Bresson suspended for goalie fight

Photo - L'Express de Drummondville

Friday's road match against the Saint John Sea Dogs was an interesting game as the fans at TD Station got to see a goaltending fight midway through. Halifax Mooseheads netminder Owen Bresson took on Montreal Canadiens' prospect Arseni Radkov at the 12:07 mark of the second period after the latter challenged the former. The fight was a result of Bresson punching Sea Dogs forward Alexis Gauthier with his blocker after Gauthier gave an extra slap at the puck. 

Both Bresson and Radkov were given 5 minute major penalties for fighting along with two game misconducts each, meaning that they did not suit up for the rematch on Saturday afternoon between the two teams. Sophomore Nicolas Gilham-Cirka took over the crease on Friday after the fight and allowed one goal on 11 shots in relief, picking up the 5-4 victory. 

The QMJHL announced this morning that the goaltenders have been suspended five games as a result, which means that Owen, 19, will miss the rest of the regular season and the first two playoff games. 

Halifax will end the regular season with a couple of games in St. John's against the Newfoundland Regiment on March 21 & 22. 

Game Day 3 & 4: vs Sea Dogs

PREVIEW - It's back to back home games for our Halifax Mooseheads against the Saint John Sea Dogs this weekend. The Sea Dogs updated their logo and jerseys before the start of the season in a move that the team is calling the #NextWave. Both teams are amidst a rebuild with Saint John winning the first overall pick at the 2025 draft where they selected forward Alexis Joseph. The rookie has yet to record his first point in the Q but we are only one weekend into the season. Halifax's rookie Jasu Mensonen will look to continue his good start after picking up a goal in both games against Charlottetown last week. I expect this will be another tight series between these two clubs, after they each won 4 out of eight games played in 2024-25. The Mooseheads should get some help in the scoring department as Liam Kilfoil, who led Halifax in scoring for most of last year, was released by the Detroit Red Wings from his tryout contract earlier this week. Not only do the Sea Dogs have the same records as well as goals for/against numbers but the teams are both led by first year players heading into tonight's match. 

Fans in Moose Country will get a rematch tomorrow night as Halifax hosts their first ever (I think) Country Night. I'm not sure what it is planned for the evening but it still should be a good way to spend a Saturday night. 

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

Overall records
Sea Dogs: 1-1-0-0 = 2 points (3rd in Maritimes division, 8th overall)
Mooseheads: 1-1-0-0 = 2 points (5th in Maritimes division, 13th overall)

Leading scorers
HAL: Jasu Mensonen 2pts (2G & 0A), Shawn Carrier 2pts (1G & 1A), William Bent 1pt (1G & 1A)
SNB: Olivers Murnieks 3pts (0G & 3A), Elliot Dube 2pts (2G & 0A), Zachary Morin 2pts (1G & 1A)

Head-to-head
This is the first match of the season series between these two teams. Halifax had a 4-3-1-0 record versus the Sea Dogs in 2024-25 while Saint John went 4-4-0-0 against the Mooseheads. Their last match on March 8 saw our Herd lose 3-1 on home ice with Halifax goaltender Jacob Steinman earning 1st star honours after stopping 31 of the 33 Sea Dogs' shots. 

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

After the buzzer
Halifax's fifth game of the season will see the Baie-Comeau Drakkar coming to town for student night on October 2. Puck drops at 7 p.m.

Moose Pick Up Second Win

It was a night of firsts on Saturday evening as our Halifax Mooseheads picked up their second win of the season, defeating the Saint John Sea Dogs 5-2. Sophomore right winger Antoine Fontaine scored his first career goal to get the Herd on the board in the opening four minutes. The 18-year-old had 3 assists in 54 games last season. Saint John scored at the 12:21 mark to tie the game up and the two clubs went to the dressing rooms after twenty minutes with the score 1-1. Olivier Groulx's goal in the opening period was the first one for the Sea Dogs after they were shutout on Friday against Moncton. Despite being in a rebuild year, Halifax has started out well and in back to back matches outshot their opponent. However, both Charlottetown and Saint John are missing players due to NHL camps. The other first career goals came in the third frame which opened with the score 3-2 Mooseheads. Rookie Daniel Walters recorded his second career point, doubling the away teams' lead, scoring his first career goal with a little over 16 minutes remaining in the game. To wrap up the night, rookie Caylen Blake scored his first as well. 

FINAL: Mooseheads 5 at Sea Dogs 2
Stars: 3. Braeden MacPhee HAL | 2. Daniel Walters HAL | 1. Antoine Fontaine
Attendance: 3,110

GAME LOG
First period
3:10 HAL Antoine Fontaine (1) | A: Phillips
12:21 SNB Olivier Groulx (1), SH | A: Dube

Second period
5:53 HAL Cade Moser (1), PP | A: Walters & Handel
10:53 SNB Ben Cross (1) | A: Rozzi
13:01 HAL Braeden MacPhee (1), SH | A: Carrier & Schultz

Third period
5:55 HAL Daniel Walters (1) | A: Crosby
9:39 HAL Caylen Blake (1) | A: Levesque & Fontaine

Powerplay: HAL - 1-for-7; SNB - 0-for-3
Shots: 37-21 in favour of Halifax

Up next
Halifax will come back to Nova Scotia but will still be on the road to take on the Cape Breton Eagles Friday night. Puck drops at 7:00 p.m.

