Former Mooseheads player to make NHL debut tonight

Former Halifax Mooseheads forward Alexandre Grenier will make his NHL debut tonight when his Vancouver Canucks visit the Winnipeg Jets. The Canucks called up the 24 year old this afternoon as the team has 3 players out of the lineup due to injury. Originally from Laval, QC, Grenier has been playing the last three seasons for Vancouver's farm team; the Utica Comets.

In his one season with the Herd, Alexandre collected 25 goals and 64 points.

Fans can watch the game on national television on Sportsnet.

Herd come close but fall to Sea Dogs in OT

Photo - Mooseheads website

The Herd came up short with a big push but lost in OT to the Saint John Sea Dogs. With a solid goaltending performance from Eric Brassard the Herd come up short in OT.  With the spark of the fight that saw Kelly Bent and Nicholas Blachman both getting five minutes for fighting and a game misconduct for a staged fight, it sparked the Mooseheads after that they scored two goals to tie it up and to bring it in to overtime. Andrew Shewfelt and Taylor Ford both scored in the second period. Both teams showed tonight that they don't really like each other with a lot of chippy play and a fight, as well as some rough stuff after the whistles. With getting an assist on Taylor Ford's goal Danny Moynihan continues his point streak for the Moose. Halifax now gets set to host the Canada Russia Super Series on Thursday night. It will be the final game of the series here in Halifax. Halifax head coach Dom Ducharme will be the head coach for team QMJHL and Max Fortier will also be one of the forwards. Puck drop is at 8pm and the game will also be televised on Sportsnet.

FINAL: Sea Dogs 3 at Moosehead 2 OT
Stars: 3. Chabot SNB | 2. Provorozniouk SNB | 1. Brassard HAL
Attendance: 8,338
MC’s Top Herd: Cavan Fitzgerald 

GAME LOG
First period
4:20 SNB Sam Provorozniouk (10) | A: Imama & Veleno

Second period
5:53 SNB Kyle Ward (2) | A: Green & Felixson
13:46 HAL Andrew Shewfelt (4) | A: Bishop & Nauss
15:53 HAL Taylor Ford (3) | A: D. Moynihan & C. Moynihan

Third period
No Scoring

Overtime
SNB Thomas Chabot (6) | A: Highmore & Joseph

Powerplay: SNB – 0-for-5; HAL – 0-for-4
Shots: 40-33 in favour of Saint John

Notes: The Mooseheads are 3-2 now in overtime games.

Scores
Eagles 7 at Wildcats 5
Remparts 6 at Drakkar 2
Voltigeurs 1 at Saguenéens 5
Tigres 6 at Olympique 1
Cataractes 1 at Phoenix 4
Titan 3 at Islanders 2
Oceanic 4 at Foreurs 5

UP NEXT: Halifax will now travel to Chicoutimi on Friday night to take on the Sags as a part of a two game road trip. Puck Drop is at 8pm.

Nov 14: Mooseheads vs. Sea Dogs preview

GAMEDAY
HALIFAX MOOSEHEADS VS SAINT JOHN SEA DOGS
Puck drops at 7:00pm
TV: Webcast | Radio: News 95.7 | Live: @HFXMooseheads
Scotiabank Centre (10,595) ~ Halifax, NS

Being back home for a game the Halifax Mooseheads will look to get back on track after two losses in the last two games. The Herd are going to look to Danny Moynihan and Timo Meier to keep up their scoring spark to help the team get back on track. This is the final game of the 3 games in 3 nights. This is the first time since September that the Mooseheads have played the Saint John Sea Dogs with each of the teams having a win. Halifax is going to look to their goaltending that has been up and down all season to come up with a big game. After tonight Halifax will get ready to host the CHL Canada/Russia super series which will feature two members of the Herd being Coach Ducharme as the head coach and Max Fortier will be taking part.

