Mooseheads to pick 3rd again

Photo - QMJHL website

The Halifax Mooseheads will select 3rd overall during the upcoming entry draft. 

Even though the Herd did not finish in the lower part of the standings, the club still had a chance to win the draft lottery as they hold the Rimouski Oceanic's first round pick after a previous trade. Halifax had 6 balls in the lottery, giving them the second best odds (at 28.6%) to win, however they slid to third. 

The Rouyn-Noranda Huskies, who had the best odds, won the lottery that was held on Tuesday night and will select first overall. Rouyn-Noranda acquired the pick from the Baie-Comeau Drakkar. 

Here's how the top five currently look like:

Here they are! The Top 5 picks of this year's #QDraft! pic.twitter.com/S3TTP1BacT

— QMJHL (@QMJHL) April 21, 2026

This is the second straight year that the Mooseheads will pick 3rd overall. In 2025, Halifax selected defenceman Malik L'Italien. 

Halifax will host the 2026 QMJHL Entry Draft on June 5-6. The Moose also own the 7th overall pick, plus four more picks in the second round. 

In other news....

• There are four current players on the NHL Central Scouting final draft rankings; Oleg Kulebiakin #87, Eddy Doyle #108, Danny Walters #114 and Shawn Carrier #178. Good luck to them at the 2026 NHL Draft in late June. 
• The QMJHL semi-finals are set after the Blainville-Boisbriand Armada defeated the Newfoundland Regiment 4-2 in their series on Monday. Blainville take on the Moncton Wildcats while the Chicoutimi Sagueneens and Rouyn-Noranda Huskies will battle each other in the other series.
• Halifax announced on Tuesday that they have signed free-agent forward Evan Nee. Nee, a native of Arlington, Massachusetts, will join the Mooseheads as he enters his 19-year-old season. 
• Former Herd bench boss Sylvain Favreau has won the Ron Lapointe Trophy after being named the Coach of the Year after leading the Drummondville Voltigeurs to a 40-18-3-3 record in the 2025-26 regular season. 
• Mathis Rousseau, an alumni goaltender of the Mooseheads, has committed to Cornell University after entering the NCAA's transfer portal. 

Game Day 25: vs Huskies

PREVIEW - After another five game road trip, our Halifax Mooseheads are back home for a few matches starting with one this evening as they host the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies during the annual toque toss charity game. Both teams have had 0.500 records over their last 10 games and are coming off a loss. The Huskies will be looking for their first win on their current run through the Maritimes division while Halifax hopes to not get swept in their season series against Rouyn-Noranda. Mooseheads rookie forward Oleg Kulebiakin continues to be on a hot streak including scoring a hat trick on November 21 and posting 4 assists in one game a week later. The Russian leads the team with 30 points after twenty-five games, and probably would have been invited to the world juniors if the country was still in the tournament. This is the first time since the 2011-12 season that a rookie has led the Herd in scoring. So don't forget to bring some toques and when the home team scores their first goal tonight, throw them on the ice so they can be donated to HRM shelters. 

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

Overall records
Huskies: 15-8-2-1 = 33 points (2nd in West division, 6th overall)
Mooseheads: 14-8-1-1 = 30 points (3rd in Maritimes division, 9th overall)

Leading scorers
HAL: Oleg Kulebiakin 30pts (17G & 13A), Shawn Carrier 24pts (14G & 10A), Liam Kilfoil 20pts (5G & 15A)
ROU: Thomas Verdon 39pts (12G & 27A), Samuel Beauchemin 25pts (8G & 17A), Eliot Ogonowski 23pts (10G & 13A)

Head-to-head
Halifax is 0-0-1-0 against the Huskies this season while Rouyn-Noranda has a 1-0-0-0 record versus the Mooseheads. The two teams met on Halloween night in Rouyn where Antoine St. Laurent scored twice, including the overtime winner, to help his Huskies get a 5-4 OT victory over Halifax. 

Out of town
Cataractes vs. Phoenix - 5:00 p.m.
Eagles vs. Foreurs - 7:00 p.m.

After the buzzer
Halifax will welcome the Val-d'Or Foreurs tomorrow afternoon for the toy drive game. Puck drops at 3 p.m.

Rousseau Has First Star Performance

Photo - AMH Photography

Overage goaltender Mathis Rousseau had maybe his best game of his career and his 48 saves helped the Halifax Mooseheads to a 2-1 shootout victory over the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies on Friday night. As for the guys in front of him, they started a little late but were still able to break the scoreless game at the 10:09 mark of the second period. The first period was an interesting one with the Huskies getting the getting the first 11 shots of the match. Rousseau stood tall when Halifax had to kill off a 4 minute high sticking penalty, with half of it actually being a 5 on 3 after Brady Schultz was called for interference. The shots after 20 minutes were 19-1 for Rouyn-Noranda however the two clubs went to their dressing rooms with the score 0-0. Halifax native Daniel Walters got his first home goal to opening the scoring while Huskies rookie Bill Zonnon tied the game up with under 14 minutes to go in the third. Overtime would solve nothing and it looked like we would be getting an extended shootout before Liam Kilfoil got one past Samuel Meloche as the last normal shooter. 

