +9, Jordan Dumais +9
Rookie scoring: Owen Phillips 4pts, Reece Peitzsche 4pts, Braeden MacPhee 4pts, Jack Martin 2pts

Goaltender stats*
Mathis Rousseau     36-7-2-3     2.48 GAA     0.912 SAV%
Brady James     14-4-2-0     3.39 GAA     0.882 SAV%

*overall

Halifax to Face Provincial Rivals

Photo - Herd website

For the first time since 2008, the Halifax Mooseheads will take on their provincial rivals the Cape Breton Eagles in the playoffs as they fight for the 2023 Gilles Courteau Trophy. 

Once again, it took until the last day of the regular season to figure out the playoff opponents but after losing to Cape Breton on Friday night, Halifax was gauranteed the 2nd seed in the Eastern conference. Going into Saturday, Cape Breton and the Baie-Comeau Drakkar were tied with points and a loss by the Eagles followed by a win for Baie-Comeau meant it would be a Battle of Nova Scotia match up in the first round. 

Cape Breton finished the regular season with a record of 30-34-3-1 for 64 points while Halifax finished with a record of 50-11-4-3 for 107 points. The Mooseheads won the season series against the Eagles, going 6-2-1-0 during the year. Like I said above, Cape Breton won the last meeting between the two clubs, 2-1 on Friday with Markus Vidicek scoring the only goal for Halifax.

As division champs, Halifax will host the first two games as well as games 5 and 7, if necessary. Game 1 will be Friday March 31 with the puck dropping at 7:00 pm Atlantic time. 

Single tickets for Games 1 and 2 are already on sale and you can buy them online at ticketatlantic.com, in-person at the Scotiabank Centre box office or by phone at (902)-451-1121. 

Stay tuned to Moose Country for more playoff details and game previews.  

Win #50 Comes in Fan Appreciation Game

Photo - Herd Twitter

For the second time in franchise history, our Halifax Mooseheads have 50 wins during the regular season and the milestone victory came in the fan appreciation game this year. The Mooseheads cruised to a 10-5 win over the Charlottetown Islanders and I would say it is good that we won't be playing them in the playoffs as there was some hatred between the two teams on Saturday evening. Both teams combined for a total of 70 penalty minutes by the end of the day but Halifax had the better luck on the man advantage, going 3 for 6 on the power play while Charlottetown was 1-for-5. The home team got on the board first but didn't have the lead for long as the Islanders tied up the game a little over four minutes later. Zachary L'Heureux would score his first of the night at the 15:29 mark on the PP and the Herd didn't look back as they were up 4-1 after twenty minutes. Josh Lawrence had a big game scoring a hat trick, with the third one being his 50th goal of the season, and picking up 3 assists as well. Leading scorer Jordan Dumais had a four assist night with the second helper being his 138th point of the regular season, which is now a franchise record. With the regular season now over, the team will now focus on the playoffs. 

FINAL: Islanders 5 at Mooseheads 10
Stars: 3. Alexandre Doucet HAL | 2. Jordan Dumais HAL | 1. Josh Lawrence HAL
Attendance: 8,764

GAME LOG
First period
8:28 HAL Josh Lawrence (48), PP | A: Dumais & Doucet
12:52 CHA Kiefer Lyons (6) | A: Romeo
15:29 HAL Zachary L'Heureux (20), PP | A: Lawrence & Schultz
17:10 HAL Josh Lawrence (49), PP | A: Dumais & Schultz
19:16 HAL Zachary L'Heureux (21) | A: Dumais & Lawrence

Second period
3:26 HAL Alexandre Doucet (58), SH | A: Lawrence
11:54 CHA Keiran Gallant (15) | A: Kearsey & Bowness
12:42 HAL Evan Boucher (28) | A: Martin & MacKinnon
16:36 HAL Owen Phillips (4) | A: Dumais
19:01 CHA Michael Horth (27) | A: Morneau & Michel

Third period
0:46 CHA Michael Horth (28), PP | A: Biakabutuka & Morneau
2:48 HAL Josh Lawrence (50) | A: Schultz & Phillips 
6:47 HAL Brody Fournier (13) | A: MacPhee & Martin
8:28 HAL Markus Vidicek (32) | A: Doucet & Boucher 
9:33 CHA Marcus Kearsey (6) | A: Repcik & Marchon

Shots: 41-26 in favour of Halifax
Powerplay: CHA - 1-for-5; HAL - 3-for-6

SCORES
Acadie-Bathurst 7 at Saint John 4
Cape Breton 2 at Moncton 9
Sherbrooke 5 at Victoriaville 4 OT
Gatineau 6 at Blainville-Boisbriand 5
Quebec 1 at Rimouski 0 SO
Baie-Comeau 3 at Chicoutimi 1
Drummondville 2 at Shawinigan 4
Rouyn-Noranda 5 at Val-d'Or 2

Up next: Our Halifax Mooseheads will host games 1 and 2 of the 2023 playoffs on Friday and Saturday. Puck drops at 7pm both nights. 

