Nova Scotian proud

Despite having the second least amount of teams in a province, Nova Scotia is second most with the amount of players that are on teams in the Quebec league. Most of the Nova Scotian players hail from the city. Here is a list of players from Nova Scotia who played during the regular season:

Adam Stevens (Acadie-Bathurst Titan, F) Bedford
Alex Hazlehurst (Sherbrooke Phoenix, F) Halifax
Ben Duffy (PEI Rocket, F) Lower Sackville
Brendan Duke (Halifax Mooseheads, D) Halifax
Brandon Whitney (Victoriaville Tigres, G) Halls Harbour
Brennan Bailey (Halifax Mooseheads, D) Luneburg
Brent Turnbull (Quebec Remparts, F) Stellerton
Bronson Beaton (Cape Breton Screaming Eagles, F) Springhill
Cameron McDonald (Moncton Wildcats, D) Halifax
Casey Babineau (Rimouski Oceanic, D) Truro
Chris Clarke (Halifax Mooseheds, G) Fall River
Cole Hawes (Drummondville Voltigeurs, F) Halifax
Cole Murphy (Cape Breton Screaming Eagles, F) Halifax
Daniel Perigo (PEI Rocket, F) Truro
Devon Oliver-Dares (Saint John Sea Dogs, F) Cole Harbour
Gareth Nicholson (Cape Breton Screaming Eagles, D) Kentville
Ian Saab (Saint John Sea Dogs, D) Halifax
Jack Flinn (Sherbrooke Phoenix, G) Halifax
Jacob Brennan (Acadie-Bathurst Titan, G) Halifax
Jamie McIntyre (Quebec Remparts, F) Dartmouth
John-Michael Walsh (Cape Breton Screaming Eagles, D) Sydney
Kelly Bent (Gatineau Olympiques, F) Halifax
Kyle Campbell (Cape Breton Screaming Eagles, F) Halifax
Kyle Farrell (Cape Breton Screaming Eagles, F) Howie Centre
Liam O'Brien (Rouyn-Noranda Huskies, F) Halifax
Logan Shaw (Quebec Remparts, F) Glace Bay
Mark Tremaine (Moncton Wildcats, F) Dartmouth
Mason McDonald (Acadie-Bathurst Titan, G) Halifax
Matthew Highmore (Saint John Sea Dogs, F) Halifax
Michael Clarke (Cape Breton Screaming Eagles, F) Halifax
Michael Lyle (Cape Breton Screaming Eagles, F) Florence
Mitchell Deruelle (Moncton Wildcats, F) Sydney
Nathan MacKinnon (Halifax Mooseheads, F) Cole Harbour
Robert Davis (Acadie-Bathurst Titan, F) Truro
Ryan Falkenham (Halifax Mooseheads, F) Halifax
Ryan Graves (PEI Rocket, D) Yarmouth
Ryan Penny (Moncton Wildcats, F) Fall River
Stephen MacAulay (Halifax Mooseheads, F) Cole Harbour
Stephen Woodworth (Cape Breton Screaming Eagles, D) Middleton
Taylor Burke (Gatineau Olympiques, F) Halifax
Zachery Moody (Cape Breton Screaming Eagles, F) Margaretsville
Zachary Taylor (Shawinigan Cataractes, D) Halifax

Gazzola, Foreurs look to move on

Former Moose player Randy Gazzola is still playing in the QMJHL with the Val-d'Or Foreurs. Gazzola and his team are playing in the first round of the President's Cup playoffs against the PEI Rocket. Randy was traded to the Foreurs in January when Halifax traded for Matt Murphy. Randy recorded 2 goals and 11 assists in 28 games with Val-d'Or to end the season with 33 points (7 goals & 26 assists). Game 6 between Val-d'Or and PEI goes tonight with the Foreurs looking to move on to round 2. It's do or die time for the Rocket as they are down 3-2 in their series and are hosting the Quebec team on the island at Charlottetown Civic Centre. Puck drops at 7:00pm Atlantic time.