FINAL: Huskies 1 at Mooseheads 2 SO
Stars: 3. Liam Kilfoil HAL | 2. Amelio Santini HAL | 1. Mathis Rousseau HAL
Attendance: 8,002
MC's Top Herd: Mathis Rousseau

GAME LOG
First period
No score

Second period
10:09 HAL Daniel Walters (2) | A: Santini & Moser

Third period
6:38 ROU Bill Zonnon (7) | A: Steiner

Overtime
No score

Shootout 

    Huskies                         Mooseheads

Steiner       MISS         Sprynar        MISS
Zonnon      MISS         Phillips        MISS

Verreault    MISS         Kilfoil         GOAL

Powerplay: ROU - 0-for-3; HAL - 0-for-3
Shots: 49-18 in favour of Rouyn-Noranda

Next game

Halifax will continue their home stand welcoming the CHL best Moncton Wildcats on Sunday afternoon. Puck drops at 3 p.m.

RECAP: Dumais, Rousseau Lead Herd to Win

Photo - AMH Photography

Where to start? The Moose Country faithful were treated to a great game in what ended up being Jordan Dumais' return to Halifax on Friday night as he led the team to a 6-4 victory over the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies. Dumais was sent back to the Mooseheads this afternoon and did not take long to make the most of his first game of the season, scoring at the 10:48 mark of the opening period. The away team tied it up shortly after with a power play goal and the teams went to their locker rooms with the score 1-1 after twenty minutes. Both clubs traded goals early in the second period before Dumais put in another one. Halifax was lucky to be up 4-2 after 40 minutes as they were being outshot 38-13 at that point but Mathis Rousseau stood on his head and that strong play continued in the final frame as well. It was a tense final five minutes, however the crowd got into the match quite a bit when Dumais scored his third goal and even more after goaltender Mathis Rousseau put the puck into the empty net to seal the win for the Herd. 

FINAL: Huskies 4 at Mooseheads 6
Stars: 3. Mathis Rousseau HAL | 2. Jake Furlong HAL | 1. Jordan Dumais HAL
Attendance: 7,562
MC's Top Herd: Jordan Dumais

GAME LOG 
First period 
10:48 HAL Jordan Dumais (1) | A: Martin & Vidicek
12:55 ROU Louis-Philippe Fontaine (7), PP | A: None

Second period
0:32 HAL Markus Vidicek (3), PP | A: Dumais & Schultz
1:14 ROU Antonin Verreault (5) | A: Perron & Bourash
10:41 HAL Jordan Dumais (2) | A: Furlong & Cataford
13:13 HAL Reece Peitzsche (4), PP | Dumais & Furlong

Third period 
15:14 HAL Jordan Dumais (3), PP | A: Schultz & Vidicek 
16:01 ROU Jeremy Langlois (2) | A: Verreault & Gill
16:38 HAL Mathis Rousseau (1), EN | A: None
19:49 ROU Thomas Verdon (4) | A: Fillion & Perron

Powerplay: ROU - 1-for-5; HAL - 3-for-5
Shots: 42-18 in favour of Rouyn-Noranda

Next game
Halifax will welcome the Val-d'Or Foreurs on Saturday evening for t-shirt giveaway night. Puck drops at 7 p.m. 

Game Day 11: vs. Rouyn-Noranda

PREVIEW - After going 1-1-1-0 on their first Quebec road trip of the season, our Halifax Mooseheads are back home tonight to take on the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies. These two teams are projected to be contenders for the Gilles Courteau Trophy once again this year so it should be another good contest. Overager Brody Fournier has had a very good start to begin his last year in junior hockey and he'll look to keep providing the offence. Halifax hasn't had the same goal scoring prowess as it did in 2022-23 but that was too be expected though I think the fact that Markus Vidicek (who was fourth in team scoring last year) has been quiet may be of some concern. We could possibly see a goaltending battle tonight as Mathis Rousseau has been basically lights out so far and Huskies netminder William Rousseau is third in the league for save percentage. William of course was the one who led the Quebec Remparts to a championship against the Herd back in May. If you can't get to the game this evening to see this exciting contest, it will be broadcasted on Eastlink's Friday Night Hockey. 

