RECAP: Victory On 90's Night

Photo - AMH Photography

Your Halifax Mooseheads have won seven in a row now after picking up a 4-1 victory over the struggling Shawinigan Cataractes on Saturday night. The home team got off to a bit of a slow start, being outshot 7-3 in the first five or so minutes but goaltender Jack Milner stood strong allowing Halifax to get on the board first with a goal by Mathieu Cataford at the 13:29 mark. That would be the score after twenty minutes in a game where the Cataractes seemed to have known that Jordan Dumais could make history tonight. Shawinigan was all over Dumais including at one point early in the third, after Halifax had made it 3-1, defenceman Angus Booth would not allow Jordan to skate away and brought him down to the ice. The 19-year-old clinched the win for the Mooseheads at the 16:08 mark with his 12th goal of the season which was his 303rd career regular season point. That number ties the franchise record for total points that is currently held by Brandon Benedict. Saturday's 90's night event also happened to be the 2000th regular season game in Herd history. 

FINAL: Cataractes 1 to Mooseheads 4

Stars: 3. Jordan Dumais HAL | 2. David Moravec HAL | 1. Jack Milner HAL 

Attendance: 8,541

MC's Top Herd: Jack Milner

GAME LOG
First period

13:29 HAL Mathieu Cataford (10) | A: Moravec & Vidicek

Second period
9:14 SHA Lou-Felix Denis (10), SH | A: Bonefon

Third period

1:10 HAL Lou Levesque (9) | A: Fournier & Schultz
2:04 HAL Logan Crosby (4) | A: Furlong & Moravec
16:08 HAL Jordan Dumais (12) | A: Moravec

Powerplay: SHA - 0-for-4; HAL - 0-for-6

Shots: 25-23 in favour of Shawinigan

Next game
Halifax will finish a 3-in-3 weekend on Sunday afternoon when they welcome the Cape Breton Eagles. Puck drops at 3 p.m.

President's Cup Finals Begin Saturday

It's never happened before but we're going to get QMJHL playoff hockey in June as the final round begins on Saturday night. The final series will see the Charlottetown Islanders and the Shawinigan Cataractes go up for the President's Cup.

No former Halifax Mooseheads players are on either team. Charlottetown defeated the only remaining alumni, Xavier Parent and the Sherbrooke Phoenix in the third round 3 games to 1. Parent ended his junior career with 22 points in 11 playoff games. Shawinigan meanwhile forced a Game 5 against the league-leading Quebec Remparts and got the victory to win their series 3-2.

Charlottetown will have home ice advantage. The winners will represent the QMJHL at the 2022 Memorial Cup in Saint John, NB later this month. 

Full schedule below

Game 1 Saturday June 4 at 7pm Charlottetown vs. Shawinigan
Game 2 Sunday June 5 at 7pm Charlottetown vs. Shawinigan
Game 3 Wednesnday June 8 at 8pm Shawinigan vs. Charlottetown
Game 4 Thursday June 9 at 8pm Shawinigan vs. Charlottetown 
*Game 5 Saturday June 11 at 5pm Charlottetown vs. Shawinigan
*Game 6 Monday June 13 at 8pm Shawinigan vs. Charlottetown
*Game 7 Wednesday 15 at 8pm Charlottetown vs. Shawinigan

All times Atlantic
* if necessary

Penalties Almost Cost Mooseheads

As noted by everyone, Friday night was the first time since March 6, 2020 that a team from the province of Quebec has visited the Scotiabank Centre and boy, it did not disappoint. You would never know that the Shawinigan Cataractes and Halifax Mooseheads did not play each other last season as there was some animosity among the players during the whole game. Despite a not so great penalty kill tonight, the home Mooseheads came away with the 6-4 victory. The penalties started early with Brady Schultz getting called for hooking at the 4:32 mark and on the ensuing power play Xavier Bourgault got Shawinigan on the board. Less than two minutes later, Jordan Dumais picked up a loose rebound and tied the game up. The 17-year-old would go on to score again late in the first to give Halifax a 2-1 lead after 20 minutes. In the middle frame, the Herd quickly extended their lead to 4-1 with goals from Zachary L'Heureux and Senna Peeters in the first 91 seconds of the period. Another two power play goals from the Cataractes made it a very close game at the end of 40 minutes but Brady James was able to make some really nice saves throughout the match to get another win after a few more goals were scored in the third. 

