Oct 19: Mooseheads vs. Eagles preview

HALIFAX MOOSEHEADS VS CAPE BRETON EAGLES

Puck drops at 7:00pm

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

Scotiabank Centre (10,595) ~ Halifax, NS

The Halifax Mooseheads host their first event of the season and it's the one raising money for breast cancer research; Pink in the Rink. The Cape Breton Eagles come to town for the second game of a home and home series as part of rivalry week. Like I said, these two clubs met last night with the Eagles coming away with a 5-3 victory in Sydney. Halifax had tied it in the third period at 3 goals a piece with a marker by Raphael Lavoie, who leads the team in scoring, but Derek Gentile scored with 12:29 minutes to go in the final frame to put Cape Breton ahead for good. The loss ended a 5 game win streak for the Mooseheads and they'll look to start another one tonight. Whichever goaltender is in nets for the home team this evening will have a big task of keeping the puck out as the Eagles are one of the top scoring teams in the league. Benoit-Olivier Groulx will be looking for his first win as the captain of the Herd. 

Overall Records
Eagles: 9-3-0-0 = 18pts (2nd in Maritimes division, 4th overall)
Mooseheads: 7-5-0-0 = 14pts (4th in Maritimes division, 10th overall)

Leading scorers
HAL: Raphael Lavoie 20pts (9G & 11A), Maxim Trepanier 14pts (7G & 7A), Benoit-Olivier Groulx 13pts (5G & 8A)
CAP: Egor Sokolov 21pts (10G & 11A), Ryan Francis 19pts (5G & 14A), Shawn Boudrais 17pts (9G & 8A)

Out of Town
Foreurs vs. Huskies    5:00pm
Drakkar vs. Sagueneens    5:00pm
Sea Dogs vs. Islanders    7:00pm
Wildcats vs. Titan    7:00pm

After the Buzzer
The Mooseheads will welcome the Moncton Wildcats to Halifax on Friday night. Puck drops at 7pm.

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

Halifax Win 11th PITR Event

Your Halifax Mooseheads are now 6-5 in their Pink in the Rink events after a close 5-3 victory over the visiting Acadie-Bathurst Titan. The boys in pink had it in the bag but seemed to stop pushing late in the third and Bathurst was able to make it interesting scoring two goals in the final 2 minutes of the game. Samuel Asselin got the party started, recording his 30th of the season 5 minutes into the match. Keith Getson doubled the lead with 46 seconds remaining in the first period as the Mooseheads took a 2-0 lead into the first intermission. Despite outshooting the Titan 12-3 in the opening frame, it felt like a pretty back and forth game and in the second Bathurst got some life when Marc-Andre LeCouffe scored at the 4:54 mark to break Cole McLaren’s shutout. LeCouffe’s goal made it a 3-1 game. Asselin scored his 2nd of the night later in the second, which turned out to be the game winner. Halifax has had the best penalty kill pretty much all season but the boys didn’t do too well tonight as all three Acadie-Bathurst goals were scored with the man advantage. The Titan were 3-for-5 on the power play Friday evening.

FINAL: Titan 3 at Mooseheads 5
Stars: 3. Xavier Parent HAL | 2. Samuel Asselin HAL | 1. Arnaud Durandeau HAL
Attendance: 7,781
MC’s Top Herd: Samuel Asselin

GAME LOG
First period
5:01 HAL Samuel Asselin (30) | A: Durandeau & Kyte
19:14 HAL Keith Getson (17) | A: Higgins & Bishop

Second period
2:50 HAL Xavier Parent (11) | A: Toner & McLeod
4:54 BAT Marc-Andre LeCouffe (10), PP | A: Sutton & Tucker
15:52 HAL Samuel Asselin (31) | A: Durandeau & Groulx

Third period
2:30 HAL Raphael Lavoie (20) | A: Flower & McIsaac
18:18 BAT Jesse Sutton (14), PP | A: Tucker & MacKinnon
19:50 BAT Liam Leonard (5), PP | A: MacKinnon & Sutton

Shots: 34-13 in favour of Halifax
Powerplay: BAT – 3-for-5; HAL – 0-for-1

NOT DRESSED – Jocktan Chainey, Ostap Safin, Maxim Trepanier and Jake Ryczek were all injured

SCORES
Wildcats 2 at Screaming Eagles 3 SO
Phoenix 1 at Tigres 2
Cataractes 0 at Drakkar 5
Oceanic 5 at Armada 2

UP NEXT – Halifax will welcome the Moncton Wildcats tomorrow evening. Puck drops at 7pm.