Overall records
Huskies: 6-2-1-2 = 15 points (1st in West division, 3rd overall)
Mooseheads: 6-3-1-0 = 13 points (2nd in Maritimes division, 6th overall)

Top 3 scorers
HAL: Mathieu Cataford 13pts (4G & 9A), Brody Fournier 11pts (6G & 5A), Lou Levesque 9pts (5G & 4A)
ROU: Antonin Verreault 13pts (4G & 9A), Louis-Philippe Fontaine 12pts (6G & 6A), Daniil Bourash 10pts (3G & 7A)

Head-to-Head 
This is the first game between these clubs this season. Halifax had a 0-0-1-1 record versus the Huskies in 2022-23. Rouyn-Noranda took the last meeting 3-2 in overtime with Mathieu Cataford and Logan Crosby scoring for the Mooseheads in the loss.

Last games
Rouyn-Noranda is coming off a 4-2 victory last night in Charlottetown. William Rousseau was named the game's first star as he stopped 33 of the Islanders 35 shots while Benjamin Brunelle has a goal and an assist to lead the Huskies. 

Halifax is coming off a 3-2 road loss on Sunday afternoon against the Oceanic. The Mooseheads scoring came from Liam Kilfoil and Mathieu Cataford while Mathis Rousseau made 28 saves in the defeat in Rimouski. 

Not playing - Jordan Dumais is still at NHL camp (injured)

Out of town
Eagles vs. Foreurs - 7:00 p.m.
Remparts vs. Oceanic - 8:00 p.m.
Drakkar vs. Cataractes - 8:00 p.m.
Olympiques vs. Phoenix - 8:00 p.m.
Voltigeurs vs. Armada - 8:00 p.m.

L'Heureux Leads Halifax Past Huskies

Our Halifax Mooseheads were able to get some payback on the visiting Rouyn-Noranda Huskies after the Huskies won the first meeting between these two teams last week. The Mooseheads skated to a 5-2 victory tonight on the back of Zachary L'Heureux who had two goals. It didn't take long for L'Heureux to get on the home team on the board as he scored his 7th of the season just 1:54 into the first period. Sophomore Jordan Dumais had an unassisted goal 49 seconds later to give Halifax the 2-0 lead. Rouyn-Noranda pushed back a bit in the second half of the opening period and made it a 2-1 game after 20 minutes. Even though Halifax dominating in shots during the middle frame it seemed to me that they played below the level of the Huskies in that 20 minutes. Zach's second of the night extended the Herd's lead as they outshot Rouyn 18-4 in the second period but the clubs went to the dressing room with the boys in green up 3-2. Robert Orr picked up the insurance goal at the 3:54 mark of the third and Rouyn-Noranda took their second loss in as many nights. 

FINAL: Huskies 2 at Mooseheads 5
Stars: 3. Samuel Johnson ROU | 2. Jordan Dumais HAL | 1. Zachary L'Heureux HAL
Attendance: 5,928
MC's Top Herd: Zachary L'Heureux 

Game Log
First period 
1:54 HAL Zachary L'Heureux (7) | A: Desnoyers & Davis 
2:43 HAL Jordan Dumais (9) | A: None
14:48 ROU Daniil Bourash (5) | A: Johnson

Second period 
5:07 HAL Zachary L'Heureux (8), PP | A: Vidicek & Whynot 
8:19 ROU Samuel Johnson (6) | A: Gagnon & Gill 

Third period 
3:54 HAL Robert Orr (8) | A: Dumais
19:00 HAL Elliot Desnoyers (13), EN | A: None

Shots: 38-22 in favour of Halifax
Powerplay: ROU - 0-for-2, HAL - 1-for-4

SCORES
Baie-Comeau 3 at Moncton 2
Blainville-Boisbriand 7 at Cape Breton 1
Quebec 4 at Charlottetown 1
Victoriaville 4 at Sherbrooke 6
Shawinigan 5 at Chicoutimi 2
Val-d'Or 1 at Drummondville 4
Gatineau 4 at Rimouski 2

Missing in action: Senna Peeters (illness), Logan Crosby, Dylan MacKinnon and Mathieu Cataford at U17 Capital City Challenge 

Up next: Halifax will welcome the Blainville-Boisbriand Armada for 90's night tomorrow. Puck drops at 7 p.m. 

Huskies Win National Title

Photo - Vincent Ethier

Well, the QMJHL's 50th season has come to an end and it couldn't have finished any better I'm sure as both league representative's in the tournament were in the championship game.

The Rouyn-Noranda Huskies defeated our Halifax Mooseheads for the sixth time in the month of May to claim it's first Memorial Cup trophy on Sunday night. Halifax got out to a 2-0 lead in the final match of the year before the Huskies came back to score 4 unanswered goals to win a trophy once again on Scotiabank Centre ice. Rouyn-Noranda were crowned the President Cup winners earlier this month while the Mooseheads were the tournament hosts. The two teams finished the round-robin with 2-1 records, Halifax was given a bye to the last game because of the tie-breaker rules while the Huskies had to defeat the Guelph Storm (OHL) in the semi-final. Peter Abbandonato scored what would end up being the game winning goal just 3:02 into the third period to help his team get a 4-2 victory.