FINAL: Cataractes 4 at Mooseheads 6
Stars: 3. Nadeau SHA | 2. Elliot Desnoyers HAL | 1. Jordan Dumais HAL
Attendance: 5,250
MC's Top Herd: Jordan Dumais

Game Log
First period
5:39 SHA Xavier Bourgault (3), PP | A: Nadeau & Veillette
7:24 HAL Jordan Dumais (2) | A: Desnoyers & L'Heureux 
18:18 HAL Jordan Dumais (3) | A: Desnoyers & L'Heureux

Second period 
0:50 HAL Zachary L'Heureux (1), PP | A: Dumais & Desnoyers
1:31 HAL Senna Peeters (1) | A: None
6:25 SHA Olivier Nadeau (5), PP | A: Bourque & Bourgault
13:09 SHA Mavrik Bourque (1), PP | A: Booth & Nadeau

Third period 
5:07 HAL Elliot Desnoyers (2) | A: Dumais
14:32 SHA Marek Sramaty (1) | Bourque & Nadeau
19:40 HAL Zack Jones (1), EN | A: Desnoyers 

Powerplay: SHA - 3-for-4; HAL - 1-for-6
Shots: 32-24 for Halifax

SCORES
Cape Breton 5 at Saint John 4 SO
Sherbrooke 7 at Baie-Comeau 6
Quebec 6 at Rouyn-Noranda 2
Blainville-Boisbriand 2 at Val-d'Or 3
Drummondville 6 at Victoriaville 0
Gatineau 0 at Chicoutimi 3

Missing in Action: Attilio Biasca, Alexandre Tessier & James Swan

Up next: Our Halifax Mooseheads will go on the road again to visit the Moncton Wildcats on Sunday. Game time is 4 p.m.

Game Day 5: vs. Shawinigan

PREVIEW - For the first time since March 6, 2020 our Halifax Mooseheads will be playing a Quebec-based team tonight as the Shawinigan Cataractes come to town for a Friday night match. Halifax picked up a big win last Saturday when the defeated the Charlottetown Islanders on home ice and they will be looking to take that momentum into this evening's game. Shawinigan boasts a similar record to the Mooseheads early in the season but could be more lethal now that they have all three NHL prospects in their lineup. Forward Mavrik Bourque made his season debut on Wednesday in Sydney after the Dallas Stars kept him in training camp for a lengthy time. The Cataractes also have Buffalo Sabres' 2021 pick Olivier Nadeau and Xavier Bourgault who was drafted by the Edmonton Oilers in the 1st round of the same draft. All three forwards led Shawinigan in scoring during the 2020-21 season with a combined total of 128 points. With Elliot Desnoyers and Zachary L'Heureux back in the lineup for Halifax, the Herd will hopefully get some offence going and they need it as they are currently 16th overall in goals scored. This evening's game is fridge magnet giveaway night so the first 3,000 fans will receive a 2021-22 fridge magnet schedule. 

Game coverage
TV: Eastlink | Radio: News 95.7 | Live: @MC_MooseCountry | Post-game: Halifax Mooseheads

Overall records
Cataractes: 2-1-0-2 = 6 points (2nd in Central division, 8th overall)
Mooseheads: 2-1-0-1 = 5 points (3rd in Maritimes division, 9th overall)

Leading scorers
HAL: Mathieu Cataford 3pts (1G & 2A), Jordan Dumais 3pts (1G & 2A), Senna Peeters 3pts (3A)
SHA: Olivier Nadeau 6pts (4G & 2A), Xavier Bourgault 6pts (2G & 4A), Lorenzo Canonica 5pts (3G & 2A)

Head-to-head
Halifax had a 0-2-0-0 record against the Cataractes in the 2019-20 season while Shawinigan was 2-0-0-0 versus the Mooseheads. Kirill Nizhnikov led the Cats with 3 points as Shawinigan picked up a 8-3 victory in the last game featuring these two teams on March 1, 2020 while D'Artagnon Joly had 3 assists to lead Halifax. 

Last games

Shawinigan picked up a 3-2 overtime win in Cape Breton against the Eagles on Wednesday. Lorenzo Canonica scored the game winner while goaltender Charles-Antoine Lavallee made 26 saves to give the Cataractes the victory. 

Halifax is coming off a big 2-0 victory over the Charlottetown Islanders last Saturday. David Lafrance and Robert Orr scored for the Mooseheads while Brady James had a 32-save shutout which earned him the CHL Performer of the Night honours. 

Not playing - I think James Swan and Attilio Biasca are still out with injuries 

Out of town
Sea Dogs vs. Eagles - 7:00 p.m.
Drakkar vs. Phoenix - 8:00 p.m.
Huskies vs. Remparts - 8:00 p.m.
Foreurs vs. Armada - 8:00 p.m.

Tigres vs. Voltigeurs - 8:00 p.m.

Sagueneens vs. Olympiques - 8:30 p.m.