Jan 18: Mooseheads vs. Titan preview

HALIFAX MOOSEHEADS VS ACADIE-BATHRST TITAN
January 18, 2019 at 7:00pm
TV: Eastlink | Radio: News 95.7 | Live: @MC_MooseCountry
Scotiabank Centre (10,595) ~ Halifax, NS

It’s Pink in the Rink night! The game, which helps raises money for breast cancer research, is normally hosted in October but since our Halifax Mooseheads’ home opener wasn’t until October 27 the club had to move it to a later date. This evening is the 11th annual match of this event and it will see the Herd take on the last place Acadie-Bathurst Titan. It will be the second game of a home and home series between these two teams this week. Halifax will be looking to add to their 30 wins on the season and have even more distance between them and the Moncton Wildcats, who they play tomorrow. Bathurst mean while is just looking for a victory as they have only 1 win in their last 10 games and seven on the season. The Titan gave the Mooseheads a scare last week when each time Halifax were able to take a lead, Bathurst was able to tie the game up shortly after but ultimately a coast to coast goal by Justin Barron with under 3 minutes to go gave the Herd a 5-4 win. The first game in this home and home series was a bit easier with our boys winning 4-1. Fans can buy raffle tickets at the Scotiabank Centre for a chance to win a special game worn pink jersey from a Moosehead player with all money going to the Atlantic region of the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation.

This is the seventh meeting between these two teams this season. Halifax is 6-0-0-0 against the Titan while Acadie-Bathurst has a 0-6-0-0 record versus the Mooseheads. The last matchup was on Wednesday evening in Bathurst where the Mooseheads took a 4-1 victory. Benoit-Olivier Groulx led Halifax with a goal and two assists while the Titan were outshot 39-17.

Overall Records
Titan: 7-34-1-1 = 16pts (18th overall, 6th in Maritimes division)
Mooseheads 30-10-2-1 = 63pts (4th overall, 1st in Maritimes division)

Leading Scorers
HAL: Samuel Asselin 51pts (29G & 22A), Benoit-Olivier Groulx 44pts (20G & 24A), Raphael Lavoie 43pts (19G & 24A)
BAT: Jesse Sutton 27pts (13G & 14A), Marc-Andre LeCouffe 21pts (9G & 12A), Evan MacKinnon 21pts (6G & 15A)

Previous Games
See above.

Head-to-Head
October 14  Mooseheads 5 at Titan 0
November 7  Mooseheads 8 at Titan 2
November 10  Titan 0 at Mooseheads 9
December 8  Titan 0 at Mooseheads 6
January 8  Mooseheads 5 at Titan 4
January 16  Mooseheads 4 at Titan 1
January 18  7pm  Titan at Mooseheads
February 8  7pm  Titan at Mooseheads
February 27  7pm  Titan at Mooseheads

Out of Town
Cape Breton vs. Moncton – 7:00pm
Victoriaville vs. Sherbrooke – 8:00pm
Baie-Comeau vs. Shawinigan – 8:30pm
Blainville-Boisbriand vs. Rimouski – 8:30pm

After the Buzzer
Halifax will stick at home and host the Moncton Wildcats on Saturday evening. 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

Offence Leads to PITR Win

Well that was a bunch of everything. Offence, lead changes, physicality. Just everything you would want in a game when the two teams from Nova Scotia battle it out on a Saturday night. The evening started out with a special ceremony where a father and son came out to drop the puck to honour their mother/wife who lost her battle with breast cancer. This puck drop was special because it was Pink in the Rink night at Scotiabank Centre, raising money for breast cancer research. Less than 3 minutes into the game, the big Connor Moynihan got the home faithful on their feet scoring a pretty nice goal. There was back and forth action in the first forty minutes with both periods ending in brawls at the buzzer. With under a minute to go in the middle frame Halifax native Justin Barron scored his first career goal in front of family and friends. In the third however, after going the first 12 minutes without a goal, the Mooseheads took over propelling the guys in pink to a big 9-5 victory over their provincial rivals.

