Tight Game for Rebuild Moose

The momentum that Halifax gained by defeating a strong Quebec Remparts team less than a week ago on the road was flattened on Friday night. The Mooseheads were defeated 3-1 by the visiting Blainville-Boisbraind Armada in front of almost 7,600 fans. Both teams played a pretty back and forth game in the opening period with Herd goaltender Jacob Steinman making some nice saves to give the home team an opportunity to get the first goal. We had a scoreless tie going into the second period however, which is when the fun began. Mateo Nobert got the Armada on the board just 53 seconds into the middle frame to make the game 1-0 but Brady Schultz tied the game a few minutes later.  Even though the Mooseheads are a rebuilding team, they have not been laying down during most games this season and it seems to be frustrating their opponents. We saw it tonight with the Armada taking some unnecessary penalties & the guys on the ice doing some post-whistle activities. Halifax found themselves down 2-1 after 40 minutes and just couldn’t get an opportunity in the final period to tie the game up before the bad guys would seal the game with an empty net goal.

FINAL: Blainville-Boisbriand 3 at Halifax 1
Stars: 3. Felix Hamel BLB | 2. Jacob Steinman HAL | 1. Egor Goriunov BLB
Attendance: 7,598
MC’s Top Herd: Jacob Steinman

GAME LOG
First period
No score

Second period
0:53 BLB Mateo Nobert (23) | A: Desjardins & Goriunov
4:39 HAL Brady Schultz (5) | A: McNab & Bent
15:31 BLB Egor Goriunov (25) | A: Carbonneau & Lemieux

Third period
19:29 BLB Vincent Desjardins (15), EN | A: Gosselin & Filaj

Powerplay: BLB - 0-for-2; HAL - 0-for-5
Shots: 34-32 in favour of Blainville

Next game 
Halifax will welcome division rivals Acadie-Bathurst Titan on Saturday for Mooseheads Fight Cancer night. Puck drops at 7 p.m.

Halifax Make Big Trade

The Halifax Mooseheads made a big trade on Monday, picking up 20-year-old Josh Lawrence from the Blainville Armada. In exchange, the Herd let go of two draft picks; a 2023 second rounder and 1st round selection in 2024. Lawrence, a native of Fredericton, NB, has played strong so far this season scoring 32 points in 25 games with the Armada. The overager had a career best 101 points in 2021-22, helping the Saint John Sea Dogs to a Memorial Cup. 

Photo - Herd website

“We are very pleased to add someone of Josh's caliber to our already talented lineup. He brings elite level offense and valuable experience that will help our club tremendously this season,'' Russell said in the team's press release. 

I would like to welcome Josh to Moose Country! Looking forward to next Thursday when the Moose will be back home to take on Blainville.

DUMAIS SIGNS ELC
Congratulations are in order to forward Jordan Dumais who signed a 3-year entry level contract with the Columbus Blue Jackets over the weekend. Dumais was selected by the Jackets in June 96th overall after putting up 109 points last season. The 18-year-old may surpass that number this year as he already has 54 points in 24 games. He leads the Canadian Hockey League in scoring and some have said that his play so far could get him on a spot on Canada’s world Junior team during the holiday break. 

Photo - Swiss hockey twitter

Other news and notes..

• Zachary L’Heureux made his season debut this past Friday where he picked up a goal and an assist. 
• Talking about the World Juniors, we know at least one Mooseheads player that will be participating as captain Attilio Biasca was named to Team Switzerland today for the tournament. 
• Here’s a crazy stat according to the NHL website, the New Jersey Devils are 17-0-0-0 this season when former Herd Nico Hischier records at least a point. 
• Arenas in Antigonish and Truro will get a pre-tournament game each in a few weeks while the Scotiabank Centre will host 4 matches. 
• Nobody cares probably but on Nov. 19 I got to watch Moose alumni Brad Marchand play live where he picked up 3 assists in a 6-1 Bruins win. Here’s a picture from that night (sorry it’s blurry, I was far away & using my phone camera) 

Game Day 21: vs. Blainville-Boisbriand

PREVIEW - Our Halifax Mooseheads are back at it and will welcome the Blainville-Boisbriand Armada this evening as the club hosts 90's night. The Herd for one game will turn into the Halifax Citadels, who were an American Hockey League team from 1988-1993, and will wear throwback jerseys to celebrate the former professional team. Both Halifax and Blainville have the exact same record coming into tonight's match while they each have three players on the Central Scouting's November Players to Watch list so we should be in for a good game. The Armada are coming off a victory on Friday night as well and will be hoping to continue their three game win streak going. Goaltending is the biggest difference between these two clubs as the Mooseheads have Mathis Rousseau and Brady James in the top 10 for save percentage while the Armada's Charles-Edward Gravel is 31st in the league. 

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

Overall records
Armada: 11-8-0-1 = 23 points (2nd in West division, 10th overall)
Mooseheads: 11-8-0-1 = 23 points (3rd in Maritimes division, 9th overall)

Leading scorers
HAL: Elliot Desnoyers 32pts (13G & 19A), Jordan Dumais 30pts (9G & 21A), Zachary L'Heureux 19pts (8G & 11A)
BLB: Miguel Tourigny 30pts (14G & 16A), Simon Pinard 28pts (13G & 15A), Zachary Roy 26pts (8G & 18A)

Head-to-head
This is the first game between these two teams this season. The last game they played was a 3-0 victory for Halifax on November 30, 2019. Goals came from 3 different players and Alex Gravel picked up the 32-save shutout for the Mooseheads while Emile Samson stopped 43 of 46 shots for the Blainville-Boisbriand Armada. 

Last games
Blainville is coming off a 7-1 win in Cape Breton on Friday evening. Anaheim Ducks prospect Miguel Tourigny led the Armada with 2 goals and an assist while Charles-Edward Gravel stopped 26 of the Eagles shots for the victory. 

Halifax picked up a 5-2 victory last night on home ice against the Huskies. Zachary L'Heureux scored twice for the Mooseheads and Brady James got the win as Rouyn-Noranda was outshot 38-22. 