Game Day 55: vs. Saint John

PREVIEW - In normal seasons, we would be in the midst of playoffs right now but our Halifax Mooseheads still have about a quarter of the regular season remaining. The Mooseheads will welcome the Saint John Sea Dogs for some midweek hockey tonight in the second half of a home-and-home series. Saint John and Halifax met on Sunday in New Brunswick with the road team picking up a surprising 5-4 victory. It was a back and forth game with lots of scoring in the third period, 5 goals in the first half of the final period. Halifax has had a really hard month going 4-10 in March being outscored 81-47 in those games and it has caused some space in the Maritimes division after a log jam for most of the season. The Sea Dogs meanwhile have been great since the Christmas break which has included a 10 game win streak during March. Will we see the team we saw on Sunday or will the Herd be dominated once again? 

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

Overall records
Sea Dogs: 32-17-1-3 = 68 points (3rd in Maritimes division, 6th overall)
Mooseheads: 27-25-1-1 = 56 points (4th in Maritimes division, 10th overall)

Leading scorers
HAL: Jordan Dumais 71pts (24G & 47A), Elliot Desnoyers 61pts (28G & 33A), Zachary L'Heureux 50pts (20G & 30A)
SNB: William Dufour 93pts (45G & 48A), Josh Lawrence 76pts (21G & 55A), Brady Burns 54pts (20G & 34A)

Head-to-head
Halifax is 2-4-1-0 against the Sea Dogs this season while Saint John has a 5-2-0-0 versus the Mooseheads. The last game between the two clubs was on Sunday with the Mooseheads picking up a 5-4 road win. Halifax got goals from five different players and Brady James made 35 saves en route to a first star performance. 

Last games
See above

Not playing - no word yet on who will be the scratches

Out of town
Titan vs. Islanders - 7:00 p.m.
Eagles vs. Wildcats - 7:00 p.m.
Huskies vs. Armada - 8:00 p.m.
Olympiques vs. Cataractes - 8:00 p.m.
Phoenix vs. Voltigeurs - 8:00 p.m.
Remparts vs. Drakkar - 8:00 p.m.

After the buzzer
Halifax will take on the league leading Charlottetown Islanders on the island Friday night. Puck drops at 7 p.m.

Saint John Get The Extra Point Over Halifax

Unfortunately, our Halifax Mooseheads finished the pre-season with a 3-2 shootout loss on Friday night but considering they were playing the highest scoring team during the exhibition schedule; the Saint John Sea Dogs, fans should be happy. I had said after the home game a couple of weeks ago that the real test would be against the Sea Dogs and while there was times that Halifax was flat, they didn't allow themselves to be pushed around. Saint John got on the board pretty quickly, with William Defour scoring his team leading 6th goal of the pre-season just 19 seconds into the game. The Mooseheads couldn't get anything through until late in the middle frame despite having four straight power-plays but then the referees gave the home team the next four penalties. Markus Vidicek picked up his first to tie the game up at the 17:26 mark of the second before former Herd Cole Foston gave the Dogs the lead early in the third. Senna Peeters sent the game to overtime which was entertaining and featured a few really good chances for Halifax to end it but no luck. 

Game at a Glance
FINAL: Saint John 3 at Halifax 2 SO
Saint John scorers: William Defour, Cole Foston, Riley Bezeau(SOW)
Halifax scorers: Markus Vidicek, Senna Peeters
Powerplay: SNB - 1/6, HAL - 1/7
Shots: Sea Dogs - 40, Mooseheads - 35

Photo - Shawn Davidson

Pre-season Game vs. Saint John

Opponent: Saint John Sea Dogs
Where: Scotiabank Centre
When: September 24, 2021
Time: 7:00 p.m.

Saint John Sea Dogs
Preseason record: 5-1-1-0, 11pts
Goals for: 42
Goals against: 22
Head coach: Gordie Dwyer
Scoring leader: Carter McCluskey (4G & 4A)

Halifax Mooseheads
Preseason record: 5-1-0-0, 10pts
Goals for: 26
Goals against: 15
Head coach: Sylvain Favreau
Scoring leader: Robert Orr (4G & 4A)

Notes

• This is the pre-season finale, Halifax will now take the week after the game to practice before travelling to Sydney for a meeting with the Cape Breton Eagles for the season opener 
• Saint John has recently been named the Memorial Cup hosts for 2022 meaning the should have a good team this year
• Rookies Carter McCluskey and Nico Laforge lead the Sea Dogs in scoring while the Port City club leads the league in goals during the pre-season
• Goaltender Brady James was returned to the Mooseheads on Wednesday from the Nashville Predators

Saint John Named Memorial Cup Hosts

The Saint John Sea Dogs have been named the 2022 Memorial Cup hosts after a short bidding process. The announcement was originally supposed to be made the week of September 6 but was delayed twice, but the Canadian Hockey League came out with a video last night showing the trophy in the back of a car on the way to the host city which you can see here. 

From the CHL 
The Canadian Hockey League announced today that the Saint John Sea Dogs have been awarded the hosting rights of the 2022 Memorial Cup presented by Kia beginning June 3, 2022.

