Top Herd

Now that the regular season is over, I thought I would share who the winner of my Top Herd award is for this season. Even though there was a tie between three players (as you will see below), I decided not to do a poll this time because I thought there was a clear winner. 

And the winner is.....

Mathis Rousseau

This season was supposed to be a year the Mooseheads went all in but in a number of games, goaltender Mathis Rousseau kept his team in the game and allowed Halifax to pick up some wins that shouldn't have. The Boisbriand, QC native had the second-highest save percentage in team history at 0.925 plus a 2.27 goals against average. 

Here is the list of players that I named in individual games. 
Sep 22   Charlottetown - Liam Kilfoil
Oct 6     Victoriaville - Brody Fournier
Oct 20   Rouyn-Noranda - Jordan Dumais
Nov 3    Rimouski - Mathis Rousseau
Nov 4    Sherbrooke - Jordan Dumais
Nov 11  Shawinigan - Jack Milner
Dec 7    Drummondville - Markus Vidicek
Dec 8    Gatineau - Mathieu Cataford
Dec 15  Saint John - Mathieu Cataford
Jan 20   Chicoutimi - Jan Sprynar
Feb 28   Cape Breton - Mathis Rousseau
Mar 10  Moncton - Lou-Felix Denis
Mar 14  Charlottetown - Brady Schultz

Top Herd

Now that the regular season is over and we're in the midst of the playoffs, I thought I would announce who the overall Top Herd is for this year. Once again, I asked you my readers for your opinion and vote on a poll which is now closed.  

And the winner is.....

Jordan Dumais

Probably no surprise but Jordan Dumais was the clear winner for the Top Herd even though as you can see below, he was named in game 3 times - a tie with Zachary L'Heureux. Dumais had a great season and led the team with 109 points in 2021-22, which is now the franchise record for most points by a 17-year-old. The Ile Bizard, QC native is in his draft year and will be most likely be back in Moose Country for a couple of more seasons so he could get even better. 

Here is the list of my Top Herd that I have done this season. I didn't name one every game.
Oct 2      Cape Breton - Brady James
Oct 15    Shawinigan - Jordan Dumais
Oct 28    Moncton - Mathis Rousseau
Nov 11   Acadie-Bathurst - Bobby Orr
Nov 26   Rouyn-Noranda - Zachary L'Heureux
Nov 27   Blainville - Brady Schultz
Dec 9     Drummondville - Zachary L'Heureux
Dec 11    Victoriaville - Markus Vidicek
Feb 21    Moncton - Jake Furlong
Feb 24    Saint John - Zachary L'Heureux
Mar 1     Cape Breton - Zack Jones
Mar 8     Charlottetown - Brady James
Mar 10   Sherbrooke - Elliot Desnoyers
Mar 12   Chicoutimi - Evan Boucher
Apr 2      Charlottetown - Markus Vidicek
Apr 8      Moncton - Jordan Dumais
Apr 12    Acadie-Bathurst - Mathis Rousseau
Apr 22    Rimouski - Elliot Desnoyers
Apr 23    Baie-Comeau - Jordan Dumais

Here are the final poll results
Zachary L'Heureux - 0%, Jordan Dumais - 81%, Mathis Rousseau - 5%, Elliot Desnoyers - 14%

Top Herd

An early ending to a disappointing season but there were still some good things that happened in 2019-20 including a total of eight rookies scoring their first career goals. With the season over, I gave you guys the chance to vote for this season's Top Herd player award. Thank you for voting once again.

And the winner is....










Cole McLaren

Halifax drafted the goaltender in 2016 and even in losses was one of the best players on the ice for the Mooseheads. Cole finished the season with an 8-16-0 record, one shutout and a 0.888 save percentage.

