POSTGAME: Mooseheads 3, Wildcats 4

MC POST-GAME

Here's some stories from last night's 4-3 loss to the Moncton Wildcats on the road

The Q News' recap: It wasn't pretty, but the Moncton Wildcats extended its season-high winning streak to seven games Tuesday night with a 4-3 win over the Halifax Mooseheads at the Moncton Coliseum. 

Metro Halifax's recap: Rookie forward Brett Crossley found the back of the net twice Tuesday, but the Halifax Mooseheads still came up short against the Moncton Wildcats, falling 4-3 in their second road game since Christmas. 

The Canadian Press' recap: William Bower scored a tiebreaking goal 13:00 into the third period to lift the Moncton Wildcats to a 4-3 win over the Halifax Mooseheads in Quebec Major Junior Hockey League action on Tuesday. 

halifaxmooseheads.com's recap: The Halifax Mooseheads had a glorious chance to knock off one of the hottest teams in the entire Quebec Major Junior Hockey League on Tuesday night, but it was not to be as the Moncton Wildcats prevailed on home ice with a 4-3 defeat of the Herd. 

moncton-wildcats.com's recap: Will Bower's second goal of the season with just seven minutes remaining in regulation lifted the Moncton Wildcats to a thrilling 4-3 win over the Halifax Mooseheads in front of 4988 fans at the Moncton Coliseum. 

theqmjhl.ca's recap: Game summary. 

MISSING IN ACTION: Nikolaj Ehlers (WJC - Denmark), Ryan Falkenham (knee) and Timo Meier (WJC - Switzerland)

SCORES
Cape Breton 3 - 6 Charlottetown
Baie-Comeau 3 - 1 Shawinigan

NEXT GAME: The Mooseheads are back home today for an odd New Year's Eve game, against the Charlottetown Islanders. Puck drops at 2pm.

WJC: Denmark Gets First Junior Victory

Venue: Air Canada Centre

RECAP - What an exciting game! It took 16 tries but Team Denmark has a World Junior Top Division victory under their belt after beating Team Switzerland 4-3 in a shootout on Tuesday evening in Montreal. It took some very hard work and another stellar performance by goaltender Georg Sorensen for the Danes to get the victory but it was well worth it. With the win, Denmark has kept themselves alive for a quarter final berth depending on Wednesday's game between the Czech Republic and Russia. Switzerland on the other hand were stone-walled in getting a chance to win Group B when they take on Sweden tomorrow. The Swedes have 3 wins and 9 points and are now 5 points ahead of the Swiss. Despite the loss, it was a good night for Mooseheads player Timo Meier. He had a goal and assist in regulation while also scoring in the shootout to keep his team alive in the penalty shot portion. Nikolaj Ehlers had an assist while scoring Denmark's first SO goal.

GAME LOG
First period
10:48 SUI Kris Schmidli (1) | A: Hischier
11:54 SUI Kevin Fiala (3) | A: Malgin & Meier
17:58 DEN Oliver Bjorkstrand (3) | A: Ehlers & Eller

Second period
12:19 DEN Anders Krogsgaard (1), PP | A: Hertzberg & Aagaard
12:43 SUI Timo Meier (1) | A: Siegenthaler & Malgin
15:40 DEN Mikkel Aagaard (1), PP | A: Oleson

Third period
None

Overtime
None

Shootout
Round 1 - DEN Nikolaj Ehlers (goal)    SUI Kevin Fiala (save)
Round 2 - DEN Oliver Bjorkstrand (goal)    SUI Timo Meier (goal)
Round 3 - DEN Mikkel Aagaard (save)    SUI Noah Rod (save)

Powerplay: Switzerland 0-for-3, Denmark 2-for-4
Shots: 1st - 13-6 Switzerland, 2nd - 15-10 Switzerland, 3rd - 14-3 Switzerland, OT - 3-3 tie
Goaltenders: Gauthier Descloux SUI vs. Georg Sorensen DEN
Sellout: No

WJC: Fucale Shuts Door On Defending Champs

Venue: Bell Centre

RECAP: This seems to be a theme during the World Juniors. Canada having to battle the USA for the top position in their group. With the red and white joining their North American counterparts in the win column tonight with a 4-1 victory over Finland, that's exactly what will be happening on New Year's Eve. Zach Fucale made some pretty good saves against the Finnish team and it helped his Canadians to a third straight win in tournament play. Team Canada now has 9 points, good enough for first in Group A action. It was a very fast paced game between the two teams which is not surprising considering the Finns won the tournament last year and Canada being a dominant force in hockey.

