Alumni Update: Pro league stats

Photo - Sportsnet

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)

National Hockey League 

American Hockey League

ECHL

Kontinental Hockey League / VHL

National League / Swiss League 

EIHL / NIHL

DEL

DEL2 / Germany3

Czechia

Czechia2

Liiga / Mestis

ICEHL

Hong Kong

Ligue Magnus

Alumni Update: Multiple Former Herd Win Championships

Sorry I haven't been doing very well at keeping you updated on how the alumni of our Halifax Mooseheads have done this season, with school and now a job and all the craziness that COVID has caused it's been difficult to keep track. As you know, it's hard to pay attention to the leagues overseas but since we're starting the playoffs here in the QMJHL I thought I would give you an update. 

USPORTS
Let's start with the university season. The University Cup was held in Wolfville, NS in early April with 8 universities participating. I had already mentioned who was in the tournament and that 7 Herd alumni were on team rosters but I never gave an update on the blog who won the whole thing. Goaltender Aleix Gravel and defenceman Jordan Lepage along with their UQTR Patriotes went into the weekend as OUA champions and ranked third. The Patriotes defeated the UBC Thunderbirds and Ryerson Rams to punch their ticket in the gold medal game. They battled the #1 Alberta Golden Bears but came out on top in double overtime after being down 4-2 after 40 minutes. Gravel made 66 saves in the contest and was named tournament MVP after the game. 

In the bronze medal game, the StFX X-Men got the 3-2 overtime victory over the Ryerson Rams. Former Moosehead Blade Mann-Dixon did not play but Patrick Kyte did for the X-Men. Forward Kevin Gursoy scored a goal for the Rams and was named Ryerson's player of the game in the loss. 

Congrats to Gravel, Lepage and the Patriotes on winning the David Johnston University Cup and to Kyte, Mann-Dixon and the X-Men getting the bronze medal. 

CZECHIA
In Czech Republic, a couple of former Moose players battled it out in the final best-of-7 series where the championship trophy was won on April 28. Milan Jurcina and Sparta Praha took on Petr Vrana and Trinec with Trinec coming out on top to win the Czech Extraliga for the third straight season. 

Jurcina had an assist in 23 games played during the regular season and the same in 16 playoff games. This is the third season Milan has played for Praha after a few years in the DEL. The 38-year-old suited up for Halifax between 2000-2003 collecting 53 points. Vrana meanwhile has been on all three championship teams for Ocelari Trinec, captaining the last two seasons. In the regular season, the 37-year-old had 13 goals and 26 points in 52 games and added 6 points in 14 post-season matches. 

Congrats to Petr Vrana and HC Ocelari Trinec on winning the Czech Extraliga championship. 

Regular season stats

Petr Vrana           Trinec       52   13   13   26
Jan Stransky        Boleslav   52    6     3    9
Cody Donaghey  Kladno      34    1    1    2
Milan Jurcina      Praha        23    0    1    1

EIHL

More congratulations are in order as another former Herd won a championship trophy recently, this time in the EIHL which is a league in the United Kingdom. Jake Coughler and the Cardiff Devils defeated the Belfast Giants in the final game 6-3 with Coughler actually scoring in the match. The 26-year-old finished the regular season with 21 goals and 35 points for Cardiff before adding 4 points in 4 games during the post-season. 

Regular season stats
Gabriel Desjardins   Dundee          49   13   27   40
Cameron Critchlow  Manchester   54   14   23   37

Jake Coughler           Cardiff          33   21  14   35

DEL
Konrad Abeltshauser and the EHC Red Bull Munchen were back in the final series again for the first time since the 2018-19 season but they couldn't get over Eisbaren Berlin on Wednesday evening. Berlin were victorious winning the series 3-1. Abeltshauser scored a goal and recorded 5 points in 8 post-season games. The 29-year-old had 3 goals and 25 points in 50 games played during the regular season. 

Regular season stats
Stephen MacAulay      Dussseldorfer   56   13   25   38
Konrad Abeltshauser   Munchen          50    3    22   25
Marcel Barinka            Kolner              48   11   12   23
Andrew Bodnarchuk    Nurnberg         42    2    11   13

ECHL
Over here in North America, the ECHL finished their regular season a few weeks and are waiting the start of the second round. The teams remaining to participate in the division finals include Reading, Newfoundland, Florida, Jacksonville, Toledo, Wheeling, Utah and Rapid City. Forward Randy Gazzola is the lone remaining Moose alumni in the post-season and he led all alumni who played in the ECHL in points during the regular season.  

      

 

AHL
The playoffs for the American Hockey League is a bit confusing as the second round will begin before the first one is scheduled to conclude. Partially because of that and the fact that guys seem to go up and down between the AHL and ECHL, I will just give you the regular season stats. Forward Martin Frk had a great year for the Ontario Reign scoring 40 goals and 73 points in 58 games. The 28-year-old also was named to the AHL second all-star team. 

NHL

Despite nine alum playing regularly in the top professional league during 2021-22, there are only 3 guys who are competing for the Stanley Cup. Mackenzie Weegar and the Florida Panthers were the top team in the NHL during the regular season, picking up 122 points. Florida is taking on the Washington Capitals in the first round which began May 3. The Colorado Avalanche were the next best team and are up 1-0 in their series against the Nashville Predators. Former Herd Nathan MacKinnon scored twice for the Avs in Game 1. Brad Marchand and the Boston Bruins series versus the Carolina Hurricanes started on May 2. 

Good luck to the remaining players who are battling it out for trophies. Follow me on Twitter (MC_MooseCountry) as that will be where the most up to date info on current and former Mooseheads is shared. 

