Jan 28: Titan vs. Mooseheads preview

ACADIE-BATHURST TITAN VS HALIFAX MOOSEHEADS

Puck drops at 7:00pm

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

K.C. Irving Regional Centre

It's another battle of two lowly teams who are in the midst of a rebuild year as our Halifax Mooseheads travel to take on the Acadie-Bathurst Titan tonight. The Titan faithful haven't had much to cheer about when their team is on home ice as Bathurst has won just 5 of their 24 games at the KC Irving Regional Centre so far this season but that's more than the lone match they picked up a victory in last season. If you look at the standings, this should be an easy game for the Mooseheads but there isn't often easy games. Halifax comes into the mid-week match with a 14 game winning streak against Acadie-Bathurst and they'll be looking to continue that this evening. The Herd are coming off a blow out loss to the Moncton Wildcats over the weekend where they were shutout. Despite being new to the team, Kevin Gursoy and D'Artagnan Joly are now being called upon to be leaders for the young club and they'll need to keep doing what they've been doing on the scoresheet. Can Halifax finish off the month of January with a win? Follow along on News 95.7 or Twitter to find out.

Overall records
Mooseheads: 18-24-2-1 = 39pts (5th in Maritimes division, 16th overall)
Titan: 8-31-3-4 = 23pts (6th in Maritimes division, 18th overall)

Leading scorers
BAT: Remy Anglehart 36pts (22G & 14A), Mathieu Desgagnes 23pts (9G & 14A), Cole Huckins 23pts (9G & 14A)
HAL: Kevin Gursoy 38pts (16G & 22A), Senna Peeters 20pts (12G & 8A), Zack Jones 19pts (9G & 10A)

Out of Town
Tigres vs. Foreurs     8:30pm
Remparts vs. Sea Dogs     8:30pm

After the Buzzer
Halifax will come home for a tilt against Max Trepanier and the Shawinigan Cataractes on Saturday night. Puck drops at 7pm.

Whynot Scores OT Winner

Rookie defenceman Cameron Whynot scored his second goal of the season and it was a big one as it was the game winner to give the Halifax Mooseheads a 4-3 OT victory over the Gatineau Olympiques on Thursday night. The game started out pretty even with shots tied at 11 in the first period but Zachary Dean recored his 12th goal with 94 seconds remaining in the frame to give Gatineau a 1-0 lead. It was Dean's fourth marker against the Herd this season after picking up a hat trick on Sunday afternoon. Alexandre David would score his 1st as a Moosehead past the midway point of the game to tie the game up for Halifax. The third period was exciting. Gatineau would once again take the lead less then 5 minutes into the final frame but 60 seconds later Kevin Gursoy extended his point streak with a goal. Gursoy picked up his 16th at the 10:07 mark and it was the Mooseheads' first lead of the match. A power play goal by Mathieu Bizier later in the third and a number of nice saves by Alexis Gravel would send the game to extra time. It looked like we were going to see a shootout before Whynot skated in with the puck and flipped it over the Olympqiues goaltender to give the home team the win. 

FINAL: Olympiques 3 at Mooseheads 4 OT

Stars: 3. Zachary Dean GAT | 2. Cameron Whynot HAL | 1. Kevin Gursoy HAL

Attendance: 

MC's Top Herd: Kevin Gursoy

Powerplay: GAT - 1-for-3; HAL - 0-for-3

Shots: 40-26 in favour of Gatineau

MISSING IN ACTION - Gavin Hart (healthy), Justin Barron (injured), Keegan Hunt (healthy) and Samuel Dube (injured)

SCORES

Blainville-Boisbriand 5 at Cape Breton 7

Acadie-Bathurst 2 at Victoriaville 4

Quebec 2 at Shawinigan 6

UP NEXT - Halifax will head to New Brunswick with a number of fans as they visit the Moncton Wildcats on Saturday night. Puck drops at 7pm.

Alumni to Participate in All-Star Game

Photo - Wikipedia

The National Hockey League all-star game is coming up this weekend and a couple of former Halifax Mooseheads forwards will be participating.

