POSTGAME: Sea Dogs 4, Mooseheads 2

MC POST-GAME

Here are some stories from last night's 4-2 loss to the Saint John Sea Dogs

My recap: DND Appreciation night started out really well; a nice ceremony honouring the Canadian Forces, a moment of silence and two quick goals. 

Station Nation's recap: In the second game of a five-game road stretch, the Saint John Sea Dogs (13-3-0-3) were in Halifax to face the Mooseheads (7-11-1-1).

The Chronicle Herald's recap: A good start wasn't nearly enough for the Halifax Mooseheads on Friday night.

Metro Halifax's recap: Five minutes in and it looked like the Halifax Mooseheads were on their way to an easy night against on of the powerhouses of the QMJHL.

The Canadian Press' recap: Justice Dundas had a pair of goals for Saint John to lead them past the Mooseheads.

halifaxmooseheads.ca's recap: An impressive crowd turned out to cheer on the hometown Halifax Mooseheads on Friday night at Scotiabank Centre as the Herd welcomed the Maritimes Division leading Saint John Sea Dogs in the 11th Annual DND Appreciation Night.

saintjohnseadogs.com's recap: Justice Dundas scored twice, including the game-winner, as the Saint John Sea Dogs won their fourth straight game, 4-2, over the Halifax Mooseheads in Quebec Major Junior Hockey League action Friday at Scotiabank Centre.

qmjhl.ca's recap: Game summary.

MISSING IN ACTION: Cavan Fitzgerald (broken patella), Brandon Vuic (healthy), Josh Fitzgerald (healthy) and Connor Moynihan (upper body)

SCORES
Moncton 4 - 1 Acadie-Bathurst
Drummondville 2 - 6 Quebec
SHerbrooke 0 - 4 Victoriaville
Rouyn-Noranda 1 - 4 Blainville-Boisbriand
Charlottetown 4 - 1 Gatineau
Chicoutimi 1 - 8 Rimouski
Baie-Comeau 4 - 5 Shawinigan OT

NEXT GAME: Halifax travels to Moncton today to take on the Wildcats on Saturday evening. Puck drops at 7pm.

RECAP: Penalties Hurt Halifax

HALIFAX - DND Appreciation night started out really well; a nice ceremony honouring the Canadian Forces, a moment of silence and two quick goals. The last 45 minutes not so much though; lots of penalties, Saint John taking command in the second and unanswered goals. The ceremony before the game was very well done and it ended with the Stadacona Band playing 'Oh Canada'. Nikolaj Ehlers got the good guys on the board early tipping in a powerplay shot. A Danny Moynihan elbowing penalty led to the away team closing the gap to 2-1 and they wouldn't look back. Physicality and hatred was again a theme in this series especially against former Dogs forward Kelly Bent. Some of that hatred led to Bent getting a game misconduct and a fighting major after he fought against Mitchell Dempsey while Sam Leblanc and Mark Tremaine also fought each other.

FINAL: Sea Dogs 4 at Mooseheads 2
Stars: 3. Lussier HAL | 2. Noel SNB | 1. Dundas SNB
Attendance: 8,795
MC's Top Herd: Kelly Bent

GAME LOG
First period
3:12 HAL Nikolaj Ehlers (6), PP | A: Meier & Lussier
4:54 HAL Samuel Leblanc (1) | A: Bent & Hardie
17:04 SNB Adam Marsh (12), PP | A: Smallman & Noel

Shots: first period pucks to the net were tied at 8 a piece

Second period
8:44 SNB Justice Dundas (8) | A: None
12:12 SNB Justice Dundas (9) | A: Tremaine & LeBlanc

Shots: Saint John led shots in the middle frame 14-6

Third period
11:30 SNB Nathan Noel (10), PP | A: Marsh & Smallman

Shots: Halifax led 15-5 in shots in the third and 29 to 27 overall

POWERPLAY
Saint John: 2-for-7
Halifax: 1-for-5

GOALIES
Winning goaltender: Sebastien Auger SNB 27 saves
Losing goaltender: Zach Fucale HAL 23 saves

GAMEDAY #20: vs Saint John

GAMEDAY

HALIFAX MOOSEHEADS vs. SAINT JOHN SEA DOGS

November 7, 2014 at 7:00pm

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

Scotiabank Centre (10,595) ~ Halifax, NS

The Mooseheads will appreciate the members of the Canadian Forces tonight when they welcome nationally 3rd ranked Saint John to the Scotiabank Centre. It's the 11th annual DND Appreciation Night game in Halifax where the boys will wear special commemorative Canadian Submarine Force themed jerseys. The proceeds from the jersey raffle will be given to the QEII Foundation - Camp Hill Veterans Memorial Garden. Be sure to say thank you to the men and women you see in uniform for defending our country. 