“We are extremely excited to be granting the rights to host this event to Saint John for the first time,” said CHL President Dan MacKenzie. “The bid committee did a fantastic job of outlining how Saint John will embrace the Memorial Cup with its Maritime hospitality to create an atmosphere that both celebrates the game and leaves a lasting legacy in the community.”

Founded in 2005, the Sea Dogs have participated in the Memorial Cup three times (2011, 2012, 2017) when the club finished as QMJHL President Cup titlists before claiming CHL supremacy in their first appearance. The 2022 rendition marks the first time the city of Saint John the year-end championship.

Finishing the 2020-21 season third place in the QMJHL’s Maritimes Division with a 15-14-3-1 record and 34 points, the Sea Dogs are led by general manager Trevor Georgie, head coach Gordie Dwyer, and returning leading scorer Ryan Francis. A Calgary Flames prospect, Francis is one of five NHL drafted prospects on the Sea Dogs alongside fellow forwards William Dufour (New York Islanders) and Cam MacDonald (Tampa Bay Lightning) as well as defencemen Jeremie Poirier (Calgary Flames) and William Villeneuve (Toronto Maple Leafs).

Saint John will be one of four teams to participate in the 2022 Memorial Cup presented by Kia alongside the playoff champion from each of the Western Hockey League, Ontario Hockey League, and Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. All games from the 2022 Memorial Cup presented by Kia will be nationally televised by TSN and RDS.

“Like all hockey fans across the country, Kia Canada is excited to welcome the return of the Memorial Cup tournament, which honours the men and women who have and continue to serve our great country,” said Kia Canada Director of Marketing Michael Kopke. “Congratulations to the Saint John Sea Dogs on their successful bid.”

The 2022 Memorial Cup presented by Kia site selection committee consisted of Colin Campbell (Sr. Executive Vice-President of Hockey Operations, NHL), Natalie Cook (Vice-President of TSN/RDS, Bell Media), Nancy Orr (P.E.I. Chief Provincial Court Judge), Dan MacKenzie (President, Canadian Hockey League), and Sébastien Vézina (Partner, Lavery Lawyers).

The Sea Dogs were one of two clubs alongside the Quebec Remparts to submit bids to host the 2022 Memorial Cup presented by Kia. Cancelled the past two years due to the global pandemic, the Memorial Cup was last played in 2019 when it was hosted by the Halifax Mooseheads and where the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies ultimately won their first-ever CHL championship.

Congrats to GM Trevor Gregoire, the rest of the Sea Dogs organization and the city of Saint John on winning the bid and getting the tournament for the first time. Let's hope that we can get through this season without much interruption and can finally have the Memorial Cup be presented in 2022.  

Pre-season Game at Saint John

The Halifax Mooseheads continue the pre-season as they visit the Saint John Sea Dogs.

Opponent: Saint John Sea Dogs
Where: TD Station
When: September 13, 2020
Time: 3:00pm

Halifax Mooseheads Preseason record: 3-0-0-0, 6pts
Goals for: 12
Goals against: 4
Head coach: J.J. Daigneault
Scoring leader: Elliot Desnoyers 3pts (1G & 2A)
Goaltending leader: Mathis Rousseau (0.967 SAV%)

Saint John Sea Dogs Preseason record: 1-2-0-0, 2pts
Goals for: 13
Goals against: 13
Head coach: Greg Gilbert
Scoring leader: Alex Drover 4pts (1G & 3A)
Goaltending leader: Carmine-Anthony Pagliarulo (0.867 SAV%)

Notes

• This is the second game of a home and home series in the pre-season between the two teams. 
• Halifax recently cut Sonny Kabatay from the training camp roster. 
• Saint John will stream the match on their YouTube channel. 
• Liam Peyton will make his pre-season debut, below is this afternoon's lineup.

Herd/Dogs Game Rescheduled

Photo - The Chronicle Herald

Our Halifax Mooseheads will have to play four games next week after the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League announced on Monday that they have rescheduled the postponed February 7 match against the Saint John Sea Dogs to next Wednesday.

The start time for the game was originally pushed back an hour to 8pm before the match was postponed entirely because Halifax could not make it past Moncton due to the weather. Saint John president Trevor Georgie had told media that he would be filing a complaint with the league as the club felt that the Mooseheads purposely missed the game on Feb 7.

Georgie stated he contacted league officials and Cam Russell to make arrangements for Halifax to travel on Thursday but the Herd decided not do that. The game would have been an almost sold out crowd and was to feature a performance by Nova Scotia musician Classified during the first intermission. Georgie was asking for the league to hand his team an automatic two points and have Russell give the Sea Dogs money for expenses that incurred. Halifax was supposed to have played 3 games in 3 days that weekend and the Saint John brass felt that they wanted to get out of that scenario which Mooseheads' general manager Cam Russell denied.

The rescheduled game is on February 26 at TD Station in Saint John with puck drop being 7:00pm.

Tickets that fans had purchased for the Feb. 7 game can be exchanged for any of the Sea Dogs remaining home games.