After the buzzer
Halifax head to the province of New Brunswick for a battle against the Moncton Wildcats on Sunday afternoon. Puck drops at 4 p.m.

TRADE: Trepanier Sent to Shawinigan, Gursoy Acquired

Photo - RDS

The Halifax Mooseheads announced on Monday that they have traded 20 year old Maxim Trepanier to the Shawinigan Cataractes. Halifax received a second round draft pick in 2020 in return.

Maxim was picked up by the Herd last Christmas trading period from Gatineau and has played 38 games in the red and green collecting 49 points. The St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, QC native also had 36 penalty minutes during his time in Halifax. Shawinigan will be his 4th QMJHL team.

Good luck to Maxim with the Cataractes.


With two defensemen gone, Halifax brought back Denis Toner who played for the club last season and they also promoted 16-year-old Keegan Hunt to fill the void.

Photo - Mooseheads website

Tuesday brought another overger into the fold with the announcement that Halifax has acquired forward Kevin Gursoy in exchange for a sixth round draft pick in 2021 from the Charlottetown Islanders. The 20-year-old has 26 points so far this season and was originally signed by Saint John in 2017 as a free agent.

Welcome to the Mooseheads, Kevin!

Mooseheads Dominate Shawinigan

It's another victory for Cole McLaren and your Halifax Mooseheads. The Herd picked up their 29th win of the season in dominating fashion as they displaced the visiting Shawinigan Cataractes 7-1 on Thursday evening. Halifax forced coach Daniel Renaud to change his goaltenders twice during the game after both gave up 3 goals before Justin Blanchette returned to the match early in the second. Patty Kyte started the on slaught just over 4 minutes into the contest while defencemen Justin Barron and Jared McIsaac joined the party later in the period to chase Blanchette from the net. In the first period, despite the score, Shawinigan seemed like a team that wasn't going to be pushed around and were battling pretty hard. In the second, Jared McIsaac picked up his 2nd goal of the game while Xavier Parent's goal at the 5:30 mark chased rookie goaltender Antoine Coulombe. Arnaud Durandeau was the only one to get a puck past Blanchette after he returned and the Cataractes broke McLaren's shutout with about 13 minutes remaining in the game.

FINAL: Cataractes 1 at Mooseheads 7
Stars: 3. Ben Higgins HAL | 2. Jared McIsaac HAL | 1. Antoine Morand HAL
Attendance: 6,944
MC’s Top Herd: Antoine Morand

GAME LOG
First period4:02 HAL Patrick Kyte (6) | A: Getson & Morand
11:39 HAL Jared McIsaac (8), PP | A: Morand & Groulx
16:18 HAL Justin Barron (6) | A: McLeod & Stewart

Second period2:12 HAL Jared McIssac (9) | A: Durandeau & Bishop
3:30 HAL Ben Higgins (6) | A: none
5:30 HAL Xavier Parent (8) | A: Asselin & Toner

Third period
1:46 HAL Arnaud Durandeau (20), PP | A: Morand & McIsaac
6:38 SHA Xavier Cormier (3) |A: Nussbaumer

Shots: 40-27 in favour of Halifax
Powerplay: SHA – 0-for-3; HAL – 2-for-2

NOT DRESSED – Ostap Safin (injured), Samuel Dube (illness), Jocktan Chainey (injured), Walter Flower (injured) and Marcel Barinka (healthy)

SCORESOlympique 1 at Saguenéens 2
Foreurs 1 at Drakkar 4

UP NEXT – The Moose will travel to Cape Breton to take on their provincial rivals in Sydney. Puck drops at 7pm.

Streak Snapped at Three

Photo - Halifax Mooseheads Twitter

After a slow start to the game as well as the road trip, the Herd are back in the win column. Tonight's victory between the pipe for Alex Gravel was a milestone win which was the 50th of his Q career. The win puts him in a tie for third for most wins by a goalie with Danny Dallaire and is behind J-S Giguere and Zach Fucale who are in first and second respectively. The Mooseheads fell behind late in the first period when forward Mathieu Boulianne who blocked a shot from the point to race down the ice on a breakaway to beat goalie Alex Gravel. In the second Halifax started to dominate outshooting Shawinigan 17-1 and that is where veteran Samuel Asselin carried the team on his back scoring three goals and adding an assist in his return to Shawinigan since being traded in January. Xavier Parent and Raphael Lavoie added the other goals for the Herd. Shawinigan would add a goal from Gabriel Denis in the third to make it a two goal game but couldn't come any closer than that. It was announced late today that forward Ostap Safin left the team to travel to Edmonton to meet with the team doctors to see about his lower-body injury. All of the other injuries have stayed the same as the previous game.

