Game Day 25: vs Huskies

PREVIEW - After another five game road trip, our Halifax Mooseheads are back home for a few matches starting with one this evening as they host the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies during the annual toque toss charity game. Both teams have had 0.500 records over their last 10 games and are coming off a loss. The Huskies will be looking for their first win on their current run through the Maritimes division while Halifax hopes to not get swept in their season series against Rouyn-Noranda. Mooseheads rookie forward Oleg Kulebiakin continues to be on a hot streak including scoring a hat trick on November 21 and posting 4 assists in one game a week later. The Russian leads the team with 30 points after twenty-five games, and probably would have been invited to the world juniors if the country was still in the tournament. This is the first time since the 2011-12 season that a rookie has led the Herd in scoring. So don't forget to bring some toques and when the home team scores their first goal tonight, throw them on the ice so they can be donated to HRM shelters. 

Coverage
TV: FloHockey | Radio: News 95.7 | Live: @MC_MooseCountry

Overall records
Huskies: 15-8-2-1 = 33 points (2nd in West division, 6th overall)
Mooseheads: 14-8-1-1 = 30 points (3rd in Maritimes division, 9th overall)

Leading scorers
HAL: Oleg Kulebiakin 30pts (17G & 13A), Shawn Carrier 24pts (14G & 10A), Liam Kilfoil 20pts (5G & 15A)
ROU: Thomas Verdon 39pts (12G & 27A), Samuel Beauchemin 25pts (8G & 17A), Eliot Ogonowski 23pts (10G & 13A)

Head-to-head
Halifax is 0-0-1-0 against the Huskies this season while Rouyn-Noranda has a 1-0-0-0 record versus the Mooseheads. The two teams met on Halloween night in Rouyn where Antoine St. Laurent scored twice, including the overtime winner, to help his Huskies get a 5-4 OT victory over Halifax. 

Out of town
Cataractes vs. Phoenix - 5:00 p.m.
Eagles vs. Foreurs - 7:00 p.m.

After the buzzer
Halifax will welcome the Val-d'Or Foreurs tomorrow afternoon for the toy drive game. Puck drops at 3 p.m.

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, Nicholas Cirka was named the Scholastic Player of the Month for November. 

Team	Player	Program	Academic Establishment
Baie-Comeau Drakkar	Zachary Hachey	Cours préparatoires BAC finances	Université LAVAL
Blainville-Boisbriand Armada	Matt Gosselin	Sciences humaines	CÉGEP de Terrebonne
Cape Breton Eagles	Jacob Hartlin	High School – Grade 12	Sydney Academy
Charlottetown Islanders	Jabez Seymour	High School – Grade 11	Northern Pre-University (NPU)
Chicoutimi Saguenéens	Maxim Massé	Sciences humaines	CÉGEP de Chicoutimi
Drummondville Voltigeurs	Cooper Campbell	High School – Grade 12	Nebraska High School
Gatineau Olympiques	Louis-Étienne Halley	Secondaire 5	Académie Les Estacades
Halifax Mooseheads	Nicholas Gillham-Cirka	High School – Grade 12	Woodlawn High School
Moncton Wildcats	Dominik Necak	High School – Grade 12	Northern Pre-University (NPU)
Newfoundland Regiment	Biagio Jr. Daniele	High School – Grade 12	Northern Pre-University (NPU)
Québec Remparts	Alex Desruisseaux	Secondaire 5	Académie Les Estacades
Rimouski Océanic	William Lacelle	High School – Grade 12	Northern Pre-University (NPU)
Rouyn-Noranda Huskies	Alexandre Raymond	Sciences humaines	CÉGEP de l’Abitibi-Témiscamingue
Shawinigan Cataractes	Louis-Félix Gagnon	Sciences humaines	CÉGEP de Shawinigan
Sherbrooke Phoenix	Mavrick Lachance	High School – Grade 12	Northern Pre-University (NPU)
Saint John Sea Dogs	Alexis Joseph	Secondaire 5	Académie Les Estacades
Val-d’Or Foreurs	Josh Demers	Sciences de la nature	CEGEP de Val-d’Or
Victoriaville Tigres	Maxime Lambert	Sciences de la nature	CÉGEP de Victoriaville

Stats Sunday: October

Games played: 11
Record: 8-2-1-0, 17pts
Goals for/against: 45/32
Powerplay*: 19.2%
Penalty kill*: 79.3%
Shutouts: One

Top 5 leading scorers
Points: Oleg Kulebiakin 13, Liam Kilfoil 11, Quinn Kennedy 10, Shawn Carrier 9, Eddy Doyle 8
Goals: Oleg Kulebiakin 9, Quinn Kennedy 7, Shawn Carrier 5, Caylen Blake 5, Liam Kilfoil 3
Assists: Liam Kilfoil 8, Eddy Doyle 8, Malik L'Italien 6, Owen Phillips 6, Connor MacPherson 5
Penalty minutes: Daniel Walters 14, Mathieu Taillefer 14, Connor MacPherson 11, Shawn Carrier 10, Quinn Kennedy 10
Plus/minus: Connor MacPherson +11, Mathieu Taillefer +9, Eddy Doyle +8, Liam Kilfoil +7, Jasu Mensonen +7
Rookie scoring: Oleg Kulebiakin 13pts, Malik L'Italien 7pts, Jasu Mensonen 5pts, Cameron Minella 5pts, Junior Gualberto 2pts

