Events

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

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

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

Events

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

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

Welsh Stone Walls Herd Again

Photo - Mooseheads website

Looks like Matthew Welsh was the difference again. The Halifax-native was in nets on Friday evening and helped the Charlottetown Islanders to a 5-0 victory in Moose Country. Welsh was not in nets on Wednesday when the Mooseheads won 4-1. Halifax was dominated early once again, being outshot 7-1 a few minutes into the game. Liam Payton scored at the 8:07 mark to give the bad guys a 1-0 lead and they didn't let up from there. Despite having three power plays in the first half of the match, Halifax couldn't get any offence going. In the second, Charlottetown extended their lead including a second goal from Peyton with under two minutes remaining in the middle frame. The 2nd period ended with most of the players on the ice pairing up and getting in scrums. Maxim Trepanier had multiple 'fights' and was unable to return to the game for the third. The Moose Country faithful were anxious all game to throw their teddy bears on the ice but were unable to until late in the game. For only the second time in the last 10 years, the bears were tossed onto the ice without a goal being scored beforehand. It was a 21 save shutout for Welsh in his 200th career start.

FINAL: Islanders 5 at Mooseheads 0

Stars: 3. Walter Flower HAL | 2. Liam Peyton CHA | 1. Matthew Welsh CHA

Attendance: 7,189

MC's Top Herd: Walter Flower

Powerplay: CHA - 0-for-2; HAL - 0-for-5

Shots: 32-21 in favour for Charlottetown

NOT DRESSED - Senna Peeters (WJC D1), Benoit-Olivier Groulx (WJC), Justin Barron (injured), Raphael Lavoie (WJC), Marcel Barinka (WJAC) and Jared McIsaac (WJC)

SCORES

Cape Breton 0 at Moncton 4

Saint John 6 at Acadie-Bathurst 3

Drummondville 4 at Sherbrooke 2

Gatineau 4 at Blainville-Boisbriand 7

Victoriaville 5 at Rimouski 2

Val-d'Or 4 at Rouyn-Noranda 5 OT

Baie-Comeau 3 at Chicoutimi 6

Quebec 3 at Shawinigan 4 OT

UP NEXT - Halifax will hit the road to take on the Saint John Sea Dogs on Saturday for both teams last game before Christmas. Puck drops at 7pm. 

Events

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


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

Gravel Shuts the Door on Cats

Photo - Myles Dennis

The Halifax Mooseheads have played 32 games and have recorded their 5th shutout of the season, which is five times the number of shutouts the team had last year. Chicago Blackhawks prospect Alex Gravel picked up his third career perfect game with a 33-save performance on Friday night to help the Herd to a 2-0 victory. It was also teddy bear toss game this evening and fans had to wait until the second period to throw their stuffed animals onto the ice. Halifax started off slow, getting outplayed in the first period but found themselves in a scoreless tie after 20 minutes despite being outshot 14-4 in the opening frame. Centre Raphael Lavoie travelled all day from Victoria after getting cut from Team Canada's world junior team last night and arrived at Scotiabank Centre just minutes before puck drop. The 18-year-old dressed quickly and received a big round of applause when he stepped on the ice during his line's first shift of the match. In the second, Halifax got a bit of momentum after killing off a late first period penalty that continued into the middle frame and Benoit-Olivier Groulx scored the opening goal almost 3 and a half minutes in to start the bear toss. That seemed to swing the pendulum from Moncton's way to the home team. Gravel still had to be strong at times and made some spectacular saves yet again while Francis Leclerc made some nice saves as well.

