Win #50 Comes in Fan Appreciation Game

Photo - Herd Twitter

For the second time in franchise history, our Halifax Mooseheads have 50 wins during the regular season and the milestone victory came in the fan appreciation game this year. The Mooseheads cruised to a 10-5 win over the Charlottetown Islanders and I would say it is good that we won't be playing them in the playoffs as there was some hatred between the two teams on Saturday evening. Both teams combined for a total of 70 penalty minutes by the end of the day but Halifax had the better luck on the man advantage, going 3 for 6 on the power play while Charlottetown was 1-for-5. The home team got on the board first but didn't have the lead for long as the Islanders tied up the game a little over four minutes later. Zachary L'Heureux would score his first of the night at the 15:29 mark on the PP and the Herd didn't look back as they were up 4-1 after twenty minutes. Josh Lawrence had a big game scoring a hat trick, with the third one being his 50th goal of the season, and picking up 3 assists as well. Leading scorer Jordan Dumais had a four assist night with the second helper being his 138th point of the regular season, which is now a franchise record. With the regular season now over, the team will now focus on the playoffs. 

FINAL: Islanders 5 at Mooseheads 10
Stars: 3. Alexandre Doucet HAL | 2. Jordan Dumais HAL | 1. Josh Lawrence HAL
Attendance: 8,764

GAME LOG
First period
8:28 HAL Josh Lawrence (48), PP | A: Dumais & Doucet
12:52 CHA Kiefer Lyons (6) | A: Romeo
15:29 HAL Zachary L'Heureux (20), PP | A: Lawrence & Schultz
17:10 HAL Josh Lawrence (49), PP | A: Dumais & Schultz
19:16 HAL Zachary L'Heureux (21) | A: Dumais & Lawrence

Second period
3:26 HAL Alexandre Doucet (58), SH | A: Lawrence
11:54 CHA Keiran Gallant (15) | A: Kearsey & Bowness
12:42 HAL Evan Boucher (28) | A: Martin & MacKinnon
16:36 HAL Owen Phillips (4) | A: Dumais
19:01 CHA Michael Horth (27) | A: Morneau & Michel

Third period
0:46 CHA Michael Horth (28), PP | A: Biakabutuka & Morneau
2:48 HAL Josh Lawrence (50) | A: Schultz & Phillips 
6:47 HAL Brody Fournier (13) | A: MacPhee & Martin
8:28 HAL Markus Vidicek (32) | A: Doucet & Boucher 
9:33 CHA Marcus Kearsey (6) | A: Repcik & Marchon

Shots: 41-26 in favour of Halifax
Powerplay: CHA - 1-for-5; HAL - 3-for-6

SCORES
Acadie-Bathurst 7 at Saint John 4
Cape Breton 2 at Moncton 9
Sherbrooke 5 at Victoriaville 4 OT
Gatineau 6 at Blainville-Boisbriand 5
Quebec 1 at Rimouski 0 SO
Baie-Comeau 3 at Chicoutimi 1
Drummondville 2 at Shawinigan 4
Rouyn-Noranda 5 at Val-d'Or 2

Up next: Our Halifax Mooseheads will host games 1 and 2 of the 2023 playoffs on Friday and Saturday. Puck drops at 7pm both nights.