Goaltender stats*
Owen Bresson     7-4-0-0     3.16 GAA     0.896 SAV%
Nicolas Cirka     3-1-1-0     3.22 GAA     0.895 SAV%

*overall, as of Nov 2 but everything else is just October 

Import rookies propel Halifax to DND win

Mensonen's goal celebration
Photo - Ashley Hennigar

Well it was quite the night for the import rookies who helped lead the Halifax Mooseheads to a 5-3 victory over the Cape Breton Eagles on DND Appreciation Night. Russian Oleg Kulebiakin added onto his team leading point totals by scoring twice and helping on another Saturday night while Imatra, Finland native Jasu Mensonen also had 3 points (1 goal & 2 assists) as both players received stars of the game honours. The game began with a ceremonial puck drop from a couple of Canadian Armed Forces members and another signing O Canada. Fans weren't too happy about midway through the first period as a Herd player got interfered with and there was no call on the play but the referees did make a call on a similar play late in the frame which led to Will Bent scoring the opening goal on the power play. Halifax kept on going in the second, getting out to a 3-0 lead halfway through the period but the lead after 40 minutes would only be 3-2. Kulebiakin's two goals happened in the third extending the lead with his 8th of the season (goal #2 in game) being scored during the Needs Minute It to Win It giveaway so someone went home with $6,300 in Needs gift cards. The 'pot' had grown since at least late in the 2023-24 season. Surprisingly, Cape Breton did not have a power play opportunity during the match while the Moose had just one. 

FINAL: Eagles 3 at Mooseheads 5
Stars: 3. Lewis Gendron CAP | 2. Jasu Mensonen HAL | 1. Oleg Kulebiakin HAL 
Attendance: 8,397 

GAME LOG
First period
17:13 HAL William Bent (2), PP | A: Kennedy & L'Italien 

Second period 
6:25 HAL Jasu Mensonen (3) | A: Kulebiakin & Carrier
9:41 HAL Caylen Blake (4) | A: None
18:00 CAP Lewis Gendron (2) | A: Burke & De Ladurantaye
19:08 CAP Samuel Rocca (3) | A: Peitzsche & Hartlin

Third period 
2:15 HAL Oleg Kulebiakin (7) | A: Mensonen 
10:29 HAL Oleg Kulebiakin (8) | A: Mensonen & Kilfoil
14:09 CAP Romain Litalien (2) | A: Gendron

Powerplay: CAP - 0-for-0; HAL - 1-for-1
Shots: 35-25 in favour of Halifax

Did not play - Alec Nesreddine (healthy), Lincoln Waugh (injured), Justin Chiras (healthy) & Antoine Fontaine (injured)

Next game
The Halifax Mooseheads will head out for a 5 game road trip starting tomorrow in Moncton against the Wildcats. Game time is 3 p.m.

Game Day 12: vs Eagles

PREVIEW - Your Halifax Mooseheads wrap up their six game home-stand this evening when they host the Cape Breton Eagles for DND Appreciation Night. Surprisingly, this is the first matchup between these two provincial rivals during the regular season, however they did battle it out for all 4 exhibitions games that both teams had. Halifax will honour the Canadian Armed Forces tonight by wearing special themed jerseys that will be auctioned & raffled off with the funds raised going to normally Camp Hill Veterans Hospital. The Mooseheads have played 9 of their first eleven matches this season at the Scotiabank Centre and have given the fans who have showed up lots of things to cheer about as they have a 7-4-0-0 record so far. Despite only having two wins in 8 games played for the Eagles, goaltender Felix Hamel is amongst the league leaders being 4th in goals against average (2.68) and having the third best save percentage (0.913). So we could see a low scoring game tonight. 

Coverage
TV: FloHockey | Radio: News 95.7 | Live: @MC_MooseCountry

Overall records
Eagles: 4-4-1-2 = 11 points (6th in Maritimes division, 15th overall)
Mooseheads: 7-4-0-0 = 14 points (2nd in Maritimes division, 6th overall)

Leading scorers
HAL: Oleg Kulebyakin 9pts (6G & 3A), Shawn Carrier 8pts (5G & 3A), Quinn Kennedy 8pts (5G & 3A) 
CAP: Eliot Litalien 9pts (5G & 4A), Lewis Gendron 9pts (1G & 8A), Romain Litalien 7pts (1G & 6A)

Head-to-head
This is the first match of the season series between these two teams. Halifax had a 2-5-1-0 record against the Eagles last season while Cape Breton went 6-2-0-0 versus the Mooseheads. Caylen Blake led the Mooseheads to a 5-3 victory in the two teams last matchup back on March 16 with two goals and Jacob Steinman stopped 28 of the Eagles 31 shots in Halifax. 