FINAL: Wildcats 0 at Mooseheads 2
Stars: 3. Raphael Lavoie HAL | 2. Francis Leclerc MON | 1. Alexis Gravel HAL
Attendance: 7,716
MC's Top Herd: Alexis Gravel

GAME LOG
First period
None

Second period
3:37 HAL Benoit-Olivier Groulx (18) | A: Lavoie & Bishop

Third period
12:55 HAL Samuel Asselin (23) | Morand & Toner

Shots: 33-31 in favour of Moncton
Powerplay: MON - 0-for-4; HAL - 0-for-2

NOT DRESSED - Jared McIsaac (WJC camp), Cole Stewart (healthy), Ostap Safin (WJC camp) and Samuel Dube (injured)

SCORES
Islanders 4 at Sea Dogs 6
Screaming Eagles 8 at Titan 4
Huskies 3 at Phoenix 4 SO
Cataractes 1 at Remparts 2
Tigres 3 at Sagueneens 2
Foreurs 1 at Voltigeurs 7
Armada 0 at Olympiques 4
Drakkar 4 at Oceanic 3

UP NEXT - Halifax will play their last game before the Christmas break tomorrow night as they host the Charlottetown Islanders. Puck drops at 7pm.

Dec 14: Mooseheads vs. Wildcats preview

HALIFAX MOOSEHEADS VS MONCTON WILDCATS
December 14, 2018 at 7:00pm
TV: Eastlink | Radio: News 95.7 | Live: @MC_MooseCountry
Scotiabank Centre (10,595) ~ Halifax, NS

It’s teddy bear toss night! When the Mooseheads score their first goal of the match, get those teddy bears flying. All bears collected with be given to Ronald McDonald House Charity and other local charities. Once again it is the battle of the top two teams in the Maritimes division. These clubs have been among the elite this season and will look to keep the momentum going into the new year. Moncton has fallen a bit of late and were not a part of the Top 10 teams in the Canadian Hockey League this week. However, that has given our favourite team an opportunity to stay really close behind the Wildcats especially since the Herd have been a hot team winning 5 straight games before a shootout loss on Wednesday. The Moose will be in tough though with Moncton seemingly icing a full lineup while Halifax are still without Jared McIsaac and Ostap Safin. The two young men are at their respective country's world juniors camp. After being released last night from Team Canada it is unknown if forward Raphael Lavoie will be in the lineup this evening. We should be in for a good game just days before the Christmas break.

This is the fourth meeting between these two teams. Halifax is 2-0-1-0 against the Wildcats this season while Moncton has a 1-1-1-0 record versus the Mooseheads. The last matchup saw Moncton pick up a 3-2 overtime win back on November 4th where Alex Khovanov scored the winner for the visitors.

Overall Records
Wildcats: 22-9-2-1 = 47pts (3rd overall, 1st in Maritimes division)
Mooseheads: 22-7-1-1 = 46pts (5th overall, 2nd in Maritimes division)

Leading Scorers
HAL: Samuel Asselin  40pts (22G & 18A), Benoit-Olivier Groulx 34pts (17G & 17A), Arnaud Durandeau 33pts (16G & 17A)
MON: Jeremy McKenna 57pts (25G & 32A), Jakob Pelletier 46pts (19G & 27A), Alexander Khovanov 43pts (19G & 24A)

Previous Games
Moncton is coming off a 5-4 shootout loss to the Islanders on Wednesday morning. Jeremy McKenna led the charge for the Wildcats with a hat trick while goaltender Charles-Antoine Lavallee made 18 saves in relief of Francis Leclerc in Charlottetown.

Halifax is coming off a 3-2 shootout loss to the Screaming Eagles on Wednesday evening. Samuel Asselin and Ben Higgins had the goals for the Mooseheads while Alexis Gravel made 17 saves against Cape Breton in the loss.

Head-to-Head
September 30  Mooseheads 4 at Wildcats 2
October 17  Mooseheads 5 at Wildcats 4 OT
November 4  Wildcats 3 at Mooseheads 2 OT
December 14  7pm  Wildcats at Mooseheads
January 19  7pm  Wildcats at Mooseheads
January 26  7pm  Mooseheads at Wildcats
February 2  7pm  Mooseheads at Wildcats
March 9  7pm  Mooseheads at Wildcats
March 13  7pm  Wildcats at Mooseheads

Out of Town
Saint John vs. Charlottetown - 7:00pm
Acadie-Bathurst vs. Cape Breton - 7:00pm
Sherbrooke vs. Rouyn-Noranda - 8:00pm
Quebec vs. Shawinigan - 8:00pm
Chicoutimi vs. Victoriaville - 8:30pm
Drummondville vs. Val-D'or - 8:30pm
Gatineau vs. Blainville-Boisbriand - 8:30pm
Rimouski vs. Baie-Comeau - 8:30pm

After the Buzzer
Halifax will welcome the Charlottetown Islanders to town to finish off the first half of the season. Puck drops at 7pm.