2019 Ends On Bad Note

Photo - Myles Dennis

Twenty-nineteen has come to a close for the Halifax Mooseheads and it didn't end very well as the Saint John Sea Dogs won 6-4. The Mooseheads New Year's Eve game started good but then Halifax went to sleep in the second period and a third period comeback was too late. Rookie Jeffrey Burridge scored his 5th goal of the season at the 6:45 mark of the first period before recently acquired D'Artagnan Joly extended that lead to 2-0 with 26 seconds remaining in the frame. Saint John was still on the power play to begin the middle frame and it didn't take long for Jeffrey Durocher to pick up his 11th of the season, cutting the home team's lead to one 13 seconds in. The 20-year-old scored again twelve seconds later to tie the game up and the Sea Dogs didn't look back after that. After 40 minutes, the away team was up 4-2 and that would be the end of what we would see of Alex Gravel as backup Cole McLaren was in nets for the final frame of the decade. Senna Peeters and Zack Jones scored in the final 10 minutes to make it an interesting game but a turnover by Cam Whynot with the net empty late in the period took away the Mooseheads last hope of tying it as Durocher finished his hat trick.

FINAL: Sea Dogs 6 at Mooseheads 4
Stars: 3. D'Artagnan Joly HAL | 2. Denis Toner HAL | 1. Jeffrey Durocher SNB
Attendance: 8,070
MC's Top Herd: D'Artagnan Joly 

Powerplay: SNB - 1-for-3; HAL - 1-for-4
Shots: 33-25 in favour of Saint John

NOT DRESSED - Jared McIsaac (World Juniors), Justin Barron (injured), Raphael Lavoie (World Juniors) and Cole Foston (healthy)

SCORES
Rouyn-Noranda 1 at Blainville-Boisbriand 8
Charlottetown 0 at Cape Breton 4
Moncton 7 at Acadie-Bathurst 0
Quebec 6 at Baie-Comeau 4
Rimouski 0 at Victoriaville 3
Drummondville 5 at Chicoutimi 2
Val-d'Or 4 at Gatineau 8
Shawinigan 1 at Sherbrooke 3

UP NEXT - Benoit-Olivier Groulx and the Moncton Wildcats will come to town for a match against our Mooseheads on January 3. Puck drops at 7pm.

Dec 14: Sea Dogs vs. Mooseheads preview

SAINT JOHN SEA DOGS VS HALIFAX MOOSEHEADS

Puck drops at 7:00pm

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

TD Station (6,308) ~ Saint John, NB

The last game before the Christmas break for our Halifax Mooseheads goes tonight against the Saint John Sea Dogs on the road. Halifax will look to rebound after a disappointing loss last night while Saint John is coming off a victory over the last place Bathurst Titan. The two clubs are tied in points heading into this evening's match. Saint John has had the Mooseheads number this season winning three of four so far. The Herd will still be without six of their players and another one might've been added to that list as Maxim Trepanier did not come out for the third period last night. I believe the Sea Dogs were expected to do a little better than they currently are but they are tied with the best record in their last 10 games at 8-2-0-0. For the most part as well, the team from the Port City is not getting blown away in games like they were in the first quarter of the season. The defence and goaltending for the Moose will need to be strong if they want to win because the Dogs have more scoring power than we do.

This is the fifth time these two clubs have met this season. Halifax is 1-3-0-0 against the Sea Dogs while Saint John has a 3-1-0-0 versus the Mooseheads. The last matchup was back on November 2nd with the Dogs winning 4-3 in Halifax. Benoit-Olivier Groulx had 3 assists to lead the Herd in the loss. 

Overall records
HAL: 15-14-2-1 = 33pts (4th in Maritimes division, 12th overall)
SNB: 16-17-1-0 = 33pts (5th in Maritimes division, 13th overall)

Leading scorers
Sea Dogs: Nicholas Guay 39pts (14G & 25A), Brady Burns 36pts (20G & 16A), Jeremie Poirier 33pts (11G & 22A)
Mooseheads: Raphael Lavoie 44pts (18G & 26A), Maxim Trepanier 42pts (22G & 20A), Benoit-Olivier Groulx 41pts (15G & 26A)

Out of Town
Wildcats vs. Titan     4:00pm
Tigres vs. Armada     5:00pm
Oceanic vs. Remparts     5:00pm
Cataractes vs. Phoenix     5:00pm
Foreurs vs. Huskies     5:00pm
Drakkar vs. Sagueneens     5:00pm
Islanders vs. Eagles     7:00pm
Olympiques vs. Voltigeurs     8:00pm

After the Buzzer
Our Halifax Mooseheads will take a break now and will return on December 28 with the Battle of Nova Scotia game on home ice. Puck drops at 7pm.

Puling It Out

Frustrating to exhilaration to nail biting. It was a wave of emotions for fans on Thursday evening when our Halifax Mooseheads hit the ice for student night as they welcomed the Saint John Sea Dogs. The first period was back and forth with the home team getting on the board first when Maxim Trepanier scored his third goal of the season. Saint John got back to back goals from 2019 1st overall draft pick Joshua Roy and rookie Ben Badalamenti before Walter Flower scored late in the first period to end the frame 2-2. Despite outshooting the Sea Dogs 16-6 in the middle period, Halifax found themselves down 4-3 after 40 minutes. The Mooseheads came back stronger in the final frame, putting the puck in the back of the net three straight times in the span of six minutes. Rookie Senna Peeters picked up two more goals tonight and now leads the club with five. Jeremie Poirier scored with under 90 seconds remaining to make the Moose Country faithful nervous but after that Cole McLaren stood tall to get the victory.

