Import rookies propel Halifax to DND win

Mensonen's goal celebration
Photo - Ashley Hennigar

Well it was quite the night for the import rookies who helped lead the Halifax Mooseheads to a 5-3 victory over the Cape Breton Eagles on DND Appreciation Night. Russian Oleg Kulebiakin added onto his team leading point totals by scoring twice and helping on another Saturday night while Imatra, Finland native Jasu Mensonen also had 3 points (1 goal & 2 assists) as both players received stars of the game honours. The game began with a ceremonial puck drop from a couple of Canadian Armed Forces members and another signing O Canada. Fans weren't too happy about midway through the first period as a Herd player got interfered with and there was no call on the play but the referees did make a call on a similar play late in the frame which led to Will Bent scoring the opening goal on the power play. Halifax kept on going in the second, getting out to a 3-0 lead halfway through the period but the lead after 40 minutes would only be 3-2. Kulebiakin's two goals happened in the third extending the lead with his 8th of the season (goal #2 in game) being scored during the Needs Minute It to Win It giveaway so someone went home with $6,300 in Needs gift cards. The 'pot' had grown since at least late in the 2023-24 season. Surprisingly, Cape Breton did not have a power play opportunity during the match while the Moose had just one. 

FINAL: Eagles 3 at Mooseheads 5
Stars: 3. Lewis Gendron CAP | 2. Jasu Mensonen HAL | 1. Oleg Kulebiakin HAL 
Attendance: 8,397 

GAME LOG
First period
17:13 HAL William Bent (2), PP | A: Kennedy & L'Italien 

Second period 
6:25 HAL Jasu Mensonen (3) | A: Kulebiakin & Carrier
9:41 HAL Caylen Blake (4) | A: None
18:00 CAP Lewis Gendron (2) | A: Burke & De Ladurantaye
19:08 CAP Samuel Rocca (3) | A: Peitzsche & Hartlin

Third period 
2:15 HAL Oleg Kulebiakin (7) | A: Mensonen 
10:29 HAL Oleg Kulebiakin (8) | A: Mensonen & Kilfoil
14:09 CAP Romain Litalien (2) | A: Gendron

Powerplay: CAP - 0-for-0; HAL - 1-for-1
Shots: 35-25 in favour of Halifax

Did not play - Alec Nesreddine (healthy), Lincoln Waugh (injured), Justin Chiras (healthy) & Antoine Fontaine (injured)

Next game
The Halifax Mooseheads will head out for a 5 game road trip starting tomorrow in Moncton against the Wildcats. Game time is 3 p.m.

Game Day 12: vs Eagles

PREVIEW - Your Halifax Mooseheads wrap up their six game home-stand this evening when they host the Cape Breton Eagles for DND Appreciation Night. Surprisingly, this is the first matchup between these two provincial rivals during the regular season, however they did battle it out for all 4 exhibitions games that both teams had. Halifax will honour the Canadian Armed Forces tonight by wearing special themed jerseys that will be auctioned & raffled off with the funds raised going to normally Camp Hill Veterans Hospital. The Mooseheads have played 9 of their first eleven matches this season at the Scotiabank Centre and have given the fans who have showed up lots of things to cheer about as they have a 7-4-0-0 record so far. Despite only having two wins in 8 games played for the Eagles, goaltender Felix Hamel is amongst the league leaders being 4th in goals against average (2.68) and having the third best save percentage (0.913). So we could see a low scoring game tonight. 

Coverage
TV: FloHockey | Radio: News 95.7 | Live: @MC_MooseCountry

Overall records
Eagles: 4-4-1-2 = 11 points (6th in Maritimes division, 15th overall)
Mooseheads: 7-4-0-0 = 14 points (2nd in Maritimes division, 6th overall)

Leading scorers
HAL: Oleg Kulebyakin 9pts (6G & 3A), Shawn Carrier 8pts (5G & 3A), Quinn Kennedy 8pts (5G & 3A) 
CAP: Eliot Litalien 9pts (5G & 4A), Lewis Gendron 9pts (1G & 8A), Romain Litalien 7pts (1G & 6A)

Head-to-head
This is the first match of the season series between these two teams. Halifax had a 2-5-1-0 record against the Eagles last season while Cape Breton went 6-2-0-0 versus the Mooseheads. Caylen Blake led the Mooseheads to a 5-3 victory in the two teams last matchup back on March 16 with two goals and Jacob Steinman stopped 28 of the Eagles 31 shots in Halifax. 