Historic Night for Dumais

Photo - Myles Dennis

It was a historic night for Jordan Dumais as the 18-year-old recorded 6 points for the Halifax Mooseheads to move into second place on the team's career points list. In what might have been a playoff preview, the home Moose cruised to a pretty easy 9-0 victory over the Charlottetown Islanders on Wednesday evening. Dylan MacKinnon got the party started with just over five minutes remaining in the first period while Attilio Biasca and Alexandre Doucet would add to the lead before the opening frame ended. In the second, it looked like Halifax would continue their second period sit back/play terrible routine but they kept the pressure on and were able to extend the lead to 5-0 after 40 minutes. Dumais scored his 53rd of the season at the 15:34 mark of the middle frame on the power play. Charlottetown would come out in the third period with a new goaltender in net but it didn't help the Islanders at all and in fact, he looked a little worse letting in two goals that probably normally would've been stopped. Three of four goals for Halifax in the final frame were on the power play. Dumais' four assists during the game moved him above Ramzi Abid for the franchise record of assists in a single season with 82. The historic year will continue on Friday I am sure as the Mooseheads fight for first overall in the league. 

FINAL: Islanders 0 at Mooseheads 9
Stars: 3. Zachary L'Heureux HAL | 2. Josh Lawrence HAL | 1. Jordan Dumais HAL
Attendance: 6,964

GAME LOG
First period
14:56 HAL Dylan MacKinnon (6) | A: Dumais & Schultz
17:04 HAL Attilio Biasca (24) | A: Furlong & L'Heureux
18:19 HAL Alexandre Doucet (57) | A: Dumais & Lawrence

Second period 
15:34 HAL Jordan Dumais (53), PP | A: Doucet & Lawrence
19:56 HAL Josh Lawrence (46), PP | A: Schultz & Dumais

Third period
8:36 HAL Jake Furlong (7) | A: Cataford & L'Heureux
9:53 HAL Josh Lawrence (47), PP | A: Doucet & Dumais
12:44 HAL Reece Peitzsche (6), PP | A: Biasca & Cataford
13:43 HAL Jordan Dumais (54), PP | A: Phillips & Lawrence

Shots: 44-20 in favour of Halifax
Powerplay: CHA - 0-for-2, HAL 5-for-7

SCORES
Cape Breton 6 at Moncton 5 OT
Victoriaville 0 at Drummondville 4
Quebec 6 at Shawinigan 3
Gatineau 3 at Sherbrooke 4 OT

Missing in action: Jake Todd (appendix), Cameron Whynot (healthy), Liam Welsh (healthy)

Up next: Halifax will welcome their provincial rivals, the Cape Breton Eagles for Friday night hockey. Puck drops at 7:00pm. 

Alumni at University Cup this weekend

The national championship for university men's hockey is coming up this weekend in Charlottetown, PEI. There will be a few Halifax Mooseheads alumni participating, however there was only one team with former Herd on it to win their regional championship. 

For the second year in a row, Jordan Lepage, Alexis Gravel and the UQTR Patriotes came away as OUA champions on Saturday night. The almost 23-year-old Gravel made 54 saves to help his team win a 3-2 overtime game to get the Queen's Cup against the Windsor Lancers. The first four goals were scored in the first period but then neither team could get the puck past the goaltenders and the match went to a third overtime period. Congratulations to Alex and Jordan on going back-to-back. 

Photo - Patriotes Twitter

Below are the rankings of the teams participating in the 2023 University Cup from March 16-19

1. Calgary Dinos (Canada West champion)
2. UQTR Patriotes (OUA champion)
3. UNB Reds (AUS champion)
4. Windsor Lancers (OUA finalist)
5. Alberta Golden Bears (Canada West finalist)
6. Concordia Stingers (OUA bronze)
7. Saint Mary's Huskies (AUS finalist)
8. UPEI Panthers (Hosts)

Across the eight teams participating in the tournament this year, there will be a total of ten former Mooseheads players. The AUS runner-up Saint Mary's Huskies have the most alum on their team with 4 in defenceman Walter Flower and forwards Keith Getson, Ben Higgins and Joel Bishop. Other guys who played in Moose Country in the past but are now in university whose season has continued are Jordan Maher and Zac Beauregard from the host Panthers, Barrett Dachyshyn with Windsor and Concordia's Maxim Trepanier. 