FINAL: Mooseheads 5 at Cataractes 2
Stars: 3. Antoine Coulombe SHA | 2. Raphael Lavoie HAL | 1. Samuel Asselin HALAttendance: 2,910
MC’s Top Herd: Samuel Asselin

GAME LOG
First period
16:51 SHA Mathieu Boulianne (4) | A: none

Second period
11:19 HAL Samuel Asselin (16) | A: Higgins & McIssac
17:00 HAL Xavier Parent (5) | A: Lavoie & Morand
18:19 HAL Raphael Lavoie (14) | A: Parent & Asselin

Third period
3:17 HAL Samuel Asselin (17) | A: Higgins & Bishop
7:18 SHA Gabriel Denis (6), SH | A: Denny & Coulombe
19:55 HAL Samuel Asselin (18), EN | A: Bishop

Shots: 42-16 in favour of Halifax

NOT DRESSED – Cole Stewart (injured), Ostap Safin (injured), Jake Ryczek (injured) and Samuel Dube (injured)

SCORES
Foreurs 3 at Sea Dogs 4 OT
Titan 1 at Islanders 2
Wildcats 6 at Phoenix 3
Tigres 1 at Oceanic 6
Remparts 3 at Sagueneens 2 OT
Olympique 3 at Voltigeurs 7

UP NEXT – Halifax will travel to Rimouski Sunday afternoon to take on the Oceanic to complete the Quebec road trip. Puck drops at 4pm.

GAMEDAY #55: vs. Shawinigan

GAMEDAY
HALIFAX MOOSEHEADS VS SHAWINIGAN CATARACTES
Puck drops at 3pm
TV: Webcast | Radio: News 95.7 | Live: @MC_MooseCountry
Scotiabank Centre (10,595) ~ Halifax, NS

Your Halifax Mooseheads are coming into today's game with probably a little bit of doubt in their heads as they have lost two straight for only the third time this season. Both games last week, the Herd really should have won considering they were up 3-1 against Chicoutimi on Thursday and playing last place Saint John Sea Dogs on Friday evening. Halifax will look to rebound against another team that is currently not making the playoffs but the Shawinigan Cataractes are coming off a high scoring game against the Sea Dogs last night in the battle of the last two teams in the standings. Today's game is the first of three home matches in the next 8 days but we're beginning the final stretch of the season. Shawinigan has struggled this season and will most likely not make the playoffs but they have been able to defeat teams above them as evident by their 16 victories. The Cataractes will look to do the same and give the Moose a third straight loss.

This is the second and last game between these two teams. Halifax is 0-0-0-1 against the Cataractes while Shawinigan has a 1-0-0-0 record versus the Mooseheads. The last matchup was on December 6 with the home Cats picking up a 3-2 shootout victory after Arnaud Durandeau scored the tying goal with under 7 minutes left in the second. 

OVERALL RECORDS
Cataractes: 16-33-4-0 = 36 points (6th in East division, 15th overall)
Mooseheads: 34-13-6-1 = 75 points (1st in Maritimes division, 2nd overall)

LEADING SCORERS
HAL: Otto Somppi 66pts (19G & 47A), FIlip Zadina 61pts (35G & 26A), Maxime Fortier 61pts (26G & 35A)
SHA: Jan Drozg 43pts (15G & 28A), Vasily Glotov 35pts (25G & 10A), Antoine Demers 29pts (13G & 16A)

PREVIOUS GAMES
Like I said above, Shawinigan is coming off a 8-5 victory over Saint John last night on the road after being down 3-0 in the first. Jan Drozg led the Cataractes with 4 assists while Mathieu Bellemare stopped 20 of the Sea Dogs 25 shots to get the win.

Halifax is coming off a disappointing loss to those Sea Dogs on Friday evening, losing 6-3 in Saint John. Filip Zadina scored his team leading 35th goal while goalie Blade Mann-Dixon made 36 saves as the home team outshot your Mooseheads 42-31.

HEAD-TO-HEAD
December 6  Halifax 2 at Shawinigan 3 SO
February 11  Shawinigan at Halifax - 3pm

OUT OF TOWN
Titan vs. Sagueneens     3:00pm
Screaming Eagles vs. Armada     4:00pm
Olympiques vs. Phoenix     4:00pm

AFTER THE BUZZER
Halifax will stay home this weekend for a game against the Moncton Wildcats on Friday evening on Eaastlink. Puck drops at 7pm.

Huskies Are League Champs

Photo - LHJMQ Facebook page

Timo time is going to Red Deer!