Out of town
Sagueneens vs. Armada - 5:00 p.m.
Drakkar vs. Oceanic - 5:00 p.m.
Huskies vs. Olympiques - 5:00 p.m.
Cataractes vs. Remparts - 5:00 p.m.
Foreurs vs. Voltigeurs - 5:00 p.m.
Tigres vs. Phoenix - 5:00 p.m.
Regiment vs. Sea Dogs - 6:30 p.m.

After the buzzer
Halifax will travel to Moncton and take on the Wildcats in a matinee tomorrow to start a 5 game road trip. Puck drops at 3 p.m.

Theme Nights

We've known the regular season schedule for our Halifax Mooseheads for a couple of months but now the team has released their list of promotional games that will take place during 2025-26. I'll highlight the more special/annual events happening below. 

Annual events
HOME OPENER - September 20 vs. Charlottetown Islanders
DND Appreciation Night - October 25 vs. Cape Breton Eagles     
Toque Toss - December 6 vs. Rouyn-Noranda Huskies    
Mooseheads Fight Cancer - February 13 vs. Moncton Wildcats
Fan Appreciation Night - March 6 vs. Cape Breton Eagles

See the full promotional schedule in the 'Schedule' tab. 

Game Day 18: vs. Baie-Comeau

It will be a special game this evening as our Halifax Mooseheads host league-leading scorer Justin Poirier and the Baie-Comeau Drakkar for DND Appreciation Night. The Mooseheads will be honouring the military tonight as they continue to raise money for the Camp Hill Veterans Memorial Hospital by wearing themed jerseys and auctioning them off after the match. Halifax has struggled as of late but it isn't unexpected especially with the club dealing with injuries as well. Goaltender Mathis Rousseau has given the guys in front of him a chance pretty much every match he has started and the rest of the team have been competitive mostly. They will need to have another strong complete game as Baie-Comeau is coming into this one on a five game win streak. Like I previously mentioned, the Drakkar also have the current league-leading scorer in Poirier who has 30 points in sixteen games played. 

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

Overall records
Drakkar: 12-5-1-0 = 25 points (2nd in East division, 4th overall)
Mooseheads: 8-7-2-0 = 18 points (4th in Maritimes division, 12th overall)

Leading scorers
HAL: Liam Kilfoil 15pts (6G & 9A), Shawn Carrier 13pts (6G & 7A), Antoine Fontaine 11pts (5G & 6A)

BAC: Justin Poirier 30pts (17G & 13A), Matyas Melovsky 23pts (7G & 16A), Louis-Charles Plourde 22pts (14G & 8A)

Head-to-head
This is the first game between these two clubs this season. Halifax had a 1-0-1-0 record versus the Drakkar last season while Baie-Comeau went 1-0-1-0 as well against the Mooseheads. Their last matchup was November 23, 2023 where Baie-Comeau won 4-3 in overtime in Halifax who was led by Markus Vidicek recording 2 goals and an assist. 

Out of town
Oceanic vs. Sea Dogs - 5:00 p.m.

Huskies vs. Armada - 5:00 p.m.

Foreurs vs. Tigres - 5:00 p.m.

Eagles vs. Islanders - 7:00 p.m.

Next game

Halifax will finish their four game homestand tomorrow afternoon when they welcome the Acadie-Bathurst Titan. Puck drops at 3 p.m. 

Events

The Halifax Mooseheads released their promotional schedule recently and it looks a bit different from years past, but below you will find the annual charity events that happen. It seems that once again the Hurley Cup will not be played but I hope that they change their minds because it is one of my favourite events. 

Annual events
HOME OPENER - October 4 vs. Quebec Remparts
DND Appreciation Night - November 9 vs. Baie-Comeau Drakkar     
Toque Toss - December 14 vs. Charlottetown Islanders     
Mooseheads Fight Cancer - February 8 vs. Acadie-Bathurst Titan  
Fan Appreciation Night - March 22 vs. Charlottetown Islanders

Minor hockey nights: Nov. 10, Dec. 6, Jan. 24, Feb. 22, Mar. 16
Student nights: Nov. 21 & Jan. 23 

See the full promotional schedule in the 'Schedule' tab. 