The other two players that were released in January are still playing right now in the Junior A leagues. Steve Gillard is playing in the second round of the MHL with the Woodstock Slammers who are playing the Summerside Western Capitals. The Capitals are leading the series 1-0 in the best of seven. Anthony Terenzio is playing for the Whitecourt Wolverines in the third round of the AJHL. Whitecourt is down 2-0 in their series against the Spruce Grove Saints

Moose playoff round one stats

2013 President's Cup Playoffs Round One vs. #16 Saint John Sea Dogs

Team stats
4-0-0-0
25 GF/4 GA
200 SF/70 SA
29.2% on PP (3rd)
89.5% on PK (1st)

Team leaders
Points: 10 - Marty Frk 4GP-6-4-10 (2nd) & Jonathan Drouin 4GP-2-8-10 (2nd)
Goals: 6 - Marty Frk (1st)
Assists: 8 - Jonathan Drouin (1st)
Game winning goals: 2 - Nathan MacKinnon
Penalty minutes: 11 - Trey Lewis (15th)
Faceoffs: 57 - Nathan MacKinnon 57/82
Plus/minus: +6 - Jonathan Drouin, Austyn Hardie & MacKenzie Weegar
Shots: 25 - Martin Frk
Wins : 4 - Zach Fucale (1st)
Goals against average: 1.00 - Zach Fucale (1st)
Save percentage: 0.953 - Zach Fucale (2nd)

Results
Game 1 Friday March 22 Saint John 1 at Halifax 11
Game 2 Saturday March 23 Saint John 1 at Halifax 2
Game 3 Tuesday March 26 Halifax 6 at Saint John 1
Game 4 Wednesday March 27 Halifax 6 at Saint John 1


Other series
#1 Halifax Mooseheads vs #16 Saint John Sea Dogs (HAL wins 4-0)
#2 Baie-Comeau Drakkar vs #15 Sherbrooke Phoenix (BAC wins 4-0)
#3 Blainville-Boisbraind Armada vs #14 Acadie-Bathurst Titan (BLB leads 3-1)
#4 Rimouski Oceanic vs #13 Gatineau Olympiques (GAT leads 3-1)
#5 Quebec Remparts vs #12 Chicoutimi Sagueneens (QUE leads 3-1)
#6 Moncton Wildcats vs #11 Victoriaville Tigres (VIC leads 3-1)
#7 PEI Rocket vs #10 Val-d'Or Foreurs (tied 2-2)
#8 Rouyn-Noranda Huskies vs #9 Drummondville Voltigeurs (ROU leads 3-1)

Tonight's games
Remparts vs Sagueneens at 7:00pm/ET
Tigres vs Wildcats at 7:00pm/ET
Titan vs Armada at 7:30pm/ET
Oceanic vs Olympiques at 7:30pm/ET
Foreurs vs Rocket at 7:30pm/ET
Huskies vs Voltigeurs at 7:30pm/ET

Media'Caps: Mooseheads 6, Sea Dogs 1

Here is a collection of recaps from last night's 6-1 series clinching win over the Saint John Sea Dogs...

My recap: And it's a sweep.

The Chronicle Herald's recap: THE FIRST ROUND is now out of the way for the Halifax Mooseheads.

Metro Halifax's recap:  The inevitable happened Wednesday night.

TSN.ca's recap: The Quebec Major Junior Hockey League will have a new President Cup champion after the Halifax Mooseheads eliminated the Saint John Sea Dogs with a 6-1 victory on Wednesday in post-season action.

SaintJohnSeaDogs.com's recap: The Saint John Sea Dogs dropped a 6-1 decision as the Halifax Mooseheads swept the first-round playoff series to end Saint John’s 2012-2013 campaign.

HalifaxMooseheads.com's recap: The Moose are moving on.

MISSING IN ACTION: Max Lindsay (healthy), Liam Alcalde (healthy), Ryan Falkenham (concussion) and Stephen MacAulay (suspension) did not play for Halifax. Oliver Cooper (lower body), Stephen Anderson (upper body) and Jason Cameron (lower body) didnt play for the home team.