Former Halifax Mooseheads forward Timo Meier has claimed a championship in what is sure to be his last junior season. The 18 year old had a goal and an assist to help the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies win their first ever President Cup on Thursday night. Rouyn-Noranda, who also had the best record in the QMJHL this season, were too much for the Shawinigan Cataractes, picking up a 7-2 victory on home ice to get the trophy.

The Huskies got off to a quick start in front of the home crowd and led 4-1 after the first period. Shawinigan forced a Game 5 after winning on Tuesday night 6-4 but couldn't muster much offence in the last game of the season. The Cataractes had 17 shots on net while the Huskies recorded 39.

Rouyn-Noranda will now represent the Q league in the 2016 Memorial Cup which begins next Friday in Red Deer, AB. The team's first opponent will be the WHL champion, which is still on going, on Saturday May 21.

Congratulations to Timo Meier and the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies on being the 2016 President Cup champions.

President's Cup Matchup Set

Once again at least one former Halifax Mooseheads player will being participating in the QMJHL finals. Since the Herd won in the President's Cup in 2013 and than traded some of their players in the seasons after, Halifax has had an alumni member in the league championship series. The Moose have a former player on both teams that have made it this year.

20 year old Danny Moynihan and 19 year old Cavan Fitzgerald helped propel their Shawinigan Cataractes to the final round in which they won four games to one. Moynihan had 5 points in the series against Saint John and is 10th in league scoring after three rounds. Cavan recorded 6 assists in the last round and is one below Danny in scoring but 3rd in assists. They'll go up against former captain Timo Meier and the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies who took a little longer to move past round 3. After a very hot start, Meier has gone somewhat cold the last two rounds scoring a goal and 2 assists in 6 games against the Moncton Wildcats.

The series will begin on Wednesday night in Rouyn-Noranda. The winner will represent the QMJHL in the Memorial Cup which is in Red Deer this year.

Below is the schedule:
Game 1 Wednesday May 4 at 7pm Rouyn-Noranda vs. Shawinigan
Game 2 Friday May 6 at 7pm Rouyn-Noranda vs. Shawinigan
Game 3 Sunday May 8 at 7pm Shawinigan vs. Rouyn-Noranda
Game 4 Monday May 9 at 7pm Shawinigan vs. Rouyn-Noranda
*Game 5 Wednesday May 11 at 7pm Rouyn-Noranda vs. Shawinigan
*Game 6 Friday May 13 at TBD Shawinigan vs. Rouyn-Noranda
*Game 7 Sunday May 15 at TBD Rouyn-Noranda vs. Shawinigan

All times Eastern
* if necessary

Moynihan's Score but Connor Gets Victory

Danny Moynihan and Cavan Fitzgerald arrived in Moose Country facing their former club for the first time but they couldn't help the Shawinigan Cataractes beat the Halifax Mooseheads on Thursday night. For the second time this season, Halifax chased the opposing goaltender in the first period after scoring 3 goals on 7 shots despite Shawinigan controlling more of the play in the first 20 minutes. Danny Moynihan scored with 4:39 left to close the gap for Shawinigan to one goal but Mooseheads goalie Eric Brassard was zoned in once again and stopped some really nice shots. Brassard would go on to make 46 saves collecting his thirteenth win of the season. The game looked like it might get tied up in the last 10 minutes but with less than 2 to go, the Cataractes pulled their goalie and Halifax iced it with two empty net goals to send the fans home happy.

FINAL: Cataractes 3 at Mooseheads 6
Stars: 3. Anthony Sorrentino HAL | 2. Danny Moynihan SHA | 1. Eric Brassard HAL
Attendance: 6,356
MC's Top Herd: Eric Brassard

GAME LOG
First period
7:15 HAL Vincent Watt (7) | A: Bishop & Fortier
13:25 HAL Connor Moynihan (9), PP | A: Nauss & Putintsev
13:38 HAL Anthony Sorrentino (16) | A: Durandeau & Somppi

Second period
1:59 SHA Gabriel Gagne (12) | Sylvestre & Yan
4:46 HAL Anthony Sorrentino (17) | A: Crossley
13:39 SHA Anthony Beauvillier (24), PP | A: Moynihan & D'Aoust
15:21 SHA Danny Moynihan (32) | A: D'Aoust

Third period
18:54 HAL Otto Somppi (10), EN | A: Putintsev
19:55 HAL Otto Somppi (11), EN | A: None

Powerplay: SHA - 1-for-4; HAL - 1-for-2
Shots: 49-28 in favour of Shawinigan

SCORES
Victoriaville 1 at Acadie-Bathurst 0
Rouyn-Noranda 2 at Chicoutimi 1 OT

UP NEXT: The Charlottetown Islanders come to town for some Saturday night hockey. Puck drops at 7pm.