2023-24 Promotional Schedule

Photo - Shawn Davidson

The regular season schedule was announced at the beginning of the summer and the Halifax Mooseheads haven't officially announced their events as of the writing of this post. However, they were listed on the form that people who bought 15-game packages received. So I'm going to do this post a little different this year and give you the full promotional schedule below. 

2023-24 promotional schedule
Home Opener - September 22 vs. Charlottetown
Fridge Magnet Giveaway - October 7 vs. Blainville-Boisbriand
30th Ann. T-shirt Giveaway - October 21 vs. Val-d'Or
Mooseheads Fight Cancer - November 4 vs. Sherbrooke
90's Night - November 11 vs. Shawinigan
Kid's Day - November 12 vs. Cape Breton
Toque Toss - December 8 vs. Gatineau
New Year's Eve - December 31 vs. Cape Breton
Towel Giveaway - January 13 vs. Quebec
DND Appreciation - January 20 vs. Chicoutimi
Alumni Night - March 2 vs. Saint John
Fan Appreciation Night - March 10 vs. Moncton

As you can see, there seems to be no teddy bear toss this season and we'll have to wait and see if the New Year's Eve match will be the normal Hurley Cup/Battle of Nova Scotia special event game. I'm not sure why the team never have the DND appreciation game on Remembrance Day if they play that day. 

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.

Events

The Halifax Mooseheads released their schedule for the upcoming season earlier this summer and have finally announced the events happening during the 2022-23 season. Check out below for the dates of the yearly special games. With the 2023 World Juniors being hosted in Halifax free Christmas, there is no Battle of Nova Scotia event this year.

Annual events
HOME OPENER - September 23 vs. Charlottetown Islanders
Mooseheads Fight Cancer - January 28 vs. Cape Breton Eagles
DND Appreciation Night - March 4 vs. Cape Breton Eagles 
Teddy Bear Toss - December 10 vs. Gatineau Olympiques
Fan Appreciation Night - March 25 vs. Charlottetown Islanders

See the full promotional schedule in the 'Schedule' tab. 

Game Day 60: vs. Quebec

PREVIEW - Our Halifax Mooseheads host the league-leading Quebec Remparts for DND Appreciation Night this evening and will be looking for their fifth straight win. This game was supposed to be played months ago back in January but was postponed due to the pandemic. Halifax will have a pre-game ceremony and wear specially themed jerseys to honour those who are in the Canadian Armed Forces. They will have a tough test as the Remparts come to town with their QMJHL leading 85 points however the Moose haven't been slumps against top teams this season so it should be an interesting game. We'll also see three of the top 10 leading scorers during this match Theo Rochette (7th) and Zachary Bolduc (9th) of Quebec and Jordan Dumais (10th) of Halifax. Quebec is on a nine game win streak heading into tonight. 

Game coverage
TV: Webcast | Radio: News 95.7 | Live: @MC_MooseCountry | Post-game: Moose Country

Overall records
Remparts: 42-14-1-0 = 85 points (1st in East division, 1st overall)
Mooseheads: 31-26-1-1 = 64 points (4th in Maritimes division, 10th overall)

Leading scorers
HAL: Jordan Dumais 80pts (30G & 50A), Elliot Desnoyers 68pts (31G & 37A), Zachary L'Heureux 55pts (21G & 34A)
QUE: Theo Rochette 82pts (28G & 54A), Zachary Bolduc 80pts (41A& 39A), Nathan Gaucher 45pts (28G & 17A)

Head-to-head
Halifax is 0-1-0-0 against the Remparts this season while Quebec has a 1-0-0-0 versus the Mooseheads. The last game between the two clubs was on December 5 with the Remparts picking up a 3-2 victory on home ice. All five goals were scored by different players in the third period. 

Last games
Halifax is coming off a pretty dominating 5-3 victory over Moncton on last night. Jordan Dumais picked up his first career hat trick for the Mooseheads while Mathis Rousseau made 16 saves against the Wildcats.

The Remparts started their Maritime road trip with a 6-3 victory over Cape Breton on Thursday evening. Conor Frenette scored twice for Quebec who outshot the Eagles 50-25.  