Congratulations to the Huskies on being 2019 national champs!


In other news...

• With the best goals against average and save percentage of the tournament, Alexis Gravel was named the Top Goaltender. He was also named to the all-star team along with teammate Benoit-Olivier Groulx 
• The Stanley Cup finals are underway and there is one former Moosehead still playing; Brad Marchand and the Boston Bruins are taking on the St. Louis Blues for the holy grail. Marchand leads the Bruins with 8 goals and 19 points through 18 games in this year's playoffs 
• Herd alumni Ladislav Nagy played his last international game last Tuesday, representing Slovakia at the 2019 IIHF World Championships. Nagy, who turns 40 on Saturday, scored the shootout winner for the Slovaks against Denmark in the country's final round robin game as the team did not advance to the playoff round this year

Memorial Cup Championship Game

GAMEDAY

2019 Memorial Cup Game Eight

Championship

Rouyn-Noranda Huskies at Halifax Mooseheads

May 26 - 8:00pm

Scotiabank Centre

The biggest game to be played in Moose Country is happening tonight with our Halifax Mooseheads taking on the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies at 8pm. After 10 more days of hockey, the 2018-19 junior hockey season will come to an end today. This is the 8th time this month that these two teams have met each other and just like 15 days ago, a trophy is on the line. Rouyn-Noranda is looking to win their first Memorial Cup in club history while Halifax will be hoping to repeat what happened exactly six years ago when they won the Mooseheads only national championship. The Huskies are coming off a big 6-3 victory over the OHL champion Guelph Storm in Friday's semi-final game to get to this game. It's a sell out crowd for this evening but you can watch the match on Sportsnet if you don't have tickets.

Rouyn-Noranda: 1st West Division, 1st Western Conference, 1st QMJHL 59-8-0-1=119 points

Joel Teasdale (14G & 20A), Felix Bibeau (14G & 15A), Noah Dobson (8G & 21A)

Samuel Harvey 16-3-1-0, 1.97 GAA, 0.924 SAV%

def. Shawinigan Cataractes (4-2, 1st round), Victoriaville Tigres (4-0, quarters), Rimouski Oceanic (4-0, semis), Halifax Mooseheads (4-2, finals)

Coached by Mario Pouliot

Halifax: 1st Maritimes Division, 1st Eastern Conference, 3rd QMJHL 49-15-2-2=102 points

Raphael Lavoie (20G & 12A), Arnaud Durandeau (10G & 10A), Maxim Trepanier (6G & 14A)

Alexis Gravel 14-8-0-0, 2.73 GAA, 0.917 SAV%

def. Quebec Remparts (4-3, 1st round), Moncton Wildcats (4-0, quarters), Drummondville Voltigeurs (4-2, semis), by Rouyn-Noranda Huskies (4-2, finals)

Coached by Eric Veilleux

ROUYN-NORANDA WINS

May 24, 2019

Guelph Storm vs. Rouyn-Noranda Huskies

Attendance: 10,595

In what was most certainly a pro-Guelph crowd on Friday evening, the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies battled and defeated the Storm 6-4 to earn a spot in the Memorial Cup championship game on Sunday. The Huskies got off to a quick start, with Alex Beaucage scoring just under five minutes into the game on a power-play, but Guelph came back with two goals by Isaac Ratcliffe and Jack Hanley 60 seconds apart to take the lead. It seemed like we were going to get a even higher scorer game as it was tied 3-3 with 23:11 remaining but defence came into play in the later part of the second period. Felix Bibeau scored twice in the third to give Rouyn-Noranda a two goal lead before Ratcliffe made it interesting with 73 seconds to go. With the loss, the Storm's quest for another trophy has come to an end with a semi-final defeat.

Final: Rouyn-Noranda 6 at Guelph 4
Shot count: Storm - 38, Huskies - 39
Goal scorers: Alex Beaucage ROU (1) P1 4:58(PP), Isaac Ratcliffe GUE (2) P1 6:28, Jack Hanley GUE (1) P1 7:28, Joel Teasdale (ROU (3) P1 9:31, Cedric Ralph GUE (1) P2 5:53, Tyler Hinam ROU (3) P2 6:49, Felix Bibeau ROU (3) P3 5:40, Felix Bibeau ROU (4) P3 12:33, Isaac Ratcliffe GUE (3) P3 18:47, Rafael Harvey-Pinard ROU (1) P3 19:57(EN)
Powerplay: ROU 1/1, GUE 0/2
3 stars: 3. Noah Dobson ROU, 2. Dmitri Samorukov GUE, 1. Felix Bibeau ROU