Not playing - Mathieu Cataford, Logan Crosby and Dylan MacKinnon are all away at the Capital City Challenge

Out of town 
Titan vs. Remparts - 4:00 p.m.
Oceanic vs. Olympiques - 5:00 p.m.
Sea Dogs vs. Drakkar - 7:00 p.m.

After the buzzer
Halifax will finish the month of November with a visit to Saint John to take on the Sea Dogs on Tuesday night. Puck drops at 7 p.m. 

Seventh Heaven

The longest win streak of the season just got longer as our Halifax Mooseheads defeated the visiting Blainville-Boisbriand Armada on Sunday afternoon. It was the Mooseheads seventh straight victory and the boys still had some scoring in them after Saturday’s thumping. Alex Gravel picked up his 4th shutout of 2018-19 as Halifax won by a score of 4-0. Ben Higgins got the Scotiabank Centre going at the 11:21 mark in the first period, scoring his 8th of the season. Blainville-Boisbriand was looking to leave the Maritimes with a clean sweep of victories but Gravel put a kibosh to that as he stopped all 22 shots he faced en-route to being named the first star. Despite really outshooting them the whole game, it was pretty tight with the Armada defense blocking a number of shots and getting in the way of the players on the home team. The match was also physical with multiple full line scrums, a few of which led to fights. Halifax couldn’t even celebrate their victory right away as Keith Getson got taken down at the buzzer by Alexander Katerinakis. With about 3 minutes, the Armada decided to pull their goaltender trying to get back in the game but it was a little too late and Walter Flower scored in the empty net to clinch the match for the Herd.

FINAL: Armada 0 at Mooseheads 4
Stars: 3. Brendan Cregan BLB | 2. Keith Getson HAL | 1. Alexis Gravel HAL
Attendance: 8,960
MC’s Top Herd: Alexis Gravel

GAME LOG
First period
11:21 HAL Ben Higgins (8) | A: Groulx & Kyte

Second period
10:29 HAL Arnaud Durandeau (30), PP | A: McIsaac & Asselin

Third period
11:08 HAL Keith Getson (24), PP | A: Parent & Lavoie
18:09 HAL Walter Flower (6), EN | A: Bishop & Higgins

Shots: 39-22 in favour of Halifax
Powerplay: BLB – 0-for-5; HAL – 2-for-3

NOT DRESSED – Ostap Safin, Max Trepanier, Alexis Sansfacon, Cole Stewart and Jocktan Chainey all out with injuries

SCORES
Sea Dogs 3 at Islanders 4
Remparts 6 at Titan 5 OT
Wildcats 4 at Oceanic 3 OT
Sagueneens 0 at Voltigeurs 6
Drakkar 4 at Olympiques 2

UP NEXT – Halifax will welcome the last place Acadie-Bathurst Titan to town on Wednesday night. Puck drops at 7pm.

Feb 24: Mooseheads vs. Armada preview

HALIFAX MOOSEHEADS VS BLAINVILLE-BOISBRIAND ARMADA
Puck drops at 3:00pm
TV: Webcast | Radio: News 95.7 | Live: @MC_MooseCountry
Scotiabank Centre (10,595) ~ Halifax, NS

Your Halifax Mooseheads welcome the last Quebec team to the Scotiabank Centre this afternoon as they host the Blainville-Boisbriand Armada today at 3pm, the remaining 4 home games will be against division rivals. The Mooseheads continued to roll last night agains Saint John scoring the most goals they have this season with 11 and will be hoping to take down the 15th place Armada. The two teams met towards the end of November with Blainville picking up the victory so Halifax will look to get some revenge. Halifax has done well on home ice and have given the Moose Country faithful a lot to cheer for and some exciting tight games. Blainville has won two in a row on this Maritime road trip but will be playing their third game in 3 days. The Armada are led by their captain and 20 year old Alexander Katerankis who has had a career year in 2018-19 so look out for him today. Halifax spread out the scoring love on Saturday evening as leading scorer Samuel Asselin didn’t even pick up a goal however his line mates Raphael Lavoie and Antoine Morand potted two and a single, respectively.

This is the second and final match between these two teams this season. Halifax is 0-1-0-0 against the Armada while Blainville-Boisbriand has a 1-0-0-0 records versus the Mooseheads. The last matchup was back on November 29 in Blainville where the Armada picked up a 3-1 victory as Jared McIsaac scored the lone goal for the away team.

Overall Records
Armada: 21-36-2 = 44pts (15th overall, 4th in Central division)
Mooseheads: 43-12-2-1 = 89pts (3rd overall, 1st in Maritimes division)

Leading Scorers
HAL: Samuel Asselin 79pts (44G & 35A), Raphael Lavoie 68pts (31G & 37A), Antoine Morand 68pts (22G & 46A)
BLB: Alexander Katerankis 45pts (21G & 24A), Luke Henman 43pts (11G & 32A), Tyler Hylland 34pts (17G & 17A)

Previous Games
Blainville-Boisbriand is coming off a 3-1 win in Charlottetown last night. Tyler Hylland led the way with a goal and an assist while Brendan Cregan stopped 43 of the Islanders shots in the win for the Armada.

Halifax is coming off a big 11-1 win over the Sea Dogs on Saturday night. Benoit-Olivier Groulx had a goal and 3 assists for the Mooseheads while rookie goaltender Cole McLaren made 25 saves for the win against Saint John.

Head-to-Head
November 29  Mooseheads 1 at Armada 3
February 24  3pm  Armada at Mooseheads

Out of Town
Acadie-Bathurst vs. Quebec – 3:00pm
Charlottetown vs. Saint John – 3:00pm
Rimouski vs. Moncton – 4:00pm
Drummondville vs. Chicoutimi – 4:00pm
Gatineau vs. Baie-Comeau – 4:00pm

After the Buzzer
The Acadie-Bathurst Titan will come to town for.a mid-week game on Wednesday in the meeting between Halifax and Bathurst this season. Puck drops at 7pm.

