Three In A Row at Awards

Timo Meier
Photo - QMJHL twitter

For three straight seasons, a Halifax Mooseheads player has been awarded the Paul Dumont Trophy or the Mike Bossy Trophy. Second year forwards Nikolaj Ehlers and Timo Meier were the only current Herd players to be nominated for awards. The two teammates were both nominated for the Paul Dumont Trophy which is Personality of the Year. They were joined by former teammate Zach Fucale as nominees. 19 year old Ehlers ended up winning the award. Nik was also nominated for the Michel Briere Trophy as Most Valuable Player but lost to Conor Garland of the Moncton Wildcats. Garland was also awarded the Jean Beliveau Trophy as the league's top scorer with 129 points.

Timo Meier won the Mike Bossy trophy for Top Professional Prospect. Meier was ranked #10 in the final Central Scouting Services draft rankings. The 18 year old is the highest ranked Quebec league prospect for this year's NHL draft. He is the third Moosehead to win the award, following Jonathan Drouin in 2012-13 and Nikolaj Ehlers in 2013-14. Fucale was the reigning Paul Dumont Trophy winner while Jonathan Drouin won the award in 2012-13.

Former Herd player Luca Ciampini was nominated for the humanitarian and community involvement award but lost to Danick Martel of the Blainville-Boisbriand Armada.

Congrats to Nik and Timo and the other winners. You can find the full list of winners here.

Round 2 schedule released

PLAYOFFS

#2 Moncton Wildcats vs #12 Halifax Mooseheads

2nd round

Halifax Mooseheads and the Moncton Wildcats announced their second round schedule for the 2015 President Cup playoffs.

HALIFAX - If you asked people to predict who would win the round 1 matchup between the Mooseheads and the Shawinigan Cataractes, not many would reply with Halifax but thanks to leading scorer Nikolaj Ehlers the Herd are in the second round. They'll have just as tough a time against their Maritime rival as they did with the Cataractes. It will be just as physical too. There should be lots of scoring too as 2 of the top 5 leading scorers in the regular season are in this series. Conor Garland, who had 129 points in the regular season, has gone dry though as he's not even in the top 40 for playoff scoring.

HEAD-TO-HEAD ~ all-time: 144 games 64-66-4-8-2; this season: 9 games 3-4-2-0; playoffs: 16 games 10-6-0-0

LAST GAME - Halifax is coming off an exciting 3-2 overtime victory to clinch their first round series in 7 games versus Shawinigan while Moncton is coming off a 4-1 series clinching game 5 win over the Chicoutimi Sagueneens.

Tickets for the second round go on sale to the general public on Friday at 10am and fans can get them at the Ticket Atlantic Box Office, select Superstores, www.ticketatlantic.com or by calling (902) 451-1221

Game #1
Friday April 10 @ 7:00pm at Moncton Coliseum ~ Moncton, NB
Game #2
Saturday April 11 @ 7:00pm at Moncton Coliseum ~ Moncton, NB
Game #3
Tuesday April 14 @ 7:00pm at Scotiabank Centre ~ Halifax, NS
Game #4
Wednesday April 15 @ 7:00pm at Scotiabank Centre ~ Halifax, NS
Game #5*
Friday April 17 @ 7:00pm at Moncton Coliseum ~ Moncton, NB
Game #6*
Sunday April 19 @ 4:00pm at Scotiabank Centre ~ Halifax, NS
Game #7*
Tuesday April 21 @ 7:00pm at Moncton Coliseum ~ Moncton, NB

*if necessary

It's Awards Night

The Quebec Major Junior Hockey League will announce it's annual award winners tonight in Montreal at their Golden Puck Awards gala. Two current Mooseheads are nominated for awards this season after a rebuilding year. Nikolaj Ehlers is up for Most Valuable Player while Timo Meier is looking to win the Michael Bossy Trophy for Top Professional Prospect. The two players are also nominated for Personality of the Year award. This is the third straight year a Herd player has been nominated for MVP with Jonathan Drouin on the list last season and the year before, winning in 2013. There's also a chance we could have 3 straight winners for top prospect and personality of the year should our boys win.

Two former players, Luca Ciampini and Zach Fucale are also nominated. Fucale joins his former teammates as a nominee for personality of the year. Ciampini has done a lot in his new community and is nominated for Humanitarian of the Year.

Good luck to all players especially our boys and check back here tomorrow for a recap of the victors.

Click here for nominees.

POSTGAME: Mooseheads 3, Cataractes 2 OT

MC POST-GAME

Here's some stories from last night's 3-2 game 7 win over the Shawinigan Cataractes

The Chronicle Herald's recap: Nikolaj Ehlers won't soon forget the goal he scored Tuesday night in Shawinigan.

Metro News' recap: Nikolaj Ehlers is officially an overtime hero.