Not playing - Probably a couple of healthy scratches

Out of town
Armada vs. Drakkar - 5:00 p.m.
Islanders vs. Eagles - 7:00 p.m.
Sea Dogs vs. Titan - 7:00 p.m.
Huskies vs. Foreurs - 8:00 p.m.

After the buzzer
Halifax will finish a three game home-stand when they welcome the Acadie-Bathurst Titan on Tuesday night. Puck drops at 7 p.m.

Events

The Halifax Mooseheads have announced their promotional schedule for the 2021-22 regular season and there are a change to one of the yearly charity events. Pink in the Rink will not be played in October like normal, instead it is being replaced by a Mooseheads Fights Cancer night. The full list of promotional nights can be found in the schedule tab above but below you will find the yearly charity events.

HOME OPENER - October 2 vs. Cape Breton Eagles
Teddy Bear Toss - December 17 vs. Charlottetown Islanders
Battle of Nova Scotia - December 31 vs. Cape Breton Eagles
DND Appreciation Night - January 21 vs. Quebec Remparts 
Mooseheads Fight Cancer - February 18 vs. Saint John Sea Dogs
Fan Appreciation Night - April 2 vs. Charlottetown Islanders

Nov 8: Mooseheads vs. Voltigeurs preview

HALIFAX MOOSEHEADS VS DRUMMONDVILLE VOLTIGEURS

Puck drops at 7:00pm

TV: Eastlink | Radio: News 95.7 | Live: @HFXMooseheads

Scotiabank Centre (10,595) ~ Halifax, NS

Our Halifax Mooseheads will appreciate the member of the Canadian Forces tonight when they welcome the Drummondville Voltiguers to the Scotiabank Centre. The game marks the 16th annual DND Appreciation night where the boys will wear special commemorative jerseys that'll honour the 50th anniversary of the tragedy on board HMCS Kootenay. Fans will be able to buy raffle tickets once again for a chance to win a jersey, with proceeds going to the Camp Hill Veterans Memorial Garden. Halifax continues to struggle lately with coming off a 4-3 overtime loss last Saturday to the Saint John Sea Dogs after defeating the last place Bathurst Titan. The Volts are on a bit of roll, winning seven of their last 10 games including doubling up on those Titan last night. Drummondville will be without leading scorer Dawson Mercer as he is currently serving a suspension while the Mooseheads are still without Walter Flower and of course Jared McIsaac.

This is the second meeting between these two teams this season. Halifax is 1-0-0-0 against the Voltigeurs while Drummondville has a 0-1-0-0 record versus the Mooseheads. The last match-up was on October 2 where Halifax won 5-1 on the road with Raphael Lavoie leading the good guys with a goal and 2 assists. 

Overall Records
Voltigeurs: 13-7-0-0 = 26pts (2nd in Central division, 4th overall)
Mooseheads: 8-9-1-0 = 17pts (4th in Maritimes division, 13th overall)

Leading scorers
HAL: Raphael Lavoie 28pts (13G & 15A), Benoit-Olivier Groulx 21pts (6G & 15A), Maxim Trepanier 20pts (10G & 10A)
DRU: Dawson Mercer 31pts (16G & 15A), Xavier Simoneau 29pts (12G & 17A), Isiah Campbell 19pts (10G & 9A)

Out of Town
Titan vs. Wildcats    7:00pm
Remparts vs. Armada    8:00pm
Oceanic vs. Olympiques    8:30pm
Huskies vs. Drakkar    8:30pm
Sagueneens vs. Tigres    8:30pm

After the Buzzer
The Halifax Mooseheads will host a toy drive during their game against the Acadie-Bathurst Titan on Saturday night.

Events

The schedule was released months ago and the Halifax Mooseheads have finally announced the dates of their annual events for the 2019-20 season. All the charity events are before the new year this season which is different but there are plenty of special nights all season long. 