League Final Set

It’s that time of year again when two teams play for the title of league champion. After a dominating season that saw the Blainville-Boisbriand Armada pick up 50 wins and be a top the QMJHL regular season standings no one is surprised that the club is in the finals while Acadie-Bathurt Titan really aren't a surprise either to be in this series.

The Halifax Mooseheads had a former player in the final four but was eliminated last week. Mathieu Charlebois and the Victoriaville Tigres were kicked out of the playoffs by Bathurst in four games on Wednesday evening. In the other series, Blainville had a tougher time to get through the third round defeating the Charlottetown Islanders in 7 games with their three loses being in overtime.

So the Armada and Titan will fight for the chance to represent the QMJHL in the 2018 Memorial Cup. For Blainville-Boisbriand, this is the second trip to the fourth round of the playoffs in consecutive years. For Acadie Bathurst, it is their fourth trip to the finals in their franchise history.

Check out the schedule below:
Game 1  Friday May 5 at 8pm  Acadie Bathurst vs. Blainville-Boisbriand
Game 2  Saturday May 6 at 8pm  Acadie Bathurst vs. Blainville-Boisbriand
Game 3  Tuesday May 8 at 7:30pm Blainville-Boisbriand vs. Acadie Bathurst
Game 4  Wednesday May 9 at 7:30pm Blainville-Boisbriand vs. Acadie Bathurst
*Game 5  Friday May 11 at 8pm  Acadie Bathurst vs. Blainville-Boisbriand
*Game 6  Sunday May 13 at 4pm Blainville-Boisbriand vs. Acadie Bathurst
*Game 7  Tuesday May 15 at 8pm  Acadie Bathurst vs. Blainville-Boisbriand

All times Atlantic
* if necessary

Non-Call Loses Moose the Game

A non-call in the overtime period was the deciding factor in the Halifax Mooseheads game against the Blainville-Boisbriand Armada on Sunday evening. Less than a minute into extra time, Anthony Poulin put a rebound into a partial empty net to get the win for the away team seconds after the referees decided not to call a penalty for too many men on Blainville. The Armada had control of the puck while they were about to change players which the whole Mooseheads bench were screaming was too many men and while it was initially called a penalty by linesman Chris Ivanko, the other black & white stripes overturned his call. Arnaud Durandeau got the home team on the board first, a little over 9 minutes into the 1st period scoring a goal on the power play. Two minutes later Blainville tied it up on the power play. It was back and fourth in the second period and Durandeau put the good guys in front again close to the end of the frame. In the third it was an exciting period with lots of chances, pretty good saves and five goals.

FINAL: Armada 5 at Mooseheads 4OT
Stars: 3. Joel Bishop HAL | 2. Joel Teasdale BLB | 1. Arnaud Durandeau HAL
Attendance: 5,007
MC's Top Herd: Arnaud Durandeau

GAME LOG
First period
9:25 HAL Arnaud Durandeau (3), PP | A: Zadina & Groulx
11:4 BLB Anthony Poulin (3), PP | A: Paquette-Bisson & Hladonik

Second period
16:16 HAL Arnaud Durandeau (4) | A: Crossley & Kyte

Third period
1:34 BLB Joel Teasdale (3) | A: Bramwell
4:46 BLB Thomas Ethier (2) | A; Poulin
9:33 HAL Xavier Parent (2) | A: Bishop & McIsaac
12:33 HAL Benoit-Olivier Groulx (4) | A: Fortier & Durandeau
12:49 BLB Joel Teasdale (4) | A: Crete-Belzile & DaSilva

Overtime
0:57 BLB Anthony Poulin | A: Katerinakis & Crete-Belzile

Powerplay: BLB - 2-for-4, HAL - 1-for-5
Shots: 30-29 in favour for Blainville

MISSING IN ACTION - Walter Flower, Otto Somppi and Jordan Lepage were out with injuries

SCORES
Quebec 0 at Acadie-Bathurst 3
Cape Breton 4 at Drummondville 5
Moncton 3 at Rimouski 4 OT
Victoriaville 5 at Sherbrooke 4
Val-d'Or 3 at Gatineau 5
Chicoutimi 5 at Shawinigan 0

UP NEXT: Halifax will go on the road now for a matchup against the Wildcats in Moncton on Wednesday. Puck drops at 7pm.

GAMEDAY #7: vs. Blainville-Boisbriand

GAME PREVIEW

HALIFAX MOOSEHEADS VS BLAINVILLE-BOISBRIAND ARMADA
Puck drops at 7pm
TV: Webcast | Radio: News 95.7 | Live: @MC_MooseCountry
Scotiabank Centre (10,595) ~ Halifax, NS

It's fridge magnet day in Moose Country. The first 4000 fans will receive a customized Mooseheads schedule magnet. It expects to be an entertaining game with the two teams very close in the standings along with getting the first and only look at the Armada for the season until the Mooseheads travel to Blainville at the end of the month. As we saw on Friday night with the tight play from both teams it is something that you would expect again today as all teams are expected to be very close this year. After the hard fought battle on Friday night it showed the team that they can play with the top dogs in the league and it is going to be a fun year in Moose Country. Come out and support the Herd before you go and have your Thanksgiving feasts as they finish up this four game home stand.

OVERALL RECORDS
Armada: 4-1-0-0 = 8 points (2nd in West division, 5th overall)
Mooseheads: 4-1-1-0 = 9 points (2nd in Maritimes division, 4th overall)

LEADING SCORERS
HAL: Maxime Fortier 9pts (5G & 4A), Filip Zadina 9pts (4G & 5A), Arnaud Durandeau 6pts (2G & 4A)
BLB: Anthony Poulin 6pts (2G & 4A), Alexandre Alain 5pts (3G & 2A), Alexander Katerinakis 5pts (2G & 3A)

PREVIOUS GAMES
Blainville-Boisbriand is coming off of an 8-1 win over the Saint John Sea Dogs last night at Harbour Station. Alexander Katerinakis scored two goals and added two assists to lead the Armada. Emile Samson stopped 27 of 28 shots faced.