POSTGAME: Mooseheads 3, Cataractes 2 OT

MC POST-GAME

Here's some stories from last night's 3-2 game 7 win over the Shawinigan Cataractes

The Chronicle Herald's recap: Nikolaj Ehlers won't soon forget the goal he scored Tuesday night in Shawinigan.

Metro News' recap: Nikolaj Ehlers is officially an overtime hero.

The Canadian Press' recap: Nikolaj Ehlers scored 16:59 into the first overtime as the Halifax Mooseheads beat the Shawinigan Cataractes 3-2 on Tuesday in Game 7 of their Quebec Major Junior Hockey League playoff series.

halifaxmooseheads.com's recap: The Halifax Mooseheads came through in the clutch on Tuesday night in Shawinigan by scoring a gigantic 3-2 overtime victory in Game 7 of their first round President Cup playoff series with Shawinigan.

theqmjhl.ca's recap: Game summary.

MISSING IN ACTION: Sam Leblanc (upper body injury), Domenico Argento (healthy scratch) and Brandon Vuic (suspended)

SCORES
Cape Breton 3 - 6 Quebec

NEXT GAME
Halifax will travel to Moncton this week to take on the Wildcats on Friday night for game 1 of round 2. Puck drops at 7pm.

PLAYOFF GAMEDAY #7: at Shawinigan

GAMEDAY

SHAWINIGAN CATARACTES vs. HALIFAX MOOSEHEADS

April 7, 2015 at 8:00pm

Series tied 3-3

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

Centre Bionest de Shawinigan (4,125) ~ Shawinigan, QC

It's do or die for both teams tonight. After facing a record breaking 63 shots on Friday night in almost 5 periods, Eric Brassard could not replicate his performance on Sunday letting in 5 goals on 35 shots in a 6-1 loss that tied the series. The biggest story to come out of that game was Nikolaj Ehlers being ejected from the game for abusing the officials. Ehlers will not be suspended and will be in the lineup this evening as your Mooseheads try to take the upset series victory. Nik was upset after taking a double minor spearing penalty in the third period. It was one of 10 powerplays that the Shawinigan Cataractes had during the game. Halifax will need to keep their cool if they wish to win this game and move on to the next round. They will also need to play better defensively and try to limit the amount of shots that Brassard has to face. The 19 year old goalie has faced 250 shots over the course of 6 games, the most during this year's playoffs.

PLAYOFF SERIES
Game 1 Mar 27  Mooseheads 3 at Cataractes 2
Game 2 Mar 28  Mooseheads 2 at Cataractes 4
Game 3 Mar 31  Cataractes 3 at Mooseheads 2 OT
Game 4 Apr 1  Cataractes 3 at Mooseheads 4
Game 5 Apr 3  Cataractes 3 at Mooseheads 4 2OT
Game 6 Apr 5  Mooseheads 1 at Cataractes 6
Game 7 Apr 7  Mooseheads at Cataractes

NOT PLAYING - Brandon Vuic is suspended

TONIGHT'S GAMES
Screaming Eagles at Remparts - 8:00pm

NEXT GAME
Should the Herd win they will play game 1 of round 2 either Friday or Saturday

POSTGAME: Cataractes 3, Mooseheads 4 2OT

MC POST-GAME

Here's some stories from last night's 4-3 game 5 win over the Shawinigan Cataractes

The Q News' recap: Timo Meier scored halfway through double overtime to give the Halifax Mooseheads a 4-3 extra-time victory over the Shawinigan Cataractes on Good Friday at the Halifax Forum.

The Chronicle Herald's recap: The Halifax Mooseheads are one win away from advancing to the second round of the QMJHL playoffs.

Metro News' recap: Timo Meier's time to shine was in double OT on Friday night.

The Canadian Press' recap: Timo Meier scored his second of the game at 12:08 into the second overtime period as the Mooseheads took a 3-2 series lead over Shawinigan.

halifaxmooseheads.com's recap: Game 5 of the first round President Cup Playoff series between Halifax and Shawinigan will without a doubt go down in history as one of the most memorable matchups in Mooseheads history.

theqmjhl.ca's recap: Game summary.

MISSING IN ACTION: Jordan King (healthy), Sam Leblanc (injury), Domenico Argento

SCORES
Quebec 3 - 1 Cape Breton
Sherbrooke 0 - 4 Charlottetown
Gatineau 1 - 0 Blainville-Boisbriand
Rouyn-Noranda 4 - 5 Val-d'Or OT

NEXT GAME
The two teams will meet again on Sunday evening in Shawinigan for game 6. Puck drops at 5pm.