Events

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

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

Events

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

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

Moose Sweep Home & Home Series

Photo - Shawn Davidson

Newly acquired Frederic Aube helped his new team to a big victory over last place Moncton Wildcats on Friday evening at the Scotiabank Centre. Aube scored the first goal of the game around the eight minute mark which prompted the fans in attendance to throw their stuffed animals onto the ice. Tonight's match against the Cats was the Mooseheads annual Teddy Bear Toss game and because of it, Eastlink TV decided to come to town and broadcast it. Halifax got out to a fast start against their divisional rivals, leading 3-0 after 20 minutes. The team had 22 shots in the first. Aube also helped Max Fortier get his 20th goal of the season during the period while Raphael Lavoie scored his second goal since returning to the team. Moncton made it interesting in the middle frame scoring twice in 21 seconds more than half way into the period. Nico Hischier scored shortly after to clinch the deal for the home team, he also recorded a shorthanded goal in the third period. It was Hischier's first game since returning from the World Juniors, his participation of which was recognized before puck drop. 

FINAL: Wildcats 2 at Mooseheads 6
Stars: 3. Arnaud Durandeau HAL | 2. Nico Hischier HAL | 1. Frédéric Aubé HAL
Attendance: 7,059
MC’s Top Herd: Frederic Aube

GAME LOG
First period
8:17 HAL Frédéric Aubé (5) | A: Fortier & Hischier
8:48 HAL Maxime Fortier (20) | A: Durandeau & Aubé
16:00 HAL Raphaël Lavoie (2) | A: McIssac

Second period
12:00 MON Julien Tessier (2) | A: Cyr & McKenna
12:21 MON  Alexandre Renaud (3) | A: Tessier & Blackmore
13:06 HAL Nico Hischier (24) | Aubé & Durandeau

Third period
14:52 HAL Frédéric Aubé (6) | A: Durandeau & Hischier
15:51 HAL Nico Hischier (25), SH | A: Fortier

Powerplay: MON – 0-for-4, HAL – 0-for-5
Shots: 46-26 in favour of the Mooseheads

MISSING IN ACTION: Walter Flower (injury), Connor Moynihan (injury), Barrett Dachyshyn (injury), Jocktan Chainey (suspension), Jake Coughler

SCORES
Cape Breton 4 at Charlottetown 2
Acadie Bathurst 1 at Saint John 5
Gatineau 2 at Victoriaville 6
Chicoutimi 0 at Blainville 3
Quebec 1 at Rouyn Noranda 6
Sherbrooke 2 at Shawinigan 4

UP NEXT: Halifax will welcome the Saint John Sea Dogs on Saturday to town as they battle on Sportsnet. Puck drops at 4pm.

Events

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

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

Jan 8: Mooseheads vs. Oceanic preview

GAMEDAY
HALIFAX MOOSEHEADS VS RIMOUSKI OCEANIC
Puck drops at 7:00pm
TV: Eastlink | Radio: News 95.7 | Live: @MC_MooseCountry
Scotiabank Centre (10,595) ~ Halifax, NS