Overall RecordMooseheads: 6-8-1-1 = 14 points (5th in Maritimes division, 16th overall)
Sea Dogs: 13-9-1-0 =  27 points (2nd in Maritimes division, 6th overall)

Team Leaders
SNB  Matthew Highmore 21pts (7G & 14A),  Mathieu Joseph 17pts (9G & 8A),  Daniel Del Paggio 17pts (9G & 8A)
HAL: Danny Moynihan 28pts (17G & 11A), Maxime Fortier 27pts (12G & 15A), Timo Meier 25pts (7G & 18A)

Last Games
Saint John is coming off of a 5-1 win over the Cape Breton Screaming Eagles. Joe Veleno, Thomas Chabot, Daniel Del Paggio, Sam Povorozniouk, and Mathieu Joseph all scored in the win and Marc-Antoine Turcotte made 29 saves for the Sea Dogs.

Halifax is coming off a 5-4 overtime loss to the Moncton Wildcats. Dominik Blain scored his first in the QMJHL, Max Fortier, Cody Donaghey, and Timo Meier all scored in the loss and Kevin Resop made 34 saves for the Mooseheads.

Season Series
Head to Head: 1-1-0-0 = 2 points
September 12 Halifax 2 at Saint John 5
September 19 Saint John 1 at Halifax 5
November 14 Saint John at Halifax 7pm
December 11 Saint John at Halifax 7pm
December 18 Halifax at Saint John 7pm
February 25 Halifax at Saint John 7pm

Out of TownEagles at Wildcats 4pm
Remparts at Drakkar 5pm
Voltigeurs at Saguenéens 5pm
Tigre at Olympique 5pm
Cataracts at Phoenix 5pm
Titan at Islanders 7pm
Oceanic at Foreurs 8pm

After the Buzzer
Halifax will travel to Chicoutimi to take on the Sags as apart of a two game road trip. Puck drop is at 8 pm

Nov 12: Titan vs. Mooseheads preview

GAMEDAY
ACADIE-BATHURST TITAN VS HALIFAX MOOSEHEADS
Puck drops at 7:00pm
TV: Webcast | Radio: News 95.7 | Live:@HFXMooseheads
K.C. Regional Irving Centre (3,162) ~ Bathurst, NB

On the road again. Your Halifax Mooseheads will travel to New Brunswick to take on the Acadie-Bathurst Titan tonight for the team's first of 5 road games in the month of November. The Herd will also participate in a Maritime 3-in-3 this weekend, visiting Bathurst and Moncton then hosting Saint John on Saturday. Despite the QMJHL only being 2 months into the 2015-16 regular season, tonight's game will be the fifth between these two teams. Through the first 4 games, each team has two wins and two losses, as well as a shutout each. Bathurst and Halifax are pretty evenly matched this season with both going through rebuilds, however the Titan's scoring is more spread throughout the team. Acadie-Bathurst has the most players in the Q with 10 or more points at 11, while the Mooseheads only have 5. Both teams will be looking to continue the momentum that they got last weekend.

Overall Records
Titan: 7-13-2-0 = 16 points (6th in Maritimes division, 17th overall)
Mooseheads: 8-12-1-1 = 18 points (5th in Maritimes division, 15th overall)

Leading Scorers
HAL: Danny Moynihan 25pts (16G & 9A), Max Fortier 24pts (11G & 13A), Otto Somppi 21pts (3G & 18A)
BAT: Christophe Boivin 23pts (12G & 11A), Mark Simpson 19pts (7G & 12A), Jeffrey Truchon-Viel 18pts (10G & 8A)

Last Games
Acadie-Bathurst is coming off a 6-4 victory against the Baie-Comeau Drakkar on Friday night. Mark Simpson led the team with 2 goals and 2 assists while Reilly Pickard made 28 saves to pick up the win for the Titan on home ice.

Halifax is also coming off a win against the Drakkar. Danny Moynihan scored in regulation and had the overtime winner to help the Mooseheads get a 5-4 victory over Baie-Comeau on Saturday night, while Kevin Resop made 25 saves at home.