FOUR: The amount of goals that Saint John scored in this first round series. They scored one goal in each game of the series. This was just an extension of what they did during the regular season, as they had the lowest goals for total in the regular season out of the 16 teams who made the playoffs.

TWENTYS: This was the last game for Saint John players Pierre Durepos, Ian Saab and Maxime Villemaire in the QMJHL.

SHOTS: Halifax recorded 45+ shots in every game in this series. The Mooseheads out shot the Sea Dogs 200-71 in four games.

FRK: Marty Frk is second in playoff scoring after recording 10 points in four games. His 6 goals are also a league lead. Just by himself, Marty out scored SJ as a team during the first round. Last night, Frk was credited with his 7th goal however they reviewed it and was determined that Stefan Fournier scored it. He also had two of his sticks break during the same powerplay

DROUIN: Jonathan Drouin added to his league leading assists total as he recorded two more last night to push his total to 8 in four games. He is tied for the team lead in points with Frk having also scored 2 goals.

MACAULAY: Stephan MacAulay was suspended for last night's game for a hit to the head penalty that he received in Game 3. So instead he helped with the commentary for News 95.7 during the game. He will be back for Game 1 of round 2.

VILLEMAIRE: Maxime Villemaire had half of Saint John's goals during this series as he scored in Game 2 and Game 4. He ended the playoffs with 2 goals, 13 penalty minutes, 9 shots and a minus-6.

ASHLEY: Darcy Ashley got the fur coat as player of the game for the final game of this series.

NOTES: Look for my breakdown of the four game first round series tomorrow... Baie-Comeau became the second team to advance to the second round after sweeping Sherbrooke... Plymouth, Barrie, Red Deer and Medicine Hat also swept their series... Tickets for Game 1 and 2 of the Herd's second round series go on sale on Wednesday at 10am...

SCORES
Blainville-Boisbriand 4 - 1 Acadie-Bathurst
Baie-Comeau 5 - 2 Sherbrooke
Moncton 0 - 1 Victoriaville
Rouyn-Noranda 4 - 3 Drummondville OT
Rimouski 0 - 4 Gatineau
Quebec 4 - 0 Chicoutimi
Prince Edward Island 0 - 3 Val-d'Or

NEXT GAME: Game 1 of Round 2 will be played on Friday April 5, opponent to be determined. Puck drops at 7:00pm

Memorial Cup hosts out

The hosts of the 2013 Memorial Cup are out of the playoffs after being swept in four games last night. The #2 Saskatoon Blades were playing the #7 Medicine Hat Tigers in the first round and lost 4 games to none. The team will now have a month and a half break before playing games once again.

This is the second straight year that the hosts have had a long rest before being able to play in the Memorial Cup. Last year, the Shawinigan Cataractes lost in the second round 4 games to 2 and after a just over a month break they went on to win the championship that they were hosting. As a Moose fan hopefully the Blades won't have that same luck.

RECAP: Sweeeep!!

Saint John gets swept

Saint John Sea Dogs vs Halifax Mooseheads

Series: HAL wins 4-0

STARS: 3. Villemaire (SNB) | 2. Saab (SNB) | 1. Durepos (SNB)

Attendance: 2,294

SAINT JOHN - And it's a sweep. The Halifax Mooseheads are moving on to the second round for the straight year after beating the Saint John Sea Dogs four games to none. The Sea Dogs were a force to be reckoned with for the past 3 seasons as they won back-to-back President's Cups.

Stefan Fournier scored two goals as he looked to not give back the player of the game trophy; a fur coat. He also assisted on MacKinnon's first period goal on a powerplay. There was very little penalties in this game compared to last night's game which was coincidently won by the same score by Halifax.