For the second straight year, Nathan Mackinnon of the Colorado Avalanche was voted the captain of the Central division. This will be his fourth all-star game in his career. MacKinnon is having a pretty good season once again, picking up 30 goals and 72 points in 49 games which leads the Avalanche in scoring. The 24 year old is twenty-six points away from hitting 500 career regular season points and could most likely reach it some time in the next few months.

Third year centre Nico Hischier was named to the Metropolitan division roster a week ago as an injury replacement. Teammate Kyle Palmieri was originally supposed to participate in the festivities but has an injured left foot. Hischier has been a bright spot on a mediocre New Jersey Devils club and is second in team scoring with 29 points. This is his first all-star appearance.

The 2020 NHL All-Star festivities kick off on Thursday and go until Sunday in St. Louis, MO. The actual game will be played on January 25.

Congratulations to both men on being named to the all-star rosters.

Gravel on Team of the Week

The QMJHL Team of the Week ending January 20, 2020 has a number of connections to Halifax.

Mooseheads goaltender Alexis Gravel was among the best six players in the past 7 days determined by the Q. The 19-year-old went 1-1 over the weekend as Halifax went on the road to Quebec for three games. He had a 2.43 goals against average and a 0.938 save percentage.

Former Herd forwards Benoit-Olivier Groulx of the Moncton Wildcats and Chicoutimi Sagueneens' Raphael Lavoie were also named to the team of the week, each with 5 points in two games played.

Halifax natives Luke Henman and Jarrett Baker were also on the team of the week.

Congratulations to all six players, especially our own Alex Gravel.

Jan 18: Olympiques vs. Mooseheads preview

GATINEAU OLYMPIQUES VS HALIFAX MOOSEHEADS

Puck drops at 5:00pm

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

Centre Robert-Guertin (4,000) ~ Gatineau, QC

The Quebec road trip concludes for our Halifax Mooseheads as they head west to take on the Gatineau Olympiques in an early evening tilt. It is also the first game of a home and home between these two clubs. This match could have playoff implications as the teams are separated by only 4 points heading into today. Gatineau has been one of the hottest teams as of late, going 8-2-0-0 in their last 10 and winning three straight. Halifax is 1-1 on this trip, basically because of the very strong play of veteran goaltender Alexis Gravel who has stopped 33 and 43 shots in the previous two games. Marcel Barinka has scored in back to back games and the Mooseheads will be hoping that this is the start of some offence for the European. The new overage Herd players have been leading the charge since the Christmas break with D'Artagnan Holy, Denis Toner and Kevin Gursoy combining for 20 points in 9 games.

This is the first of two meetings between these two teams this season. Halifax was 2-0-0-0 against the Olympiques last season while Gatineau had a 0-2-0-0 record versus the Mooseheads. The last matchup was March 5, 2019 in Gatineau where Keith Getson scored the lone goal in a 1-0 victory for Halifax. 

Overall records
Mooseheads: 17-22-2-1 = 37pts (5th in Maritimes division, 15th overall)
Olympiques: 15-24-3-0 = 33pts (4th in West division, 17th overall)

Leading scorers
GAT: Carson MacKinnon 32pts (6G & 26A), Metis Rodelns 30pts (13G & 17A), Kieran Craig 27pts (12G & 15A)
HAL: Kevin Gursoy 34pts (13G & 21A), Zack Jones 19pts (9G & 10A), Senna Peeters 18pts (12G & 6A)

Out of Town
Voltigeurs vs. Armada     4:00pm
Foreurs vs. Remparts     4:00pm
Tigres vs. Phoenix     5:00pm
Drakkar vs. Sagueneens     5:00pm

After the Buzzer
The two teams will head to Halifax and face off against each other again on Thursday night. Puck drops at 7pm.