MEMORIAL CUP GAME #7: Semi-final

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2019 Memorial Cup Game Seven

Semi-final

Rouyn-Noranda Huskies at Guelph Storm

May 24 - 8:00pm

Scotiabank Centre

Rouyn-Noranda: 1st West Division, 1st Western Conference, 1st QMJHL 59-8-0-1=119 points

Joel Teasdale (14G & 20A), Felix Bibeau (14G & 15A), Noah Dobson (8G & 21A)

Samuel Harvey 16-3-1-0, 1.97 GAA, 0.924 SAV%

def. Shawinigan Cataractes (4-2, 1st round), Victoriaville Tigres (4-0, quarters), Rimouski Oceanic (4-0, semis), Halifax Mooseheads (4-2, finals)

Coached by Mario Pouliot

Guelph: 2nd Midwest Division, 4th Western Conference, 8th OHL 40-18-6-4=90 points

Nick Suzuki (16G & 26A), Isaac Ratcliffe (15G & 15A), Dmitri Samorukov (10G & 18A)

Anthony Popovich 16-7-1-0, 3.12 GAA, 0.894 SAV%

def. Kitchener Rangers (4-0, quarters), London Knights (4-3, semis), Saginaw Spirit (4-3, finals), Ottawa 67's (4-2, OHL finals)

Coached by George Burnett

Rouyn-Noranda wins

May 22, 2019 
Rouyn-Noranda Huskies vs. Halifax Mooseheads

Attendance: 10,004

The Halifax Mooseheads celebrated despite losing a close game against the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies to finish the round robin on Wednesday night. Because of the way the Canadian Hockey League decides their tie-break scenarios for first place if three teams have 2-1 records, the Herd needed to lose by one goal with the score 4-3 or lower, if they couldn't win, to secure a bye to the Memorial Cup championship game. That 4-3 result was how the match would end after the Huskies dominated in the third period and were able to get two goals past Alexis Gravel. It looked like Rouyn-Noranda might get the result they wanted to get the bye as they led 2-0 after twenty minutes with goals from Felix Bibeau and Joel Teasdale but Halifax took the intermission to regroup and had a very strong period. The Mooseheads scored three times in the middle frame, including a power play goal from Antoine Morand, which was his third of the tournament, coming with just 43 seconds left. William Rouleau picked up his first at the 10:!3 mark, making a lot of the 10,000 fans nervous. Jakub Lauko scored in the final minute to give his team the victory.

Final: Halifax 3 at Rouyn-Noranda 4
Shot count: Huskies - 40, Mooseheads - 27
Goal scorers: Felix Bibeau ROU (2) P1 14:38, Joel Teasdale ROU (2) P1 15:50, Benoit-Olivier Groulx HAL (1) P2 0:48, Arnaud Durandeau HAL (1) P2 7:34, Antoine Morand HAL (3) P2 19:!7, William Rouleau ROU (1) P3 10:13, Jakub Lauko ROU (2) P3 19:05
Powerplay: HAL 1/3, ROU 0/2
3 stars: 3. Jakub Lauko ROU, 2. Benoit-Olivier Groulx HAL, 1. Peter Abbandonato ROU

MEMORIAL CUP GAME #6: Hosts vs. QMJHL

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2019 Memorial Cup Game Six

Round Robin

Halifax Mooseheads at Rouyn-Noranda Huskies

May 22 - 8:00pm

Scotiabank Centre 

It's a President Cup rematch tonight at the Memorial Cup as the round robin portion closes out. There's big stakes with this evening's game as a bye to the final is on the line. A win from our Halifax Mooseheads will give them a 3-0 record while a loss would leave three teams with 2-1 records and it would get complicated to determine who would get first in the standings. The Rouyn-Noranda Huskies will be the designated home team for the game and will be looking to win another contest on Scotiabank Centre ice but the Mooseheads will want some revenge. Even though it's a mid-week affair, I imagine the arena will be electric. Let's cheer on the boys Moose Country to a victory.