FINAL: Screaming Eagles 5 at Mooseheads 9 
Stars: 3. Justin Barron HAL | 2. Filip Zadina HAL | 1. Max Fortier HAL
Attendance: 7,717
MC’s Top Herd: Justin Barron

GAME LOG
First period
2:26 HAL Connor Moynihan (3) | A: Fortier & Chainey
8:46 CAP Phelix Martineau (3), PP | A: McCormick & Kalmikov
10:51 CAP Drake Batherson (8) | A: Gawanke & Sokolov
17:35 HAL Benoit-Olivier Groulx (6) | A: Chainey & Fortier
19:07 HAL Raphael Lavoie (3) | A: Zadina & Jones

Second period
1:08 HAL Max Fortier (7) | A: Groulx
4:35 CAP Igor Sokolov (5) | A: none
9:11 CAP Jordan Ty Fournier (4) | A: MacDougall & Kalmikov
12:48 HAL Filip Zadina (7) | A: Somppi
13:45 CAP Jordan Ty Fournier (5) | A: none
19:31 HAL Justin Barron (1) | A: Fortier

Third period
12:53 HAL Joel Bishop (2) | A: McIssac
14:31 HAL Filip Zadina (8) | A: Somppi & Durandeau
19:10 HAL Otto Somppi (1) | A: Barbosa

Powerplay: CAP – 1-for-5, HAL – 0-for-4
Shots: 41-37 in favour of Halifax

MISSING IN ACTION – Walter Flower and Jordan Lepage were out with injuries and Ben Higgins

SCORES
Sherbrooke 8 at Drummondville 4
Chicoutimi 5 at Baie Comeau 2
Gatineau 1 at Blainville 2
Bathurst 3 at Charlottetown 4
Moncton 3 at Saint John 2
Rouyn Noranda 4 Val Dor 5
Shawinigan 4 at Victoriaville 2

UP NEXT: Halifax will welcome the Wildcats to town for the first matchup in Moose Country against Moncton on Tuesday. Puck drops at 7pm.

 

GAMEDAY #10: vs. Cape Breton

GAMEDAY
HALIFAX MOOSEHEADS VS CAPE BRETON SCREAMING EAGLES
Puck drops at 7:00pm
TV: Webcast | Radio: News 95.7 | Live: @MC_MooseCountry
Scotiabank Centre (10,595) ~ Halifax, NS

It's Pink in the Rink night! Your Halifax Mooseheads were one of the first teams to host such an event and now each QMJHL team participates in dedicating one game in October each year to raise money for breast cancer research in Canada. This evening is the 10th annual game of this event and will see the Herd take on the Cape Breton Screaming Eagles. Halifax will be looking to get back in the win column after losing 4 straight in the past 8 days. Pink in the Rink matches have raised an average of $110,000 a year since it became a league wide event. Fans can buy raffle tickets at the Scotiabank Centre for a chance to win a special game worn pink jersey from a Moosehead player with all money going to the Atlantic region of the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation. October 13-15 also happens to be rivalry week in the Q with different rival teams playing a home and home series against each other. As Cape Breton and Halifax are provincial rivals it only makes sense that the two teams would be pitted against each other this weekend in the first set of the Battle of Nova Scotia. The Screaming Eagles are another team that should be fighting for the division title at the end of the season with the Moose and Acadie-Bathurst Titan.

This is the second meeting between the two teams this season. Halifax is 0-1-0-0 against the Screaming Eagles while Cape Breton has a 1-0-0-0 record versus the Mooseheads. The last matchup was actually last night in Sydney where the Eagles skated away with a 4-3 victory. Filip Zadina scored twice to lead the Herd and Alexis Gravel made 23 saves to take the loss.

OVERALL RECORDS
Screaming Eagles: 6-4-0-0 = 12 points (2nd in Maritimes division, 4th overall)
Mooseheads: 4-3-2-0 = 10 points (4th in Maritimes division, 10th overall)

LEADING SCORERS
HAL: Maxime Fortier 13pts (6G & 7A), Filip Zadina 12pts (6G & 6A), Arnaud Dirandeau 10pts (4G & 6A)
CAP: Drake Batherson 13pts (7G & 6A), Egor Sokolov 7pts (4G & 3A), Jordan Ty Fournier 6pts (3G & 3A)

PREVIOUS GAMES
See above.

ALUM ON EAGLES
None

MISSING IN ACTION - Jordan Lepage and Walter Flower are out with injuries still

HEAD-TO-HEAD
October 13  Halifax 3 at Cape Breton 4
October 14  Cape Breton at Halifax - 7pm
October 28  Halifax at Cape Breton - 7pm
November 18  Cape Breton at Halifax - 2pm
December 13  Halifax at Cape Breton - 7pm
December 16  Cape Breton at Halifax - 7pm|
December 30  Cape Breton at Halifax - 2pm
December 31  Halifax at Cape Breton - 2pm
January 19  Cape Breton at Halifax - 7pm

OUT OF TOWN
Voltigeurs vs. Phoenix   4:00pm
Drakkar vs. Sagueneens   5:00pm
Armada vs. Olympiques   5:00pm
Islanders vs. Titan   7:00pm
Sea Dogs vs. Wildcats   7:00pm
Foreurs vs. Huskies   8:00pm
Tigres vs. Cataractes   8:00pm