Halifax will have a hard time to keep their mini 2 game win streak alive against the Sea Dogs who have gotten a point in their last 6 games. After two seasons off of the BMO Top 10 rankings, Saint John is back on the list making it's way up the ladder. The Herd's slow start this season has kept them off the list but the team is looking a lot more confident and it showed this past weekend with the team winning both games. It should be a fun game with the special celebrations and the rivalry that the Moose and Dogs have experienced this season. 

This is the fourth game of the season between these two teams. Saint John leads the series 3-0-0-0 which is quite different then last year where Halifax had a 7-1-0-0 record against them. Nikolaj Ehlers and Vince Watt scored a goal each for the Mooseheads in their last meeting back on October 11, a game which the Sea Dogs won 5-2. 

Overall Records

Sea Dogs: 12-3-0-3 = 27 points (1st in Maritimes division, 2nd overall)

Mooseheads: 7-10-1-1 = 16 points (5th in Martimes division, 15th overall)

Leading Scorers

HFX: Timo Meier 20pts (8G & 12A), Philippe Gadoury 15pts (8G & 7A), Nikolaj Ehlers 14pts (5G & 9A)

SNB: Adam Marsh 20pts (11G & 9A), Nathan Noel 18pts (9G & 9A), Thomas Chabot 16pts (4G & 12A)

Last Games

Saint John is coming off a 4-2 on the road in Bathurst on Wednesday night. Mark Tremaine led the Dogs with 2 assists while Sebastien Auger made 33 saves on 35 shots versus the Titan.

Halifax is coming off their first shutout win, beating Charlottetown 3-0 on the island on Sunday evening. Nikolaj Ehlers led the Mooseheads with a goal and 2 assists with Zach Fucale getting the shutout making 20 saves.

Season Series

Saturday Sept 20  Saint John 6 at Halifax 5   OT

Saturday Sept 27  Halifax 0 at Saint John 7

Saturday Oct 11  Halifax 2 at Saint John 5

Friday Nov 7  Saint John at Halifax - 7pm

Saturday Dec 6  Saint John at Halifax - 7pm

Saturday Jan 3  Halifax at Saint John - 7pm

Saturday Mar 14  Halifax at Saint John - 7pm

Saturday Mar 21  Saint John at Halifax - 7pm

Out of Town

Titan vs Wildcats 7:30pm
Remparts vs Voltigeurs 8:00pm
Tigres vs Phoenix 8:00pm
Armada vs Huskies 8:30pm
Olympiques vs Islanders 8:30pm
Oceniac vs Sagueneens 8:30pm
Cataractes vs Drakkar 8:30pm

After the Buzzer
Halifax will travel to Moncton for a rematch against the Wildcats on Saturday evening. Puck drops at 7pm. 

Mooseheads to be broadcast on Sportsnet

SN logo; via Sportsnet's twitter

Sportsnet released its Canadian Hockey League television schedule today. The TV channel will show more than 50 CHL games this season as part of a new 12 year partnership deal with the CHL. It will include Friday Night Hockey on SN as well as the CHL/NHL Top Prospect's Game, the Subway Super Series and the Memorial Cup.

As part of the regular season schedule, Sportsnet will be broadcasting two Halifax Mooseheads games. Hockey Day in Canada will be coming to Halifax this year and the Mooseheads game that day will be on national television. 

The two games will be Friday February 13, 2015 versus the Shawinigan Cataractes and Saturday February 14, 2015 versus the Cape Breton Screaming Eagles. Because they will be on national TV, the two games will have a 8pm Atlantic time start now instead of the normal 7pm beginning. 

For the full press release and schedule click here. 

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, Zachary Fucale was named the Scholastic Player of the Month for October 2014. Fucale went 3-6-0-0 in the month of October with a 3.11 goals against average and had a 0.897 save percentage.