FINAL: Halifax 6 at Saint John 1

Point getters: HAL Fournier 3 (2G & 1A), Ashley 3 (1G & 2A), Boudreau 2 (1G & 1A), Ciampini 2 (1G & 1A), Drouin 2 (2A), MacKinnon 1 (1G), Duke, Frk, Lovell & Weegar 1 each (1A); SNB Villemaire 1 (1G)

Goaltenders: Auger SNB | Fucale HAL 

Shots 1st: 19-1 HAL | 2nd: 17-7 HAL | 3rd: 14-7 HAL

Powerplay SNB 0/1, HAL 2/3

GAME LOG
1st - 10:12 | PP Highmore | 2 min Hooking | SNB
1st - 10:33 | GOAL Fournier (2), PP | A: Drouin & Frk | HAL
1st - 11:27 | PP Duda | 2 min Hooking | SNB
1st - 12:33 | GOAL MacKinnon (3), PP | A: Fournier & Drouin | HAL
2nd - 2:55 | GOAL Ciampini (1) | A: Ashley & Boudreau | HAL
2nd - 3:19 | PP Saab | 2 min Cross-checking | SNB
2nd - 5:51 | GOAL Boudreau (2) | A: Ashley & Fucale | HAL
2nd - 19:20 | GOAL Ashley (1) | A: Ciampini & Duke | HAL
2nd - 19:20 | PP Saab | 2 min Unsportsmanlike | SNB
3rd - 3:57 | GOAL Fournier (3) | A: Weegar & Lovell | HAL
3rd - 7:33 | GOAL Villemaire (2) | unassisted | SNB
3rd - 10:48 | PP Ashley | 2 min Roughing | HAL

PLAYOFF GAME #4: Saint John

GAMEDAY

Game Four of Round One

Halifax Mooseheads at Saint John Sea Dogs

Tonight at 7:00pm

Radio: News 88.9 | TV: None | Webcast: Telus | Live: @SeaDogsHockey

Harbour Station ~ Saint John, NB

SERIES
Halifax leads the best-of-seven series 3-0

SAINT JOHN, NB - Your Halifax Mooseheads will look to sweep their first round series for the second straight year tonight against the Saint John Sea Dogs. Last year in the opening round, the Mooseheads swept the Moncton Wildcats in four games.

In Game 3, penalties were a big problem for both teams. After a scuffle between the two teams at 11:07 of the third period, 11 penalties were handed out all roughing and unsportsmanlike conducts. Both teams also took a too many men on the ice penalty about 3 minutes apart in this second half of the opening frame. Despite the power play opportunities, Saint John was the only one to score a PPG while Halifax scored a short handed goal.

Both Jonathan Drouin and Stephen MacAulay were able to score 2 goals last night as nobody had more then a 2-point night. At least MacAulay was able to show the Sea Dog fans a good game in what was most likely he's last game at Harbour Station last night. He was suspended earlier today by the Q for his check from behind in yesterday's win.

Halifax was once again able to get 40+ shots towards the Saint John goalie last night as shots end 46-21.

NOT PLAYING - Stephen MacAulay (suspended) and Ryan Falkenham (concussion) will not play for the Moose.

PLAYOFF SERIES
Game 1 Mar 22 Sea Dogs 1 at Mooseheads 11
Game 2 Mar 23 Sea Dogs 1 at Mooseheads 2
Game 3 Mar 26 Mooseheads 6 at Sea Dogs 1
Game 4 Mar 27 Mooseheads at Sea Dogs
*Game 5 Mar 29 Sea Dogs at Mooseheads
*Game 6 Mar 31 Mooseheads at Sea Dogs
*Game 7 Apr 2 Sea Dogs at Mooseheads

OUT OF TOWN
Armada at Titan - 7:30pm/AT
Drakkar at Phoenix - 8:00pm/AT
Wildcats at Tigres - 8:00pm/AT
Huskies at Voltigeurs - 8:00pm/AT
Oceanic at Olympiques - 8:30pm/AT
Remparts at Sagueneens - 8:30pm/AT
Rocket at Foreurs - 8:30pm/AT

NEXT GAME
If somehow Saint John wins tonight the two teams will play on Friday night in Halifax for Game 5. If not Halifax will move on and will most likely play sometime next week.