Halifax is coming off of a 3-2 OT loss to the Quebec Remparts on home ice Friday night. Filip Zadina and Max Fortier scored for the Moose as well as Blade Mann-Dixon stopped 22 of 25 shots faced.

NOT DRESSED – Walter Flower, Jordan Lepage and Otto Somppi are out with injuries.

ALUM ON ARMADA
None

HEAD-TO-HEAD
October 8  Blainville at Halifax - 3pm
October 20  Halifax at Blainville - 8:30pm

OUT OF TOWN
Remparts at Titan    3:00pm
Screaming Eagles at Voltigeurs    4:00pm
Wildcats at Oceanic    4:00pm
Tigres at Pheonix    4:00pm
Foreurs at Olympiques    5:00pm
Sagueneens at Cataractes    5:00pm

AFTER THE BUZZER
The Mooseheads will travel to Moncton to take in the Wildcats for the first matchup of the season.

League Finals Start Friday

It's that time of year again when two teams play for the title of league champion. One group was projected to be in the President's Cup finals while the other is making their first trip to the last round.

The Halifax Mooseheads had a couple of former players in the final four but both were eliminated over the weekend. Jean-Sebastien Taillefer and the Charlottetown Islanders were kicked out of the playoffs by the Blainville-Boisbraind Armada in five games on Saturday evening. In the other series Morgan Nauss and the Chicoutimi Sagueneens got defeated by the Saint John Sea Dogs in six games on Sunday afternoon.

So the Sea Dogs and Armada will fight for the chance to represent the QMJHL in the 2017 Memorial Cup. For Saint John, this is their fourth visit to the championship series since they joined the league in 2005 and they finished the season as the best team in the league. For Blainville-Boisbriand, this is the first trip to the fourth round of the playoffs and will be underdogs during the series.

Check out the schedule below:
Game 1  Friday May 5 at 7pm  Blainville-Boisbriand vs. Saint John
Game 2  Saturday May 6 at 7pm  Blainville-Boisbriand vs. Saint John
Game 3  Tuesday May 9 at 8:30pm  Saint John vs. Blainville-Boisbriand
Game 4  Wednesday May 10 at 8:30pm  Saint John vs. Blainville-Boisbriand
*Game 5  Friday May 12 at 7pm  Blainville-Boisbriand vs. Saint John
*Game 6  Sunday May 14 at 5pm  Saint John vs. Blainville-Boisbriand
*Game 7  Tuesday May 16 at 7pm  Blainville-Boisbriand vs. Saint John

All times Atlantic
* if necessary

GAMEDAY #30: vs. Blainville-Boisbriand

GAME PREVIEW
BLAINVILLE-BOISBRIAND ARMADA VS HALIFAX MOOSEHEADS
Puck drops at 7pm
TV: Webcast | Radio: News 95.7 | Live: @MC_MooseCountry
Scotiabank Centre (10,595) ~ Halifax, NS

After a three game road trip, your Halifax Mooseheads are back home for Friday night hockey. They will have a tough test tonight as they take on the second place Blainville-Boisbriand Armada. The armada have been on top of the league for most of the season so far but were overtaken this week by the very hot Saint John Sea Dogs. Blainville is still a tough opponent though and Halifax will be looking to prove they can hang with the best teams in the league. The Mooseheads have the 2nd star of the week on their team in goaltender Alexis Gravel. Despite being only 16 years old, the Abestos, QC native is amount the league leaders for goals against average and save percentage. This will be the last game for Nico Hischier for a while and the Herd might really need his offensive power as they host the top goaltender; Samuel Montembeault who will most likely get the start.

This is the second and final game between the two teams this season. Halifax is 0-1-0-0 against the Armada while Blainville-Boisbriand has a 1-0-0-0 record versus the Mooseheads. The last match was on October 15th in Blainville where the home Armada skated away with a 4-2 victory. Alexis Gravel made 31 saves to take the loss.

OVERALL RECORDS
Armada: 19-7-2-1 = 41 points (1st in West division, 2nd overall)
Mooseheads: 15-12-0-2 = 32 points (3rd in Maritimes division, 9th overall)

LEADING SCORERS
HAL: Maxime Fortier 49pts (16G & 33A), Nico Hischier 47pts (22G & 25A), Connor Moynihan 29pts (16G & 13A)
BLB: Alexandre Alain 27pts (15G & 12A), Joel Teasdale 23pts (10G & 13A), TJ Melancon 21pts (9G & 12A)

PREVIOUS GAMES
Blainville-Boisbriand is coming off a 5-2 victory on Saturday night in Gatienau. Shaun Miller led the Armada with a goal and an assist while Francis Leclerc picked up the win making 22 saves versus the Olympiques.

Halifax is coming off their second shootout loss of the season, this time to Baie-Comeau on Saturday. Rookie Benoit-Olivier Groulx scored twice to lead the Mooseheads while Kevin Resop was pulled after allowing 4 Drakkar goals on 21 shots.

ALUM ON ARMADA - none

HEAD-TO-HEAD
October 15  Mooseheads 2 at Armada 4
December 9  Armada at Mooseheads - 7pm

OUT OF TOWN
Wildcats vs. Tigres    7:00pm
Phoenix vs. Drakkar    8:00pm
Sagueneens vs. Voltigeurs    8:30pm
Oceanic vs. Olympiques    8:30pm
Huskies vs. Islanders    8:30pm
Foreurs vs. Cataractes    8:30pm

AFTER THE BUZZER
Halifax will travel to Sydney to take on their provincial rivals, the Cape Breton Screaming Eagles on Saturday night. Puck drops at 7pm.