FINAL: Sea Dogs 5 at Mooseheads 6
Stars: 3. William Villeneuve SNB | 2. Walter Flower HAL | 1. Senna Peeters HAL
Attendance: 5,866
MC's Top Herd: Senna Peeters

Powerplay: SNB - 2-for-3; HAL - 1-for-3
Shots: 35-24 in favour for Halifax

NOT DRESSED - Cole Foston (injured), Jared McIsaac (injured) and Alexis Gravel (injured)

SCORES
Rouyn-Noranda 4 at Acadie-Bathurst 3 OT
Shawinigan 3 at Chicoutimi 6

UP NEXT - Halifax will head to the province of New Brunswick to battle the Moncton Wildcats tomorrow night. Puck drops at 7pm.

Oct 10: Mooseheads vs. Sea Dogs preview

HALIFAX MOOSEHEADS VS SAINT JOHN SEA DOGS

Puck drops at 7:00pm

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

Scotiabank Centre (10,595) ~ Halifax, NS

To kick off the weekend early, your Halifax Mooseheads will host the Saint John Sea Dogs for some Thursday night hockey. The Herd will play four games over five days and it begins with student night this evening. Saint John has had an interesting start to the season with winning three close matches but basically being blown out in their losses. Zachary Bouthillier and co. have let in the second most goals at 34 markers but they have scored a fair amount as well. They are being led by veteran Nicholas Deakin-Poot who has six goals and 9 points. Nicholas is often a thorn in the side of the Mooseheads and he'll hope to lead his team to another victory. Halifax hasn't had the offensive power quite yet but the club had a successful road trip to the province of Quebec, losing just their match against heavy favourite Chicoutimi. The Moose skated away with a close on Saturday evening though, when Maxim Trepanier scored the overtime winner to defeat the Baie-Comeau Drakkar 4-3.

This is the second game between these two teams this season. Halifax is 0-1-0-0 against the Sea Dogs while Saint John has a 1-0-0-0 record versus the Mooseheads. The last match-up was the season opener in the New Brunswick city with the home team winning 4-3. Marcel Barinka and Raphael Lavoie each had a goal and an assist in the loss while Alex Gravel made 21 saves. 

Overall records
Sea Dogs: 3-4-0-0 = 6pts (5th in Maritimes division, 12th overall)
Mooseheads: 3-4-0-0 = 6pts (4th in Maritimes division, 11th overall)

Leading scorers
HAL: Raphael Lavoie 9pts (3G & 6A), Maxim Trepanier 7pts (2G & 5A), Zack Jones 5pts (4G & 1A)
SNB: Nicholas Deakin-Poot 9pts (6G & 3A), Brady Burns 8pts (2G & 6A), Jeremie Poirier 8pts (2G & 6A)

Out of Town
Titan vs. Huskies    7:00pm
Saguenéens vs. Cataractes    8:30pm

After the Buzzer
The Halifax Moosehads will travel to Moncton to visit the Wildcats tomorrow night. Puck drops at 7pm.

Sep 20: Sea Dogs vs. Mooseheads preview

SAINT JOHN SEA DOGS VS HALIFAX MOOSEHEADS

Puck drops at 7:00pm

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

TD Station (6,308) ~ Saint John, NB

Welcome to the 2019-20 regular season! It will begin for our Halifax Mooseheads travelling to New Brunswick to take on the Saint John Sea Dogs at the newly named TD Station. After the third shortest summer in franchise history, the Herd made a bit of noise during training camp to figure out their roster. Gone are 3 of the club's top five leading scorers from last year as well as Xavier Parent and top defenceman Jocktan Chainey but that gives way to a new top line and an all-European second line. With Benoit-Olivier Groulx still away at Anaheim Ducks camp, these two groups will be messed up for this weekend at least. The Sea Dogs will most likely have another hard year but with their core a year older they should make games difficult for other teams all season. Saint John will have a special pre-game ceremony tonight as they are 'opening' their newly named arena with TD bank buying the naming rights of Harbour Station over the summer.

This is the first game of the season between these two teams. Last season, Halifax was 8-0-0-0 against the Sea Dogs while Saint John had a 0-6-1-1 record versus the Mooseheads. The last match-up between these two teams was on March 15 with Halifax winning 5-4 on home ice in a shootout.

Overall records
Mooseheads: 0-0-0-0 = 0pts (T1st in Maritimes division, T1st overall)
Sea Dogs: 0-0-0-0 = 0pts (T1st in Maritimes division, T1st overall)

Leading scorers
SNB: n/a
HAL: n/a

Out of Town
Titan vs. Eagles   7:00pm
Islanders vs. Wildcats   7:30pm
Foreurs vs. Armada   8:00pm
Tigres vs. Remparts   8:00pm
Phoenix vs. Saguenéens   8:00pm
Drakkar vs. Oceanic   8:30pm
Voltigeurs vs. Olympiques   8:30pm

After the Buzzer
The Mooseheads will travel to the island to take on the Charlottetown Islanders tomorrow night. Puck drops at 7pm.