Out of town
Sagueneens vs. Armada - 5:00 p.m.
Drakkar vs. Oceanic - 5:00 p.m.
Huskies vs. Olympiques - 5:00 p.m.
Cataractes vs. Remparts - 5:00 p.m.
Foreurs vs. Voltigeurs - 5:00 p.m.
Tigres vs. Phoenix - 5:00 p.m.
Regiment vs. Sea Dogs - 6:30 p.m.

After the buzzer
Halifax will travel to Moncton and take on the Wildcats in a matinee tomorrow to start a 5 game road trip. Puck drops at 3 p.m.

Six Moose on Players to Watch list

Danny Walters
Photo - Mooseheads Twitter

With such a young team, our Halifax Mooseheads have six players that have been named on the Central Scouting initial Players to Watch list for the 2026 NHL Draft. The list was released on Monday and features 55 QMJHL players with two of them being given an 'A' rating, which indicates a first round candidate; Egor Shilov of the Victoriaville Tigres and Blainville-Boisbriand Armada's Xavier Villeneuve. 

Goaltender Nicolas Cirka, defenseman Eddy Dolye and forward Will Bent were among the 'C' players that scouts think will be drafted in the 4th or 5th rounds next June. This next rating is new this year with 6th and 7th round candidates being given a 'W', Herd forwards Caylen Blake, Oleg Kulebiakin and Daniel Walters are part of this group. 

The projected #1 pick is forward Gavin McKenna who currently is suiting up for the Penn State Nittany Lions and is the fourth youngest player in men's college hockey. He is just one of the few former CHL players who have moved to the NCAA after the rule change. 

Congratulations to our guys and all the players who are prospects for the upcoming draft. It will be interesting to see how many Mooseheads actually get selected in June. For the full list, click here.

Q PROSPECTS GAME UPDATE
We know there is going to be 3 Mooseheads playing in tomorrow's QMJHL Prospects Game which is being hosted by the Sherbrooke Phoenix, but it was announced when the league released the two teams' rosters on Wednesday that a fourth will participate. 

Tignish, PE native Eddy Doyle has been invited to play in the game as an injury replacement. Congrats to Eddy on getting this opportunity, he will join Walters, Kulebiakin and Bent in Sherbrooke. 

Team Crosby will have Kulebiakin and Walters on it with Bent and Doyle are set to suit up for Team Lafleur. Check out the full rosters here. I can't find any info on if the game will be on television but for people in Sherbrooke who are interested, you can get tickets. 

We’re all set for the first practices before tomorrow’s QMJHL Prospects Game! 🤩#ProspectsGame | @BFLCANADA pic.twitter.com/93n2x5T7gC

— QMJHL (@QMJHL) October 20, 2025

Game Day 10 & 11: vs Regiment

PREVIEW - Our Halifax Mooseheads are in the midst of a six game home-stand and will welcome the Newfoundland Regiment for a two match set on Friday and Saturday night. The Regiment relocated to St. John's, NL this past summer after spending 27 years in Bathurst, NB. Newfoundland kicked off their inaugural season well, defeating the reigning champion Moncton Wildcats twice in back to back games to start the year but they find themselves with a 5-5-0-0 record going into tonight's contest. Halifax meanwhile is preforming better than most people expected them to early on in this campaign, with 6 victories over 9 games so far. Assuming they keep to what they posted on the selection form for half season packages, Moose Country should see an East Coast Kitchen Party this weekend at the Scotiabank Centre. Despite their record, the Regiment do have the top two current scoring leaders in the Q so our Herd will have to play well defensively against them. 

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

Overall records
Regiment: 5-5-0-0 = 10 points (5th in Maritimes division, 12th overall)
Mooseheads: 6-3-0-0 = 12 points (2nd in Maritimes division, 5th overall)

Leading scorers
HAL: Shawn Carrier 8pts (5G & 3A), Quinn Kennedy 8pts (5G & 3A), Oleg Kulebyakin 8pts (5G & 3A)
NFL: Justin Larose 19pts (7G & 12A), Marek Danicek 17pts (6G & 11A), Louis-Francois Belanger 12pts (6G & 6A)

Head-to-head
This is the first match of the season between these two teams. Halifax had a 2-3-3-0 record against the Titan in their last year in Bathurst while they went 6-2-0-0 versus the Mooseheads. Emile Perron had the overtime winner as Acadie-Bathurst came back from a 3-0 deficit to win 4-3 in extra time. Callum Aucoin had 2 goals for Halifax in the road loss. 

Out of town
Wildcats vs. Tigres - 7:00 p.m.
Islanders vs. Foreurs - 7:00 p.m.
Drakkar vs. Eagles - 8:00 p.m.
Armada vs. Voltigeurs - 8:00 p.m.
Oceanic vs. Phoenix - 8:00 p.m.
Sagueneens vs. Remparts - 8:00 p.m.
Olympiques vs. Cataractes - 8:00 p.m.

After the buzzer
Halifax will finish their home stand next Saturday when they welcome the Cape Breton Eagles for DND Appreciation Night. Puck drops at 7 p.m.