POSTGAME: Mooseheads 4, Foreurs 6

MC POST-GAME

Here;s some stories from last night's 6-4 loss against the Val-d'Or Foreurs

The Q News' recap: Less than 24 hours after a humiliating 11-1 loss, the Val-d'Or Foreurs responded with a hard fought 6-4 victory over the Halifax Mooseheads Sunday afternoon, Nov. 30, in Val-d'Or.

Metro Halifax's recap: It was a bittersweet weekend on the road for the Halifax Mooseheads.

The Chronicle Herald's recap: Another comeback was not in the cards for the Halifax Mooseheads on Sunday. 

The Canadian Press' recap: Jeremie Fraser and Anthony Richard had two goals and an assist each as the Foreurs sank Halifax.

halifaxmooseheads.ca's recap: The Mooseheads had a sweep of a three-game road trip in their sights but it wasn't in the cards for the Herd on Sunday afternoon in Val d'Or as Halifax lost 6-4 to the defending President's Cup Champions at the Air Creebec Centre snapping a four-game winning streak for the Moose.

theqmjhl.ca's recap: Game summary.

MISSING IN ACTION: Vince Wat (upper body), Josh Fitzgerald (concussion), Tristan Tardif (healthy), Ryan Falkenham (lower body), Morgan Nauss (upper body), Brett Crossley (concussion) and Cavan Fitzgerald (broken patella)

SCORES
Charlottetown 1 - 5 Moncton
Acadie-Bathurst 4 - 3 Saint John SO
Blainville-Boisbriand 6 - 3 Cape Breton
Chicoutimi 3 - 0 Drummondville
Quebec 2 - 3 Rimouski OT
Victoriaville 5 - 4 Rouyn-Noranda

NEXT GAME: Halifax will come home for four games starting on Friday against the Charlottetown Islanders. Puck drops at 7pm. 

STATS SUNDAY: November

Games played: 12

Record: 8-3-1-0, 17pts

Goals for/against: 52/39

Powerplay*: 18.1%

Penalty kill*: 73.4%

Shutouts: one

Top 5 leading scorers

Points: Nikolaj Ehlers 34, Timo Meier 20, Daniel Moynihan 13, Philippe Gadoury 11, Matt Murphy 9

Goals: Nikolaj Ehlers 12, Timo Meier 11, Daniel Moynihan 6, Philippe Gadoury 4, Samuel Leblanc 4

Assists: Nikolaj Ehlers 22, Timo Meier 9, Daniel Moynihan 7, Philippe Gadoury 7, Maxime Fortier 7

Penalty minutes: Kelly Bent 27, Connor Moynihan 23, Brandon Vuic 23, Austyn Hardie 18, Nikolaj Ehlers 17

Plus/minus: Nikolaj Ehlers +15, Jesse Lussier +12, Daniel Moynihan +12, Timo Meier +12, Taylor Ford +11

Rookie scoring: Maxime Fortier 8pts, Taylor Ford 4pts, Morgan Nauss 3pts, Jean-Sebastien Taillefer 1pt

Goaltending stats*

Zach Fucale: 12-8-1-1    3.35 GAA    0.886 SAV%

Kevin Resop: 1-5-1-0    4.55 GAA    0.841 SAV%

* = overall

GAMEDAY #29: at Val-d'Or

GAMEDAY

VAL-D'OR FOREURS vs. HALIFAX MOOSEHEADS

November 30, 2014 at 5:00pm

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

Centre Air Creebec (2,140) ~ Val-d'Or, QC

Just think, a little over a month ago the Mooseheads couldn't string two wins together. In the past month they've had 2 two game win streaks and are on a four game victory streak right now. Halifax will be looking to continue their strong play this evening when they visit the Foreurs in Val-d'Or. The Herd will be playing a team that is 3 points behind them this time but Zach Fucale will have to be excellent today if Halifax hopes to win. Val-d'Or is third in team scoring with 107 goals for, behind Rimouski and Moncton but they have the most goals against in the league. Can Halifax finish off the month of November strong with another victory? We will have to wait and see.

This is the second and last meeting between the Moose and Val-d'Or this season. The Foreurs won the last one on October 5 with a 4-3 shootout victory. Danny Moynihan had 2 goals to lead Halifax in the defeat while Zach Fucale made 33 saves to take the loss. 

Overall Records
Mooseheads: 13-12-2-1 = 29 points (4th in Maritimes division, 13th overall)
Foreurs: 11-14-1-3 = 26 points (6th in West division, 15th overall)

Leading Scorers
VDO: Anthony Richard 36pts (17G & 19A), Anthony Beauregard 33pts (10G & 23A), Julien Gauthier 31pts (17G & 14A)
HFX: Nikolaj Ehlers 41pts (15G & 26A), Timo Meier 36pts (17G & 19A), Philippe Gadoury 23pts (9G & 14A)

Last Games
Halifax is coming off a big 8-5 comeback victory over the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies last night in Rouyn-Noranda. Nikolaj Ehlers had 4 goals and 2 assists to lead the comeback for the Mooseheads while Zach Fucale made 18 saves for the win.

