Well I did the statistics for the North American junior, senior and university leagues back in late December but now that the National Hockey League are on their Olympic break, I thought I would give you finally the stats for professional leagues in North America, Europe and Asia.
Looks like Nathan MacKinnon will once again be going back and forth as the league leader this season but against Connor McDavid this time. The 30-year-old leads all former Mooseheads players at this point of the season in points and takes that offence to Italy. He also recently recorded his 700th career assist earlier this week.
Note: some players have played for more than one team in different leagues *Stats as of February 6, 2026 (numbers according to Elite Prospects)
This week has started off quite well for players associated with our Halifax Mooseheads. Here are some stories to end the month of October.
LAVOIE
Former Herd forward Raphael Lavoie was named the AHL Player of the Week on Monday. The 23-year-old record four goals and six points in 3 games for the period ending October 29, 2023. His great week helped the Bakersfield Condors to three straight victories. According to the release; 'he recorded a game-high eight shots on goal and assisted on the winning goal early in the third period of the Condors' 4-1 victory at Tucson' on Friday evening. Lavoie leads Bakersfield in scoring with seven points through five games so far this season.
Photo - AHL website
Congrats to Raphael and keep it going for the rest of the year.
Photo - QMJHL website
TEAM OF THE WEEK Veterans Markus Vidicek and Jordan Dumais were named to the QMJHL's Team of the Week yesterday. Vidicek recorded 4 goals and nine points while recording a +4 in the Mooseheads three games last week. Dumais continued to be hot as he collected 8 more points and was a +7 during the week.
Vidicek's performance also landed him on the CHL's Team of the Week.
EHLERS Halifax Mooseheads alumni Nikolaj Ehlers hit a milestone during the Winnipeg Jets game against the NY Rangers last night. The 27-year-old scored a goal in the match which was his 400th NHL career point. Ehlers has played 532 regular season games recording 178 goals and 222 assists now. Congrats to Nikolaj on the accomplishment.
CHL TOP 10 On Tuesday, the Canadian Hockey League announced the top 10 rankings and our Mooseheads found themselves in the #1 spot after going 2-1 during the week. You can find the full Top 10 below
1. Halifax Mooseheads (10-4-1-0) last week: 2 2. Moose Jaw Warriors (10-6-0-0) last week: 7 3. Prince George Cougars (10-4-0-0 last week: 4 4. Portland Winterhawks (8-4-0-0) last week: 1 5. Rouyn-Noranda Huskies (8-3-1-3) last week: 6 6. London Knights (7-4-0-1) last week: 5
7. Saskatoon Blades (8-5-0-0) last week: 3
8. Baie-Comeau Drakkar (12-2-2-0) last week: 10 9. Mississauga Steelheads (10-3-0-0) last week: 8 10. Moncton Wildcats (11-3-1-0) last week: n/a
Photo - AMH Photography
ROUSSEAU GOAL In case you missed it, Halifax net-minder Mathis Rousseau scored the first goalie goal in franchise history on October 20 in a 6-4 victory over the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies at home. The goal made it onto TSN's The Best feature the next morning and was shown on Sportsnet Central too I believe. It was a very exciting event and as someone who has missed many of them by our Mooseheads, I was super excited to be in the audience for the historic moment. I loved seeing how happy all the boys were for him and the big smile Mathis had on his face.
Video of the goal below
THIS WEEK
It should be quite a week in Moose Country as the Mooseheads will play three games at the Scotiabank Centre. Halifax will host the Acadie-Bathurst Titan on Wednesday, the Rimouski Oceanic on Friday and the Sherbrooke Phoenix on Saturday. All games are 7pm puck drops. Saturday's match will be the annual Mooseheads Fight Cancer event so the team should be wearing special purple jerseys.
A couple of former Halifax Mooseheads players became champions late last month.
In the American Hockey League, the Chicago Wolves won the Calder Cup on June 25. Chicago's roster boasts a Mooseheads alum in defenceman Cavan Fitzgerald. The 25-year-old had a goal and 6 points in 17 games and will now have his name engraved on the trophy as a champion forever. The Wolves went 14-4 during the playoffs after leading the AHL in the regular season.
Congrats to Cavan Fitzgerald and the Chicago Wolves on winning the 2022 Calder Cup!
Forward Nathan MacKinnon scored in Game 6 of the finals to help his Colorado Avalanche win the Stanley Cup on June 26. MacKinnon's goal tied the game up early in to the second period as the Avalanche won the series clinching match 2-1. Colorado had a really good post-season after another strong regular season, losing only four games in the playoffs.