AFTER THE BUZZER
Halifax will stay home for another game, hosting the Moncton Wildcats on Tuesday evening. 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 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

Streaks Are Over

Well the streaks are over. The Halifax Mooseheads are no longer undefeated on home ice this season after a visit from the 3rd ranked Rouyn-Noranda Huskies, who skated away with a 4-2 victory on Friday night. It was also the annual Pink in the Rink event at the Scotiabank Centre, which the Herd had won the last four years but they had no such luck tonight. There was a lot of back and forth action, mostly in the middle of the rink in the first 7 minutes of the game with both teams only having two shots each. Rouyn-Noranda got on the board first with a goal from Peter Abbandonato 9:17 minutes into the game. Abbandonato was parked right in front of the net and chipped in the behind the net pass. Less than two minutes later, Antoine Waked made it 2-0 Huskies with a shot that Kevin Resop looked like he might've had but it went off his glove and trickled into the net. When the Mooseheads play the Quebec teams, sometimes it's hard to believe that they only play two times a season with all the physical stuff that happens. That was the case tonight, there were quite a few penalties (a couple that probably shouldn't have counted) with Keigan Goetz having to sit in the box 4 times himself. In the third period there were a number of scrums between the two teams.

FINAL: Huskies 4 at Mooseheads 2
Stars: 3. Jocktan Chainey HAL | 2. Mathieu Boucher ROU | 1. Peter Abbandonato ROU
Attendance: 7,410
MC's Top Herd: Kevin Resop

GAME LOG
First period
9:17 ROU Peter Abbandonato (4) | A: Dzierkals & Boucher
11:05 ROU Antoine Waked (6) | A: none

Second period
3:09 ROU Peter Abbandonato (5), PP | A: Fontaine & Boucher
6:24 HAL Connor Moynihan (7) | A: Charlesbois & Hischier

Third period
18:11 ROU Philippe Myers (3), EN/SH | A: Fontaine & Harvey
18:29 HAL Ben Higgins (3), PP | A: Dachyshyn & Groulx

Powerplay: ROU - 1-for-7, HAL - 1-for-6
Shots: tied at 24 a piece

MISSING IN ACTION- Brett Crossley, Anthony Sorrentino

SCORES
Acadie-Bathurst 4 at Moncton 1
Val-d'Or 1 at Saint John 4
Blainville-Boisbriand 8 at Sherbrooke 2
Cape Breton 2 at Gatineau 4
Victoriaville 4 at Rimouski 5 OT
Charlottetown 3 at Baie--Comeau 6
Quebec 2 at Drummondville 2
Shawinigan 2 at Chicoutimi 0

UP NEXT: Halifax will welcome the Val-d'Or Foreurs to the Scotiabank Centre on Sunday afternoon. Puck drops at 3pm.

GAMEDAY #12: vs. Rouyn-Noranda

GAME PREVIEW
HALIFAX MOOSEHEADS VS ROUYN-NORANDA HUSKIES
Puck drops at 7:00pm
TV: Eastlink | Radio: News 95.7 | Live: @MC_MooseCountry
Scotiabank Centre (10,595) ~ Halifax, NS

It's Pink in the Rink night at the Scotiabank Centre in support of breast cancer research. The annual event was started by the Mooseheads and this will be the 9th edition in Halifax. Over the past eight years, Halifax Mooseheads fans have raised over $120,000 for the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation - Atlantic Region. Going into tonight's game, two streaks are at stake for the guys that will be wearing pink. The Moose have won four straight PITR events and will be looking to get over .500 in the annual event. Halifax is also still undefeated at home after 5 games and hope to continue that this evening but they'll have a harder time as they welcome the Canadian Hockey League 3rd ranked Rouyn-Noranda Huskies. This will be the first time that head coach Andre Tourigny faces his former team. Rouyn-Noranda has not shown any slowing down after winning a championship like some teams have previously done. The Huskies are an outstanding 7-1-0-1 to start the season and have one of the best goaltenders in the league. If Halifax can get a few goals past the Huskies goaltender (who I'm guessing will be Samuel Harvey) in the first period and whoever the Mooseheads start in net is strong, this should be an exciting game. Don't forget to buy raffle tickets for a chance to win a game worn pink jersey.