GAMEDAY #10: at Blainville-Boisbriand

GAME PREVIEW
BLAINVILLE-BOISBRIAND ARMADA VS HALIFAX MOOSEHEADS
Puck drops at 7:00pm
Radio: News 95.7 | TV: Webcast | Live: @HFXMooseheads
Centre d'Excellence Sports Rousseau (3,100) ~ Boisbriand, QC

The Halifax Mooseheads are still looking for their first win on the road. Halifax has started the season 0-4 away from the Scotiabank Centre but they're a young team so to even be in the top half of the league standings is pretty good. The Herd are heading to Boisbriand today to take on the Armada who are pretty good at home in their own right, they have a 3-0-0-1 record at the Centre d'Excellence Sports Rousseau. For the second straight night, Halifax will be a part of a pink in the rink event that is not theirs as Blainville is hosting the annual event this evening. Despite being the youngest team in the league, there have been promising lights to start the season. Veteran Maxime Fortier is once again the team leader in points, five of the remaining 6 player rookies (Raphael Lavoie has left the team) have at least a point while three of them have goals and goaltender Alexis Gravel has a 2.45 goals against average in 146 minutes of action. Today's game is the second of a 3 games in 3 nights Quebec road trip for the Moose and they're going up against some good teams. Blainville has won a lot of tight games and have scored the third lowest amount of goals but they haven't given up too many either. Will our boys get their first road win today? We'll have to wait and see.

This is the first meeting between the two teams this season. Last year, Halifax was 1-1-0-0 against the Armada while Blainville had a 1-0-1-0 record versus the Mooseheads. The last matchup in the 2015-16 season was October 8, 2015. Timo Meier had 2 goals and four points including the game winner to lead Halifax to a 5-4 overtime victory while Eric Brassard made 21 saves to pick up the win.

OVERALL RECORDS
Mooseheads: 5-4-0-0 = 10 points (3rd in Maritimes ivision, 7th overall)
Armada: 5-3-0-1 = 11 points (3rd in West division, 6th overall)

LEADING SCORERS
BLB: Alexandre Alain 6pts (3G & 3A), TJ Melancon 6pts (2G & 4A), Yvan Mongo 5pts (4G & 1A)
HAL: Maxime Fortier 13pts (6G & 7A), Connor Moynihan 7pts (5G & 2A), Nico Hischier 7pts (3G & 4A)

PREVIOUS GAMES
Halifax is coming off a 6-3 defeat at the hands of the Cataractes on Friday night. Taylor Ford led the Mooseheads with a goal and an assist while Kevin Resop made 24 saves on 30 shots to take the loss in Shawinigan.

Blainville-Boisbriand is coming off a 3-2 overtime victory over Saint John on Wednesday night. Alexandre Alain scored the OT winner for the Amarda on home ice while Samuel Montembeault stopped 27 of the Sea Dogs 29 shots for the win.

ALUM ON ARMADA - none

HEAD-TO-HEAD
October 15  Halifax at Blainville-Boisbriand - 5pm
December 9  Blainville-Boisbriand at Halifax - 7pm

OUT OF TOWN
Sagueneens vs. Sherbrooke   5:00pm
Islanders vs. Screaming Eagles   7:00pm
Huskies vs. Voltigeurs   8:00pm
Foreurs vs. Sea Dogs   8:00pm
Tigres vs. Wildcats   8:00pm

AFTER THE BUZZER
Halifax will finish their 3 night Quebec road trip on Sunday afternoon with a visit to Victoriaville to take on the Tigres. Puck drops at 5pm.

What A Comeback

Down two goals twice during the game, your Halifax Mooseheads used the return of Timo Meier to get their second win of the season. The Mooseheads couldn't make their passes and gave the puck up quite a bit in the first period and at the end of the 20 minutes found themselves down 0-2. Meier, who turned 19 today, took the first penalty of the game and Halifax suffered because of it as the Blainville-Boisbriand Armada took a 1-0 lead. Sanche scored again 4 minutes later to give the Armada a strangle hold on the game. Or so it looked like, a delay of game penalty at the beginning of the second period and a 5 on 3 shifted the momentum to the Mooseheads big time. Cavan Fitzgerald scored on the 5 on 3 to close the gap, than Arnaud Durandeau had his second tally of the season on the powerplay to tie the game. Before the middle frame ended though, the momentum was back in Blainville's corner with the Armada securing a two goal lead again. The birthday boy got the ball rolling in the third scoring 56 seconds in to the frame before Danny Moynihan tied the game once again, this time at 4-4. In overtime, with a 4-on-3 powerplay situation, Halifax took full advantage and Meier had the magic play to win the game for the home team.

Blainville-Halifax Game at a Glance
FINAL: Armada 4 at Mooseheads 5 OT
Stars: 3. Jones HAL | 2. Sanche BLB | 1. Meier HAL
Attendance: 5,102
MC's Top Herd- Timo Meier

GAME LOG
First period
8:29 BLB Philippe Sanche (3), PP | A: Melancon & Bureau-Blais
12:37 BLB Philippe Sanche (4) | A: Hylland & Halbert

Second period
4:09 HAL Cavan Fitzgerald (4) | A: Meier & Somppi
5:12 HAL Arnaud Durandeau (2), PP | A: C. Moynihan & Watt
10:29 BLB Guillaume Bergeron-Charron (2) | A: Hylland
13:59 BLB Brendan Hamelin (2) |A Mongo & Crete-Belzile

Third period
0:56 HAL Timo Meier (1) | A: Ford
6:44 HAL Danny Moynihan (3) | A: Jones & Meier

Overtime
1:41 HAL Timo Meier (2), PP | A: D. Moynihan & Fortier

Powerplay: BLB - 1-for-3; HAL - 2-for-8
Shots: 29-25 in favour of Halifax

Scores
Acadie-Bathurst 2 at Drummondville 4
Rimouski 4 at Quebec 2

UP NEXT: The Mooseheads will host the Victoriaville Tigres on Friday night hockey. Puck drops at 7pm.