The Avs' route to the Finals started with a 4-0 series victory over the Nashville Predators, than they had a date with the St. Louis Blues a series which they won 4-2. Colorado swept their Western Conference final series against the Edmonton Oilers to meet up with the Tampa Bay Lightning for the ultimate trophy. The club finished the regular season with a 56-19-7 record, their best season in franchise history. Nathan finished the playoffs with 13 goals and 24 points in 20 games played.
A big congrats to Nathan MacKinnon and the Colorado Avalanche on winning the 2022 Stanley Cup!
Photos - Calder Cup on Twitter & The Hockey Writers
The top 5 prospects including Filip Zadina Photo - TSN Hockey
CRAIG'S LISTWith the National Hockey League draft just around the corner, Craig Button has announced his final draft rankings for the upcoming 2018 NHL entry draft. The Mooseheads have four players who are eligible to be selected this month when the pro teams meet in Dallas, TX. Craig Button, a TSN analyst, named his Top 100 players which includes the first 6 being born from outside of Canada. The first Canadian young gun named to Button’s list is Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds forward Barret Hayton at number 7. Below you’ll find how the four Herd have been ranked.
Filip Zadina; #3 Jared McIsaac; #26 Benoit-Olivier Groulx; #53 Alexis Gravel; #99
AMERICAN DRAFT On Monday the QMJHL held its first ever American draft for players eligible to play in the QMJHL. The Mooseheads had selections at 16th and 34th overall in the two round draft and picked up goaltender Gavin Fitzpatrick out of Thayer Academy.as well as forward Riley Duran from Malden Catholic High School. Both players were born in 2002. For more info click here.
BODNARCHUK The American Hockey League finals recently got underway with the Texas Stars and the Toronto Marlies battling each other for the Calder Cup. Former Herd player Andrew Bodnarchuk has spent most of his professional career in the minor leagues and is now an assistant captain on the Stars team. Bodnarchuk has a goal in 18 playoff games played so far this year while Texas finds themselves down 2-1 in the series after Game 3 last night. You can watch the whole series on TSN2 in Canada.
Photo - Naples Daily News
KELLY CUP A champion is about to be named in the ECHL as the Kelly Cup finals are almost complete with a Mooseheads alumni on one of the last two teams. Stephen MacAulay, who is probably the winningest player in the QMJHL with 2 Memorial Cups & 3 President's Cups, joined the Florida Everblades in 2016-17. The Everblades are one win away from winning the Kelly Cup with a 3-2 series lead over the Colorado Eagles. MacAulay has 5 goals and 4 assists along with 17 penalty minutes in the 2018 playoffs. Game 6 will be played tonight in Florida.
Martin Frk is a Calder Cup champion!
The Grand Rapids Griffins are the American Hockey League playoff champs after winning Game 6 at home against the Syracuse Crunch. It was a tight match on Tuesday night but the Griffs came out on top with Frk scoring the last goal of the series with just over 7 minutes left in the game. Check out his goal below.
The 23 year old had an interesting season. Frk began the year with the Grand Rapids Griffins but was waived in mid-October by the teams parent club. He was than picked up the Carolina Hurricanes and played 2 games for them. The Pelhrimov, Czech Republic native was put on waivers again and picked up by the Detroit Red Wings.
Photo - TSN twitter
He found himself back in the AHL with Grand Rapids where he led the team in goals during the regular season. Marty missed some time in the playoffs but came back just the same. The former Halifax Moosehead forward recorded 5 goals and 15 points in 16 playoff games after finishing the regular season with 27 pucks in the net and 50 points.
Congratulations to Marty and the Griffins on winning the Calder Cup. Moose Country is proud of you.
Timo Meier vs. Martin Frk. Two former Halifax Mooseheads players find themselves going head-to-head for a chance to be in the Calder Cup. Meier and the San Jose Barracuda will battle Frk and the Grand Rapids Griffins for the AHL Western Conference playoff championship. The winner of the 7 game series will continue onto the Calder Cup finals and go against the winner of the Eastern Conference championship to be named AHL champion. Both men have been big parts of their teams success this season. The series begins tonight in San Jose.
The two are the only pro alumni currently still playing in the playoffs. Marty and Timo had strong campaigns this year and so did a number of other past Mooseheads. Check out below how former Herd in the professional leagues did during 2016-17.