The Canadian Press' recap: Nikolaj Ehlers scored 16:59 into the first overtime as the Halifax Mooseheads beat the Shawinigan Cataractes 3-2 on Tuesday in Game 7 of their Quebec Major Junior Hockey League playoff series.

halifaxmooseheads.com's recap: The Halifax Mooseheads came through in the clutch on Tuesday night in Shawinigan by scoring a gigantic 3-2 overtime victory in Game 7 of their first round President Cup playoff series with Shawinigan.

theqmjhl.ca's recap: Game summary.

MISSING IN ACTION: Sam Leblanc (upper body injury), Domenico Argento (healthy scratch) and Brandon Vuic (suspended)

SCORES
Cape Breton 3 - 6 Quebec

NEXT GAME
Halifax will travel to Moncton this week to take on the Wildcats on Friday night for game 1 of round 2. Puck drops at 7pm.

Maritime Matchup In Second Round

Nikolaj Ehlers. Who else would be the overtime hero for your Halifax Mooseheads in Game 7 of the 2015 President Cup playoffs first round? After almost being suspended for what possibly could've been Halifax's last game of the season, Ehlers scored at 16:59 in the overtime period to give the Herd a 3-2 victory, and he celebrated accordingly. The goal and the win will set up a second round match-up between your Moose and the Moncton Wildcats.

Moncton made quick work of the Chicoutimi Sagueneens, dispersing of the #15 team in 5 games. No surprise as they Wildcats are ranked 2nd overall this season. The Mooseheads were 3-4-2-0 over 9 games against Moncton this season.

Game 1 will probably be Friday or Saturday in Moncton while Game 3 & 4 will be on Tuesday and Wednesday respectively in Halifax. Check back here in the next 48 hours for the full schedule when it is released.

PLAYOFF GAMEDAY #7: at Shawinigan

GAMEDAY

SHAWINIGAN CATARACTES vs. HALIFAX MOOSEHEADS

April 7, 2015 at 8:00pm

Series tied 3-3

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

Centre Bionest de Shawinigan (4,125) ~ Shawinigan, QC

It's do or die for both teams tonight. After facing a record breaking 63 shots on Friday night in almost 5 periods, Eric Brassard could not replicate his performance on Sunday letting in 5 goals on 35 shots in a 6-1 loss that tied the series. The biggest story to come out of that game was Nikolaj Ehlers being ejected from the game for abusing the officials. Ehlers will not be suspended and will be in the lineup this evening as your Mooseheads try to take the upset series victory. Nik was upset after taking a double minor spearing penalty in the third period. It was one of 10 powerplays that the Shawinigan Cataractes had during the game. Halifax will need to keep their cool if they wish to win this game and move on to the next round. They will also need to play better defensively and try to limit the amount of shots that Brassard has to face. The 19 year old goalie has faced 250 shots over the course of 6 games, the most during this year's playoffs.

PLAYOFF SERIES
Game 1 Mar 27  Mooseheads 3 at Cataractes 2
Game 2 Mar 28  Mooseheads 2 at Cataractes 4
Game 3 Mar 31  Cataractes 3 at Mooseheads 2 OT
Game 4 Apr 1  Cataractes 3 at Mooseheads 4
Game 5 Apr 3  Cataractes 3 at Mooseheads 4 2OT
Game 6 Apr 5  Mooseheads 1 at Cataractes 6
Game 7 Apr 7  Mooseheads at Cataractes

NOT PLAYING - Brandon Vuic is suspended

TONIGHT'S GAMES
Screaming Eagles at Remparts - 8:00pm

NEXT GAME
Should the Herd win they will play game 1 of round 2 either Friday or Saturday

POSTGAME: Cataractes 3, Mooseheads 4 2OT

MC POST-GAME

Here's some stories from last night's 4-3 game 5 win over the Shawinigan Cataractes

The Q News' recap: Timo Meier scored halfway through double overtime to give the Halifax Mooseheads a 4-3 extra-time victory over the Shawinigan Cataractes on Good Friday at the Halifax Forum.

The Chronicle Herald's recap: The Halifax Mooseheads are one win away from advancing to the second round of the QMJHL playoffs.

Metro News' recap: Timo Meier's time to shine was in double OT on Friday night.

The Canadian Press' recap: Timo Meier scored his second of the game at 12:08 into the second overtime period as the Mooseheads took a 3-2 series lead over Shawinigan.

halifaxmooseheads.com's recap: Game 5 of the first round President Cup Playoff series between Halifax and Shawinigan will without a doubt go down in history as one of the most memorable matchups in Mooseheads history.

theqmjhl.ca's recap: Game summary.

MISSING IN ACTION: Jordan King (healthy), Sam Leblanc (injury), Domenico Argento

SCORES
Quebec 3 - 1 Cape Breton
Sherbrooke 0 - 4 Charlottetown
Gatineau 1 - 0 Blainville-Boisbriand
Rouyn-Noranda 4 - 5 Val-d'Or OT

NEXT GAME
The two teams will meet again on Sunday evening in Shawinigan for game 6. Puck drops at 5pm.