This is the first meeting between the two teams this season. Last year, Halifax was 0-2-0-0 against the Huskies while Rouyn-Noranda had a 2-0-0-0 record versus the Mooseheads. The last matchup in the 2015-16 season was January 21. Maxime Fortier had two goals and an assist in a 8-4 defeat in Rouyn-Noranda while Eric Brassard made 45 saves to take the loss. Timo Meier was named first star scoring a hat trick and picking up 2 assists for the Huskies.

OVERALL RECORDS
Huskies: 7-1-0-1 = 15 points (1st in West division, 2nd overall)
Mooseheads: 6-5-0-0 = 12 points (3rd in Maritimes division, 8th overall)

LEADING SCORERS
HAL: Maxime Fortier 16pts (7G & 9A), Nico Hischier 11pts (5G & ^A), Otto Somppi 9pts (4G & 5A)
ROU: Martins Dzierkals 12pts (6G & 6A), Antoine Waked 11pts (5G & 6A), Peter Abbandonato 10pts (3G & 7A)

PREVIOUS GAMES
Rouyn-Noranda is coming off a 6-2 victory on home ice against Drummondville on Saturday evening. The Huskies got multi point nights from 5 different players while Samuel Harvey made 25 saves to pick up the win against the Voltigeurs.

Halifax is coming off their first road win of the season, a big 7-3 victory in Victoriaville on Sunday afternoon. Nico Hischier scored two goals and picked up an assist as well to lead the Mooseheads while Alexis Gravel made his second straight start and stopped 20 of the Tigres 23 shots.

ALUM ON HUSKIES - none

HEAD-TO-HEAD
October 19  Rouyn-Noranda at Halifax - 7pm
November 4  Halifax at Rouyn-Noranda - 8:30pm

OUT OF TOWN
Wildcats vs. Titan   7:00pm
Sea Dogs vs. Foreurs   7:00pm
Phoenix vs. Armada   8:00pm
Drakkar vs. Islanders   8:30pm
Sagueneens vs. Cataractes   8:30pm
Voltigeurs vs. Remparts   8:30pm
Olympiques vs. Screaming Eagles   8:30pm
Oceanic vs. Tigres   8:30pm

AFTER THE BUZZER
Halifax will stay in Moose Country to host the Val-d'Or Foreurs on Sunday afternoon. Puck drops at 3pm.

Events

The schedule for the upcoming season was released earlier this week and the Halifax Mooseheads announced the dates for most of their 2016-17 season events. The date for the DND Appreciation night game has yet to be released but it's possible we'll see it being played on Remembrance Day. 

Annual events
HOME OPENER - September 24 vs. Saint John Sea Dogs
Pink in the Rink 9 - October 21 vs. Rouyn-Noranda Huskies
DND Appreciation Night - not yet announced
Battle of Nova Scotia - December 31 vs. Cape Breton Screaming Eagles
Teddy Bear Toss - January 6 vs. Moncton Wildcats
Fan Appreciation Night - March 18 vs. Saint John Sea Dogs

Moynihan's Hat Trick Gives Moose PITR Victory

Your Halifax Mooseheads have their first mini winning streak of the season. The Herd's offence exploded tonight for 7 goals with the help of the first line on Pink in the Rink night. Danny Moynihan got the game started quickly with a goal less than 2 minutes into the game before Bathurst tied it 8 minutes later. Halifax wore special pink jerseys to raise money for the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation which gives grants to find a cure for breast cancer, tickets were raffled off for fans to win a jersey. After the first period the game was tied but the other Moynihan; Connor gave the Mooseheads a 3-2 lead in the second and the team never looked back onto their 4th straight PITR victory and second in a row on the season. Danny scored two more times while captain Timo Meier had four assists on the night. The Titan didn't make it easy on the Herd to get the win though, with a clear off-side play being called a goal in Bathurst's favour as well as plenty of rough stuff.

FINAL: Titan 4 at Mooseheads 7
Stars: 3. Atoine Morand BAT | 2. Cavan Fitzgerald HAL | 1. Danny Moynihan HAL
Attendance: 7,321
MC's Top Herd- Danny Moynihan

GAME LOG
First period
1:21 HAL Danny Moynihan (4) | A: Meier
9:44 BAT Nicholas Blanchard (4) | A: Morand & Miromanov
14:39 HAL Maxime Fortier (8), PP | A: Fitzgerald & Meier
19:12 BAT Christophe Boivin (3) | A: Maher

Second period
3:49 HAL Connor Moynihan (2) | A: Cavan Fitzgerald
7:33 HAL Brett Crossley (1), SH | A: Shewfelt
8:15 BAT Vladimir Kuznetsov (4), PP | A: Trickett
16:01 HAL Danny Moynihan (5) | A: None