PLAYOFF GAMEDAY #3: vs Shawinigan

GAMEDAY

HALIFAX MOOSEHEADS vs. SHAWINIGAN CATARACTES

Series tied 1-1

Puck drops at 7:00pm

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

Halifax Forum (5,600) ~ Halifax, NS

Storm the Forum. That's the moniker for this week as the series between your Halifax Mooseheads and the Shawinigan Cataractes shifts to the Halifax Forum for three games. The Herd's home games in this round have been moved to the 87 year old arena because of curling at the Scotiabank Centre. With about half the capicity as the Scotiabank Centre, the Forum should be quite packed. Who's going to have the advantage with a loud packed crowd, the home side or the road team? We will have to wait and find out but no matter what happens it should be a couple of good games in Moose Country.

PLAYOFF SERIES
Game 1 Mar 27 Mooseheads 3 at Cataractes 2
Game 2 Mar 28 Mooseheads 2 at Cataractes 4
Game 3 Mar 31 Cataractes at Mooseheads
Game 4 Apr 1 Cataractes at Mooseheads
Game 5 Apr 3 Cataractes at Mooseheads
*Game 6 Apr 5 Mooseheads at Cataractes
*Game 7 Apr 7 Mooseheads at Cataractes

NOT PLAYING - There will most likely be a few healthy scratches announced shortly before game time

NOTES - Halifax got the split in Shawinigan that they wanted to get

TONIGHT'S GAMES
Remparts at Screaming Eagles - 7:00pm
Drakkar at Sea Dogs - 7:00pm
Oceanic at Tigres - 8:00pm
Foreurs at Huskies - 8:00pm
Armada at Olympiques - 8:30pm

NEXT GAME
The two teams will meet again tomorrow night in Halifax at the Forum. Puck drops at 7pm.

POSTGAME: Mooseheads 3, Cataractes 2

MC POST-GAME

Here's some stories from last night's 3-2 victory over the Shawinigan Cataractes in game 1

The Canadian Press' recap: Danny Moynihan scored the go-ahead goal on the power play in the thir period as Halifax edged the Cataractes in Game 1 of first-round playoff action.

Metro News' recap: One down, three to go.

The Chronicle Herald's recap: Danny Moynihan made sure the Halifax Mooseheads got their 2015 playoff run off on the right foot. 

halifaxmooseheads.com's recap: The pace was quick from the drop of the puck as the President Cup Playoffs began for the Halifax Mooseheads on Friday night in Shawinigan.

theqmjhl.ca's recap: Game summary.

MISSING IN ACTION: Brandon Vuic and Jordan King were healthy scratches while Connor Moynihan was suspended

SCORES
Gatineau 4 - 1 Blainville-Boisbraind
Cape Breton 3 - 2 Quebec
Charlottetown 8 - 2 Sherbrooke
Victoriaville 3 - 4 Rimouski OT
Rouyn-Noranda 2 - 6 Val-d'Or
Saint John 1 - 3 Baie-Comeau

NEXT GAME: Halifax will stay in Shawinigan to take on the Cataractes for game 2 of the playoffs. Puck drops at 5pm.

PLAYOFF GAMEDAY #1: at Shawinigan

GAMEDAY

SHAWINIGAN CATARACTES vs. HALIFAX MOOSEHEADS

March 27, 2015 at 8:30pm

Series tied 0-0

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

Centre Bionest de Shawinigan (4,125) ~ Shawinigan, QC

It's the best time of the year. Well probably the toughest and funnest part of a hockey season. The 2015 playoffs began last night across the Canadian Hockey League and it will begin tonight for your Halifax Mooseheads. It's a rebuilding season this year for the Herd but they've been good at times and can give hell to some of the best teams. Expect a bulk of the scoring to come from what was the top line for a couple weeks to end the season; Nikolaj Ehlers, Danny Moynihan and Timo Meier. If the Moose can get really good goaltending and defense during the series, it might go 6 or 7 games.

SEASON SERIES
Halifax and Shawinigan both won a game on the road in a 2 game regular season series this year

November 27, 2014 - Halifax def. Shawinigan 6-3
February 13, 2015 - Shawinigan def. Halifax 6-5

NOT PLAYING - Connor Moynihan (suspended), Jordan King (healthy scratch) and Brandon Vuic (healthy scratch)

NOTES

• Willy Palov of the Chronicle Herald makes his predictions
• Check out the QMJHL's preview of the series
• Don't forget that this series is 2-3-2 with three straight in Halifax next week

TONIGHT'S GAMES

Olympiques at Armada - 8:00pm

Screaming Eagles at Quebec - 8:00pm

Islanders at Phoenix - 8:00pm

Tigres at Oceanic - 8:30pm

Huskies at Foreurs - 8:30pm

Sea Dogs at Drakkar - 8:30pm

NEXT GAME

The two teams will meet again tomorrow night for game two in Shawinigan. Puck drops at 5pm. 