Annual events
HOME OPENER - September 27 vs. Charlottetown Islanders
Pink in the Rink 12 - October 19 vs. Cape Breton Screaming Eagles
DND Appreciation Night - November 8 vs. Drummondville Voltigeurs
Teddy Bear Toss - December 13 vs. Charlottetown Islanders
Battle of Nova Scotia - December 28 vs. Cape Breton Screaming Eagles
Fan Appreciation Night - March 21 vs. Moncton Wildcats

Mooseheads Victorious in DND Appreciation Game

For the first time in 5 years, your Halifax Mooseheads were the winning team during the club's DND Appreciation Night game. The team hadn't won on these special evening since the 2013 version where they shutout the Moncton Wildcats. Tonight, the Herd hosted the men and women of our armed forces plus on the ice the team was playing the Cape Breton Screaming Eagles. It was a better result for the Mooseheads this evening after another long pre-game ceremony than the home opener almost two weeks ago. This year the club honoured Shearwater 12th Wing base with special white jerseys that had a thick blue line in the middle and the 100th anniversary logo for Shearwater. Halifax got on the board early when Raphael Lavoie scored his first shorthanded goal of his career just over 6 minutes into the contest. Samuel Asselin got his team leading 13th goal of the season to put the good guys up 2-0 after the first period. Cape Breton controlled the middle frame outshooting Halifax 15-7 in the second but were only able to get one goal past Alexis Gravel who continued to make amazing saves including reaching back a few times to save pucks that were on the goal line. The Screaming Eagles were still down two goals after 40 minutes with the score being 3-1 for the Moose. Wilson Forest made it a one goal game with 4:05 gone in the third but that's as close as the road team would get.

FINAL: Screaming Eagles 2 at Mooseheads 5 
Stars: 3. Declan Smith CAP | 2. Samuel Asselin HAL | 1. Ben Higgins HAL
Attendance: 8,540
MC's Top Herd: Ben Higgins

GAME LOG
First period
6:04 HAL Raphael Lavoie (12), SH | A: none
19:31 HAL Samuel Asselin (13) | A: Safin & Barinka

Second period
6:12 CAP Adam McCormick (3) | A: Gawanke & Lafrance
18:05 HAL Ben Higgins (2) | A: Bishop & McLeod

Third period
4:05 CAP Wilson Forest (3) | A: Smith & Francis
15:45 HAL Walter Flower (3) | A: McIsaac & Groulx
19:26 HAL Arnaud Durandeau (10), EN | A: Maher

Shots: 34-33 in favour of Halifax

NOT DRESSED - Cole Stewart (injured), Kyle Petten (injured), Denis Toner (healthy scratch) and Samuel Dube (injured)

SCORES
Titan 2 at Wildcats 5
Sageneens 2 at Islanders 5
Sea Dogs 2 at Phoenix 6
Drakkar 4 at Foreurs 3
Armada 1 at Voltigeurs 8
Remparts 7 at Cataractes 2
Olympiques 4 at Oceanic 3

UP NEXT - Halifax is back on home ice Saturday night for a rematch against the Acadie-Bathurst Titan. Puck drops at 7pm.

Events

The Halifax Mooseheads released their schedule for the upcoming season earlier this month and have announced the events happening during the 2018-19 season. With such a late home opener this year, some of the events are in different months than they are normally. Check out below for the dates of the yearly special games.

Annual events
HOME OPENER – October 27 vs. Cape Breton Screaming Eagles
DND Appreciation Night – November 9 vs. Cape Breton Screaming Eagles
Teddy Bear Toss – December 14 vs. Moncton Wildcats
Battle of Nova Scotia/Hurley Cup – December 31 vs. Cape Breton Screaming Eagles
Pink in the Rink 10 – January 18 vs. Acadie-Bathurst Titan
Fan Appreciation Night – March 16 vs. Charlottetown Islanders