Gravel Solid But Herd Loose to Phoenix

Photo - Phoenix Facebook

Despite another huge solid effort by veteran goaltender Alexis Gravel on Saturday night, the Halifax Mooseheads could not get past the Sherbrooke Phoenix as they went down 4-2. Gravel made 43 saves to keep the game close especially in the second period where Halifax was outshot 20-6. Sherbrooke got their fans to their feet just over the midway point of the opening frame when Nathael Roy scored his 15th at the 11:22 mark. However, the Mooseheads would respond quickly as Marcel Barinka got the away team on the board and tied the game 40 seconds later. The Phoenix would take the lead in the middle frame but even with four power plays it was not until late in the period with Taro Jentzcsh picking up his 9th at even strength with less than 90 seconds remaining. The home team would extend their lead in the third but D'Artagnan Joly would give the Herd some life minutes later. It was too little too late though as Sherbrooke would push the lead to two goals once again as Samuel Poulin scored the insurance goal at the 14:18 mark.

FINAL: Halifax 2 at Sherbrooke 4
Stars: 3. Bailey Peach SHE | 2. Alexis Gravel HAL | 1. Patrick Guay SHE
Attendance: 2,776
MC's Top Herd: n/a

Powerplay: HAL - 0-for-4; SHE - 0-for-4
Shots: 47-25 in favour of Sherbrooke

MISSING IN ACTION - Gavin Hart (healthy), Ozzie King (healthy), Justin Barron (injured), Sonny Kabatay (healthy) and Keegan Hunt (healthy)

SCORES
Victoriaville 2 at Blainville-Boisbriand 5
Shawinigan 5 at Baie-Comeau 4
Cape Breton 8 at Charlottetown 2
Moncton 7 at Saint John 4
Rimouski 5 at Acadie-Bathurst 0
Quebec 2 at Rouyn-Noranda 4

UP NEXT - Halifax will finish their three game road trip with a visit to the Gatineau Olympiques on Sunday afternoon. Puck drops at 5pm.

Jan 17: Tigres vs. Mooseheads preview

VICTORIAVILLE TIGRES VS HALIFAX MOOSEHEADS

Puck drops at 8:00pm

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

Colisee Desjardins (3,420) ~ Victoriaville, QC

Our Halifax Mooseheads begin a three game road trip through the province of Quebec with a visit to Victoriaville to take on the Tigres tonight at 8pm Atlantic. There two teams are pretty evenly matched heading into the game, with both being close to the bottom of the standings. This weekend's road trip is a good time for Halifax to pick up some points as they'll also play 17th overall Gatineau on Sunday. The Herd are still trying to get some chemistry with all the new players and find themselves with a 2-8-0-0 record in their last 10 including loses in two straight. Victoriaville meanwhile is 0-3-1-0 lately and are led by Mikhail Abramov who has 51 points so far this season. Kevin Gursoy has taken over as the Mooseheads leading scorer and has played quite well since joining his new club last month.

This is the meeting between these two teams this season. Last year, Halifax was 1-1-0-0 against the Tigres while Victoriaville had a 1-1-0-0 record versus the Mooseheads. The two clubs met last on January 31 with Halifax coming away with the 7-5 victory on the back of Antoine Morand's 5 point night.

Overall records
Mooseheads: 16-21-2-1 = 35pts (5th in Maritimes division, 16th overall)
Tigres: 14-20-5-3 = 36pts (4th in Central division, 15th overall)

Leading scorers
VIC: Mikhail Abramov 51pts (27G & 24A), Brooklyn Kalmikov 31pts (15G & 16A), Jerome Gravel 27pts (15G & 12A)
HAL: Kevin Gursoy 32pts (13G & 19A), Zack Jones 19pts (9G & 10A), Senna Peeters 17pts (12G & 5A)

Out of Town
Wildcats vs. Sea Dogs     7:00pm
Islanders vs. Eagles     7:30pm
Oceanic vs. Titan     8:30pm
Huskies vs. Remparts     8:30pm
Sagueneens vs. Cataractes     8:30pm
Voltigeurs vs. Phoenix     8:30pm
Olympiques vs. Foreurs     8:30pm

After the Buzzer
The Mooseheads will travel to Sherbrooke to take on the QMJHL league leading Phoenix tomorrow night. Puck drops at 7pm.