Here is the list of my Top Herd that I have done this season. I didn't name one every game.
Sep 27   Charlottetown - Zack Jones
Oct 10   Saint John - Senna Peeters
Oct 13   Val-d'Or - Benoit-Olivier Groulx
Oct 19   Cape Breton - Jordan McKenna
Nov 8    Drummondville - Maxim Trepanier
Nov 21  Baie-Comeau - Alexis Gravel
Nov 30  Blainville - Benoit-Olivier Groulx
Dec 13  Charlottetown - Walter Flower
Dec 31  Saint John - D'Artagnan Joly
Jan 4     Acadie-Bathurst - Jason Horvath
Jan 10   Chictoutimi - Denis Toner
Jan 23   Gatineau - Kevin Gursoy
Feb 1    Shawinigan - Cole McLaren
Feb 9    Sherbrooke - Alexis Gravel
Feb 20  Rimouski - Cole McLaren
Feb 22  Rouyn-Noranda - Ozzie King
Mar 6   Quebec - Cole McLaren


Here are the final poll results
Cole McLaren - 46.7%, Alex Gravel - 23.4%, Kevin Gursoy - 19.5%, Senna Peeters - 10.4%

Top Herd

We're about to start the post-season so I would like to award my overall Top Herd player award. Once again this season, I asked you my readers to vote who you thought should get the award and the poll has closed. Thanks for voting.

And the winner is.....

Samuel Asselin

The Mooseheads picked up Samuel Asselin from the 2018 Memorial Cup champion Acadie-Bathurst Titan after the first game of this season and he had a career year, leading Halifax in points with 86 while more than doubling his goals. Asselin scored 48 times in 2018-19, his previous high was 17, leading the QMJHL in that category. 

Here is the list of my Top Herd that I have done this season. I didn't name one every game. 

Oct 27     Cape Breton - Jake Ryczek

Nov 3      Val-d'Or - Walter Flower

Nov 9      Cape Breton - Ben Higgins

Dec 7      Saint John - Denis Toner

Dec 8      Acadie-Bathurst - Samuel Asselin

Dec 14    Moncton - Alexis Gravel

Dec 15    Charlottetown - Jordan Maher

Dec 31    Cape Breton - Raphael Lavoie

Jan 4       Rimouski - Alexis Gravel

Jan 5       Quebec - Keith Getson

Jan 10     Shawinigan - Antoine Morand

Jan 18     Acadie-Bathurst - Samuel Asselin

Jan 31     Victoriaville - Antoine Morand

Feb 1      Sherbrooke - Samuel Asselin

Feb 11    Acadie-Bathurst - Arnaud Durandeau

Feb 15    Gatineau - Raphael Lavoie

Feb 23    Saint John - Xavier Parent

Feb 24    Blainville - Alexis Gravel

Mar 13   Moncton - Benoit-Olivier Groulx

Mar 16   Charlottetown - Keith Getson

Here are the final poll results
Samuel Asselin - 93.52%, Other - 2.31%, Raphael Lavoie - 1.39%, Antoine Morand - 1.39%, Alexis Gravel - 1.39%

Top Herd

The regular season is over, I will be awarding my overall Top herd player award. This season I asked you, my readers to vote who you thought should get the award and the poll has closed.

 

And the winner is....

 

 

 

 

Benoit-Olivier Groulx

18 year old sophomore Benoit-Olivier Groulx was another case of where his stats were better in his second year in the QMJHL than his rookie season. The Gatineau, QC native almost doubled his points total, scoring 28 goals during 2017-18 and 55 points while also improving on his plus/minus to +9.

Here is the list of my Top Herd that I have done this season. I didn't name one every game.
Sep 30  Acadie-Bathurst - Filip Zadina
Oct 1     Charlottetown - Blade Mann-Dixon
Oct 6     Quebec - Blade Mann-Dixon
Oct 8     Blainville - Arnaud Durandeau
Oct 14   Cape Breton - Justin Barron
Oct 17   Moncton - Otto Somppi
Oct 29   Charlottetown - Benoit-Olivier Groulx
Nov 9    Baie-Comeau - Ben Higgins
Nov 11  Sherbrooke - Raphael Lavoie
Nov 18  Cape Breton - Jared McIsaac
Nov 21  Moncton - Arnaud Durandeau
Dec 1    Rouyn-Noranda - Raphael Lavoie
Dec 2    Val-d'Or - Alexis Gravel
Dec 15  Acadie-Bathurst - Patty Kyte
Dec 16  Cape Breton - Alexis Gravel
Dec 28  Charlottetown - Jake Ryczek
Dec 30  Cape Breton - Xavier Parent
Jan 11  Charlottetown = Filip Zadina
Jan 19  Cape Breton - Otto Somppi
Jan 27  Saint John - Maxime Fortier
Jan 28  Saint John - Benoit-Olivier Groulx
Feb 3    Acadie-Bathurst - Blade Mann-DIxon
Feb 11  Shawinigan - Maxime Fortier
Feb 16  Moncton - Benoit-Olivier Groulx
Feb 19  Rimouski - Arnaud Durandeau
Feb 24  Gatineau - Alexis Gravel
Mar 14  Saint John - Joel Bishop
Mar 16  Moncton - Connor Moynihan