GAMEDAY #22: vs. Saint John

GAMEDAY
HALIFAX MOOSEHEADS VS SAINT JOHN SEA DOGS

Puck drops at 7pm

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

Scotiabank Centre (10,595) ~ Halifax, NS

On Saturday we remembered those who have fought for our country's freedom, tonight we say thank you to those who are currently defending it. The Halifax Mooseheads host their annual DND Appreciation Night game this evening with the Saint John Sea Dogs visiting. It's a battle of two teams going basically in different directions. Halifax is near the top of the standings and are looking to start a winning streak once again but are 6-3-1 in their last 10 games. Saint John meanwhile are in last place in the league and have found themselves on the losing end of quite a few one goal games, however they do have points in 5 of their last 10 games. The two groups are led by import rookies in Filip Zadina (Mooseheads) and Ostap Safin (Sea Dogs) who have 30 and 23 points respectively, Should be a good game between these division rivals and I am sure their will be plenty of NHL scouts in attendance with 6 draft eligible young men playing in tonight's matchup. The Herd will have a few healthy scratches for this evening since Justin Barron, Xavier Parent, Jared McIsaac, Arnaud Durandeau, Benoit-Olivier Groulx and Jocktan Chainey have returned from the U17 Challenge and Canada-Russia Series. Come out and support the province's military and Camp Hill Veterans Hospital as your Mooseheads take on the Sea Dogs at Scotiabank Centre. Go Moose Go!

This is the second game between these two teams this season. Halifax is 1-0-0-0 against the Sea Dogs while Saint John has a 0-1-0-0 record versus the Mooseheads. The last matchup was in the season opener where Saint John raised it's championship banner however Halifax took a 4-1 victory with Maxime Fortier recording two goals and an assist to lead the Herd.

OVERALL RECORDS
Sea Dogs: 4-12-4-2 = 14 points (6th in Maritimes division, 18th overall)
Mooseheads: 12-6-3-0 = 27 points (2nd in Maritimes division, 6th overall)

LEADING SCORERS
HAL: Filip Zadina 30pts (16G & 14A), Maxime Fortier 28pts (13G & 15A), Otto Somppi 18pts (6G & 12A)
SNB: Ostap Safin 23pts (7G & 16A), Joe Veleno 21pts (4G & 17A), Daniel Hardie 19pts (7G & 12A)

PREVIOUS GAMES
Saint John is coming off a 4-3 defeat at the hands of the Drakkar a week ago on home ice. Daniel Hardie led the Sea Dogs with a goal and an assist while Alex D'Orio made 29 saves to take the overtime loss against Baie-Comeau.

Halifax is coming off a big 3-2 overtime victory on Remembrance Day at home against Sherbrooke. Raphael Lavoie scored the game winner while Jared McIsaac led the team with 2 assists to help the Mooseheads get the win for Blade Mann-Dixon who saved 21 shots.

ALUM ON SEA DOGS
None

HEAD-TO-HEAD
September 21  Halifax 4 at Saint John 1
November 17  Saint John at Halifax – 7pm
November 25  Halifax at Saint John – 7pm
January 6  Halifax at Saint John – 7pm
January 27  Saint John at Halifax – 7pm
January 28  Saint John at Halifax – 3pm
February 9  Halifax at Saint John – 7pm
March 14  Saint John at Halifax – 7pm

OUT OF TOWN
Remparts vs. Cataractes   8:00pm
Phoenix vs. Olympiques   8:00pm
Drakkar vs. Tigres   8:30pm
Voltigeurs vs. Armada   8:30pm
Huskies vs. Sagueneens   8:30pm

AFTER THE BUZZER
Halifax will welcome the Cape Breton Screaming Eagles tomorrow night for another round of the Battle of Nova Scotia. Puck drops at 2pm.

Events

The Halifax Mooseheads released their schedule for the upcoming season earlier this month and have announced the events happening during the 2017-18 season. Check out below for the dates of the yearly special games.

Annual events
HOME OPENER - September 30 vs. Acadie Bathurst Titan
Pink in the Rink 10 - October 14 vs. Cape Breton Screaming Eagles
DND Appreciation Night - November 11 vs. Sherbrooke Phoenix
Battle of Nova Scotia/Hurley Cup - December 30 vs. Cape Breton Screaming Eagles
Teddy Bear Toss - January 27 vs. Saint John Sea Dogs
Fan Appreciation Night - March 16 vs. Moncton Wildcats & March 17 vs. Acadie-Bathurst Titan

DND Night Results in Defeat

On a night when the Halifax Mooseheads appreciated the Department of National Defense, the team on the ice couldn't get a win for the over 7,600 fans in attendance. The Herd were going up against rival Baie-Comeau Drakkar on Friday evening and despite outshooting the Drakkar all game, it just wasn't a good night for the Halifax goaltenders. With veteran goalie Blade Mann-Dixon still not feeling 100% after being sick the last few days, rookie Alexis Gravel started his second game in a row. Unfortunately for the Moose, Gravel had an off night and allowed three goals on 4 shots as Baie-Comeau led 4-2 after 20 minutes. One of the stories coming into the game was the battle of the Fortier brothers and while Max had the upper hand in points, little bro Gabriel received the team victory. Max ended the evening with 2 goals, the second of which was an odd bounce. Swiss star Nico Hischier kept his strong play going with a goal and two assists but he was unable to help his team pick up a W. After the Drakkar made it 3-1 less than 7 minutes into the game, coach Andre Tourigny decided to pull the rookie and put in Mann-Dixon.