GAME LOG
First period
5:32 CAN Sam Reinhart (1), PP | A: Theodore

Second period
13:34 CAN Sam Reinhart (2) | A: Duclair & Domi
18:26 FIN Arturri Lehkonen (1) | A: None

Third period
11:15 CAN Anthony Duclair (2) | A: Domi & Bowey
14:25 CAN Curtis Lazar (2) | A: Morrissey & Fabbri

Shots: 1st - 10-10 tie, 2nd - 13-11 Canada, 3rd - 13-7 Canada
Powerplay: Canada 1-for-3, Finland 0-for-2
Goaltenders: Juuse Saros FIN vs. Zach Fucale CAN
Sellout: No

Players of the Game
Arturri Lehkonen FIN
Sam Reinhart CAN

POSTGAME: Mooseheads 4, Screaming Eagles 1

MC POST-GAME

Here's some stories from last night's 4-1 win over the home Cape Breton Screaming Eagles.

The Q News' recap: Eric Brassard made 24 saves in his Mooseheads debut leading Halifax to a 4-1 victory over the Cape Breton Screaming Eagles at Centre 200 on Sunday. 

Metro News' recap: Netminder Eric Brassard earned a 'W' in his first game wearing a Halifax Mooseheads jersey Sunday night in Sydney. 

The Canadian Press' recap: Danny Moynihan had a goal and two assists to help Halifax get past the Screaming Eagles.

halifaxmooseheads.com's recap: The Mooseheads grabbed an early lead in Sydney on Sunday night and never looked back in picking up a 4-1 victory over the rival Screaming Eagles to open up the post Christmas portion of the QMJHL schedule. 

theqmjhl.ca's recap: Game summary.

MISSING IN ACTION: Ryan Falkenham (knee), Timo Meier (WJC - Switzerland), Morgan Nauss (concussion) and Nikolaj Ehlers (WJC - Denmark)

SCORES
Acadie-Bathurst 1 - 4 Charlottetown
Saint John 5 - 6 Moncton
Quebec 2 - 1 Baie-Comeau
Sherbrooke 4 - 3 Blainville-Boisbriand
Drummondville 4 - 2 Gatineau
Val-d'Or 8 - 3 Rouyn-Noranda
Rimouski 1 - 6 Shawinigan
Chicoutimi 4 - 2 Victoriaville

NEXT GAME: Halifax will have a match-up against the Moncton Wildcats tomorrow evening on the road. Puck drops at 7pm.

WJC: Swiss Get Shutout By Russia

Venue: Air Canada Centre

RECAP - Timo Meier couldn't help Team Switzerland get on the scoreboard once during their match-up with Team Russia on Sunday evening, losing 7-0. It was a bad night for the Swiss who changed their goaltender after the second period and being down 5-0. Switzerland got a lot more offensive zone coverage than the red, white and blue but the Igor Shestyorkin was the difference maker giving his Russian team the confidence to get the shutout win. The goaltender was especially good on a 5 minute penalty kill after Anatoli Golyshev laid out a big hit in the second period. The Swiss player on the receiving end of that hit, Phil Baltisberger was stretchered off after laying face down on the ice for a few minutes. The red and white never seemed to recover emotionally after the hit and couldn't score on the powerplay.

GAME LOG
First period
11:28 RUS Rushan Rafikov (1), PP | A: Golyshev & Buchnevich
18:26 RUS Alexander Dergachyov (1) | A: Bryntsev
19:38 RUS Paval Buchnevich (1) | A: Barbashyov & Rafikov

Second period
15:29 RUS Sergei Tolchinski (2) | A: Goldobin & Kamenev
17:36 RUS Alexander Sharov (1) | A: Mamin

Third period
14:59 RUS Vladislav Kamenev (1), PP | A: None
15:41 RUS Vyacheslav Leshenko (1) | A: Barbashyov & Buchnevich

Shots: 1st - 10-9 Switzerland, 2nd - 14-4 Switzerland, 3rd - 10-8 Russia
Powerplay: Switzerland 0-for-8, Russia 2-for-5
Goaltenders: Gauthier Descloux & Ludovic Waeber (SUI) vs. Igor Shestyorkin (RUS)
Sellout: No

GAMEDAY #36: at Cape Breton

GAMEDAY

CAPE BRETON SCREAMING EAGLES vs. HALIFAX MOOSEHEADS

December 28, 2014 at 7:00pm

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

Centre 200 (5,000) ~ Sydney, NS

After a ten day Christmas break, your Mooseheads were back in Halifax last night just long enough to jump on the team bus and drive to Sydney to take on the Cape Breton Screaming Eagles tonight. This will be the first game that newly acquired Eric Brassard will be dressed in the red, green and white. Could Eagles fans see him in nets for this first game back after the holiday break? No word yet from the Herd who will start tonight's game. Halifax will be looking to make some more room between them and the Charlottetown Islanders in the division standings and get closer to the Saint John Sea Dogs. Cape Breton is just looking to get in a playoff spot during the second half of the season.