How will Halifax fare without their top guns? Well tonight Mooseheads fans get their first look at the new post-trade period team in Moose Country when they host the Rimouski Oceanic. Gone are captain Timo Meier, former leading scorer Danny Moynihan, defenseman Cavan Fitzgerald and Toronto Maple Leafs prospect Cody Donaghey. Newcomer Jocktan Chainey has played well since suiting up in his first game with the Herd after Christmas while this evening's annual teddy bear toss game should be Zack Taylor and Anthony Sorrentino's debut match in the red and green. That's right fans, it's the Halifax Mooseheads teddy bear toss game so be sure to bring a stuffed animal to the rink with you to throw on the ice after the Mooseheads' first goal. All stuffed animals will go to Ronald McDonald House. Halifax is coming into tonight's match up as a team that has gotten points in their last 3 games with all three going to overtime. In two of the games, the Herd gained a 2-0 lead only to give it up and than have to come back from two goal deficits to tie the game to get an extra point. Rookie Otto Somppi is becoming Mr. Clutch scoring either a tying goal and/or the game winning goal in the last few matches. Should be an interesting rest of season.

Overall Records
Mooseheads: 14-20-5-1 = 34 points (6th in Maritimes division, 17th overall)
Oceanic: 23-12-3-1 = 50 points (3rd in East division, 7th overall)

Leading Scorers
RIM: Dylan Montcalm 38pts (15G & 23A), Antoine Dufort-Plante 32pts (15G & 17A), Simon Bourque 28pts (6G & 22A)
HAL: Maxime Fortier 48pts (21G & 27A), Otto Somppi 30pts (9G & 21A), Andrew Shewfelt 19pts (8G & 11A)

Last Games
Halifax is coming off a 6-5 overtime victory over Charlottetown on Tuesday night. Andrew Shewfelt led the Mooseheads with a goal and 2 assists while Kevin Resop stopped 34 of the Islanders 39 shots for the home win.

Rimouski last played host to Acadie-Bathurst on Tuesday evening, losing 7-1 on home ice. Carson MacKinnon scored the lone goal while the Oceanic's goaltending duo of CA Poirier-Turcot and Louis-Philip Guindon made 32 saves against the Titan.

Season Series
Head-to-Head: 0-1-0-0 = 0 points
October 31  Halifax 2 at Rimouski 3
January 8  Rimouski at Halifax - 7pm

Out of Town
Titan vs Screaming Eagles 7:00pm
Islanders vs Olympiques 7:00pm
Remparts vs Tigres 8:00pm
Cataractes vs Voltigeurs 8:00pm
Drakkar vs Armada 8:30pm
Huskies vs Phoenix 8:30pm

After the Buzzer
The Mooseheads will continue their five game homestand tomorrow when the Gatineau Olympiques come to town. Puck drops at 7pm.

Events

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

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

GAMEDAY #41: vs Gatienau

GAMEDAY

HALIFAX MOOSEHEADS vs. GATINEAU OLYMPIQUES

January 9, 2015 at 7:00pm

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

Scotiabank Centre (10,595) ~ Halifax, NS

It's going to be a welcoming party at the Scotiabank Centre tonight when your Halifax Mooseheads host the Gatinrau Olympiques. Halifax will welcome back three players to the lineup. Captain Ryan Falkenham returns from injury tonight while Nikolaj Ehlers and Timo Meier return from individually successful World Junior tournaments. Speaking of the World Juniors, the Mooseheads will have a world champion coach to battle against this evening. Benoit Groulx led Team Canada to a gold medal at the 2015 tournament in Toronto and will try to lead his Olympiques to a victory against Halifax in his first game back behind the Gatineau bench. Halifax will also welcome a new player to the bench after the team announced earlier this week that they signed Toronto, ON native and free agent Sam Hunter. With all that who would think that this has been a big event from the beginning of the season. Tonight is Halifax's annual Teddy Bear Toss game. Don't forget to bring your stuffed animals and throw them on the ice when the Mooseheads score their first goal.

This is the second and last game of the season between thesse two teams. Halifax is 1-0-0-0 against the Olympiques while Gatienau is 0-1-0-0 against the Mooseheads this year. The two teams last met on October 24 with the visiting Herd coming out with a big 9-6 victory on the road. Phil Gadoury led Halifax with 5 points (2 goals and 3 assists) while Zach Fucale made 20 saves on 26 shots.