Third period
10:34 BAT Guillaume Brisebois (1), PP | A: Maher & Simpson
15:46 HAL Danny Moynihan (6) | A: Meier & Ford
17:55 HAL Cavan Fitzgerald (5), PP | A: Meier & Fortier

Powerplay: BAT - 2-for-6; HAL - 2-for-10
Shots: 38-28 in favour of Acadie-Bathurst

Scores
Charlottetown 5 at Baie-Comeau 1
Saint John 5 at Blainville-Boisbriand 3
Sherbrooke 3 at Victoriaville 5
Quebec 3 at Rouyn-Noranda 6

UP NEXT: Halifax will travel to New Brunswick to take on the Moncton Wildcats tomorrow afternoon. Puck drops at 3pm.

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

POSTGAME: Islanders 2, Mooseheads 3

MC POST-GAME

Here are some post game stories about last night's win over the Charlottetown Islanders

My recap: In Nikolaj Ehlers return, your Halifax Mooseheads held on for a very close win against the visiting Charlottetown Islanders during Pink in the Rink night.

Islanders Country's recap: Vincent Watt's third period stood as the game winner as the Halifax Mooseheads defeated the Charlottetown Islanders 3-2 Friday night at Scotiabank Centre.

The Chronicle Herald's recap: The Halifax Mooseheads looked like a new team Friday night at the Scotiabank Centre.

Metro Halifax's recap: They may wear pink jerseys now and then, but that doesn't stop the Halifax Mooseheads from dropping their gloves and sticking up for each other.

The Gaurdian's recap: Vincent Watt's third-period goal was the winner as the host Halifax Mooseheads defeated the Charlottetown Islanders 3-2 Friday in Quebec Major Junior Hockey League action. 

The Canadian Press' recap: The Halifax Mooseheads held off a third period rally by the Charlottetown Islanders en route to a 3-2 win in Quebec Major Junior Hockey League action on Friday night. 

halifaxmooseheads.ca's recap: The Halifax Mooseheads, fans and Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation - Atlantic Region all walked away winners on Friday night after yet another successful Pink in the Rink event at Scotiabank Centre.

qmjhl.ca's recap: Game summary.

MISSING IN ACTION: Jesse Lussier (wrist), Cavan Fitzgerald (patella), Brandon Vuic (healthy) and Sam Leblanc (lower body)

SCORES
Shawinigan 5 - 6 Acadie-Bathurst
Victoriaville 2 - 5 Quebec
Chicoutimi 4 - 9 Baie-Comeau
Blainville-Boisbriand 5 - 6 Rimouski SO
Moncton 2 - 3 Rouyn-Noranda
Cape Breton 2 - 5 Val-d'Or

NEXT GAME: The Mooseheads visit the Sea Dogs in Saint John this evening for a third competition this season. Puck drops at 7pm.

RECAP: Boosted

HALIFAX - In Nikolaj Ehlers return, your Halifax Mooseheads held on for a very close win against the visiting Charlottetown Islanders during Pink in the Rink night. It was another successful PITR game with raffle tickets being sold out completely and the home team skating off with a win. The Herd broke one streak and were able to continue another one. Halifax has now won 10 straight games against the Islanders, with the team's most recent loss being in Charlottetown's home opener of the 2013-14 season. The Mooseheads were able to break their losing streak, ending it at three games.

It looks like Halifax will have two teams that don't like them as there were many scrums during the 60 minutes. Both Euros got beat up a few times and drew penalties but where able to recover and not miss any time. The return of Ehlers did prove to be an asset as he made space and the defense seemed better holding the Isles to three shots in the middle frame. It was the first time in 6 games that Halifax has held an opponent to less then 30 shots as well as out-shot the other team.

FINAL: Islanders 2 at Mooseheads 3
Stars: 3. Murphy HAL | 2. McDonald CHA | 1. Fucale HAL
Attendance: 8,149
MC's Top Herd: Zach Fucale

GAME LOG
First period
16:49 HAL Timo Meier (5) | A: Taillefer & Hardie
19:26 HAL Danny Moynihan (3) | A: Gadoury & Nauss

Shots: Charlottetown led first period pucks to the net 12 to 8

Second period
None

Shots: Halifax led in shots 14-3 in the middle frame

Third period
6:31 HAL Vincent Watt (3) | A: None
9:42 CHA Oliver Cooper (1) | A: Goulet & Kielly
19:42 CHA Filip Chlapik (6) | A: Cobbold

Shots: The Islanders shot 11 pucks to the net to the Mooseheads 9, but Halifax led overall shots 31 to 26