Schedule for Round 1 Released

PLAYOFFS

#5 Shawinigan Cataractes vs #12 Halifax Mooseheads

1st round

The Halifax Mooseheads announced their first round schedule for the playoffs which they are playing against the Shawinigan Cataractes.

HALIFAX - Well here we go. It's time for the biggest part of the season; the playoffs!! For the first time in 3 years, Halifax will not have home ice advantage during the playoffs. A rebuilding year has the Mooseheads at 12th overall in the Quebec league this season. They'll be playing against a team that has the third best goaltender in goals against average in Marvn Cupper, the Shawinigan Cataractes. Something else is different about this series then the previous few first round match-ups. The Herd will be playing a Quebec team which they haven't done in the 1st round since 2011. Because of that, it will be a 2-3-2 series.

HEAD-TO-HEAD ~ all-time: 72 games 31-32-8-1-0; this season: 2 games 1-1-0-0; playoffs: 9 games 5-4-0-0

LAST GAME - the Mooseheads are coming off a 5-2 victory over the Moncton Wildcats to end the season on a high note on Sunday evening while Shawinigan ended the year with a 4-1 loss to the Gatineau Olympiques on Saturday night.

A limited amount of tickets will be available for the general public starting on Thursday morning at 10am at the Ticket Atlantic Box Office, select Superstore Outlets, www.ticketatlantic.com, the Halifax Forum or by calling (902) 451-1221

Game #1
Friday March 27 @ 8:30pm at Centre Gervais Auto ~ Shawinigan, QC
Game #2 
Saturday March 28 @ 5:00pm at Centre Gervais Auto ~ Shawinigan, QC
Game #3
Tuesday March 31 @ 7:00pm at Halifax Forum ~ Halifax, NS
Game #4 
Wednesday April 1 @ 7:00pm at Halifax Forum ~ Halifax, NS
Game #5*
Friday April 3 @ 7:00pm at Halifax Forum ~ Halifax, NS
Game #6*
Sunday April 5 @ 5:00pm at Centre Gervais Auto ~ Shawinigan, QC
Game #7*
Tuesday April 7 @ 8:00pm at Centre Gervais Auto ~ Shawinigan, QC

*if necessary

Halifax To Face Shawinigan

The Halifax Mooseheads ended their 2014-2015 QMJHL regular season last night with a victory against the visiting Moncton Wildcats. The win moved the Mooseheads back up to 12th overall after they had fallen to 14th on Saturday night following a loss to the Saint John Sea Dogs. So Halifax will face off against the Shawinigan Cataractes in the first round of the 2015 playoffs, which will be a 2-3-2 series.

The first game of the series will be on Friday night in Shawinigan. Game time will most likely be 8 or 8:30 Atlantic time. Tickets will go on sale to the general public on Thursday morning at 10am. You can purchase them at select Superstore outlets, the Scotiabank Centre box office or by phone at (902) 451-1121.

Stay tuned to Moose Country for more playoff details and game previews.

POSTGAME: Cataractes 6, Mooseheads 5

MC POST-GAME

Here's some stories from last night's 6-5 loss to the Shawinigan Cataractes

The Q News' recap: The Shawinigan Cataractes squandered leads on three different occasions en route to defeating the host Halifax Mooseheads 6-5 on Friday night.

Metro News' recap: Chances are Taylor Ford's little brother was cheering wildly while watching on national television as the rookie defenceman scored his first Quebec Major Junior Hockey League goal Friday night.

The Canadian Press' recap: Alex Pawelczyk had a pair of goals as Shawinigan downed the Mooseheads. 

halifaxmooseheads.com's recap: Fans could at least walk away from Friday night's Mooseheads loss to Shawinigan saying they were able to see a little bit of eveything. 

theqmjhl.ca's recap: Game summary. 

MISSING IN ACTION: Kelly Bent (healthy scratch), Eric Brassard (lower body injury) and Andrew Shewfelt (healthy scratch)

SCORES
Cape Breton 6 - 2 Charlottetown
Saint John 2 - 3 Acadie-Bathurst OT
Rouyn-Noranda 4 - 5 Sherbrooke OT
Moncton 4 - 3 Chicoutimi
Val-d'Or 5 - 4 Drummonville
Quebec 3 - 7 Gatineau

NEXT GAME: The Mooseheads take on the Cape Breton Screaming Eagles tonight on home ice. Puck drops at 8pm.