Overall Records
Olympiques: 15-23-0-4 = 34 points (6th in West division, 16th overall)
Mooseheads: 19-17-2-1 = 41 points (4th in Maritimes division, 14th overall)

Leading Scorers
HFX: Nikolaj Ehlers 47pts (16G & 31A), Timo Meier 46pts (21G & 25A), Danny Moynihan 39pts (18G & 21A)
GAT: Louick Marcotte 44pts (22G & 22A), Yakov Trenin 37pts (11G & 26A), Alexandre Carrier 34pts (6G & 28A)

Last Games
The Olympiques are coming off a 5-4 defeat at the hands of the Cape Breton Screaming Eagles in Sydney. Elie Berube had 2 goals and an assist to lead Gatienau while Nicolas Lachance was chased from the game after allowing 2 goals on 7 shots on Wednesday night.

The Mooseheads are coming off a disappointing loss to the 18th place Acadie-Bathurst. Danny Moynihan scored the only goal in a 3-1 defeat to the Titan on the road while Kevin Resop made 22 saves as Halifax was outshot 25-18 in the game this past Sunday.

Season Series

Friday Oct 24 Halifax 9 at Gatineau 6

Friday Jan 9 Gatineau at Halifax - 7pm

Out of Town
Islanders vs. Armada 7:00pm
Titan vs. Screaming Eagles 7:30pm
Remparts vs. Phoenix 8:00pm
Tigres vs. Drakkar 8:00pm
Huskies vs. Sagueneens 8:30pm
Foreurs vs. Oceanic 8:30pm

After the Buzzer
Halifax will be hosts to the Blainville-Boisbriand Armada tomorrow night for Saturday night hockey. Puck drops at 7pm.

Events

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

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

HOME OPENER - September 19 vs. Moncton Wildcats

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

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

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

GAMEDAY 43: vs Moncton

IT'S GAMEDAY

HALIFAX MOOSEHEADS vs. MONCTON WILDCATS

Puck drops at 7:00pm

Metro Centre (10,595) ~ Halifax, NS

PREVIEW - The Moncton Wildcats once again come into Moose Country on an event night. This is the third event game that the Cats have been a part of this year and it won't be their last this season. It's also the most funnest game for little kids. The annual teddy bear toss event goes tonight at the Metro Centre when Moncton claws their way into Moose Country and your Halifax Mooseheads try to stop them in thier tracks. Depsite being half way down the standings, Moncton has been one of the best teams in the Q as of late winning 9 straight before the Christmas break. The Moose on the otherhand have only won 4 of their last 10 games and with 3 of them coming after the holidays. They look to continue the winning streak this weekend. New comer Brendon Vuic will make his home debut and newly signed Philippe Gadoury will make his debut tonight. 


In the last game before the Christmas break the Wildcats took a very close game 2-1 in Halifax. Connor Moynihan had the Herd's only goal. Shots were close too with Halifax getting the upperhand 37 to 36.

THE NUMBERS

Leading scorers
MON: Christophe Lalonde 39pts (23G & 16A), COnor Garland 39pts (15G & 24A), Ivan Barbashev 37pts (13G & 24A)
HAL: Nikolaj Ehlers 56pts (23G & 33A), Jonathan Drouin 50pts (17G & 33A), Darcy Ashley 46pts 17G & 29A)

LAST GAMES
Halifax played on Wednesday night in Charlottetown and won 5 to 2 against the Islanders. Luca Ciampini led the team with a goal and assist while Kevin Darveau was in between the pipes once again making 24 saves.

Moncton's last game was against an Islander team that looked different on Sunday than the one on Wednesday. Christopher Caissy had the Wildcats only goal and despite making 43 saves Jason Rioux could not help his team in a 5-1 loss.