For more player statistics, check out Elite Prospects to see how our alumni did during the regular season. 

Photos - Radio-Canada, Trinec Twitter, Devils Twitter

Herd Word: Mooseheads Part Ways with Coach

Photo - Moose website

MIDGLEY
It was announced on Wednesday morning that the Halifax Mooseheads have let go of their head coach, Jim Midgley. The move comes after a pretty successful regular season but, for most, a disappointing post-season. Midgley was named as the team's bench boss last summer proceeding the announcement that Andre Tourigny was leaving to be closer to his family. Jim led the Herd to a 43-18-6-1 record in 2017-18 which was good enough for 4th in the league in a season where some figured they would be more in the middle of the pack at the end of the year. Halifax was swept in the second round by the Charlottetown Islanders after defeating the Baie-Comeau Drakkar in the 1st round. Midgley, who is from Townsend, Ontario, was assistant coach for six years under Tourigny and previously Dom Ducharme.

"This was a very hard decision that we had to make but we feel it is the right move for the team moving forward. I want to thank Jim for all of his hard work and commitment to the organization," said General Manager Cam Russell.

It was also announced that the assistant coaches will remain with the team while the search for a new head coach will begin immediately.

Good luck to Jim Midgley in his future career.

U18 WORLDS
Jared McIsaac and Raphael Lavoie's season is over now after Team Canada was knocked out of the U18 World Championships earlier this week in the tournament's quarter-final. Despite a good tournament by both of the Mooseheads sophomores, the two 18 year olds couldn't help Canada improve on their 5th place finish from last year's competition. The red and white went a perfect 3-0 in the round robin games but were unable to solve the Czech Republic goaltending more than once, losing the game 2-1 on Thursday. Individually, Lavoie continued his hot play with the Herd and scored five goals in 5 games during the tournament and was a plus-6 while McIsaac had 1 goal, 3 points and was a plus-5. Jared was named one of Team Canada's top 3 players for the whole tournament while Raphael was awarded player of the game in the club's first match.

INJURIES
Bumps and bruises are apart of the world of hockey and during the playoffs most players fight through them and still compete while trying to hunt down the Stanley Cup. However, for the players who have their season cut short because they were defeated in the first or second round of the post-season, sometimes their injuries can prohibit them from representing their countries in the annual IIHF World Championships. This is the case for two former Moose forwards, Jakub Voracek and Nico Hischier. Their respective NHL teams announced that the two men will not got the 2018 tournament. New Jersey tweeted that Hischier had played with a chronic left wrist/hand injury the entire season.

Get better soon boys.

Photo - Abeltshauser's Facebook page

ABELTSHAUSER
Konrad Abeltshauser is a champion once again. The 25 year old has found success on a really good EHC Munchen team that has now won the DEL championship for three straight years. EHC was ranked first in the German league after the regular season with a record of 30-11-6-5 for 107 points. The team than defeated the Fischtown Penguins and Adler Manheim in the playoffs on their way to the finals where they met Eisbaren Berlin. Abeltshauser and the Red Bulls won the 7 game series 4-3. Konrad, who played defense for Halifax from 2009 to 2013, scored the Munchen's first goal of Game 7 and finished the post-season with three goals and 8 points in the playoffs. He had 3 goals and 18 points during the regular season.

Congratulations to Konrad and the Red Bulls on another championship season!

DUCHARME
Big news for former head coach Dom Ducharme. The Joliette, QC native has made the big leagues after the Montreal Canadiens announced that they have hired Ducharme as an assistant coach. Dom coached your Halifax Mooseheads for 5 years and won the President's Cup with the team in 2013 before deciding it was best to go back home and coached the Drummondville Voltigeurs from 2016-2018.

Former Herd Wins German Championship

Photo - Abeltshauser's Facebook page

It's been another great season for Konrad Abeltshauser and EHC Munchen. After finishing with a 31-12-5-4 (W-L-OTW-OTL) record, EHC were the number 1 seed at the end of the 2016-17 regular season.

Abeltshauser, a Halifax Mooseheads alumni, was awarded the DEL Defenseman of the Year trophy. The 24 year old had 10 goals and 31 points in 52 games played, to lead the Red Bulls in defenceman points.

EHC Munchen swept their first round in the playoffs against the Fischtown Penguins and than took a 4-1 series win over Eisbaren Berlin in the semi-finals. This set up a rematch with EHC Wofsbang for the championship. In the end the Red Bulls were victorious for the second straight year, winning the series 4-1.

Congratulations to Konrad and EHC Munchen on being champions again!

More Moose Win Championships

Photo - Daniel Sparre's Twitter

Former Halifax Mooseheads Kornad Abeltshauser and Daniel Sparre, as well as former goaltending coach Patrick Dallaire captured the DEL championship on Friday night. Konrad did not play in the championship game because of a broken leg. Their EHC Munchen RedBulls defeated Wolfsburg in the championship game. Sparre had a goal and an assist in the tournament.




Otto Somppi will come back to the Herd in August as a champion. Somppi was participating in the Under 18 World Championships this past week and helped his Team Finland skate to victory. The 18 year old forward had a goal in the gold medal game as the Finns defeated Team Sweden 6-1 last night in Grand Forks, ND. Earlier in the tournament the Helsinki native had an assist in the first match while also being named player of the game against Canada.

Photo - Otto Somppi's Twitter

Halifax's assistant coach Jim Midgley and Team Canada fell Team USA 10-3 in the bronze medal game. Midgley was the Canadians video coach during the tournament.

Congratulations to all players!!