POWERPLAY
Charlottetown: 0-for-1
Halifax: 0-for-5

GOALIES
Winning goaltender: Zach Fucale HAL 24 saves
Losing goaltender: Mason McDonald CHA 27 saves

GAMEDAY #9: vs Charlottetown

GAMEDAY

HALIFAX MOOSEHEADS vs. CHARLOTTETOWN ISLANDERS

October 10, 2014 at 7:00pm

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

Scotiabank Centre (10,595) ~ Halifax, NS 

Nikolaj Ehlers has returned just in time for the annual Pink in the Rink game. He was a healthy scratch in the Winnipeg Jet's last preseason game last Saturday and was released by the team officially on Sunday. The return of Ehlers should provide some offense and speed to your Halifax Mooseheads who have been inconsistent in both areas so far this season. Don't loose hope Halifax fans, as Nik pointed out; “Last year, when we had to start the season, we were missing a lot of players and we had the same amount of points as we do now, in the first eight games."

The Herd were able to snap their shutout streak last weekend but still could not snap their losing streak, which has reached three games. Halifax will look to finally break it and recent history is on their side. Pink in the Rink night has been a success on the ice as well as off it in the last two events, with your Moose winning 4-3 and 5-3 in 2012 and 2013 respectively.

This is the second game of the season between these two teams. Halifax's first win of the new season was against the Islanders which left the Charlottetown faithful going home with disappointment. Maxime Fortier scored his first career goal in overtime to seal the win for the Herd while Kevin Resop made 17 saves in his second career start.

Overall Records

Islanders: 5-3-1-1 = 12 points (3rd in Maritimes division, 8th overall)

Mooseheads: 2-4-1-1 = 6 points (5th in Maritimes division, 16th overall)

Leading Scorers

HFX: Timo Meier 9pts (4G & 5A), Ryan Falkenham 7pts (5G & 2A), Maxime Fortier 6pts (1G & 5A)

CHA: Kameron Kielly 12pts (6G & 6A), Filip Chlapik 10pts (5G & 5A), Daniel Sprong 9pts (4G & 5A)

Last Games

Charlottetown is coming off a big loss to the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies on Saturday night on the island. Mason MacDonald made 19 saves on 23 shots to take the loss in the Islanders 7-0 shutout.

Halifax is coming off a shocking 4-3 shootout loss to the Chicoutimi Sagueneens on Sunday evening. Vincent Watt scored with less then 1 minute left in the first period to end the Mooseheads shutout streak while Zach Fucale made 33 saves for the loss.

Season Series

Saturday Sept 13  Halifax 6 at Charlottetown 5 OT

Friday Oct 10  Charlottetown at Halifax - 7pm

Wednesday Oct 29  Charlottetown at Halifax - 7pm

Sunday Nov 2  Halifax at Charlottetown - 4pm

Friday Dec 5  Charlottetown at Halifax - 7pm

Thursday Dec 18  Halifax at Charlottetown - 7pm

Wednesday Dec 31  Charlottetown at Halifax - 3pm

Saturday Feb 21  Halifax at Charlottetown - 7pm

Friday Mar 6  Charlottetown at Halifax - 7pm

Out of Town

Titan vs Cataractes 7:30pm
Remparts vs Tigres 8:00pm
Drakkar vs Sagueneens 8:30pm
Oceanic vs Armada 8:30pm
Huskies vs Wildcats 8:30pm
Foreurs vs Screaming Eagles 8:30pm

After the Buzzer
The Mooseheads will travel to Saint John tomorrow to take on the Sea Dogs on Saturday evening. Puck drops at 7pm. 

PITR Q Games Start This Weekend

The Pink in the Rink games for the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League start this weekend in Moncton. October has begun which means it's Breast Cancer Awareness month and the QMJHL supports the cause to raise awareness and find a cure for breast cancer. Each of the 18 Q teams dedicate at least one game in the month of October to be their Pink in the Rink game. There is normally some kind of fundraising during the game but each team does it a little different.

Here is the list of when each game will be played:
October 3 & 4  Moncton Wildcats
October 4  Charlottetown Islanders
October 10  Halifax Mooseheads
October 11  Val-d'Or Foreurs
October 17  Baie-Comeau Drakkar
October 17  Rouyn-Noranda Huskies
October 18  Saint John Sea Dogs
October 19  Cape Breton Screaming Eagles
October 23  Sherbrooke Phoenix
October 24 & 25  Blainville-Boisbriand Armada
October 25 & 26  Shawinigan Cataractes
October 25  Chicoutimi Sagueneens
October 25  Drummondville Voltigeurs
October 26  Acadie-Bathurst Titan
October 26  Gatineau Olympiques
October 26  Rimouski Oceanics
October 29  Victoriaville Tigres
October 31  Quebec Remparts

Events

The QMJHL released the regular season schedule a few months ago and this year is a little bit different if you noticed. There are two home and home series between the Nova Scotia teams but neither are in December after Christmas which means no Battle of Nova Scotia events. Talking about December, there will be a New Year's Eve game for the first time in years.