Here are the final poll results 
Benoit-Olivier Groulx - 43.33%, Other - 30%, Otto Somppi - 23.33%, Blade Mann-Dixon - 3.33%, Arnaud Durandeau - 0%, Alexis Gravel - 0%

Top Herd

Now that the regular season is over, I will be awarding my overall Top Herd player award. This season I decided not to do a poll as there was one clear winner in my opinion. 

And the winner is....

Alexis Gravel

In just his rookie season, Alexis Gravel showed that the Halifax Mooseheads made the right decision selecting him in the second round of the QMJHL draft. Gravel was 5th in the league in minutes played and first among rookies with 2628 minutes. Alexis was in the top 20 during the regular season for save percentage. He'll be the backbone for the Herd over the next few years.

Here is the list of my Top Herd that I have done this season. I didn't name one every game. 
Sept 24  Saint John - Benoit-Olivier Groulx
Oct 1      Cape Breton - Keigan Goetz
Oct 7      Rimouski - Maxime Fortier
Oct 8      Charlottetown - Alexis Gravel
Oct 10    Gatineau - Nico Hischier
Oct 21    Rouyn-Noranda - Kevin Resop
Oct 23    Val-d'Or - Jared McIsaac
Oct 25    Acadie-Bathurst - Nico Hischier
Oct 29    Cape Breton - Otto Somppi
Nov 11   Sherbrooke - Maxime Fortier
Nov 12   Charlottetown - Nico Hischier
Nov 24   Quebec - Jocktan Chainey
Nov 27   Moncton - Alexis Gravel
Dec 17   Moncton - Otto Somppi
Dec 31   Cape Breton - Raphael Lavoie
Jan 6      Moncton - Frederic Aube
Jan 7      Saint John - Blade Mann-Dixon
Jan 11    Charlottetown - Blade Mann-Dixon
Jan 13    Drummondville - Alexis Gravel
Jan 15    Victoriaville - Arnaud Durandeau
Jan 19    Chicoutimi - Alexis Gravel
Jan 20    Baie-Comeau - Nico Hishier
Feb 3      Saint John - Jake Coughler
Feb 12    Shawinigan - Alexis Gravel
Feb 20    Moncton - Joel Bishop
Mar 15   Charlottetown - Jake Coughler
Mar 17   Cape Breton - Alexis Gravel
Mar 18   Saint John - Keigan Goetz

Top Herd

The regular season is over, I will be awarding my overall Top herd player award. This season I asked you, my readers to vote who you thought should get the award and the poll has closed. Thanks for make this the most voted poll. 

 

And the winner is....

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Eric Brassard

In his final junior season, Eric Brassard was a standout in almost every game he played for a very young Herd team and gave the boys in front of him a chance to win practically every night. Brassard finished the season 13th in the league with a 0.892 save percentage allowing 155 goals and getting 3 shutouts. 

 

 

Here is the list of my Top Herd that I have done this season. I didn't name one every game.
Sept 20   Saint John - Maxime Fortier
Sept 25   Moncton - Eric Brassard
Sept 27   Cape Breton - Kevin Resop
Oct 8       Blainville - Timo Meier
Oct 17     Acadie-Bathurst - Danny Moynihan
Oct 22     Moncton - Eric Brassard
Nov 7      Baie-Comeau - Danny Moynihan
Nov 14    Saint John - Cavan Fitzgerald
Nov 24    Cape Breton - Maxime Fortier
Dec 31    Cape Breton - Connor Moynihan
Jan 5      Charlottetown - Otto Somppi
Jan 14    Quebec - Eric Brassard
Feb 4      Shawinigan - Eric Brassard
Feb 21    Sherbrooke - Ilya Putintsev
Feb 27    Saint John - Arnaud Durandeau
Mar 2      Acadie-Bathurst - Jocktan Chainey
Mar 11    Moncton - Ilya Putintsev
Mar 12    Charlottetown - Kelly Bent

Here are the final poll results
Eric Brassard - 49%, Maxime Fortier - 37%, Ilya Putintsev - 12%, Other - 2%

Top Herd

The regular season is over, I will be awarding my overall Top herd player award. This season I asked you, my readers to vote who you thought should get the award and the poll has closed. Thanks for make this the most voted poll. 