Halifax: 1st Maritimes Division, 1st Eastern Conference, 3rd QMJHL 49-15-2-2=102 points

Raphael Lavoie (20G & 12A), Arnaud Durandeau (10G & 10A), Maxim Trepanier (6G & 14A)

Alexis Gravel 14-8-0-0, 2.73 GAA, 0.917 SAV%

def. Quebec Remparts (4-3, 1st round), Moncton Wildcats (4-0, quarters), Drummondville Voltigeurs (4-2, semis), by Rouyn-Noranda Huskies (4-2, finals)

Coached by Eric Veilleux

Rouyn-Noranda: 1st West Division, 1st Western Conference, 1st QMJHL 59-8-0-1=119 points

Joel Teasdale (14G & 20A), Felix Bibeau (14G & 15A), Noah Dobson (8G & 21A)

Samuel Harvey 16-3-1-0, 1.97 GAA, 0.924 SAV%

def. Shawinigan Cataractes (4-2, 1st round), Victoriaville Tigres (4-0, quarters), Rimouski Oceanic (4-0, semis), Halifax Mooseheads (4-2, finals)

Coached by Mario Pouliot

ROUYN-NORANDA WINS

May 20, 2019

Prince Albert Raiders vs. Rouyn-Noranda Huskies

Attendance: 9,186

Final: Rouyn-Noranda 6 at Prince Albert 3
Shot count: Raiders - 33, Huskies - 33
Goal scorers: Tyler Hinam ROU (1) P1 4:34, Cole Fonstad PA (1) P1 8:32, Brayden Pachal PA (1) P1 13:47, Joel Teasdale ROU (1) P1 18:32(PP), Felix Bibeau ROU (1) P2 12:59, Noah Gregor PA (2) P2 17:43, Tyler Hinam ROU (2) P3 15:28, Peter Abbandonato ROU (1) P3 16:53, Noah Dobson ROU (1) P3 18:19(EN)
Powerplay: ROU 1/3, PA 0/3
3 stars: 3. Rafael Harvey-Pinard ROU, 2. Tyler Hinam ROU, 1. Noah Gregor PA

MEMORIAL CUP GAME #4: QMJHL vs. WHL

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2019 Memorial Cup Game Four

Round Robin

Rouyn-Noranda Huskies at Prince Albert Raiders

May 19 - 8:00pm

Scotiabank Centre

Rouyn-Noranda: 1st West Division, 1st Western Conference, 1st QMJHL 59-8-0-1=119 points

Joel Teasdale (14G & 20A), Felix Bibeau (14G & 15A), Noah Dobson (8G & 21A)

Samuel Harvey 16-3-1-0, 1.97 GAA, 0.924 SAV%

def. Shawinigan Cataractes (4-2, 1st round), Victoriaville Tigres (4-0, quarters), Rimouski Oceanic (4-0, semis), Halifax Mooseheads (4-2, finals)

Coached by Mario Pouliot

Prince Albert: 1st East Division, 1st Eastern Conference, 1st WHL 54-10-2-2=112 points

Brett Leason (10G & 15A), Dante Hannoun (14G & 10A), Noah Gregor (13G & 11A)

Ian Scott 16-6-1-0, 1.96 GAA, 0.925 SAV%

def. Red Deer Rebels (4-0, quarters), Saskatoon Blades (4-2, semis), Edmonton Oil Kings (4-2, finals), Vancouver Giants (4-3, WHL finals)

Coached by Marc Habscheid

GUELPH WINS

May 18, 2019

Guelph Storm vs. Rouyn-Noranda Huskies

Attendance: 9,509

Alexey Toropchenko had a great game and helped lead his Guelph Storm to a 5-2 win over the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies in the first battle of champions at the 2019 Memorial Cup. The 19-year-old had a hat trick in the Storm's opening game as the OHL champs came back once again. Rouyn-Noranda, the QMJHL title winners, got out to a quick start with Vincent Marleau scoring just over two minutes into the game. Toropchenko picked up his first of the match while the Huskies were on the powerplay to tie it at 1s. He had a natural hat trick before the first period came to an end. All the scoring was done in the first 40 minutes as the third was just about keeping the lead for Guelph.

Final: Rouyn-Noranda 2 at Guelph 5
Shot count: Storm - 29, Huskies - 24
Goal scorers: Vincent Marleau ROU (1) P1 2:17, Alexey Toropchenko GUE (1) P1 11:00(SH), Alexey Toropchenko GUE (2) P1 13:07, Alexey Toropchenko GUE (3) P1 18:23, MacKenzie Entwistle GUE (1) P2 3:20, Jakub Lauko ROU (1) P2 11:16, Nick Suzuki GUE (1) P2 19:15
Powerplay: ROU 0/2, GUE 0/2
3 stars: 3. Jakub Lauko ROU, 2. Sean Durzi GUE, 1. Alexey Toropchenko GUE

MEMORIAL CUP GAME #2: QMJHL vs. OHL

GAMEDAY

2019 Memorial Cup Game One

Round Robin

Rouyn-Noranda Huskies at Guelph Storm

May 18 - 4:30pm

Scotiabank Centre

Rouyn-Noranda: 1st West Division, 1st Western Conference, 1st QMJHL 59-8-0-1=119 points

Joel Teasdale (14G & 20A), Felix Bibeau (14G & 15A), Noah Dobson (8G & 21A)