Here are the annual events that are happening for the 2014-15 season:

HOME OPENER - September 19 vs. Moncton Wildcats

Pink in the Rink 7 - October 10 vs. Charlottetown Islanders

DND Appreciation Night - November 7 vs. Saint John Sea Dogs

Teddy Bear Toss - January 9 vs. Gatineau Olympiques
Fan Appreciation Night/Season finale - March 21 vs. Saint John Sea Dogs

PITR events a success

Press Release.

The 18 Pink in the Rink games that were held this past October were a great success. Of course they are always a success as the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League and it's teams raise money to help raise awareness and fund breast cancer research but with every passing year it gets better. According to Commissioner Gilles Courteau the league raised a record amount this season of $142,041. That's a fantastic amount to go towards research to stop this terrible disease that plagues woman.

The commissioner had this to say; "More than 400 pink jerseys worn by the players and developed by our official supplier, Reebok/CCM, and their partners in this endeavour, SP Apparel, was sold with the proceeds being distributed to local, regional or national organizations dedicated to the fight against breast cancer. I would like to congratulate our teams for their excellent work and thank our great fans for their generosity."


I would also like to congratulate everyone involved. The above amount is the total amount raised by the league, no word on how much the Moose made as a team. I can say that we donated at least $1,250 to the cause.

Currently, the Canadian Hockey League is raising funds for Prostate Cancer research with their MOvember campaign. To make a donation online click here.

POSTGAME: Foreurs 2, Mooseheads 5

MC POST-GAME
Success once again in Pink in the Rink

HALIFAX - For the second straight year, your Halifax Mooseheads were on the winning side of the annual Pink in the Rink event.

The Canadian Press' recap: Brent Andrews scored a hat trick to lead the Halifax Mooseheads past the Val-d'Or Foreurs 5-2 in Quebec Major Junior Hockey League play Friday.

Metro Halifax's recap: The Halifax Mooseheads welcomed back Jonathan Drouin with a decisive win on Friday night.

The Chronicle Herald's recap: A little taste of home seemed to inspire Nikolaj Ehlers.

MISSING IN ACTION: Trey Lewis (hip), Jesse Lussier (concussion), Ryan Falkenham (hips), Liam Alcalde (healthy) and Brendan Duke (flu) did not play for your Moose. Maxime Gravel, Keven Larouche and Lukas Sladkovsky were not on the ice for the Foreurs.


PINK IN THE RINK
The 6th annual Pink in the Rink event was once again a success for the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation Atlantic Region. The pink jerseys that the Mooseheads were wearing were pretty cool this year. They were full pink with the colored Herd logo on the front.

HAT TRICK
With the net empty two players were able to get a hat trick last night but Nikolaj Ehlers decided to give up his chance and gave it to Brent Andrews to score the empty net goal and the hat trick one.

INJURIES
Halifax has been hit by the injury bug big this year already. Trey Lewis is out with tears in his hip, while Jonathan Drouin just got back from a groin injury and now Ryan Falkenham is out for the season after needing surgery on both hips.

EHLERS
European rookie Ehlers recorded a Gordie Howe hat trick last night. He scored two goals and had the chance to score a hat trick late in the third. He recorded two assists as well and fought Louick Marcotte halfway through the last frame. He was escorted off the ice for getting a game misconduct from the fight.

DROUIN
Jonathan Drouin made his home debut this season last night. He played in the 3 road games earlier this month after getting sent down by the Tampa Bay Lightning. He than hurt his groin before last Friday's game against Blainville. Drouin recorded three assists during the game.

MANTHA
League leading scorer Anthony Mantha recorded an assist in yesterday's game. He also had three penalties during the game.

GAZZOLA
Randy Gazzola returned to Halifax for the first time after being traded last year to Val-d'Or at the trade deadline.

OTHER SCORES
Chicoutimi 3 - 4 Acadie-Bathurst
Quebec 3 - 0 Moncton
Baie-Comeau 7 - 1 Sherbrooke
Gatineau 4 - 3 Drummondville
Rimouski 3 - 4 Shawinigan

UP NEXT
The home stand continues tonight when they take on the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies at the Metro Centre. Puck drops at 7pm.