Oct 8: Mooseheads vs. Armada preview

GAMEDAY
HALIFAX MOOSEHEADS VS BLAINVILLE-BOISBRIAND ARMADA
Puck drops at 7:00pm
TV: Webcast | Radio: News 95.7 | Live: @HFXMooseheads
Scotiabank Centre (10,595) ~ Halifax, NS

Timo Meier is set to make is home debut as captain of your Halifax Mooseheads. After getting injured in his first game after being returned by the San Jose Sharks, Meier is back in the lineup tonight when the Herd host the Armada. The two teams met in Boisbriand five days ago with the home team in that contest coming out with the win. Halifax will be looking for a bit of revenge after a 4-2 defeat on the weekend. The Mooseheads should get some added offence with Timo back in the lineup which will hopefully help with scoring and winning.

Overall Records
Armada: 4-3-1-0 = 9 points (5th in West division, 11th overall)
Mooseheads: 1-6-1-1 = 4 points (6th in Maritimes division, 16th overall)

Team Leaders
HAL: Maxime Fortier 13pts (7G & 6A), Otto Somppi 10pts (1G & 9A), Danny Moynihan 7pts (2G & 5A)
BLB: Kristian Pospisil 9pts (4G & 5A), Philippe Sanche 6pts (2G & 4A), Alexandre Delisle-Houde 5pts (5G)

Last Games
Blainville-Briosbriand is coming off a 4-2 victory over Halifax on home ice on Saturday. Alexandre Delisle-Houde led the Armada with 2 goals while Samuel Montembeault made 21 saves against the Mooseheads.

Halifax is coming off a 5-4 defeat in Drummondville on Sunday afternoon to finish a 3 game Quebec road trip. Max Fortier, Danny Moynihan and Cavan Fitzgerald each had a goal and an assist while Kevin Resop took the loss against the Volts with 35 saves.

Season Series
Head to Head: 0-1-0-0 = 0 points
October 2 Halifax 2at Blainville-Briosbriand 4
October 8 Blainville-Briosbriand  at Halifax - 7pm

Out of Town
Voltigeurs vs Titan 8:00pm
Remparts vs Oceanic 8:00pm

After the Buzzer
Halifax will welcome the Victoriaville Tigres tomorrow night in their only matchup in Moose Country. Puck drops at 7pm.

GAMEDAY #42: vs Blainville-Boisbriand

GAMEDAY

HALIFAX MOOSEHEADS vs. BLAINVILLE-BOISBRIAND ARMADA

January 10, 2015 at 7:00pm

TV: Webcast | Radio: News 95.7 | Live: @MC_MooseCountry

Scotiabank Centre (10,595) ~ Halifax, NS

It's time to say goodbye. What is happening tonight normally doesn't happen in junior hockey. When a player gets traded they just go right to their new team and start playing. However, the Mooseheads franchise goaltender Zach Fucale requested coming back for one more game to say his goodbyes to the fans. After winning the gold medal on Monday, Fucale came back to Halifax to pack up his belongings and have a couple of last days with his billet parents. The Herd announced earlier this week that Zach would be back at the Scotiabank Centre tonight to drop the ceremonial puck. It'll be an exciting time for everyone in attendance but the current team will have to push all that excitement down after the real puck drop and get back to business. They'll be going up against the hottest team of late in the Blainville-Boisbriand Armada. Luckily Coach Ducharme has a fully healthy lineup for the first time this season and will be able to put out the best team available.

This is the second and final game between these two teams. Halifax is 0-1-0-0 against the Armada this season while Blainville is 1-0-0-0 versus the Mooseheads. The 2 teams met on October 25 last with the Armada skating away for a 2-1 win at home ice. Brandon Vuic scored the lone Herd goal while Zach Fucale made 18 saves.

Overall Records
Armada: 24-11-1-4 = 53 points (1st in West division, 3rd overall)
Mooseheads: 20-18-2-1 = 43 points (3rd in Maritimes division, 11th overall)

Leading Scorers
HFX: Nikolaj Ehlers 51pts (19G & 32A), Timo Meier 50pts (21G & 29A), Danny Moynihan 42pts (20G & 22A)
BLB: Danick Martel 62pts (28G & 34A), Nikita Jevpalovs 57pts (30G & 27A), Philippe Sanche 40pts (23G & 17A)

Last Games
The Aramda are coming off a 4-3 shootout win in Charlottetown on Friday night. Nikita Jevpalovs led the team with a goal and an assist while Samuel Montembeault made 24 saves to get Blainville the victory against the Islanders.

The Mooseheads are coming off a big win against Gatineau at home last night. Halifax was led by Nikolaj Ehlers who scored a hat trick and had an assist in the 6-3 victory while Eric Brassard took the decision against the Olympiques.

Season Series

Saturday Oct 25  Halifax 1 at Blainville 2

Saturday Jan 10  Blainville at Halifax - 7pm

Out of Town
Phoenix vs. Drakkar 5:00pm
Tigres vs. Cataractes 5:00pm
Titan vs. Screaming Eagles 7:00pm
Islanders vs. Olympiques 7:00pm
Sea Dogs vs. Wildcats 7:00pm
Foreurs vs. Sagueneens 8:00pm

After the Buzzer
Halifax will take on the Drummondville Voltigeurs on Thursday night at home. Puck drops at 7pm. 

POSTGAME: Mooseheads 1, Armada 2

MC POST-GAME

Here are some stories from last night's 2-1 loss to the Blainville-Boisbriand Armada

My recap: It was another close game between the Halifax Mooseheads and the Blainville-Boisbriand Armada and yet again your Mooseheads were on the wrong side of it. 

The Q News' recap: (french) De solides performances de Philippe Sanche et de Samuel Montembeault ont permis a l'Armada de Blainville-Boisbriand de remporter une sixieme victoire consecutive, samedi, au Centre d'excellence Sports Rousseau.

The Chronicle Herald's recap: One night after playing in a scoring free-for-all, the Halifax Mooseheads found themselves in a defensive struggle against the Blainville-Boisbriand Armada. 

Metro Halifax's recap: Forward Brandon Vuic is making his return to the Halifax Mooseheads line-up count.

Le Courrier's recap: (french) L'Armada de Blainville-Boisbriand a tenu bon en troisieme periode et s'est sauve avec une victoire de 2-1 contre les Mooseheads d'Halifax samedi soir au Centre d'excellence Sports Rousseau. 