HEAD-TO-HEAD
This season    2-4-0-0    14GF    15GA
September 12  Moncton 4 at Halifax 0
September 20  Mooseheads 5 at Wildcats 2
November  Wildcats 0 at Mooseheads 4
December 1  Wildcats 2 at Mooseheads 0
December 20  Mooseheads 4 at Wildcats
December 21  Wildcats 2 at Mooseheads 1
January 10 @ 7pm Wildcats at Mooseheads
February 9 @ 4pm Mooseheads at Wildcats
March 1 @ 7pm Mooseheads at Wildcats
Last season    6-2-0-0    36GF    26GA

NOT PLAYING - Andrew Ryan (injured), Jonathan Drouin (WJC), Zach Fucale (WJC), Austyn Hardie (suspension) will not be in the lineup tonight

OUT OF TOWN
Cataractes at Islanders - 7:00pm
Phoenix at Sagueneens - 8:00pm
Oceanic at Remparts - 8:00pm
Eagles at Armada - 8:30pm
Tigres at Olympiques - 8:30pm
Drakkar at Foreurs - 8:30pm

GAME COVERAGE
TV: Eastlink TV
Live: @MC_MooseCountry
Radio: News 95.7
Webcast: TELUS
Post-game: MooseCountry blog

AFTER THE GAME
The Mooseheads will host the Acaie-Bathurst Titan tomorrow for Saturday night hockey at the Metro Centre. Puck drops at 7pm.

Events

The schedule was released months ago but the Mooseheads are just now announcing their annual events schedule. The 20th season will be kicked off in a special way this year after the Herd won both the President's Cup and Memorial Cup. The banners will be raised on opening night.

HOME OPENER - September 12 vs. Moncton Wildcats
Pink in the Rink 6 - October 18 vs. Val-d'Or Foreurs
DND Appreciation Night - November 8 vs. Moncton Wildcats
Battle of Nova Scotia - December 28 vs. Cape Breton Screaming Eagles
Teddy Bear Toss - January 10 vs. Moncton Wildcats
Fan Appreciation Night/Season finale - March 15 vs. Cape Breton Screaming Eagles


*Details about the banner raising have not been released but when they are I'll keep you guys up to date.

Teddy Bear toss-ed

Your Halifax Mooseheads had their home winning streak finished Friday night in overtime to the Saint John Sea Dogs. Tonight's game was the annual Teddy Bear toss, with all teddies going to the Ronald McDonald House. Lindsay was the Moose to score the Teddy toss goal 13 minutes into the second. Saint John tied the game at two with less than a minute left in the third period to force overtime. Very little penalties were called during the game. Despite the low score and losing, the red, white and gold outshot the Dogs by almost double, with shots ending 45-24.

Notes: Brian Lovell recorded his first career Q point with an assist on the first goal... This was the Mooseheads 1300th regular season game of all time... Halifax's home winning streak ended at 18 games...

50/50
Congratulations to someone from Saint John who got $10,702 winning tonight's 50/50

Three stars:
3. Fournier (HAL)
2. Izacky (SNB)
1. Auger (SNB)

Attendence: 8,452

Mooseheads president presented a member of the Atlantic Breast Cancer Foundation a cheque for the money raised October 19th Pink in the Rink game.


Score
Sea Dogs 3 at Mooseheads 2 OT

UP NEXT: versus PEI on Sunday at the Charlottetown Civic Centre

Big year in Moose Country (and events)

This is a big year for the Mooseheads. Along with the annual game events, the city of Halifax and the Herd are the host of the 2013 CHL/NHL Top Prospects Game which is being held at the Metro Centre on January 16, 2013.

Annual events
HOME OPENER - September 28 (Moose vs. Gatineau Olympiques L 1-6)
Pink in the Rink 5 - October 19 (Moose vs. Sherbrooke Phoenix W 4-3)
DND Appreciation Night - November 16 (Moose vs. Rouyn-Noranda Huskies W 8-3)
Battle of Nova Scotia - December 29 (Moose vs. Cape Breton Screaming Eagles W 4-1)
Teddy Bear Toss - January 4 (Moose vs. Saint John Sea Dogs L 2-3 OT)
Fan Appreciation Night/Season finale - March 17 (Moose vs. Cape Breton Screaming Eagles W 5-2)