And the winner is....

Philippe Gadoury

In his sophomore season, Philippe Gadoury had an awesome year. Gadoury was a little bit less than a point per game this season collecting 57 points in 59 games. He ended 4th in team scoring with 28 goals. 

Here is the list of my Top Herd that I have done this season. I didn't name one every game.

Sept 19    Moncton - Kevin Resop

Sept 20    Saint John - Timo Meier

Sept 26    Chicoutimi - Philippe Gadoury

Oct 2        Rouyn-Noranda - Zach Fucale

Oct 5        Val-d'Or - Danny Moynihan

Oct 10      Charlottetown - Zach Fucale

Oct 17      Cape Breton - Nikolaj Ehlers

Oct 29      Charlottetown - Timo Meier

Nov 1       Moncton - Philippe Gadoury

Nov 7       Saint John - Kelly Bent

Nov 12     Acadie-Bathurst - Nikolaj Ehlers

Nov 14     Cape Breton - Zach Fucale

Nov 22     Rimouski - Sam Leblanc

Nov 23     Moncton - Kelly Bent

Dec 5        Charlottetown - Brett Crossley

Dec 11      Quebec - Matt Murphy

Dec 31      Charlottetown - Danny Moynihan

Jan 9         Gatineau - Timo Meier

Jan 15       Drummondville - Nikolaj Ehlers

Jan 30       Cape Breton - Kevin Resop

Feb 5        Sherbrooke - Ryan Falkenham

Feb 13      Shawinigan - Taylor Ford

Feb 14      Cape Breton - Maxime Fortier

Mar 4        Acadie-Bathurst - Sam Hunter

Here are the final poll results
Danny Moynihan - 16%, Kevin Resop - 4%, Timo Meier - 7%, Nikolaj Ehlers - 0%, Kelly Bent - 1%, Phil Gadoury - 69%

Top Herd

Now that the regular season is over, I will be awarding my overall Top Herd player award. Now this is not an official award nor do I have a trophy but it is just something fun I have been doing this season as editor of this blog and a big fan of the Mooseheads.

And the winner is.....

Nikolaj Ehlers

Even though he was second in team scoring behind Jonathan Drouin, Ehlers has had the best rookie season in Mooseheads history since Ladislav Nagy in 1998-99 season. He ended the regular season with 104 points and was so close to getting 50 goals on the season. Three straight hat tricks in the weekend changeover of February and March helped make that record a possibility but he could not get the second goal he needed to in the last game to reach 50 goals, ending the season with 49. He's also skates fast and makes smart plays most of the time that allow the team an opportunity to score.


Here is the list of my Top Herd that I have done this season. I didn't name one every game.
Sept 1       Moncton - Nikolaj Ehlers
Sept 25     Bathurst - Trey Lewis
Sept 28     Baie-Comeau - Zach Fucale
Sept 29     Sherbrooke - Nikolaj Ehlers
Oct 11      Blainville - Ryan Falkenham
Oct 12      Saint John - Kevin Darveau
Oct 15     Cape Breton - Darcy Ashley
Oct 18     Val-d'Or - Nikolaj Ehlers
Oct 19     Rouyn-Noranda - Jonathan Drouin
Oct 23     Charlottetown - Austyn Hardie
Nov 8      Moncton - Brent Andrews
Nov 9      Saint John - Matt Murphy
Nov 14    Drummondville - Jonathan Drouin
Nov 22    Bathurst - Mac Weegar
Dec 29    Cape Breton - Kevin Darveau
Mar 6      Charlottetown - Nikolaj Ehlers
Mar 14    Saint John - Philippe Gadoury
Mar 15    Cape Breton - Jonathan Drouin



Thank you Moose Country fans for making this the most viewed page on my blog. I'm glad you enjoyed it and I look forward to doing it again next season.