Samuel Harvey 16-3-1-0, 1.97 GAA, 0.924 SAV%

def. Shawinigan Cataractes (4-2, 1st round), Victoriaville Tigres (4-0, quarters), Rimouski Oceanic (4-0, semis), Halifax Mooseheads (4-2, finals)

Coached by Mario Pouliot

Guelph: 2nd Midwest Division, 4th Western Conference, 8th OHL 40-18-6-4=90 points

Nick Suzuki (16G & 26A), Isaac Ratcliffe (15G & 15A), Dmitri Samorukov (10G & 18A)

Anthony Popovich 16-7-1-0, 3.12 GAA, 0.894 SAV%

def. Kitchener Rangers (4-0, quarters), London Knights (4-3, semis), Saginaw Spirit (4-3, finals), Ottawa 67's (4-2, OHL finals)

Coached by George Burnett

Huskies Take It In Moose Country

Game Six Recap

ROU wins series 4-2

HALIFAX - The Rouyn-Noranda Huskies are President Cup champions. Unfortunately for the Halifax faithful they won it at the Scotiabank Centre on Saturday evening by a 4-0 score. After the buzzer went, the fans that stayed did get to congratulate Mooseheads on a great 25th season. Rouyn-Noranda got on the board first when Halifax native Tyler Hinam scored at the 13:32 mark of the first period. Both goaltenders were good the whole game, especially Samuel Harvey who made some really nice saves on Herd chances to keep the shutout. The Huskies came out of the gate flying and commanded the opening frame outshooting the Moose 16-7. Halifax turned it around in the second period but were unable to tie the game before the away team doubled their lead to 2-0 with 9:40 left in the frame. Benoit-Olivier Groulx took a nice pass from Jocktan Chainey soon after and ripped the puck past Harvey but the referees quickly reviewed it, determining it was offside. That would be the only rubber that the 20 year old goalie would allow by him while his team scored two more goals in the third to put it away. Being down 3-0, Eric Vellieux decided to pull Alexis Gravel with four and a half minutes remaining but the home team couldn't get anything through despite a few chances. Rafael Harvey-Pinard clinched Rouyn-Noranda's second league championship in club history with an empty net goal.

FINAL: Huskies 4 at Mooseheads 0
Stars: 3. Tyler Hinam ROU | 2. Alexis Gravel HAL | 1. Samuel Harvey ROU
Attendance: 9,602

GAME LOG
First period
13:32 ROU Tyler Hinam (4) | A: Hrehorcak & Dobson

Second period
10:20 ROU Rafael Harvey-Pinard (12) | A: Bergeron & Dobson

Third period 
13:21 ROU Alex Beaucage (5) | A: Abbandonato
18:49 ROU Rafael Harvey-Pinard (13), EN | A: None

Powerplay: ROU - 0-for-0; HAL - 0-for-2
Shots: 35-28 in favour of Rouyn-Noranda

DID NOT PLAY - Kyle Petten, Samuel Dube, Brock McLeod, Cole Stewart, Alexis Sansfacon and Marcel Barinka were healthy scratches

UP NEXT - Halifax will now play host of the Memorial Cup and will start the tournament against the WHL champions. Puck drops at 8pm.

Mooseheads Even Up Series With Huskies

Game Four Recap

Series tied 2-2

HALIFAX - Our Halifax Mooseheads have pushed the 1st overall Rouyn-Noranda Huskies to a series split after a 5-1 victory in Game 4. Mooseheads goaltender Alexis Gravel was once again a difference maker for his team, stopping 29 shots in a game that saw the home team outshot Rouyn-Noranda 37-30. The biggest save being a glove save in the second period that kept the game at a 1-1 tie at that point and made the 8,216 fans in attendance give a big ovation. The first period was not really entertaining as both teams were not giving the other club much room but both teams traded goals to head to the dressing rooms with the score 1-1. In the second period, the Herd opened up the play and it saw a point shot from Justin Barron tipped in front by Samuel Asselin to bang it home with just over 12 minutes to go in the middle frame. Jocktan Chainey scored the insurance goal with 3:17 left in the second, which made it 3-1 Halifax. The Mooseheads were in control to start the third and the final 20 was just about keeping that lead. Late in the third BO Groulx sent Arnaud Durandeau on a breakaway and he split the defence before roofing the puck past Huskies goaltender Samuel Harvey. About a minute later, Maxime Trepanier put the game away as he scored a power play goal. Thirty-two seconds after the Trepanier goal, Rouyn-Noranda went on the man advantage themselves but they couldn't get anything else past Gravel. The victory has forced a Game 6 back in Halifax on Saturday afternoon.