Sea Dogs Force Extra Time

The 17th place Saint John Sea Dogs are fighting for a spot in the post-season and you could tell that they wanted the points as they took on the Halifax Mooseheads Friday night and forced extra time. Saint John got on the board first just over three minutes into the game and despite being outshot in the first period, the Sea Dogs played pretty well not allowing Halifax to dominate like they have in previous matches between these two teams. Arnaud Durandeau tied the game up at 1 at the 16:28 mark of the frame, that's how the first would end. The Mooseheads held a 3-1 lead mid-way through the second before the away team mounted a comeback. William Poirier scored on the power play and Nicholas Deakin-Poot evened the score late in the second. When Keith Getson picked up his 28th of the year it put the home team back in front and lifted the 10,595 fans to their feet as it looked like the Herd would skate away with a regulation victory. But Zachary Bouthillier, the Dogs goaltender, and local boy Brady Burns had something to say about that. Samuel Asselin took a four minutes high sticking penalty which allowed Saint John to get one past Cole McLaren and force overtime. The extra period solved nothing so the two clubs went to a shootout where Asselin redeemed himself by scoring the only goal in the penalty shot section.

FINAL: Sea Dogs 4 at Moosseheads 5 SO
Stars: 3. Benjamin Gagne SNB | 2. Arnaud Durandeau HAL | 1. Benoit-Olivier Groulx HAL
Attendance: 10,595 
MC's Top Herd: n/a

GAME LOG
First period
3:12 SNB Benjamin Gagne (10) | A: Cajkovic & Deakin-Poot
16:28 HAL Arnaud Durandeau (37) | A: Groulx & Kyte

Second period
5:10 HAL Benoit-Olivier Groulx (31), PP | A: Safin & Asselin
8:49 HAL Arnaud Durandeau (38) | A: McIsaac & Groulx
14:46 SNB William Poirier (15), PP | A: Prikryl & Gagne
18:05 SNB Nicholas Deakin-Poot (16) | A: DesRoches & Gagne

Third period
8:24 HAL Keith Getson (28) | A: None
17:46 SNB Brady Burns (11), PP | A: Piorier & Lawrence

Overtime
None

Shootout
HAL BO Groulx    Miss    SNB Maxim Cajkovic    Miss
HAL Arnaud Durandeau    Miss   SNB Filip Prikpil    Miss
HAL Samuel Asselin    Goal   SNB Jeremie Poirier    Miss

Powerplay: SNB - 2-for-6; HAL - 1-for-4
Shots: 49-27 in favour of Halifax

NOT DRESSED - Antoine Morand, Raphael Lavoie, Cole Stewart and Max Trepanier out with injuries while Denis Toner was a healthy scratch

SCORES
Screaming Eagles 5 at Titan 1
Wildcats 3 at Islanders 2
Armada 1 at Foreurs 6
Voltigeurs 4 at Remparts 1
Phoenix 2 at Tigres 0
Olympiques 0 at Huskies 8
Cataractes 3 at Sagueneens 5
Oceanic 4 at Drakkar 6

UP NEXT - Halifax will finish the season on home ice against the Charlottetown Islanders tomorrow. Puck drops at 4:30pm.

Mar 10: Sea Dogs vs. Mooseheads preview

SAINT JOHN SEA DOGS VS HALIFAX MOOSEHEADS
March 10, 2019 at 2:00pm
TV: Webcast | Radio: News 95.7 | Live: @HFXMooseheads
Harbour Station (6,603) ~ Saint John, NB

The Halifax Mooseheads play their last away game of the regular season this afternoon as they travel to Saint John and take on the Sea Dogs at Harbour Station. After winning eight straight, the Herd have been sliding a bit the past week losing 3 of 4 on this road trip. Halifax has had a great year against Saint John though and will be looking to continue that today. The Sea Dogs though will most likely be playing hard as they can still make the post-season. Saint John is one point behind 16th place Shawinigan for the final playoff spot after picking up victory the other day and the Cataractes losing 12 in a row. The Port City club can play some good hockey but being young is also a curse when you're going up against teams that have a lot of 19-year-olds on the roster. Saint John got a point against the Moose in the season opener but that is about as close a game the two teams would have this year.

This is the seventh meeting between these two teams this season. Halifax is 6-0-0-0 against the Sea Dogs while Saint John has a 5-1-0-0 record versus the Mooseheads. The last matchup was on February 23 where Halifax skated away with a 11-1 victory on home ice led by Benoit-Olivier Groulx who had a goal and 3 assists while Cole McLaren stopped 25 of the Sea Dogs 26 shots.

Overall Records
Mooseheads: 46-15-2-1 = 95pts (4th overall, 1st in Maritimes division)
Sea Dogs: 13-46-2-3 = 31pts (17th overall, 5th in Maritimes division)

Leading Scorers
SNB: Maxim Cajkovic 44pts (21G & 23A), Robbie Burt 34pts (15G & 19A), Benjamin Gagne 31pts (8G & 23A)
HAL: Samuel Asselin 84pts (48G & 36A), Raphael Lavoie 73pts (32G & 41A), Benoit-Olivier Groulx 71pts (28G & 43A)

Previous Games
Halifax is coming off a 3-2 loss against the Wildcats on Saturday. Samuel Asselin and Arnaud Durandeau scored for the Mooseheads while Alex Gravel made 22 saves for the loss in Moncton.

Saint John is coming off a 5-1 victory over the Titan on Friday evening on home ice. Rookie John Lawrence led the Sea Dogs with 2 goals and an assist while Mark Grametbauer stopped 28 of Bathurst's 33 shots.