There are currently 5 alumni currently playing full time in the NHL while a number have stayed in the AHL or ECHL all season.
Name
Team
GP
G
A
Pts
PIM
Jonathan Drouin
Tampa Bay Lightning
NHL
73
21
32
53
16
Nikolaj Ehlers
Winnipeg Jets
NHL
82
25
39
64
38
Nathan MacKinnon
Colorado Avalanche
NHL
82
16
37
53
16
Brad Marchand
Boston Bruins
NHL
80
39
46
85
81
Jackub Voracek
Philadelphia Flyers
NHL
82
20
41
61
56
Timo Meier
San Jose Sharks
NHL
34
3
3
6
10
San Jose Barracuda
AHL
33
14
9
23
40
Andrew Bodnarchuk
Texas Stars
AHL
69
5
21
26
69
Stefan Fornier
Tuscon Roadrunners
AHL
29
2
2
4
95
Syracuse Crunch
AHL
3
0
0
0
2
Kalamazoo Wings
ECHL
2
1
0
1
0
Martin Frk
Carolina Hurricanes
NHL
2
0
0
0
0
Grand Rapids Griffins
AHL
65
27
23
50
58
Alexandre Grenier
Vancouver Canucks
NHL
3
0
0
0
0
Utica Comets
AHL
59
17
28
45
52
Stephen MacAulay
Springfield Thunderbirds
AHL
39
2
4
6
6
Florida Everblades
ECHL
23
10
9
19
14
Mackenzie Weegar
Florida Panthers
NHL
3
0
0
0
4
Springfield Thunderbirds
AHL
60
14
22
36
70
Gabriel Desjardins
Fort Wayne Komets
ECHL
64
20
26
46
38
Gerrad Grant
Wichita Thunder
ECHL
67
6
14
20
40
Daniel Moynihan
Alaska Aces
ECHL
71
22
30
52
30
Shawn O'Donnell
Cincinnati Cyclones
ECHL
47
14
28
42
37
Milwaukee Admirals
AHL
6
0
0
0
12
Name
Team
GP
Record
SO
GAA
SAV%
Zach Fucale
St. John's IceCaps
AHL
3
1-2-0-0
0
2.36
0.919
Brampton Beast
ECHL
46
25-12-2-2
4
3.17
0.898
Team Leaders There were some Moose alumni that found themselves on top of their teams stats boards. Jakub Voracek, Nathan MacKinnon and Brad Marchand led their teams during the regular season in points while Nikolaj Ehlers and Jonathan Drouin were in the top 5 on their respective teams. Martin Frk, in the AHL, led his Grand Rapids Griffins in goals this season. Danny Moynihan was top 5 on the Aces' team in their last season in Alaska. Moynihan and Frk I would say have proved themselves worthy for another look at the level above which they played this past season.
MEIER
According to the San Jose Barracuda, former Halifax Mooseheads captain Timo Meier is set to make his professional debut on Friday night for the Barracuda. Meier's pro debut was pushed back a couple of weeks because the 20 year old was diagnosed with monocleosis at the end of September forcing him out of the lineup for at least 4 weeks. The San Jose Sharks, who drafted Timo 9th overall in the 2015 NHL draft, reassigned the forward to the AHL a couple of weeks ago to get some conditioning after he felt better. Meier had this to say on Tuesday after his first full practice since his diagnosis; “I feel great, and I can’t wait to get out there. I feel like we have a really good team, I think we can really achieve a lot.” According to the article, the Herisau, Switzerland native lost 10 pounds in the month that he was sick but has gained it back. In two and a half seasons with the Herd, Meier had 160 points which included 72 goals in 150 games played. Halifax traded Timo to the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies on January 6 where he scored 23 goals and 51 points in 29 games to help the team get 1st overall in the league. During the playoffs, the forward was second in team scoring and helped lead the Huskies to their first President's Cup win. He was also the captain of the 2016 Switzerland World Junior team where he finished with 5 points in 6 games. Good luck to Timo in your debut and this season with the Barracuda.
LOCAL NIGHT
Saturday evening's game versus the Cape Breton Screaming Eagles has been designated as Celebrate Local Night at Scotiabank Centre. The Moose will host Pierre-Luc Dubois and the Eagles in the second game of a home-and-home series. The team has stated that about 800 prizes will be handed out from local businesses. There will also be a few Nova Scotian Olympians and Paralympians who participated in the Rio Olympics in August, according to the release.