FINAL: Drakkar 7 at Mooseheads 4
Stars: 3. Nico Hischier HAL | 2. Xavier Bouchard BAC | 1. Jordan Martel BAC
Attendance: 7,680
MC's Top Herd: Nico Hischier

GAME LOG
First period
1:39 BAC Simon Chevrier (12) | A: Thibault & Deslauriers
3:38 HAL Maxime Fortier (25) | A: Hischier & Charlebois
5:04 BAC D'Artagnan Joly (13) | A: Corson & Chekhovich
6:48 BAC Jean-Simon Belanger (2) | A: Bouchard & St-Laurent
8:12 HAL Nico Hischier (33) | A: Lepage
10:37 BAC Jordan Martel (14), PP | A: Chekhovich & Bouchard

Second period
6:37 BAC Jordan Martel (15) | A: Bouchard & Deslauriers
6:56 HAL Jake Coughler (24) | A: Somppi & Mann-Dixon

Third period
6:01 BAC Christopher Benoit (4) | A: Girard
6:47 BAC Ivan Chekhovich (17) | A: Corson & Aucoin
17:46 HAL Maxime Fortier (26) | A: Hischier & Durandeau

Powerplay: BAC - 1-for-4, HAL - 0-for-7
Shots: 40-31 in favour of the Mooseheads

MISSING IN ACTION: Caleb Rich, Brett Crossley and Barrett Dachyshyn

SCORES
Chicoutimi 0 at Saint John 1
Rouyn-Noradna 5 at Shebrooke 4
Drummondville 1 at Victoriaville 7
Shawinigan 5 at Blainville-Boisbriand 4
Charlottetown 5 at Gatineau 4 OT
Val-d'Or 4 at Rimouski 3

UP NEXT: Halifax will go on a road trip through Quebec starting with a visit to Drummondville for a match against the Voltigeurs on Friday night. Puck drops at 8:30pm.

Events

The city of Halifax and the Halifax Mooseheads will host another big event this season along with their annual events. The CHL Subway Super Series versus Russia will hit Moose Country on November 19, 2015. Halifax will not end the season at home this year and the Battle of Nova Scotia events have come back this season. 

Annual events
HOME OPENER - September 18 vs. Acadie-Bathurst Titan
Pink in the Rink 8 - October 17 vs. Acadie-Bathurst Titan
DND Appreciation Night - not yet announced
Battle of Nova Scotia - December 31 vs. Cape Breton Screaming Eagles
Teddy Bear Toss - January 8 vs. Rimouski Oceanic
Fan Appreciation Night - March 12 vs. Charlottetown Islanders

RECAP: Penalties Hurt Halifax

HALIFAX - DND Appreciation night started out really well; a nice ceremony honouring the Canadian Forces, a moment of silence and two quick goals. The last 45 minutes not so much though; lots of penalties, Saint John taking command in the second and unanswered goals. The ceremony before the game was very well done and it ended with the Stadacona Band playing 'Oh Canada'. Nikolaj Ehlers got the good guys on the board early tipping in a powerplay shot. A Danny Moynihan elbowing penalty led to the away team closing the gap to 2-1 and they wouldn't look back. Physicality and hatred was again a theme in this series especially against former Dogs forward Kelly Bent. Some of that hatred led to Bent getting a game misconduct and a fighting major after he fought against Mitchell Dempsey while Sam Leblanc and Mark Tremaine also fought each other.