Good luck to all the players and teams this weekend in Charlottetown. 

QMJHL Names Scholastic POM

Every month, the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League announces a Scholastic Player of the Month which recognizes a player on each team with his performance on ice and in the classroom. The player is selected based on their school results, their implication, the school-hockey conciliation, their team spirit and their on-ice performances. 

For your Halifax Mooseheads, Jack Martin was named the Scholastic Player of the Month for February. Martin had three assists and was a plus-3 in the month while playing 7 games. 

Team	Player	Program	Institution
BAT	Donovan Arsenault	Personal trainer and Business	Acadia University and ISSA
BAC	Matthew MacDonald	Business	Acadia University
BLB	Beck Majdell	Grade 12	Northern Pre University
CAP	Antoine Roy	Business	UNB
CHA	Giovanni Morneau	Management	University of Ottawa
CHI	Matteo Mann	Independent Student	Athabasca University
DRU	Loïc Goyette	Secondary 5	Collège Saint-Bernard
GAT	Noah Warren	Grade 12	Northern Pre University
HAL	Jack Martin	Grade 12	Woodlawn High School
MON	Preston Lounsbury	Grade 12	Bernice McNaughton High School
QUE	David Cooper	Business Administration	Acadia University
RIM	Quinn Kennedy	Grade 11	Bay View High School & NPU
ROU	Mathis Perron	Social Sciences	Cégep de l’Abitibi-Témiscamingue
SNB	Jérémie Richard	Grade 11	Saint John High School
SHA	Angus Booth	Tremplin DEC	Cégep de Shawinigan
SHE	Jaheem Lagacé-Aurélien	Social Sciences	Cégep de Sherbrooke
VDO	Charles-Antoine Beauregard	Social Sciences	Cégep de l’Abitibi-Témiscamingue
VIC	Igor Mburanumwe	Social Sciences	Cégep de Victoriaville

Gameday 58: vs. Cape Breton

PREVIEW - We are into March already which means that playoffs are just around the corner but there are still 10 games remaining in the regular season. Our Halifax Mooseheads will look to finish the regular season strong and it continues tonight as the Cape Breton Eagles come to town. The Herd have already locked up a playoff position as well as the Maritimes division title. In November, I did not think I would be saying that in March. Despite the 37 point gap between these two teams, I expect that it will not be an easy game for the home team as Cape Breton is fighting for a playoff spot still. Tonight's matchup will be a special one as Halifax will be wearing military themed jerseys for DND Appreciation Night. Mooseheads forward Jordan Dumais is running away with the points title with 112 points currently which is more than what he had a season ago, but is followed by teammate Alexandre Doucet in the race. Doucet, who signed an NHL contract earlier this week, showed the Detroit Red Wings that they made a smart decision as he recorded a hat trick and an assist on Thursday night in his first game after the signing. 

Game coverage
TV: Webcast | Radio: News 95.7 | Live: @HFXMooseheads | Post-game: Halifax Mooseheads

Overall records
Mooseheads: 41-9-4-3 = 89 points (1st in Maritimes division, 2nd overall)
Eagles: 24-29-3-1 = 52 points (4th in Maritimes division, 14th overall)

Leading scorers
CAP: Ivan Ivan 73pts (26G & 47A), Samuel Johnson 66pts (31G & 35A), Cam Squires 49pts (22G & 27A)
HAL: Jordan Dumais 112pts (44G & 68A), Alexandre Doucet 93pts (48G & 45A), Josh Lawrence 90pts (40G & 50A)

Head-to-head
Halifax is 5-1-1-0 against the Eagles this season while Cape Breton has a 2-4-1-0 record versus the Mooseheads. The last game between the two clubs was on January 28 where the Mooseheads won 4-1 on home ice as five players had two point games. 

Not playing
Brady James is out with an illness

Out of town
Titan vs. Sea Dogs - 3:00 p.m.
Sagueneens vs. Wildcats - 5:00 p.m.
Cataractes vs. Islanders - 5:00 p.m.
Phoenix vs. Remparts - 7:00 p.m.
Oceanic vs. Olympiques - 8:00 p.m.
Huskies vs. Tigres - 8:00 p.m.

After the buzzer
Halifax will welcome the Acadie-Bathurst Titan tomorrow evening in a make-up match from the February 17 game. Puck drops at 4:00 p.m.