FINAL: Huskies 1 at Mooseheads 5
Stars: 3. Samuel Asselin HAL | 2. Jocktan Chainey HAL | 1. Arnaud Durandeau HAL
Attendance: 8,216

GAME LOG
First period
3:43 HAL Benoit-Olivier Groulx (4) | A: Durandeau & Trepanier
14:37 ROU Peter Abandanatto (5), PP | A: Harvey-Pinard & Bibeau

Second period
7:54 HAL Samuel Asselin (8) | A: Barron
16:43 HAL Jocktan Chainey (3) | A: Trepanier & Durandeau

Third period 
17:12 HAL Arnaud Durandeau (9) | A: Groulx & McIssac
18:30 HAL Maxim Trepanier (6), PP | A: Getson & Ryzeck

Powerplay: ROU - 1-for-5; HAL - 1-for-4
Shots: 37-30 in favour of Halifax

DID NOT PLAY- Alexis Sansfacon, Cole Stewart, Marcel Barinka, and Samuel Dube were healthy scratches

UP NEXT - Game 5 will be played in Rouyn Noranda on Thursday night. Puck drops at 8:00pm

PLAYOFF GAME #21: vs. Rouyn-Noranda

PREVIEW

HALIFAX MOOSEHEADS VS ROUYN-NORANDA HUSKIES

Game Four of Round Four

Scotiabank Centre (10,595) ~ Halifax, NS

HALIFAX - Hopefully this will not be the last home game of the 2019 QMJHL playoffs for our Halifax Mooseheads. The team will look to even their series up once as they host the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies in Game 4 of the President Cup finals tonight at the Scotiabank Centre. Rouyn-Noranda was the better team last night and they took the match 5-2 but Halifax did show signs of being able to take the win. The Mooseheads will need to clean some things up if they want a chance to send this series back to Rouyn 2-2. We should be in for another good game. Get ready to be on the edge of your seats once again Moose Country. Don't forget puck drop is 8pm.

PLAYOFF SERIES
Game 1  May 2  Mooseheads 2 at Huskies 5
Game 2  May 3  Mooseheads 5 at Huskies 4 2OT
Game 3  May 6  Huskies 5 at Mooseheads 2
Game 4  May 7  Huskies at Mooseheads - 8pm
Game 5  May 9  Mooseheads at Huskies - 8pm
*Game 6  May 11  Huskies at Mooseheads - 4pm
*Game 7  May 13  Mooseheads at Huskies - 8pm

NOT DRESSED - Everyone is healthy again so expect some scratches because of that

OUT OF TOWN
Prince Albert at Vancouver (WHL championship)

NEXT GAME - The two teams will head back to Rouyn-Noranda for Game 5 on Thursday night. Puck drops at 8pm.

PLAYOFF GAME #18: at Rouyn-Noranda

PREVIEW

ROUYN-NORANDA HUSKIES VS HALIFAX MOOSEHEADS

Game One of Round Four

Arena Iamgold (3,500) ~ Rouyn-Noranda, QC

Series tied 0-0

ROUYN-NORANDA - Buckle up Moose Country. For the fourth time in franchise history, our Halifax Mooseheads are playing the President Cup finals. This year, they'll take on the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies and will begin the series as the road team. Both clubs already know they will be participating in the 2019 Memorial Cup but both want to go into the tournament on a winning note. There was a lot of talk all playoffs if the Mooseheads were going to do anything in the Memorial Cup and deserved to be there especially after finding themselves down 2-0 in the first round. However, they got their stuff together, came back to win Round 1 in 7 games and have won two more series to show they deserve to be playing in May. They'll have a tough competitor in the finals though as Rouyn-Noranda was the top team in the Canadian Hockey League during the regular season but despite picking up a QMJHL record 59 wins, the Huskies showed they have some cracks. Rouyn-Noranda had to win their opening series in 6 games to the last place Shawinigan Cataractes.

TALE OF THE TAPE
                         Rouyn-Noranda                 Halifax
Record:              59-8-0-1=119            49-15-2-2=102
Standing:            1st West, 1st                1st East, 3rd
Powerplay:           26.5% 4th                   28.1% 2nd
Penalty kill:          83.3% 2nd                  85.6% 1st
PIM:                          660                               819
Leading scorer: Abbandanoto (111pts)  Asselin (86pts)

NOTES

• The Halifax Star has their preview of the series 
• Rouyn-Noranda and Halifax have met three times previously in the playoffs, two times in the semis with the Herd winning both those in sweeps plus a first round match up in 2017 where the Huskies took it in 6 
• Tickets for the two home games next week, go on sale today at 11am at the normal spots. Click here for online tickets 
• Alex Gravel was also named the CHL goaltender of the week on Tuesday

OUT OF TOWN

Guelph at Ottawa - 8:00pm (OHL championship)

NEXT GAME - The two teams will meet for Game 2 on Friday night in Rouyn-Noranda. Puck drops at 8pm.