FINAL: Sea Dogs 4 at Mooseheads 2
Stars: 3. Lussier HAL | 2. Noel SNB | 1. Dundas SNB
Attendance: 8,795
MC's Top Herd: Kelly Bent

GAME LOG
First period
3:12 HAL Nikolaj Ehlers (6), PP | A: Meier & Lussier
4:54 HAL Samuel Leblanc (1) | A: Bent & Hardie
17:04 SNB Adam Marsh (12), PP | A: Smallman & Noel

Shots: first period pucks to the net were tied at 8 a piece

Second period
8:44 SNB Justice Dundas (8) | A: None
12:12 SNB Justice Dundas (9) | A: Tremaine & LeBlanc

Shots: Saint John led shots in the middle frame 14-6

Third period
11:30 SNB Nathan Noel (10), PP | A: Marsh & Smallman

Shots: Halifax led 15-5 in shots in the third and 29 to 27 overall

POWERPLAY
Saint John: 2-for-7
Halifax: 1-for-5

GOALIES
Winning goaltender: Sebastien Auger SNB 27 saves
Losing goaltender: Zach Fucale HAL 23 saves

GAMEDAY #20: vs Saint John

GAMEDAY

HALIFAX MOOSEHEADS vs. SAINT JOHN SEA DOGS

November 7, 2014 at 7:00pm

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

Scotiabank Centre (10,595) ~ Halifax, NS

The Mooseheads will appreciate the members of the Canadian Forces tonight when they welcome nationally 3rd ranked Saint John to the Scotiabank Centre. It's the 11th annual DND Appreciation Night game in Halifax where the boys will wear special commemorative Canadian Submarine Force themed jerseys. The proceeds from the jersey raffle will be given to the QEII Foundation - Camp Hill Veterans Memorial Garden. Be sure to say thank you to the men and women you see in uniform for defending our country. 

Halifax will have a hard time to keep their mini 2 game win streak alive against the Sea Dogs who have gotten a point in their last 6 games. After two seasons off of the BMO Top 10 rankings, Saint John is back on the list making it's way up the ladder. The Herd's slow start this season has kept them off the list but the team is looking a lot more confident and it showed this past weekend with the team winning both games. It should be a fun game with the special celebrations and the rivalry that the Moose and Dogs have experienced this season. 

This is the fourth game of the season between these two teams. Saint John leads the series 3-0-0-0 which is quite different then last year where Halifax had a 7-1-0-0 record against them. Nikolaj Ehlers and Vince Watt scored a goal each for the Mooseheads in their last meeting back on October 11, a game which the Sea Dogs won 5-2. 

Overall Records

Sea Dogs: 12-3-0-3 = 27 points (1st in Maritimes division, 2nd overall)

Mooseheads: 7-10-1-1 = 16 points (5th in Martimes division, 15th overall)

Leading Scorers

HFX: Timo Meier 20pts (8G & 12A), Philippe Gadoury 15pts (8G & 7A), Nikolaj Ehlers 14pts (5G & 9A)

SNB: Adam Marsh 20pts (11G & 9A), Nathan Noel 18pts (9G & 9A), Thomas Chabot 16pts (4G & 12A)

Last Games

Saint John is coming off a 4-2 on the road in Bathurst on Wednesday night. Mark Tremaine led the Dogs with 2 assists while Sebastien Auger made 33 saves on 35 shots versus the Titan.

Halifax is coming off their first shutout win, beating Charlottetown 3-0 on the island on Sunday evening. Nikolaj Ehlers led the Mooseheads with a goal and 2 assists with Zach Fucale getting the shutout making 20 saves.

Season Series

Saturday Sept 20  Saint John 6 at Halifax 5   OT

Saturday Sept 27  Halifax 0 at Saint John 7

Saturday Oct 11  Halifax 2 at Saint John 5

Friday Nov 7  Saint John at Halifax - 7pm

Saturday Dec 6  Saint John at Halifax - 7pm

Saturday Jan 3  Halifax at Saint John - 7pm

Saturday Mar 14  Halifax at Saint John - 7pm

Saturday Mar 21  Saint John at Halifax - 7pm

Out of Town

Titan vs Wildcats 7:30pm
Remparts vs Voltigeurs 8:00pm
Tigres vs Phoenix 8:00pm
Armada vs Huskies 8:30pm
Olympiques vs Islanders 8:30pm
Oceniac vs Sagueneens 8:30pm
Cataractes vs Drakkar 8:30pm

After the Buzzer
Halifax will travel to Moncton for a rematch against the Wildcats on Saturday evening. Puck drops at 7pm.