The Canadian Press' recap: Tyler Hylland scored 1:25 into the second period and it proved to be the winner as the Armada beat Halifax.

qmjhl.ca's recap: Game summary.

MISSING IN ACTION: Jesse Lussier (broken wrist), Sam LeBlanc (lower body), Cavan Fitzgerald (broken patella) and Jordan King (healthy)

SCORES
Gatineau 3 - 4 Shawinigan
Victoriaville 1 - 5 Chicoutimi
Baie-Comeau 2 - 6 Saint John
Quebec 4 - 3 Charlottetown
Moncton 3 - 5 Drummondville

NEXT GAME: The Mooseheads travel to Victoriaville this evening to take on the Tigres. Puck drops at 5pm.

RECAP: Another Close Game

BLAINVILLE - It was another close game between the Halifax Mooseheads and the Blainville-Boisbriand and yet again your Mooseheads were on the wrong side of it. Halifax had lots of chances to win the game but it was a goaltending duel that only one team came out on top of. Brandon Vuic was the only Herd player to score on Saturday evening. Halifax is still looking for the first 2 game win streak,

FINAL: Mooseheads 1 at Armada 2
Stars: 3. Nauss HAL | 2. Montembeault BLB | 1. Sanche BLB
Attendance: 2,383
MC's Top Herd: n/a

GAME LOG
First period
16:00 HAL Brandon Vuic (1) | A: Hardie & C. Moynihan
19:57 BLB Philippe Sanche (5), PP | A: Martel & Jevpalovs

Shots: Blainville led first period pucks to the net 7 to 4

Second period
1:25 BLB Tyler Hylland (4) | A: Sanche

Shots: Middle frame shots were close being 9-8 in Halifax's favour

Third period
None

Shots: The Mooseheads led 3rd period shots 13-5, and 26 to 20 overall

POWERPLAY
Halifax: 0-for-8
Blainville-Boisbriand: 1-for-3

GOALIES
Winning goaltender: Samuel Montembeault BLB 25 saves
Losing goaltender: Zach Fucale HAL 18 saves

GAMEDAY #15: at Blainville-Boisbriand

GAMEDAY

BLAINVILLE-BOISBRIAND ARAMADA vs. HALIFAX MOOSEHEADS

October 25, 2014 at 5:00pm

TV: Webcast | Radio: News 95.7 | Live: @CoolenTQN

Centre d'Excellence Sports Rousseau (3,100) ~ Boisbriand, QC

Halifax's first road trip to Quebec has started off well but the Mooseheads will need to continue the confidence that they had last night if they want to get a passing grade on the trip. They'll be up against a team that has a ton of confidence as the Armada are on a 5 game win streak after a bad start to the season. 

This is the first game of the season between these two teams. Blainville-Boisbriand beat the Herd in both games last season but the games were really close, both ending in a 4-3 score. 

Overall Records

Mooseheads: 5-7-1-1 = 12 points (5th in Maritimes division, 15th overall)

Armada: 7-6-0-2 = 16 points (4th in West division, 10th overall)

Leading Scorers

BLB: Danick Martel 17pts (10G & 7A), Nikita Jevpalovs 16pts (11G & 5A), Emil Aronsson 9pts (1G & 8A)

HFX: Timo Meier 17pts (7G & 10A), Philippe Gadoury 12pts (5G & 7A), Morgan Nauss 10pts (2G & 8A)

Last Games

Halifax is coming off a big 9-6 victory over the Olympiques in Gatineau on Friday night. Philippe Gadoury scored twice and recorded 3 assists to lead the Mooseheads to the win while Zach Fucale made 20 saves.

Blainville hosted Val-d'Or last night and skated off with a 5-3 win over the Foreurs. Nikita Jevpalovs had 2 goals to lead the Armada and Samuel Montembeault had 23 saves on 26 shots.

Season Series

Saturday Oct 25  Halifax at Blainville - 5pm

Saturday Jan 10  Blainville at Halifax - 7pm

Out of Town

Cataractes vs Olympiques 5:00pm
Sagueneens vs Tigres 5:00pm
Sea Dogs vs Drakkar 7:00pm
Islanders vs Remparts 7:30pm
Voltigeurs vs Wildcats 8:00pm

After the Buzzer
The Mooseheads play the last game of their 3 in 3 tomorrow evening in Victoriaville against the Tigres. Puck drops at 5pm. 

POSTGAME: Armada 4, Mooseheads 3

MC POST-GAME
Streak stays in tack with shorthanded goal by Blainville

HALIFAX - Looks like another team will be the first one to give the Blainville-Boisbriand Armada their first loss.

The Canadian Press' recap: Frederic Bergeron scored once and set up two more as Blainville-Boisbriand edged the Mooseheads.

Metro Halifax's recap: Just when it appeared the Halifax Mooseheads were poised for a comeback win, things fell apart.

The Q News' recap: Luca Ciampini netted his first goal of the season in a losing cause Friday Night.

Chronicle Herald's recap: The No. 1 ranked team in the CHL came to Halifax on Friday and the Mooseheads nearly knocked them off.

halifaxmooseheads.ca's recap: That hurts.

MISSING IN ACTION: Trey Lewis (labral tear) and Jonathan Drouin (groin) were not in the lineup while healthy scratches were Liam Alcalde, Jesse Lussier and Vincent Watt. The Armada didn't dress Emil Aronsson, Marc-Olivier Roy, Tyler Brown and David Bedard.

TWEET OF THE NIGHT

PICTURES
Here are my pictures from last night.

COMEBACK
The comeback fell just short. Midway through the third the Herd were down 3-1 but they got two goals in a little over 2 minutes to tie things up.

CAPTAINCY
With captain Trey Lewis out with a hip injury, Darcy Ashley was the captain last night. Brent Andrew will also be captain while Lewis is out.

CIAMPINI
Luca Ciampini scored his first goal of the season last night.

FALKENHAM
Local boy Ryan Falkenham scored the tying goal on a vey nice play. He got 2nd star honors.