Season Series
Head to Head: 2-2-0-0 = 4 points
September 18  Acadie-Bathurst 4 at Halifax 0
October 14  Halifax 2 at Acadie-Bathurst 0
October 17  Acadie-Bathurst 4 at Halifax 7
October 28  Halifax 3 at Acadie-Bathurst 4
November 12  Halifax at Acadie-Bathurst - 7pm
January 12  Acadie-Bathurst at Halifax - 7pm
January 29  Halifax at Acadie-Bathurst - 7pm
March 2  Acadie-Bathurst at Halifax - 7pm
March 8  Halifax at Acadie-Bathurst - 7pm

Out of Town
Sea Dogs vs Wildcats 8:00pm

After the Buzzer
Halifax will stay in New Brunswick and travel south-east to take on the Moncton Wildcats tomorrow night. Puck drops at 7pm.

Penalties Almost Hurt Herd for Second Night

Photo - Metro Halifax

Fifteen. That's a number that coach Dom Ducharme is going to want his team not to repeat in a set of games again. Your Halifax Mooseheads have been given 15 penalties over the last two games, 8 on Friday night and 7 tonight. About a third of the penalties for Halifax probably should not have been called but the Mooseheads are going to need to be more disciplined and not let bad calls get in their head if they hope to win games. Luckily, two Baie-Comeau powerplay goals did not prohibit the Herd from getting the victory this evening. Third year forward Danny Moynihan seems to have taken over Max Fortier's firing ways, scoring another two goals tonight including the overtime winner. Fortier did have his first multi-point game since October 22, scoring a goal and picking up two assists against the Drakkar that helped the home team get a 5-4 overtime win. The game started off pretty intense and physical with 3 goals being scored in 39 seconds which would actually be the only scoring in the first period.

FINAL: Drakkar 4 at Moosehead 5 OT
Stars: 3. Fortier HAL | 2. Karabacek BAC | 1. Meier HAL
Attendance: 6,706
MC's Top Herd: Danny Moynihan

GAME LOG
First period
3:19 HAL Timo Meier (4) | A: Jones & Watt
3:33 HAL Taylor Ford (2) | A: Fortier & Meier
3:58 BAC Vaclav Karabacek (6) | A: Jones & Desauteis

Second period
0:51 HAL Maxime Fortier (11) | A: Meier
13:20 BAC Mathieu Desauteis (3), PP | A: Karabacek & Ricci
15:31 HAL Danny Moynihan (15), PP | A: Fortier & Somppi
18:10 BAC Nicolas Leblond (3), PP | A: Karabacek & Meloche

Third period
5:41 BAC Matt Jones (7) | A: Karabacek & Meloche

Overtime
2:52 HAL Danny Moynihan (16) | A: Meier

Powerplay: BAC - 2-for-7; HAL - 1-for-3
Shots: 40-29 in favour of Halifax

Notes: Otto Somppi left towards the end of the second after getting hit in the right shoulder and didn't return.. Halifax had 17 hits, while Baie-Comeau had 11.. The Mooseheads are 3-1 now in overtime games..

Scores
Chicoutimi 4 at Moncton 5 SO
Cape Breton 3 at Rimouski 6
Shawinigan 5 at Victoriaville 4 SO
Drummondville 3 at Gatineau 6
Saint John 7 at Quebec 3
Blaiville-Boisbriand 2 at Rouyn-Noranda 4
Charlottetown 1 at Val-d'Or 8

UP NEXT: Halifax will now travel to New Brunswick for a match against the Acadie-Bathurst Titan on Thursday night. Puck drops at 7pm.