This is the fifth game between these two teams this season. Both teams are 2-2-0-0 against the other team during this year's series. Cape Breton won the last meeting 3-2 with Cameron Darcy leading the Eagles recording 2 assists in the win, and Kevin Resop making 19 saves taking the loss for the Mooseheads. 

Overall Records
Mooseheads: 17-15-2-1 = 37 points (3rd in Maritimes division, 10th overall)
Screaming Eagles: 12-17-2-3 = 29 points (5th in Maritimes division, 17th overall)

Leading Scorers
CAP: Kyle Farrell 53pts (26G & 27A), Maxim Lazarev 40pts (17G & 23A), Evgeny Svechnikov 31pts (11G & 20A)
HFX: Nikolaj Ehlers 47pts (16G & 31A), Timo Meier 46pts (21G & 25A0, Danny Moynihan 32pts (16G & 16A)

Last Games
Halifax is coming off a 8-2 schlacking in Charlottetown on December 18 in their last game of the first half. Danny Moynihan and Brett Crossley scored for the Mooseheads against the Islanders while Kevin Resop made 31 saves on 36 shots in 40 minutes of play to take the loss.

Cape Breton is coming off a feisty game in Moncton where the Screaming Eagles lost 10-5. Maxim Lazarev scored a goal and recorded 3 assists to lead the away team but Miguel Sullivan's 32 saves were not enough to get a win.

Season Series
Friday Oct 17  Cape Breton 2 at Halifax 5
Sunday Oct 19  Halifax 1 at Cape Breton 4
Friday Nov 14  Cape Breton 2 at Halifax 3
Saturday Nov 15  Halifax 2 at Cape Breton 3
Sunday Dec 28  Halifax at Cape Breton - 7pm
Sunday Jan 18  Halifax at Cape Breton - 4pm
Friday Jan 30  Cape Breton at Halifax - 7pn
Saturday Feb 14  Cape Breton at Halifax - 7pm
Sunday Mar 8  Halifax at Cape Breton - 2pm

Out of Town
Islanders vs Titan 3:00pm
Wildcats vs Sea Dogs 4:00pm
Drakkar vs Remparts 5:00pm
Armada vs Phoenix 5:00pm
Olympiques vs Voltigeurs 5:00pm
Huskies vs Foreurs 5:00pm
Cataractes vs Oceanic 5:00pm
Tigres vs Sagueneens 5:00pm

After the Buzzer 
Halifax will travel to Moncton tomorrow to take on the Wildcats on Tuesday night. Puck drops at 7pm.

WJC: Swedes Too Much For Danes

Venue: Air Canada Centre

RECAP - Nikolaj Ehlers and Team Denmark have now lost two in a row. An experienced and dominant hockey country in Team Sweden was just too much for the Danes, who have not played in the Top Division U20 World Championships since the 2012 tournament. Both teams came out fast and hard in the first period but a couple of powerplays gave Sweden most of the offensive zone coverage and they were able to get a couple of soft goals past Danish goalie Georg Sorenson to ride it all the way to a win. Denmark plays a fast game which might have been their downfall in the second half of this game as well, being mentally fatigued and making small mistakes not allowing them to recover the goal deficit. Both teams will have a day off now.

GAME LOG
First period
9:48 SWE Lucas Wallmark (1) | A; None
11:36 SWE Anton Blidh (1) | A: Aho & Lagesson
19:27 SWE William Nylander (2) | A: de la Rose & Bergman

Second period
0:13 SWE Jacob de la Rose (2) | A: Karlsson & Blidh
1:01 DEN Nick Olesen (1) | A: Nielsen & Holmberg
17:26 SWE Sebastian Aho (1), PP | A: Wallmark & de la Rose

Third period
None

Shots: 1st - 11-6 Denmark, 2nd - 14-6 Sweden, 3rd - 21-3 Sweden
Powerplay: Sweden 1-for-7, Denmark 0-for-4
Goaltenders: Georg Sorensen & Thomas Lillie (SWE) vs. Linus Soderstrom (DEN)
Sellout: No

Players of the Game
Oliver Bjorkstrand DEN
Jacob de la Rose SWE