Head-to-Head
September 21  Mooseheads 5 at Sea Dogs 4 OT
October 12  Mooseheads 4 at Sea Dogs 0
December 7  Sea Dogs 2 at Mooseheads 10
February 12  Sea Dogs 2 at Mooseheads 10
February 18  Mooseheads 4 at Sea Dogs 0
February 23  Sea Dogs 1 at Mooseheads 11
March 10  2pm  Mooseheads at Sea Dogs
March 15  7pm  Sea Dogs at Mooseheads

Out of Town
Drummondville vs. Gatineau - 4:00pm
Moncton vs. Acadie-Bathurst - 4:00pm

After the Buzzer
Halifax will come home to finish the regular season with 3 matches at the Scotiabank Centre starting with the Moncton Wildcats on Wednesday. Puck drops at 7pm.

Feb 23: Mooseheads vs. Sea Dogs preview

HALIFAX MOOSEHEADS VS SAINT JOHN SEA DOGS 
Puck drops at 7:00pm
TV: Webcast | Radio: News 95.7 | Live: @MC_MooseCountry
Scotiabank Centre (10,595) ~ Halifax, NS

Your Halifax Mooseheads are back on home ice after one match on the road and will host the Saint John Sea Dogs in the second half a home and home series. The Mooseheads are looking for their 6th straight win and have been pretty solid against the 17th place Sea Dogs this season. Saint John took a point in the season opener losing 5-4 in overtime but have basically been dominated by Halifax in the 4 games since. The two clubs met on Monday in Saint John with the Mooseheads taking a 4-0 victory in what was a high shooting game; both teams got over 35 shots in the match. Halifax have been on fire lately, getting hot at the right time and picking up goals from all four lines but the results are a little skewed as well as they have played a number of matches against clubs in the lower half of the standings so it’s not surprising that the Herd have been dominating those teams. Saint John meanwhile is going the other direction but is in a rebuild year finally. I say finally because it has seemed like ever since the team from the Port City has joined the QMJHL, they have been a contender. The Sea Dogs are on a five game losing streak and have only won one game in their last 10. There’s just 11 more games in the regular season, including 6 at home so if you haven’t yet get out and see if the Memorial Cup hosts can finish off strong.

This is the sixth meeting between these two teams this season. Halifax is 5-0-0-0 against the Sea Dogs while Saint John has a 0-4-1-0 record versus the Mooseheads. The last game was on Monday in Saint John where the away team took a 4-0 win on the back of a couple goals each by Brock McLeod and Arnaud Durandeau.

Overall Records
Sea Dogs: 12-41-2-2 = 28pts (17th overall, 5th in Maritimes division)
Mooseheads: 42-12-2-1 = 87pts (3rd overall, 1st in Maritimes division)

Leading Scorers
HAL: Samuel Asselin 78pts (44G & 34A), Antoine Morand 66pts (21G & 45A), Raphael Lavoie 65pts (29G & 36A)
SNB: Maxim Cajkovic 37pts (17G & 20A), Robbie Burt 34pts (15G & 19A), Benjamin Gagne 30pts (8G & 22A)

Previous Games
See above.

Head-to-Head
September 21. Mooseheads 5 at Sea Dogs 4 OT
October 12. Mooseheads 4 at Sea Dogs 0
December 7. Sea Dogs 2 at Mooseheads 10
February 12. Sea Dogs 2 at Mooseheads 10
February 18. Mooseheads 4 at Sea Dogs 0
February 23. 7pm. Sea Dogs at Mooseheads
March 10. 2pm. Mooseheads at Sea Dogs
March 15. 7pm  Sea Dogs at Mooseheads

Out of Town
Voltigeurs vs. Wildcats – 4:00pm
Phoenix vs. Drakkar – 5:00pm
Islanders vs. Armada – 7:00pm
Foreurs vs. Screaming Eagles – 7:00pm
Huskies vs. Cataractes – 8:00pm
Tigres vs. Sagueneens – 8:00pm

After the Buzzer
Halifax will play another home match welcoming the Blainville-Boisbriand Armada to the Scotiabank Centre tomorrow afternoon. Puck drops at 3pm.

Moose Win Big Against Sea Dogs

Photo - Myles Dennis

The Saint John Sea Dogs are the last place team in the QMJHL and your Halifax Mooseheads handled them quite easily on Friday evening, picking up a 10-2 victory. Halifax got out to a quick start scoring just 78 seconds into the match when Samuel Asselin picked up his 19th goal of the season. Shots during the whole game were close but it was another bad night for the Sea Dogs backend with overager Mikhail Denisov giving up 5 goals on 16 shots before being pulled almost half way through the middle frame. The 20 year old picked up the loss despite playing less minutes than rookie Tommy DaSilva who came in to replace him. Justin Barron wasn't productive tonight by scoring goals but he helped other players score by picking up 4 assists during the evening and was named third star. Alexis Gravel was solid in nets, only letting in two goals on 25 shots. Halifax built up a 7-0 lead before Saint John was able to get one past the Chicago Blackhawks prospect. It was a big night for rookie defenceman Denis Toner who recorded his first career goal, potting the Mooseheads 10th goal, while also being a +5 on the night.

