Kids Day Ends in Overtime

Photo - Trevor MacMillan (Cataractes website)

For the eighth time in their first 10 games, the Halifax Mooseheads needed extra time as they got a 4-3 overtime victory over the Shawinigan Cataractes. The Sunday afternoon match was kids day and there certainly were a lot of them in attendance but the team also allowed the young people to take over some of the pre-game aspects like the Moose Minute, starting line-up announcement and singing the anthem. Halifax got out to a great start with Quinn Kennedy getting on the home team on the board within the first 4 minutes of the game. It was Kennedy's first goal since opening weekend when he scored 3 times. The two teams went to the dressing rooms with the Mooseheads up 2-0 after 20 minutes, outshooting Shawinigan 16-12 in the period. A couple of missed calls and miscommunication by the red and green allowed the Cataractes to come back and take the lead after two periods with captain Chad Lygitsakos picking up his 6th of the season to put Shawinigan up 3-2 on the power play at the 16:44 mark. In the third however, Will Bent picked up his first of the year to tie the game with under 8 minutes remaining. Both goaltenders stood strong in the final stretch to force overtime where Nathan Langlois became the hero. Langlois was behind the net and somehow squeezed the puck over the line but the referee did not see it go over so the play was reviewed before being called good goal. 

FINAL: Cataractes 3 at Mooseheads 4 OT
Stars: 3. Malik L'Italien HAL | 2. Quinn Kennedy HAL | 1. Jacob St. Cyr SHA
Attendance: 6,837
MC's Top Herd: Quinn Kennedy 

GAME LOG
First period
3:45 HAL Quinn Kennedy (4) | A: Nobert & Minella
6:38 HAL Paul Sintschnig (3) | A: L'Italien & Kennedy

Second period 
0:40 SHA Dylan Laframboise (3) | A: Fortin & Bergeron
15:56 SHA Samuel Boyer (5) | A: Bergeron & Corso
16:44 SHA Chad Lygitsakos (6), PP | A: Bergeron & Shtyrkhunov

Third period
12:03 HAL William Bent (1), PP | A: Nobert & L'Italien

Overtime

2:02 HAL Nathan Langlois (7) | A: Minella & Kennedy

Highlights

Power play: SHA - 1-for-4; HAL - 1-for-5

Shots: 52-33 in favour of Halifax

Did not play - Cole MacLeod (healthy), Brady Smith (injured) and Jayden Napon (healthy)

Next game
Your Halifax Mooseheads are set to have a provincial rivalry game as they welcome the Cape Breton Eagles on Friday. Puck drops at 7:00 p.m.

Game Day 9: vs. Val-d'Or

PREVIEW - Your Halifax Mooseheads continue their six-game homestand as they welcome the league best Val-d'Or Foreurs to the Scotiabank Centre for some Friday Night Hockey. The Mooseheads have started the month of October on a strong note, picking up victories in both games played so far this month. They'll have to play their best as the Foreurs currently lead the QMJHL and are on a three game win streak. Val-d'Or also has the league's leading point getter in Phillipe Veilleux and leading goal scorer in Maxime Sauthier. After opening the season with 8 points in two games, Halifax forward Quinn Kennedy has cooled off but if the Herd hope to win tonight they will need the 20-year-old to get back on the score sheet. It should be an interesting match and a great way to start the weekend.

Coverage
TV: Eastlink | Radio: Jack 92.9 | Live: @MC_MooseCountry

Overall records
Foreurs: 7-1-1-0 = 15 points (1st in Western conference, 1st overall)
Mooseheads: 4-1-3-0 = 11 points (6th in Eastern conference, 11th overall)

Leading scorers
HAL: Nathan Langlois 10pts (5G & 5A), Quinn Kennedy 10pts (3G & 7A), Malik L'Italien 8pts (1G & 7A)
VDO: Phillipe Veilleux 23pts (8G & 15A), Nathan Brisson 15pts (3G & 12A), Maxime Sauthier 13pts (11G & 2A)

Head-to-head
This is the first match between the two clubs this season. Halifax had a 0-2-0-0 record versus the Foreurs in 2025-26 while Val-d'Or went 2-0-0-0 against the Mooseheads. They last met on December 7 in Halifax where the Foreurs won 5-2 with Phillipe Veilleux scoring twice while Mooseheads' Nick Cirka made 27 saves. 