WEEGAR
MacKenzie Weegar assisted on two of the three goals yesterday evening. Mac seemed to be on the ice every time I looked so I'm not surprised that he got points last night. He was the third star of the game.

OTHER SCORES
Cap Breton 3 -2 Charlottetown
Bathurst 0 - 3 Qubec
Sherbrooke 1 - 4 Rouyn-Noranda
Victoriaville 3 - 0 Shawinigan
Drummondville 4 - 6 Val-d'Or

UP NEXT
Halifax will take on the Saint John Sea Dogs tonight at home. Puck drops at 7pm.

Tough Loss.

Looks like another team will be the first one to give the Blainville-Boisbriand Armada their first loss. The Moncton Wildcats were unable to Thursday night losing 4-0 while the Halifax Mooseheads were also unable to but they gave the Armada hard fought game. Both teams changed chances in the first period but neither could get past the goaltenders. After going down 2-0 half way though the second and the crowd being deflated, the Mooseheads got a goal by Luca Ciampini to liven it up. Halifax than came back to tie it after bring down 3 to 1 with goals by Andrew Ryan and a very nice one by Ryan Falkenham. There were plenty of missed powerplay opportunities as well. A shorthanded goal was the dagger that allowed the Armada to remain perfect this year.

FINAL: Armada 4 at Mooseheads 3
50/50 Winning Draw: $8,594
Three stars: 3. Weegar HAL | 2. Falkenham HAL | 1. Bergeron BLB
Attendance: 7,830
MC's Top Herd: Ryan Falkenham  

GAME LOG
First period
None

Penalties: Hadie HAL (6:00, High-sticking), Hardie HAL (15:39, Roughing)
Shots: pucks to the net were tied in the first period at 8

Second period
5:44 BLB Marcus Hinds (4) | A: Clapperton
9:48 BLB Philippe Sanche (2) | A: Bergeron & Tesink
17:31 HAL Luca Ciampini (1), PP | A:Weegar & Ehlers

Penalties: Begeron BLB (7:39, Slashing) , Jevpalovs BLB (16:49, Hooking)
Shots: Blainville led middle frame shots 8 to 6

Third period
10:27 BLB Frederic Bergeron (5) | A: Hodhod
11:29 HAL Andrew Ryan (6) | A: Leblanc & Lindsay
13:32 HAL Ryan Falkenham (4) | A: Weegar & C. Moynihan
18:32 BLB Samuel Tremblay (2), SH | A: Bergeron

Penalties: Walcott BLB (2:46, Tripping), Walcott BLB (13:46, Playing after losing helmet), Clapperton BLB (17:06, Interference)
Shots: Halifax led the third period shots 13-8 and overall shot 27 pucks to the net and allowed 24

GOALIES
Winning goaltender: Zach Fucale HAL 20 saves
Losing goaltender: Etienne Marcoux BLB 24 saves

POWERPLAY
Halifax: 1-for-5
Blainville: 0-for-2

GAMEDAY 12: vs Blainville-Boisbriand

IT'S GAMEDAY

HALIFAX MOOSEHEADS vs. BLAINVILLE-BOISBRIAND ARMADA

Puck drops at 7:00pm

Metro Centre (10,595) ~ Halifax, NS

PREVIEW - Undefeated. Going into the tonight's game that is all anybody will be thinking about. The 3rd year Blainville-Boisbriand Armada are coming into town as the number one ranked team in the country with a 9-0 record. Your Halifax Mooseheads will look to stop that streak and prove that they are not part of the champiosnhip curse that seems to plaque lots of championship teams in the year after winning the trophy. The Armada are the only truly undefeated team right now in the Canadian Hockey League.

Halifax will have some help however as Darcy Ashley, who was third in team scoring alst season, is returning to the lineup after being out since the middle of training camp with a broken hand. It will also be the home debut for 3rd overall draft pick Jonathan Drouin. Drouin was reassigned to the Moose by the Tampa Bay Lightning a day after Halifax's last home game and has played 4 road games collecting 5 points. Drouin collected 56 of his 105 points on home ice last season so he should help the team score more on this 6 game homestand. Ashley will also be a big boost, he had 26 goals and 78 points last year. 


This is the first of two games between Blainville and the Mooseheads. They will meet agian in February.

THE NUMBERS

Leading scorers
BLB: Christopher Clapperton (6G, 14A, 20 PTS), Nikita Jevpalovs (8G, 4A, 12 PTS), Ryan Tesnik (2G, 7A, 9 PTS)
HAL: Andrew Ryan (5G, 5A, 10 PTS), Nikolaj Ehlers (5G, 3A, 8 PTS), Brent Andrews (1G, 7A, 8 PTS)

LAST GAMES
The Herd are coming off a 3-2 win, their third stright by the score, against the Drummondville Voltigeurs. Timo Meier scored the first two goals for the Moose while Zach Fucale stopped 22 of 24 shots.

Blainville-Boisbriand continued their streak last night against the Moncton Wildcats, shuting out the Cats 4-0. Frederic Bergeron led the team in points with 2 goals as Etienne Marcoux stopped all 22 pucks he faced for the shutout.

HEAD-TO-HEAD
This season    0-0-0-0    0GF    0GA
October 11 @ 7pm  Armada at Mooseheads
February 1 @ 8pm  Mooseheads at Armada
Last season    2-0-0-0   8GF    5GF

NOT PLAYING - Just as the Herd are getting one guy back (Darcy Ashley) another one goes down; Trey Lewis will be out indefinitely

OUT OF TOWN
Eagles at Islanders - 7:00pm
Titan at Remparts - 8:00pm
Phoenix at Huskies - 8:30pm
Tigres at Cataractes - 8:30pm
Huskies at Foreurs - 8:30pm

GAME COVERAGE
TV: None
Live: @MC_MooseCountry
Webcast: TELUS
Radio: News 95.7
Post-game: MooseCountry blog

AFTER THE GAME
The Mooseheads continue their homestand tomorrow night against the Saint John Sea Dogs. Puck drops at 7pm.