Here is the full list:

BAC	Frédéric Gamelin	Cégep de Baie-Comeau
BAT	Mark Simpson	University of New Brunswick
BLB	Samuel Tremblay	Cégep de Saint-Jérôme
CAP	Jason Bell	Keystone High School
CHA	Dexter Weber	Colonel Gray High School
CHI	Samuel Blier	Cégep de Chicoutimi
DRU	Simon Fortier	Cégep de Drummondville
GAT	Alexandre Alain	Cégep de l'Outaouais
HAL	Zachary Fucale	Saint Mary's University
MON	Kyle Tibbo	Open Acadia
QUE	Raphaël Maheux	Cégep de Limoilou
RIM	Simon Bourque	Cégep de Rimouski
ROU	Jérémy Lauzon	Cégep de l'Abitibi Témiscamingue
SHA	Alexis D'Aoust	Collège de Shawinigan
SHE	David Storto	Université Bishop
SNB	Bobby Dugan	St. Malachy's High School
VDO	Shawn Ouellette-St-Amant	Formation générale aux adultes
VIC	Anthony Beaulieu	Cégep de Victoriaville

POSTGAME: Mooseheads 3, Islanders 0

MC POST-GAME

Here are some stories from last night's 3-0 win over the Charlottetown Islanders

My recap: The first line led your Halifax Mooseheads to a big win on Sunday evening against the Islanders on the road.

Islanders Country's recap: The Charlottetown Islanders dropped a 3-0 decision to the Halifax Mooseheads Sunday afternoon at Eastlink Centre.

The Chronicle Herald's recap: All of a sudden the Halifax Mooseheads look like a team on the rise.

Metro Halifax's recap: For the first time this season, the Halifax Mooseheads have won two games in less than 24 hours, edging the Moncton Wildcats 3-2 at home Saturday night and exacting revenge on the Charlottetown Islanders by blanking them 3-0 on the road Sunday evening.

The Guardian's recap: Nikolaj Ehlers' first period goal stood up as the winner Sunday as the Halifax Mooseheads defeated the Charlottetown Islanders 3-0.

The Canadian Press' recap: Zachary Fucale stopped all 20 shots he faced as the Halifax Mooseheads blanked the Charlottetown Islanders 3-0 on Sunday in Quebec Major Junior Hockey League action. 

halifaxmooseheads.ca's recap: Hard work is quickly becoming a theme for the 2014-2015 edition of the Halifax Mooseheads after their latest victory, a 3-0 shutout on the road over the Charlottetown Islanders on Sunday. 

qmjhl.ca's recap: Game summary.

MISSING IN ACTION: Andrew Shewfelt (healthy scratch), Cavan Fitzgerald (broken patella), Connor Moynihan (upper body) and Josh Fitzgerald (healthy scratch)

SCORES
Drummondville 3 - 4 Blainville-Boisbriand
Sherbrooke 1 - 5 Chicoutimi
Gatineau 5 - 4 Val-d'Or SO
Rimouski 1 - 5 Victoriaville

NEXT GAME: Saint John will visit the Scotiabank Centre on Friday night for the DND Appreciation game. Puck drops at 7pm.

RECAP: First Line Leads

CHARLOTTETOWN - The first line led your Halifax Mooseheads to a big win on Sunday evening against the Islanders on the road. Nikolaj Ehlers, Danny Moynihan and Timo Meier each scored a goal to propel the Moose to a 3-0 victory. It's the first time this season that Halifax has won back to back games. This also gives Halifax it's first shutout of the season after being on the other side of a shutout 5 times. Islanders goaltender Mason McDonald was once again pretty solid but he couldn't stop all 38 shots the Herd fired at Charlottetown's net. Zach Fucale on the other hand was not tested as much especially in the 1st period where he only faced 3 pucks.

FINAL: Mooseheads 3 at Islanders 0
Stars: 3. Murphy HAL | 2. McDonald CHA | 1. Ehlers HAL
Attendance: 1,815
MC's Top Herd: n/a

GAME LOG
First period
15:56 HAL Nikolaj Ehlers (5), PP | A: Murphy & Hardie

Shots: Halifax dominated shots in the first 18 to 3

Second period

Shots: The Herd led middle frame shots 11-9

Third period
5:45 HAL Danny Moynihan (7) | A: Ehlers & Meier
18:33 HAL Timo Meier (8), EN | A: Ehlers

Shots: Halifax fired 9 pucks to the net to Charlottetown's 8, and led overall shots 38-20

POWERPLAY
Halifax: 1-for-5
Charlottetown: 0-for-3

GOALIES
Winning goaltender: Zach Fucale HAL 20 saves
Losing goaltender: Mason McDonald CHA 35 saves