FINAL: Sea Dogs 2 at Mooseheads 10
Stars: 3. Justin Baron HAL | 2. Jake Ryczek HAL | 1. Joel Bishop HAL
Attendance: 7,915MC's Top Herd: n/a

GAME LOG
First period
1:18 HAL Samuel Asselin (19) | A: Bishop & Higgins
13:40 HAL Patrick Kyte (4) | A: Barron & Bishop
15:57 HAL Jake Ryczek (3), PP | A: Barron & Barinka

Second period
5:09 HAL Patrick Kyte (5) | Barron & McLeod
8:30 HAL Arnaud Durandeau (14) | A: Groulx & Maher
9:56 HAL Samuel Asselin (20) | A: Bishop & Higgins
15:06 HAL Jordan Maher (4), SH | A: Groulx
17:48 SNB Nicholas Deakin-Poot (4) | A: Cajkovic & Larose

Third period
3:07 SNB Jeremie Jacob (3) | A: Cajkovic
8:30 HAL Benoit-Olivier Groulx (15) | A: Ryczek
12:49 HAL Antoine Morand (11) | A: Lavoie & Barron
16:21 HAL Denis Toner (1) | A: Parent & Lavoie

Shots: 25-31 in favour of Halifax
Powerplay: SNB 0-for-4; HAL 1-for-2

NOT DRESSED – Cole Stewart (injured), Ostap Safin (injured), Jocktan Chainey (illness) and Samuel Dube (injured)

SCORES
Islanders 4 at Wildcats 3
Titan 2 at Screaming Eagles 4
Sagueneens 3 at Foreurs 2
Oceanic 9 at Cataractes 1
67's 1 at Olympiques 2
Tigres 1 at Drakkar 7
Voltigeurs 6 at Armada 3

UP NEXT – Halifax will welcome the Acadie-Bathurst Titan to town for a battle tomorrow evening. Puck drops at 7pm.

TRADE: Herd Make Another Move

Photo - nhl.com

The Halifax Mooseheads made another move to help bolster an already impressive lineup on Monday. Halifax announced that they have acquired 19 year old Ostap Safin and a fourth round pick in 2021 from the Saint John Sea Dogs for a first-rounder in 2020. Ostap was recently returned to Saint John from the Edmonton Oilers and it forced the Dogs to make a move with two Europeans already on their team.

He has scored 26 goals and 58 points in 61 games. Safin also represented his country at the world juniors in December and collected a goal and two assists for the Czech Republic.

Welcome to the team Ostap.

Sept 21: Sea Dogs vs. Mooseheads preview

SAINT JOHN SEA DOGS VS HALIFAX MOOSEHEADS
September 21, 2018 at 7:00pm
TV: Webcast | Radio: News 95.7 | Live: @station_nation
Harbour Station (6,308) ~ Saint John, NB

In 8 months, your Halifax Mooseheads will have a chance to win a second Memorial Cup, this time as hosts, but before they can do that, the team has a lot of work to do and it begins with the regular season opener tonight! That's right, another season is here and ready to start. For our Herd it starts with a trip to New Brunswick to take on rivals Saint John Sea Dogs who are in a rebuild and will be looking to improve on their last place finish from last season. The Sea Dogs received permission from the QMJHL to have FIVE 16-year-olds on their roster and as such are one of the youngest teams in the Canadian Hockey League. Halifax meanwhile are a more experienced team this year but still have eight new players on the roster. A 15 game road trip to start the season will give the boys plenty of time to bond. The addition of Antoine Morand and Jordan Maher, who won the President's Cup and Memorial Cup with Acadie-Bathurst last year, and Samuel Dube should provide a replacement for departing players Max Fortier, Otto Somppi and Filip Zadina. With the moves Cam Russell and the brass made over the summer and being a year older, the Mooseheads were ranked the #1 team in the CHL's pre-season Top 10 rankings on Wednesday.

Overall Records
Mooseheads: 0-0-0-0 = 0pts (T-1st overall, T-1st in Maritimes division)
Sea Dogs: 0-0-0-0 = 0pts (T-1st overall, T-1st in Maritimes division)

Leading Scorers
SNB: n/a
HAL: n/a

Head-to-Head
September 21  7pm  Mooseheads at Sea Dogs
October 12  7pm  Mooseheads at Sea Dogs
November 16  7pm  Sea Dogs at Mooseheads
December 7  7pm  Sea Dogs at Mooseheads
February 18  2pm  Mooseheads at Sea Dogs
February 23  7pm  Sea Dogs at Mooseheads
March 10  2pm  Mooseheads at Sea Dogs
March 15  7pm  Sea Dogs at Mooseheads

Not Dressed - Arnaud Durandeau (NHL camp), Ben Higgins (injured), Jocktan Chainey (NHL camp), Jared McIsaac (injured), Antoine Morand (NHL camp), Kyle Petten (injured) and Benoit-Olivier Groulx (NHL camp)

Out of Town
Charlottetown vs. Cape Breton - 7:00pm
Val-d'Or vs. Gatineau - 8:00pm
Rouyn-Noranda vs. Drummondville - 8:30pm
Chicoutimi vs. Baie-Comeau - 8:30pm
Shawinigan vs. Sherbrooke - 8:30pm
Blainville-Boisbriand vs. Victoriaville - 8:30pm

After the Buzzer
Halifax will head to the island to take on the Charlottetown Islanders tomorrow evening. Puck drops at 7pm.