Val-d'Or is coming off a huge 11-1 defeat at the hands of the Victoriaville Tigres on home ice last night. Stephen Anderson scored the only goal for the Foreurs while Etienne Montpetit and Keven Bouchard made 26 saves on 37 shots.

Season Series
Sunday Oct 5  Foreurs 4 at Mooseheads 3 SO
Sunday Nov 30  Mooseheads at Foreurs - 5pm

Out of Town
Wildcats vs Islanders - 2:00pm
Sea Dogs vs Titan - 3:00pm
Screaming Eagles vs Armada - 4:00pm
Voltigeurs vs Sagueneens - 5:00pm
Oceanic vs Remparts 5:00pm
Huskies vs Tigres 5:00pm

After the Buzzer
Halifax will get back home for a matchup against the Charlottetown Islanders for some Friday night hockey. Puck drops at 7pm.

POSTGAME: Mooseheads 8, Huskies 5

MC POST-GAME

Here are some stories from last night's 8-5 victory over the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies

My recap: Like normal, when the Halifax Mooseheads are down Nikolaj Ehlers scores at the right time to get them back in the game and sometimes leads the team to victory.

The Chronicle Herald's recap: The Halifax Mooseheads got six more points from Nikolaj Ehlers on Saturday night to help them extend their winning streak to four games.

Metro Halifax's recap: Call it Nik's night.

The Canadian Press' recap: Winnipeg Jets prospect Nikolaj Ehlers scored four times and added two assists in Halifax's victory over the Huskies.

halifaxmooseheads.ca's recap: Make it four wins in a row and counting for the red hot Halifax Mooseheads after the team scored an entertaining 8-5 victory over the Huskies on Saturday night in Rouyn-Noranda.

huskies.qc.ca's recap: Même si la meute a pris les devants 2-0 face aux Mooseheads ce soir, les visiteurs n’ont jamais abandonné et ont infligé un revers de 8 à 5 aux Huskies devant plus de 2000 spectateurs à l’aréna Iamgold.

theqmjhl.ca's recap: Game summary. 

MISSING IN ACTION: Connor Moynihan (suspension), Ryan Falkenham (lower-body), Cavan Fitzgerald (broken patella), Brett Crossley (concussion), Morgan Nauss (upper-body), Tristan Tardif (healthy) and Josh Fitzgerald (concussion)

SCORES
Victoriaville 11 - 1 Val-d'Or
Shawinigan 2 - 4 Gatineau
Sherbrooke 5 - 0 Acadie-Bathurst
Baie-Comeau 1 - 2 Drummondville OT

NEXT GAME: Halifax will finish their three game Quebec road trip this evening against the Val-d'Or Foreurs. Puck drops at 5pm. 

RECAP: Ehlers Leads Moose Comeback

ROUYN-NORANDA - Like normal, when the Halifax Mooseheads are down Nikolaj Ehlers scores at the right time to get them back in the game and sometimes leads the team to victory. Your Moosheads were down 2-0 to the hometown Rouyn-Noranda Huskies after 20 minutes but surmounted an amazing comeback on the back of Ehlers' 6 points night to win 8-5. The win give Halifax 4 straight victories and for the first time all year they are above .500 with a 13-12-2-1 record now.

It was a back and forth game in the second period. Danny Moynihan's goal at 17:31 of the middle frame tied the game at 3 but Antoine Waked scored less than 2 minutes later to give the Huskies a 4-3 lead after 40 minutes. Nikolaj Ehlers scored his second of the night 7 seconds into the last period to tie it at 4 and than both teams had a goal disallowed. Andrew Shewfelt gave the Mooseheads their first lead with 7:23 to go and Nikolaj Ehlers would help the team never look back.

FINAL: Mooseheads 8 at Huskies 5
Stars: 3. Fortin ROU | 2. D. Moynihan HAL | 1. Ehlers HAL
Attendance: 2,071
MC's Top Herd: n/a

GAME LOG
First period
4:05 ROU Jeremy Lauzon (3) | A: Nantel & Caron
4:54 ROU Julien Nantel (12) | A: Guenette & Fortin

Shots: Halifax had a 13-5 shot advantage in the first 20 minutes

Second period
6:15 HAL Vincent Watt (7), PP | A: Lussier & Murphy
11:41 ROU Jean-Christophe Beaudin (3) | A: Lauzon & Auger
14:24 HAL Nikolaj Ehlers (12), SH | A: Shewfelt
17:31 HAL Danny Moynihan (10) | A: Ehlers & Ford
19:28 ROU Antoine Waked (7), PP | A: Nantel & Boucher