Photo - Team Canada twitter
U17 CHALLENGE
On Tuesday, Benoit-Olivier Groulx and Jared McIsaac, two rookies for the Mooseheads who have played quite well so far this season, left Halifax to head to Saint Ste. Marie to participate in the World Under-17 Hockey Challenge hosted by Hockey Canada. The Canadian teams announced their leadership group on Thursday and both boys are apart of their respective team's leaders. Groulx was named captain of Canada Red while McIsaac was given an A for Canada White. The tournament runs from October 28-November 5. Congratulations to Jared and Benoit-Olivier and good luck guys.
Photo - Team Canada twitter
SPORTSNET
It was announced on Friday that the January 7th game vs. the Saint John Sea Dogs will be broadcasted nationally across Canada on Sportsnet. Because the channel now shows NHL hockey on Saturday nights, the start of the Mooseheads game has been moved to 4:00pm Atlantic time instead of the normal 7pm to allow for the TV slot.
MACKINNON
Former Halifax Mooseheads star player Nathan MacKinnon had a little fun on Thursday to celebrate the Denver Nuggets basketball season getting underway. Dressed in a Nuggets jersey, Kid Mack tried some trick shots and made a nice basket while facing the opposite direction. Check it out here.
NEW SIGNEE
The Herd announced that they had signed a 17 year old Ontario free agent on Tuesday. Moose Country would like to welcome Caleb Rich to the team. Rich played 15 games in the Northern Ontario Hockey League this season for the French River Rapids before being signed by the Herd. In 68 career games with the Rapids, the Callander, ON native had 27 goals and 64 points. He was in the lineup for Halifax on Wednesday night even though he wasn't expected to be. General Manager Cam Russell feels "that he could be a top-six player since he was a point per game player as a 16-year-old." Russell also had this to say; “There’s lots to like there he’s got great size, good speed and he seems to play well in traffic.”
QJHL
According to The Q News, a few of your Halifax Mooseheads property were selected in the Quebec Junior Hockey League draft on Saturday. Over 70 players were chosen, here are the Herd players picked:
74th overall - Dominik Blain-Dupuis
115th overall - Tristan Tardif
122nd overall - Domennico Argento
132nd overall - Raphael Blais
Blain-Dupuis, Tardif & Argento were all selected in the 2014 QMJHL draft and each played a few games during the 2014-15 season with the Mooseheads with Argento playing 21 games. Blais was drafted last weekend by the Herd.
SUPPLEMENTARY DRAFT
The QMJHL supplementary draft was held this weekend during the MHL draft on Saturday and the players selected were released earlier today. 62 players were selected. Here are the Halifax players selected:
County - Samuel Hunter
South Shore - Connor Moynihan
South Shore - Maxime Fortier
Summerside - Kevin Resop
Campbelton - Taylor Ford
CALDER CUP
The American Hockey League champions was decided this weekend with the Manchester Monarchs coming out on top versus the Utica Comets in 5 games. Halifax had a vested interest in both teams as their were a former Herd on each team. Andrew Bodnarchuk helped the Monarchs win their first ever Calder Cup with 6 assists in the playoffs. Alexandre Grenier chipped in to the Comets offence with 6 goals and 15 points in the playoffs, including one in the finals in their only victory of the series but it wasn't enough to help the team win the Cup.
KELLY CUP
Photo - ECHL twitter
Konrad Abeltshauser is a champion again! The former Herd, along with another one Garrett Clarke and their Allen Americans were victorious in game 7 of the Kelly Cup finals to become ECHL champions. Abeltshauser chipped in with 5 goals and 11 assists during the playoffs. Clarke had no points in 5 games played during the playoffs. They defeated the South Carolina Stingrays 6-1 in the final game to claim the trophy.
Congratulations to all the players who were drafted as well as becoming champions.
Former Halifax Mooseheads player Jonathan Drouin finally made his professional debut this evening. Drouin was reassigned to the American Hockey League's Syracuse Crunch by the Tampa Bay Lightning earlier this week for a conditioning stint to heal his broken thumb. The former team scoring leader for your Herd was in the lineup as the Crunch took on the Springfield Falcons. Jonathan scored at 7:18 in the third period to give Syracuse a 3-2 lead and it would end up being the game winner. He was also a plus-3 with 2 shots and received first star honors.
Congratulations to Jonathan on scoring his first pro goal.