Nov 6: Mooseheads vs. Sagueneens preview

GAMEDAY

HALIFAX MOOSEHEADS VS CHICOUTIMI SAGUENEENS

Puck drops at 7:00pm

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

Scotiabank Centre (10,595) ~ Halifax, NS

It's a battle of the young teams tonight as your Halifax Mooseheads take on the Chicoutimi Sagueneens at home. After a three game road trip, your Herd are back home for two weekend games. The two teams have the lowest average age in the QMJHL this season and are pretty evenly matched going into the matchup. Tonight also happens to be the 12th annual DND Appreciation Night at the Scotiabank Centre. Halifax will be wearing special jerseys for the 8th year in a row which will be raffled off to fans at the game, with 3 being auctioned off online at a later date. This year, the Mooseheads will be playing homage to the Royal Canadian Navy and all money donated from the raffle tickets will be given to the Camp Hill Veterans Memorial Garden in Halifax. Both teams will be looking to get back in the win column and spread themselves from the bottom of the standings, Chicoutimi might be a bit more hungry as they've lost 3 in a row. Come down to support the troops Moose Country and watch what should be an exciting game with young talent and Friday night drama. 

Overall Records
Sagueneens: 7-11-1-0 = 15 points (5th in East division, 16th overall)
Mooseheads: 7-11-1-1 = 16 points (5th in Maritimes division, 15th overall)

Leading Scorers
HAL: Danny Moynihan 22pts (13G & 9A), Maxime Fortier 21pts (10G & 11A), Otto Somppi 20pts (3G & 17A)
CHI: Jonathan Bourcier 26pts (9G & 17A), Gabryel Paquin-Boudreau 22pts (9G & 13A), Nicolas Roy 21pts (11G & 10A)

Last Games
Chicoutimi is coming off a 6-3 defeat to the Cape Breton Screaming Eagles on Wednesday. Gabryel Paquin-Boudreau led the team in scoring with a goal and 2 assists while Julio Billio made 24 saves for the Sags in Sydney.

Halifax is coming off a tough 3-2 road loss on Halloween night against the Oceanic. Kelly Bent and Danny Moynihan had the goals for the Mooseheads while Kevin Resop made 24 saves in the defeat in Rimouski.

Season Series
Head-to-Head: 0-0-0-0 = 0 points
November 6, 2015  Chicoutimi at Halifax - 7pm
November 20, 2015  Halifax at Chicoutimi - 8pm

Out of Town
Titan vs Drakkar 7:00pm
Voltigeurs vs Sea Dogs 8:00pm
Oceanic vs Phoenix 8:30pm
Cataractes vs Remparts 8:30pm

After the Buzzer
The Mooseheads will host the Baie-Comeau Drakkar tomorrow night on home ice. Puck drops at 7pm.

QMJHL Names Scholastic POM

Every month, the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League announces a Scholastic Player of the Month which recognizes a player on each team with his performance on ice and in the classroom. The player is selected based on their school results, their implication, the school-hockey conciliation, their team spirit and their on-ice performances.

For your Halifax Mooseheads, Brett Crossley was named the Scholastic Player of the Month for October 2015. Crossley had a goal and an assist in 14 games played in the month of October while also collecting 8 penalty minutes.

TEAM	PLAYER	EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION
BAC	Simon Chevrier	Cégep de Baie-Comeau
BAT	Mark Trickett	Acadia University
BLB	Charlie Roy	Cégep de Saint-Jérôme
CAP	Jonathan Deschamps	Cégep à distance
CHA	Dexter Weber	University of PEI
CHI	Julio Bilia	Cégep de Chicoutimi
DRU	Anthony Dumont-Bouchard	Cégep de Drummondville
GAT	Alexandre Alain	Cégep de l’Outaouais
HAL	Brett Crossley	Prince Andrew High School
MON	Lane Cormier	Crandall University
QUE	Yannick Turcotte	Cégep de Limoilou
RIM	Dylan Montcalm	Cégep de Rimouski
ROU	Jacob Neveu	Cégep de l’Abitibi-Témiscamingue
SHA	Gabriel Slight	Collège de Shawinigan
SHE	Logan Johnston	Leo Hayes High School
SNB	Mathieu Joseph	Cégep à distance
VDO	Olivier Galipeau	Cégep de l’Abitibi-Témiscamingue
VIC	Anthony Gingras	Cégep de Victoriaville