Shots: The Mooseheads once again led shots in the period 13 to 6

Third period
0:07 HAL Nikolaj Ehlers (13) | A: None
7:08 ROU Mathieu Lemay (19), PP | A: Perron & Fortin
11:51 HAL Danny Moynihan (11) | A: Murphy & Ehlers
12:37 HAL Andrew Shewfelt (1) | A: Bent
18:35 HAL Nikolaj Ehlers (14) | A: D. Moynihan
19:50 HAL Nikolaj Ehlers (15), EN/SH | A: None

Shots: Pucks to the net were a little closer this period with Halifax leading 13 to 12 and having an overall advantage of 39-23

POWERPLAY
Halifax: 1-for-6
Rouyn-Noranda: 2-for-6

GOALIES
Winning goaltender: Zach Fucale HAL 18 saves
Losing goaltender: Samuel Harvey ROU 28 saves

GAMEDAY #28: at Rouyn-Noranda

GAMEDAY

ROUYN-NORANDA HUSKIES vs. HALIFAX MOOSEHEADS

November 29, 2014 at 8:00pm

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

Arena Iamgold (2,150) ~ Rouyn-Noranda, QC

Can we officially say they have connected as a team? I would say yes we can. The Mooseheads may not be as dominate as they have been the past two seasons but they still got some power. Halifax welcomed the league's best last weekend and chased their starting goaltender on their way to a 8-2 victory over the Rimouski Oceanic. That explosive game started the Herd's first three game win streak of the season. They'll be looking to continue their strong play against a team that is only 3 points ahead of them. Rouyn-Noranda is on top of a group of four teams that has 30 points. 

This is the second and last match up between these two teams this season. The Huskies won the last meeting back at the beginning of October. Alexandre Fortin and Antoine Waked had a goal and an assist each to lead Rouyn-Noranda to a 5-0 win on the road. 

Overall Records

Mooseheads: 12-12-2-1 = 27 points (4th in Maritimes division, 13th overall)
Huskies: 14-11-2-0 = 30 points (3rd in West division, 8th overall)

Leading Scorers
ROU: Francis Perron 35pts (15G & 20A), Mathieu Lemay 31pts (18G & 13A), Ryan Penny 27pts (13G & 14A)
HFX: Timo Meier 36pts (17G & 19A), Nikolaj Ehlers 35pts (11G & 24A), Philippe Gadoury 23pts (9G & 14A)

Last Games
Halifax is coming off a 6-3 victory over the Shawinigan Cataractes on Thursday night in the first game of this Quebec road trip. Timo Meier led the team in goals scoring 4 during the game while Nikolaj Ehlers had 5 assists for the Mooseheads.

Rouyn-Noranda is coming off a 5-3 defeat on home ice against the Drummondville Voltigeurs on Wednesday night. Antoine Waked led the Huskies with a goal and an assist while Samuel Harvey made 12 saves on 13 shots after taking over for Alexandre Belanger.

Season Series
Thursday Oct 2  Huskies 5 at Mooseheads 0
Saturday Nov 29  Mooseheads at Huskies - 8pm

Out of Town
Foreurs vs Tigres 5:00pm
Olympiques vs Cataractes 5:00pm
Titan vs Phoenix 7:00pm
Voltigeurs vs Drakkar 8:00pm

After the Buzzer
Halifax will travel to Val-d'Or tomorrow evening to take on the Foreurs to finish off this Quebec road trip. Puck drops at 5pm. 

Fucale Closing On Record

Not only was it a big night for import players Nikolaj Ehlers and Timo Meier in Halifax's 6-3 victory on Thursday night in Shawinigan but it was for 4th year goaltender Zachary Fucale as well. Fucale, who has helped lead the Mooseheads to a Memorial Cup championship and to two straight President's Cup finals appearances, is closing on to the record for most QMJHL career wins by a goaltender.

Zach is now in sole posession of second place on the list after recording his 124th victory last night against the Cataractes while making 32 saves in a 6-3 win. With it, he is now only 18 wins away from tying Jacques Cloutier for the record. Cloutier recorded 142 victories in 4 seasons with the Trois-Rivieres Draveurs between 1976 and 1980. Fucale and the Mooseheads have 41 more games this season so it is possible for him to acheive the record but some are saying that it won't happen. It is expected that Fucale will be a goaltender for Team Canada at the upcoming World Juniors so he will miss about 8 games because of that and of course a few here or there in the new year to let Kevin Resop get some more playing time.

Do you think Zach will reach the record this season? There's a slight possibilty of him returning for a fifth season next year but it's unlikely.

Congratulations on getting your 124th vitory Zach. Keep them coming!!