Game Day 67: at Moncton

Our Halifax Mooseheads will hit the road to take on the CHL’s top team this evening as they visit the Moncton Wildcats. This will be the last road game of the regular season for the Herd and on the opposite side, it is Moncton’s home finale. As such, puck drop will be a bit delayed as the Wildcats have a special presentation for their 20 year old players. The ceremony will be a good chance for Halifax to appreciate former forward Markus Vidicek and goaltender Mathis Rousseau as well. Like I mentioned, Moncton is ranked #1 in the latest CHL top 10 rankings so they will be hard to beat for the Moose. However, we may see them sit their top players and who knows, they could take it easy thinking they have a win in the bag. The Mooseheads do have a playoff spot clinched now after picking up a victory on Sunday but I’m sure they would like to still get wins this weekend to have a ‘better’ matchup in the postseason. 

Game coverage
TV: Webcast | Radio: News 95.7 | Live: @HFXMooseheads 

Overall records
Mooseheads: 19-34-8-1 = 47 points (5th in Maritimes division, 15th overall)
Wildcats: 51-9-2-0 = 104 points (1st in Maritimes division, 1st overall)

Leading scores
MON: Caleb Desnoyers 84pts (35G & 49A), Juraj Pekarcik 66pts (24G & 42A), Markus Vidicek 63pts (37G & 26A)
HAL: Quinn Kennedy 45pts (23G & 22A), Liam Kilfoil 44pts (20G& 24A), Shawn Carrier 43pts (17G & 26A)

Head-to-head

Halifax is 1-5-1-0 against the Wildcats this season while Moncton has a 6-1-0-0 versus the Mooseheads. The two clubs last met just over a month ago on February 17 with the visiting Wildcats picking up a 3-1 victory with Jacob Steinman making 28 saves for Halifax in the loss. 

Out of town
Islanders vs. Titan - 7:00 p.m.
Sea Dogs vs. Eagles - 7:00 p.m. 
Sagueneens vs. Drakkar - 8:00 p.m.
Oceanic vs. Remparts - 8:00 p.m.
Huskies vs. Armada - 8:00 p.m.
Foreurs vs. Cataractes - 8:00 p.m. 
Tigres vs. Olympiques - 8:00 p.m.
Phoenix vs. Voltigeurs - 8:00 p.m.

Next game
Halifax will wrap up the regular season on home ice tomorrow afternoon against the Charlottetown Islanders. Puck drops at 3:00 p.m.