Out of town
Wildcats vs. Cataractes - 7:00 p.m.
Remparts vs. Olympiques - 8:00 p.m.
Drakkar vs. Regiment - 8:00 p.m.
Huskies vs. Armada - 8:00 p.m.

Voltigeurs vs. Tigres - 8:00 p.m.

After the buzzer
Halifax will host kids day as they welcome the Shawinigan Cataractes on Sunday afternoon. Puck drops at 3:00 p.m.

Moose Kick Off Homestand with W

Photo - Trevor MacMillan (Huskies website)

The Halifax Mooseheads kicked off their six game home-stand with their first regulation win of the season, defeating the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies 6-2 on Thursday night. Halifax controlled the play early, outshooting Rouyn-Noranda 19-10 after the first period, but it was the visiting Huskies who scored the opening goal at the 4:34 mark. Paul Sintschnig would tie the game up just over 2 minutes into the middle frame and the two teams would go into the second intermission with the home Mooseheads up 3-1. I'm not sure what led to this but the way the players were going at each other after a number of the whistles, you wouldn't know that this was the first meeting of 2026-27 between the two clubs. The game also had a couple of odd calls, like a face-off infraction penalty by Nathan Langlois, and some pretty nice saves. Veteran Shawn Carrier picked up his second of the game to give the Herd some insurance while Eddy Doyle shot it in to the empty net with under 3 minutes to go to clinch the victory. 

FINAL: Huskies 2 at Mooseheads 6
Stars: 3. Nathan Langlois HAL | 2. Paul Sintschnig HAL | 1. Shawn Carrier HAL
Attendance: 6,442
MC's Top Herd: Shawn Carrier

GAME LOG
First period
4:34 ROU Antoine St-Laurent (1), PP | A: El Khouri & Beauchemin

Second period 
2:03 HAL Paul Sintschnig (2) | A: Napon & Walters
8:40 HAL Shawn Carrier (2), SH | A: Langlois 
11:01 HAL Oleg Kulebiakin (2) | A: Nobert & Sintschnig

Third period
0:25 HAL Shawn Carrier (3) | A: Phillips & Langlois

4:28 HAL Malik L'Italien (1) | A: None

10:07 ROU Jeremy Jarret (1) | A: Vezina

17:58 HAL Eddy Doyle (2), EN | A: None

Highlights

Power play: ROU - 1-for-5; HAL - 0-for-4

Shots: 34-27 in favour of Halifax

Did not play - Will Bent (injured), Cole MacLeod (healthy), and Brady Smith (injured)

Next game

Our Halifax Mooseheads will host the Drummondville Voltigeurs on Saturday for country night. Puck drops at 7 p.m. 

Stats Sunday: September

Games played: 4
Record: 2-1-1-0, 5pts
Goals for/against: 14 / 19
Powerplay*: 15.8%
Penalty kill*: 73.3%
Shutouts: None

Top 5 leading scorers
Points: Quinn Kennedy 8, Nathan Langlois 5, Malik L'Italien 4, Paul Sintschnig 3, Mateo Nobert 2
Goals: Quinn Kennedy 3, Nathan Langlois 3, Mateo Nobert 2, Paul Sintschnig 1, Eddy Doyle 1
Assists: Quinn Kennedy 5, Malik L'Italien 4, Nathan Langlois 2, Paul Sintschnig 2, Oleg Kulebiakin 1
Penalty minutes: Daniel Walters 18, Eddy Doyle 6, Paul Sintschnig 4, Cameron Minella 4, Quinn Kennedy 2
Plus/minus: Jayden Napon +3, Quinn Kennedy +2, Nathan Langlois +2, Ty Peddigrew +2, Malik L'Italien +1
Rookie scoring: Paul Sintschnig 3pts, Jayden Napon 1pt