Big Jo was interviewed this afternoon, click below to listen to what he had to say:
Well it's almost the end of the weekend so I thought I would break down what has happened in the last 48 hours for current and former Mooseheads, as well as some other news.
MACKINNON
Former star Moose player Nathan MacKinnon has been just as much of a star on the Colorado Avalanche as he was here in Halifax. In two games earlier in the week in San Jose, Nathan was held pointless in two Avalanche losses that made their playoff series with the Sharks tied 2-2. Back home on Saturday night, like the Moose were, MacKinnon had an assist on Colorado's second goal and its third which tied the game with less than 2 minutes left. He than scored the overtime winner to give the Avs a 3-2 series lead. He leads the NHL in points with 10 now after his three point night.
ALUM IN AHL
There are a few former Mooseheads playing in the American Hockey League. Alexandre Grenier of the Utica Comets and Konrad Abeltshauser of the Worcester Sharks had a good season for their respective teams but they couldn't help them get into the playoffs. Konrad finished the season with 6 goals and 21 points in 57 games. He was also named the Sharks "Man of the Year". In 68 games, Grenier was 4th in team scoring with 17 goals and 39 points. Andrew Bodnarchuk and the Manchester Monarchs have played two games in the playoffs against the Norfolk Admirals. Andrew is a -1 and has 3 shot on goal through 2 games. He finished the regular season with 8 goals and 32 points in 73 games.
SATURDAY'S MOOSE GAME
When everybody thought they were out, they have come storming back and now lead the series thanks to a 4-3 overtime win last night. Maxime Fortier scored his first ever QMJHL goal to win the game for Halifax. The Mooseheads got out to a 2-0 lead after Andrew Ryan scored 25 seconds into the second period but with the help of Anthony Mantha's two goals and former Moosehead Randy Gazzola's two helpers, Val-d'Or was up 3-2 with 18 minutes left in the game. Austyn Hardie tied it and the goalies took over after that making good saves. With the win, Halifax leads the semi final series 3-2 and Game 6 is Monday night in Val-d'Or.
FORMER HERD VISIT MOOSE COUNTRY
Abeltshauser, Chris Clarke, Trey Lewis and Stephen MacAulay were all in attendance at the electric Metro Centre for Saturday's game. Fans were quite happy and the boys even took pictures with some of them.
QMJHL NEWS
So the Blainville/Baie-Comeau series is getting interesting. The Drakkar were able to tie the game up at 2 with less than 3 minutes left to force overtime and took the game 3-2 with Valentin Zykov scoring the game winner for Baie-Comeau at 8:16 of the first OT. That series is now tied at 3 games a piece. Game 7 goes on Tuesday.
CHL NEWS
The other two leagues' cup finals are set now. The Ontario Hockey League final was determined on Friday after Guelph won Game 5 against the Erie Otters 5-0 to win their series 4-1. The Storm will face the North Bay Battalion for the OHL championship. With the Edmonton Oil Kings defeating the Medicine Hat Tigers 4-3 last night, they will now face the Portland Winterhawks for the WHL championship. This is the third straight year the Hawks and Oil Kings have met in the final series.
There are a few former Halifax Mooseheads who are listed on American Hockey League opening rosters. Stefan Fournier, Konrad Abeltshauser and Marty Frk will be playing in the AHL this season with the posibilty that they could be called up to the big league. Stephen MacAulay is most likely to play for the Wheeling Nailers of the ECHL after being cut by the Hamilton Bulldogs.
This really is no surprise that these three boys are playing in the AHL to start the season. They would've had to play really really good to make their respective National Hockey League teams.
Here is a list of where Moose players from last season and have been drafted or contracted by the NHL are playing this year to start the month of October: Jonathan Drouin (*Tampa) - Halifax QMJHL Marty Frk (*Detroit) - Grand Rapids AHL Nathan MacKinnon (*Colorado) - Colorado NHL Matt Murphy (^St. Louis) - Halifax QMJHL Zach Fucale (*Montreal) - Halifax QMJHL Stefan Fournier (^Montreal) - Hamilton AHL Andrew Ryan (^Philadelphia) - Halifax QMJHL Brent Andrews (`Anaheim) - Halifax QMJHL Konrad Abeltshauser (*San Jose) - Worcester AHL MacKenzie Weegar (*Florida) - Halifax QMJHL Stephen MacAulay (`Montreal) - Wheeling ECHL Trey Lewis (^Calgary) - Halifax QMJHL
* drafted by that team, ^ camp invite/signed contract, ` drafted by another team