Goaltender stats*
Carson Mertz     1-0-0-0     3.24 GAA     0.891 SAV%
Jack Fichthorn     1-1-1-0     5.69 GAA     0.740 SAV%

*overall

Game Day 3 & 4: at Newfoundland

PREVIEW - Our Halifax Mooseheads have back-to-back road games this weekend against the Newfoundland Regiment in St. John's. Because of time zones, this match will be the first one on Friday night as puck drop is scheduled for 6:30pm Atlantic. After splitting their two games last weekend, Halifax should have some reinforcements as the three players who attended NHL main camps have been returned at points this week. However, the Mooseheads have been hit by the injury bug with defenceman Brady Smith and returning forward Shawn Carrier joining Will Bent on the sidelines. Smith broke his finger during practice a few days ago and will be out for 4-6 weeks while Carrier is day-to-day after suffering a lower body injury at Colorado Avalanche training camp. Newfoundland should also have a stronger roster this weekend after Will Reynolds was sent down by Seattle. 

Newfoundland is coming off a 4-2 victory over the Saint John Sea Dogs on Saturday. 20-year-old free agent forward Matthew Frost scored twice for the Regiment in the home win. The Mooseheads were defeated 6-5 in overtime that night by the Moncton Wildcats. Veteran forward Quinn Kennedy had 4 points for Halifax in its home opener. 

The two clubs will meet again tomorrow night, with puck drop scheduled for 7pm local time.

Coverage
TV: FloHockey | Radio: Jack 92.9 | Live: @nlregiment

Overall records
Mooseheads: 1-0-1-0 = 3 points (3rd in Eastern conference, 6th overall)
Regiment: 1-1-0-0 = 2 points (6th in Eastern conference, 10th overall)

Leading scorers
NFD: Matthew Frost 3pts (3G), Dmitry Kubantsev 2pts (1G & 1A), Louis-Francois Belanger 2pts (2A)
HAL: Quinn Kennedy 8pts (3G & 5A), Nathan Langlois 5pts (3G & 2A), Paul Sintschnig 3pts (1G & 2A)

Head-to-head
This is the first match between these two teams this season. Halifax had a 2-6-0-0 record versus the Regiment in 2025-26 while Newfoundland went 6-2-0-0 against the Mooseheads. Their last match was the season finale on March 21 where Newfoundland won 6-4 on home ice over the Mooseheads. 

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

After the buzzer 

Halifax will continue their road trip with a visit to Moncton on October 2 against the Wildcats. Puck drops at 7:00 p.m.

Top Line Has A Game in Loss

Photo - AMH Photography

Despite outshooting their opponent 38-17, the Halifax Mooseheads found themselves on the losing end in their home opener on Saturday night. The visiting Moncton Wildcats kept it close all game and skated away with a 6-5 overtime victory over the Herd. Overager Niko Tournas got Moncton on the board first, scoring 3:03 into the game short handed. Forward Nathan Langlois picked up his second of the season at the 12:35 mark to tie the game before Austrian rookie Paul Sintschnig put Halifax up 2-1. It was Sintschnig's first career QMJHL goal. The teams would go into the dressing room tied at 2-2 after 20 minutes. Veteran Quinn Kennedy made it a hot start to the season, recording another four points tonight including a goal in the second period to give the Mooseheads a 4-3 lead at the 15:20 mark. The Wildcats made it a tied game again after 40 minutes. It was a boring final frame with only one shot recorded in the first eight minutes of the third period and the scoring came in the last five minutes. After Kennedy scored his 2nd of the game at 16:03, Tournas tied it again with his third with 112 seconds remaining forcing overtime. Moncton had all 5 shots in the extra frame and won on an unfortunate play. The top line of Kennedy, Sintschnig and Langlois recorded 10 points amongst them. Former Herd forward Liam Kilfoil had 3 assists to help his new team in his first return to Nova Scotia's capital. 

FINAL: Wildcats 6 at Mooseheads 5 OT
Stars: 3. Nathan Langlois HAL | 2. Niko Tournas MON | 1. Quinn Kennedy HAL
Attendance: 8,122

MC's Top Herd: Quinn Kennedy

GAME LOG
First period

3:03 MON Niko Tournas (1), SH | A: Kilfoil & Baird-Gadjos

12:35 HAL Nathan Langlois (2) | A: Peddigrew

17:23 HAL Paul Sintschnig (1) | A: Kennedy & L'Italien

18:41 MON Rian Chudzinski (1) | A: Kilfoil

Second period
7:10 MON Niko Tournas (2), PP | A: Brosnan & Gould

7:48 HAL Nathan Langlois (3), PP | A: Sintschnig & Kennedy
15:20 HAL Quinn Kennedy (2), PP | A: L'Italien & Phillips

18:15 MON Charlie Benigno (1) | A: Fortier-Gendron & Weiner

Third period 
16:03 HAL Quinn Kennedy (3) | A: Sintschnig & Langlois

18:08 MON Niko Tournas (3) | A: Bursaw

Overtime
2:16 MON Rian Chudzinski (2), PP | A: Kilfoil

Highlights

Power play: MON - 2-for-2; HAL - 2-for-5

Shots: 38-17 in favour of Halifax

Did not play - Oleg Kulebiakin (NHL camp), Will Bent (injured), Mateo Nobert (NHL camp) & Shawn Carrier (NHL camp)

Next game

The Halifax Mooseheads travel to Newfoundland to take on the Regiment for two games next weekend. Game times are 6:30 p.m. 

Game Day 2: vs. Moncton

PREVIEW - The Halifax Mooseheads will host in their home opener tonight when they welcome the Moncton Wildcats to the Scotiabank Centre. Both teams are coming off wins last night to start the season but the Mooseheads do need to once again figure out how to play a full 60 minute game. Moose Country fans will be able to officially welcome the twelve new faces that are on the roster this evening as there is set to be a pre-game ceremony introducing the 2026-27 team. The overage players stepped up on Friday night and Halifax hopes that they will again against the Wildcats. Moncton, meanwhile, was led by former Herd forward Liam Kilfoil who scored twice in a comeback win. He’ll be looking to improve on the 39 points he had last season and hoping to help the Cats to another very strong year as the club comes into this season as the past two Eastern Conference champions. Even though the away team is predicted to be more in the lower half of the standings and the home team should be in the upper half, games between these two teams are normally close and hard to know who will come out on top. So I expect we’re in for another good game. 

Coverage
TV: FloHockey | Radio: Jack 92.9 | Live: @MC_MooseCountry

Overall records
Wildcats: 1-0-0-0 = 2 points (3rd in Eastern conference, 6th overall)
Mooseheads: 1-0-0-0 = 2 points (4th in Eastern conference, 8th overall)

Leading scorers
HAL: Quinn Kennedy 4pts (1G & 3A), Nathan Langlois 2pts (1G & 1A), Eddy Doyle 1pt (1G)
MON: Liam Kilfoil 2pts (2G), Wyatt Blace 2pts (1G & 1A), Rian Chudzinski 2pts (2A)

Head-to-head
This is the first match between these two teams this season. Halifax had a 2-4-0-2 record versus the Wildcats in 2025-26 while Moncton went 6-1-1-0 against the Mooseheads. Their last match was February 16 where Moncton skated to a 7-5 victory over Halifax in the New Brunswick city.

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

After the buzzer
Halifax will go on a four game road trip starting with a visit the Newfoundland Regiment on Friday night. Puck drops at 6:30 p.m.